Comments on: Israel’s Illegal Assault On The Gaza “Prison” http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/israel%e2%80%99s-illegal-assault-on-the-gaza-prison/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:03:40 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ekosmo http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/israel%e2%80%99s-illegal-assault-on-the-gaza-prison/#comment-15829 Ekosmo Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:05:19 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/israel%e2%80%99s-illegal-assault-on-the-gaza-prison/#comment-15829 Hee Haw, Amen, an Hallelujah tuh Arch Stanton...!! Ahd be mirrey glad tuh make dat goy's acquaintance, fuh lightnin' up this site with some well-selected satire stick around Arch, summin comin yoh way soon... signed. Roger DeBris Hee Haw, Amen, an Hallelujah tuh Arch Stanton…!!

Ahd be mirrey glad tuh make dat goy’s acquaintance,
fuh lightnin’ up this site with some well-selected satire

stick around Arch, summin comin yoh way soon…

signed.

Roger DeBris

]]> By: maryb http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/israel%e2%80%99s-illegal-assault-on-the-gaza-prison/#comment-15806 maryb Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:02:58 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/israel%e2%80%99s-illegal-assault-on-the-gaza-prison/#comment-15806 'He's got 'em on the list--he's got 'em on the list' (With apologies to William S Gilbert) The verse continues 'They'll none of them be missed....' which is not true of course either in Israel orPalestine. We could all make lists of the names of the dead, the Palestinian ones now massively exceeding Israel's in number. How futile - as if there's a competition. Death is final but grief survives for the relatives and friends left behind. Put an end to the occupation and make peace with your neighbours. It happened in Northern Ireland after a lot of blood was spilled uselessly and in South Africa where an Apartheid state came to the realization that there had to be change. Political will has to exist for change to happen of course. ‘He’s got ‘em on the list–he’s got ‘em on the list’ (With apologies to William S Gilbert)
The verse continues ‘They’ll none of them be missed….’ which is not true of course either in Israel orPalestine. We could all make lists of the names of the dead, the Palestinian ones now massively exceeding Israel’s in number. How futile – as if there’s a competition. Death is final but grief survives for the relatives and friends left behind. Put an end to the occupation and make peace with your neighbours. It happened in Northern Ireland after a lot of blood was spilled uselessly and in South Africa where an Apartheid state came to the realization that there had to be change. Political will has to exist for change to happen of course.

]]> By: sk http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/israel%e2%80%99s-illegal-assault-on-the-gaza-prison/#comment-15802 sk Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:00:05 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/israel%e2%80%99s-illegal-assault-on-the-gaza-prison/#comment-15802 Whatever it is for Olmert, it's undoubtedly <a href="http://www.oxfam.org.uk/applications/blogs/pressoffice/2008/03/gaza_humanitarian_situation_wo.html" rel="nofollow">Winter</a> for Gaza and West Bank. Whatever it is for Olmert, it’s undoubtedly Winter for Gaza and West Bank.

]]> By: Arch Stanton http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/israel%e2%80%99s-illegal-assault-on-the-gaza-prison/#comment-15800 Arch Stanton Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:24:07 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/israel%e2%80%99s-illegal-assault-on-the-gaza-prison/#comment-15800 Israel was having trouble What a sad, sad story Needed a new leader to restore Its former glory Where, oh, where was he? Where could that man be? We looked around and then we found The man for you and me And now it's... Springtime for Olmert and Israel! Zionists are happy and gay! They're marching to a faster pace Look out, here comes the master race! Springtime for Olmert and Israel Palestine is a fine land once more! Springtime for Olmert and Israel Watch out, Gaza We're going on tour! Winter for Lebanon Springtime for Olmert and Israel! Israel was having trouble
What a sad, sad story
Needed a new leader to restore
Its former glory
Where, oh, where was he?
Where could that man be?
We looked around and then we found
The man for you and me

And now it’s…
Springtime for Olmert and Israel!
Zionists are happy and gay!
They’re marching to a faster pace
Look out, here comes the master race!
Springtime for Olmert and Israel
Palestine is a fine land once more!
Springtime for Olmert and Israel
Watch out, Gaza
We’re going on tour!
Winter for Lebanon

Springtime for Olmert and Israel!

