Dovada crimelor de razboi din Gaza. Un ziarist acuza: Israelul a folosit deliberat fosfor alb si bombe cu fragmentatie asupra civililor palestinieni

Cand am postat aici, pe 5 ianuarie, articolul Israelul suspectat ca ataca in Gaza cu Fosfor Alb, arma chimica interzisa de Conventia de la Geneva. Orice picatura de fosfor arde carnea pana la os am fost atacat profesionist de un comentator cu IP din Israel ca sunt "dezinformator". Iata ca astazi scandalul a erupt violent datorita unui jurnalist curajos. In urma cu cateva zile, reporterul postului Channel 4, Jonathan Miller, a dovedit folosirea asupra civililor a acestei arme, fosfor alb, si a bombelor cu fragmentatie, fapte ce devin crime de razboi. Este vorba de cazul atacului asupra unei scoli care era clar marcata ca adapost ONU, si unde au fost ucisi si raniti zeci de civili, femei, batrani, copii, si despre bombardarea si distrugerea deliberata a ajutoarelor umanitare ale Natiunilor Unite, soldata si cu uciderea a doi lucratori ONU. Vedeti mai jos reportajul postat pe YouTube, originalul de la Channel 4 si o reactie a CNN mult ulterioara stirii postate aici, din Times, ca si, in foto, rezultatul razboaielor asupra palestinienilor.

Ambasadorii israelian si palestinian in Romania, pusi fata in fata de ZIUA

In contextul conflictului din Orientul Mijlociu, declansat luna trecuta, ZIUA a pus fata in fata ambasadorii israelian si palestinian in Romania pentru a radiografia si a explica, pe scurt, resorturile acestui razboi dintre armata israeliana si fortele Hamas. Ambasadorul israelian, Oren David, si cel palestinian, Ahmed Majdalani, au viziuni diferite asupra acestui conflict, dar au dorinte comune: incetarea focului si reluarea procesului de pace. Interviurile au fost realizate, separat, inainte de incetarea focului in Fasia Gaza, la sfarsitul acestei saptamani.

Ambasadorul Israelului in Romania, Oren David
"Hamas a folosit populatia civila pe post de scuturi umane"

Ambasadorul Palestinei in Romania, Ahmed Majdalani:
"Administratia Bush a dat unda verde Israelului pentru acest razboi inainte de a parasi Casa Alba"

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Ambasadorii israelian si palestinian in Romania, pusi fata in fata de ZIUA

Reprezentanta Israelului la Eurovision, rugată să se retragă din competiţie. Manifestatiile de la Bucuresti contra masacrului din Gaza

Cântăreaţa israeliană de origine arabă Mira Awad, care reprezintă Israelul la concursul Eurovision 2009, a fost rugată să se retragă din competiţie, pentru a nu prezenta lumii "o falsă imagine" a coabitării dintre evreii şi arabii din Israel, informează cotidianul Haaretz. Mai mulţi artişti şi oameni de cultură din Israel i-au cerut printr-o scrisoare deschisă actriţei şi cântăreţei israeliene de origine arabă Mira Awad, care va reprezenta Israelul la concursul Eurovision 2009, să se retragă din competiţie, susţinând că participarea ei la "maşina de propagandă a Israelului" va prezenta lumii întregi o imagine falsă a coabitării naţionale dintre evrei şi arabi, ce va putea fi folosită pentru muşamalizarea miilor de crime comise asupra civililor palestinieni din Fâşia Gaza. Duetul format din Mira Awad, o creştină arabă, şi cântăreaţa Achinoam Nini, de religie iudaică, cunoscută sub numele de Noa, a fost ales să reprezinte statul Israel la Eurovision, în urma unui concurs televizat. "Israelul nu va putea continua aceste crime de război fără să beneficieze de ajutorul comunităţii internaţionale, oferit în special de Statele Unite şi de Uniunea Europeană", au declarat semnatarii, atât evrei cât şi arabi, în această scrisoare deschisă adresată artistei Awad. "Ceea ce determină comunitatea internaţională să ofere sprijin Israelului este tocmai această imagine a unei ţări «democratice», «luminate», «doritoare de pace». Participarea dumneavoastră la Eurovision se va înscrie perfect în acţiunile maşinii de propagandă a Israelului", au adăugat semnatarii scrisorii. Actorul Juliano Mer-Khamis, unul din iniţiatorii acestei scrisori deschise, a declarat că participarea lui Awad la Eurovision ar fi o falsă "ramură de măslin" prezentată de Israel şi s-a declarat complet împotriva apelului făcut de Noa către palestinienii din Gaza, prin care le cerea să renunţe la conducerea Hamas. Nici Awad şi nici Noa nu au comentat această acţiune, dar managerul lor, Ofer Pesenzon, i-a caracterizat drept de extremişti pe semnatarii scrisorii, printre care se numără regizorul Nizar Hassan şi editorul Yael Lerer. "Anchinoam şi Mira colaborează de cinci ani", a declarat Pesenzon. "Ele au sprijinit întotdeauna dialogul, considerând că doar el poate să aducă pacea între palestinieni şi israelieni şi în tot Orientul Mijlociu în general", a adăugat managerul celor două artiste. The Israel Broadcasting Authority a declarat că Eurovisionul reprezintă un eveniment cultural, "care are scopul de a contribui la dialogul cultural între ţările participante" şi că "selectarea Mirei Awad şi a lui Anchinoam Nini reprezintă o decizie profesională, care exprimă şi aspiraţia spre coexistenţă, care transcede politicii". Concursul Eurovision 2009 va avea loc la Moscova, între 9 şi 16 mai. Competiţia se va desfăşura la Complexul Sportiv Olympiisky. Costurile de pregătire şi organizare a competiţiei în capitala rusă se vor ridica la un miliard de ruble (30 de milioane de euro). (Gardianul)

O mama din Gaza: strigat de sub daramaturi: We Will Not Go Down. Ziua a 16-a: 880 de morti, 4080 de raniti

O mama din Gaza - http://a-mother-from-gaza.blogspot.com/ - posteaza un cantec de solidaritate cu palestinienii, compus de muzicianul american Michael Heart - http://www.michaelheart.com/.

Zeci de mii de "antisemiti" protesteaza in Europa impotriva razboiului din Gaza. Presa vestica "antisemita" e alaturi de ei, apud Ungureanu-UTC. VIDEO

Traian Ungureanu: "S-a ajuns la situatia limita. Israelul nu mai poate tolera situatia in care un stat e bombardat in permanenta, zi de zi, ceas de ceas. S-au strans 6464 de rachete, trimise de Hamas in sudul Israelului, luand la tinta populatia civila. Desi, Israelul este acuzat ca ia la tinta populatia civila, ceea ce cred ca este o nerozie. (...)
Eu cred ca asta e o discutie stupida, pur si simplu, tema proportionalitatii. Ce ar insemna proportional in aceast caz? Ca Israelul sa raspunda Hamas cu aceeasi moneda? Pai asta ar insemna ca Israelul ar trebui sa bombardeze scoli, moschei, case, in mod intentionat, asa cum face Hamas-ul, de sase mii si ceva de ori. Ei, asta este o absurditate. Israelul, din cate vedem, loveste obiective militare. (...)
Vedem la televiziuni si ziare occidentale adevarate orori in materie de jurnalism. Exista aici, in mediile de presa si in mediiile academice, o majoritate covarsitoare anti-americana, anti-capitalista, pro-araba, si, imi pare rau s-o spun, purtatoarea unui nou gen de anti-semitism."
AUDIO Traian Ungureanu, despre situatia din Gaza ... (HotNews si RFI)

Nota bene - Principiul "proportionalitatii: conform agentiilor de stiri "antisemite" occidentale, la ora aceasta sunt peste 800 de morti in Gaza, dintre care circa 200 copii si alti 200 femei si batrani. In Israel, 13 morti, dintre care 3 soldati ucisi de proprii lor colegi dintr-o eroare.

