<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Occupied Palestine | فلسطين]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[occupiedpalestine]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/author/hajarhajar/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s Eye for an Eye: Jerusalem for No Iranian Nukes (Incl full text of Obama Speech at&nbsp;AIPAC)]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<header><a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/05/obama-s-eye-for-an-eye-jerusalem-for-no-iranian-nukes.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thedailybeast%2Flatest+%28The+Daily+Beast+-+Latest%29" target="_blank"><strong>by David Frum</strong> Mar 5, 2012 9:15 AM EST The Daily Beast </a></header>
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<figure><figcaption>US President Barack Obama speaks during the AIPAC Policy Conference at the Washington Convention Center on March 4, 2012 in Washington, DC., JEWEL SAMAD / AFP / Getty Images&nbsp;</p>
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<p><strong>Here are four messages from Obama&#8217;s AIPAC speech:</strong></p>
<p>(1) President Obama telegraphed the deal he is offering the Iranians. Notice how often he repeated the term &#8220;nuclear <em>weapon</em>.&#8221; Israelis worry less about an Iranian weapon per se than an Iranian nuclear <em>capability</em>—the last step <em>before</em> a weapon.</p>
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<p>Obama seemed to suggest that he&#8217;s proposing to the Iranians: halt at the nuclear threshold and we&#8217;ll relax the sanctions against you. That&#8217;s quite a good deal from an Iranian point of view, but&#8230;</p>
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<p>(2) Despite repeating the merit of diplomacy, Obama did not seem highly optimistic that diplomacy would work. He also showed himself profoundly averse to military methods. Which leaves&#8230;</p>
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<p>(3) &#8220;All instrumentalities of national power,&#8221; ie, covert operations. The best news for friends of Israel in the AIPAC speech is that Obama shares the alarmist view of an Iranian nuclear weapon. He does not agree with those who say that fear of an Iranian bomb is some &#8220;Israel First&#8221; strategy. He explicitly rejected &#8220;containment&#8221; of a nuclear Iran. If Iran won&#8217;t bargain, and the US does not want a fight, then we are probably going to continue to see explosions at Iranian nuclear facilities, cyber-viruses attacking Iranian computer systems, and more lethal accidents befalling Iranian nuclear scientists.</p>
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<p>(4) If the president has gravitated closer to the Israeli view of Iran since 2009, he remains far distant on the question of Jerusalem and peace negotiations with the Palestinians. Obama repeatedly stressed that an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement must respect the Jewish character of Israel and uphold Israeli security concerns. Not a word about Jerusalem—very unlike his speech to AIPAC in 2008, which promised an &#8220;undivided&#8221; Jerusalem and which was walked back by the Obama campaign within 24 hours. Obama seems to be preparing Israel and AIPAC for his view that a big slice of Jerusalem is the price he wishes Israel to pay for a forward American lean against an Iranian bomb.</p>
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<td><strong> Ethnic cleansing &amp; Denial of Palestinian identity –<span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#808000;"> <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/blog4quds-al-quds-ethnic-cleansing-and-denial-of-the-palestinian-identity-video/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#808000;text-decoration:underline;">Special Topic</span></a></span></span></strong></td>
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<td><strong> Israel&#8217;s Likud threatens to invade Al-Aqsa Mosque &#8211; <span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#808000;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2012/02/10/alttention-sharons-al-aqsa-invasion-version2-al-aqsa-masjid-under-threat/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#808000;text-decoration:underline;">Overview</span></a></span></span></strong></td>
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<td><strong> More Information about Al-Aqsa Under Threats &#8211; <span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#808000;"><a href="//www.foa.org.uk/uploads/LF_119_AMUA.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color:#808000;text-decoration:underline;">PDF</span></a></span></strong></td>
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<td><strong> All posts about Al-Aqsa Mosque &#8211;<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#808000;"> <a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/category/al-aqsa/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#808000;text-decoration:underline;">Category</span></a></span></span></strong></td>
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<td><strong><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="color:#000000;"> Israel. Not looking for Peace. Nor Talks. </span></span><span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#808000;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://is.gd/cfavmX" target="_blank"><span style="color:#808000;text-decoration:underline;">But</span></a><a href="http://is.gd/cfavmX" target="_blank"><span style="color:#808000;text-decoration:underline;"> this&#8230;</span></a></span></span></strong></td>
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<td><strong><span style="color:#000000;"> Al-Aqsa Assault &#8211; </span><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://wp.me/p16sn9-jlf" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#808000;text-decoration:underline;">February 19, 2012</span> </span></a></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="color:#000000;">&#8211; Video &amp; Photography</span></span></strong></td>
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<td><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="color:#000000;"> Al-Aqsa Assault &#8211;</span> </span></span><span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#808000;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2012/02/25/clashes-at-al-aqsa-february-24-2012-photography/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#808000;text-decoration:underline;">February 24, 2012</span></a> </span></span>&#8211; Photography</strong></td>
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<td><strong> Global March to Jerusalem- <a href="http://wp.me/p16sn9-ipN" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Official Website</span></span></a></strong></td>
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<h3><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Obama&#8217;s Aipac speech – read the full text</strong></span></h3>
<p>Read the text of Barack Obama&#8217;s speech at the America Israel Public Affairs Committee&#8217;s annual policy conference</p>
<p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/04/obama-aipac-speech-read-text" target="_blank"><strong> guardian.co.uk, Sunday 4 March 2012 20.45 GMT </strong></a></p>
<p>Thank you. Well, good morning, everyone.</p>
<p>Rosy, thank you for your kind words. I have never seen Rosy on the basketball court. I&#8217;ll bet it would be a treat. Rosy, you&#8217;ve been a dear friend of mine for a long time and a tireless advocate for the unbreakable bonds between Israel and the United States. And as you complete your term as president, I salute your leadership and your commitment.</p>
<p>I want to thank the board of directors. As always, I&#8217;m glad to see my longtime friends in the Chicago delegation. I also want to thank the members of Congress who are with us here today, and who will be speaking to you over the next few days. You&#8217;ve worked hard to maintain the partnership between the United States and Israel. And I especially want to thank my close friend and leader of the Democratic National Committee, Debbie Wasserman Schultz.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m glad that my outstanding young ambassador to Israel, Dan Shapiro, is in the house. I understand that Dan is perfecting his Hebrew on his new assignment, and I appreciate his constant outreach to the Israeli people. And I&#8217;m also pleased that we&#8217;re joined by so many Israeli officials, including Ambassador Michael Oren. And tomorrow, I&#8217;m very much looking forward to welcoming Prime Minister Netanyahu and his delegation back to the White House.</p>
<p>Every time I come to Aipac, I&#8217;m especially impressed to see so many young people here. You don&#8217;t yet get the front seats I understand. You have to earn that. But students from all over the country who are making their voices heard and engaging deeply in our democratic debate. You carry with you an extraordinary legacy of more than six decades of friendship between the United States and Israel. And you have the opportunity and the responsibility to make your own mark on the world. And for inspiration, you can look to the man who preceded me on this stage, who&#8217;s being honoured at this conference my friend, President Shimon Peres.</p>
