Riots caused tens of millions of shekels in damage and destroyed the Shoafat and Es-Sahl station [...] Residents of Jerusalem’s Shoafat neighborhood are unlikely to enjoy service on the city’s light rail network for several months as CityPass, the company that operates the system, works first to repair the rails and signaling mechanisms destroyed during last week’s rioting, and only later the stations serving the area. — Haaretz
The Shoafat and Es-Sahl light rail stations in East Jerusalem were attacked last week after news broke that an Arab young man – Mohamed Abu Khdeir – had been kidnapped, burned alive, and abandoned in a forest. Many commentators view the killing as vengeance for the recent deaths of three Israeli teenage settlers in Hebron, in the Occupied West Bank, which the Israeli government has blamed on Hamas. The situation is tragic – and rapidly escalating. At least 27 Palestinians have been killed and 130 wounded in the intense bombardment the Israeli army has unleashed on Gaza in the past few days.
The attack on the light rail stations were committed by Israeli Arabs and Palestinians who live in the areas around the stations. For many, the destruction is highly symbolic. When first constructed, the light rail was considered by some to be a symbol of the possibility of peaceful coexistence between Arabs and Jews. However, for others, it was viewed similarly to the massive border wall demarcating the West Bank: a piece of infrastructure that ensures the continued imposition of apartheid politics on Arabs by Israelis. After all, East Jerusalem is still considered by international law to be illegally-occupied territory. By connecting the territory to the rest of Jerusalem via infrastructure, the Israeli government signaled it has absolutely no intention of ever returning the land back to its original and lawful inhabitants. In return, by destroying the light rail, those involved assumedly meant to signal that they would continue to resist.
This is just one of many cases in which infrastructure has been utilized as a political tool. In 1994, the American-born Israeli extremist Baruch Goldstein opened fire on Muslims engaged in prayers at the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, West Bank. While the Israeli government condemned the attack, their reaction to the subsequent riots including the banning of Palestinians from entering the formerly-active market of Al-Shuhada Street (a ban which persists today.) For many, these policies are fundamentally similar to those of South Africa during apartheid, which had advanced infrastructure for whites but relegated black people to townships with abysmal conditions. 
Of course, similar practices have occurred, and still occur, in the United States. Before the civil rights movements, urban infrastructure served as the terrain for the forced subjugation of African-Americans. Today, one could argue the same practices persist, targeting the poor, and, in particularly disenfranchised people of color. For example, the Department of Water and Power in Detroit has been shutting off water for the city's poorest residents.
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Not really. Nothing is detached fully. By your logic you have less of a valid opinion about the us because you are not attached to the us. You can't know anything about the us if you are not attached correct? How could you presume things about Americans and what's wrong with Americans minds if you don't live in American. You say/imply it yourself that by being detached from America you are able to see it more clearly. You can't see the forest from the trees. Maybe it goes both ways? You have the advantage (vantage) of an outside observer. You have the clarity of an alien observer. The reality IMO is something between bias and complete lack there of. I am offering the simplicity of an outside viewpoint gor you to take or leave. Sorry that's all I have because I happen to be an outsider. So my moronic opinion is really my outside opinion which may or may not be moronic. Now I'm just being argumentative....
But overall we all agree (I think) that the best solution is a one state solution where everyone is treated equally and had same rights. I think most people support this but unfortunately the minority is loud and powerful.
jla-x " By your logic you have less of a valid opinion about the us because you are not attached to the us"
Not really. I speak and understand your language, I read your books, I watch your news I read books by people within the US critical of the US, I visit your cities, I am able to criticize you on your turf (by that I mean within the rhetoric of intellectual constructs seen to be closer to your background than mine) ...etc. The record of the US meddling in affairs of other countries, unsettling countries around the world, the insiduous activities of its intelligence agencies outside (and within) the US are common knowledge. As is its dark history as a colony and its oppression of the native people of the US (this also extends to Canada and to Latin American countries). Hence a dark present and a dark past. On the other hand, I have no certainty that you are able to engage with the writings of Arab intellectuals (and please, don't cite gibran khalil gibran) and critics, media and so on.
But fortunately for you there are sources out there in English if you care enough and care to look for it. For instance, a renown figure known for cutting through Zionist bullshit and its influence on American media, through Arab bullshit (and there is plenty of it as well) is Angry Arab (Ass'ad 'Abd El Khalil) . Google him. He's edgy but he has proven to be a sort of litmus test for bullshit. He does his research and is able to address bullshit in the US as well as that in the arab countries. I do not always agree but the guy is so astute and honest, a harsh critic and a clean mind.
jla-x " I think most people support this but unfortunately the minority is loud and powerful. "
I disagree. This is not what the majority are talking about. The majority are talking about a two-state solution while the lands "left over" to the so-called prospective Palestinian state is disappearing, being ravenously devoured by Israel. The world speaks of a two-state solution while deep inside, everyone knows that there is barely any viability or tenability in having enough land, integrally unified and contiguous, to constitute a state for Palestinians. So, the majority's hypocriticism has become deafening loud. ISrael never wanted a two-state solution nor a one state solution...but that in itself will also lead to its fall because it means the perpetual militarization and abnormalization of this entity surrounded by enemies. For that, it requires the continual support of great powers...and that is never a sure given thing in the long run.
Yes, Mikenull, it very much sound like Israel Supporter is proud of the below, s/he must get ecstatic goosebumps just thinking of the below : source
A list of massacres caused by the Zionist forces leading up to and during the establishment of the state of Israel:
The King David Massacre 1946
Explosion at the King David Hotel by the Jewish Agency & Irgun resulted in the deaths of 92 civilians including Britons, Arabs and Jews; wounding 58.
Baldat al-Shaikh Massacre 1947
First Battalion of Palmakh and the Carmelie brigade launched a raid against 2 towns, taking the outlying homes by surprise as inhabitants slept. they pelted them with hand grenades and fired machine guns. 60 civilians including women, children and elderly were killed.
Yehida Massacre 1947
Zionists with machine guns sprayed bullets into a crowd gathered in a coffee house, while grenades were thrown into Arab homes. 13 civilians were killed in total throughout the day, and 23 wounded.
