509 Palestinians were killed and over 3135 were injured in the past fifteen days of ongoing Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip. The IOF killed over 50 Palestinians this Monday.
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full to capacity | Palestine Rose
no words.
tears.
hospital fridges
are full.
no more
room
to put
martyrs.
no words.
tears.
via full to capacity | Palestine Rose.
Me: This affects us all: the victims, their families and friends, those who could be next in the spreading terror and revenge cycle. Pray for the souls of those killed and of the killers who lose their humanity and pieces of their souls as they “follow” orders, “defend” themselves and their mates. War and violence consumes us all – peace it the answer.
Both Sides Report Deadliest Day in Gaza War – NYTimes.com
Taghreed Harazin, 34, sat under a gazebo with her six-month-old son, Diaa, in the car seat in which she had carried him on foot until finding a taxi. She said she had believed the evacuation order was only for the eastern part of the neighborhood, and mistakenly thought she would be safe at home. Moving was frightening, she said, because of airstrikes.
But during the night, as the family prepared their predawn Ramadan meal — only bread, since there was no electricity to cook with — heavy shelling started. They went to the basement for three hours, then ventured out at dawn.
As the family dashed through the streets to avoid crashing shells, Ms. Harazin, said, she saw the decapitated body of a boy who looked about 4, and a wounded woman in a black abaya nearby, both lying on the sidewalk. An ambulance came and took them both away.
“We are not Hamas, and we are not with the others,” Ms. Harazin said. “We just want to live in our homes. The people are not Hamas. Israel has a problem with Hamas. What’s the fault of the other people? We have nothing to do with it.”
Asked what she thought of Hamas’s handling of the current war, she said, “Sometimes it’s difficult to express your opinion.”
She faulted Israel for shelling civilian homes, but said of Hamas’s actions, “If you say any word, it’s held against you.” She said her husband had been beaten for complaining about Hamas.
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A lab technician, Ms. Harazin had brought a medical kit with her, along with her son’s diaper bag, in case anyone needed help. She had bandaged the foot of an elderly woman sitting next to her, who cut it on glass as she fled barefoot.
The woman, Wadha Abu Amr, said her family were refugees from what is now Beersheba. They fled from there in 1948 during the war over Israel’s founding.
“I’m afraid that this is another 1948,” she said, “God forbid. We were driven out in 1948 and we are being driven out again now.”
via Both Sides Report Deadliest Day in Gaza War – NYTimes.com.
List of names of the 321 Palestinians killed between the 8th and the 19th of July
Killed Saturday 19/7
1. Yahia Bassam as-Serry, 20, Khan Younis.
2. Mohammad Bassam as-Serry, 17, Khan Younis.
3. Mahmoud Rida Salhiyya, 56, Khan Younis.
4. Mustafa Rida Salhiyya, 21, Khan Younis.
5. Mohammad Mustafa Salhiyya, 22, Khan Younis.
6. Waseem Rida Salhiyya, 15, Khan Younis.
7. Ibrahim Jamal Kamal Nassr, 13, Khan Younis.
8. Rushdi Khaled Nassr, 24, Khan Younis.
9. Mohammad Awad Faris Nassr, 25, Khan Younis.
10. Ahmad Mahmoud Hasan Aziz, 34, Beit Hanoun
11. Sa’id Ali Issa, 30, Juhr ed-Deek, Central Gaza.
12. Raed Walid Laqan, 27, Khan Younis.
13. Mohammad Jihad al-Qara’, 29, Khan Younis.
14. Rafat Ali Bahloul, 36, Khan Younis.
15. Bilal Ismail Abu Doqqa, 33, Khan Younis.
16. Mohammad Ismail Sammour, 21, Khan Younis.
17. Eyad Ismael ar-Raqab, 26, Khan Younis.
18. Mohammad Atallah Odah Sa’adat, 25, Beit Hanoun.
19. Mohammad Rafiq ar-Rohhal, 22, Beit Lahia.
20. Mohammad Ziad ar-Rohhal, 6, Beit Lahia.
21. Mohammad Ahmad Abu Za’nouna, 37, Gaza City.
via List of names of the 321 Palestinians killed between the 8th and the 19th of July.
Time is Now | Palestine Rose
MH17: rebels block access to part of site of crash as evidence against them grows | World | The Guardian
All sides have called for a thorough and impartial investigation into what caused the crash, which killed all 283 passengers and 15 crew on board MH17, en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. However, the first group of international investigators on the scene were involved in a tense standoff with the armed separatists who control the crash site at Grabovo.
A unit of heavily armed rebels blocked the 30-strong team from the OSCE, cordoning off a large part of the crash site. The inspectors retreated after an hour-long standoff, having been unable to gain access. They were sent on their way by warning shots fired by the rebel unit commander.
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“We will keep coming back tomorrow and the next day and the next day,” said spokesman Michael Bociurkiw. “Tomorrow will be a crunch day. There are a lot of experts from the Netherlands and Malaysia gathering in Kiev as well as relatives. The bodies are starting to bloat and decay. An expert team is clearly needed. There is a lot to be done in a short amount of time.”
In Washington, Obama called for a full, impartial investigation and said the tragedy should cause people to “snap their heads together” and stop playing games in Ukraine. In veiled criticism of the lack of European support for US-led economic sanctions against Russia, Obama said the loss of so many European lives should serve as a “wake-up call” for Europe.
Radio host gunned down in front of his children in Mazar-e-Sharif – Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders is appalled to learn that 27-year-old local radio host Kaled Aghah Yaghubi was gunned down in front of his children in his home in Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital of the northern province of Balkh, on 13 July. His murder comes amid a continuing wave of violence against journalists.
“They rang on his front door at around 1 p.m.,” said Ahmad Fahim Hagh Bin, the manager of Radio Lahzeh, the local station that Yaghubi worked for. “As soon as his four-year-old son opened the door, the gunmen looked around the room for Yaghubi and then opened fire.”
via Radio host gunned down in front of his children in Mazar-e-Sharif – Reporters Without Borders.
Israel to demolish 3 homes of Hebron men suspected of killing teens | Maan News Agency
Never have understood this and wonder if homes of three people who have admitted killing of Palestinian teen will be similarly demolished?
Israeli forces on Tuesday delivered demolition orders to the families of two Palestinians in Hebron Israel accuses of kidnapping and killing three Israeli teenagers.
More than a week ago, Israeli forces partly demolished two of the houses, which belonged to Amer Abu Aisha and Marwan al-Qawasmi.
via Israel to demolish 3 homes of Hebron men suspected of killing teens | Maan News Agency.
Israel’s far right spreads from the fringes | Middle East | DW.DE | 14.07.2014
According to Rachel Elior, a professor of Jewish philosophy at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, these are dangerous statements that should be banned.
“There are certain circles that want to deny the fact that Palestinians are people just like us. No more, no less,” she said on Israeli radio. “Unfortunately, many think that we are a holy people, and that non-Jews can be defined as unclean and worthy of death.”
The rabbis base their views on ancient and traditional Jewish texts, said Elior, adding that this doesn’t, however, legitimize racism.
The Jewish people have a long history that stretches back more than 3,000 years, she added. The collective memory is shaped by texts, which resulted, in part, from Jews living as a persecuted minority among other peoples, said Elior.
There are written sources over 3,000 years old, and it’s clear “that over such a long period of time there are all sorts of beliefs that are no longer acceptable today,” she said. “Just as we no longer have slaves or maidservants, although there are religious laws that permit doing so, you cannot allow racist comments based on these Israeli sources.”
via Israel’s far right spreads from the fringes | Middle East | DW.DE | 14.07.2014.






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