Gazans running out of room to bury the dead

All this Nazi savagery from the Israelis for 60 years. Are there any people with brains and eyes in the United States?

No. Not in the politics of either. And politicians could give a rat's ass about civilians. The politicans of both these people keep this stirred. Israel's political leadership has been hijacked by an extremist radical minority. Zionists. That's the way it's been for 60+ years The Palastineans are in the same boat because of Hamas. Civilians are caught between them and they're the ones who suffer. 1.4 million people the vast majority who don't have electrcity or clean water. It's a frigging joke. War criminals. They should all of them on both sides be tried at the Hague for war crimes starting with the so-called 'leaders'.

  all this waste and they still let hamas shoot rockets daily.

 are you really blind? These civilians have nothing to do with Hamas. Israel is MURDERING without caring. Even a lot of Israelis in Israel are protesting this. What is this blood thirst to kill someone that doesn't believe like you or look like you or doesn't have the same skin tone or ethnicity? Didn't humanity suffer enough from the ugliness of genocide in Darfur, Former Yugoslavia, etc etc. just in recent years? How can anyone who calls himself'/herself human yet justifies  this. This is SICKNESS.

wow roxy, first off they voted hamas in knowing what the consequences would be, now they are in the middle of a battlefield and you would just sit there and take it? if it meant the lives of my family i'd light a flare on the building they were hiding in or take them out myself and save the israelis the trouble. israel is getting rid of a threat to its borders and i am sure would gladly meet them in the field. it is not there fault hamas doesn't follow the geneva convention, would rather fight where the civilians are and will not lay down arms. yes, very sad for civilians who can't get out, even sadder there brethren in arab egypt won't allow them in.

Too many children being slaughtered. It has to stop.

Too many children being slaughtered. It has to stop.

It will when they stop electing terrorist and people who are hell bent on shooting rockets into Isreal and want nothing more than the complete destruction of the jewish state. Its sad so many civilians are dying... but if they really want peace and no bloodshed they need to step up and stop harboring / helping HAMAS. HAMAS really isn't concerned with there well being which is obvious.

RoxyFL first of all, the Palestinians do have something to do with this. They elected Hamas in the first place.

Second, you say Israel is murdering without caring? They drop leaflefts in Arabic telling civilians to leave so and so place because terrorists are there and it will be bombed. but they stay anyway because it is the perfect death for them, dieing defending terrorists, and furthermore, their dieing helps the terrorists even more because the Liberal Media screams in protest.

Third, why is the world screaming at Israel? Why doesnt Eygpt open their borders to let them in? Did you know that Israeli hospitals are full with injured palestineans from gaza that Israel let through their border to get medical treatment?

WHY ISNT THE WORLD SCREAMING AT EYGPT? Why doesnt Eygpt want to help their Arab brothers out in this dire time? Simple, because no one wants the Palestinians, they create chaos and wreak havoc wherever they go.

no9racing,

what do you think why the palestine people voted for Hamas?

(without any reason?, just they are thirsty for blood? as you think all of arab people like that? )

haha.

I will show a link.

why they voted for Hamas, and why did the young boy became a suicide bomber.

this report was written by two UN officials, not by any Arab people.

And I am an Asian~

When we see this problem, we think that the God must be a fool who chose Israel peopl as his chosen people.

Don't you agree?

haha

This is the link.

I can't link here. Thus, I just copy now.

Looking to the Side, From Belsen to Gaza

A genocide is engulfing the people of Gaza while a silence engulfs its bystanders. "Some 1.4 million people, mostly children, are piled up in one of the most densely populated regions of the world, with no freedom of movement, no place to run and no space to hide," wrote the senior UN relief official, Jan Egeland, and Jan Eliasson, then Swedish foreign minister, in Le Figaro. They described people "living in a cage," cut off by land, sea and air, with no reliable power and little water and tortured by hunger and disease and incessant attacks by Israeli troops and planes.