<p>Shimon was born a world away from here, in a shtetl in what was then Poland, a few years after the end of the first world war. But his heart was always in Israel, the historic homeland of the Jewish people. And when he was just a boy he made his journey across land and sea toward home.</p>
<p>In his life, he has fought for Israel&#8217;s independence, and he has fought for peace and security. As a member of the Haganah and a member of the Knesset, as a minister of defence and foreign affairs, as a prime minister and as president Shimon helped build the nation that thrives today: the Jewish state of Israel. But beyond these extraordinary achievements, he has also been a powerful moral voice that reminds us that right makes might not the other way around.</p>
<p>Shimon once described the story of the Jewish people by saying it proved that, &#8220;slings, arrows and gas chambers can annihilate man, but cannot destroy human values, dignity, and freedom&#8221;. And he has lived those values. He has taught us to ask more of ourselves and to empathise more with our fellow human beings. I am grateful for his life&#8217;s work and his moral example. And I&#8217;m proud to announce that later this spring, I will invite Shimon Peres to the White House to present him with America&#8217;s highest civilian honour the Presidential Medal of Freedom.</p>
<p>In many ways, this award is a symbol of the broader ties that bind our nations. The United States and Israel share interests, but we also share those human values that Shimon spoke about: a commitment to human dignity. A belief that freedom is a right that is given to all of God&#8217;s children. An experience that shows us that democracy is the one and only form of government that can truly respond to the aspirations of citizens.</p>
<p>America&#8217;s Founding Fathers understood this truth, just as Israel&#8217;s founding generation did. President Truman put it well, describing his decision to formally recognise Israel only minutes after it declared independence. He said, &#8220;I had faith in Israel before it was established. I believe it has a glorious future before it as not just another sovereign nation, but as an embodiment of the great ideals of our civilization.&#8221;</p>
<p>For over six decades, the American people have kept that faith. Yes, we are bound to Israel because of the interests that we share in security for our communities, prosperity for our people, the new frontiers of science that can light the world. But ultimately it is our common ideals that provide the true foundation for our relationship. That is why America&#8217;s commitment to Israel has endured under Democratic and Republican presidents, and congressional leaders of both parties. In the United States, our support for Israel is bipartisan, and that is how it should stay.</p>
<p>Aipac&#8217;s work continually nurtures this bond. And because of Aipac&#8217;s effectiveness in carrying out its mission, you can expect that over the next several days, you will hear many fine words from elected officials describing their commitment to the US-Israel relationship. But as you examine my commitment, you don&#8217;t just have to count on my words. You can look at my deeds. Because over the last three years, as president of the United States, I have kept my commitments to the state of Israel. At every crucial juncture at every fork in the road we have been there for Israel. Every single time.</p>
<p>Four years ago, I stood before you and said that, &#8220;Israel&#8217;s security is sacrosanct. It is non-negotiable.&#8221; That belief has guided my actions as president. The fact is my administration&#8217;s commitment to Israel&#8217;s security has been unprecedented. Our military and intelligence cooperation has never been closer. Our joint exercises and training have never been more robust. Despite a tough budget environment, our security assistance has increased every single year. We are investing in new capabilities. We&#8217;re providing Israel with more advanced technology the types of products and systems that only go to our closest friends and allies. And make no mistake: We will do what it takes to preserve Israel&#8217;s qualitative military edge because Israel must always have the ability to defend itself, by itself, against any threat.</p>
<p>This isn&#8217;t just about numbers on a balance sheet. As a senator, I spoke to Israeli troops on the Lebanese border. I visited with families who&#8217;ve known the terror of rocket fire in Sderot. And that&#8217;s why, as president, I have provided critical funding to deploy the Iron Dome system that has intercepted rockets that might have hit homes and hospitals and schools in that town and in others. Now our assistance is expanding Israel&#8217;s defensive capabilities, so that more Israelis can live free from the fear of rockets and ballistic missiles. Because no family, no citizen, should live in fear.</p>
<p>And just as we&#8217;ve been there with our security assistance, we&#8217;ve been there through our diplomacy. When the Goldstone report unfairly singled out Israel for criticism, we challenged it. When Israel was isolated in the aftermath of the flotilla incident, we supported them. When the Durban conference was commemorated, we boycotted it, and we will always reject the notion that Zionism is racism.</p>
<p>When one-sided resolutions are brought up at the Human Rights Council, we oppose them. When Israeli diplomats feared for their lives in Cairo, we intervened to save them. When there are efforts to boycott or divest from Israel, we will stand against them. And whenever an effort is made to delegitimise the state of Israel, my administration has opposed them. So there should not be a shred of doubt by now when the chips are down, I have Israel&#8217;s back.</p>
<p>Which is why, if during this political season you hear some questions regarding my administration&#8217;s support for Israel, remember that it&#8217;s not backed up by the facts. And remember that the US-Israel relationship is simply too important to be distorted by partisan politics. America&#8217;s national security is too important. Israel&#8217;s security is too important.</p>
<p>Of course, there are those who question not my security and diplomatic commitments, but rather my administration&#8217;s ongoing pursuit of peace between Israelis and Palestinians. So let me say this: I make no apologies for pursuing peace. Israel&#8217;s own leaders understand the necessity of peace. Prime Minister Netanyahu, Defence Minister Barak, President Peres each of them have called for two states, a secure Israel that lives side by side with an independent Palestinian state. I believe that peace is profoundly in Israel&#8217;s security interest.</p>
<p>The reality that Israel faces from shifting demographics, to emerging technologies, to an extremely difficult international environment demands a resolution of this issue. And I believe that peace with the Palestinians is consistent with Israel&#8217;s founding values because of our shared belief in self-determination, and because Israel&#8217;s place as a Jewish and democratic state must be protected.</p>
<p>Of course, peace is hard to achieve. There&#8217;s a reason why it&#8217;s remained elusive for six decades. The upheaval and uncertainty in Israel&#8217;s neighbourhood makes it that much harder from the horrific violence raging in Syria, to the transition in Egypt. And the division within the Palestinian leadership makes it harder still most notably, with Hamas&#8217;s continued rejection of Israel&#8217;s very right to exist.</p>
<p>But as hard as it may be, we should not and cannot give in to cynicism or despair. The changes taking place in the region make peace more important, not less. And I&#8217;ve made it clear that there will be no lasting peace unless Israel&#8217;s security concerns are met. That&#8217;s why we continue to press Arab leaders to reach out to Israel, and will continue to support the peace treaty with Egypt. That&#8217;s why just as we encourage Israel to be resolute in the pursuit of peace we have continued to insist that any Palestinian partner must recognise Israel&#8217;s right to exist and reject violence and adhere to existing agreements. And that is why my administration has consistently rejected any efforts to short-cut negotiations or impose an agreement on the parties.</p>
<p>As Rosy noted, last year, I stood before you and pledged that, &#8220;the United States will stand up against efforts to single Israel out at the United Nations&#8221;. As you know, that pledge has been kept. Last September, I stood before the United Nations General Assembly and reaffirmed that any lasting peace must acknowledge the fundamental legitimacy of Israel and its security concerns. I said that America&#8217;s commitment to Israel&#8217;s security is unshakeable, our friendship with Israel is enduring and that Israel must be recognised. No American president has made such a clear statement about our support for Israel at the United Nations at such a difficult time. People usually give those speeches before audiences like this one not before the General Assembly.</p>
