Feb 28, 2009

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Israeli War Criminals – to the International Criminal Court, NOW!

Israel coninues the illegal and immoral blockading of Gaza, witha show of pig-headedness which defies reality. The rest of the world is not too excited either – there is no real pressure on Israel to stop this brutality, so why would they? Help to bring Israel to the international dock by Boycott, devestment and sanctions!

‘Five rockets’ fired into Israel: BBC

Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip have reportedly fired five rockets over the border into Israeli territory but there is no indication of casualties. One rocket damaged a school in the southern city of Ashkelon but the building was closed at the time, the Israeli military say.A second hit open ground outside the city and three fell just beyond Gaza without causing damage, they add. There were no immediate claims of responsibility for the attacks. Both Israel and the main Palestinian militant group in Gaza, Hamas, declared unilateral truces after Israel ended its three-week Gaza offensive on 17 January. Several rocket strikes and other attacks from Gaza have been reported since then, apparently involving smaller militant groups. Israel has responded with air strikes.

Olmert vows ‘painful’ response to Qassams: Ha’aretz

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday promised a ‘painful, uncompromising response’ to rocket fire from the Gaza Strip, a day after Ten rockets were fired at Israel from the coastal territory. Speaking before the weekly cabinet meeting, Olmert accused Hamas of using Qassam rockets to make up for their losses suffered during the three-week Israel Defense Forces offensive in the Gaza Strip which ended in late January. “Hamas is trying to recover from the stiff blow they suffered during Operation Cast Lead through the use of terror,” Olmert said.

Olmert has only one button – ‘more force’. He is impervious to the fact no amount of murder will achieve his aims. He wiull cxertainly kill more people in Gaza before he vacates the stage in favour of the next brutalist.

Israeli warning over Gaza rockets: BBC

Israel’s prime minister has promised an “uncompromising response” if rockets continue to be fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel.
Ehud Olmert said Israel’s retaliation would be painful, harsh and strong. His warning, at a cabinet meeting, came as international Middle East envoy Tony Blair visited Gaza to see the damage caused by Israel’s recent offensive. Meanwhile, Palestinian medics said five people had died when a smuggling tunnel under the Gaza-Egypt border collapsed. Both Israel and the main Palestinian militant group in Gaza, Hamas, declared unilateral truces following Israel’s three-week Gaza offensive on 17 January. But a number of rocket strikes and other attacks from Gaza have been reported since then, apparently involving smaller militant groups. Israel has responded with air strikes.

Palestinians pledge era of unity: BBC

Leaders of the rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah have said they are entering a new era of reconciliation, after talks in Cairo.
Delegations from each side, and other Palestinian groups, have agreed to set up committees to look at forming a unity government and holding elections. The committees are to finish their work by the end of March, said senior Fatah official Ahmed Qurei. On Wednesday both groups agreed to release detainees from the other side. In another confidence-building measure, they pledged to stop attacking each other in the media to foster goodwill between the two sides.

Quartet envoy Tony Blair visits Gaza Strip for first time: Ha’aretz

The office of Tony Blair says the Mideast envoy is in the Gaza Strip to discuss reconstruction efforts. It is Blair’s first visit to Gaza since he was appointed to present the Mideast peacemaking quartet of the United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations in 2007. “I wanted to come to hear for myself, first hand, from people in Gaza whose lives have been so badly impacted by the recent conflict,” Blair said in a statement.

One war criminal comes to appreciate the work of another one…

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