The World Is Silent/fascist Israel Kill More Innocent Palestinians/shame On You

[tomaust]

Israeli troops are reported to have killed eleven Palestinians in Gaza, three of them civilians including a 75-year-old, in one of its biggest operations in the coastal strip in months.

 

 

 

Most of Thursday's dead were reported to have killed in the town of Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza during an Israeli army raid on the area.

 

 

 

Witnesses said soldiers, backed by tanks and using loudspeakers, ordered all residents over 16 years of age in the town to present themselves at a school for questioning.

 

 

 

The town of 30,000 people has been effectively under an army curfew since the Israeli troops entered it on Wednesday, the witnesses said.

 

 

 

The latest casualties bring to 16 the number of Palestinians killed since Wednesday.

 

 

Peace talks

 

"Residents are in panic as the sound of gunfire and explosions never stops. The curfew is very, very tight"

 

Yamen Hamad, a local journalist

 

 

Thursday's offensive has further weakened the prospects of resuming peace talks between the two sides, already minimal since the Hamas movement took office in March after winning elections.

 

 

 

Hamas has said the bloodshed could also complicate Egyptian-brokered talks aimed at arranging a swap of Palestinian prisoners in Israel for an Israeli soldier abducted by militants in a cross-border raid last June.

 

 

 

"Residents are in panic as the sound of gunfire and explosions never stops. The curfew is very, very tight," Yamen Hamad, a local journalist, told Reuters by telephone.

 

 

 

One Israeli soldier was killed during the raid.

 

 

 

An Israeli army spokeswoman said all men in Beit Hanoun had been asked to gather in one place to answer questions.

 

 

 

Children wounded

 

 

 

Relatives said one of the civilians killed on Thursday, a 75-year-old man, was shot by troops on a rooftop when he went onto the balcony of his home to take his disabled son inside. The army said its forces were only targeting militants.

 

 

 

Among the dead was a Hamas gunman who worked as a bodyguard for Ismail Haniyeh, the Palestinian prime minister, witnesses said.

 

 

 

Hospital officials said 15 people had been wounded, including four children and a woman injured when a tank shell hit their house.

 

 

 

The assault is one of the biggest since Israel launched an offensive in Gaza to try to force the release of the captured soldier and halt the rocket fire.

 

 

 

More than 280 Palestinians have been killed in the four-month-old offensive, about half of them civilians. Three Israeli soldiers have been killed.

[tomaust]

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[Jhony5]

Seeing all these crazy fucking Jews and Muslims endlessly killing each other makes me sooooo glad to be an American. Those fucking religious murderers are far away from me. Y'all can keep your endless battle for ethnic supremacy.

[Hamza123]

Seeing all these crazy fucking Jews and Muslims endlessly killing each other makes me sooooo glad to be an American. Those fucking religious murderers are far away from me. Y'all can keep your endless battle for ethnic supremacy.

 

How sad it is for me to see an American not being considerate of the Palestinian/Israel strife. The only other country to have an influence over the fighting is the United States and Americans either don't realise or feal the magnitude or just support Israel like the Bible tells them to.

 

Your statement didn't make you seem gungho or patriotic. Washington would NOT be proud.

[tomaust]

In other incidents on Friday, two Palestinians, including a woman, were shot and killed by Israeli gunfire.

 

 

 

 

Palestinian women running for

cover after Israelis fired at them

 

A medical source said the two were killed while protesting for Israeli troops to leave Beit Hanoun.

 

 

 

The dead woman, whose name was not immediately released, was in her 40s, a hospital doctor in the nearby town of Beit Lahiya said.

 

 

 

A second Palestinian, a male, was killed during a second protest at another entrance to the town, where Israeli troops have been operating since Wednesday.

 

 

 

The doctor also said a second woman was declared clinically dead, and five other women were wounded by Israeli gunfire as a group of women demonstrated at the entrance to Beit Hanoun.

 

 

 

An Israeli army spokeswoman, however, denied that troops operating in the northern Gaza Strip had opened fire at any women.

 

 

Arrest

 

Israeli troops arrested a Palestinian Cabinet minister in the West Bank town of Ramallah on Friday.