<p>And I must say, there was not a lot of applause. But it was the right thing to do. And as a result, today there is no doubt anywhere in the world that the United States will insist upon Israel&#8217;s security and legitimacy. That will be true as we continue our efforts to pursue in the pursuit of peace. And that will be true when it comes to the issue that is such a focus for all of us today: Iran&#8217;s nuclear program a threat that has the potential to bring together the worst rhetoric about Israel&#8217;s destruction with the world&#8217;s most dangerous weapons.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s begin with a basic truth that you all understand: no Israeli government can tolerate a nuclear weapon in the hands of a regime that denies the Holocaust, threatens to wipe Israel off the map and sponsors terrorist groups committed to Israel&#8217;s destruction. And so I understand the profound historical obligation that weighs on the shoulders of Bibi Netanyahu and Ehud Barak and all of Israel&#8217;s leaders.</p>
<p>A nuclear-armed Iran is completely counter to Israel&#8217;s security interests. But it is also counter to the national security interests of the United States.</p>
<p>Indeed, the entire world has an interest in preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. A nuclear-armed Iran would thoroughly undermine the nonproliferation regime that we&#8217;ve done so much to build. There are risks that an Iranian nuclear weapon could fall into the hands of a terrorist organisation. It is almost certain that others in the region would feel compelled to get their own nuclear weapon, triggering an arms race in one of the world&#8217;s most volatile regions. It would embolden a regime that has brutalised its own people, and it would embolden Iran&#8217;s proxies, who have carried out terrorist attacks from the Levant to southwest Asia.</p>
<p>And that is why, four years ago, I made a commitment to the American people and said that we would use all elements of American power to pressure Iran and prevent it from acquiring a nuclear weapon. And that is what we have done.</p>
<p>When I took office, the efforts to apply pressure on Iran were in tatters. Iran had gone from zero centrifuges spinning to thousands, without facing broad pushback from the world. In the region, Iran was ascendant increasingly popular and extending its reach. In other words, the Iranian leadership was united and on the move, and the international community was divided about how to go forward.</p>
<p>And so from my very first months in office, we put forward a very clear choice to the Iranian regime: a path that would allow them to rejoin the community of nations if they meet their international obligations, or a path that leads to an escalating series of consequences if they don&#8217;t. In fact, our policy of engagement quickly rebuffed by the Iranian regime allowed us to rally the international community as never before, to expose Iran&#8217;s intransigence and to apply pressure that goes far beyond anything that the United States could do on our own.</p>
<p>Because of our efforts, Iran is under greater pressure than ever before. Some of you will recall, people predicted that Russia and China wouldn&#8217;t join us to move toward pressure. They did. And in 2010 the UN Security Council overwhelmingly supported a comprehensive sanctions effort. Few thought that sanctions could have an immediate bite on the Iranian regime. They have, slowing the Iranian nuclear program and virtually grinding the Iranian economy to a halt in 2011. Many questioned whether we could hold our coalition together as we moved against Iran&#8217;s Central Bank and oil exports. But our friends in Europe and Asia and elsewhere are joining us. And in 2012, the Iranian government faces the prospect of even more crippling sanctions.</p>
<p>That is where we are today, because of our work. Iran is isolated, its leadership divided and under pressure. And by the way, the Arab Spring has only increased these trends, as the hypocrisy of the Iranian regime is exposed, and its ally, the Assad regime, is crumbling.</p>
<p>Of course, so long as Iran fails to meet its obligations, this problem remains unresolved. The effective implementation of our policy is not enough we must accomplish our objective. And in that effort, I firmly believe that an opportunity still remains for diplomacy backed by pressure to succeed.</p>
<p>The United States and Israel both assess that Iran does not yet have a nuclear weapon, and we are exceedingly vigilant in monitoring their program. Now, the international community has a responsibility to use the time and space that exists. Sanctions are continuing to increase, and this July thanks to our diplomatic coordination a European ban on Iranian oil imports will take hold. Faced with these increasingly dire consequences, Iran&#8217;s leaders still have the opportunity to make the right decision. They can choose a path that brings them back into the community of nations, or they can continue down a dead end.</p>
<p>And given their history, there are, of course, no guarantees that the Iranian regime will make the right choice. But both Israel and the United States have an interest in seeing this challenge resolved diplomatically. After all, the only way to truly solve this problem is for the Iranian government to make a decision to forsake nuclear weapons. That&#8217;s what history tells us.</p>
<p>Moreover, as president and commander in chief, I have a deeply held preference for peace over war. I have sent men and women into harm&#8217;s way. I&#8217;ve seen the consequences of those decisions in the eyes of those I meet who&#8217;ve come back gravely wounded, and the absence of those who don&#8217;t make it home. Long after I leave this office, I will remember those moments as the most searing of my presidency. And for this reason, as part of my solemn obligation to the American people, I will only use force when the time and circumstances demand it. And I know that Israeli leaders also know all too well the costs and consequences of war, even as they recognise their obligation to defend their country.</p>
<p>We all prefer to resolve this issue diplomatically. Having said that, Iran&#8217;s leaders should have no doubt about the resolve of the United States just as they should not doubt Israel&#8217;s sovereign right to make its own decisions about what is required to meet its security needs.</p>
<p>I have said that when it comes to preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, I will take no options off the table, and I mean what I say. That includes all elements of American power: a political effort aimed at isolating Iran, a diplomatic effort to sustain our coalition and ensure that the Iranian program is monitored, an economic effort that imposes crippling sanctions and, yes, a military effort to be prepared for any contingency.</p>
<p>Iran&#8217;s leaders should understand that I do not have a policy of containment; I have a policy to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. And as I have made clear time and again during the course of my presidency, I will not hesitate to use force when it is necessary to defend the United States and its interests.</p>
<p>Moving forward, I would ask that we all remember the weightiness of these issues, the stakes involved for Israel, for America, and for the world. Already, there is too much loose talk of war. Over the last few weeks, such talk has only benefited the Iranian government, by driving up the price of oil, which they depend on to fund their nuclear program. For the sake of Israel&#8217;s security, America&#8217;s security and the peace and security of the world, now is not the time for bluster. Now is the time to let our increased pressure sink in and to sustain the broad international coalition we have built. Now is the time to heed the timeless advice from Teddy Roosevelt: Speak softly; carry a big stick. And as we do, rest assured that the Iranian government will know our resolve and that our coordination with Israel will continue.</p>
<p>These are challenging times. But we&#8217;ve been through challenging times before, and the United States and Israel have come through them together. Because of our cooperation, citizens in both our countries have benefited from the bonds that bring us together. I&#8217;m proud to be one of those people. In the past, I&#8217;ve shared in this forum just why those bonds are so personal for me: the stories of a great uncle who helped liberate Buchenwald, to my memories of returning there with Elie Wiesel; from sharing books with President Peres to sharing seders with my young staff in a tradition that started on the campaign trail and continues in the White House; from the countless friends I know in this room to the concept of tikkun olam that has enriched and guided my life.</p>
<p>As Harry Truman understood, Israel&#8217;s story is one of hope. We may not agree on every single issue no two nations do, and our democracies contain a vibrant diversity of views. But we agree on the big things the things that matter. And together, we are working to build a better world one where our people can live free from fear; one where peace is founded upon justice; one where our children can know a future that is more hopeful than the present.</p>
