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Statistics Indicate Israel Kills 25 Palestinians for Every One of Their Own

It is a manic game of over-retaliation that can't last forever.

(SALEM) - Much has been written about the disparity between the killings of Palestinian and Israeli people. Media accounts published in the U.S. often concentrate on the Israeli side of the story, causing the public to believe in many cases, that Palestinians represent a serious threat to the Israeli populace.

The Hamas rockets that are consistently reported in the United States have killed roughly 30 Israeli people - not a small number, but tiny in comparison to the number of Palestinians killed in the same time frame, since the early 1990's when the first rockets were fired. The Gaza rockets are unguided.

Escalation on the Border - Israel Strikes Gaza After Defense Ministry Employee Killed in Border

3-year-old Palestinian killed as IDF attacks six targets in Gaza; Defense Minister: Gaza won't be quiet as long as Israel isn't quiet; IDF shoots Palestinian near security fence.

(TEL AVIV Ha'aretz) - The Israel Defense Forces struck targets in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday afternoon, hours after a contract worker employed by Israel's Defense Ministry was shot and killed Tuesday by gunfire originating from the coastal territory.

The Israel Air Force attacked six separate sites across the territory linked to Hamas and the Islamic Jihad. Palestinians said that a 3-year-old girl was killed in one of the attacks on the Al-Maghazi refugee camp, and that her mother and brother were wounded.

Israeli Soldiers Invade Nablus, Jenin

In addition, official sources in the besieged Gaza Strip have reported that Israeli occupation decided to allow 230 trucks into the coastal region.

(WEST BANK Occupied Palestine) - Israeli soldiers invaded the northern West Bank districts of Nablus and Jenin, and installed a number of roadblocks on various main roads.

Local sources state that undercover soldiers of the Israeli military infiltrated Al-‘Arqa village, but no arrests or home invasions were reported.

Will Israel Lift the Blockade and Save Gaza from Drowning?

Two deaths have been reported by the Ministry of Health in Gaza, and hundreds suffered weather-related injuries

(SALEM) - During the last six days, nearly 7,000 Palestinians have been displaced in the Gaza strip, forced to evacuate their homes due to heavy rains from the winter storm, called Alexa, which caused floods and torrents of raging water through the streets.

"Large swathes of northern Gaza are a disaster area with water as far as the eye can see." Mother Nature is not the only force causing havoc and chaos for Gaza.

Pledge to DEMAND an End to the Siege in Gaza

Urgent appeal to people of conscience around the world: Palestinians in Gaza urgently need your help.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - Snowy weather since Wednesday December 11 — the most severe since 1878 — has further crippled daily life among the Palestinian people of the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank near Jerusalem.

The central responsibility for the problems this has brought lies with the Israeli occupation, which conducts a policy of deliberate and calculated neglect when it comes to maintaining essential infrastructure. This is aimed at further pressuring our people to leave their homeland.

Trade Not Aid Palestine Report - Criminal Infiltration & Police Collusion - Ken O`Keefe

Ken O'Keefe sets the record straight regarding Trade Not Aid, and is joined by a number of known political and religious leaders in the UK who equally abhor the treatment of the Gaza people under Israeli occupation.

(LONDON) - This document was compiled with one major purpose in mind, to establish beyond any doubt that the police in the UK are working directly with criminal personalities who infiltrated the Trade Not Aid mission (Samouni Project & Aloha Palestine) so as to thwart the mission.

The value in this understanding is in developing a greater awareness of arguably the most effective tactic at subverting intelligent direct action.

After the Humiliation of the Last Papal Visit
Will the Pope Insist on Seeing Gaza this Time?

Or should he, too, boycott Israel until Jerusalem and the Christian and Muslim communities are freed from occupation?

(LONDON) - CNN reports on Israeli PM Netanyahu's reception at the Vatican and plans for the Pope to visit Israel in May.

Recalling the shabby treatment of religious leaders on previous visits to the Holy Land, let us hope Pope Francis takes a firmer line than his predecessor and insists on seeing Gaza and ministering to his terrorised flock there. In May 2009, when Benedict was Pope, the Vatican told the Israeli press that the Holy Father would refrain from visiting Gaza. The word ‘refrain’ was a peculiar one in the circumstances. "The Pope will refrain from visiting Gaza...." smacks of abstinence, as in refraining from sexual intercourse.

Netanyahu`s Flawed Vatican Charm Offensive

Pope Francis does not have to make a gift to Netanyahu of either the Vatican 1917 Jaffa report or Scott Anderson’s book, should the two leaders meet in Tel Aviv.  What he can do is prepare for his meeting by reading both the Vatican document and Lawrence In Arabia.

(CHICAGO) - With the U.S. Congress safely in his back pocket, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has turned his charm offensive on the Vatican. How is that working out for him?

It does not look promising. The Prime Minister forgot the first rule of charm school: Target your prey gently.

Press TV Interviews Anna O`Leary, Political Commentator in Ireland About Developments in Gaza

Here we are with no fuel. The sewerage is on the streets of Gaza because the power plants are out. It is such a big humanitarian crisis and we the people of the world must push America, must push Israel. These are the two parties that are behind it.

(DUBLIN) - Press TV has conducted an interview with Anna O’Leary, political commentator, Ireland, about Amnesty International saying the Israeli siege of Gaza for many years is collective punishment of all Gazans.

Amnesty International has called on Israel to immediately lift its siege on Gaza.

Israel`s Unprecedented Interference In Domestic American Political Life

Israel has refused to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and it is well known that it is in possession of an arsenal of nuclear weapons.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - Israel is the largest cumulative recipient of U.S. foreign military assistance since World War II. To date, the U.S. has provided Israel $118 billion (current or non-inflation adjusted dollars) in bilateral assistance.

One result of this special treatment is that Israel is now the sixth largest arms exporter in the world, with sales totaling $12.9 billion.