{"article":{"id":223311,"heading":"NYCLAW Antiwar Bulletin: Israeli Massacre in Gaza -- 12.30.08","author":"NYCLAW -- New York City Labor Against the War","created":"2009-01-01 04:31:43","modified":"2009-01-01 04:31:43","last_modified":"Thu, 01 Jan 2009 11:31:43","article":"

\r\nNYCLAW<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> -- New York City Labor Against the War<\/span>
NYCLAW<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Antiwar<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Bulletin<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\r\n
December 30, 2008<\/b>
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CO-CONSPIRATORS<\/b><\/u>
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Israeli Minister: No Cease-Fire<\/b><\/u>
As the airstrikes continued Tuesday, Interior Minister Meir Sheetrit told Israel Radio, \"There is no room for a cease-fire.\"
http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/12\/31\/world\/middleeast\/31mideast.html?_r=1&hp
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<\/div>\r\nBarak<\/i>

Barak: 'All-Out War'<\/b><\/u>
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak\r\ndeclared \"an all-out war against Hamas\" on Monday as fighter jets raked\r\nthe Gaza Strip with bombs for the third straight day. . . . \"Anything affiliated with Hamas is a legitimate target.\"
http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/12\/29\/AR2008122900373.html
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Israeli Electioneering with Bombs<\/b><\/u>
[B]y launching the attack when\r\nmany foreign reporters were away from the region for the holidays, the\r\ngovernment hoped to be able to inflict the maximum damage on Gaza\r\nbefore the media could catch up.
http:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/v2\/article10074.shtml

Sealed Off<\/b><\/u>
Israel has not allowed foreign reporters into Gaza since the operation began Saturday.
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/12\/29\/AR2008122900373.html


\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>Protest at Obama's Motorcade in Hawaii<\/i>

Republicrats<\/b><\/u>
Washington, as is its wont, blames the pro-Hamas Palestinians, with Obama and Bush singing from the same AIPAC hymn sheet.
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/commentisfree\/2008\/dec\/30\/gaza-hamas-palestinians-israel1

NYT Editorial<\/b><\/u>
\r\nIsrael must defend itself.
\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/12\/30\/opinion\/30tue1.html?ref=opinion



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\r\nANATOMY OF A WAR CRIME<\/b><\/u>
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<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>Bodies of 4-year-old Lama Hamdan and her sister Haya<\/i> in Beit Hanoun<\/i>

Israel Attacked During Lull<\/b><\/u>
\r\nPalestinians\r\nin Gaza believed Israel had called a 48-hour \"lull\" in retaliatory\r\nattacks with Hamas when Israeli warplanes launched a massive\r\nbombardment of militant installations in the Gaza Strip, a U.N.\r\nofficial said Monday.
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5jEsKgyiG7aSlVT6qkanjs67ZfeCAD95COK280\\

Previous Attacks<\/b><\/u>
\r\nIsrael's\r\nfour-day bombing campaign in Gaza is the latest in a series of military\r\noperations dating back to 2006, when Hamas won the Palestinian\r\nelections. . . . They have claimed hundreds of Palestinian lives.
http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2008\/dec\/30\/israelandthepalestinians-middleeast
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Tutu: 'Akin to War Crimes'<\/b><\/u>
\"In the context of\r\ntotal aerial supremacy, in which one side in a conflict deploys lethal\r\naircraft against opponents with no means of defending themselves, the\r\nbombardment bears all the hallmarks of war crimes.\"
http:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=nw20081228135838626C247461
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\r\nSamira Balousha carries her surving child, Mohamad while crying over the body of her daughter, Jawahar, during the funeral<\/span><\/i>
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Five Murdered Sisters<\/b><\/u>
Five Balousha\r\ngirls -- Tahir, 17; Ikram, 14; Samar, 12; Dina, 8; and Jawaher, 4 --\r\nwere dead, swelling the list of Palestinian civilians killed in three\r\ndays of Israeli airstrikes on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-civilians30-2008dec30,0,1804115.story
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Mother's Response<\/b><\/u>
\"Does my\r\n12-days-old baby have a rocket with her?\" Samira demanded. \"Or my son,\r\ndoes he have a missile with him? Or did my daughters have AK-47s beside\r\nthem? Why did they target them?\"
http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/12\/29\/AR2008122902490.html
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Father's Response<\/b><\/u>
\"If\r\nthe dead here were Israelis, you would see the whole world condemning\r\nand responding. But why is no one condemning this action? Aren't we\r\nhuman beings?\" he said. \"We are living in our land, we didn't take it\r\nfrom the Israelis. We are fighting for our rights. One day we will get\r\nthem back.\"
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2008\/dec\/30\/israel-and-the-palestinians-middle-east