 

 

 

Palestinian security officials identified him as Abd al-Rahman Zidan, the public works and housing minister, from the Palestinians' ruling Hamas party.

 

 

 

Dozens of other ministers and legislators have been arrested in previous Israeli sweeps.

[Lethalfind]

Tomaust, so glad to see you back, beating that dead horse again...

[Hamza123]

Dead horse? Like dead like dead? or Like Dead like the dead Palestinian children at the hands of Israelis and the expense of the White House.

[hugo]

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY COMMISSION

 

The Persecution of Palestinian Christians in the Palestinian Territories

 

By Elizabeth Kendal.

 

A detailed and scholarly description of the suffering of Palestinian Christians can be found in a recently published work entitled:

 

"Human Rights of Christians in Palestinian Society" by Prof. Justus Reid Weiner, under the auspices of the Jerusalem Centre for Public Affairs.

 

http://www.jcpa.org/christian-persecution.htm (The monograph may be downloaded freely from this site, but it is also available through Amazon.)

 

 

Professor Weiner commences his monograph with a brief look at the wider issue of "Christians living in a Muslim world". He notes, "Despite the liberal and secular trends that gained strength from the middle of the nineteenth century, this statute [islam] continues, to this day, to influence cultural, social, and legal practices. Moreover, the recent resurgence of Islamic fundamentalism entails a reversion to historical, cultural, and religious traditions that do not reflect modern social standards."

 

Pros. Weiner then narrows his focus to examine the plight of Christians under Palestinian Authority (PA) rule. He notes that the Palestinian Authority's Draft Constitution declares that "...in the State of Palestine... the religion of Islam will be the official religion", and "the Sharia will be the primary source of legislation".

 

As Weiner explains, the PA's promotion of Sharia (Islamic Law) immediately placed Christians in a precarious position, as Sharia does not afford them equality before the law. Escalating hardship and lawlessness, combined with the inequity of Sharia, makes Palestinian Christians exceedingly vulnerable, and their life increasingly unbearable. According to Prof. Weiner, while the intifada and the economy are significant factors forcing Christians to flee the Palestinian Territories, religious persecution at the hands of increasingly intolerant Muslims is the primary catalyst.

 

Prof. Weiner's research indicates that the present high rate of Christian emigration out of the Palestinian Territories is not normative, but a response to a phenomenon. He believes that the phenomenon that is driving Palestinian Christians from their homeland is the escalating hostility and persecution they are experiencing due to the dramatic escalation of Islamic extremism in the PA-administered territories. He says this is a direct result of the systematic and pervasive radicalisation of Palestinian Muslim society.

 

School curriculum in PA-run schools is infamous for its glorification of suicide bombers, its radical Islamic fundamentalism, its denial of Israel's right to exist, and its denigration of non-Muslims. As a pre-election Hamas video boasts, "We succeeded, with Allah's grace, to raise an ideological generation that loves death like our enemies love life." (Link 1)

 

For more information on the what Palestinian children and youths have been fed through PA-run schools and media, see links below.

 

Weirner describes the persecution of Christians as "diverse and widespread", adding that "institutionalised discrimination pervades virtually all realms of life and has become an inexorable part of Palestinian Christian existence".

 

In his monograph Prof. Weirner details the various forms this diverse, widespread, institutionalised discrimination and persecution takes. In summary, Christian communities and individuals suffer the following:

 

MARGINALISATION

 

The deliberate and strategic marginalisation of Christians in the Palestinian Territories is achieved by means of gerrymanders combined with Muslim immigration that alter the demographics of a formerly majority Christian area. This of course has drastic implications for local elections.

 

Bethlehem is a classic case. In 1990 Bethlehem was 60 percent Christian. After the PA acquired control of Bethlehem in 1994, Chairman Arafat extended the city's municipal borders to include the 30,000 Muslims living in nearby refugee camps. He also encouraged Muslims in Hebron to immigrate to Bethlehem. After nine Christians members of the Bethlehem City Council were driven to resign their posts in protest of Islamisationist policies, Arafat appointed a Muslim from Hebron as Governor of the Bethlehem District. The entire political structure of Bethlehem was then gradually cleansed of Christians. Christians are leaving. By 2001, Bethlehem was only 20 percent Christian.

