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Jessica14

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Nebuchanezzar said:
Sleeping is clearly a terrorist activity and Israel is angelic for killing these future murderers.
Lol to your statement. I quite enjoy your brand of sarcastic and inhumane humour. (I am telling the truth).

Anyway, recent updates on Al Jazeera favour the Israelis.

AJGaza via Twitter said:
#Israel has captured the Hamas-run Al Aqsa TV channel in #Gaza and is broadcasting messages telling Hamas leaders to give themselves up less than a minute ago from web
Well, the Hamas leaders obviously won't, but Brownie points to the Israeli's for trying. Okay, seriously, they are achieving their goals in a round-about fashion. Taking control of their source of media- they're controlling the flow of information. Not that the ordinary Gazans will care or be bothered by it- they don't have electricity to watch the news.
 
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Exphate said:
Hey guys, you should all watch Loose Change, because everything on YouTube is the truth!
Are you stupid? the content is reliable OBVIOUSLY... its a documentary and if visual images arn't satisfying you... then its basically a waste of time having a discussion with you...
 

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Israeli troops move deep into Gaza as ground offensive against Palestinian territory continues | World news | guardian.co.uk


Israeli troops push deep into Gaza

Israeli tanks and thousands of troops today battled Hamas fighters as they pushed deep into the Gaza strip in a dramatic escalation of the conflict.
Soldiers reached as far as the Mediterranean coast, cutting Gaza in half and seizing control of large areas of the overcrowded territory.
Israel's ground operation, which had been widely anticipated, began on Saturday night, the eighth of the conflict, and is the biggest assault on Gaza since Israel withdrew its Jewish settlers in 2005.
Television footage showed troops wearing night vision goggles, their faces painted within camouflage, marching in single file across the border.
Palestinian hospital doctors said more than 30 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's ground offensive since midnight. They said three were Hamas fighters and the rest civilians.
Thick clouds of smoke hung over Gaza as the Israeli attack targeted the northern towns of Beit Hanoun, Beit Lahiya and Jabaliya, all of which have been scenes of frequent scenes of Israeli incursions over recent years.
Israeli troops were also seen near the town of Rafah, in the southern Gaza strip along the Egyptian border.
The streets of Gaza City were deserted and the city was surrounded by Israeli forces to the north, east and south.
Naval ships in the Mediterranean continued to fire shells into Gaza, along with artillery rounds from the east and repeated air strikes across the length of the territory.
Tens of thousands of Israeli reservists were called up - a sign that the operation could yet deepen.
Said Judeh, of the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya, said eight people had been killed in an Israeli artillery strike. He said they were among a group of people trying to leave their homes to shelter in a nearby school.
Beit Lahiya is the scene of some of the heaviest fighting, and it was reported today that five members of the same family had been killed in two separate artillery strikes on their home there.
At least 30 Israeli troops were injured after the invasion began late on Saturday night, with two, a soldier and an officer, seriously hurt.
Tank shells exploded in Gaza City's main shopping area, killing at least five Palestinian civilians and wounding 40, hospital staff and witnesses said.
The Hamas al-Aqsa television channel today reported that Hamas fighters had captured two Israeli soldiers, but the Israeli army said it had no knowledge of any such incident and that previous Hamas reports of Israeli casualties had proved inaccurate.
The Israeli defence minister, Ehud Barak, said the Israelis were "peace seekers". "We are not war hungry, but we shall not, I repeat shall not, allow a situation where our towns, villages and civilians are constantly targeted by Hamas," he said. "It will not be easy or short, but we are determined."
Brigadier General Avi Benayahu, an Israeli military spokesman, said the military's goals in launching what it called "phase two" of its campaign in Gaza were "to deal a heavy blow to the Hamas terror organisation, to strengthen Israel's deterrence and to create a better security situation for those living around the Gaza Strip that will be maintained for the long term".
The decision to launch a ground offensive came after a late-night meeting between the prime minister, Ehud Olmert, Barak and the foreign minister, Tzipi Livni, which lasted until 4am on Saturday.
A security cabinet meeting then approved the operation, although two ministers reportedly abstained.
The development followed another day of intense Israeli bombing in Gaza on Saturday. Among the targets destroyed was the American International School in northern Gaza, a private school which has been attacked by Palestinian militants in the past.
Another Israeli air strike destroyed a mosque in Beit Lahiya, killing around a dozen Palestinians.
The death toll in Gaza climbed to at nearly 500, with more than 2,300 wounded, according to Palestinian medical officials.
Four Israelis have died in rocket and mortar attacks from Gaza since Saturday, with around 60 wounded. Hamas launched further rocket attacks on Israel today.
Hamas leaders warned of heavy fighting to come. "You entered like rats. Your entry to Gaza won't be easy. Gaza will be a graveyard for you, God willing," Ismail Radwan, a Hamas spokesman said in a statement broadcast on Hamas television.
In Damascus, the Hamas leader in exile, Khaled Meshal, said on Friday that Israeli soldiers faced a "black fate" in Gaza.
He said Hamas's conditions for a ceasefire were that Israeli attacks stopped, that Israel lifted its long economic blockade of Gaza and that the Rafah border crossing into Egypt be opened for people and goods.
Israel is believed to want tougher conditions, including a halt to Palestinian rocket fire, an end to smuggling, continued control of the crossings into Gaza, and is thought likely to push for international monitoring of any ceasefire deal.
Diplomatic efforts to end the conflict were appearing to falter. Late on Saturday night, the US blocked the approval of a UN security council statement calling for an immediate ceasefire.
Alejandro Wolff, the US deputy ambassador, said Hamas would not agree to halt the violence and that a new statement "would not be adhered to and would have no underpinning for success, would not do credit to the council".
The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-Moon, spoke of his "extreme concerns and disappointment" about the invasion, and France also condemned Israel's ground attack.
However, Jiri Potuznik, a spokesman for the EU presidency, which is currently held by the Czech Republic, issued a statement that was strikingly supportive of Israel, saying: "At the moment, from the perspective of the last days, we understand this step as a defensive, not offensive, action."