Deci, inteleg ca s-a decretat: oricine critica sau protesteaza fata de crimele oribile si catastrofa umanitara din Gaza e... "antisemit". Atunci, probabil, toata Europa e "antisemita"!
N-aveti niste pantofi mai vechi sa-i trantim in capul urecheatului asta de utecist intarziat?!

"Antisemitul" post occidental EuroNews

Tens of thousands of people, in cities all over Europe, have been demonstrating against the Israeli offensive in Gaza.
In central London, three police officers were hurt when demonstrators hurled shoes and placards as police in riot gear confronted a crowd of around 20,000 outside the Israeli embassy.
Fifteen people were arrested after a breakaway group of about 2,000 people continued to clash with police. Two were detained on suspicion of assault.
Thousands demonstrated in Edinburgh, in Scotland and marches were held across France, the biggest of them in the capital Paris. Police estimated 30,000 people took part.
Scuffles broke out with small groups of demonstrators fighting running battles with police as the protest dispersed.
In Germany, some 8,500 people ralled in the centre of Berlin. Another 10,000 marched in Duisburg.
In Norway, police used tear gas to break up a 1000-strong protest after bottles and rocks were thrown and in Sweden, after a march by up to five thousand people, some protestors attempted to storm the Israeli embassy in Stockholm.
In Barcelona, an estimated 30,000 people took to the streets. The demonstration was called by 300 Catalan groups demanding an end to arms trading with Israel.
In Milan, Florence and Venice several thousand people carrying Palestinian flags marched to protest against the Israeli offensive, some waving Israeli flags, besmirched with swastikas.
The demonstrations have been fuelled by the rising death toll in Gaza which currently stands at over 800 Palestinians, roughly half of them civilians.
Thirteen Israelis, including 10 soldiers, have been killed.//
"Cu totii suntem palestinieni!"

Live from GAZA: Ziua a 15-a: 810 morti, 3400 de raniti. Un jurnalist ucis in urma bombardamentelor "chirurgicale"

Day 15 of Israeli War On Gaza
More civilians killed: Death toll 810, wounded 3400
By: Sameh A. Habeeb
Dear Editors, Journalists and Friends
,Most of the Gaza Strip plunges into deep darkness since the start of this war. I find several hardships to send out this report due to power problem. Today, a rocket targeted my uncle's house. My house got several splinters and rocket shrapnel. Thanks to God, we all safe but I don't know what will happen next. I live east of Gaza, Toffah area, were artillery shells rained down every single moment.
Deadly Outcomes of Israeli Ground Military Operation:
1-A Palestinian journalist, Ala' Mortaja, killed in Israeli airstrike targeted his house in Al Zaytoun quarter. His mother was wounded and she is in critical conditions at the moment.
2-Israeli F16 targeted with heavy missiles a workshop for Abu jahal
3-Israeli F16 targeted Al Mughraqa city council mid of Gaza Strip.
4-Israeli F16 targeted many aims in Al Nusairat Refugee Camp.
5-Israeli gunboats targeted the shore of Al Nusairat Refugee Camp.
6-Israeli artillery shelled many buildings in Al Zahra' City mid of Gaza Strip.
7-An artillery shells rained down on Abu saif house in the mid areas of Gaza.
8-Seven Palestinians killed I the early hours of day 15 due to bombings and air raids east and north of Gaza.
9-More than 10 houses destroyed by Israeli shelling east and north of Gaza.
10-Israeli air raids on a military post linked to Hamas south of Gaza Strip in Rafah City.
11-Air raids in Hikr area near Dair Al Balah. The raids and bombings targeted many agricultural and open fields.
12-Rockets hit parts of Al Norain Buildings central Gaza Strip.
13-Bombings taerget Block 5 in Al Nusairat camp and many people arrived to the hospitals with various wounds.
14-Heavy shelling from the Israeli artillery east of Al Burej and Dair Al Balah City.
15-Around 5 journalists killed since the start of Israeli War on Gaza.
16-Intensively, Israeli air force of F16s, Apaches and drones fly over the Gaza City and northern areas.
17-Fissionable bombs are being uses by Israeli army especially the artillery machines. Doctors approved that in Al Shifa' hospital as many cases arrived with characteristics indicate that such as amputations all over bodies.
18-The early hours of Day15 witnessed destruction of many houses forDiab, Yasin, Al Sairhi and Khalifa families in Al Zaytoun quarter. Air forces and artillery participated in the bombings.
19-A Palestinian killed in Rafah City as Israeli rocket targeted group of Palestinians near Kairm Abu Salem crossings south of the strip. Six wounded and one of them in critical conditions. The rocket was fired through a drone!
20-Two Palestinians wounded in an air strike targeted a civic car west of Gaza City, al Shati' camp. An Israeli drone fired a rocket.
21-A Palestinian killed from Abu Al Khair family east of Gaza. Many wounded and the house was destroyed.
22-Israeli air raid on Abd Al'al family and destroyed the house west north of Gaza City, al Nasir quarter.
23-Israeli missiles targeted house of Abu Wael Al Mgharia central Gaza Strip.
24-Heavy bombings in Bait Hanon town and many wounded. Many houses burned after the bombings.
25-Israeli army still uses Phosphorus bombs in Gaza.
26-Local radio stations broadcasted a set of instructions in protection of strange gases they think Israeli army is using.
27-Israeli air force drop thousands of leaflets warning the civilians of a massive escalation sooner.
28- Many shells rained down in Abd Rabu area in Bait Hanon. Eight people killed in the bombings.
29-Israeli F1s6 targeted a group of civilians including children. Many boys wounded in the bombing.
30-Hamas militants fired a rocket into Ashdod area in Israel.
31-An artillery shell targeted Al ghalaini house for the second time and no one wounded.
32-A medical clinic for Shawa family hit in Gaza City.
33-Drastic fighting between Palestinian fighters and Israeli soldiers. Many artillery shells targeted the militants in Shijaya area.
34-Artillary shells fired at Dardona family in Jabalia. Medical sources reported that many people killed in the strike.
35-Four Palestinians killed near Burj Al Sultan building in Jabalia refugee Camp.
36-Five Palestinians killed in artillery shells and several wounded near the house of Ali Al Batish in Jabalia town.
37-Around 7 air raids in Rafah City, a house for Abu Ashraf Hunaif was hit. It turned to rubbles due to the bombings.
38-A house destroyed southern Rafah crossings.
39-Israeli bombings targeted children near their houses northern Gaza Strip.
40-Two killed in Al shati' refugee Camp as Israeli army hit a car in west of Gaza strip.
41-Several artillery shells hit the eastern part of Gaza City. A shell hit House of Abu Ismail Habeeb (My uncle) miraculously, no one wounded from the extended family which includes around 100 persons.
42-Palestinian militants targeted a house taken as a military post by Israeli army east of Gaza in Toffah area.
42-Palestinian militants targeted a military post for Israeli army by 7 mortar shells east of Al Maghazi town.
43-Victims of today's attacks on Gaza estimated of 30 people all are nearly civilians through Gaza Strip.
44-Israeli tanks advanced some meters central of Gaza Strip.
45-A Palestinian killed, Osama Nahas, many wounded during Israeli bombings near a mosque in Jabalia town northern Gaza.
46-Ahmed Al Amodi, a gasoline seller killed in Sheikh Ridwan area south of Gaza Strip.
47-Phosphorous bombs rained down in Al Toffah area east of Gaza.
48- A shell targeted a house in Jorn area, north east of Gaza Strip. No casualties were reported then.
49-Israeli Gun helicopters open heavy machine guns on several open spaces in east of Gaza.
50-Islamic Jehad fired six rockets into Israeli settlements. Around 14 wounded in the accident.
51-A rocket fired from Israeli air force killed two siblings. They are children less than 10 years from one family.
Sameh A. Habeeb, B.A.
Photojournalist & Peace Activist
Humanitarian, Child Relief Worker
Gaza Strip, Palestine
Mob: 00972599306096
Tel: 0097282802825
E-mail: Sam_hab@hotmail.com
Sameh.habeeb@gmail.com
Skype: Gazatoday, Facebook: Sameh A. habeeb
Web: www.gazatoday.blogspot.com
Daily Photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/sameh.habeeb

