Once Again, Israel is Defeated

By Gilad Atzmon

As the Israeli Cabinet announced earlier today that it accepted the Egyptian cease-fire offer, Palestinian freedom fighters in Gaza continued firing rockets targeting the whole of Israel. 

The situation is clear.  Israel is desperate for a break in the violence. In spite of its endless ‘bravado,’ and military might, Israel lacks the military capacity and the courage to encounter Palestinian resistance on the ground. The Israeli elite recognizes that the military can’t resolve the problem, if anything, its extensive use would diminish Israeli manoeuvrability on the international front.

Hamas, on the other hand, has won its biggest military, political and ideological victory to date - it has managed to deliver some elementary messages to all of Israeli society:

You are living on our Palestinian stolen land, our Right to Return is elementary and is not negotiable. You Israelis do not belong here, you never did, and you had better consider your options immediately.

Hamas has also managed to dismantle the BDS / Jewish Lefty’s desperate and blatantly deceitful attempt to present the conflict as an issue over the ‘1967 occupation.’  The range and targets of Palestinian missiles deliver a clear message to both Israelis and their controlled opposition agents within the Left. Palestine is a stretch of land between the river and the sea. In other words, no more empty talk on ‘conflict resolutions.’ It is either Israel or Palestine. And today it seems Palestine it will be. 

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Collective punishment and the right to self-defence – Gaza Context

By PT Editor

http://paltelegraph.com/collective-punishment-right-self-defence-gaza-context/

Two weeks ago at the 26th session of the UN Human Rights Council, states and NGOs discussed the human rights situation in Palestine, condemning the Israeli aggression that had ensued in the oPt following the disappearance of three Jewish-Israeli settler teenagers in the West Bank. The states present for this discussion along with several NGOs who spoke about the current situation in the oPt urged the President and members of the Council to take immediate action to ensure that Israel upheld its obligations as a member of the Council and end the collective punishment of the Palestinian population.  Yet a fortnight later, Gaza is being pounded by missiles from Israel as part of ‘Operation Protective Edge’, the military occupation launched by Israel five days ago which it claims is to defeat Hamas and other Palestinian fighters.  In reality however the attacks have targeted the civilian population of the Gaza Strip.  Over the last few days these attacks have escalated and intensified showing no signs of slowing down.  The Israeli army has stated that it is making preparations for a ground attack.

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Hundreds trapped in synagogue as Paris protest turns violent

http://www.timesofisrael.com/clashes-in-paris-as-thousands-march-against-israel-offensive/

Thousands gather in Paris to demonstrate against Gaza operation, hurling stones at house of worship

PARIS — Clashes erupted in Paris on Sunday as thousands of people protested against Israel and in support of residents in the Gaza Strip, where a six-day conflict has left 166 Palestinians dead.

Pearl Jam vs. The Jewish State (must watch)

http://youtu.be/gLo_ZqlUOnE

In front of tens of thousands of music lovers, Pearl Jam's lead singer Eddie Vedder told the truth about Israel. In a concert at Milton Keynes Bowl in England on Friday the famed American rocker said.

“They’re looking for a reason to go across borders and take over land that doesn’t belong to them. They should get the f---out, and mind their own f---ing business…“We don’t want to give them our money. We don’t want to give them our taxes to drop bombs on children.” 

Indeed a reason to be cheerful especially when you witness the ecstatic reaction of the massive crowd. 

Seemingly, the Israelis are upset. The Jerusalem Post reported today that Ben Red, a rock disc jockey for Israel Radio’s music station, denounced Vedder.

“Eddie Vedder, your true face is finally being revealed,” Red wrote. “You are invited not to come here. I personally do not want to see you, and I will erase the Facebook page calling on bringing [Pearl Jam] to Israel, but not before I expose who you really are.”

Seemingly Ben Red  doesn’t approve an American subject’s right to oppose USA taxpayers’ money being spent on a criminal state. 

Once Again Jews and Trains

Israel Ynet published this photo earlier today ...is not time ripe to make peace?