Egeland and Eliasson wrote this four months ago as an attempt to break the silence in Europe whose obedient alliance with the United States and Israel has sought to reverse the democratic result that brought Hamas to power in last year’s Palestinian elections. The horror in Gaza has since been compounded; a family of 18 has died beneath a 500-pound American/Israeli bomb; unarmed women have been mown down at point-blank range. Dr. David Halpin, one of the few Britons to break what he calls "this medieval siege", reported the killing of 57 children by artillery, rockets and small arms and was shown evidence that civilians are Israel’s true targets, as in Lebanon last summer. A friend in Gaza, Dr. Mona El-Farra, e-mailed: "I see the effects of the relentless sonic booms [a collective punishment by the Israeli air force] and artillery on my 13-year-old daughter. At night, she shivers with fear. Then both of us end up crouching on the floor. I try to make her feel safe, but when the bombs sound I flinch and scream..."

When I was last in Gaza, Dr. Khalid Dahlan, a psychiatrist, showed me the results of a remarkable . "The statistic I personally find unbearable," he said, "is that 99.4 per cent of the children we studied suffer trauma. Once you look at the rates of exposure to trauma you see why: 99.2 per cent of their homes were bombarded; 97.5 per cent were exposed to tear gas; 96.6 per cent witnessed shootings; 95.8 per cent witnessed bombardment and funerals; almost a quarter saw family members injured or killed." Dr. Dahlan invited me to sit in on one of his clinics. There were 30 children, all of them traumatized. He gave each pencil and paper and asked them to draw. They drew pictures of grotesque acts of terror and of women streaming tears.

The excuse for the latest Israeli terror was the capture last June of an Israeli soldier, a member of an illegal occupation, by the Palestinian resistance. This was news. The kidnapping a few days earlier by Israel of two Palestinians -- two of thousands taken over the years -- was not news. An historian and two foreign journalists have reported the truth about Gaza. All three are Israelis. They are frequently called traitors. The historian Ilan Pappe has documented that "the genocidal policy [in Gaza] is not formulated in a vacuum” but part of Zionism’s deliberate, historic ethnic cleansing. Gideon Levy and Amira Hass are reporters on the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz. In November, Levy described how the people of Gaza were beginning to starve to death . . . "there are thousands of wounded, disabled and shell-shocked people unable to receive any treatment . . . the shadows of human beings roam the ruin... they only know the [Israeli army] will return and what this will mean for them: more imprisonment in their homes for weeks, more death and destruction in monstrous proportions."

Amira Hass, who has lived in Gaza, describes it as a prison that shames her people. She recalls how her mother, Hannah, was being marched from a cattle-train to the Nazi concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen on a summer’s day in 1944. "[She] saw these German women looking at the prisoners, just looking," she wrote. "This image became very formative in my upbringing, this despicable 'looking from the side'."

"Looking from the side" is what those of us do who are cowed into silence by the threat of being called anti-Semitic. Looking from the side is what too many western Jews do, while those Jews who honor the humane traditions of Judaism and say, "Not in our name!" are abused as "self-despising". Looking from the side is what almost the entire US Congress does, in thrall to or intimidated by a vicious Zionist "lobby". Looking from the side is what "even-handed" journalists do as they excuse the lawlessness that is the source of Israeli atrocities and suppress the historic shifts in the Palestinian resistance, such as the implicit recognition of Israel by Hamas. The people of Gaza cry out for better.

John Pilger is an internationally renowned investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker. His newest book is Freedom Next Time (Bantam Press, June 2006). Visit John Pilger's website: .

The only thing that Jews people learned during the two-thousand years is "Revenge."

And the result must be the same as USA's.
 

israel can not survive without the false threat of hamas. as long as hamas is considered a real threat to israel, israel can continue to steal billions of our tax money and continue an illegal occupation of palestine. the only real threat to israels survival is a just peace. israel will continue to kill innocent civilians in their unjust holocaust of local palestinians. when will these zionist realize that a 'pure' jewish state made of FOREIGN settlers will never be acceptable with the LOCAL palestinians who will continue to resist an unjust and illegal occupation??? 

wow loius, look at a little history will ya, go to the books and look up what the league of nations empowered briton to do in 1922, this is where it started and actually worked until 48' when the arabs attacked with 6 armies the moment israel announced sovernty. all of these people have lived in this area for centuries, is it too much to ask the arabs to allow that to continue?

I agree that Israel should put more effort into preventing the innocent from being harmed.  But Palestinians should know that giving power to violent leaders with ridiculous violent agendas to blow Israel away would lead to this.  What did they expect?  Israel to just put up with their rockets flying into their country forever?

Can we really trust these people to be honest about how many innocents have died at the hands of Israel during this invasion?  I don't blindly believe everything I hear.  Especially from a group of people who are willing to strap bombs to themselves to kill a busload of Israeli school children. 