<p>There is no shortage of speeches on the friendship between the United States and Israel. But I&#8217;m also mindful of the proverb, &#8220;A man is judged by his deeds, not his words&#8221;. So if you want to know where my heart lies, look no further than what I have done to stand up for Israel; to secure both of our countries and to see that the rough waters of our time lead to a peaceful and prosperous shore.</p>
<p>Thank you very much, everybody. God bless you. God bless the people of Israel. God bless the United States of America.<br />
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WASHINGTON — The stage and the performers looked the same. But the plot, it appears, has thickened. Israeli and Americans leaders, speaking once again at the annual AIPAC Policy Conference, reiterated their support for both countries, their commitment to cooperation, and the usual rhetoric one would expect to find at an ego-stroking gathering. But this year, there is much at stake</div>
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<p><strong><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/05/22/israels-web-war-declaration-hasbara-goes-www/" target="_blank">ISRAEL&#8217;S WEB WAR DECLARATION: HASBARA GOES WWW! </a></strong></p>
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<li>Dangerous social media games – When a state must pay citizens to fight its online public relations wars, it has already lost. | <a href="http://wp.me/p16sn9-hJP" target="_blank">Jilian Cork</a> | Al Jazeera | Jan 13, 2012</li>
<li>Israel’s student debate champions: &#8220;hasbara&#8221; (propaganda) agents for the state, says their coach| <a href="http://t.co/fsbU8x7E" target="_blank">Ali Abunimah</a> | Jan 10, 2012</li>
<li>Israel’s &#8220;pretty face&#8221;: How National Union of Israeli Students does government’s propaganda dirty work| <a href="http://electronicintifada.net/blog/ali-abunimah/israels-pretty-face-how-national-union-israeli-students-does-governments" target="_blank">Ali Abunimah</a> | Jan 5, 2012</li>
<li>Israeli students <strong>to get $2,000</strong> to spread state propaganda on Facebook | <a href="http://electronicintifada.net/blog/ali-abunimah/israeli-students-get-2000-spread-state-propaganda-facebook" target="_blank">Intifada</a> | Jan 4, 2012</li>
<li>The sad, sad world of Israel’s big-time liars ~ <a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/12/29/the-sad-sad-world-of-israels-big-time-liars-stuart-littlewood/" target="_blank">Stuart Littlewood</a> | Dec 29, 2011</li>
<li>Ilan Pappe on his first-hand experiences facing pro-Israel intimidation tactics and how to fight back | <a href="http://t.co/6bP1PNhX" target="_blank">Intifada</a> | Dec 28, 2011</li>
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<li>Ministry of Hasbara: IDF Has Become Israel’s Chief Delegitimizer~ <a href="http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2011/12/10/ministry-of-hasbara-idf-has-become-israels-chief-delegitimizer/" target="_blank">Richard Silverstein</a> &#8211; Dec 10, 2011</li>
<li>How to fight the Israel-Apartheid analogy in four easy steps– A guide for useful Hasbara idiots ~ <a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/ran-greenstein-how-to-fight-the-israel-apartheid-analogy-in-four-easy-steps-a-guide-for-useful-hasbara-idiots/" target="_blank">by Prof. Ran Greenstein</a> | Nov 21, 2011</li>
<li>Hacking Palestine: A digital occupation &#8211;<a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/11/09/hacking-palestine-a-digital-occupation/" target="_blank"> Al Jazeera</a> &#8211; Nov 9, 2011</li>
<li>The We Believe in Israel &#8211; Toolkit Final Version! | <a href="http://t.co/j3wKWllq" target="_blank">PDF</a> | Nov 2011</li>
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<li><a href="http://wp.me/p16sn9-aKG" target="_blank">JIDF &amp; Megaphonies Take Down Reddit Page Pointing Out Existence</a> | Aug 10, 2011</li>
<li><span style="color:#008000;"><a href="http://bit.ly/lPK4Wq" target="_blank">The new Israeli “Hitlist” available online</a> <span style="color:#000000;">| June 20, 2011</span></span></li>
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<h4><strong>About Hasbara</strong></h4>
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<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2010/12/08/ten-big-media-lies-about-israel/">10 Big Media Lies about Israel</a></li>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/04/30/checkpoint-washington-netanyahu-america-is-a-thing-you-can-move-very-easily/" target="_blank">Checkpoint Washington – Netanyahu: ‘America is a thing you can move very easily’ </a>| How to Keep the ignorant…</li>
<li><a href="http://electronicintifada.net/content/israel-investing-16-million-new-media-warriors/9245" target="_blank">Israel investing $1.6 million in “new media warriors”</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wp.me/p16sn9-2uC">Captain Israel | Sickening Hasbara Magazine</a></li>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2010/12/13/hasbara-for-dummies-insulting-our-intelligence/">Hasbara for Dummies-Insulting our Intelligence</a></li>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/the-idf-uses-propaganda-like-an-authoritarian-regime-haaretz-daily-newspaper-israel-news/">IDF uses propaganda like an authoritarian regime</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wp.me/p16sn9-3NR">MISCONCEPTIONS &amp; MYTHS ABOUT THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT</a></li>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/03/11/what-the-media-forgets-about-israel/" target="_blank">What The Media Forgets About Israel</a></li>
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<h4>Last but not Least</h4>
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<li><a href="http://bit.ly/gsXCm3" target="_blank">Meet the Real Israel</a> &#8211; Their own &#8220;trophy footage&#8221; so no need to discuss &#8211; in pictures</li>
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<strong>Supported by… AIPAC</strong></p>
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<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/04/26/quick-facts-aipac/">AIPAC | Quick Facts</a></li>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/the-zionization-of-american-politics-and-how-it-could-be-terminated-by-alan-hart/" target="_blank">The Zionization of American politics and how it could be terminated</a>~ by Alan Hart</li>
<li><a href="http://t.co/yNgDFfQ" target="_blank">AIPAC Bill will Destroy More American Jobs</a></li>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/aipac-protests-disclosure-of-its-secret-files-by-grant-smith-antiwar-com/">AIPAC Protests Disclosure of Its Secret Files</a></li>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/aipac-101-%e2%80%94-what-every-american-should-know-video/">AIPAC | What Every American Should Know</a></li>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2010/12/21/aipacs-scandalous-behaviors/">AIPAC’s Scandalous Behaviors</a></li>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/as-a-holocaust-survivor-aipac-does-not-speak-for-me/">As a Holocaust survivor, AIPAC does not speak for me</a></li>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/03/15/j-street-aipac-palestine-and-israel-fighting-the-wrong-battle-and-losing-the-real-war/">J Street, AIPAC, Palestine and Israel</a></li>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/panic-from-the-houses-off-congress-and-aipac/">Panic from the Houses off Congress &amp; AIPAC</a></li>
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<strong>Funded by….</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.weaponstoisrael.org/" target="_blank">How Many Weapons to Israel?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/04/27/costs-of-arming-israel-can-no-longer-be-ignored/" target="_blank">Costs of arming Israel can no longer be ignored </a></li>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/04/23/us-weapons-to-israel-deter-peace/" target="_blank">US weapons to Israel deter peace </a></li>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/new-database-reveals-weapons-to-israel-impact-on-palestinians/" target="_blank">New database reveals weapons to Israel, impact on </a></li>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/us-weapons-give-a-way-to-israel-used-to-kill-735-palestinian-children-in-past-decade/" target="_blank">US weapons give-a-way to Israel used to kill 735 Palestinian children in past decade </a></li>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/04/23/us-weapons-to-israel-are-disincentives-to-peace/" target="_blank">US Weapons to Israel Are Disincentives to Peace</a></li>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/03/14/consequences-of-israeli-chemical-weapons/" target="_blank">Consequences of Israeli Chemical Weapons </a></li>
<li><a title="ei: Israel’s blood diamonds" href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/01/11/ei-israels-blood-diamonds-2/" rel="bookmark">ei: Israel’s blood diamonds</a></li>