Un sindicat din Italia propune boicotarea magazinelor evreilor si a comertului Israelului. Scandalul vizeaza incetarea bombardamentelor din Gaza

Un sindicat de la Roma a propus boicotarea magazinelor detinute de evrei

In semn de protest fata de ofensiva israeliana in Fasia Gaza, sindicatul autonom italian Flaica-Uniti-CUB (Confederazione Unitaria di Base), din care fac parte comerciantii de la Roma, a propus boicotarea magazinelor detinute de evrei, informeaza cotidianul "La Repubblica" in editia de vineri, citat de AFP.
Sindicatul a impartit fluturasi si a postat pe siteul sau mesaje prin care indemna populatia sa nu mai cumpere din magazinele apartinand membrilor comunitatii evreiesti, in semn de protest fata de actiunile armatei israeliene in Fasia Gaza.
"Nu mai putem sa pastram tacerea cu privire la ceea ce se petrece in Gaza. Ne-am gandit sa facem o lista a comerciantilor care au legaturi cu Tel Aviv-ul, pentru ca nimeni nu stie precis cine sunt", explicase joi pentru "La Repubblica" secretarul sindicatului, Giancarlo Desiderati, aflat la originea initiativei. Liderul sindical a explicat miercuri ca "nu este vorba despre a face o lista a magazinelor tinute de evrei (...), ci despre a viza Israelul prin aceste magazine", afirmand ca "boicotarea economica trebuie sa impiedice Israelul sa continue sa finanteze cumpararea de arme", informeaza NewsIn.

Actiunea sindicatului a provocat un scandal imens in Italia si Europa occidentala, aflat inca in derulare...

Vezi si
Site-ul Federatiei lucratorilor din comertul agro-industrial al Italiei
http://nuke.flaica-roma.it/
si
Companii internationale cu actiuni israeliene
http://www.bigcampaign.org/ si http://www.inminds.co.uk/boycott-brands.html

Cititi mai jos ce vrea acest Sindicat, care este de fapt Federatia lucratorilor din comertul agro-industrial al Italiei:

Il segretario provinciale Giancarlo Desiderati: “In relazione al comunicato stampa sul boicottaggio dei saldi nei negozi della comunita israeliana a Roma PRECISIAMO QUANTO SEGUE: Non è mai stata nominata nei nostri comunicati la comunità ebraica Romana, a cui esprimiamo tutta la nostra solidarietà per le sofferenze che ha subito nel passato e che riconosciamo quale composta da cittadini e lavoratori onesti. NON ESISTE NE' SARA' DIFFUSA NESSUNA LISTA DEI NEGOZI IN CUI NON COMPRARE. Condanniamo a prescindere qualunque forma di antisemitismo di destra e di sinistra e siamo per l'integrazione completa di tutte le etnie culturali. Quello che proponiamo con la nostra iniziativa è il boicottaggio finale di Israele perchè chiunque usi mezzi militari contro civili inermi, sia Palestinese che Israeliano, commette un crimine contro la vita umana e per questo và boicottato anche nella parte economica per impedire con questi soldi di continuare ad acquistare altre armi da guerra. Ricordiamo anche il pronunciamento del vaticano che condanna le violenze messe in atto contro i civili inermi nella striscia di Gaza. Il linciaggio mediatico per chi tocca argomenti di questo genere è sotto gli occhi di tutti e serve solo a spostare l'attenzione dalla tragedia in atto. Tanto vi dovevamo per esattezza di cronaca."

FERMIAMO IL MASSACRO DEL POPOLO PALESTINESE. Il massacro compiuto da Israele, che sta provocando centinaia di vittime civili tra la popolazione, tra cui donne e bambini, è un pessimo segnale per il mondo intero: sta a dimostrare che l’arroganza e la certezza dell’impunità da parte del governo di Tel Aviv non si fermano davanti a nessuna barbarie. Se si vuole finalmente arrivare ad una vera pace in Medio Oriente non si può continuare a negare giustizia, libertà e diritti per il popolo palestinese.

Un piccolo gesto contro la politica dei massacri a Gaza!!! Cari consumatori e cittadin vi chiediamo con una mano sul cuore di dare un contributo affinchè il genocidio a Gaza si fermi. Non ci sono molte cose da dire, le immagini e il numero di bambini morti parlano da soli!!! Non vogliamo forzare nessuno, ma oggi sentiamo il dovere morale di indicare una strada per protestare contro il governo israeliano e contro la sua politica militare di massacri. Non acquistate prodotti che iniziano con il codice a barre 729, quella merce è stata fabbricata in Israele. Fermiamo il massacro di Gaza... STOP ai bombardamenti subito!!!

Doua saptamani in lagarul de exterminare din Gaza. Ziua a 14-a: 30 de civili executati. 810 morti, 3400 de raniti. FOTO: Copiii din Gaza

http://madalinecsutu.blogspot.com/:

30 de civili executati azi in Fasia Gaza

Franta si alte state occidentale au parasit ieri reuniunea Consiliului de Securitate al ONU privind Orientul Mijlociu, dupa ce ambasadorul Libiei a comparat situatia din Fasia Gaza cu cea din lagarele de concentrare naziste. In limbajul diplomatic astfel de exprimari sunt total gresite. Dar nu stiu cat de departe de adevar a fost acel diplomat libian dupa evenimentele de azi. Am avut senzatia unui deja vu cand am vazut ca alte 30 de persoane din randul civililor din Gaza au fost ucise azi. Nu era decat ciclicitatea unor evenimente macabre din peisajul apocaliptic al Fasiei gaza. Dupa ce marti trei obuze israeliene de artilerie au lovit perimetrul unei scoli din Jabalya, gestionate de Organizatia Natiunilor Unite, ucigand 40 de persoane, la mai putin de trei zile un alt incident similar s-a produs in calvarul din Gaza. Daca la primul incident armata israeliana a motivat prin faptul ca urmarea militanti Hamas care ar fi intrat in aceea cladire fiind astfel nevoiti sa riposteze la focurile trase de acestia, scenariu de azi e total diferit dar la fel de lugubru. Potrivit Reuters, care citeaza oficiali ai ONU, fortele israeliane au ucis azi intr-un bombardament 30 de civili care faceau parte dintr-un grup de 110 palestinieni pe care fortele statului evreu i-au adunat intr-o casa din Gaza. In decursul acestei zile aceasta casa a fost bombardate succesiv lasand in urma alte 30 de cadavre. "Conform mai multor marturii, la 4 ianuarie, soldatii au evacuat circa 110 palestinieni intr-o singura casa din Zeitun (dintre care o jumatate erau copii), ordonandu-le sa ramana inauntru", se arata intr-un comunicat al Oficiului ONU pentru coordonare umanitara (OCHA).

