hamas wishes for war crimes 

Ein Standbild aus dem Video: Was hatte die Hamas nochmal gesagt? Sie haette nur auf militaerische israelische Ziele geschossen und nur weil die Raketen so ungenau waren, waeren auch ein paar in zivilen Gegenden runtergekommen??? Kuckt euch bitte dieses offizielle Hamaspropagandaschild IM GASASTREIFEN an. Die denken doch echt, das alle ihre Luegen schlucken und diese netten Schildchen in Gasa nicht zu sehen bekommen…

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/8470100.stm


by Marcus Sheff, Executive Director, The Israel Project – Israel Office

on www.theisraelproject.org & www.jewishjournal.com

It was of course utterly predictable. Last Friday, Judge Richard Goldstone, reacting to the United Nations Human Rights Council’s inevitable decision to endorse his made-for Al Jazeera report about last winter’s Gaza war, criticized the UNHRC because it included only censure of Israel, without any mention of Hamas.

Richard, we are simply staggered that they would do that to you.

Among the countries that singled out Israel among all other nations for their opprobrium were routine human rights abusers China, Russia, Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Continue reading →

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX6vyT8RzMo&feature=player_embedded

I have nothing to add. Absolutely nothing.

new flags

Und wieder einmal versuchen wir uns als Israel-Tuerkei-Experten zu mausern.

Hier also der heisse Stoff: Wie berichtet wurde, hat die Tuerkei das jaehrliche traditionelle NATO-Israel Luftuebungsmanoever namens “Anatolian Eagle” kurzfristig abgesagt und Israel vor den Kopf gestossen. Es wird einiges gemunkelt, Continue reading →

Mein Freund Bernd Dahlenburg, der seinen eigenen Blog hat (www.castollux.blogspot.com), hat mir gestern einen wirklich unverschämten, von Martin Gehlen geschriebenen, im Tagesspiegel veröffentlichten Artikel weitergeleitet. Mein Kommentar zu diesem einseitigen Protokoll des Hasses:

Martin Gehlen: Gaza – in den Köpfen dröhnen die Explosionen weiter
Tagesspiegel Online

Herr Gehlen,
Ich muss mich sehr beherrschen, mich so diplomatisch wie möglich auszudrücken, denn was Sie in Ihrem neusten Bericht im Tagesspiegel von sich geben, ist schlicht und einfach ein Protokoll des Hasses. Damit meine ich keineswegs den Hass der palästinensischen “Verwundeten/Ärzte/Politiker/Experten” auf Israel und wie Sie schon in der Einleitung ihres Berichtes ziemlich einseitig ausdrücken, die “Bombardierung”, sondern Ihren ganz persönlichen Hass auf die Juden und ihren Staat.

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Most of the world labeled Israel for making use of excessive force during its 3-week Operation Cast Lead against the terrorist organization Hamas in the Gaza Strip during January 2009. Finally some other voices of real not-Israeli professionals are being heard who know that Israel did its utmost to safeguard women, children and men, who were clearly identified as civilians.  Please watch a Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs video: Continue reading →

Das Land Israel sass gestern wiedereinmal auf der Anklagebank. In internationalen und vorne weg natuerlich auch in den deutschen Medien wurde Israel’s Armee, IDF, bzw. ZAHAL, als unmenschlich und brutal bezeichnet (siehe dazu unter anderem Spiegel Online, 15.7., Politik-Ausland, Christoph Schult: Zivile Opfer – Gaza Veteranen werfen Israel brutale Kriegsfuehrung vor). Die “Anklage” basiert auf einen Bericht von einer “Organisation” names Das Schweigen brechen, die sich zum Ziel gesetzt hat, Israel, seine Armee und somit auch seine Bevoelkerung international zu erniedrigen. Continue reading →

I used to believe that the International Red Cross is an organization which takes care of humanitarian issues, is completely neutral and does not discriminate any nation, any people, any specific culture, religion, race or color.

Unfortunatley, I feel that I have been totally wrong on this.

The Red Cross has absolutely done NOTHING during the last 3 years to help free Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit who was aducted in a cross-border raid by the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas on June 25, 2006. This happened more than 3 years ago.
His abduction, the kidnapping of two other Israeli soldiers, Ehud Goldwasser (RIP) and Eldad Regev (RIP), by the Hezbollah terrorist organization, who in a ridiculous prisoner swap gave Israel back her sons, in coffins, and the continuing rocketfire on the southern and northern regions of Israel were the main reasons for the Israeli leadership to give green light to its military to “go out and protect” Israeli citizens. This war is commonly known as the Second Lebanon War (summer of 2006).

Not much has changed since. At least concerning Gilad Shalit.

Operation Cast Lead, an Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip, which was taken out during the very end of December 2008 and January 18 came after 8 years of almost uninterrupted Hamas rocket attacks on the southern Israeli cities, villages and Kibbutzim. More than 1000 Gaza residents, military men as well as civilians died; 9 Israeli soldiers and almost a dozen civilians died. Furthermore over 300 Israeli soldiers were injured and thousands of Israelis suffer from some sort of trauma till the very day.

It is more than obvious that both sides suffered, i.e. are still suffering. The Hamas continues to fire rockets into Israel which leaves about 10% of the Israeli population in warlike conditions and Israel continues to block most of the border crossings and prevent international supply from reaching Gaza and its residents.

People on both sides of the border suffer. The sole responsible for all this is without any doubt the terrorist Hamas organisation which does not really give a damn about how many Gazans are suffering or dying. The main thing is that they keep the power over the Gaza Strip.

And what has the Red Cross done throughout the last 3 years? An organization which so to speak should guarantee any prisoner of war a minimum of rights, should at least insist on visiting him in order to make sure that he is ok, that he is alive.

Apparently, regarding the destiny of Gilad Shalit the Red Cross is not all too concerned.

Today the Red Cross finally made it into the headlines of Israeli newspapers because it accuses Israel of trapping 1.5 m. Gazans “in despair”.
No word was said about Gilad Shalit. Not a single word!