Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

January 9, 2009

Phosphorus Bombs, Slaughter of Innocents, Corporate Media Crimes


Phosphorus Bombs, the Slaughter of Innocents and Corporate Media Crimes

By Cyprus IndyMedia Collective

War in Palestine continues; almost 800 people killed, more than 3200 casualties with serious to critical injuries. Resistance to the Israeli invasion invasion continues by all means, including military defence by the armed population; diplomatic actions by progressive and revolutionary politicians; and with huge mobilizations for Peace by people all over the world.
Global Protests against the Israeli invasion of Palestine and slaughter of Gaza are planned for
~ Saturday, January 10th ~
Peace and Justice groups in all major cities in the world, including many in the US, the UK and within Israel itself have organized for demonstrations. More details, here:
www.israel.indymedia.org/newswire/display/10187/index.php
~ In this report ~
More news from the battlefields; suppressed or under-reported news from the global political scene; and Corporate Media crimes.
The President of the United Nations General Assembly, Miguel Brockmann, has stated that in relation the Palestinian rocket attacks on Israeli targets, the Palestinians have the right to defend themselves. He also denounced the UN Security Council's failure to take action to stop the Israeli aggression in Gaza. He specifically identified the United States for its protection of Israel which prevented the UN to force Israel to comply with the international resolutions.
President Hugo Chavez, head of the revolutionary Bolivarian Government in Venezuela has expelled the Israeli Ambassador in protest over the atrocities committed by Israel in Palestine. In response, Hamas thanked the Venezuelan people for this courageous act of solidarity, and noted that not a single Arab Government has yet interrupted diplomatic relations or taken any comparable step despite Israel's ongoing butchery. More here:
tinyurl.com/8fv4xm
Subcomandante Marcos issued a speech on the situation which among other things states:
"The underground rivers that crisscross the world can change their geography, but they sing the same song. And the one we hear now is one of war and pain.
"...to the Zapatistas it looks like there's a professional army murdering a defenseless population. Who from below and to the left can remain silent?" Please read his statement here:
"Of sowing and harvests: Subcomandante Marcos' speech on Gaza"
www.israel.indymedia.org/newswire/display/10168/index.php
On Thursday night on Jan. 9 the UN Security Council issued a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire. The United States abstained from voting for the ceasefire. A whole day later the Israeli Government and its forces continue to ignore it and are proceeding with the slaughter of Palestine, unfazed.
In an incident that only now is coming to light through a UN investigation, Israeli soldiers forced more than 100 people into a house in Gaza and then shelled it, killing 30. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said:
“From 3 to 7 January, the Israeli Defence Forces prevented medical teams from entering the area to evacuate the wounded. In of the one gravest incidents since the beginning of operations, according to several testimonies, on 4 January Israeli foot-soldiers evacuated approximately 110 Palestinians into a single-residence house in Zaytoun (half of whom were children), warning them to stay indoors.
“Twenty-four hours later, Israeli forces shelled the home repeatedly, killing approximately thirty...":
www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=34794
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Phosphorus Bombs, the Slaughter of Innocents and Corporate Media Crimes




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