A report by the U.N.'s Office for the Coordinator of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said at least 30 people were killed in the incident. Most were members of Samouni's family. OCHA deputy chief Allegre Pacheco quoted eyewitness in the Zeitun district as saying Israeli troops had ordered about 100 civilians to get into the house and stay there, out of their way. But the following day the house was hit by Israeli shells. "There are no bomb shelters in Gaza," she said. The Israeli army said it was investigating the incident. Speaking to Reuters from his hospital bed in Gaza, the boy recounted how his family came to be herded into the building that was later targeted. "We were asleep when the tanks and the planes struck, we all slept in one room," Samouni said in a weak voice. "One shell hit our house. Thank God we were not hit." "We ran out of the house and saw 15 men ... they landed from helicopters on rooftops of buildings." Soldiers beat residents and forced them all into one house. After it was hit the next day and his mother was among those killed, Samouni kept his three younger brothers alive and tried to help injured adults lying among the dead. "There was no water, no bread, nothing to eat," he said. Local Red Cresent rescue workers and a team from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) managed to reach the house on Jan.7 after being denied access by the Israeli military for what the Red Cross called an "unacceptable" period. The children were starving when help finally reached the place, the Geneva-based ICRC said. "They were too weak to stand up on their own. One man was also found alive, too weak to stand up. In all there were at least 12 corpses lying on mattresses," it said. Earth redoubts built by Israeli bulldozers blocked the streets so the ambulances could not get close. "The wounded had to be brought out on donkey carts," Pacheco told Reuters. "This is a shocking incident," said Pierre Wettach, ICRC chief for Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. The ICRC accused Israel of delaying ambulance access to the area and demanded it grant safe access for Palestinian Red Crescent ambulances to return to evacuate more wounded. "The Israeli military must have been aware of the situation but did not assist the wounded. Neither did they make it possible for us or the Palestinian Red Crescent to assist the wounded," he said. In a written response, the Israeli army said it works in coordination with international aid bodies "so that civilians can be provided with assistance" and that it "in no way intentionally targets civilians".
REUTERS

Vezi si Sameh Akram Habeeb, Jurnalist in Gaza

http://gazatoday.blogspot.com/2009/01/day-14-of-israeli-war-on-gaza.html

Foto Copiii din Gaza

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/The-Innocent-Child-Victims-of-The-Gaza-War/Media-Gallery/200901215199483?lpos=Home_News_in_Picture_Home_Region_0&lid=GALLERY_15199483_The_Innocent_Child_Victims_of_The_Gaza_War

ONU a suspendat ajutorul umanitar in GAZA dupa ce TSAHAL-ul a tintit deliberat un convoi ucigand un om. Vatican: Gaza, un mare lagar de concentrare

BBC: UN suspends Gazan aid operation
Chris Gunness, Unwra spokesman: 'We've had no other choice'
The UN's main aid agency has suspended its operations in Gaza because its staff have been hit by Israeli attacks.
The suspension would continue "until the Israeli authorities can guarantee our safety and security", the UN said.
Meanwhile, the US, UK and France have dropped opposition to a UN resolution urging an immediate ceasefire, and Arab nations are studying a draft.
It comes on day 13 of an offensive by Israel aimed at stopping Palestinian militants firing rockets from Gaza.
Unrwa's move came shortly after it said one person had been killed and two hurt when a fork-lift truck on a UN aid mission came under Israeli tank fire at Gaza's Erez crossing.
It said it was "with great regret" that it had been forced to make a difficult decision.
"We have suspended our operations in Gaza until the Israeli authorities can guarantee our safety and security," said Unrwa spokesman Chris Gunness.
"Our installations have been hit, our workers have been killed in spite of the fact that the Israeli authorities have the co-ordinates of our facilities and that all our movements are co-ordinated with the Israeli army."
The UN said the movements of the truck hit at the Erez crossing had been co-ordinated and cleared with the Israeli military.
The Israeli army has not commented on that claim but has said it is looking into the matter.
In a statement, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned the Israeli military's action.
John Ging, director of operations in Gaza for Unrwa, said a convoy of two UN vehicles and an ambulance had also been fired at - although it was not clear by whom - despite having clearance for its movements from Israel.
The incident occurred as Israel for a second day suspended its military operation for three hours to allow Gazans to find food and bury their dead.
Mr Ging said the Israeli military had to give his staff a credible guarantee of safety.
"If they give us clearance to move then it is wholly and totally unacceptable that their soldiers on the ground are firing on our aid workers," he said.
A UN spokeswoman said other agencies including the World Health Organization, World Food Programme and Unicef would continue aid operations in Gaza.
The International Committee of the Red Cross has also accused Israel of failing to fulfil its duty to help wounded civilians in Gaza.
The ICRC said its staff had found four weak and scared children beside their mothers' bodies in houses hit by shelling in Zeitoun.

VIDEO
ONU se retrage: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7818993.stm
Vaticanul asemuieste GAZA cu un "mare lagar de concentrare"
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/index.php?cl=11451093

Ministrul de Justitie al Vaticanului:
Guardiamo le condizioni di Gaza: assomiglia sempre più ad un grande campo di
concentramento.
Interviul originial aici
http://www.ilsussidiario.net/articolo.aspx?articolo=10714

Iadul din Gaza. Ziua a 13-a. Rezistenta Digitala ne informeaza: 770 de morti, 3200 de raniti. VIDEO din RAFAH

Day 13 of Israeli War On Gaza
Death toll 770, injured 3200 and most of them Civilians

By: Sameh A. Habeeb

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Deadly Outcomes of Israeli Ground Military Operation:
1-Israeli tanks move towards Abu Sha’er area, near Kosopheme area mid of Gaza Strip.
2-An Israeli air raid in an open area in Gaza.
3-An air raid targeting the house of Mr.Sameeh El nady Middle area.
4-Shelling Deir El Balah police station.
5-An air strike targeting El Moghrarby Municipality.
6-Bombarding the house of zakout family(Al Aqsa Brigades) Beit lahia.
7-Destroying a five-storey building belonging to Mr.Merwan Akeel in Leit lahia.
8-Air raid on the central police station which was hit on the first day of this war.
9-Destroying a five-storey building belonging to Hawari family in El Zaitoun neighborhood .
10-Tank Shelling of Abu Haduf area in Qarara, north of khanyounis.
11-Destroying a house belonging to Bawadi family in Jabalia.
12-Destroying a house belonging to Mr.Adnan Abu Shmaisa El Sawarha area middle area.
13-Targeting with six rockets the police station in Bani Sohaila, south of khanyounis.
14-Destroying the house of Mr.Mohammad El Sinwar(Qasam)Al Amal neighborhood in Khanyounis.
15-launching six rockets on the border area.
16-Targeting a house in Al Joneinah neighbourhood in Rafah.
17-Partial destroying of El Sakhra, shopping area in Gaza.
18-Destroying a house belonging to Jondia family in shojae’a-Gaza.
19-Destroying a house belonging to Al Jabri family in shojae’a.
20-Shelling a house belonging to Shamia family in Jabalia-Refugee camp.
21-Bombarding a house in Rafah-near the East cemetery.
22-An air raid on two houses belonging to Joma and Fayez El Rahal in Bait Lahia(four casualties) 23-Targeting two women with a missile south of Qarara.
24-Air raid on a house belonging to Abu Abeer, a key leader for Popular Resistance Committees in Al sahaba street.
25-Bombardment of Adnan Shaw’s house seven casualties one child dead immediately.
26- Artillery shelling south Jabalia.
27-An air attack on a house in Jabalia.
28-Shooting at two vans belonging to UNRWA one injured and one dead.
29-Targeting a car by three missiles-Al Nafak street Gaza.
30-Four Jehad A ctivities killed north of Gaza.
31-Killing an Israeli soldier and injuring other 13 in clashes with resistance men.
32-Besieging a house belonging to Abu Ghanima family in which several family members were injured.
33-An air raid on a house in Gaza-Daraj neighborhood.
34-Preventing a ambulance and paramedics from getting the dead bodies of the people killed north of Gaza.
35-Targeting 97 houses in Rafah.The inhabitants fled to UNRWA schools.
36-Shelling Al Nour Al Mohamad mosque, a two storey building in Al Sheikh Redwan neighborhood.
37-Air raids on orchards and farms belonging to Al Wehaidi and Al Sorani families.
38-Preventing ambulance men to rescue injured people in Al Zaitoun Quarter east sout of Gaza City.
39-Clashes between résistance men and the Israeli army around kosopheme crossing for 14 hours.
40-An Israeli vehicle was destroyed by Palestinian fighters and one Israeli solider killed.
41-Targeting a group of unarmed citizen in Khanyounis.
42-Destroying a house belonging to Abu kwaik in Al Zaitoun neighborhood.
43-An air raid in meraj street near Raffah Municipalities-many causalities are reported .
44-Destroying two houses in Rafah belonging to keshta family.
45-Killing the citizen, Jehad Kawareh in Khanyounis.
46-The death of a physician’s wife and son in El Shuef area-south Gaza.
47-Intensive artillery shelling targeting El Sha’ef area east of Gaza City.
48-Shelling the houses of civilians at Al Zahra quarter by phosphorus bombs.
49-Destroying a house belonging to Mr.Nour Baraka in Bani Sohaila Abassan.
50-UNRWA suspends its services as Israel kills one of its staff.
52-Bombings several targets east of Gaza City.
53-Palestinian paramedics and ambulances get Israeli fire.
54- Water is hardly accesses for hundreds of thousands in northern areas and Gaza City.
55-Bread is no longer available and only 5 bakeries work out of 47.
56-Palestinian paramedics found 50 dead bodies in many destroyed houses and open places. Thus, victims' number up to 770 persons.
57-Palestinian fighters launch around 20 rockets into Israeli civilians.
58-Gaza still plunges into deep darkness.
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Sameh A. Habeeb, B.A.
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FOTO si VIDEO de la protestele de azi din Romania fata de razboiul si catastrofa umanitara din GAZA. VIDEO UPDATE: Bucurestiul si Clujul in strada