:evilfire:
 

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What I love most about the IDF is that they kill muslims. PS Imd runk.
 

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UNITED NATIONS — The United States late Saturday blocked approval of a U.N. Security Council statement calling for an immediate cease-fire between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers, diplomats said.

French U.N. Ambassador Jean-Maurice Ripert, the council president, said the 15 council members could not agree on a statement in closed discussions held after Israel launched a ground invasion into the Gaza Strip on Saturday. But he said there were "strong convergences" among the members to express concern about the deteriorating situation in Gaza and the need for "an immediate, permanent and fully respected cease-fire."

Libyan Ambassador Giadalla Ettalhi said the United States during the discussions objected to "any outcome" on the proposed statement. He said efforts were made to compromise on a weaker press statement but there was no consensus.

Several other council members, speaking on condition of anonymity because negotiations were closed, also said the U.S. was responsible for the council's failure to issue a statement.

The U.S., Israel's closest ally, has designated Hamas a terrorist organization. U.S. deputy ambassador Alejandro Wolff said the United States saw no prospect of Hamas abiding by last week's council call for an immediate end to the violence. Therefore, he said, a new statement "would not be adhered to and would have no underpinning for success, (and) would not do credit to the council."
FOXNews.com - U.S. Blocks U.N. Statement Calling for Gaza Cease-Fire - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News

Agreed. :shoot:
 

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Loose Change is a documentary, too. Bias is present in all things, is what he's saying. Whether it's a valid representation of the facts is up to the viewer to decide.
Bias? I don't understand how that is bias... its a documentary showing what is going on in areas where civilians are consistentlly being bombarded by bombs... and what can you say about the other side? this guy from Isreal posted up something like " I constantly leave in sadness as I watched my beloved flag being burnt"... WTF?! what about the other side :speechless:
 

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idiot go read some stats.....pakistan is better then australia u gronk and israel.

i dont suppourt them in any way watsover....jst get ur facts rite and recognise the imminent threat and subsquent one which is superior
gtfo you should be deported
pakistan a super power?
china could easily take pakistan down anyday
 
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I have a lot of family in Israel. The likelihood of death is always on everyone's mind. If someone leaves a bag behind on a bus, it gets chucked out the window and the bomb squad is notified. Suicide bombs, and regular bombs are relatively common. Getting struck by stray rockets is also on people's minds.
 

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sorry :( guess i got my facts wrong. i think i confused israel and palestine.
 

