Showing posts with label Israel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Israel. Show all posts

Monday, August 03, 2009

Gay Youth Attacked, 2 killed in Tel Aviv


Israelis Rally After 2 Murdered at Gay Youth Center
(Tel Aviv, Israel) Reeling from the worst attack ever aimed at homosexuals in Israel, members of the country’s gay community and their supporters rallied Sunday in the heart of Tel Aviv a day after a masked gunman killed two people at a center for gay youth and escaped.

HAARETZ: Police-Too Early to Assume Attack Was Hate Crime

Sunday, January 04, 2009

U.S. Media Biased Toward Israel


Surprise!
U.S. Media Coverage of Gaza Biased Toward Israel

See also David Bromwich: Rules of Engagement from Baghdad to Gaza

Robert Perry explains what the U.S. media ignores:
The Long and Bloody Hypocrisy of U.S.-Israeli Acts of Terrorism

For the TRUTH about what is happening in Gaza visit Sameh Habeeb's Blog GAZA TODAY

For a more "balanced" view of Israel and Palestine, visit Al Jazeera

Saturday, January 03, 2009

Israel Invades Gaza



Israel Begins Invasion of Gaza (With full support of the United States)

CNN: U.S. Weapons Killing Civilians

America's Hidden Role in Hamas's Rise to Power
In the U.S., the claim that the actions of Hamas forced Israel to launch a massive assault on the impoverished population of Gaza is almost universally accepted. But, as scholar Stephen Zunes explains below, the picture of Hamas as an organization of wide-eyed radicalism without electoral legitimacy or the support of a significant portion of the Palestinian population is simplistic. In this important piece, Zunes examines the ways in which Israeli and American policy-makers encouraged the rise of the conservative religious group Hamas in an effort to marginalize secular and leftist elements within the Occupied Territories.

Gaza Civilians Left Exposed in Israeli Invasion

No Word from Obama as Gaza Crisis Worsens

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Israel's Onslaught



Israel's Gaza Onslaught: One of Its Bloodiest Attacks on Palestinians in 60 Years
(Update: Over 390 Dead, 1700 wounded)

As usual, the "mainstream" corporate media in the U.S. only gives a one-sided pro-Israel view of the situation in Gaza.

Israel's Four Real Objectives in the Gaza Attacks

Gaza Update: The Hospitals are Full

Richard Falk: Israel's War Crimes

Chris Hedges: Party to Murder

New U.S. Policy Needed Towards Israel and Palestinians

For more coverage of what is really happening in GAZA visit Sameh Habeeb's blog:
Gaza Today

Even Israel Newspapers offer more balanced reporting that U.S. Media:
See Israel's leading newspaper Haaretz
Isrealis Get the Truth About Gaza Attack

For an Arab perspective see: Aljazeera

Socialist Party Statement: End Massacre in Gaza

Green Party Condemn's Israel's Assault on Gaza

Still waiting for the Democratic Party or Obama to condemn Israel's Attack...

A Memo to Obama On Israel