Can someone please justify why exactly anyone in this country, The United States, would be against the Jews having their own country???  Maybe I'm the one who needs a history lesson.  Please tell me the events, throughout history in detail, that explain just why the Palestinians should have all that land to themselves and kick out Israel?  Or is this just blind hatred going on here?  I saw pictures of the kind of signs people were holding at a march against Israel in San Francisco.  I'm disgusted and ashamed.

Are these actually Americans?

http://zombietime.com/gaza_war_protest/

kill a busload of children??? israel is the one that wants all the land. they continue an unjust occupation and refuse any just peace. they force a blockade on gaza and try to starve millions. it is only natural for the palestinians to resist. palestinians are LOCAL christians, muslims, and jews trying to survive an unjust occupation by FOREIGN settlers. the only disgust and shame is towards the zionist who kill innocent civilians in their dream to create zion.

while israel targets INNOCENT LOCAL PALESTINIANS, hamas targets ILLEGAL EUROPEAN SETTLERS who steal palestinian land and live in illegal settlements behind an illegal wall which is all funded by american taxpayers. hamas has a GOD given right to resist with all means necessary. gaza has been turned into the worlds largest outdoor prison. israel seals the borders and controls everything from food, water, electricity... gaza is a concentration camp that makes auschwitz look like candy land. gazans are starving by the millions and the world watches! hamas must defend its people. that is why they were elected, and israel will continue to ignorantly claim it is at war... how can you declare war against a defenseless people? how long before they learn that it is impossible to kill or defeat a resistance movement? as long as the occupation continues, the resistance will only grow. too bad israel is lost in its zionistic vision of a 'pure' jewish state, a vision that only rivals nazi germanys 'pure' arian state, and will lead to the same end result

Maybe you should get your facts straight. Israel broke the ceasefire according to CNN Just look it up on youtube.

If Israel wanted peace, why were they the ones to break the ceasefire? Why are they not allowing any reporters in? Could it be to hide the heinous war crimes they are committing?

Maybe you should get your facts straight. Israel broke the ceasefire according to CNN Just look it up on youtube.

Just because a news station "reports it" or you see something on "youtube" dosen't make it a fact.... If youtube / cnn reported cows raining from the sky, would you believe it because "they" said it?

Maybe you should get your facts straight. Israel broke the ceasefire according to CNN Just look it up on youtube.

According to CNN Hamas never stopped launching rockets into Israel, although granted at a diminished rate.  How can you have a ceasefire without ceasing fire?

How can you have a ceasefire without ceasing fire?

That is a hard concept for some people to wrap there minds around here on the Vine apparently.

btw, the truce included opening the boundary crossings into Gaza, reducing the blockade to previous levels, which never happened.   

btw, the truce included opening the boundary crossings into Gaza, reducing the blockade to previous levels, which never happened.  

BTW the truce included rockets to cease, but that never happened either. This is a situation of who will blink first, and obviously that's not going to be Israel.

Apples- I agree with what you've said.  I saw your comment 5.3 and won't argue the meaning of a ceasefire. 

This is a situation of who will blink first, and obviously that's not going to be Israel.

What are you thinking "blink" means?   

hamas has oil??? what are you talking about? there is no oil in the holy land. just local palestinians trying to survive an unjust occupation.

just not willing to admit the arab connection are you loius

arab connection to what??? oil and hamas??? get an education... not even education... common sense will tell you that hamas has no connection to oil. hamas and oil??? funny. just look at how wealthy gaza is. that oil money sure does feed the people. arabic is a language. just because you speak arabic does not mean you have oil.

how many times are you gonna post this tony, without acknowledging the fact that egypt has done exactly the same as israel with its border? also if hamas fought according to the geneva convention just how many civilian casualties would there be?

just as stupid as the zionist that want to create a 'pure' jewish state... when will israel realize that a FOREIGN occupation will never be accepted by the LOCAL palestinian population. hitler had a hard time trying to bury all the dead jews during the holocaust... now israel has the same problem... where do we bury all these innocent civilians we have killed in our illegal attempt to create zion???