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Patru familii de romani au reusit sa scape din iadul din Gaza

Ministerul Afacerilor Externe informeaza:

Un grup de cetăţeni români (patru familii) din Fâşia Gaza a ajuns în această dimineaţă în punctul de frontieră de la Erez, cu un transport organizat cu sprijinul Comitetului Internaţional al Crucii Roşii, în cadrul unei operaţiuni mai largi de evacuare a cetăţenilor străini din această zonă, demarate în dimineaţa zilei de 8 ianuarie.
Acţiunea de evacuare a fost organizată cu sprijinul Comitetului Internaţional al Crucii Roşii şi cu aprobarea autorităţilor israeliene.
Personalul consular al ambasadei României se află în punctul de frontieră pentru a asigura eliberarea documentelor de călătorie necesare cetăţenilor români pentru a ieşi din Fâşia Gaza, precum şi pentru a asigura tranzitul acestora pe teritoriul israelian, spre Iordania.
După îndeplinirea formalităţilor de frontieră şi eliberarea titlurilor de călătorie de către personalul consular aflat la Erez, persoanele respective vor fi conduse spre frontiera cu Iordania, prin grija Ambasadei României la Tel Aviv. De aici, vor fi preluate de Ambasada României la Amman şi transportate la aeroport, de unde îşi vor continua călătoria spre România sau spre altă destinaţie dorită.
Până astăzi, 8 ianuarie 2009, la ora 10,00, 69 cetăţeni români (23 adulţi şi 46 minori), la care se adaugă 12 cetăţeni palestinieni, îşi exprimaseră dorinţa de a fi sprijiniţi de către personalul Ambasadei României la Tel Aviv în vederea părăsirii zonei de conflict.
MAE va fi în măsură să comunice numărul exact al cetăţenilor români care ies din Fâşia Gaza în cadrul operaţiunii de evacuare de astăzi după ce vor fi îndeplinite formalităţile de la punctul de frontieră, iar personalul consular român va intra în contact cu aceştia.

Douăzeci de persoane, cetăţeni români şi membri ai familiilor lor,au fost evacuate din Fâşia Gaza

În urma eforturilor insistente ale autorităţilor române, un număr de 20 de persoane, cetăţeni români şi membri ai familiilor lor (8 adulţi, inclusiv trei cetăţeni palestinieni, şi 12 copii) au fost evacuate din Fâşia Gaza, prin punctul de frontieră de la Erez, a anunţat astăzi ministrul afacerilor externe, Cristian Diaconescu.
„Considerăm ca operaţiunea a fost o reuşită, pentru că aceşti oameni au ieşit din zona de conflict vii şi nevătămaţi. Ne dorim să îi scoatem din Fâşia Gaza şi pe ceilalţi cetăţeni români care vor să plece. După cum cunoaşteţi, autorităţile israeliene, urmare a demersurilor noastre, au aprobat, pentru aproximativ încă 40 de cetăţeni evacuarea din Fâşia Gaza. Continuăm în acest sens toate demersurile, atât la nivelul Ministerului Afacerilor Externe, cât şi al misiunilor noastre diplomatice”, a declarat presei ministrul afacerilor externe, Cristian Diaconescu.
Potrivit acestuia, Ambasada României la Tel Aviv va continua demersurile pe lângă autorităţile israeliene pentru ca cetăţenii români care dispun de documente de identitate valabile şi doresc acest lucru să poată părăsi zona de conflict.
Ministrul de externe a prezentat modul de desfăşurare a operaţiunii de evacuare, subliniind că după tentativa nereuşită de evacuare din data de 5 ianuarie, autorităţile române au continuat în mod constant eforturile pentru a permite ieşirea cetăţenilor români din zona de conflict, atât prin demersuri pe lângă autorităţile israeliene, cât şi prin menţinerea unei comunicări permanente cu comunitatea românească din zona de conflict.
În noaptea de 6 spre 7 ianuarie a mai avut loc o tentativă de evacuare, dar la care s-a renunţat din motive de securitate.
Pe 7 ianuarie, seara, a fost decisă organizarea unei noi operaţiuni de evacuare în cursul zilei de 8 ianuarie, după ce autorităţile israeliene şi-au dat acordul în acest sens, iar Crucea Roşie şi-a dat acordul să însoţească transportul.
Imediat după luarea acestei decizii (la ora 22.30), personalul ambasadei de la Tel Aviv a început să îi contacteze pe cetăţenii români care anunţaseră că vor să plece. Această acţiune a durat întreaga noapte. 50 de persoane şi-au exprimat intenţia să ia parte la această operaţiune. Acestora le-au fost comunicate locul şi ora de întâlnire, pentru a se putea sui în autocare. Au fost puse la dispoziţie noua autocare, din care au fost utilizate sase. Din cei care au confirmat, 20 de persoane au venit la coordonatele stabilite.
Deplasarea din Gaza City până la punctul de trecere a frontierei Erez s-a desfăşurat conform programului stabilit.
În punctul de frontieră, formalităţile de ieşire din Fâşia Gaza efectuate de autorităţile palestiniene şi israeliene au durat aproximativ 4 ore. În tot acest timp, personalul consular şi ambasadorul României la Tel Aviv au fost în punctul de frontieră de la Erez şi au menţinut legătura cu cetăţenii români şi cu autorităţile locale. În punctul de frontieră, personalul consular român a eliberat documentele de călătorie pentru cei care aveau nevoie de astfel de acte.
După eliberarea documentelor, cetăţenii români împreună cu alţi cetăţeni europeni care au ieşit astăzi din Fâşia Gaza au fost îmbarcaţi în două autocare, pentru a se deplasa spre punctul de trecere a frontierei cu Iordania, sub escortă militară. Reprezentanţii Ambasadei României la Tel Aviv urmau să însoţească cele două autocare şi să se asigure că cetăţenii români vor ieşi din Israel spre Iordania.
De la graniţă, cetăţenii români urmau să fie preluaţi de reprezentanţii Ambasadei României din Iordania, care urmau să îi însoţească până la aeroportul din Amman, de unde aceştia trebuiau să hotărască dacă pleacă spre Bucureşti.
Personalul diplomatic s-a ocupat de organizarea transportului cu o cursă comercială de la Amman la Bucureşti. Cetăţenii români au fost informaţi în prealabil că trebuie să achite costurile de transport aerian. MAE a asigurat costurile de transport de pe teritoriul israelian şi iordanian.
Ministrul Diaconescu a subliniat că una dintre învăţămintele cele mai importante ale acestei operaţiuni este cea a responsabilităţii. Pe de-o parte este responsabilitatea personală a fiecărui cetăţean român care stă o perioadă mai lungă de timp în străinătate de a se înregistra la Ambasadă, responsabilitate cu atât mai mare pentru cei aflaţi în zonele de conflict. „Sunt cetăţeni români în Fâşia Gaza care nu au actele la zi şi faţă de care România, statul român, prin autorităţi, şi-a asumat garantarea, prin titlurile de călătorie pe care le-am dat, numai şi numai în ideea de a-i ajuta, în încercarea lor de a-şi salva viaţa”, a precizat ministrul Diaconescu.
Pe de altă parte, este responsabilitatea statului faţă de cetăţenii români, modul în care au acţionat autorităţile române în acest caz demonstrând că pot să vină în sprijinul celor care au nevoie. Ministrul Diaconescu a subliniat faptul că statul român a preluat pe garanţia sa trei cetăţeni palestinieni, care nu aveau cetăţenie română, pentru a permite familiilor unor români să rămână unite.
Ministrul Cristian Diaconescu a mulţumit autorităţilor israeliene şi tuturor instituţiilor statului român, care au contribuit la succesul acestei operaţiuni.