 

BOYCOTTS AND EXTORTION

 

Christians suffer economic hardship as Muslims boycott their businesses. Islamic militants have also forced some Christians to close their businesses. The practice of extortion of Christian businesses is so widespread that one Christian businessman interviewed told Prof. Weiner, "There isn't a Christian businessman exempt." He said that around 90 percent of Christian businesses in Bethlehem have been forced to close. Those that remain in business are paying protection money to militants.

 

Christians in business in the Palestinian Territories are also harassed, beaten and robbed by PA police (Weiner cites examples).

 

They are targeted simply because they are Christian. Refusal or inability to pay bribes can lead to torture and even death. These atrocities are committed with impunity.

 

NO PROPERTY RIGHTS

 

RAPE OF CHRISTIAN WOMEN

 

 

Christian women testify that before 1993, security was such that they could walk the streets in safety. However, after the PA took control, Christian women could be attacked with impunity. Weiner gives several reasons for the sharp rise in sexual violence against Christian women since the PA took control of the Palestinian Territories: the rise is Islamist attitudes (such as Muslim superiority and contempt of infidels); the denigration and relegation of Christians to dhimmi (second class citizen) status with limited rights and no equality before the law; combined with the PA's inaction, regardless of whether that is due to lack of authority or lack of will. Once again, Muslim criminals know they can rape Christian women without fear of retaliation or legal consequence.

 

Weiner reports that many Christian girls are being advised to dress as Muslims to avoid problems. "The abuse of Palestinian Christian women," writes Weiner, "extends well beyond verbal harassment and intimidation. The widespread occurrence of rape by Muslim men against Christian women exemplifies perhaps the most blatant denial of basic human rights as a result of religious identity."

 

One Palestinian Christian girl (aged 23) told Prof. Weiner that Muslim men often rape Christian women purely to render them undesirable to Christian men. "She can't get married, at all, after that," she said.

 

According to Weiner, Christian girls are also being forced into marriages with Muslim men. He retells the story of a wealthy Christian family man who had to resort to force to protect his daughter. A Muslim family came to his home, their son dressed for a wedding and accompanied by a sheikh and 15 Muslim men. They demanded that he hand his daughter over for marriage. After opening fire on the Muslim entourage, the Christian family had to immediately flee the Palestinian Territories. Other girls are less fortunate. There are even reports of PA officials leveling death threats at Christian families to force them to hand over their daughters for marriage to a Muslim.

 

PERVASIVE PA INCITEMENT

 

Prof. Weiner's research makes it clear that the negative attitudes held by Palestinian Muslims against their Christian counterparts are supported by the overwhelmingly Muslim PA leadership. Mosques broadcast sermons that drive home the Quranic injunction not to partner with, trust or befriend Jews or Christians, providing Muslims with religious justification for their religious intolerance.

 

Weiner quotes Joseph Farah, a Lebanese-American Christan editor of the WorldNetDaily online, as saying of Christians under the PA, "They are being driven out. They are being murdered. They are being raped. They are being systematically persecuted. They are being harassed. They are being intimidated." Weiner reports that Palestinian Christians under PA authority are discriminated against "...in the field of education, the receipt of medical benefits, and other government aid". A Lutheran pastor told Weiner, "...if food aid is brought in from Saudi Arabia, Christians are told that they are not entitled to receive any because they are not Muslims."

 

PA POLICE

 

According to Prof. Weiner, PA security personnel frequently combine ignorance of the law with Islamist sentiment to become persecutors rather than protectors. Christians are often imprisoned on trumped up charges of collaborating with Israel.

 

Apostates can expect to be punished mercilessly through torture in PA prisons. Weiner writes, "The attitude of the police toward Christians constitutes one of the most egregious forms of institutional persecution... When subjected to harassment and worse by Muslim extremists, Palestinian Christians usually opt not to report incidents to the PA police... Palestinian Christians remain silent because they consider the PA police to be hostile to them."