Khisas Massacre 1947
Two carloads of Haganah terrorists drove through the village firing machine guns and throwing grenades. 10 civilians were killed.
Qazaza Massacre 1947
Jewish terrorists blew up the house of the village Mukhtar. 5 children were murdered.
The Semiramis Hotel Massacre 1948
Jewish Agency escalated their terror campaign to drive out Palestinian Arabs by bombing the hotel. 18 civilians killed; 16 wounded.
Dair Yasin Massacre 1948
Zionist gangs Tsel, Irgun and Hagana aimed at uprooting Palestinians by destroying homes and burning them down while their inhabitants were asleep inside. 250 civilians were murdered, mostly women, children and elderly.
Naser Al-Din Massacre 1948
Zionist gangs entered the village dressed as Arab fighters and met villagers with fire. All the houses of the village were raised to the ground, killing the entire population except 40 who survived. 632 civilians in total were killed.
Tantura Massacre 1948
Israeli troops entered village to remove inhabitants to make way for a parking lot for a nearby beach. Groups of Palestinians were rounded up, killed, and their bodies thrown, rounding up more groups. 200 civilians were killed.
Beit Daras Massacre 1948
Zionists mobilized a large contingent and surrounded the village, killing the women, children and elderly that were fleeing the conflict. 265 civilians in total were killed.
Dahmash Mosque Massacre 1948
Israelis told Arabs through loudspeakers that if they went into the mosque they would be safe, 80-100 Palestinians were massacred in the mosque and their bodies lay decomposing for 10 days.
Dawayma Massacre 1948
Israeli army entered the village on the western side of the Hebron mountains and brutally killed about 100 women and children.
Houla Massacre 1948
Jewish militants dressed in traditional Arab attire entered the border village. militants rounded up 85 people and detained them in a number of houses, firing live ammunition at the civilians and killing all but 3.
Salha Massacre 1948
105 civilians killed by occupiers when ordered to face the wall of a mosque, then shot from behind.
Sharafat Massacre 1951
Israeli soldiers crossed armistice line and blew up houses - 10 civilians killed (2 elderly men, 3 women and 5 children), 8 wounded.
Qibya Massacre 1953
600 Israeli soldiers moved in towards village destroying 56 houses, a mosque, a school and water tank. 67 men and women killed.
Kafr Qasem Massacre 1956
Israeli soldiers stepped out of military trucks, positioned themselves at village entrances, and killed 43 farmers.
Khan Yunis Massacre 1956
Israelis occupied the town and an adjacent refugee camp. UNRWA investigation found 275 unarmed civilians murdered by Israelis.
Gaza City Massacre 1956
Zionist Army gangs brought death toll to 60 civilians including (including 27 women, 29 men and 4 children) and 103 injured.
Al-Sammou' Massacre 1966
Israeli forces raided the village destroying 140 houses, a village clinic and school. 18 civilians were killed and 54 wounded.
Aitharoun Massacre 1975
Caused by a booby-trapped bomb. 9 civilians were killed, 23 were wounded.
Kawnin Massacre 1975
An Israeli tank ran over a vehicle carrying 16 civilians. None of them escaped death.
Hanin Massacre 1976
After a 2-month siege and hours of shelling, occupation forces stormed the village and turned it into a bloodbath. 20 civilians killed.
Bint Jbeil Massacre 1976
A crowded market was the target of a sudden barrage of Israeli bombs, slaughtering 23 civilians and 30 wounded.
Abbasieh Massacre 1978
Israeli warplanes destroyed a mosque while civilians used it as shelter from heavy shelling. 80 civilians killed.
Adloun Massacre 1978
2 cars carrying 8 passengers came under Israeli fire while they were on their way to Beirut. Only 1 passenger escaped death.
Saida Massacre 1981
Residential areas targeted by Israeli artillery resulting in damage to many buildings. 20 civilians killed, 30 were wounded.
Fakhani Massacre 1981
Israeli warplanes raided crowded residential areas using highly sophisticated weaponry. 150 civilians killed, 600 were wounded.
Sabra and Shatila 1982
Israeli Army surrounded the camps, providing aid and facilities, in collaboration with right-wing Lebanese Phalangist, were responsible for almost 3500 civilians dead, most of them women, children and elderly.
Jibsheet Massacre 1984
Occupation forces’ tanks and helicopters fired at a crowd of people. 7 civilians were killed, 10 were wounded.
Sohmor Massacre 1984
Occupation forces stormed with tanks and military vehicles, then ordered the inhabitants to congregate at the town's mosque and fired at them. 13 civilians killed, 12 wounded.
Seer Al Garbiah Massacre 1985
At Al-Husseinieh people took shelter from shelling of Israeli soldiers who stormed the town with military vehicles. 7 civilians killed.
Maaraka Massacres 1985
Occupation forces detonated an explosive device during distribution of aid to citizens during seige. 15 civilians were killed.
Zrariah Massacre 1985
Occupation forces stormed the town after heavy shelling with 100 vehicles, killing children, women and elderly. 22 civilians slaughtered.
Horneen Al-Tahta Massacre 1985
Occupation forces ordered the inhabitants to gather at a school of the village. They then destroyed it over their heads.
Jibaa Massacre 1985
Huge Army forces attacked the town and put it under siege. Soldiers fired at people escaping the siege. 5 civilians killed, 5 were wounded.
Yohrnor Massacre 1985
An Israeli armed force entered the town using civilian cars and opened fire at the houses. 10 civilians killed, among them a family of 6.
Tin Massacre 1986
Occupation forces cutting the hands and ears from civilians in the town. 4 persons were killed; 79 were crippled and wounded.
Al-Naher Al-Bared Massacre 1986
Israeli warplanes raided the Palestinian refugee camp killing many of the refugees. 20 person were killed and 22 were wounded.
Ain Al-Hillwee Massacre 1987
Jet fighters launched 2 raids. 31 civilians killed and 41 wounded. Refugees were hit by a raid while evacuating casualties, 34 more were killed, making a total of 65 civilian casualties.
Oyon Qara Massacre 1990
Israeli soldier lined up Palestinian labors and murdered 7 of them with a sub-machine gun. 13 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in subsequent demonstrations.