Adevaratul motiv al razboiului din Gaza: umflarea ministrului Apararii, Ehud Barak, inainte de alegerile din Israel. Un articol surpriza din NY Times

Gaza War Role Is Political Lift for Ex-Premier

JERUSALEM — A few weeks ago, Defense Minister Ehud Barak was considered a dead man walking in Israeli politics. Members of his Labor Party were plotting to replace him after elections on Feb. 10, if not before. Under his leadership, the storied party of David Ben-Gurion and Golda Meir had sunk so low in the polls that there was serious talk it might disappear.

No one is talking like that now. Twelve days into a punishing war that he is leading against Hamas in Gaza, Labor’s poll numbers are spiking. Mr. Barak is everywhere, in sunglasses and leather jacket, striding among his military commanders, talking strategy, calculating the next move.
“The respect I get when I go into schools since the war is amazing, and it is all about Barak,” remarked Daniel Ben-Simon, a Labor Party candidate for Parliament. “Israel’s MacArthur is back.”
There is, however, much irony — and uncertainty — in this political upheaval. Although Mr. Barak has gained from the war, he was opposed to it for far longer than any of the other top leaders and has been the most eager of them for a cease-fire since it began. Many abroad recall Mr. Barak as the prime minister who in 2000 went further than any Israeli leader in peace offers to the Palestinians, only to see the deal fail and explode in a violent Palestinian uprising that drove him from power.
If the current war goes on for long and kills many young Israeli men on the battlefield — so far casualties have been few and his shock-and-awe approach of the first days has been widely admired in Israel — Mr. Barak’s gains may again disappear. But his caution has gained him renewed support from the left.
On Wednesday, at a meeting of the country’s security cabinet, he helped persuade his fellow ministers to hold off on expanding the ground war to give diplomats a chance to stop Hamas from rearming through its smuggling routes under the Egyptian Sinai. The focus of the discussions, involving Egypt, France, Britain and the United States, is on using an international force of experts and troops at the southern Gaza border.
“Barak is very cautious,” noted Isaac Herzog, Israel’s minister of social welfare and a fellow Labor Party member who was at the meeting. “He is a cool-headed manager of this campaign but wants to exhaust diplomatic avenues.”
Voters seem aware of the risk to their soldiers of deepening the Gaza invasion, so the relative pause should not be politically problematic. But the truth is that the public wanted this war more than Mr. Barak did. With elections coming, he felt it would be difficult to hold off any longer, especially when Hamas increased its rocket fire to some 60 rockets a day, several who know him believe.
Furious and frightened after thousands of projectiles had rained down on the south over several years, Israelis yearned for a traditional Zionist warrior to rally around and send a harsh message to Hamas. For months, Mr. Barak, the natural candidate for that warrior role, declined.
At 66, Mr. Barak is the country’s most decorated soldier, famous for having foiled an airplane hijacking years ago while disguised in a mechanic’s uniform and for leading a revenge killing operation against Palestinian guerrillas in Lebanon while dressed as a woman. A skilled pianist famed for a steel-trap mind, he has also been the military chief of staff.
But he never took Hamas as seriously as many others, considering it a relatively small strategic challenge whose rockets and arms buildup could be tolerated for a while to allow bigger problems to be handled.
“His eyes are focused on Iran,” noted Gilead Sher, who was his chief of staff when he was prime minister a decade ago. “Hamas and Hezbollah largely worry him in relation to Iran.”
This, too, is an irony of Mr. Barak’s renewed popularity from the war, because his failure to grasp how average Israelis viewed the rockets is part of a larger political failure on his part. He lacks the kind of easy direct contact with the public that makes for a successful political leader.
In fact, only days before beginning the war, Mr. Barak was berated at an internal Labor Party meeting over his lack of response to the rockets.
“Members were asking aloud what had happened to him, whether he had lost it,” a party member who was present recalled. “One member, a minister, said, ‘I’m embarrassed to walk in the street and hear people talk about you as a big nothing. I get text messages from my cousins in the south asking what’s going on. Why aren’t we attacking?’ ”
Mr. Barak, the party member said, flew into a rage, saying he had seen more blood than anyone in the room, that he had witnessed things so horrible they would faint just hearing of them, that he would not be lectured to on the need to be tough.
At that time, Labor was polling about 8 seats in the 120-seat Parliament, with the opposition Likud, headed by Benjamin Netanyahu, at 30 and the centrist Kadima, led by Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, in the mid-20s. Today polls show Labor around 16 to 18; some are fantasizing about squeezing past Kadima for second place.
There is a long history in Israel of warriors becoming peacemakers, and Mr. Barak seemed to fit that pattern a decade ago. But he was always something of a hybrid, and returned to politics after a long hiatus in 2007, when he was elected the leader of the Labor Party. Now it remains to be seen whether he can again turn his comfort in the military arena into a platform for political success.
One reason he might not do so is his political tin ear. After he left politics at the start of this decade he went into business and got rich, buying an apartment on the 31st floor of Tel Aviv’s exclusive Akirov Towers. In recent months he tried to sell it for $11 million. For a leader of Israel’s social democratic party that seeks to speak for the working man, this was clearly a misstep.In an interview with Ari Shavit, a writer for the newspaper Haaretz, about 10 days before the war began, Mr. Barak described the purchase as a mistake.
“I admit I did not take into account that an apartment like this would become a symbol,” he said. But he argued that the contest for national leadership should not be a popularity contest.
“When a plane has to be landed in a storm, you don’t ask if there is someone nice here,” he said. “Nor do you ask whether there is someone who looks like a pilot or talks like a pilot or once stood next to a pilot during a flight. You ask if there is a real pilot here, not a nice guy, not a back-slapper.”
That sales pitch was adopted by the party, with advertisements showing an unsmiling Mr. Barak and the words “not friendly, not trendy and not nice.” It is seen as a surprisingly successful approach.
Most analysts say that whether the election victor is Likud or Kadima, Mr. Barak could well remain in his post as defense minister, where the public is comfortable seeing him. Mr. Netanyahu has told others that if he becomes prime minister he will seek to bring Labor in by keeping Mr. Barak as defense minister.
At the same time, some on Israel’s left seem to be looking again at Mr. Barak as the man to vote for precisely because he has shown caution in going to war.
“Many see Barak as the old Israel, the one that won the ’67 war brilliantly and overwhelmingly after hesitating for a month,” Mr. Shavit of Haaretz said. “This is his pattern. Don’t rush in. Try to avoid it. But if you start the war, win the war. It is exactly the opposite of Olmert of ’06, which was to rush in and lose it. If the war doesn’t turn into a disaster, there is feeling of relief that we are back to being the old Israelis in the sense of thinking a bit before we act.”

