Did you know that the Big Brother is not only watching you, but shout at you in public? “Over 4 million cameras, being retro-fitted w/speaker systems. Yelling out orders to people like a concentration camp.” (video attached)

Did you know that an Israeli diplomat carrying large quantity of explosives was arrested in Argentina?

Did you know that former IDF commandos trained Kurdish soldiers? Like the media – NYT, WaPo, CNN, BBC – didn’t know the Israelis were in Northern Iraq. OH my God, what a surprise!! Well, too late now, might as well just ignore it…..Give us a break! We get lied to about Israel by every mainstream media outlet as if their lives depended on hiding the truth. Anything you read about Israel in the mainstream press is first approved by AIPAC and the Israeli government, so most of it is just total crap.

Did you know that World Bank Profits from Poor Countries and Receives more than Disburses? Did someone believe that a Neocon like Wolfowitz was going to work for a bank that actually HELPED the poor or that the Bushies would put in someone who was not going to get more out than he put in?

Did you know that Because Israel is a different kind of democracy (a fascist kind); the Arab Israelis who did not support Israel war on Lebanon war are getting punished, hard!

Did you know that Israeli bulldozers started to level the soil and cut down olive trees in Yarin in the Tyre region on Monday, spoiling several cultivated fields and preventing farmers from inspecting their lands.

Did you know that hundreds of terror suspects ‘disappeared,’ some sold to U.S, according to Amnesty International.

Did you know that new terror bill can affect green card holders & legal residents? “It would strip green-card holders and other legal residents of the right to challenge their detention in court if they are accused of being ‘enemy combatants’.”

Did you know that Israel is not withdrawing from Lebanon quite yet… Oh how SURPRISED we are!!

Did you know that an Israeli Colonel got 6 years for raping female soldier? It happens all the time, but the women are afraid of consequences and don’t report the incidents. Even Katzsav’s 8 victims waited for years, until set the ball rolling…

Did you know that Lebanon war has made abuse a part of the West Bank checkpoints? (Not that the Israelis need much of an excuse….) …“From that moment on, according to Muhassin’s testimony, he was exposed to cruelty and abuse for its own sake. Sergeant H. and Sergeant Y. dragged him to the APC, he says, placed plastic handcuffs on him and forced him to search for his escaped friend in the fields of thorns on the sides of the road. But after a short time they changed their minds, and without any advance warning began to hit and kick him…”

Did you know that US war costs since September 11 exceed $500 billion (and still no electricity….)? “The total cost of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and enhanced security at military bases since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks could reach $549 billion this year.”

Did you know that IOF can shoot Lebanese stone-throwers if lives threatened? Just like they did here…. but the stones must have been the invisible kind…

Did you know that following the recent war in Lebanon, Ynet has received several complaints from Israeli companies that have encountered refusal of companies from various countries to cooperate with Israelis because of the war crimes? “Belgian hi-tech company specializing in development consulting notifies manager of Israeli company seeking cooperation that ‘your country has conducted war crimes and is an apartheid regime.”

Did you know that Bush’s own church urges pull-out of US troops from Iraq and is urging direct action to end the war?

Did you know that Millions of Evangelical Christians around the world support and constantly pray for the State of Israel? “We’ll fight for Israel.”

Did you know that majority of Americans want the United States to increase diplomatic efforts over Iran’s nuclear ambitions, while 70 percent oppose the use of U.S. troops to thwart Iran? (according to a Reuters/Zogby poll). These are the people of America whom we love and conceder as victims of Bushies… just like billion others around the world!

Did you know that Five years after 9/11, Muslim-American men are still being arrested on flimsy charges and accused of being terrorists?

Did you know that 67% of Israelis want talks with PA gov’t including Hamas? “A majority of Israelis would support holding negotiations with a Palestinian unity government that includes the Islamic Hamas movement, according to the results of a joint Palestinian-Israeli poll released on Tuesday.”

Now you know!

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Full story here.

I’ve heard even worse than this story when a half Arab/American young lady was under investigation for hours, half naked, without allowing her to put on any cloths, for no reason.