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<strong>And all those supporting it paying for this…</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2010/12/26/occupation-101-full-movie-in-11-parts/" target="_blank">Occupation 101 (Full Movie in 11 Parts)</a> – video</li>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2010/12/26/al-nakba-english-the-full-movie/" target="_blank">Al Nakba | English | The Full Movie </a>&#8211; video</li>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2010/10/03/the-deathmasters-israeli-massacres-on-palestinians/" target="_blank">All Israeli Massacres on Palestinians</a></li>
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<strong>Last but not least….</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/anti-zionism-is-not-anti-semitism/">Anti-Zionism is not Anti-Semitism</a></li>
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<strong>Or listen to Jewish mankind with a real conscience</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://wp.me/p16sn9-7oZ"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">New eBook of the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network</span></a></span></span> | Free Download</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://wp.me/p16sn9-YV"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Testimonies | Breaking the Silence </span></a></span></span>| New Database online !</li>
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<strong>Don’t think it’s about “Arabs” or “Islam”… we are all Goyim!</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/04/24/crimes-against-christianity/"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Zionist Crimes Against Christianity</span></a></span> | 100.000 Christians ethnic cleansed in 1948</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://wp.me/p16sn9-91H" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Zionists even torture their own Rabbis who want peace</span></a></span>&#8211; video</li>
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<h4>What is hidden even more</h4>
<ul>
<li><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/irememberthevictims/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">For an overview of All massacred Palestinians in 2011 go here</span></a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://bit.ly/f0sVsF" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">For an overview of All Israeli Massacres Palestinians go here</span></a></span></span></li>
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<p>These lists,<strong> do not</strong> display the avoidable mortality. A clear and statistical factual evidence, about the number of deaths due to indecent ruling by occupation forces. For even an occupier has obligations under International Laws, Geneva Convention and the Hague regulations, which it is neglecting. These circumstances, together with deliberate policies of the occupier to neglect and even deny every basic human right, severes avoidable mortality which is totally silenced by media or reporting organisations. While in the Holocaust, 1 on 6 Jewish people directly died of deliberate neglect, so if we believe the facts over 1 million due to avoidable mortality, neither should these same circumstances be ignores which are ongoing in Palestine. For this report displays a <span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://globalavoidablemortality.blogspot.com/2006/05/post-1967-palestinian-israeli-deaths.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">avoidable morality of at least 0,5 million Palestinians.</span></a></span></p>
<p><strong>How many more dead corpses of Palestinians does the international community need to see in order to act? How many more cruelties and violations of Human Rights, Regulations and International Law will be needed to intervene so this ongoing warcrime is being stopped once and for all?</strong></p>
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<h3>The Rockets from Gaza Excuse</h3>
<p><strong>The Facts</strong><br />
So you only read melodramatic stories about home made unguided firecrackers flying from Gaza, zionism magnifying the flares untill the average ignorant thinks we’re talking 12 meter high nuclear head detonation (chemical nuclear or toxic) loaded warhead carrrying long range missiles.</p>
<p>While in fact, the “TENS OF THOUSANDS ROCKETS” which are allegedly “launched” by Gaza are non detonating, non guided and seldom hit any target at all regarding the alleged number of “rockets” we can easily state it is more a matter of high unlikely a Gaza rocket hits anything at all even more unlikely the chances it will kill.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://www.theisraelproject.org/site/c.hsJPK0PIJpH/b.3906189/k.EDAC/Rocket_and_Mortar_Fatalities_in_Israel.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Total Deaths from Qassams and mortars within Israel as from 2001 according to the “Israel Project”</span></a></span></span><strong>: 21</strong> <strong>in 10 years</strong></p>
<p>So let’s behold, the tens of thousands rockets which allegedly were launched: They killed 21 people if internationals counted as well, including Palestinians 29. 29 death from 10′s of thousands of rockets in 10 years, and 29 too many too.</p>
<p>To retaliate these deaths Israel commits the following attacks (kindly notice, all related posts are covered by media, reports and international organisations:</p>
<h3>The Counterfacts</h3>
<p>Gaza Under Israeli Attacks – <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://wp.me/p16sn9-4Ey" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Timeline Military Operations on Gaza</span></a></span></span><br />
For all attacks all over Palestine check the Category → <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;"><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/category/attack/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Attacks</span></a></span></span><br />
For all attacks and violation of Law and crimes against → <span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/category/children-2/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Children</span></a></span><br />
For all attacks commited by (Illegal Colonists) → <span style="color:#ff0000;"><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/category/settler-violence/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Settler Violence</span></a></span><br />
For all attacks on Gaza’s Fishermen at sea →<span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"> <a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/category/fishermen-of-gaza/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Fishing Under Fire</span></a></span><br />
For all attacks on Press to prevent u see Truth → <span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/category/journalist/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Attack on Press</span></a></span><br />
For all assassinations by Israel → <span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/category/assassination-2/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Assassinations</span></a></span><br />
For all kidnap attacks by Israel → <span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/category/kidnap-2/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Kidnapping &amp; Abductions</span></a></span><br />
For all unlawfull incursion attacks by Israel → <span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/category/incursion-2/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Incursions</span></a></span><br />
For all massacres by Israel → <span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/category/massacres/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Massacres &amp; Genocide</span></a></span><br />
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<p>So you did read in worldwide newspapers and media about a home made flare or “flying” from Gaza towards the occupied desert?</p>
<p>But you never read about the DAILY attacks by army, airforce, navy, police, intelligence, undercover agents AND settlers which happen on land from the air and from and on the sea in Gaza as well as in the West Bank? The tens of thousands rockets from Gaza killed as said 29 people inside occupied territories in 10 years.</p>
<p>Aside 10′s of Thousands rockets did hit 29 people they only hit The Israeli Qassam Rocket counter and Israeli (<span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://t.co/8vqffbRz" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">influenced media which is 96% of worlds media</span></a></span>)</p>
<p>Your media did not cover it:<br />
<span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/06/12/learn-about-the-history-of-zionist-militia-menachem-begin-irgun-zvei-leumi/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Israel detonated the 1st bomb ever in the diaspora &amp; introduced terrorism: Learn a/ Menachim Begin</span></a></span></p>
<p>Neither about the fight of Real Judaism against Zionism which older than Israel itself, read the<br />
<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://www.nkusa.org/Historical_Documents/TheRabbisSpeakOut.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">130 Year record of jewish opposition against zionism</span></a></span></span></p>
<p>Even Einstein warned for it. Real Smart Jewish people know and knew<br />