Siddiqine Massacre 1990
Israeli warplanes bombed a house, among the 3 killed a four years old child.
Al-Aqsa Mosque Massacre 1990
Israeli forces placed military barriers around roads and surrounded it with military helicopters. Jewish settlers fired live ammunition with automatic weapons and gas bombs. 23 Palestinians were killed, 850 wounded.
Ibrahimi Mosque "Cave of the Patriarchs" Massacre 1994
Almost 500 worshipers attended Friday dawn prayer when Zionist settlers and soldiers stormed the mosque and fired on the people praying. 24 civilians died and 100's injured.
Jabalia Massacre 1994
Jewish undercover police opened fire on Palestinian activists brutally killing 6 and injuring 49. Some of the wounded activists were taken out of their cars and shot in the heads.
Eretz Checkpoint Massacre 1994
Occupation forces fired on Palestinian workers at Eretz checkpoint while 4 Israeli tanks and helicopters were brought in. 11 civilians were shot dead and 200 injured.
Deir Al-Zahrani Massacre 1994
Israeli warplanes fired a "vacuum" missile at a 2-story building which was destroyed. 8 people were killed, 17 wee injured.
Nabatyaih School Bus Massacre 1994
Israeli warplanes targeted a school bus full of students. 4 children were killed and 10 injured.
Sohmor Second Massacre 1996
Israeli artillery targeted a civilian vehicle carrying 8 passengers, killing all of them.
Mansuriah Massacre 1996
Israeli helicopter fired rockets at a vehicle carrying 13 civilians fleeing the village of al-Mansuri, killing 2 women and 4 young girls.
Nabatyaih Massacre 1996
Israeli Air attack with helicopters fired rockets at 3 buildings in the village on a house in Nabatiyya al-Faqwah causing 11 civilians casualties (including a mother and her 7 children) and 10 injured.
Qana Massacre 1996
Zionist forces bombed a shelter providing refuge to 500 Lebanese, mostly women, children and elderly forced out of their villages by Israeli raids. 109 civilians killed and 116 injured in a UN compound.
Janta Massacre 1998
Israeli warplanes attacked a mother and her 6 children when they had returned from the field. All had been killed.
The 29 June Massacre 1999
Israeli force targeted a building in Beirut. 8 civilians killed and 84 injured.
Western Bekaa villages Massacre 1999
Israeli warplanes fired on children who were celebrating the Eid festival. 8 children were killed and 11 others wounded.
Al-Aqsa Mosque Massacre 2000
Ariel Sharon entered Al-Aqsa Mosque with 3000 Israeli soldiers. Soldiers opened fire on Muslims worshipers before completing their prayers. 80 Palestinian civilians were killed and 1000's injured.
Gaza "Cast Lead" Massacre 2009
Israeli government lay siege to the city with the use of white-phosphorous chemical weapons in densely populated areas such as schools and hospitals. 800 women, children & elderly were killed and 1000's injured.
Based on the above figures, a total of 7,500 innocent men, women, children and elderly were massacred.
This figure does not include ongoing civilian casualties from other isolated incidents.
Gaza Siege 2012
162 men, women and children killed by air strikes, and 1269 injured during the 8 day assault on the Gaza Strip just before elections in Israel.
...including whats happening now in Gaza as well.....
From Al Akhbar (the names of the people murdered by Israel in its rampage - more reason for Israel Supporter to be proud) :
Updated July 16 6:45 pm: The Gaza health ministry has confirmed the deaths of 213 Palestinians so far in the besieged strip since Israel began its relentless assault on July 8. Among those killed, 45 were aged 16 or younger and 25 were women.
The two youngest victims were both 18 months old. Mohammed Malakiyeh was killed along with his 27-year-old mother, and Ranim Jawde Abdel Ghafour was killed along with a member of her family in Khan Younis. The three oldest victims were all 80 years old. Naifeh Farjallah was killed in an air strike on the town of Moghraqa, southwest of Gaza City, and Saber Sukkar was killed in an airstrike on Gaza City. Hijaziyah Hamid al-Helou succumbed on Sunday to wounds sustained in the bombing of her home in Gaza City on Saturday night.
Victims’ names and ages were compiled based on information released by the Gaza health ministry, while the circumstances of the deaths were taken from the ministry and local news sources.
Al-Akhbar will update the list as new information is released.
Tuesday, July 8:
1. Mohammed Sha’aban, 24, was killed in a bombing of his car in Gaza City.
2. Ahmad Sha’aban, 30, died in the same bombing.
3. Khadir al-Bashiliki, 45, died in the same bombing.
4. Rashad Yaseen, 27, was killed in a bombing of the Nusseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.
5. Riad Mohammed Kawareh, 50, was killed in a bombing of his family’s home in Khan Younis.
6. Seraj Ayad Abed al-A’al, 8, was wounded in the same bombing and succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday evening.
7. Mohammed Ayman Ashour, 15, died in the same bombing.
8. Bakr Mohammed Joudah, 22, died in the same bombing.
9. Ammar Mohammed Joudah, 26, died in the same bombing.
10. Hussein Yousef Kawareh, 13, died in the same bombing.
11. Mohammed Ibrahim Kawareh, 50, died in the same bombing.
12. Bassim Salim Kawareh, 10, died in the same bombing.
13. Mousa Habib, 16, from Gaza City’s al-Shujaiyah neighborhood, was killed along with his 22-year old cousin while the pair were riding a motorcycle.
14. Mohammed Habib, 22, was killed with Mousa Habib.
15. Sakr Aysh al-Ajouri, 22, was killed in an attack on Jabalia, in northern Gaza.
16. Ahmad Na’el Mehdi, 16, from Gaza City’s Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, was killed in a bombing that wounded two of his friends.
17. Hafiz Mohammed Hamad, 30, an Islamic Jihad commander, was killed in the bombing of his home in Beit Hanoun, along with five of his family members.
