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The general promised “disproportionate” force to destroy entire villages identified as sources of Hizbullah rocket fire, the reasoning being that they are “not civilian villages” but rather “military bases” – the kind of reasoning that can land you in a war crimes tribunal. Israel: wedded to war? Ben White guardian.co.uk, Tuesday October 07 …On Friday,…

Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: ‘The shocking truth is that Israeli soldiers kill civilians in Gaza with near-total impunity, week in week out. Tom Hurndall’s family have fought hard to achieve justice over his tragic death…” Hurndall case: Israeli military forces still kill civilians with ‘near-total impunity’ Posted: 07 October 2008 Ahead of…

Israel bars Canadian from seeing dying father A Canadian woman and her two teenage daughters are surviving on handouts and sleeping on the floor of Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque because Israeli authorities won’t let them enter Gaza to visit the woman’s ailing father. “I want them to give us mercy,” Saadiya Joha, 34, told the Star…

Siboni: Destroy Lebanon in Case of New War Israeli reserve Brigadier General Gabriel Siboni called for striking Lebanon’s infrastructure in case of a new war. In an article published on the Israeli Institute for National Security Studies’ internet site, Siboni said that the “current predicament facing Israel involves two major challenges. Full report at Al…

Shepherd boy executed by Israeli settlers while tending flock near Nablus (28 Sept) Nablus – Ma’an – Israeli settlers executed an 18-year-old shepherd boy in the fields outside Aqraba, a town in the Nablus district of the northern West Bank. Village municipal affairs representative Ghassan Douglas identified the young man as Yahya Atta Rayahin Bani…

Israel closes off Palestinian territories for Jewish holiday   Israeli forces announced that the West Bank will be held under complete closure from today through Wednesday. It is the end of Ramadan, and Eid al-Fitr will begin Wednesday. The Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashana is Tuesday which is the stated Israeli reason for the closure.…