<span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://www.rense.com/general59/ein.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Einstein’s Letter Warning Of Zionism/Facism In Israel </span></a></span></p>
<p>For the sceptics: It was published in the New York Times<br />
<span style="text-decoration:underline;"> <span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://www.globalwebpost.com/farooqm/study_res/einstein/nyt_orig.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Original scans from microfilm of NYT Dec 4, 1948</span></a></span></span></p>
<p>And<br />
<span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://bit.ly/ecZWdt" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Einstein’s letter to the Stern terror gang when it solicitated him to raise fund in the US</span></a></span></p>
<p>But #US is keeping the facts from the people, serving Israel and silencing while The power of lies, deceptions and disinformation as Americans pay the price of collective stupidity which is funneled up by their gov’t. Silencing the facts the giv’t knows too well:<br />
<span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"> <a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/10/02/palestinians-have-to-be-more-flexible-hillary-says/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">The Facts US is aware of and hiding for you</span></a></span></p>
<p>But Checkpoint Washington is like Bibi explains<br />
<span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://t.co/MyDwM9F" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Netanyahu: ‘America is a thing you can move very easily’</span></a></span><br />
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<strong>Now we behold the real cost of human lives which has 2 sides</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Deaths due violent attack</li>
<li>Deathd due to passive aggression (so called avoidable mortality)</li>
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This year 2011, <span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/irememberthevictims/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Israel killed <strong>239</strong> people with direct violence</span></a></span><br />
Siince the year 2000, <a href="http://rememberthesechildren.org/remember2011.html" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;">Israel killed <strong>1472</strong> children</span><br />
</a>This year only, Israel killed, in Gaza only: <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://www.imemc.org/article/62651" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;"><strong>19</strong> children, wounded 200 by shelling</span></a></span></span> | Report</p>
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<strong>Deaths at Checkpoints</strong><br />
You only hear of death or possible death at a checkpoint, when a pregnant American reporter get’s forced 3 times after eachother to go through the X-Ray at a checkpoint.<br />
Only than, media makes a little noise about possible (!) danger for the foetus. 18.000 women a year develop complications due to this policies and 35 children have died since start of monitoring of the effects of obstruction or entrance to medical aid</p>
<p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://wp.me/p16sn9-fSy" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Avoidable Death of Pregnant women &amp; their Unborn at Israeli Checkpoints</span></a></span> – incl video<br />
<span style="color:#ff0000;"><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/01/20/71-palestinian-women-forced-to-labor-at-checkpoints-israelis-deny-women-access-to-hospitals-clinics-konchok-rangdrols-blog/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>71 Palestinian</strong> Women Forced to Labor at Checkpoints-Israelis Deny Women Access to Hospitals, Clinics</span></a></span></p>
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<strong>Obstruction to medical aid or infringement of aid cost many lives in Palestine:</strong><br />
B’tselem Report | <span style="color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://bit.ly/mPHskr" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Death due to infringement on humanright of medical care: 2000 -2011</span></a></span></p>
<p>(This list only displays the direct <strong>reported</strong> effects of death by policies or denial to healthcare, while te real avoidable mortality rate due to deliberate deprivation of basic needs is much higher.)</p>
<p><strong>For a comparision: During the Holocaust 1 in 6 Jewish people died due to deliberate deprivation of Nazi policies, causing death of 1 million Jewish people. A warcrime. Remembered every year. And this is justified to remember people which are slain in the awful Nazi war</strong></p>
<p>Aside from the number of deaths in Palestine, it is widely silenced that Israel not only in Palestine cause many deaths, but also in Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and beyond.</p>
<p>From 1967-2005 <span style="color:#ff0000;"><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/apartheid-israel-over-60-years-of-racism-war-theft-palestinian-genocide/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;">0,5 Million Palestinians died</span></a></span> due to all other factors causing avoidable mortality or so called excess death</p>
<p>If you have no idea about the effects of deprivation meet Baby Firas:<br />
<span style="color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://youtu.be/dUSjtw2uxQo" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Baby Firas</span></a></span> – video</p>
<p>Or read about the effects of cuts of electricity for example for patients in need of dialysis:<br />
<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://electronicintifada.net/content/gaza-dialysis-paralysis/3440#.TtEo4PLLT4Y" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Since <strong>2007</strong>, <strong>67 patients</strong> in need of dialysis or other treatment unavailable in Gaza have died</span></a></span></span></p>
<p><strong>While International Law states:</strong></p>
<h4>Geneva Convention</h4>
<p><img title="images2" src="https://occupiedpalestine.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/images21.jpg?w=196&#038;h=130" alt="" width="196" height="130" /></p>
<p>Articles 55 and 56 of the Fourth Geneva Convention clearly establish that Israel, as the occupying power, <strong>not only has a duty to</strong> <strong>ensure medical supplies reach hospitals</strong> in the OPT, <strong>but to ensure and maintain the services of the hospitals too</strong>. As High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions, other states not only have a moral duty but also a legal obligation to ensure Israel abides by its commitments to the protected population of the OPT.</p>
<h4>UN Convention of the Rights of the Child</h4>
<p><img title="naderian20110110212853153" src="https://occupiedpalestine.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/naderian20110110212853153.jpg?w=190&#038;h=126" alt="" width="190" height="126" /></p>
<p>As a States Party to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Israel is obliged under <strong>Article 24 of the treaty</strong> to recognise the right of every child under its effective jurisdiction “to the enjoyment of the<strong> highest attainable standard of health and to facilities for the treatment</strong> of illness and rehabilitation of health. States Parties shall strive to ensure that no child is deprived of his or her right of access to such health care services”.</p>
<p>In deliberate deprivation for Israel is refusing to lend a permit for repairs, supplies or denies entry of fuel:<br />
<span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://wp.me/p16sn9-g2r" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Murder by denying repairs or materials to arrange basic life sustaining needs</span></a></span></p>
<p>That is is deliberate targeted to Palestinians may be proven by the fact that Israel donates streetlights to African countries to prevent traffic deaths, but demolishes ‘Imneizils (by Spain funded) solar systems which also provide the hospital, schools and the whole village of basic electricity needs:<br />
<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://wp.me/p16sn9-fAK" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">If Israel would be able to “turn off” the sun above #Palestine, It would”</span></a></span></span> ~ in pictures</p>
<p>Israel floods dams deliberately in Gaza, or deprives Gaza of repair materials for the aquifier (which also not works without power by the way) Causing only 5% of the water is fit to drink.<br />
<span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://wp.me/p16sn9-1rg" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">A fact which is known by world authorities on WHO since 2006.</span></a></span><br />
<span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"> <a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/06/25/humanitarian-crisis-in-the-gaza-strip-facts-statistics/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Water-borne diseases cause 26 %of Illnesses</span></a></span></p>