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I find it really sad how you can even think about comparing the devestation in palestine to the picnic in israel
 

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Ben Netanyahu said:
איך אתה מעז לעשות כזה האשמות �*גד ישראל את עצמי ואת אמא? אלימות תהיה ממשלה עם מטה אותך ואת הילדים שלך ל�*צח יותר!
youre in australia speak and write english or go back to where u came from or where your parents came from!!

gosh *shakes head*
 

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queenrayan said:
youre in australia speak and write english or go back to where u came from or where your parents came from!!

gosh *shakes head*
and throw freedom of expression, and multiculturalism down the drain.
 

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Latest in the israeli stream of terror and atrocities in gaza is that its asking for immediate "evacuation" of a hospital or it'll bomb it :cold:



Doctor in Gaza: Patients 'lying everywhere' - CNN.com

GAZA CITY (CNN) -- Gaza's main hospital, already overloaded with Palestinians wounded in the week-long Israeli air assault, has reached critical mass, according to a Norwegian doctor volunteering at Shifa Hospital.
A Palestinian father carries his wounded baby daughter into a hospital in Gaza City Sunday.
"The injured patients are mainly civilians, a lot of children with dreadful injuries," Dr. Erik Fosse told CNN on Monday, estimating that 20 percent of the more than 500 people dead were children.
"This figure is rising, and I think it has to do with the development of the war as it moves into the city," he added.
After a weeklong series of air strikes, Israel launched a ground assault Saturday night.
Palestinian medical officials said Israeli forces have killed 37 Palestinians -- both civilians and militants -- since moving into the territory. With those deaths, at least 507 Palestinians have been killed in the military operation, including about 100 women and children, officials said.
In addition, 2,600 Palestinians have been injured, most of them civilians, officials said.
"We've had a steady stream (of patients) every day, but the last 24 hours has(been) about triple the number of cases," Fosse said late Sunday.
Fosse said he estimated that about 30 percent of the casualties at Shifa -- Gaza City's main hospital -- on Sunday were children, both among the dead and wounded.
The increase in casualties at Shifa followed Israel's ground incursion into Gaza. Fosse said 50 patients were "severely wounded" when an Israeli air strike hit a food market in Gaza City.

"We were operating in the corridors, patients were lying everywhere, and people were dying before they got treatment," he said.
Most of the casualties were due to the air strikes that preceded the ground incursion. Other hospitals in Gaza could not treat the wounded because of a shortage of supplies and staff.
Israel has said the military operation is a necessary self-defense measure after repeated rocket attacks from Gaza into southern Israel by Hamas militants. Israeli leaders say they are trying to minimize civilian casualties in Gaza.
Last week, Dr. Eyad El-Sarraj, a psychiatrist who runs Gaza's mental health program, said Gaza was headed for "a major humanitarian disaster" unless the fighting ended soon.
Meanwhile, at the Gaza-Egypt border, nearly 25 trucks carrying aid and medical supplies were unable to pass through the Rafah border crossing on Sunday, CNN's Karl Penhaul reported.
Egyptian authorities said the guards who were manning the Palestinian side of the border had abandoned their posts. Aid workers and drivers banged on the gate to protest the closure.
An official with the humanitarian group World Visit on also confirmed that report, saying: "Unfortunately today, they closed the border, so no aid entered Gaza today."
"There are food shortages ... The health system is overwhelmed. The people here don't have electricity," added Mohammed El-Halaby, program manager for World Vision, adding that several power lines and water pumps were damaged by last week's air strikes.
On Saturday -- before Israel launched its ground incursion -- old Palestinian ambulances had carried the wounded across the border, where patients were loaded into modern ambulances.

Most of those taken into Egypt were civilians, including a teenage boy with his arm blown off, as well as a 4-day-old baby, who was not injured but needed to be kept on a ventilator and in an incubator.

About 10 truckloads of donations from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey and Greece crossed into Gaza on Saturday.
Disgraceful! Disgraceful! Disgraceful!
 
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Exphate said:
Atleast they tell them to evacuate first :O
and why the hell should an overloaded hosptial be evacuated in the first place anyway?
 
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asking for immediate "evacuation" of a hospital or it'll bomb it
where is your source? that thing below it just says something about overcrowded hospitals, not a threat to bomb a hospital.
 

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Exphate said:
Because it is going to be bombed :|
Why bomb a hospital with thousands upon thousands of patients?
 

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Schroedinger said:
Lolling so hard right now I can barely contain it. Learn to read hebrew you fucking philistine.
Huh??? So if you cant read Hebrew you are a philistine??? I thought English is the international language and boredofstudies.org's official language. Anyone can type some foreign language and act smart and mock the reader when they cant read it.....
 

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