]]> By: jaime http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/israel%e2%80%99s-illegal-assault-on-the-gaza-prison/#comment-15792 jaime Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:37:30 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/israel%e2%80%99s-illegal-assault-on-the-gaza-prison/#comment-15792 IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO WERE MURDERED IN SDEROT June 28, 2004: Afik Zahavi-Ochayon, killed on his way to kindergarten, age 4; June 28, 2004: Mordechai Yossifov, killed while waiting to pick up his children from kindergarten, age 49; Sept. 29, 2004: Dorit Inso, killed while playing with friends in the street, age 4; Sept. 29, 2004: Yuval Avava, killed while playing with friends in the street, age 4; Jan. 15, 2005: Alla Abucassis, fatally injured while protecting her brother with her body, age 17; July 14, 2005: Dana Galkovic, killed while sitting on the balcony at home, age 22; Nov. 15, 2006: Fayena Slutzker, killed while walking on a street in Sderot, age 57; Nov. 21, 2006: Ya'akov Yakovov, killed at work, age 43; May 21, 2007: Shirel Friedman, killed when a rocket landed close to her car, age 32; May 27, 2007: Oshri Oz, killed in his car on his way to work, age 36; Feb. 27, 2008: Roni Yechiya, killed in Sapir College, age 47. (Globe and Mail, Feb. 29) IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO WERE MURDERED IN SDEROT

June 28, 2004: Afik Zahavi-Ochayon, killed on his way to kindergarten, age 4; June 28, 2004: Mordechai Yossifov, killed while waiting to pick up his children from kindergarten, age 49; Sept. 29, 2004: Dorit Inso, killed while playing with friends in the street, age 4; Sept. 29, 2004: Yuval Avava, killed while playing with friends in the street, age 4; Jan. 15, 2005: Alla Abucassis, fatally injured while protecting her brother with her body, age 17; July 14, 2005: Dana Galkovic, killed while sitting on the balcony at home, age 22; Nov. 15, 2006: Fayena Slutzker, killed while walking on a street in Sderot, age 57; Nov. 21, 2006: Ya’akov Yakovov, killed at work, age 43; May 21, 2007: Shirel Friedman, killed when a rocket landed close to her car, age 32; May 27, 2007: Oshri Oz, killed in his car on his way to work, age 36; Feb. 27, 2008: Roni Yechiya, killed in Sapir College, age 47. (Globe and Mail, Feb. 29)

]]> By: maryb http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/israel%e2%80%99s-illegal-assault-on-the-gaza-prison/#comment-15765 maryb Thu, 06 Mar 2008 08:14:05 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/israel%e2%80%99s-illegal-assault-on-the-gaza-prison/#comment-15765 This is from the BBC website this morning reporting the contents of a report on the humanitarian situation in Gaza. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/default.stm Gaza conditions 'at 40-year low' The groups say a battered, starved Gaza cannot be a peace partner. Gaza's humanitarian situation is at its worst since Israel occupied the territory in 1967, say UK-based human rights and development groups. They include Amnesty International, Save the Children, Cafod, Care International and Christian Aid. They criticise Israel's blockade on Gaza as illegal collective punishment which fails to deliver security. Israel says its military action and other measures are lawful and needed to stop rocket attacks from Gaza. Israel pulled its troops and settlers out of the Gaza Strip in 2005, but retained control over Gaza's airspace and coastline, and over its own border with the territory. It tightened its blockade in January amid a surge in rocket attacks by Palestinian militants in Gaza. 'Disaster' The groups' report, Gaza Strip: A Humanitarian Implosion, says the blockade has dramatically worsened levels of poverty and unemployment, and has led to deterioration in education and health services. Gaza cannot become a partner for peace unless Israel, Fatah and the Quartet engage with Hamas and give the people of Gaza a future An asymmetric fight Profile: Gaza Strip More than 1.1 million Gazans are dependent on food aid and of 110,000 workers previously employed in the private sector, 75,000 have now lost their jobs, the report says. "Unless the blockade ends now, it will be impossible to pull Gaza back from the brink of this disaster and any hopes for peace in the region will be dashed," said Geoffrey Dennis, of Care International UK. Last week Israeli forces launched a bloody and destructive raid in northern Gaza, in which more than 120 Palestinians - including many civilians - were killed. Israel says the measures are designed to stamp out frequent rocket fire by Palestinian militants. Recent rocket attacks have hit deeper into southern Israel, reaching Ashkelon, the closest large Israeli city to the Gaza Strip. Occupying power The UK-based groups agree that Israel has the right and obligation to protect its citizens, urging both sides to cease unlawful attacks on civilians. The Israeli army has cut access to Gaza for almost all traffic. But they call upon Israel to comply with its obligations, as the occupying power in Gaza, to ensure its inhabitants have access to food, clean water, electricity and medical care, which have been in short supply in the strip. "Punishing the entire Gazan population by denying them these basic human rights is utterly indefensible," said Amnesty UK Director Kate Allen. "The current situation is man-made and must be reversed." Other recommendations from the groups include international engagement with the Hamas movement, which rejects Israel's legitimacy and has been shunned by Israel's allies, and the Fatah party of Palestinian West Bank leader Mahmoud Abbas. "Gaza cannot become a partner for peace unless Israel, Fatah and the Quartet [the US and UN, Europe and Russia] engage with Hamas and give the people of Gaza a future," said Daleep Mukarji of Christian Aid. This is from the BBC website this morning reporting the contents of a report on the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/default.stm