18. Ibrahim Mohammed Hamad, 26, died in the same bombing.
19. Mehdi Mohammed Hamad, 46, died in the same bombing.
20. Fawzia Khalil Hamad, 62, died in the same bombing.
21. Dunia Mehdi Hamad, 16, died in the same bombing.
22. Suha Hamad, 25, died in the same bombing.
23. Suleiman Salman Abu Soaween, 22
Wednesday, July 9:
24. Abdelhadi Jamaat al-Sufi, 24, was killed in a bombing near the Rafah crossing.
25. Naifeh Farjallah, 80, was killed in an airstrike on the town of Moghraqa, southwest of Gaza City.
26. Abdelnasser Abu Kweek, 60, was killed in the bombing of Gaza’s central governorate along with his son.
27. Khaled Abu Kweek, 31, Abdelnasser Abu Kweek’s son, was killed in the same bombing.
28. Mohammed Areef, 13, died in a bombing in Sha’af.
28. Amir Areef, 10, died in the same bombing.
30. Mohammed Malakiyeh, 18 months old, died in a bombing along with his mother and a young man.
31. Hana Malakiyeh, 27, Mohammed Malakiyeh’s mother, died in the same bombing.
32. Hatem Abu Salem, 28, died in the same bombing.
33. Mohammed Khaled al-Nimri, 22
34. Sahar Hamdan, 40, died in the bombing of her home in Beit Hanoun.
35. Ibrahim Masri, 14, Sahar Hamdan’s son, was killed in the same bombing.
36. Mahmoud Nahid al-Nawasra was killed in a bombing in al-Meghazi.
37. Mohammed Khalaf al-Nawasra, 4, was killed in the same bombing and arrived at the hospital “in shreds.”
38. Nidal Khalaf al-Nawasra al-Meghazi, 5, was killed in the same bombing.
39. Salah Awwad al-Nawasra al-Meghazi, 6, was killed in the same bombing. His body was found under the rubble of the house.
40. Aisha Nijm al-Meghazi, 20, was killed in the same bombing.
41. Amal Youssef Abdel Ghafour, 27, was killed in a bombing in Khan Younis.
42. Ranim Jawde Abdel Ghafour, an 18-month-old girl, was killed in the same bombing.
43. Rashid al-Kafarneh, 30, was killed when the motorcycle he was riding was bombed.
44. Ibrahim Daoud al-Balawi, 24
45. Abdelrahman Jamal al-Zamli, 22
46. Ibrahim Ahmad Abideen, 42
47. Mustafa Abu Mar, 20
48. Khalid Abu Mar, 23
49. Mazen Farj al-Jarbah, 30, was killed in a bombing in Deir al-Balah.
50. Marwan Slim, 27, was killed in a bombing in Deir al-Balah.
51. Hani Saleh Hamad, 57, was killed in a bombing in Beit Hanoun along with his son Ibrahim.
52. Ibrahim Hamad, 20, was killed in the same bombing.
53. Salima Hassan Musallim al-Arja, 60, was killed in a bombing in Rafah that wounded five others.
54. Maryam Atieh Mohammed al-Arja, 11, was killed in the same bombing.
55. Hamad Shahab, 37
56. Ibrahim Khalil Qanun, 24, was killed in a bombing of Khan Younis.
57. Mohammed Khalil Qanun, 26, was killed in the same attack.
58. Hamdi Badieh Sawali, 33, was killed in the same attack.
59. Ahmad Sawali, 28, was killed in the same attack.
60. Suleiman Salim al-Astal, 55, was killed in a bombing of Khan Younis.
61. Mohammed al-Aqqad, 24
62. Ra'ed Shalat, 37, was killed in a bombing that wounded 6 others.
Thursday, July 10:
63. Asma Mahmoud al-Hajj, 22, was killed in a bombing in Khan Younis that killed eight members of the same family and wounded 16 other people.
64. Basmah Abdelfattah al-Hajj, 57, was wounded in the bombing and succumbed to her injuries shortly afterwards.
65. Mahmoud Lutfi al-Hajj, 58, died in the same bombing.
66. Tarek Mahmoud al-Hajj, 18, died in the same bombing.
67. Sa'ad Mahmoud al-Hajj, 17, died in the same bombing.
68. Najla Mahmoud al-Hajj, 29, died in the same bombing.
69. Fatima Mahmoud al-Hajj, 12, died in the same bombing.
70. Omar Mahmoud al-Hajj, 20, died in the same bombing.
71. Ahmad Salim al-Astal, 24, was killed in the bombing of a beach house in Khan Younis that critically wounded more than 15 people.
72. Mousa Mohammed al-Astal, 50, was killed in the same bombing. The two bodies were recovered four hours after the bombing.
73. Ra'ed al-Zawareh, 33, succumbed to his wounds and died. The location of his death was unreported.
74. Baha' Abu al-Leil, 35, was killed in a bombing.
75. Salim Qandil, 27, was killed in the same bombing.
76. Omar al-Fyumi, 30, was killed in the same bombing.
77. Abdullah Ramadan Abu Ghazzal, 5, was killed in a bombing in Beit Lahiya.
78. Ismail Hassan Abu Jamah, 19, was killed in a bombing in Khan Younis that injured two children, one critically.
79. Hassan Awda Abu Jamah, 75, was killed in a bombing in Khan Younis.
80. Mohammed Ahsan Ferwanah, 27, was killed in a bombing in Khan Younis.
81. Yasmin Mohammed Mutawwaq, 4 was killed in a bombing in Beit Hanoun.
82. Mahmoud Wulud, 26, was killed in a bombing of a civilian vehicle in northern Gaza. His remains were taken to Kamal Adwan Hospital in Jabalia.