By ETHAN BRONNER

Isabel Kershner contributed reporting

New York Timesc

January 7, 2009

Bucurestiul se alatura capitalelor europene solidare cu tragedia palestinienilor din Gaza. Demonstratie a romanilor azi, orele 12-14, in Piata Unirii

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Asociaţia Pentru Apărarea Drepturilor Apatrizilor şi Refugiaţilor (A.P.A.D.A.R.), organizează în data de joi, 8.o1.2009 între orele 12-14, pe trotuarul de vis-a-vis al Ambasadei Israelului din Bucureşti (Blvd. Dimitrie Cantemir nr. 1, tronson 2+3, Bloc B2), o adunare publică impotriva războiului din Fâşia Gaza. Cerem retragerea trupelor israeliene din Fâşia Gaza si interventia categorica a institutiilor internationale, UE si ONU.
Facem apel către toate asociaţiile şi persoanele care doresc să protesteze fata de războiul din Gaza, să vină să se alăture acestei actiuni de solidarizare cu drama civililor nevinovati aflati sub bombardamente de 13 zile negre.

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Infernul din Gaza. Ziua a 12-a. Bilant negru: peste 660 de morti si 2750 de raniti

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660 people killed in Gaza and more 2,750 wounded since the beginning of the Israeli operations. UN schools targeted.
Ramallah, 07-01-09: For the 12th consecutive day, Israel continued its attacks on the Gaza Strip.
By air, by land and by sea the Gazans are attacks and besieged.

At least 660 people have been reportedly killed (including more than 215 children and 89 women), and more than 2,750 have sustained heavy injuries (including more than 650 children and 270 women).
At least 17 families were reportedly struck, killing fathers, mothers and children.

The number is expected to rise within the upcoming days as attacks continue- both from the air, the sea and the land.

There are 220 dead since the ground invasion began. Within the past 24 hours, at least 80 Palestinians were killed.

Despite the Israeli recurrent discourse, facts are clear and Israel’s war has mainly been conducted against civilians: Universities, shopping markets, schools, Mosques and private houses have been struck.

Monday night, 2 UN schools were bombed. 3 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack on a UNRWA school, Asma Elementary School in Gaza city.

Yesterday afternoon, Israelis bombed a UNRWA school in Jabalia, killing dozens of Palestinians and injuring severely others. The UN school was sheltering people displaced by the violence in Jabaliya Refugee Camp in the northern Gaza Strip. UNRWA sources report 30 people died and 55 others were injured when three Israeli artillery shells landed at the perimeter of the school. Medical officials at Gaza hospitals said 42 were killed.

To Mustafa Barghouthi MP, The Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative: “the targeting of schools, international organisations and the other places which have been designated as safe heavens from the bombardments is further proof that Israel is either targeting the civilian population of Gaza or completely insensitive to the sufferings of civilians in completing its military objectives. “

“The UN schools have been established as makeshifts refugee camps. Their targeting should instigate an international criminal case against the Israeli government.”

“There are no places to run in Gaza. Those victims can no longer be considered as ‘collateral damages”, said the deputy.

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O micuta ortodoxa ucisa de prea multa teama in Gaza

Parintele Manaweil Musallam, reprezentant al Patriarhatului Latin din Gaza, a confirmat pentru Sam Bahour, jurnalist palestiniano-american, ca fetita din imagine, Christine, crestin-ortodoxa, a murit, in timpul unui raid aerian israelian, in urma unui colaps. A fost ucisa de frica, fiind coplesita de pericol si afectata nevrotic de la inceperea razboiului, asa cum sunt foarte multi copii, afirma parintele. Locuia in zona Al-Remal din Gaza. In timpul unui bombardament din a 7-a zi de razboi, vineri, 2 ianuarie, a cazut la pamant. Tatal ei, de profesie medic, a incercat sa o ajute dar fetita a murit in bratele sale, pana sa ajunga la spital.
Dumnezeu sa o odihneasca in pace!

Sam Bahour: Christine, another child martyr of Gaza Palestine ...

Carnagiu in Gaza: 75 de morti dintre care peste 40 intr-o tabara de refugiati. Israelul ataca Scolile in ciuda informatiilor clare date de ONU

GAZA, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Israeli tank shells killed at least 40 Palestinians on Tuesday at a U.N. school where civilians had taken shelter, medical officials said, in carnage likely to boost international calls for a halt to Israel's Gaza offensive.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said she was looking into information on the incident at al-Fakhora school in Jabalya refugee camp.
People cut down by shrapnel lay in pools of blood on the street. Witnesses said two Israeli tanks shells exploded outside the school, killing at least 40 civilians -- Palestinians who had taken refuge there and residents of nearby buildings.
In a separate attack earlier in the day, three Palestinians were killed in an airstrike on another school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency.
The deaths raised to 75 the number of Palestinian civilians killed on Tuesday alone, according to medical officials.

GAZA CITY (CNN) -- The Israeli military stepped up its offensive in Gaza Tuesday, surrounding densely populated Gaza City with its ground forces after at least 50 air strikes pounded the region overnight.
The United Nations said one Israeli air attack struck an elementary school in Gaza City where hundreds of Palestinians had taken shelter, killing three men.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency said Asma Elementary school was clearly marked as a U.N. installation. It said over 400 people had been given shelter at the school when it was hit Monday night.
"Well before the current fighting, UNRWA had given to the Israeli authorities the GPS (global positioning system) co-ordinates of all its installations in Gaza, including Asma Elementary School," the agency said in a news release.
"UNRWA is strongly protesting these killings to the Israeli authorities and is calling for an immediate and impartial investigation," it added.

Ziua a 11-a. INP: 578 morti si peste 2700 de raniti. Marturia unui medic norvegian despre crimele din Gaza: "Este ca Infernul lui Dante!"

Mads Gilbert, a Norwegian doctor in Gaza, tells Sky News and CBS that the number of civilians injured and killed in Gaza proves that Israel is deliberately attacking the population

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Families face deaths in the Gaza Strip
578 people killed in Gaza and more than 2,700 wounded

Ramallah, 06-01-09: For the 11th consecutive day, Israel continued its attacks on the Gaza Strip: by air strikes and ground operations.

Since the beginning of the Israeli invasion, 578 people in Gaza were killed, of which approximately 70 children and 27 women. By now, a total of 2,700 Gazans are injured of which more than 270 and 650 children.

Despite the Israeli recurrent discourse claiming an attack on military and Hamas’s infrastructure and militants, facts are clear and Israel’s war has mainly been conducted against civilians.

At least 17 families from Gaza were reported struck, causing many dead among civilians, mothers and children. “Those families are not Hamas members”, says Mustafa Barghouthi. “Missiles do not differentiate people by their political affiliation. They simply kill everyone in their path.”

The only family that has effective Hamas affiliation is the Rayan Family, where the father Nizar Rayan was killed, along with 14 members of his family, of which 4 women and 9 children.

But despite this, the lives of 17 Gazans families -gathered to face together to ongoing massacre- fathers, mother and children has been taken, while the Israeli PR machine is going to claim for “collateral damage”.

