The Palestine thread

[macdanger2]

True enough, it's hard to tell fact from spin

[give her dixie]

Breaking‬| 12 children have been killed and 50 injured after targeting Al Shifa hospital in Gaza

[maddog]

There can be no excuse for this any longer. Israel is a disgrace. As are the western powers that are turning a blind eye.

[seafoid]

Breaking‬| 12 children have been killed and 50 injured after targeting Al Shifa hospital in Gaza

I think that makes 16 hospitals/old people homes/clinics/ambulance targeted

[J OGorman]

holy fcuk...unbelievable, yet sadly now, all too believable

[muppet]

It's the one where he is interviewing the Israeli government guy and really puts hard questions to him. He basically says to the guy they didn't talk to Hamas on first ceasefire and only talked to Egypt who were mediating and then didn't even talk to Hamas. There are various other hard hitting points too.

He's very pro Palestinian which is very rare in the media!

I didn't know that. However Hamas keeps firing the stupid rockets, even when Israel pauses the slaughter. There can be no question that the Hamas strategy is simply to get Israel to kill Palestinians. That Israel complies so enthusiastically is sickening, but imho they should all be done for war crimes.

If you didn't talk about rockets you would have very little to say. You are like Mark Regev.

You are completely nuts. I have castigated Israel time and time again.

You seem to think we should ignore the rockets or file them under 'sure what else can they do'.

[give her dixie]

NBC Journalist was at the hospital and witnessed the attack. click on the link for his report

Strikes Near Gaza's Shifa Hospital, Refugee Camp Kill or Hurt 30

Israeli strikes hit within yards of Gaza's main hospital as well as at a refugee camp on Monday, leaving at least 30 dead and wounded.

The explosion near Shifa Hospital around 5 p.m. local time (10 a.m. ET) caused some damage to the outpatient clinic, according to witnesses including an NBC News crew on the ground in the area. There was no immediate confirmation of deaths or injuries.

Another strike occurred at the Al-Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza. At least 30 dead and wounded were brought to Shifa Hospital in ambulances, civilian cars and on motorcycles. A NBC News team in the area said the strikes were in "close succession."

The Israel Defense Forces told Haaretz that a "preliminary investigation has found the Israeli army did not fire at the Shifa Hospital, and the fire is believed to have been Hamas." The IDF could not immediately be reached to clarify that account on Monday. However, a NBC News journalist witnessed the attack on the hospital and said it had been fired by an Israeli drone.

Israel has been criticized for several strikes which hit hospitals in the Gaza Strip during its recent offensive.

Last week, charity Medecins Sans Frontieres said health workers in Gaza were coming under fire and urged Israel to stop its strikes.

The United Nations also Israel may have committed war crimes by shelling hospitals and civilian houses where it claims Hamas is hiding personnel and rockets.

Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza have been locked in three weeks of fighting which have killed 1,049 people in Gaza, mostly civilians. Some 43 Israeli soldiers have died along with three civilians killed by projectiles within Israeli.

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/middle-east-unrest/strikes-near-gazas-shifa-hospital-refugee-camp-kill-or-hurt-n166571

[seafoid]

NBC Journalist was at the hospital and witnessed the attack. click on the link for his report

Strikes Near Gaza's Shifa Hospital, Refugee Camp Kill or Hurt 30

Israeli strikes hit within yards of Gaza's main hospital as well as at a refugee camp on Monday, leaving at least 30 dead and wounded.

The explosion near Shifa Hospital around 5 p.m. local time (10 a.m. ET) caused some damage to the outpatient clinic, according to witnesses including an NBC News crew on the ground in the area. There was no immediate confirmation of deaths or injuries.

Another strike occurred at the Al-Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza. At least 30 dead and wounded were brought to Shifa Hospital in ambulances, civilian cars and on motorcycles. A NBC News team in the area said the strikes were in "close succession."

The Israel Defense Forces told Haaretz that a "preliminary investigation has found the Israeli army did not fire at the Shifa Hospital, and the fire is believed to have been Hamas." The IDF could not immediately be reached to clarify that account on Monday. However, a NBC News journalist witnessed the attack on the hospital and said it had been fired by an Israeli drone.

Israel has been criticized for several strikes which hit hospitals in the Gaza Strip during its recent offensive.

Last week, charity Medecins Sans Frontieres said health workers in Gaza were coming under fire and urged Israel to stop its strikes.

The United Nations also Israel may have committed war crimes by shelling hospitals and civilian houses where it claims Hamas is hiding personnel and rockets.

Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza have been locked in three weeks of fighting which have killed 1,049 people in Gaza, mostly civilians. Some 43 Israeli soldiers have died along with three civilians killed by projectiles within Israeli.

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/middle-east-unrest/strikes-near-gazas-shifa-hospital-refugee-camp-kill-or-hurt-n166571

MJ Rosenberg calls this Gaza war an anti-Semitism machine.
It's not hard to see why.

[give her dixie]

87% of Israeli's are fully behind this latest round of Genocide.

87% are behind this mass slaughter.

87% in favour of this barbaric killing tells you all you need to know about how sick those evil bloodthirsty land grabbing thieving bastards are.

They are not human.

[give her dixie]

Despite many eye witnesses saying the attacks were from Drones, this is what the IOF are saying

IDF ‏@IDFSpokesperson 3m

A short while ago, terrorists in Gaza fired rockets at Israel. 1 of them hit Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza. The other hit Al-Shati refugee camp.

[seafoid]

Despite many eye witnesses saying the attacks were from Drones, this is what the IOF are saying

IDF ‏@IDFSpokesperson 3m

A short while ago, terrorists in Gaza fired rockets at Israel. 1 of them hit Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza. The other hit Al-Shati refugee camp.

They have to lie. There is no way they can sell the bombing of hospitals.

[foxcommander]

What's the point of the UN if they can't intervene and get this stopped?
Might as well stop wasting money on funding them. Irish troops should be withdrawn from this (or is it too lucrative supplying soldiers for hire)

I still can't work out if israel can't see the parallels between what they are doing and what happened in the 1940's.
Time to stop complaining about that event now?

[give her dixie]

[HiMucker]

87% of Israeli's are fully behind this latest round of Genocide.

87% are behind this mass slaughter.

87% in favour of this barbaric killing tells you all you need to know about how sick those evil bloodthirsty land grabbing thieving b**tards are.

They are not human.

Do you think 87% of Israelis are "sick evil bloodthirsty land grabbing thieving bastards"?

[give her dixie]

87% of Israeli's are fully behind this latest round of Genocide.

87% are behind this mass slaughter.

87% in favour of this barbaric killing tells you all you need to know about how sick those evil bloodthirsty land grabbing thieving b**tards are.

They are not human.

Do you think 87% of Israelis are "sick evil bloodthirsty land grabbing thieving b**tards"?

Yes. The latest poll says 87% of them support this latest round of Genocide. They are baying for more blood right now.