 

ABUSE OF CHRISTIAN SITES

 

As has been well documented before, Islamic militants frequently choose to launch their attacks on Israel from Christian churches and homes, in order to draw the Israeli response to those sites.

 

 

PALESTINIAN CHRISTIANS: "SACRIFICIAL PAWNS" Weiner recounts one horrific case of a Palestinian apostate and persistent evangelist named Ahmad El-Achwal, a married father of eight, who struggled for seven years with persecution that included severe torture in PA prisons (the horror of which is described in Weiner's text), as well as frequent severe beatings and death threats from Hamas. Ahmad El-Achwal was murdered on his doorstep by Islamic militants, on 21 January 2004.

[Lethalfind]

When people like Tomaust and Hamza don't even believe in things that have been witnessed and testified to...such as 9-11, what is the point of even talking about things with them??

 

People believe what they want to believe. They can't absorb something that goes against what their entire LIFE is based on.

Your lives are based on the Big Muslim LIE !!!

[RoyalOrleans]

How sad it is for me to see an American not being considerate of the Palestinian/Israel strife. The only other country to have an influence over the fighting is the United States and Americans either don't realise or feal the magnitude or just support Israel like the Bible tells them to.

 

Your statement didn't make you seem gungho or patriotic. Washington would NOT be proud.

 

What is this? Some stupid fucking pigshit Quran riddle?

[RoyalOrleans]

Dead horse? Like dead like dead? or Like Dead like the dead Palestinian children at the hands of Israelis and the expense of the White House.

 

Exactly!

 

Like the White House had a hand in the deaths of Palestinian children. The White House is not a sentient being.

[tomaust]

Yes, where is the world? The "international community" says nothing say shocked people who watch all of this with horror and don't understand the silence. But the "international community", so often invoked, is only an empty word. The UN, ever since the fall of the USSR, is nothing but an instrument in the hands of the superpower. In fact, the "international community" is us, all of us. It is the associations that are unfortunately more attached to protecting the Jewish State of Israel than defending the right of existence of the Palestinians and their right to return to their rightful home. It is the political parties of every tendency, too preoccupied by their electoral success. It is our elected officials who don't dare criticize Israel out of fear of being accused of anti-Semitism. It is the journalists who misinform public opinion and cover up the crimes of state.

[tomaust]

live from beit hanoun occupied palestine

 

We have no water, no electricity. We hide in the remote corners of our houses. Ambulances are not authorized to enter into this occupied and closed zone. The soldiers have circled the houses they want to invade. They occupied the houses and they shut up the families in one room. Now they are using then as forts. They use explosives to pierce holes in the walls, they blow off doors, and the people are terrified. They shoot anyone that moves.

[tomaust]

they fired on people that were seeking shelter, who were not armed, who were not in fighting positions. They shot them in the back, and when one was wounded and wanted to flee, they killed him. Those who wanted to collect his body were targets as well. In numerous cases, ambulances couldn't go to the aid of the wounded. Children who slip out from their parent's watch or that look out the windows are killed by Israeli soldiers positioned on the roofs and balconies of the houses they occupy.

[tomaust]

live from beit hanoun again

 

They have the green light from Bush to kill us, and those politicians that affirm that Israel "has the right to defend itself". They use arms that transform the dead and wounded into something monstrous. The wounds provoked by the missiles launched from the drones are very impressive. They are like razor cuts; the legs, the feet, the hands all cleanly cut. They are as horrifying as wounds from an M-16. The soldiers have orders to shoot at the upper body. They aim at the chest, near the heart, the head.

The victims are mostly civilians, killed or wounded in the throat, the neck, the chest, the head, even though they were in their houses. They shoot at people running in fear, who are trying to save themselves. We have lost any notion of time; we have no idea how long we have been caught in this war. We feel lost. There are planes that bomb us, drones ready to fire their missiles over our heads. They control the entire zone. With the droning of the drones, we always have the feeling of having a bee buzzing in our ears. It is really disturbing.