Loius, I don't know where you're at, but please come back to Earth soon.

once again loius, look back at 1922 and the mandate set by the league of nations. its really not that hard to understand.

israel was not a country until 1948. period. fact. show me proof of israels existence before 1948, and i lose this argument. sorry. no proof. awww. the league of nations, which was composed of european countries that watched as hitler killed the jews, decided to create israel at the expense of palestine in order to apologize for their lack of action during the holocaust. that is why israel exists today. palestine had to suffer due to europes crime.

The start of the Palestinian plight began with the Sykes-Pecot Agreement.... it was the first agreement that showed the Palestinian's that they were going to get screwed.  I found many things within the League of Nations proving this.... and then it goes into The United Nations.

Until 1916, the Palestinian People and other Arab nationals lived in peace, side by side the small Jewish population.  It was a Zionist Political Movement that was working the scenes behind the curtains from the very start to take Palestine and create the state of Israel. 

Hamas is not a terrorist group; they are indeed resistance fighters who would prefer peace but will not accept being under the control of the Israeli's.  There is no reason for Israel to occupy the Palestinian People or their lands.... they control the air, the seas and they land areas surrounding the Palestinian Territories.  The Palestinians must ask Israel for permission to build homes, to build schools.  They have only the dirty water from the sewers of Israel.  The Israeli's have cut down thousands of olive trees.... it takes years to get them to the fruit stage and before, the Palestinians sold much from the olive groves of their ancestors; soaps, oils, olives.  It was a part of their everyday living!

It is a criminal act the Israel's are now conducting on the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian People, plain and simple.  It is my hope that although Hamas has no chance of winning, that they remain defiant and strong to the end.  Israel has failed in their so-called efforts to destroy Hamas.... Hamas may have become 1 million strong!

GOD bless you christy elmasri!

lois and christy

Most of what you said I agree with. People also need to  know that Hamas was started by the Mossad and the CIA to offset the power of the PLO.

I am a white male conservative of western European descent. I am not Jewish or Muslim. One might think I don't have a dog in this fight, but I do. I'm American and am appalled at what my country has done to promote this atrocity.

Three years ago I probably would have sided with Israel. I decided to become educated. Pro Israel people stick to a history that has been taught prior to the truth coming out. The funny thing is that the truth of the beginning Israel was exposed by Israeli historians. They stole the land plain and simple. They still have yet to comply with the UN's conditional acceptance as a state. The condition was the right of return and reparations.

I'm not a fan of the UN but the rules are the rules. It seems kind of funny that when Iraq supposedly violated UN resolutions they get invaded and regime change occurs, but when Israel violates UN resolutions, to the tune of 60+, we just keep giving them more money.

Unfortunately, we are fighting a difficult battle. The American media is the most controlled propaganda in the world. At least the communist country's citizens knew they were being lied to.

I wouldn't doubt that most of the pro Israeli responses on this site are coming from Tel Aviv. They have agencies dedicated to controlling the spin on all their atrocities. I am 100% positive that if most, non Jewish, Americans comprehended the truth there would be an upheaval like no other. I believe most Americans are good. We've just been told  to root for Satan.

no9racing, go back to reading your Talmud. It's only a matter of time before the truth comes out.

bastards that did 9-11??? what do palestinians have to do with 9-11??? if you didnt know, 9-11 was carried out by saudis, all the hijackers were saudi, and was financed by saudis. too bad we did not go after the real source of terrorism. and the only people trying to complete hitlers work are the zionist who are trying to kill the LOCAL palestinian population in order to create zion, the 'pure' jewish state. adolph hitler would be soooo proud of his students!

good moring!

hamas has relations with hisbullah in lebanon ,al-kaida, and trained by iran soldiers.

who is the nice guy?

i guess an ancient jewish temple proves the existence of israel before 1948??? prove to me that israel existed before 1948 and you win the argument... awww :( no proof of israel before 1948... damn. that really sucks.

i believe money goes on a.g smart bombs, in order to minor casualties.

it is cheaper to throw big bombs. i hope you're not interested in that...

Since your not counting maybe i should give you real numbers since you claim most of them were Hamas. The following was an article from the associated press.....

"Israel launched the onslaught in Gaza on Dec. 27, seeking to punish the ruling Hamas militant group for years of rocket attacks on southern Israel. The offensive has killed 1,000 Palestinians, about half of them civilians, including 300 children, Gaza health ministry official Dr. Moaiya Hassanain said. The toll included 11 Palestinians killed Wednesday, medical officials said."

Enough said...