The headline of this post says it all!
First, Dr Mustafa Barghouti, the Palestinian MP, member of the PLO’s Central Council, and General Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative, addressed Palestine Solidarity Campaign activists in London. Dr Barghouti, a medical doctor, was in Gaza during Israel’s latest massacre.
"18,000 homes and buildings were destroyed completely, 41,000 houses partially damaged, 145 schools, eight hospitals, 13 health centres damaged. 180 mosques damaged, 71 destroyed completely. Even cemeteries were bombarded, 10 bombarded, nine Muslim cemeteries, one Christian cemetery. They bombarded the graves. The bones of the people came out of the graves."
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"During these attacks, the Israeli army killed 2,153 people, and the number will still rise because we still have injured people who will not survive. 83% of those killed were civilians, 85% of them were killed inside their homes, 578 of those killed were children, 260 were women, 101 were elderly people. More than 1,100 people have been injured, including more than 3,000 people who will become disabled for the rest of their lives.
The population of Gaza is only 1.8 million. If Gaza had the population of the United States, you will be talking about 400,000 killed and 1,934,000 injured, almost two million.
During the September 11th 2001 attacks, the United States lost 3,000 people. After that, they conducted so many wars and went after everybody all over the world. What would the United States have done if they had lost 400,000 people in 51 days?"
Then, there is this from CommonDreams reporting on a Human Rights Watch Report:
"Israel's military attacks on United Nations schools in Gaza that were sheltering thousands of displaced people slaughtered dozens of civilians "in violation of the laws of war," Human Rights Watch declared in a report released Thursday.
The humanitarian organization investigated three separate attacks on such schools that occurred in late July and early August, which together killed 45 people, 17 of them children. “Israel has offered no convincing explanation for these attacks on schools where people had gone for protection and the resulting carnage,” said Fred Abrahams, special adviser at Human Rights Watch."
And finally, what does this tell you about what the Israeli's relentlessly touting their IDF as being the most moral army in the world? Former Israeli soldiers have turned whistleblowers over the treatment and surveillance of Palestinians. Go here to read or listen to this report on ABC Radio and also here for a video clip of interviews with IDF soldiers.
First, Dr Mustafa Barghouti, the Palestinian MP, member of the PLO’s Central Council, and General Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative, addressed Palestine Solidarity Campaign activists in London. Dr Barghouti, a medical doctor, was in Gaza during Israel’s latest massacre.
"18,000 homes and buildings were destroyed completely, 41,000 houses partially damaged, 145 schools, eight hospitals, 13 health centres damaged. 180 mosques damaged, 71 destroyed completely. Even cemeteries were bombarded, 10 bombarded, nine Muslim cemeteries, one Christian cemetery. They bombarded the graves. The bones of the people came out of the graves."
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"During these attacks, the Israeli army killed 2,153 people, and the number will still rise because we still have injured people who will not survive. 83% of those killed were civilians, 85% of them were killed inside their homes, 578 of those killed were children, 260 were women, 101 were elderly people. More than 1,100 people have been injured, including more than 3,000 people who will become disabled for the rest of their lives.
The population of Gaza is only 1.8 million. If Gaza had the population of the United States, you will be talking about 400,000 killed and 1,934,000 injured, almost two million.
During the September 11th 2001 attacks, the United States lost 3,000 people. After that, they conducted so many wars and went after everybody all over the world. What would the United States have done if they had lost 400,000 people in 51 days?"
Then, there is this from CommonDreams reporting on a Human Rights Watch Report:
"Israel's military attacks on United Nations schools in Gaza that were sheltering thousands of displaced people slaughtered dozens of civilians "in violation of the laws of war," Human Rights Watch declared in a report released Thursday.
The humanitarian organization investigated three separate attacks on such schools that occurred in late July and early August, which together killed 45 people, 17 of them children. “Israel has offered no convincing explanation for these attacks on schools where people had gone for protection and the resulting carnage,” said Fred Abrahams, special adviser at Human Rights Watch."
And finally, what does this tell you about what the Israeli's relentlessly touting their IDF as being the most moral army in the world? Former Israeli soldiers have turned whistleblowers over the treatment and surveillance of Palestinians. Go here to read or listen to this report on ABC Radio and also here for a video clip of interviews with IDF soldiers.
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