83. Hazem Balousha, 30, was killed in the same bombing. His remains are at Kamal Adwan Hospital.
84. Nour Rafik Adi al-Sultan, 27, was killed in the same bombing. His remains are at Kamal Adwan Hospital.
85. Ahmad Zaher Hamdan, 24, was killed in a bombing in Beit Hanoun.
86. Mohammed Kamal al-Kahlout, 25, was killed in a bombing in Jabalia.
87. Sami Adnan Shaldan, 25, was killed in a bombing in Gaza City.
88. Jamah Atieh Shalouf, 25, was killed in a bombing in Rafah.
89. Bassem Abdelrahman Khattab, 6, was killed in a bombing in Deir al-Balah.
90. Abdullah Mustafa Abu Mahrouk, 22, was killed in a bombing in Deir al-Balah.
Friday, July 11:
91. Anas Rizk Abu al-Kas, 33, was killed in a bombing in Gaza City.
92. Nour Marwan al-Najdi, 10, was killed in a bombing in Rafah.
93. Mohammed Mounir Ashour, 25, was killed in a bombing on the al-Ghanam family home in Rafah.
94. Ghalia Deeb Jabr al-Ghanam, 7, was killed in the same bombing.
95. Wasim Abd al-Rizk Hassan al-Ghanam, 23, was killed in the same bombing.
96. Mahmoud Abd al-Rizk Hassan al-Ghanam, 26, was killed in the same bombing.
97. Kifah Shahada Deeb al-Ghanam, 20, was killed in the same bombing.
98. Ra’ed Hani Abu Hani, 31, was killed in a bombing in Rafah.
99. Shahraman Ismail Abu al-Kas, 42, was killed in a bombing in a refugee camp in central Gaza.
100. Mazen Mustafa Aslan, 63, was killed in the same bombing.
101. Mohammed Rabih Abu Humeidan, 65, was killed in shelling that struck northern Gaza.
102. Abdel Halim Ashra, 54, was killed in an airstrike on Wednesday in the area of Birka Deir al-Balah, but his body wasn’t discovered until Friday.
103. Saher Abu Namous, 3, was killed in an airstrike on his home in northern Gaza.
104. Hussein al-Mamlouk, 47, was killed in an airstrike on Gaza City.
105. Saber Sukkar, 80, was killed in an airstrike on Gaza City.
106. Nasser Rabih Mohammed Samamah, 49, was killed in an airstrike on Gaza City.
Saturday, July 12:
107. Rami Abu Massaad, 23, was killed in a strike on Deir al-Balah.
108. Mohammed al-Samiri, 24, was killed in the same attack.
109. Houssam Deeb al-Razayneh, 39, was killed in an attack on Jabalia.
110. Anas Youssef Kandil, 17, was killed in the same bombing.
111. Abdel Rahim Saleh al-Khatib, 38, was killed in the same bombing.
112. Youssef Mohammed Kandil, 33, was killed in the same bombing.
113. Mohammed Idriss Abu Saninah, 20, was killed in the same bombing.
114. Hala Wishahi, 31, was killed in an attack on the Mabarra association for the disabled in Jabalia.
115. Suha Abu Saade, 38, was killed in the same attack.
116. Ali Nabil Basal, 32, was killed in a strike on western Gaza City.
117. Mohammed Bassem al-Halabi, 28, was killed in the same strike.
118. Mohammed al-Sowayti (Abu Askar), 20, was killed in the same strike.
119. Ibrahim Nabil Humaide, 30, was killed in a bombing in the Tufah neighborhood in eastern Gaza City.
120. Hassan Ahmed Abu Ghoush, 24, was killed in the same attack.
121. Ahmed Mahmoud al-Ballaoui, 26, was killed in the same attack.
122. Ratib Sabahi al-Sifi, 22, was killed in a bombing in Gaza City along with five others.
123. Azmi Mahmoud Abid, 51, was killed in the same attack.
124. Nidal Mahmoud Abu al-Malish, 22, was killed in the same attack.
125. Suleiman Said Abid, 56, was killed in the same attack.
126. Ghassan Ahmad al-Masri, 25, was killed in the same attack.
127. Mustafa Mohammed Anaieh, 58, was killed in the same attack.
128. Rafa’at Youssef Amer, 36, succumbed to wounds sustained in a bombing in Gaza City.
129. Ghazi Mustafa Areef, 62, died when his home in Gaza City was bombed. His son sustained serious injuries.
130. Mohammed Adriss Abu Sulim, 20, was killed in a bombing in Jabaliya.
131. Fadi Yaqub Sakr, 25, was killed in a bombing in Gaza City.
132. Qassem Jaber Adwan Awdeh, 16, was killed in a bombing in Khan Younis.
133. Mohammed Ahmad Bassal, 19, was killed in a bombing in Gaza City.
134. Muhannad Youssef Dhahir, 23, was killed in a bombing in Rafah.
135. Mahmoud Abdallah Shratiha, 53, was killed in a bombing in north Gaza.
136. Shadi Mohammed Zarb, 21, was killed in a bombing in Rafah that wounded three others.
137. Imad Bassam Zarb, 21, was killed in the same bombing.
138. Nahid Ta’im al-Batash, 41, was killed in a bombing in Gaza City along with 16 family members. Dozens more were wounded in the same attack.
139. Baha Majid al-Batash, 28, was killed in the same bombing.
140. Qassi Isam al-Batash, 12, was killed in the same bombing.
141. Aziza Youssef al-Batash, 59 was killed in the same bombing.
142. Mohammed Isam al-Batash, 17 was killed in the same bombing.
143. Ahmad Naman al-Batash, 27 was killed in the same bombing.
144. Yahya Alaa al-Batash, 18 was killed in the same bombing.
145. Jalal Majid al-Batash, 26 was killed in the same bombing.
146. Mahmoud Majid al-Batash, 22 was killed in the same bombing.
147. Marwa Majid al-Batash, 25 was killed in the same bombing.
148. Majid Subhi al-Batash was killed in the same bombing.
149. Khalid Majid al-Batash, 20 was killed in the same bombing.
150. Ibrahim Majid al-Batash, 18 was killed in the same bombing.
151. Manar Majid al-Batash, 14 was killed in the same bombing.
152. Amal Hassan al-Batash, 49 was killed in the same bombing.
153. Anas Alaa al-Batash, 10 was killed in the same bombing.
154. Qassi Alaa al-Batash was killed in the same bombing.
Sunday, July 13:
155. Rami Abu Shanab, 25, succumbed to wounds sustained several days ago in Deir al-Balah.
156. Khawla al-Hawajri, 25, was killed in a bombing in Nusseirat.
157. Mohammed Ghazi Areef, 35, was killed in a bombing in Gaza City.
158. Ahmad Youssef Daloul, 47, was killed in a bombing in Gaza City.
159. Hijaziyah Hamid al-Helou, 80, succumbed to wounds sustained in the bombing of her home in Gaza City on Saturday night.