This is the heaven of democracy and justice on Earth!

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The Great Merkava …With its head and nose in the sand… Just like its army that was defeated by the brave resistance…

There is no mistake Ehud Olmert did not make this past month. He went to war hastily, without properly gauging the outcome. He blindly followed the military without asking the necessary questions. He mistakenly gambled on air operations, was strangely late with the ground operation, and failed to implement the army’s original plan, much more daring and sophisticated than that which was implemented…But in blinking first over the past 24 hours, he has become an incorrigible political personality. Therefore, the day Nasrallah comes out of his bunker and declares victory to the whole world, Olmert must not be in the prime minister’s office. Post-war battered and bleeding Israel needs a new start and a new leader. It needs a real prime minister.

– Haaretz (Comment)

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(Cross posting) Robin has shared the following in the comments section, but I feel it should be read all visitors, especially those who asked me many time for methods of donations to Children in Palestine.
So, here we go:

If you have come to this site in search of news concerning the situation in Gaza you will learn that there is much suffering being experienced by the civilian population there. At times like these, the children are particularly vulnerable. Many are lying in hospitals suffering from wounds incurred in this present situation which has been going on particularly hard since the shelling on the beach of Gaza by an Israel missile “gone astray” which killed seven members of one family. There are children in the hospitals in Gaza suffering from all sorts of health afflictions who are not receiving the medicines they need. My premature babies are at risk of dying as well as severely ill children. The power plants have been bombed and the water is in great shortage. No matter what your politics, I am sure that no one wishes for children to suffer under these circumstances.

There is an organization in Berkley, CA called the Middle East Children’s Alliance which was founded to support the needs of children suffering from the various situations in the Middle East. Currently they are trying to raise the moneys necessary to ship medicines to the children in Gaza. You can send your tax-free donations to the following address:

MECA
901 Parker Street
Berkley, CA 94710
*Gaza meds memo*
or you can contact them online here:
http://www.mecaforpeace.org/GazaMeds.html
Please, if you are from North America, find it in your heart to make a donation no matter how small to this organization which is working so hard to bring help to the children there.

Thank you
Robin

Please do not hesitate to share this with others.

At the same time, I would appreciate if anyone knows of an organization that is collecting donations for Palestine humanitarian reasons, anywhere in the world, kindly share the info with us.

On the other hand, if you missed the latest in Gaza, well, it is all said here:

Gaza 1:45 am – 5th of July
Big explosion,very big and so loud, I’m fully awake , so sondos (my daughter) ,we hardly can see any thing it is very dark , the drone hit the ministry of interior building again with 1 missile ,that completely destroyed the building , as I hear the news from the local radio, it is very dark , I contacted Hoda,my friend,she lives next to the building ,to find her hysterically screaming , shouting in pain,trapped under her broken windows, all the windows,of her flat broke ,the fumes fill the place , she is waiting for the emergency team to evacuate her,I can hear the hysterical sounds of her neibours,over the phone ,I feel helpless, don’t know what to do,for my friend , I phoned again to offer help , she told me that she is ok , I know she is not , 5 of her neiboughers were injured , some of them the terrified kids I mentioned in one of my previous blogs ,I visited Hoda 4 hours ago , we both were tense , a third friend asked us to talk about anything but not politics ,or what is going on in the Palestinian scene ,we tried to , but couldn’t , I left her , walked home , only 5 minute from my place

the aeroplanes sound is high in the sky, can’t reach Hoda, because I cannot leave my daughter alone , and I expect more air raids , I’m sure some other friends are with her now , she lives alone .While writing I can hear another explosion , they hit an empty children school in another neibourghood.

I have no analysis may be you try to help me to know , why to hit an empty building twice ,
I can see it as desperate eager to revenge , humiliate and intimidate us ,
They will not succeed.

yours in love and solidarity
Mona

No more needs to be said I think. You can follow more on Mona from Gaza. More news can be tracked from different Palestinian/Palestine resources at Palestine Blogs – The Gazette.