GENOCIDE BLOODY GENO0CIDE

British administration of Palestine ended in 1948. During Britain's colonial rule, it was simply known as Palestine. During British rule, Palestine experienced the ascent of the British mentored Zionists, which caused the competing interests of Arabs and Jews against each other. After the Arab Revolt of 1936–1939 to remove the British, a Civil War ensued in 1947–1948. The consequence of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, led to a 1949 cease-fire agreement, with the partition of Palestine, between the new state of Israel with a Jewish majority, the West Bank was annexed by Jordan and a Palestinian Government set up in the Gaza Strip. Further confusing the issue, was the British Balfour Declaration, promising support for a Jewish "national home" in Palestine.

The Irish Free State, was created on the 6th of December 1922 and was a Dominion of the British Commonwealth, under the Anglo-Irish Treaty, signed by British and Irish representatives, twelve months before. On the day the Irish Free State was established, it comprised the entire island of Ireland but, as expected, northern Ireland removed itself from the new state. The Irish Free State effectively replaced both the self-proclaimed Irish Republic, founded on 21 January 1919, after an overwhelming vote for it's creation, by all of the island's people. However the British mentored the Orange Order, in the north of the island, to create a British junta, they call northern Ireland. Thus two juntas were politically manipulated by the British, to run Ireland from Leinster House in the south, and  Stormont in the north.

Aa any child of history can observe, both Palestine and Ireland are mirror images of each other, and reflect a covert British post colonial policy, which was an extension of their centuries old divide and rule overt colonial policy. Now in the realm of international governance, students of history might argue, such is the way of the world, despite their legacy of immense international bloodshed. However there are two particularly genocidal events, that deserve close attention, because of the sheer scale of the genocide involved, including the Jewish Holocaust by Nazi Germany, which claimed up to six million, Jewish lives, according to many historians. The Nazi war Criminals were put on trial at the International Military Tribunal, which started on November 19, 1945, in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg.The indictments were a)Participation in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of a crime against peace. b) Planning, initiating and waging wars of aggression and other crimes against peace. c)War crimes. d) Crimes against humanity. The judges were predominantly British. Most of the war criminals were hanged. As a result, the Nuremburg Principles, became the basis of International Law, the Jews were awarded 100 million compensation and the process became the foundation, and of the International Criminal Court in the Hague, to adjudicate such crimes.

Strangely, Britain and it's Commonwealth, was one of the few exceptions, who refused to become members. Perhaps their own genocide in Ireland was a factor? Not a very good example to their American and African cousins or it's former colonies in Asia, where they left a trail of bloody war crimes, upon which which the Sun never sets, (see video right column). However there is one genocide, that exceeds all, one Holocaust that exceeds in numbers, even the Jewish Holocaust, and that is the Irish Holocaust of 1845. The preliminary evidence, has already been carefully researched and gathered, by international friends of Ireland and can be found at this site; www.irishholocaust.org  The Palestiians have already made their application to join the ICC. I look forward to all war crimes  in Palestine being prosecuted with justice and proper compensation being made, to all the victims, whoever they may be. This is obviously the civilzed way, to put matters to rest and to prevent further genocide. I demand the same for Ireland and any enabler of war crimes, who would try prevent it. Rulings would then have to be taken, to the International Arbitration Court for restitution in the same way as Jewish restitution, to enable forgiveness. Below is an article, on the Palestinian application. The British Queen, is Commander in Chief of British forces in Ireland, I look forward to seeing her dangling from a rope, in the same way, they enabled Saddam Hussein was hanged. If you care to join me, sign the bloody petition in the righthand column of this page.

Will Netanyahu End Up At The Hague?

