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Informed Comment: Israel Should Stop the War and Let US Enjoy the Inauguration; Cease fire Mooted; 55 Palestinians Killed Friday, including Little Girls
Firedoglake: Gaza Update: New Deal Includes US Troops (and More White Phosphorous?)
Corrente: Israeli TV broadcasts call w/ doctor in Gaza whose three daughters were killed by tank shelling of his apartment building
Israel Should Stop the War and Let US Enjoy the Inauguration; Cease fire Mooted; 55 Palestinians Killed Friday, including Little Girls
Informed Comment —
There are rumors that the Israeli government may declare a unilateral cease fire Saturday. They had better. Because if they ruin the Obama inauguration by splashing the bloody bodies of dead Palestinian children all over the press during the next few days, no Americans, even the most pro-Israeli, are going to forgive them. The war has left 1,140 Palestinians dead, over 300 children, and over 5,000 wounded including many women and children, as well as 13 Israelis (4 of them civilians killed by rocket fire). We pay for these wars, we provide the fighter jets, bombs, and tanks. And we don't want our money used for this sanguinary purpose in the first place; we have ...
Gaza Update: New Deal Includes US Troops (and More White Phosphorous?)
Firedoglake —
Israel's cabinet is discussing a pause in their attack on Gaza - apparently, they feel decimating Gaza during Obama’s Inauguration would be embarrassing. This decision is being described as a “unilateral cease-fire” which means they refuse to negotiate any cease-fire agreement with Hamas – but they sure have been ...
Israeli TV broadcasts call w/ doctor in Gaza whose three daughters were killed by tank shelling of his apartment building
Corrente —
This You Tube video may put a human face, or at least human voice, on what is happening to civilians in Gaza during the Israeli attacks. It certainly affected the Israeli reporter taking the call.
The doctor used to practice in Israel and had been in telephone contact with the station, giving observations about what was happening during the invasion. I wonder if the US MCM will pick this up--Has anyone seen anything about this on US news?
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