Gaza conditions ‘at 40-year low’

The groups say a battered, starved Gaza cannot be a peace partner.

Gaza’s humanitarian situation is at its worst since Israel occupied the territory in 1967, say UK-based human rights and development groups.

They include Amnesty International, Save the Children, Cafod, Care International and Christian Aid.

They criticise Israel’s blockade on Gaza as illegal collective punishment which fails to deliver security.

Israel says its military action and other measures are lawful and needed to stop rocket attacks from Gaza.

Israel pulled its troops and settlers out of the Gaza Strip in 2005, but retained control over Gaza’s airspace and coastline, and over its own border with the territory.

It tightened its blockade in January amid a surge in rocket attacks by Palestinian militants in Gaza.

‘Disaster’

The groups’ report, Gaza Strip: A Humanitarian Implosion, says the blockade has dramatically worsened levels of poverty and unemployment, and has led to deterioration in education and health services.

Gaza cannot become a partner for peace unless Israel, Fatah and the Quartet engage with Hamas and give the people of Gaza a future

An asymmetric fight

Profile: Gaza Strip

More than 1.1 million Gazans are dependent on food aid and of 110,000 workers previously employed in the private sector, 75,000 have now lost their jobs, the report says.

“Unless the blockade ends now, it will be impossible to pull Gaza back from the brink of this disaster and any hopes for peace in the region will be dashed,” said Geoffrey Dennis, of Care International UK.

Last week Israeli forces launched a bloody and destructive raid in northern Gaza, in which more than 120 Palestinians – including many civilians – were killed.

Israel says the measures are designed to stamp out frequent rocket fire by Palestinian militants.

Recent rocket attacks have hit deeper into southern Israel, reaching Ashkelon, the closest large Israeli city to the Gaza Strip.

Occupying power

The UK-based groups agree that Israel has the right and obligation to protect its citizens, urging both sides to cease unlawful attacks on civilians.

The Israeli army has cut access to Gaza for almost all traffic.

But they call upon Israel to comply with its obligations, as the occupying power in Gaza, to ensure its inhabitants have access to food, clean water, electricity and medical care, which have been in short supply in the strip.

“Punishing the entire Gazan population by denying them these basic human rights is utterly indefensible,” said Amnesty UK Director Kate Allen.

“The current situation is man-made and must be reversed.”

Other recommendations from the groups include international engagement with the Hamas movement, which rejects Israel’s legitimacy and has been shunned by Israel’s allies, and the Fatah party of Palestinian West Bank leader Mahmoud Abbas.

“Gaza cannot become a partner for peace unless Israel, Fatah and the Quartet [the US and UN, Europe and Russia] engage with Hamas and give the people of Gaza a future,” said Daleep Mukarji of Christian Aid.

]]> By: D.R. Munro http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/israel%e2%80%99s-illegal-assault-on-the-gaza-prison/#comment-15756 D.R. Munro Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:18:35 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/israel%e2%80%99s-illegal-assault-on-the-gaza-prison/#comment-15756 The most frustrating part about all of this is the way that Zionists use the misfortune that was World War II as a shield against their actions. God forbid you call out the treacherous nature of what the Jewish state has done since its existence, and you get called an anti-semite without so much as a blink of the eye. Using racism as a buffer zone to genocide. The most frustrating part about all of this is the way that Zionists use the misfortune that was World War II as a shield against their actions.

God forbid you call out the treacherous nature of what the Jewish state has done since its existence, and you get called an anti-semite without so much as a blink of the eye.

