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Do you hear the court in The Hague? The family of the leader of Hamas receives life-saving treatment in a hospital in Israel! Listen to this story: the whole difference between Israeli humanity and the cruelty of Hamas: While the leader of Hamas is holding 136 hostages, and after celebrating the massacre in Otef, the family of Ismail Haniyeh is receiving life-saving treatment in a hospital in Israel. His sister's grandson, who was born in the last few days in Israel, is hospitalized in Pagia in intensive care

IDF standing by to send assistance after 7.2-quake hits Turkey's southeast; Turkish President Abdullah Gul tells Peres he hopes local rescue forces can handle situation Israel is preparing to send aid to Turkey in the wake of a powerful earthquake that hit the east of the country. The Foreign Ministry said that the scope of the assistance depends on Ankara's willingness to accept it. According to reports, up to 1,000 could be dead due to the 7.2-magnitue quake that struck the Van province Sunday. Turkey's deputy prime minister said that around 45 buildings have collapsed in the town of Ercis...

The latest chapter in the conflict between the governments of Israel and Palestine is generating loads of media ink – and huge, whopping lies. Here’s a roundup of the top myths related to this war: 1) Israel launched a preemptive war. Congressman and former GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul, suggested to Press TV – the official propaganda arm of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – that Israel’s actions were “preemptive”. His logic: Israel has nukes and Hamas doesn’t, so it’s unfair. Look, a war isn’t automatically “preemptive” just because one party was dumb enough to pick a fight it can’t win....

'Talks hit snag because Hamas insisted all 450 prisoners be freed' Jerusalem Post Palestinian sources on Tuesday told the pan-Arab daily Al Hayat that negotiations for the release of kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Schalit were discontinued due to Hamas's insistence on freeing all 450 prisoners on the list it presented to Israel. According to the sources, which the paper termed "reliable," the figure behind Hamas's hardened position was the organization's military chief, Ahmed Jabri, who had led the Hamas delegation to Egypt. Egyptian sources told the paper that the Israeli envoys to the talks had said that they had given...

Pajamas Media » Israeli Army Doctors Heal the Enemy May 19, 2008 ... Medicine trumps politics for the Israeli army doctors serving on a West Bank military base near Ramallah who run an emergency clinic for local Palestinian villagers. http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/israeli-army-doctors-heal-the-enemy

Tuesday, September 2, 2008 Caroline Glick: Israel's Enemies Calling Israel's bluff Our World: Calling Israel's bluff Caroline Glick , THE JERUSALEM POST Sep. 1, 2008 www.jpost.com /servlet/Satellite?cid=1220186502793&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Hamas and its international collaborators have a new plan. To forcibly end Israel's embargo of Gaza's seacoast, they intend to operate a "ferry" service that will sail from Cyprus to Gaza every couple of weeks. The plan was announced on Friday by American Hamas collaborator Paul Larudee. Larudee and 32 other Hamas collaborators from North America and Europe disguised themselves as "peace activists" last week as they ran the gauntlet of Israel's naval...

Israel's extraordinary help for the Arab "Palestinians" should overshadow any consequences in it's war on terror stemming out of "Palestinian" initiated violence      Let alone current contributions and aid, even in the years that the "Palestinians" love to refer to as "occupation", just How "bad" was it really for them?   1967 - 1993   * Economic prosperity, Israeli investment in "Palestinian" business, industry and infrastructure helped the PA GNP grow 13% annually between 1967 and 1980, per capita income grew tenfold, unemployment dropped from 40% to below 5%.   * Standard of living soared, Health gains: Israel built 166...

MKs pledge to grant legal refugee status for Sudanese prisoners By HAVIV RETTIG http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1170359887840&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull One must wonder how Musa sees the world. A black Muslim refugee from the Sudan, Musa's refusal to be drafted into the Sudanese army to fight the Arab janjaweed militiamen led to the burning of his village and the murder or disappearance of his 16-member family. Yet those who carried out the retribution killings were not government forces, but Arab militiamen themselves, armed by the Sudanese government, the very men whom the Sudanese military was trying to defeat.

Israel - good vs evil   More on humane Israel the giver and Arab Palestinian the exploiter     December 26, 2006   Reality Check   Excessive restrain not "excessive force"   The restrained Israel that is only branded with ridiculous charges of "excessive force". Since the cease fire broken between Israel and all "Palestinians" (December 2006), more than 55 rockets were launched from "Palestinians" on Israeli civilians including on a nursery school in Sderot, that particular attack was immediately after Israel pledged for releasing 100 Million dollars to them. But the UN can never seem to find any time...