Link at post #11.
Posted on 01/06/2009 2:55:45 PM PST by Cindy
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/About+the+Ministry/Behind+the+Headlines/Ttragedy_school_Jebaliya_6-Jan-2009.htm
Behind the Headlines: The tragedy at the school in Jebaliya
6 Jan 2009 An initial inquiry by forces on operating in the area of the incident indicates that a number of mortar shells were fired at IDF forces from within the Jebaliya school. In response to the incoming enemy fire, the forces returned mortar fire to the source. Preliminary Background Briefing
Today, a reported 30 Palestinians were killed in a heartrending tragedy at a school in Jebaliya. Initial investigations indicate that Hamas terrorists fired mortar bombs from the area of the school towards Israeli forces, who returned fire towards the source of the shooting. The Israeli return fire landed outside the school, yet a series of explosions followed, indicating the probable presence of munitions and explosives in the building. Intelligence indicates that among those killed were Immad Abu Iskar and Hassan Abu Iskar, two known Hamas mortar crewmen.
Innocent civilians should not have died. However, it is vitally important to understand how this horrific incident occurred and who truly bears the responsibility for it.
Hamas began the current conflict when, three weeks ago it unilaterally violated the state of calm, and launched unprovoked rocket and mortar barrages on Israeli cities. This act of aggression was a clear violation of international law, and highlights a basic fact - not a single Israeli nor a single Palestinian would have been hurt had Hamas not launched its brutal attacks.
Israel had to respond. No government would stand idly by while its citizens are subjected to rockets and mortar attacks. Self-defense is an inherent right, and responsibility of every state. It is enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and remains a cornerstone of international law.
While the investigation of the incident continues, one crucial detail is already apparent: this tragedy occurred because Hamas consistently uses its own population as human shields. While betting that Israel will hesitate to strike back at areas with civilians present, Hamas covers its bet with the knowledge that should civilians be harmed, Hamas still wins since Israel will be censured by the world's media.
The best way to avoid the use of Palestinians as human shields is for the international community to begin to place the blame where it truly belongs - on the Hamas terrorists who exploit the suffering of their own people for political gain. Only the consorted international censure of Hamas will cause that terrorist organization to stop this perverted practice.
While Hamas exploits its own civilians as human shields as it deliberately targets the civilians of Israel, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) does its best to avoid harming civilians on either side. Many Israeli anti-terrorists operations have been aborted at the last minute, due to the untimely presence of civilians in the target area. Unfortunately, tragedies happen in wartime, particularly when one side violates international law by firing while hiding behind civilians.
During its operations in Gaza, the IDF is making every effort to comply with the two basic legal tests of international humanitarian law: (1) are the targets legitimate military objectives and (2) is an action likely to cause disproportionate damage to the civilian population and their property.
Israel faces a particular challenge with regards to determining the legitimacy of intended targets. The presence of civilians in an area of conflict does not stop a military objective from being a legitimate target. This is both the letter of international law and a reflection of state practice. The deliberate positioning of Hamas military targets among Palestinian civilians presents a problem with which Israel must consistently contend.
The Iranian-backed Hamas, as a matter of strategy, refuses to uphold one of most fundamental requirements of international humanitarian law - that of distinguishing between combatants/military instillations and civilians/civilian properties. It follows therefore that while Israel does all it can to avoid harming non-combatants, under international law, any collateral injury to them is the responsibility of the Hamas, which deliberately chooses to operate from civilian structures and fire behind human shields.
Yes and no.
Looking at the UN over the years; nothing surprises me.
http://www.memri.org/egypt.html
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http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=countries&Area=egypt&ID=SP217609
Special Dispatch - No. 2176
January 6, 2009 No. 2176
“Egyptian Cleric Safwat Higazi on Hamas TV: Dispatch Those Sons of Apes and Pigs to the Hellfire – On the Wings of Qassam Rockets”
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http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=countries&Area=egypt&ID=IA49009
Inquiry and Analysis - No. 490
January 6, 2009 No. 490
“Recent Attempts to Form Strategic Regional Bloc: Syria, Turkey and Iran”
By: O. Winter *
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http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=countries&Area=egypt&ID=SP217409
Special Dispatch - No. 2174
January 5, 2009 No. 2174
“Arab Media Attacks Egypt “
ADDING to post no. 20:
http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/index.cfm?page=Wanted_Terrorist&language=english
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Note: The following WANTED Poster is a quote:
http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/index.cfm?page=Zawahiri&language=english
Seeking Information Against International Terrorism
Rewards for Justice
Wanted
Ayman al-Zawahiri
Up to $25 Million Reward
Date of Birth : June 19, 1951
Place of Birth : Egypt
Hair : Brown/Black
Eyes : Dark
Sex : Male
Nationality : Egyptian
Aliases : Abu Muhammad, Abu Fatima, Muhammad Ibrahim, Abu Abdallah, Abu al-Mu’iz, The Doctor, The Teacher, Nur, Ustaz, Abu Mohammed, Abu Mohammed Nur al-Deen, Abdel Muaz, Dr. Ayman al Zawahiri
Ayman al-Zawahiri is a physician and the founder of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad. This organization opposes the secular Egyptian Government and seeks its overthrow through violent means. Al-Zawahiri is believed to now serve as an advisor and doctor to Usama bin Ladin. He has been indicted for his alleged role in the August 7, 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya.
The individual listed above has been indicted on the following charges:
Murder of U.S. nationals outside the United States; conspiracy to murder U.S. nationals outside the United States; and attack on a federal facility resulting in death.