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</em>But Israel has become exactly as those it feared and hated once themselves. Than it accused beginning of December 2011 Ireland for being the most hostile country in the EU, because it compared Israeli soldiers to Nazis. You make the comparision. Judge for yourself:<br />
<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2010/12/26/hashoah-vs-al-nakba/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">HaShoah versus Al Nakba</span></a></span></span> – in pictures</p>
<p>Or worse, it even kills life before it is born and “shows off” zionism proudly, the trophy pictures Israel does not want you to see:<br />
<span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/the-new-abu-ghraib/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">The New Abu Ghraib – Israel’s own “Trophy Pictures”</span></a></span> – in pictures</p>
<p>Israel is laying an illegal siege on Gaza, and even has<br />
<span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://www.medialens.org/alerts/10/101117_put_the_palestinians.php" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Policies to near starvation which it tried to prevent from leaking out</span></a></span></p>
<p>Forcing people (like in many wars) to smuggle:<br />
<span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=424493" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Since 2006 over 160 Palestinians have died in tunnels</span></a></span></p>
<p>We need not to discuss assassinations are deliberate caused deaths:<br />
<span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/category/assassination-2/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Assassinations</span></a></span></p>
<p>To create the “State of Israel” about 77 massacres were committed: Here’s a list:<br />
<span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://t.co/FyEtxfD" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">All Israeli Massacres</span></a></span> – in Palestine only</p>
<p>And the genocide still goes on every day without your media covering it:<br />
<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://wp.me/p16sn9-b1M" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Daily updated list of Massacred Palestinians</span></a></span></span></p>
<p>Silence about the<br />
<span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://wp.me/p16sn9-eEB" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Oct- Nov 2011 massacre on Gaza</span></a></span></p>
<p>Media silences<br />
<span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://wp.me/p16sn9-b1M" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">The Aug 2011 in Gaza massacre and no government condemned it</span></a></span></p>
<p>Retaliation 4 something it NEVER DID<br />
<span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://wp.me/p16sn9-erF" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Israel hiding evidence</span></a></span></p>
<p>Only during Cast Lead war in Gaza, Israel kiled<br />
<span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://nevercastleadagain.wordpress.com/in-pictures/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Over 1500 of which over 352</strong> children in just 22 days time from dec 2008-jan 2009</span></a></span><br />
<span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"> <a href="http://www.dci-pal.org/english/display.cfm?CategoryId=1&amp;DocId=917" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">The Names of the <strong>352 Children</strong> slained by Israel in 22 days</span></a></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Israel having cruel policies when not kill, to invalidate, the Rabin Herecy since the First Intifada: The Breaking Bones policy:</span><br />
<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;"> <a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2010/10/23/literally-breaking-the-law-with-their-own-hands-%C2%AB-desertpeace/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Literally breaking the law (and bones) with their own hands</span></a></span></span> – video<br />
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</em>Deliberate extermination by neglect:<br />
<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&amp;doc_id=4946" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Slow death’ [is] the Israeli system for exterminating prisoners</span></a></span></span></p>
<p>More than 200 Palestinians died in Israeli prisons due to the illegal Israeli policies of medical negligence since Israel occupied the rest of Palestine in 1967.<br />
<span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://www.imemc.org/article/61485" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Several Palestinians were shot and killed by the arresting soldiers and officers.</span></a></span></p>
<p>Since the beginning of the Occupation in 1967, over 750,000 Palestinians have been arrested by Israel. Almost 95% of them have been subjected to some form of torture or cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.<br />
<span style="color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/?p=216" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Since 1967, over 105 documented torture techniques have been used by Israel. At least <strong>66 Palestinians</strong> have been tortured to death.</span></a></span></p>
<p>Israel itself adopted by enactment in March 2011 a mine clearance law, but only valid as it seems for Israeli grounds, for Golan is still paved and remaing 1 million personell mines stay in the soil of Palestinian occupied teritories<br />
<span style="color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://electronicintifada.net/blog/adri-nieuwhof/israel-plants-new-landmines-un-monitored-zone-occupied-golan-heights" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Those mines costed only for example in Golan (by Israel occupied Syria) <strong>16 deaths</strong></span></a></span><br />
<span style="color:#ff0000;"> <a href="http://uprootedpalestinians.blogspot.com/2011/09/clearing-cluster-bombs-and-landmines.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Many more deaths Israel caused by the left behind in for example Lebanon</span></a></span></p>
<p>Unexploded ordinances, also are a common (!) danger throughout Palestine, where daily invasions of Israeli forces often result in explosives, ordinances and tank shells that are (deliberately) left behind.<br />
<span style="color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://www.imemc.org/article/23131" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;">It is often children who are the victims of these unexploded ordinances, as they are naturally curious and drawn to the strange objects left by the army.</span></a></span></p>
<p>Not to forget, the kind of weapons Israel uses: US funded White Phosphorus, GBU-39 Bunker Busters with 75kg depleted uranium each, DIME, toxic, and other chemical warfare like CS gas (which last killed the first protester of this year 2011 Jawaher Abu Rahma on Jan 1 2011)<br />
<span style="color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://wp.me/p16sn9-6xS" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Special Topic: Israel’s Weapons a Crime on Humanity</span></a></span><br />
<span style="color:#ff0000;"> <a href="http://bit.ly/o2lYKX" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;">More footage of Israel’s arsenal of weaponry</span></a></span></p>
<p><strong>As you can read in the previous post these weapons not only kill instantly but also have long term risk effects for health, can cause diseases and/or death in the end.</strong> (even in Egypt and Israel itsaelf)</p>
<p>Only(!) during the war 2008-2009, Gaza police have put the weight of weapons dropped on the Strip by Israel during the war two years ago at over 3000 tons.<em><br />
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Tahseen Saad, head of the police force’s explosives engineering unit, indicated that a lot of the weapons used were illegal under international law. Occupation forces used different types of bombs with the most significant ones weighing between 150 – 500 Kg. Most controversial weapons were/are used including white phosphorous bombs which are illegal to use in populated areas.<em><br />
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Furtheron Israel used an assortment of missiles, such as anti-tank guided missiles, against civilians and their vehicles. Israeli army used bombs that dispersed red smoke made up of explosives and tungsten. When the bomb is dropped it sprayed a liquid which creates fog and in less than a second it disappears and the bomb explodes.<em><br />
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Reminder that Israel also murders people in Gaza by remote control: Israel’s video game killing technology . These drones which fly 24/7 365 days a year over Gaza/West Bank as well for several purposes like espionage,<br />
<span style="color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://t.co/2xzxiSt" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Remote killing technology &amp; surveillance but also precise and remote “liquidation”</span></a></span></p>