160. Fawzia Abdela’el, 73, was killed in a bombing in Gaza City.
161. Haitham Ashraf Zarb, 21, succumbed to wounds sustained during an attack on Rafah on Saturday that killed two other members of the Zarb family.
162. Leila Hassan al-Awdat, 41, was killed in an attack on Meghazi that wounded four others.
163. Hussam Ibrahim al-Najjar, 14, was killed in a bombing in north Gaza. His remains were taken to Beit Hanoun Hospital.
164. Rawidah Abu Harb al-Zwaida, 31, was killed.
165. Samer Tallal Hamdan was killed in a bombing in Beit Hanoun.
166. Hussein Abd al-Qadir Muheisen, 19, succumbed to wounds sustained in Gaza City.
167. Maher Thabit Abu Mar, 24, was killed in a bombing in Rafah.
168. Mohammed Salim Abu Bureis, 65, was killed in a bombing in Deir al-Balah.
169. Saddam Moussa Moamar, 23, was killed in Khan Younis.
170. Mousa Shehade Moamar, 60, was killed in Khan Younis.
171. Hanadi Hamadi Moamar, 27, was killed in Khan Younis.
172. Adham Mohammed Abed el-Fatah Abed el-Al, was killed in Gaza.
Monday, July 14:
173. Qassem Tallal Hamdan, 23, was killed in Beit Hanoun.
174. Hamid Suleiman Abu al-Araj Deir al-Balah, 60.
175. Abdullah Mahmoud Barakah, 24, was killed in Khan Younis.
176. Tamer Salem Kodeih, 37, was killed in Khan Younis.
177. Ziad Maher al-Najjar, 17, was killed in Khan Younis.
178. Ziad Salem al-Shawi, 25, was killed in Rafah.
179. Mohammed Yasser Hamdan, 24, was killed in Gaza.
180. Mohammed Shakib al-Agha, 22, was killed in Khan Younis.
181. Mohammed Younis Abu Youssif, 25, was killed in Khan Younis.
182. Sara Omar Sheikh al-Eid, 4, was killed in Rafah.
183. Omar Ahmad Sheikh al-Eid, 24, was killed in Rafah.
184. Jihad Ahmad Sheikh al-Eid, 48, was killed in Rafah.
185. Kamal Ated Youssif Abu Taha, 16, was killed in Khan Younis.
186. Ismail Nabil Ahmad Abu Hatab, 21, was killed in Khan Younis.
Tuesday, July 15:
187. Ahmad Younis Abu Youssif, 28, was killed in Khan Younis.
188. Bushra Khalil Zoarob, 53, was killed in Rafah.
189. Atwa Amira al-Maamour, 63, was killed in Khan Younis.
190. Ismail Salim al-Najjar, 46, was killed in Khan Younis.
191. Mohammed Ahmad Ibrahim al-Najjar, 49, was killed in Khan Younis.
192. Suleiman Abu Louli, 33, was killed in Khan Younis.
193. Sobhi Abed el-Hamid Moussa, 77, was killed in Khan Younis.
194. Ismail Ftouh, 24, was killed in Gaza.
195. Saleh Said Dahliz Rafah, 20, was killed in Rafah.
196. Yasser Abed el-Mahmoun, 18, was killed in Rafah.
197. Ibrahim Khalil al-Asaafi, 66, was killed in Jiher el-Deek
198. Mohammed Abdullah al-Zahouk, 23, was killed in Rafah.
199. Mohammed Ismail Abu Awda, 27, was killed in Rafah.
Wednesday, July 16:
200. Mohammed Sabri al-Dibari, 20, was killed in Rafah.
201. Abdullah Mohammed Abdullah al-Irjani, 19, was killed in Khan Younis.
202. Ahmad Adel Ahmad al-Niwajha, 23, was killed in Rafah.
203. Mohammed Tayseer Sharab, 23, was killed in Khan Younis.
204. Farid Mohammed Abu Daqa, 33, was killed in Khan Younis.
205. Ashraf Khalil Abu Shanab, 33, was killed in Rafah.
206. Khadra al-Abd Salama Abu Daqa, 65, was killed in an attack on Khan Younis.
207. Omar Ramadan Hassan Abu Daqa, 24, was killed in the same attack.
208. Ibrahim Ramadan Hassan Abu Daqa, 10, was killed in the same attack.
209. Abdelrahman Ibrahim Khalil al-Sarkhi, 37, was killed in an attack on Gaza City.
210. Ahed Atef Bakr, 10, was killed on a beach in Gaza.
211. Zakaria Ahed Bakr, 10, was killed on a beach in Gaza.
212. Mohammed Ramez Bakr, 11, was killed on a beach in Gaza.
213. Ismail Mohammed Bakr, 9, was killed on a beach in Gaza.
214. Hamza Ra'ed Thari, 6, succumbed to wounds sustained "a few days ago" and passed away.
How many Israelis died? ONE..on his way to help his army kill more palestinians
IsraelSupporter (visual image: a small jock strap) either couldn't handle the counter barrage or was just a forum terrorist, indiscriminately lobbing in a grenade or two before retreating. In either case he is most certainly a victim of Israeli propaganda.
According to Israeli media reports Tuesday, the government plans to recruit hundreds of bilingual students for an online army of hasbara, a local term for public diplomacy, to launch counter-campaigns against critics of its policies.
also..from 2010...still...
Israel is paying internet workers to manipulate online content
i post the video in the anti-zionist vein,,,,but i must say that many comments below the video are horribley anti-jewish and just as bad as zionism (ie the Israeli system-regime) or nazism, all these are forms of virulent bigotry.
Jaffe I'd prefer if you kept your bedroom fantasies of me in a jockstrap to yourself. Not exactly appropriate here. Not once have you contributed to this thread in any meaningful way other than to *attempt* to belittle people on a personal level. Speaks to your character. At least tammuz has the balls to dig up dirt on Israel.
MikeNull, what exactly do I need to prove to you? If you go to a restaurant and order a meal and the food is absolutely horrendous and not what you expected out of a distinguished establishment, you might tell your waiter that you're displeased. The next time you go, are you obligated to make comments on the other dishes they offer? No. Maybe there is no next time because your experience was intolerable. I'll leave it to you to draw the connection.