Usama bin Ladin, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam, Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan, Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, Saif al-Adel, Anas al-Liby, Ahmed Mohamed Hamed Ali, and others already in custody are believed to be responsible for the bombings of the U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya on August 7, 1998. The embassy bombings killed 224 civilians and wounded over 5,000 others. These terrorists are believed to be members of al-Qa’ida, an international terrorist network headed by Usama bin Ladin.
http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html
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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024264.php
(IRNA, January 5, 2009)
January 6, 2009
“Iran boasts: 70,000 students have signed up to kill themselves in mass-murder operations”
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Previously...
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024158.php
(AP)
December 31, 2008
“Iran: “Volunteer student suicide groups ... are determined to go to Gaza””
BLOG:
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/32370_We_Got_Mail!
“We Got Mail!”
WEIRD | Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 11:12:41 am PST
http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp1341.htm
January 6, 2009
HP-1341
“Treasury Targets Hizballah Construction Company”
PRESS RELEASE SNIPPET: “Washington, DC—The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated the Waad Project, a Hizballah-run construction firm, under Executive Order 13224 (E.O. 13224), which targets terrorists and those providing support to terrorists or acts of terrorism.
“The Waad Project is another example of Hizballah’s use of deceptive tactics to support its military and terrorist apparatus,” said Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey.
Hizballah established the Waad Project, in part, because Jihad al-Bina—Hizballah’s main construction company—had difficulty receiving funds from donors following its designation under E.O. 13224 by the Treasury Department on February 20, 2007. Hizballah Secretary General Hasan Nasrallah publicly endorsed the Waad Project in May 2007.
Hizballah has used the Waad Project to rebuild its command headquarters in Beirut’s southern suburbs, which was destroyed in the summer 2006 conflict with Israel. The Waad Project has built Hizballah’s underground weapons storage facilities and parts of the group’s military infrastructure in Lebanon. Additionally, the Waad Project’s website has provided telephone numbers for those wishing to donate aid to Hizballah, Jihad al-Bina, and the Hizballah-controlled Martyrs Association, an organization named as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist in July 2007 for providing financial support to Hizballah.
The Waad Project has tried to hide its affiliation with Hizballah, just as Jihad al-Bina used deceptive means to seek funding projects from international development organizations. Additionally, the general manager of the Waad Project has stated that donors to the Waad Project have wished to remain anonymous because Hizballah is a terrorist organization and they preferred not to be identified due to the risks of dealings with a terrorist group.
Under E.O. 13224, any assets held by the Waad Project under U.S. jurisdiction are frozen and U.S. persons are prohibited from engaging in any transactions with the Waad Project.
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Identifier Information
WAAD PROJECT
AKAs:
Wa’id Company
Wa’ed Organization
Waad Waed
Wa’d Project
Al-Waad Al-Sadiq
Waad Company
Waad for Rebuilding the Southern Suburb
`Mashura Waad Laadat Al-Aamar
Waad Project for Reconstruction
Wa’ad As Sadiq”
Link at post #11.
You’re welcome fanfan.
My schedule...shovel snow, internet, shovel snow, internet...(haven’t got to the shoveling yet).
Smiling...
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129263
Published: 01/06/09, 6:34 PM
“Soldiers Kill Suicide Bomber, IDF Toll Climbs to Six”
by Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu
(IsraelNN.com)
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Paratroopers in northern Gaza identified a suicide bomber who was approaching their force, and troopers fired at the man, causing the suicide belt to detonate. One soldier was lightly wounded in the blast.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/venezuela/
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2159916/posts
“Venezuela Expels Israeli Ambassador To Protest Gaza Strip Attacks”
Latin American Herald Tribune ^ | 1/6/09 | Jeremy Morgan
Posted on January 6, 2009 3:34:24 PM PST by nickcarraway
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231167285283&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Jan 7, 2009 1:59
“Israel responds to expulsion of Israeli ambassador to Venezuela”
By JPOST.COM STAFF
SNIPPET: “In response to the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry announcing the expulsion of all embassy personnel, the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem said that Israel will continue to protect itself from its enemies, amongst them Hamas and Iran, Israel Radio reported.
The Foreign Ministry added that every country must decide whether it is on the side which is fighting terrorism, or the side supporting it.”
IF YOU ARE IN ISRAEL; THIS IS FOR YOU:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/158821
“Still No School Wednesday”
Reported: 02:27 AM - Jan/07/09
SNIPPET: “(IsraelNN.com) The Home Front Command announced that there will still be no school on Wednesday in areas 40 kilometers within Gaza.”
Ping! Please Ping all your Peeps.
January 6, 2009 Update from Homeland Security---Warning to U.S. Jewish Centers
Thank you Larousse2.
Ping to #33
Hat Tip: JIHAD WATCH.org
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stepping back in time...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OefgMtXOc1M
“Armed palestinian terrorists using Children as human Shield”
VIDEO DESCRIPTION -QUOTE:
Armed palestinian terrorists using Children as human Shield.
Category: News & Politics
Tags: Israel Palestine palestinian terrorists
Re post no. 37:
Video added August 09, 2006
VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6kwFRpXfGg
“Violencia en Marcha Pro terrorista en Buenos Aires 06-01-09”
VIDEO DESCRIPTION - QUOTE:
January 06, 2009
(less info)
Violencia en Marcha Pro terrorista en Buenos Aires06-01-09
Category: People & Blogs
Tags: israel gaza
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