Using racism as a buffer zone to genocide.

]]> By: DavidG. http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/israel%e2%80%99s-illegal-assault-on-the-gaza-prison/#comment-15737 DavidG. Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:28:58 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/israel%e2%80%99s-illegal-assault-on-the-gaza-prison/#comment-15737 Nothing will stop the ambitions of religious fanatics who are intent on creating A Greater Israel. They will do whatever it takes to achieve their dream, which, for the Palestinians and other Arab Nations, is a nightmare. Fanatics should be locked up in a padded cell! Nothing will stop the ambitions of religious fanatics who are intent on creating A Greater Israel. They will do whatever it takes to achieve their dream, which, for the Palestinians and other Arab Nations, is a nightmare.

Fanatics should be locked up in a padded cell!

]]> By: hp http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/israel%e2%80%99s-illegal-assault-on-the-gaza-prison/#comment-15716 hp Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:38:47 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/israel%e2%80%99s-illegal-assault-on-the-gaza-prison/#comment-15716 How about the destruction they are fomenting right here in the USA? Particularly their subversion of Congress and the Pentagon. Oh, and lets not forget our formerly gentle neighbors to the north. They are also now caught in the insidious web these miscreants weave. How about the destruction they are fomenting right here in the USA? Particularly their subversion of Congress and the Pentagon.
Oh, and lets not forget our formerly gentle neighbors to the north. They are also now caught in the insidious web these miscreants weave.

]]> By: sk http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/israel%e2%80%99s-illegal-assault-on-the-gaza-prison/#comment-15700 sk Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:20:29 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/israel%e2%80%99s-illegal-assault-on-the-gaza-prison/#comment-15700 The situation will become more comprehensible when one understands what the vast majority of Israelis understand: their cherished "revolution" remains an <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWeN57DXTp0" rel="nofollow">"unfinished project"</a>. What was it Nietzche said? <blockquote> Madness is rare in individuals--but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule. </blockquote> The situation will become more comprehensible when one understands what the vast majority of Israelis understand: their cherished “revolution” remains an “unfinished project”. What was it Nietzche said?

Madness is rare in individuals–but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule.

]]> By: Ray Ralph http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/israel%e2%80%99s-illegal-assault-on-the-gaza-prison/#comment-15697 Ray Ralph Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:57:27 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/israel%e2%80%99s-illegal-assault-on-the-gaza-prison/#comment-15697 On March 1, 2006, Matan Vilnai, Israel's Deputy Defense Minister said, "We will carry out a greater holocaust against the Palestinians." Sadly, his statement turns out not to have been an idle threat. As the IDF goes about its evil task of murdering and maiming hundreds of Palestinians, mostly innocent civilians, including children, they are undoubtedly inspired by the racist statement of Dov Lior, rabbi of Kiryat Arba: "A thousand non-Jewish lives are not worth a Jew's fingernail." And there are still those who would dispute that Zionism is racism! On March 1, 2006, Matan Vilnai, Israel’s Deputy Defense Minister said, “We will carry out a greater holocaust against the Palestinians.”
Sadly, his statement turns out not to have been an idle threat. As the IDF goes about its evil task of murdering and maiming hundreds of Palestinians, mostly innocent civilians, including children, they are undoubtedly inspired by the racist statement of Dov Lior, rabbi of Kiryat Arba: “A thousand non-Jewish lives are not worth a Jew’s fingernail.” And there are still those who would dispute that Zionism is racism!

]]> By: Ray Ralph http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/israel%e2%80%99s-illegal-assault-on-the-gaza-prison/#comment-15696 Ray Ralph Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:29:49 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/israel%e2%80%99s-illegal-assault-on-the-gaza-prison/#comment-15696 The Gaza Strip is currently the world's largest concentration camp. For the Israelis to be attacking Gaza and inflicting collective punishment on the entire population is comparable to an attack on the Warsaw Ghetto by the Nazis. My God, what a terrible and evil criminal force the Zionist enterprise has become. Future generations will look back with horror and amazement at the crimes the world has allowed and is allowing the Israelis to commit. The Gaza Strip is currently the world’s largest concentration camp. For the Israelis to be attacking Gaza and inflicting collective punishment on the entire population is comparable to an attack on the Warsaw Ghetto by the Nazis. My God, what a terrible and evil criminal force the Zionist enterprise has become. Future generations will look back with horror and amazement at the crimes the world has allowed and is allowing the Israelis to commit.

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