Do I support the death of innocent civilians? No. Do I rejoice when children die? No. Does Hamas encourage civilians to return to their homes after countless warning of Israeli strikes? Yes. Do they brainwash civilians into thinking that these warnings are "psychological" threats? Yes. Is it unfortunate that civilians are caught in the line of fire? Absolutely, 500%, yes. Do I hate Palestinians? No. Do I hate Arabs? No. Do I hate Muslims? No. Do I hate the internationally-regarded terrorist organization Hamas, who endangers the lives of the Palestinian people? Yes. Why is Khaled Meshaal sitting in the comfort of his own home in Qatar and not representing Gazans from within? What kind of puppetry is this?
It is offensive that you specifically call out that the majority of deaths are "women and children"? Yes. What's it matter if it was a man, woman, or child? What is this misogyny? The deaths of innocent civilians is extremely unfortunate, and I wish it didn't have to be this way. But when HAMAS DELIBERATELY HIDES MISSILES IN SCHOOLS, they endanger the lives of their own people who democratically elected them to lead them to peace. They don't even have control of their own rockets, many of which land INSIDE Gaza. If they weren't cowards who hid in densely populated civilian areas, they'd at least shoot from the border lines, not within the city.
The rest of the Arab world is beginning to speak up against Hamas. It's only a matter of time.
Tammuz, I want to be upset that you suggested that the Israeli government fabricated the kidnapping of the 3 Israeli teens. But it's so futile to argue with someone who is pathologically brainwashed. Hamas. Was. Behind. Kidnappings. Do I condemn the murder of Tariq Abu Khdeir, and the beating of his cousin? Yep, sure do. That's not how civilized people should act. Are all Israeli's like this? No. Are all Palestinians like this? No. Is Hamas dedicated not only to the destruction of the state of Israel, but the annihilation of the Jewish people? Yes.
You say Hamas wants peace...but they rejected ceasefire terms time and time again. Hamas is not a peaceful organization. It is a grass-roots terrorist organization backed by a nuclear Iran. During the 5-hour ceasefire yesterday, 13 terrorists emerge 2km from Israeli cities with rockets and kidnapping gear.
Make no mistake. I want peace. But that will only happen once Hamas stops indoctrinating youth to grow up hating Jews and Israelis.
“(You are) the generation of rocks, the generation of rockets, the generation of tunnels, the generation of the suicide bombings!” Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh declared at a graduation ceremony for one camp in January 2014.
Remind me again the peaceful nature of suicide bombings? Hamas simply does not value life.
Israeli Jock Strap, I'd prefer if you kept your deranged propaganda politics to yourself. Not exactly appropriate here. Not once have you contributed to this thread in any meaningful way (the topic is infrastructure utilized as a political tool). Speaks to your character. At least tammuz has the patience and tenacity to call you out on every single line of your bullshit.
As for attempting to belittle people on a personal level, if you are hiding behind a fake name there is nothing personal about you. Aside from that I call out bullshit when I see it and have no patience assholes or idiots. Especially when combined. And I'm not afraid to do it under my real name.
Mods, please cancel this troll's account and ban him from the forums.
Call me out for being silent just to whine to the moderators to ban my account? Lol.
Ok I'll play along. What are your thoughts on terrorists digging tunnels under the fence to reach kibbutzim near Gaza in order to carry out future acts of terror and kidnap more Israelis as ransom, or just to kill them for fun? What are the implications of digging 20km underground? Do you think there were civil or soil engineers who ran soil reports to ensure the tunnels wouldn't collapse on the terrorists while they hide underground?
Be sure not to miss Hamas leaders hiding behind children while firing rockets at Israel while Israeli soldiers use their own bodies to protect Palestinian children
Are human shields as effective as bunkers? If Hamas really is an organization of self-defense why didn't they use Iran's money to build safety bunkers instead of rockets? If Israel truly is the aggressor, the world would witness unprovoked air-strikes, right?
First, lets again recall yesterday's statistics. 216 Palestinians dead, 1 Israeli (on his way to help his army kill more Palestinians)
The Zionist: Do I support the death of innocent civilians? No. Do I rejoice when children die? No. Does Hamas encourage civilians to return to their homes after countless warning of Israeli strikes? Yes.
Now, Note the perverse twisted logic calculated to turn attention away from the historically murderous party doing the killing on to the victims, directly or indirectly. Notice the fake sympathy towards the dead civilians and children - any individual who indeed did partake of this sympathy would first and foremost instinctively condemn that party doing the killing and not resort counter intuitively, directly or indirectly, to blaming the side being slaughtered . Palestinians were not brain washed by Hamas; in fact, its ridiculous to even make such a difference. Hamas ARE Palestinians and Palestinians serve in the cadres of Hamas. They're not just a resistance wing, they are also part of the community, in fact, they, as Palestinians built an infrastructure for themselves, communal, social, economic, and the reistance faction is merely one of those aspects. Its uneducated to alienate Hamas from Palestinians and vice versa. Hamas are Palestinians, they were elected democratically by their people (who were then punished by ISrael with the consent of the west by means of near starvation - as they are now being punished because they're reaching an agreement with Fatah)
This is so typical of Israeli lies and deceptions starting with the tactics of their terrorist organizations, Irgun and Haganah, that then morphed into their murderous army. Create great massacres in order to scare the rest away...and those who stay are to blame for their decision. And those who fight back get called terrorists.
We know it well from South Lebanon as well. Their army commits massacres of villagers, killing many in the hopes that they'll drive them out. Should the villagers stay in their homes and thier villages, Israel well, if they do get killed its because "regretfully, they're in the way".They;re in the the way of Israel of killing them, that is!
The Zionist: It is offensive that you specifically call out that the majority of deaths are "women and children"? Yes. What's it matter if it was a man, woman, or child? What is this misogyny?
Its far more offensive that the racist colonial savage entity being supported by the likes of Israel Supporter is killing people in their hundreds.