Students<\/b><\/u>
\r\nEight students, ages 18 to 20, were killed while waiting for a U.N. bus to take them home, and 19 were injured.
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/12\/29\/AR2008122902490.html

Emergency Services<\/b><\/u>
\r\nGaza's emergency services are crippled by the airstrikes and power outages caused in part by an Israeli blockade.
http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-civilians30-2008dec30,0,1804115.story
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Israeli Navy Rams Aid Ship<\/b><\/u>
The\r\ncrew and passengers were hoping to treat some of those injured in four\r\ndays of the Israeli air strikes, with hospitals in the territory\r\noverwhelmed.
http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2008\/dec\/30\/israel-gaza-aid-ship

Amnesty Denounces Strangulation<\/b><\/u>
\r\n\"It\r\nis utterly unacceptable for Israel to continue to purposefully deprive\r\n1.5 million people of food and other basic necessities.\"
http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/12\/29\/AR2008122902490.html
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Basic Goods<\/b><\/u>
\"The most basic goods are not available in the shops.\"
http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/12\/29\/AR2008122900373.html
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MYTH-BUSTING: HAMAS ROCKETS<\/b><\/u>

Not Even Comparable<\/b><\/u>
\r\n\r\nDuring\r\nthe last seven years, 14 Israelis have been killed by mostly homemade\r\nrockets fired from the Gaza Strip, while more than 5,000 Palestinians\r\nwere killed by Israel with some of the most advanced US-supplied\r\narmaments in the world.
http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/commentisfree\/2008\/dec\/30\/israel-and-the-palestinians-middle-east
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Right to Resist<\/b><\/u>
Like any occupied people, the Palestinians have the right to\r\nresist, whether they choose to exercise it or not. But there is no\r\nright of defence for an illegal occupation - there is an obligation to\r\nwithdraw comprehensively.
http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/commentisfree\/2008\/dec\/30\/israel-and-the-palestinians-middle-east
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WORLDWIDE PROTEST AND RESISTANCE<\/b><\/u>

P.A. Thoroughly Discredited<\/b><\/u>
\r\n\"I\r\nam originally Fatah, and my voice will always be Fatah. But Hamas is\r\nresisting, and we are a nation under occupation. I support the\r\nresistance.\"
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/world\/middleeast\/articles\/2008\/12\/30\/fatah_sidelined_hamas_gains_status_as_principal_resistance\/
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<\/div>\r\nal-Ram in the West Bank<\/i>

<\/div>\r\n\r\nRamallah <\/i>

<\/div>\r\n<\/div>East Jerusalem<\/i>

<\/div>\r\nAin al-Hilweh refugee camp near the port city of Sidon in southern Lebanon <\/i>

<\/div>\r\n<\/div>D.C.<\/i>

<\/div>\r\nDearborn, MI<\/i>

<\/div>\r\nMinneapolis<\/i>

<\/div>\r\nCopenhagen<\/i>

<\/div>\r\nDamascus<\/i>

<\/div>\r\nDubai<\/i>

<\/div>\r\n\r\nBosnia<\/i>

<\/div>\r\nCardiff, Wales

<\/div>\r\nBangalore, India

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<\/div>\r\nHyderabad, Pakistan

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<\/div>\r\nYemen<\/i>

<\/div>\r\nJakarta, Indonesia<\/i>

<\/div>\r\nVienna<\/i>

<\/div>\r\nTokyo<\/i>

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