„As this campaign goes on and the civilian casualties in Gaza mount, Western public opinion is becoming more and more concerned and less and less sympathetic to Israel,“ Hammond told Sky News during a two-day visit to Israel and the occupied Palestinian Territories.

Some 10,000 Palestinians protested near the checkpoint, throwing rocks, firebombs and fireworks at Israeli security forces, and setting tires ablaze. The IDF forces and Border Police were using crowd dispersal means on the masses.

Thousands of people marched from Ramallah to Jerusalem on Thursday night to protest Israel denying them entrance to Al-Aqsa mosque.

Protesters tried to enter the Qalandiya checkpoint and according to several reporters tweeting from the scene were met with live ammunition fired by Israeli security forces.

Thousands march from Ramallah to Jerusalem, as Israeli forces deploy across Israeli capital on important evening in Muslim calendar.

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Live fire in Qalandia clashes. over 20 injuries #Jerusalem #Gaza #Ramallah

Washington‘s ironclad support for Israel provides effective shield for war crimes

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The disaster we see unfolding in Gaza would not be possible without the US policy of one-sided military, economic, and diplomatic support for Israel in the extreme. It‘s up to us to force the US to adopt a new policy: one that can uphold the basic rights and fundamental dignity of Palestinians and Israelis alike. With over 500 people killed in the last ten days, there‘s no time to waste. Click here to send your message today:

Stop allowing human rights violations

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(22. Juli) Israel’s assault on Gaza, as pointed out by analyst Nathan Thrall in the New York Times, was not triggered by Hamas’ rockets directed at Israel but by Israel’s determination to bring down the Palestinian unity government that was formed in early June, even though that government was committed to honoring all of the conditions imposed by the international community for recognition of its legitimacy.

From Tel Aviv to Toronto, Los Angeles to London, Chicago to San Francisco Jews Say No to Israeli Genocide
We call on Jews all over the world to follow the call from Haider Eid, political activist and commentator, to “besiege Israeli consulates,” and to protest Zionist events attempting to justify Israel’s massacre of Palestinians. Below are reports of actions Jews against genocide are taking or participating in.
Please join us – organize pickets, protests, creative actions, sit-ins, demonstrations and direct action to protest – in the loudest possible way – the brutal massacre and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people.
Please also add your name to the over 200 signers of the following statement from Jews for the Palestinian Right of Return.
Please email us reports of your actions to ijan(at)ijsn.net and jewsagainstgenocide1948(at)gmail.com so that we can let the world know how many of us are taking action to stop Israel’s crimes.

The inhumanity of Israel’s murder and repression machine is continuously justified by the needs of so-called “Jewish safety” after the Nazi Holocaust. Since 2000, this machine has killed a Palestinian child every three days on average. If we, as descendants of multiple histories of genocide and persecution against Jewish peoples, accept that this is the “price of our safety,” we become complicit in what can only be described as a practice of human sacrifice. Less than two weeks ago, Mohammed Abu Khdeir, a Palestinian teenager, was horrifically set on fire and burned alive by a band of Israeli vigilantes. The perpetrator, however marginal themselves, were acting on the continuous drip of racist incitement against Arabs by the political and moral leaders of Israel. As Israeli fighter jet pilots set out once again on missions that will incinerate Palestinian children with the highest and most sophisticated technology of death, we have an obligation to make every effort, not just to say “not in our name”, but to help put an end to this.

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At least 15 people have been killed, including a baby, after an Israeli shell struck a UN-run school in northern Gaza.

An official from the UN‘s Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA confirmed there were „multiple dead and injured“ in the attack on a school in the city of Beit Hanoun. UN staff are also thought to be among the dead.

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“This is an unfortunate demonstration of why Brazil, an economic and cultural giant, remains a diplomatic dwarf,” said Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor.

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UN chief Ban Ki-Moon said: „Many have been killed — including women and children, as well as UN staff.“

A later air strike between the southern cities of Rafah and Khan Yunis killed seven people, the „majority of them children“ from three different families, Qudra said.

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By Khaled Amayreh – I know that the words of a journalist, however eloquent they may be, can‘t fully communicate the macabre scenes of carnage, especially when the victims are mostly children and other helpless civilians. And I wouldn‘t be telling the truth if I said that the scene of scattered child limbs and flesh chunks dispersed by the impact of Israeli bombs don‘t affect me or influence the way I think and feel.

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Since the army ousted Islamist President Mohammad Morsi in July 2013, Egypt has been rocked by deadly bombings and shootings.

Most of the assaults have been claimed by jihadists amid a bloody crackdown by the authorities on Morsi‘s supporters.

Nach Friedensnobelpreisträgern wie Henry „Carpet Bombing“ Kissinger und Barack „Folterknast und Drohnentodesschwadron“ Obama wäre das die logische Fortsetzung.

The Israeli Broadcasting Authority has banned a radio advertisement from a human rights organisation which listed the names of some of the scores of children killed in Gaza since the conflict began 17 days ago.

B‘Tselem‘s appeal against the decision was rejected on Wednesday. It intends to petition Israel‘s supreme court on Sunday in an effort to get the ban overturned.

The IBA said the ad‘s content was „politically controversial“. The broadcast refers to child deaths in Gaza and reads out some of the victims‘ names.

ISRAEL threatened to escalate the Gaza offensive to the „next stages“ yesterday as the United Nations said that war crimes may have been committed.

Israeli tank shells hit a compound housing a UN school in the northern Gaza Strip, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens who were seeking shelter from fierce clashes on the streets outside.

Earlier this year Angela Merkel was awarded Israel’s “presidential medal of distinction.” The German chancellor merited this honor, some journalists dutifully reported, because of her “unwavering commitment to Israel’s security.”

That “unwavering commitment” might help explain why Merkel does not appear perturbed by what happened to Ibrahim al-Kilani.

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