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Holocaust Denied

Posted by smeddum on January 8, 2009

Holocaust Denied

The lying silence of those who know

By John Pilger

January 08, 2009 “Information Clearinghouse“ — -“When the truth is replaced by silence,” the Soviet dissident Yevgeny Yevtushenko said, “the silence is a lie.” It may appear the silence is broken on Gaza. The cocoons of murdered children, wrapped in green, together with boxes containing their dismembered parents and the cries of grief and rage of everyone in that death camp by the sea, can be viewed on al-Jazeera and YouTube, even glimpsed on the BBC. But Russia’s incorrigible poet was not referring to the ephemeral we call news; he was asking why those who knew the why never spoke it and so denied it. Among the Anglo-American intelligentsia, this is especially striking. It is they who hold the keys to the great storehouses of knowledge: the historiographies and archives that lead us to the why. Read the rest of this entry »

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The BBC: Eyeless in Gaza

Posted by seumasach on January 7, 2009

Muhammad Idrees Ahmad

The Electronic Intifada

6 January 2009

On 29 February last year the BBC’s website reported deputy defense minister Matan Vilnai threatening a “holocaust” on Gaza. Headlined “Israel warns of Gaza ‘holocaust'” the story would undergo nine revisions in the next twelve hours. Before the day was over the headline would read “Gaza militants ‘risking disaster.'” (The story has since been revised again with an exculpatory note added soft-pedaling Vilnai’s comments). An Israeli official threatening “holocaust” may be unpalatable to those who routinely invoke its specter to deflect criticism from the state’s criminal behavior. With the “holocaust” reference redacted, the new headline shifted culpability neatly into the hands of “Gaza militants” instead.

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Israeli army are cowards says Chavez- Mauritania withdraws ambassador

Posted by seumasach on January 7, 2009

Israel’s Ambassador to Venezuela has been expelled amid claims his country is carrying out genocide.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called the Israeli army ‘cowards,’ while the foreign minister alleged the Jewish state was engaged in ‘state terrorism.’

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Ecuador accuses Israel of crimes against humanity

Posted by seumasach on January 7, 2009

Ynet

7th January, 2009

Lawmakers in Ecuador on Tuesday condemned Israel’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip and called for a global probe of alleged “crimes against humanity.”

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Gaza- UK wide solidarity action

Posted by seumasach on January 7, 2009

1) THE GAZA KILLING FIELDS: DEMONSTRATE 10 JANUARY

NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION: SATURDAY 10 JANUARY
STOP THE MASSACRE : ISRAEL OUT OF GAZA
ASSEMBLE 12.30PM SPEAKERS CORNER,HYDE PARK
(Nearest tube Marble Arch) Rally & speakers in Hyde park
MARCH TO ISRAELI EMBASSY High St Kensington, London W8

Anyone with a shred of humanity who watches the video we
feature below will do all they can to join the national
demonstration in London this Saturday 10 January, and will
encourage everyone they know to be there too.

In the video a Norwegian doctor working in a Gaza hospital
he calls “Dante’s Inferno, hell”, describes how Palestinians
– particularly the children, who are 50 percent of the
population – are dying and suffering horrific injuries for
the crime of being civilians living in Gaza. “They cannot
flee as other populations can in war time because Israel has
them trapped in a cage,” he says.
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Scottish Gaza Solidarity Protests

Posted by seumasach on January 7, 2009

Holyrood Parliament

Picket outside Holyrood Parliament between 10.30 and 11am tomorrow (Thursday) while an Emergency Debate takes place inside between 9.30 and 11am

First Minister’s Questions at 12noon should hear a question on Gaza tabled by Pauline McNeil MSP

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“Al-Qaida” Networks Attack Obama

Posted by seumasach on January 7, 2009

We have suspected that the Gaza invasion is designed to undermine Obama and preempt any Middle-East settlement. Here is confirmation from what we have good reason to suppose are London/Washington run networks.

Daily Star

7th January, 2009

CAIRO, Egypt – Al-Qaida’s No. 2 leader lashed out at President-elect Barack Obama in a new audio message Tuesday, accusing him of not doing anything to stop Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip, according to an intelligence monitoring center.

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France Condemns Israeli Strike On UN School In Gaza

Posted by seumasach on January 7, 2009

Nasdaq

7th January, 2009

PARIS (AFP)–France Wednesday sharply criticized Israel’s shelling of a U.N.- run school in the Gaza Strip, arguing that the bloodshed underlined the need for a rapid ceasefire.

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Nasrallah: Israel will never be able to beat Hamas

Posted by seumasach on January 7, 2009

Ynet

7th January, 2009

Hizbullah Chief Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah said on the IDF operation in Gaza, “We won’t be afraid of your airplanes; your threats won’t scare us. If the Zionists come to our home, we will show them that the Second Lebanon War was a walk in the park compared to what we are preparing for them now.”

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