[tomaust]

There is no one to defend us. We don't have an army. We have only our parents to defend us, knowing that they are going to their deaths and that they cannot defend us. This new aggression is horrible especially for the children who are very numerous here. They are forced to stay couped up inside, they are terrorized, and they cry when there are bombings. At any moment we can learn there are people killed, there are people wounded who are bathed in their own blood, that people don't know how to stop the hemorrhaging, and that the ambulances can't give them any aid without being hampered.

[tomaust]

this is the brave resistant palestinian women

 

This morning, the women went out to come to the aid of their sons or husbands threatened by the armored cars that encircled the Mosque. The women defied the Apaches and the armored vehicles. For us, it was a tremendous moment. We felt like we were wrapped up in a veil of humanity. It was very moving to see these women ready to die to save their sons and husbands. They continued on without hesitation, and the soldiers, who hadn't expected this, were disoriented. Because of this effect of surprise, they succeeded, saving the lives of these fighters. They demonstrated that people with empty hands could defeat the largest army in the world.

[tomaust]

They are making war on civilians and the world doesn't know

This young Palestinian who recounted the above in a low voice breaks our heart. He could render no greater homage to these heroic women. I think that everyone who saw the images of these women was shaken. The women threw themselves down the long avenue, uncovered, empty handed, defying the helicopters and the armored vehicles, in order to protect their men. The soldiers fired on them, but the women continued and arrived at their goal. The soldiers who were firing from the armored vehicles on these harmless women are monsters.

[tomaust]

"Israel has the right to defend itself" responded americans this morning when asked about the meaning of the Israeli offensive in the north of Gaza. The right to defend themselves against what? There is no Palestinian army facing them. There is only a people being massacred day after day by the best equipped army in the world. And the Palestinians don't have the right to defend themselves.

[tomaust]

The victims are mostly civilians, killed or wounded in the throat, the neck, the chest, the head, even though they were in their houses. They shoot at people running in fear, who are trying to save themselves. We have lost any notion of time; we have no idea how long we have been caught in this war. We feel lost. There are planes that bomb us, drones ready to fire their missiles over our heads. They control the entire zone. With the droning of the drones, we always have the feeling of having a bee buzzing in our ears. It is really disturbing. There is no one to defend us. We don't have an army. We have only our parents to defend us, knowing that they are going to their deaths and that they cannot defend us. This new aggression is horrible especially for the children who are very numerous here. They are forced to stay couped up inside, they are terrorized, and they cry when there are bombings. At any moment we can learn there are people killed, there are people wounded who are bathed in their own blood, that people don't know how to stop the hemorrhaging, and that the ambulances can't give them any aid without being hampered.

[tomaust]

My youngest daughter will not even go to the toilet on her own, she is so paralysed with fear.

 

The Israeli special forces positioned on the roofs of houses are firing on anything that moves.

Conditions are very bad. We haven't had electricity or water since the night of Tuesday into Wednesday.

I have a son who is suffering from an allergy that makes breathing difficult. His medicine has run out and I cannot leave my home to get more.

There is a full curfew. Today [saturday] they let women out for two hours to buy food for the first time; but after half an hour, the Israeli soldiers fired into the air and told them to return home immediately.

We have had Israeli military incursions in Beit Hanoun before, but this is the worst.

Terror

Some members of my extended family have been injured. All are civilians. They were injured either inside their homes or in the courtyard.

I know the parents of some of the young people who were killed because they are the same age as me; in their fifties.

There is an atmosphere of terror; fear and anxiety for the future. We don't know what will happen to us.

We no longer feel safe, even inside our own homes.

Until now, the Israeli forces have not allowed the Red Cross to visit the places asking for urgent help.

My youngest daughter is 11. She will not even go to the toilet on her own, she is so paralysed with fear.

Even when they are at home, children feel constant fear because of the heavy firing and the noise of the aircraft.

I think this offensive may last for 10 days.

But it will not achieve its aims; the resistance movement remained active through more than 35 years of occupation because of the absence of a political solution to the Palestinian question.

[hugo]

Christian Palestinians are rooting for Israel to reoccupy all of Palestine and free them from the Muslim barbarians.

 

 

Arab Christians Speak Out in Support of Israel's Operation in Lebanon

 

 

 

 

World Lebanese Cultural Union

 

August 2, 2006

 

President George W. Bush

 

The White House

 

1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

 

Washington, D.C.