Israeli Navy Seals Landing fails in northern Gaza Strip

http://paltelegraph.com/israeli-navy-seals-landing-fails-in-northern-gaza-strip/

By PT Editor  

Al Qassam brigades, the military wing of Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), countered an attempt to land a special Israeli force northern Gaza City near Sodania beach.

Media resources said that Qassam brigades discovered the attempt and immediately clashed with the Israeli soldiers. Resources have reported that an Israeli soldier was killed during the clash and they are waiting for confirmation.

It is worth mentioning that Gaza Strip undergoes a barbaric military operation called “Protective Edge” launched 6 days ago by the Israeli army under the pretext of stopping Hamas rockets, and revenging for the kidnap and killing of 3 Zionist settlers in June 2014.

Victimhood vs. Victims

http://othersite.org/

The Sound of Resistance

http://youtu.be/HiUWgWjL24U

#PalestineUnderAttack

Hamas has posted a Hebrew version of one of its battle songs in the latest act of psychological warfare.

The original Arabic version of “Shake Israel’s Security” has long been a popular anthem of the Islamist movement’s military wing, the Ezz Al Deen Al Qassam Brigades.

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On Israeli Defeat And The Future of Jewish Politics

Alimuddin Usmani interviews Gilad Atzmon

#PalestineUnderAttack

Alimuddin Usmani: After "Cast lead" in 2009 and "Pillar of defense" in 2012, the Israeli army has launched operation "Protective edge" in July, 2014 against Gaza. What is the purpose of these repeated large scale military operations?

Gilad Atzmon:  It is important to note that Israel hasn't won a single military battle since 1973. True, it has killed many Arabs, but it hasn't managed to achieve any of its military objectives.

Israel’s military domination has been sustained by the power of deterrence. The strategy was to force Arabs to  avoid conflict by threatening that they could lose everything. This week has shown that this trick won't  work anymore. Palestinian resistance has sprung back to life. Israel can not solve its problems by military means. The situation is desperate for the Israelis. They have started  to realize that they are stuck within a political, ideological and cultural stalemate. Israel is unable to conjure an image of a resolution. There is no prospect of future for the Jewish State.

Furthermore, the Jewish left's  blatant lie that the ‘occupation is the problem’ has been exposed this week as we witness Israeli Arab citizens chased by Jewish mobs. As we know, the right-wing call for mass expulsion of all Arabs from Israeli territory is becoming increasingly popular within Israel. This brutal ‘solution’  is totally consistent with Jewish supremacist culture and ideology. After all, Jews, and I mean both Zionists and anti,  like to operate within a Jews only environment. But can Israel rid itself of the Palestinians. This is exactly what the Right wing parties  within the coalition promise to do.

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Mohammed Omer: As civilian death toll rises in Gaza, Hamas sees growing local support

The more Israel strikes Gaza, the more Hamas regains popularity amongst locals despite increasing attacks that they say target civilians  

GAZA CITY – Deep below the ground, scattered in hide outs and out of sight, most of Hamas’ leadership is in a familiar survival mode, trying to make it difficult for Israeli air strikes to target them.

Above the ground, however, Israeli forces have continued to target their homes and families with F16 missiles – and regularly, locals say, hit the wrong targets and instead hit entire families that have nothing to do with the group.

Yet despite the rising death toll and destruction across Gaza, there is a general feeling here on Friday that the more Israel pounds the Strip, the more popular Hamas becomes, a turnaround for the organisation whose popularity has taken a nosedive during its seven year governance of Gaza.

“In the past, we used to put the responsibility of the siege that we are suffering from on Hamas due to their policies in governing Gaza,” Mofeed Abu Shamala, editor and chief of Gaza’s Al Mujtama newspaper. “But during the Israeli aggression, we think highly of Hamas and I feel they start to get more popular among the population.”

On Friday, Israeli F16s and rockets continued to torment the Gaza Strip killing 105 Palestinians, injuring at least 750 and turning more than 200 homes to rubble, leaving thousands of men, women and children homeless, their possessions destroyed and lives in tatters.

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