The fact that this Zionist wants to shed light on such a trivial populist sexism, as one is inclined to read by his comment (although she or he is not bright enough to recall that she or he has previously attempted to use the "children's" card her-or-himself) where the issue here is that his entity is carrying outs acts of a programmed slow genocide is further testimony to the fact that in her or his mind is one aim only and all else are tools to misdirect attention - including her or his pretense at feeling sympathy with dead civilians and her or his hilariously out-of-place calling out of sexism- and launch proportionally insignificant tangents in order to reach that aim. To divert attention from the murder being committed, she or he brings up sexism in the rhetoric being used to criticize these murders. How transparent she or he is. Her or his sole aim is to defend Israel in this forum. This is a trained stooge, s/he is well trained...but training cannot really train stupidity out.
the Zionist: Tammuz, I want to be upset that you suggested that the Israeli government fabricated the kidnapping of the 3 Israeli teens.
Notice the language "i want to be upset". Notice the reserve, the deliberate avoidance of hotheadedness, the tone of being bothered but not being bothered enough. This topic is one that brings passion out. For a true Israeli fan who is intuitively on the board with us, discussing this subject would have led her or him to expression much more passion, possibly lance much more person based attacks. Its normal, we all do it, we are all doing it. But not this individual. Why? I suspect because there's training behind this. She or he is trained to be reasonably reserved so as not to appear irrational (since this is being addressed to a western audience and, stupidly enough, being passionate could be seen as a sign of irrationality, anyway thats another subject), to use misdirecting, detracting tactics that I have seen being deployed in other forums and news sites...
Again, training does not necessarily make someone more intelligent. no, I never suggested that the Israeli government fabricated the kidnapping of the 3 Israeli teens. I explicitly copy-pasted an article that states so and left it at that. I myself did not suggest anything from my own person and I seriously do not know if they did (Im not God not an intelligence agency) but would not put it past them. I know that there is a lot of oddity in this case, Hamas is, in my mind, most definitely not to blame. They always claim their captures especially in order to secure the release of the mass of palestinian prisoners resting in Israeli jails.
the Zionist: Make no mistake. I want peace. But that will only happen once Hamas stops indoctrinating youth to grow up hating Jews and Israelis.
This will only happen when the Zionist agenda ceases and Israel disappears as a regime, a system and a Zionist establishment from the face of the earth. Hamas is a resistance, by definition it owns its existence to that which it resists, Israel. As long as Israel exists -that regime of racism and oppression- it will incur resistance. And now, more than any other time, the resistance factions are consolidating.
The single worse thing that happened to Jews after the Holocaust in the comteporary history is the setting up of Israel. They have hijacked Judaism, a religion like any other, and turned it in the eyes of many as a symbol of racism. This is also happening to Islam with the likes of Al Qaeda, the ISIS and Al Nusrah. But, for clear sightednes, we must all distinguish between a religious community and a community of religious fanatics. Neither Jews not Moslems are to be blamed for the barbarism of a jewish Israel,an islamic Al Qaeda or any other.
the Zionist: Ok I'll play along. What are your thoughts on terrorists digging tunnels under the fence to reach kibbutzim near Gaza in order to carry out future acts of terror and kidnap more Israelis as ransom, or just to kill them for fun?
The ones built on stolen property, that had the houses of their original residents knocked down, sometimes on the heads of their residents? the ones that harass and denigrate the Palestinians on a daily basis? the ones that retrench all the waterways so the Palestinians get no water and they get all the water?
Excerpts from Challenging Zionism (linked from Jews against Zionism) (italics were added by me for emphasis):
"There has been much discussion recently about whether the term “apartheid” is an
accurate description of Israel 's practices. Those who agree include Archbishop
Desmond Tutu, Willie Madisha, president of the Congress of South African Trade
Unions, and Jeff Halper of the Israel Committee Against House Demolitions. An
important dissenting voice is veteran anti-Zionist activist Dr Moshé Machover, who
argues that “Zionist policy is far worse than apartheid” and that a far better parallel
is the treatment of Native Americans. Whatever the term used, the reality is that Palestinians, including those who are citizens of Israel , are systematically and
deliberately discriminated against by the state of Israel , often acting at arms length
through the Zionist bodies. This discrimination is a product of – indeed, the very
purpose of – the Zionist project of creating a Jewish state in Palestine .
Zionism is a racist ideology and practice. It has led to the exile and dispossession of
the Palestinian people; it has betrayed the struggle of the Jews against European
racism; and it has colonised the Jewish institutions as effectively as it has colonised
Palestine . There can be no prospect of peace in the Middle East without taking
action to remove the Zionist structure of the state of Israel , and to undo its dire
effects on the peoples of the region."
"...And Jews around the world need to rid themselves of the Zionist incubus, which threatens to replace all that is positive in Jewish culture with a chauvinist loyalty to the government and policies of the state of Israel . Identification of, and unremitting struggle against, Zionism, is key to all of this. It should become a priority for all anti-racists, all anti-imperialists, and all supporters of Palestinian rights, to build a massive campaign against Zionism, and to make the term, and the reality, as unacceptable as apartheid was twenty years ago. In order to do this, we need to understand and fight the Zionist reality, not the myths promoted by Zionists themselves and by too many would-be anti-Zionists. "
Moving on from the symbolic disruption of infrastructure....
(And this was 9 days ago, ancient when you think of the number of Palestinians killed each day) :
"Palestinian officials on Saturday claimed that the Israelis had targeted water wells in different parts of Gaza City, leaving thousands of families without access to clean drinking water. An Oxfam official said going into the weekend that 90 percent of the water in Gaza was already unsafe to drink.
The sewerage system is also a target, with Israeli warplanes targeting sewage treatment stations in West Gaza City early on Saturday. The areas most affected are Shati refugee camp, Tal al-Hawa, Sheikh Ejleen and most Western districts, according to Saed al-Din Atbash, head of water facilities at Gaza Municipality.
Atbash told reporters in Gaza City that Israel is deliberately targeting the wells.
"Warplanes have targeted two wells directly, one near to al-Maqwsi area 9a densely populated area with residential tower blocks) and another in al-Zaytoun, both used by 7,000 inhabitants," he said.
Israeli warplanes have also targeted five water pipelines that supply large numbers of Gazans. With each line providing water to 20,000 inhabitants, as many as 100,000 people could be affected by the attacks. "
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