http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1106542/Gazas-darkest-day-40-die-Israel-bombs-safe-haven-UN-school.html
On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 6:47 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't think we are talking about the same school. This one wasn't empty. > I will grant you that the onwra person I heard interviewed specifically said > that they could not rule out rocket being launched from close by but outside > the school; that is why I said perhaps the bombing was accidental. > > That said, I am aware that rockets have been launched from Gaza and that > Hamas says it cannot accept the existence of israel, so I am not condemning > -- just regretting. I don't think Israel gets up in the morning and says > let's bomb Palestinian children; perhaps there are Hamas militia who say > this of Israel. I dunno. > > On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 6:11 PM, Michael Dinowitz < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> The loss of innocent lives is a tragedy that is mourned by all civil >> people >> and will result (as usual) with a stop to the assault on Hamas, an assault >> that must finish before this scenario happens again in a year or two. But >> lets look over what's been reported and investigated about the indecent >> before malice is assigned to Israel. >> >> Initial IDF investigation >> Hamas terrorists fired mortar bombs from the area of the school towards >> Israeli forces, who returned fire towards the source of the shooting. The >> Israeli return fire landed outside the school, yet a series of explosions >> followed, indicating the probable presence of munitions and explosives in >> the building. Intelligence indicates that among those killed were Immad >> Abu >> Iskar and Hassan Abu Iskar, two known Hamas mortar crewmen. >> >> UN School: Media Absolves Hamas >> The media ignores Hamas complicity in Palestinian civilian deaths. >> >> http://www.honestreporting.com/articles/45884734/critiques/new/UN_School_Media_Absolves_Hamas.asp >> >> According to the Associated Press, two Palestinian residents said "they >> saw >> a small group of militants firing mortar rounds from a street near the >> school, where 350 people had gathered to get away from the shelling. They >> spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal." >> >> http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/ny-wogaza075989330jan07,0,722143.story >> >> Coming Soon? Hamas' Media Massacre >> When will Hamas and the media create a new libel? >> "Whether by Israeli accident or Hamas engineering, expect a spectacular >> civilian massacre in the coming days, followed by an orgy of Pallywood >> photography, amplified by a compliant Western media, and even greater fury >> in the streets of the Muslim and Western world. It's in the Hamas >> playbook >> and will be until the media gets sober. Here's the background, and the >> obscenity that will probably be played...." >> >> http://www.honestreporting.com/articles/45884734/critiques/new/Coming_Soon_Hamas_Media_Massacre.asp >> >> Ban Ki-moon condemns rocket attack from Gaza school run by UN agency >> http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=24593&Cr=palestin&Cr1= >> >> Mortar Bombs Shot from UN School in Gaza 29 Oct. 2007 >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmXXUOs27lI&feature=channel_page >> >> IDF unveils Hamas map seized in Gaza >> "This is a civilian area, and you can see on the map how Hamas >> booby-trapped >> the entrance to homes to hit the IDF," Halamish said. >> >> In another case, a large bomb was marked next to a gas station. Had it >> been >> detonated it would have likely destroyed the gas station, killing and >> wounding civilians who live in the area. >> >> http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231424893023&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull >> >> Hamas admits it uses human shields >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTu-AUE9ycs >> >> The Hamas War Crime Strategy >> The strategy is as simple as it is cynical: provoke Israel by playing >> Russian roulette with its children, firing rockets at kindergartens, >> playgrounds and hospitals; hide behind its own civilians when firing at >> Israeli civilians; refuse to build bunkers for its own civilians; have the >> TV cameras ready to transmit every image of dead Palestinians, especially >> children; exaggerate the number of civilians killed by including as >> "children" Hamas fighters who are 16 or 17 years old and as "women," >> female >> terrorists. >> Hamas itself has a name for this. They call it "the CNN strategy" >> http://www.hudsonny.org/2009/01/the-hamas-war-crime-strategy.php >> >> Grad hits Ashkelon school >> Earlier Thursday, a Grad rocket hit a school in Ashkelon. The rocket >> exploded at the school's gym, which stood empty at the time of the attack. >> The building sustained damages but no one was injured. >> http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3652872,00.html >> >> On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 7:20 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > I knew that was coming. However, Israel apparently has admitted to >> bombing >> > a >> > school. Not, as I say, that Hamas has not done as much and more...but >> that >> > particular incident seems clear, though perhaps accidental. How to >> resolve >> > this if Hamas has vowed the destruction of Israel I don't claim to know. >> > >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:284544 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