“Thos sisters, brothers, sons, daughters, mothers and fathers cannot be considered without humanity as ‘collateral damages”, emphasized Mustafa Barghouthi.
Among those, were:

- In the Baker family, a mother died, along with her 4 children of which a one-year old boy and a two-year old girl.
- In the Ba’lousha family, 5 sisters were killed: Aya, Iman, Ikram, Tihryr and Samar.
- In the Al Ris family, 3 deaths were reported.
- In the Hawaj family, the father and a son were reported killed.
- In the Asumudi family, 7 were killed, of which 4 children.
- In the Al’Bsy family, 3 children were killed.
- In the Al Kashko family, the son, the daughter and the daughter-in law were killed.
- In the Thalal Hamdan family, Lama (4), Haya (11) and Ismail (10), 2 sisters and 1 brother were killed.
- In the Astal family, 2 brothers and their cousin were killed: Mohammad Iyaad (10), Abed Rabu (11) and Abed As-Satar Walid (11) were killed.
- In the Barbakh family, the grandfather, three brothers and the grandson were killed.
- In the Hilu family, 5 girls and their grandfather were killed.
- In The Abu Aisha family, 7 dead were reported: the father, the mother and their 5 children.

Three other un-identified families were heavily struck by the Israeli forces, resulting in the death of 19 other persons, of which a mother and her 4 daughters and a father and his 5 children.

Attacks have increased without any major intervention from the international community.

"It is now time to end the massacre, time for Israel to stop its aggression on Palestinian civilians, and time for the International Community to take its responsibilities and stop the Israeli bloodbath and impose a ceasefire,” says Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, the Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative.
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Situatia romanilor din GAZA. Pozitia MAE Roman. Intalnire cu ambasadorul Palestinei. Coordonatele ambasadelor Romaniei din Israel si Egipt

Poziţia Ministerului Afacerilor Externe faţă de escaladarea situaţiei din Fâşia Gaza

Ministerul Afacerilor Externe exprimă profunda îngrijorare în legătură cu escaladarea situaţiei din Gaza şi afirmă nevoia urgentă privind încetarea acţiunilor şi asigurarea condiţiilor care să permită accesul asistenţei umanitare în zona de conflict şi protejarea civililor.

Pentru Ministerul Afacerilor Externe al României este prioritară preocuparea pentru situaţia cetăţenilor români din zonă. MAE face toate demersurile posibile pentru a facilita evacuarea cetăţenilor români care doresc să plece din Fâşia Gaza.

IERI: Situaţia actualizată privind cetăţenii români din Fâşia Gaza. AZI: Nimic nou

Ministerul Afacerilor Externe informează că primul autocar cu cetăţeni străini care au primit acordul autorităţilor israeliene pentru evacuare a ajuns în apropierea punctului de frontieră Erez însă, din cauza tirurilor cu rachete, a fost nevoit să se întoarcă în Gaza City.

I.C.R.C. (Crucea Roşie şi Semiluna Internaţională) nu şi-a asumat responsabilitatea continuării călătoriei până la Erez.

Ambasada României la Tel Aviv menţine legătura cu cetăţenii români din Fâşia Gaza şi cu autorităţile israeliene în perspectiva continuării acţiunilor de evacuare în funcţie de evoluţia situaţiei în zonă.

Primirea de către ministrul afacerilor externe, Cristian Diaconescu, a ambasadorului palestinian la Bucureşti

Ministrul afacerilor externe, Cristian Diaconescu, a discutat astăzi (ieri - nota mea) cu Ahmed Majdalani, ambasadorul palestinian la Bucureşti, despre problemele legate de situaţia actuală din Fâşia Gaza, în cadrul unei audienţe acordate la sediul MAE.
Ministrul Diaconescu a subliniat preocuparea României faţă de situaţia actuală şi a exprimat convingerea că pentru a se relua dialogul politic sunt necesare încetarea violenţelor şi identificarea de soluţii pentru problemele umanitare din Fâşia Gaza. Ministrul a subliniat că în Gaza se află şi cetăţeni români, pentru care se depun eforturi de evacuare, în funcţie de solicitările primite.
Demnitarul român a reiterat faptul că, din punctul de vedere al României, soluţia la criză poate fi găsită numai pe cale politică şi a subliniat disponibilitatea României de a întreprinde, în colaborare cu partenerii din UE şi prin acţiuni bilaterale, demersuri în vederea sprijinirii reglementării politico-diplomatice a crizei. Ministrul Diaconescu a arătat totodată că, înţelegând problemele curente cu care se confruntă populaţia din Fâşia Gaza, autorităţile române sunt disponibile şi pentru identificarea unor formule de acordare de asistenţă umanitară.
Ambasadorul palestinian a făcut o evaluare a situaţiei actuale din Fâşia Gaza.

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Israelul suspectat ca ataca in Gaza cu Fosfor Alb, arma chimica interzisa de Conventia de la Geneva. Orice picatura de fosfor arde carnea pana la os

Israel rains fire on Gaza with phosphorus shells

Israel is believed to be using controversial white phosphorus shells to screen its assault on the heavily populated Gaza Strip yesterday. The weapon, used by British and US forces in Iraq, can cause horrific burns but is not illegal if used as a smokescreen.

As the Israeli army stormed to the edges of Gaza City and the Palestinian death toll topped 500, the tell-tale shells could be seen spreading tentacles of thick white smoke to cover the troops’ advance. “These explosions are fantastic looking, and produce a great deal of smoke that blinds the enemy so that our forces can move in,” said one Israeli security expert. Burning blobs of phosphorus would cause severe injuries to anyone caught beneath them and force would-be snipers or operators of remote-controlled booby traps to take cover. Israel admitted using white phosphorus during its 2006 war with Lebanon.

The use of the weapon in the Gaza Strip, one of the world’s mostly densely population areas, is likely to ignite yet more controversy over Israel’s offensive, in which more than 2,300 Palestinians have been wounded.

The Geneva Treaty of 1980 stipulates that white phosphorus should not be used as a weapon of war in civilian areas, but there is no blanket ban under international law on its use as a smokescreen or for illumination.

However, Charles Heyman, a military expert and former major in the British Army, said: “If white phosphorus was deliberately fired at a crowd of people someone would end up in The Hague. White phosphorus is also a terror weapon. The descending blobs of phosphorus will burn when in contact with skin.”

The Israeli military last night denied using phosphorus, but refused to say what had been deployed. “Israel uses munitions that are allowed for under international law,” said Captain Ishai David, spokesman for the Israel Defence Forces. “We are pressing ahead with the second stage of operations, entering troops in the Gaza Strip to seize areas from which rockets are being launched into Israel.”

The civilian toll in the first 24 hours of the ground offensive — launched after a week of bombardment from air, land and sea— was at least 64 dead. Among those killed were five members of a family who died when an Israeli tank shell hit their car and a paramedic who died when a tank blasted his ambulance. Doctors at Gaza City’s main hospital said many women and children were among the dead and wounded.

The Israeli army also suffered its first fatality of the offensive when one of its soldiers was killed by mortar fire. More than 30 soldiers were wounded by mortars, mines and sniper fire.

Israel has brushed aside calls for a ceasefire to allow humanitarian aid into the besieged territory, where medical supplies are running short.

With increasingly angry anti-Israeli protests spreading around the world, Gordon Brown described the violence in Gaza as “a dangerous moment”.

White phosphorus: the smoke-screen chemical that can burn to the bone

— White phosphorus bursts into a deep-yellow flame when it is exposed to oxygen, producing a thick white smoke

— It is used as a smokescreen or for incendiary devices, but can also be deployed as an anti-personnel flame compound capable of causing potentially fatal burns

— Phosphorus burns are almost always second or third-degree because the particles do not stop burning on contact with skin until they have entirely disappeared — it is not unknown for them to reach the bone

— Geneva conventions ban the use of phosphorus as an offensive weapon against civilians, but its use as a smokescreen is not prohibited by international law

— Israel previously used white phosphorus during its war with Lebanon in 2006

— It has been used frequently by British and US forces in recent wars, notably during the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Its use was criticised widely

— White phosphorus has the slang name “Willy Pete”, which dates from the First World War. It was commonly used in the Vietnam era

Source: Times archives, Timesonline.co.uk