 

Dear Mr. President:

 

I am writing to commend your constant support for fighting the evil of terror and specifically, your unshakable resolve to support Israel’s fight against Hezbollah. These terrorist groups are enemies of all who want to be free in the Middle East--indeed the world. They threaten a free Lebanon, Middle East as well as America.

 

The U.S. National Board and chapters of WLCU is the official voice of American Lebanese, representing almost two million people in America. The WLCU represents 14 million people around the world. We pray that our people in Lebanon can enjoy the democratic rights and life that we have as an American Lebanese. Indeed, we thank God for that every morning and every night.

 

Mr. President, please be strong in your commitment for the world to implement UN resolutions #1559 & #1680 that require that Lebanon be rid of Hezbollah and Iranian influence. Do not let Lebanon fall into the hands of the Axis of Evil. Do not let our American Lebanese pride and spirit down.

 

Lebanon is finally capturing world attention. The Lebanese people have been suffering for more than 30 years from foreign interference that has shredded the country and divided Lebanon into groups with loyalty to Syria, Iran or other outside Arab interests. The Lebanese people are paying a dear price for the reign of terror.

 

You have our full support for your Middle East policies. We are proud of America, of you and your administration. Not only must Hezbollah and similar groups be disarmed, but their educational systems that teach hatred, terror and racism must be also destroyed.

 

To make the people of the Middle East free, let us close all Hezbollah operations and all terror organizations. Then there will be no more wars, destruction, blood, dying women and children in Lebanon. And only then will Lebanon, Israel and American values be secure in the Middle East.

 

Together let us support a free Lebanese government and peace in that region once and for all.

Very truly yours,

 

Joseph A. HAKIM

 

WLCU, US National Chapters

 

President

[hugo]

My youngest daughter will not even go to the toilet on her own, she is so paralysed with fear.

 

The Israeli special forces positioned on the roofs of houses are firing on anything that moves.

Conditions are very bad. We haven't had electricity or water since the night of Tuesday into Wednesday.

I have a son who is suffering from an allergy that makes breathing difficult. His medicine has run out and I cannot leave my home to get more.

There is a full curfew. Today [saturday] they let women out for two hours to buy food for the first time; but after half an hour, the Israeli soldiers fired into the air and told them to return home immediately.

We have had Israeli military incursions in Beit Hanoun before, but this is the worst.

Terror

Some members of my extended family have been injured. All are civilians. They were injured either inside their homes or in the courtyard.

I know the parents of some of the young people who were killed because they are the same age as me; in their fifties.

There is an atmosphere of terror; fear and anxiety for the future. We don't know what will happen to us.

We no longer feel safe, even inside our own homes.

Until now, the Israeli forces have not allowed the Red Cross to visit the places asking for urgent help.

My youngest daughter is 11. She will not even go to the toilet on her own, she is so paralysed with fear.

Even when they are at home, children feel constant fear because of the heavy firing and the noise of the aircraft.

I think this offensive may last for 10 days.

But it will not achieve its aims; the resistance movement remained active through more than 35 years of occupation because of the absence of a political solution to the Palestinian question.

 

Maybe Hezbollah should stop killing innocent Israelis. You must recall September 1970 when your fellow Muslims in Jordan got sick of the Palestinian BS. Israel should do the same. Hope noone loses any hands.

[tomaust]

dear hugo your letter is a zionist mossad propaganda,it is written by a jew not a christian,if you want to see your "innocent" israelis in action click here and thank you

 

DANGER: SEVENTY-SEVEN GRAPHIC PICTURES OF BRUTAL VIOLENCE, DEATH AND INJURY.

 

NOT FOR VIEWING BY CHILDREN OR PERSONS WITH WEAK HEARTS!

 

 

 

http://www.thewe.cc/contents/more/archive/atrocities.htm

 

 

http://www.halturnershow.com/LegacyOfArielSharon.html

 

http://membres.lycos.fr/quods/imagegalery2.htm

[Kryptonite Man]

tomaust is a terrorist supporting dumbass!!