<p>The effect of the weapons is not limited to killing. Weapons containing materials that are forbidden under international accords, such as phosphorous, tungsten and uranium, spread cancer in the targeted population, destroy nature and cause terrible burns and amputations. Some of the consequences, like foetal abnormalities, are not immediately apparent.<em><br />
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So next time you see Israel telling, they had another rocket “attack” remember it has the most advanced Iron Dome system which indeed intercepts missiles if there are any REAL ones.<em><br />
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Remember also. Gaza… does have no dome at all. No iron dome, and no dome of Human Rights. It is indiscriminately bombed by F16′s, surveilled and attacked by drones, shelled by tanks, shelled &amp; bombed by navy ships, from coast or at sea, and invasions on the land occur almost daily.<br />
All the above is just a fraction of aggression regarding to the presumptions about the so called waves of rockets from Gaza and to put this into a more realistic perspective.<em><br />
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This is by no means a complete overview and this list can be made exhausting if we go name all passive and direct aggression, oppression in any way imaginable which Israel or it’s settlers impose on Palestinians.</p>
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<h4>The Right to Self-Defense of Palestine</h4>
<p>For who does still not understand the (need or concept of) resistance of Palestine recommended read:<br />
<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://t.co/odhOy0OJ" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">The Eagle of Palestine</span></a></span></span></p>
<p>and<br />
<span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://wp.me/p16sn9-bdT" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">The Palestinian Right of Self-Defense against this disproportional power and agression of ” Israel”</span></a></span><br />
<span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"> <a href="http://wp.me/p16sn9-gSB" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Palestinian right to fight occupation not only moral, but legal as well</span></a></span> ~ by @myaguarnieri</p>
<p>The average civilian in Palestine has no more of self defense than a stone he or she can throw.<br />
24 Years ago Palestinians massively engaged in civil disobedience and we’re heavily suppressed, which happens even today. Even last friday a unarmed civilian protester Mustafa Tamimi was murdered by the Israeli army. There is still not even evidence he even had a stone.</p>
<p>Overview ▶ <span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://wp.me/p16sn9-geQ" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">With surgical precision Israel shot Mustafa Tamimi &amp; deliberately delayed aid. He died</span></a>.</span> – pictures &amp; videos</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#000000;">And remember</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://wp.me/p16sn9-g88" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">The First Intifada | انتفاضة</span></a></span> – in pictures<br />
24 Years later Palestinians living under occupation for 64 years now, still only have a stone, and some flares while the daily disproportional violence and aggression of the occupier, the collective punishment and the daily oppression and exiling is influencing 11 Million Lives in Palestine but most still outside, unable to return to their home.</p>
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<h4>While International Law – Universal Declaration of Human Rights states:</h4>
<p>UDHR Art 13(1)<br />
“Everyone has the right 2 freedom of movement &amp; residence within the borders of each state”</p>
<p>UDHR Art 13(2)<br />
” Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country”</p>
<p>UDHR 17:(2)<br />
“No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.”</p>
<p>UDHR 20(1)<br />
“Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.”</p>
<p>UDHR 20(2)<br />
“No one may be compelled to belong to an association.”</p>
<p>UDHR Art 9:<br />
“No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile”</p>
<p>UDHR Art 5:<br />
“No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.”</p>
<p>UDHR Art 3:<br />
“Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person</p>
<p>UDHR 15:1<br />
“Everyone has the right to a nationality”</p>
<p>All of the Human Rights above, are not valid in Palestine. Just because Israel unilateral decided Palestinians have no rights at all, of no kind at all. Even when this means they pretend to be a Jewish state, violating not even international law, regulations, but also every divine law.</p>
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<strong>Something to ponder about…</strong><br />
For who not sees or who’s eyes are still closes. IOA has become exactly and even worse than those, they feared and hated once themselves. Using the same atrocities, policies to oppress, ethnically cleanse and eradicate human beings. Creating a new Shoah (Holocaust) for the Palestinians in 1948 with Al Nakba, and sustaining it by hasbara and the world’s ignorance or at least those not using their own mind to reconsider the realistic facts. So Hasbara in 16 words explained:</p>
<p><strong>“Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it…” </strong><br />
~ Joseph Goebbels</p>
<p><em>…will be updated of course with related news or relevant counter “cyber truth ammo”. Stay Human, stay safe and Free Palestine!</em><br />
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<p><strong>Activists Resources | Knowledge is Power!</strong><em></em></p>
<ul>
<li>The Veritas Handbook : <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://wp.me/p16sn9-8rR" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">The HOWTO Get Rid of Israeli Hasbara ( Propaganda ) Guide</span></a></span></span> | free download</li>
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<div>Palestine’s weapon of mass instruction | <span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://electronicintifada.net/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Electronic Intifada</span></a></span></div>
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<li>Handbook | <span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://www.palestinefreedom.org/resources/tech-module" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Putting Technology to Work for Palestine Activism, V 1.0</span></a></span> | PDF</li>
<li>Downloads | <span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://www.pidfweb.org/PIDFdownloads.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Palestine Internet Defence Force</span></a></span></li>
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<p><strong>Get Real (Hasbara Free) News from Palestine</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://www.alternativenews.org/english/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=2796:aic-begins-5th-field-seminar-qbridges-instead-of-wallsq-&amp;catid=11:aic-projects&amp;Itemid=2" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Alternative Information Center</span></a></span> | AIC</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://www.imemc.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">IMEMC</span></a></span> | International Middle East Media Center</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/Default.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Ma’an News Agency</span></a></span> | AR | EN | HE |</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://www.middleeastmonitor.org.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Middle East Monitor</span></a></span> | MEMO</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://palestineblogs.net/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Palestine Blogs</span></a></span> | Continuous feed of (pro)Palestine Blogger’s News</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Palestine Information Center</span></a></span> | Several Languages</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://palestinechronicle.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Palestine Chronicle</span></a></span></li>
<li><span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://www.paltelegraph.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Palestine Telegraph </span></a></span></li>
<li><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://silwanic.net/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Wadi Hilweh Information Center</span></a></span></span> | Silwan | Jerusalem</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Also check the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/about/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">List of Bloggers and Activists, Organisations</span></a></span></span> working for Palestine</strong></p>
<p><strong>And read&#8230; how zionists think to hide all of this:</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Truth does not matter for &#8220;Israel&#8221;. Buttons Do. </strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong><a href="http://wp.me/p16sn9-bBV" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;">To mute</span></a>.</strong></span><strong> </strong><strong></strong></p>
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