The Palestinian application to the ICC has set in motion a series of events with potentially dramatic consequences for both Israel and the Palestinians

By Jonathan CookJanuary 08, 2015 "ICH" - (Al-Araby ) - At the weekend, Fatah posted an image on its Facebook page of Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu next to a hangman’s noose, alongside the words ‘coming soon’ and the scales-of-justice logo of the International Criminal Court in the Hague.This is certainly how many Palestinians would like to view Netanyahu’s fate over the coming months.
Last week, Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, reluctantly signed on to the Rome Statute, paving the way for ICC membership, after he failed to win a vote at the UN Security Council on a resolution to end the occupation by 2017.
The loyalists of Abbas’ Fatah party are likely to be disappointed, however. There are many obstacles to be cleared before anyone in Israel, let alone the prime minister, reaches the dock in the Hague accused of war crimes.
The first test will be whether Abbas’ nerve holds. It will be 60 days before the application to join the ICC takes effect. In the meantime, Israel and the US – neither of which has ratified the Rome Statute – will exert as much pressure on him as possible to change course.
At Sunday’s cabinet meeting, Netanyahu announced that Israel would withhold the monthly tax revenues it collects on behalf of Abbas’ Palestinian Authority (PA) and which it is obligated to pass on.
Given the PA’s precarious finances, that is a blow that will be quickly felt. Abbas dismissed the move, dressing up his diplomatic desperation as cavalier disregard. “Now there are sanctions – that’s fine. There’s an escalation – that’s fine … but we’re pushing forward,” he said.
Israel is threatening to pile on additional punishments this week. Or as a senior foreign ministry official put it: “Israel is about to switch from defense to attack mode.”
Included is a plan to recruit Israel’s powerful lobbies in Washington to ensure the enforcement of legislation requiring the US Congress to halt some $400 million in annual aid to the PA in the event that the Palestinians actually initiate any actions at the Hague to investigate Israelis for war crimes.

Implicating Abbas

Further, Israel is threatening to use its own undoubtedly formidable intelligence-gathering against Abbas and his PA officials, implicating them in war crimes too.
Israel could try to pursue Palestinian officials, including Abbas, through the US courts, which have in the past shown a willingness to back terror-related claims against Palestinians.
In September a New York jury found against the Jordan-based Arab Bank for channelling charitable money into the occupied territories to help poor families, agreeing that this had helped support “terror”.
At the weekly Israeli cabinet meeting, Netanyahu warned: “Those who need to answer before a criminal court are the heads of the Palestinian Authority, who have forged an alliance with the war criminals of Hamas.” One of his officials similarly noted that they had “quite a bit of ammunition” to use against Abbas.
An Israeli analyst, Barak Ravid, suggested that the goal might be to “create a balance of terror”, reviving the Cold War principle of mutually assured destruction: “Each side would bombard the other with complaints until they can no longer breathe.”
One course of action Netanyahu is reported to be loath to pursue on this occasion is a glut of settlement building. This was Israel’s response back in 2012 when the Palestinians won a vote at the UN upgrading their status.
But the diplomatic fall-out then is said to have taught Israel a lesson, and it will not specifically characterise settlement expansion as part of its retaliation.

Persuading the ICC

The next obstacle will be persuading the ICC to investigate Israel. So far the Palestinians have had little success with the ICC, but previous justifications from the court for inaction are no longer valid.
In early 2012, the ICC dropped an investigation into Palestinian claims of war crimes committed during Israel’s attack on Gaza in 2008-09 on the grounds that Palestine was not a recognised state. That changed with the Palestinians’ change of UN status later the same year.
And in November the ICC’s prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, halted an investigation into an Israeli commando operation against the Mavi Marmara aid ship in 2010 that killed nine humanitarian activists. The case had been made possible only because the ship was registered in Comoros, which had signed the Rome Statute.
Bensouda argued that the deaths of the activists were not of “sufficient gravity” to justify the ICC’s intervention.
But now – with a much wider range of examples to choose from as a member of the ICC, including the attack on Gaza last summer that left more than 500 children dead – the Palestinians should be able to find cases that better qualify.
Nevertheless, such investigations, if they take place, will be laborious and time-consuming, especially as Israel will be actively uncooperative, just as it has been in blocking access to Gaza for UN inquiries into war crimes.
In the meantime, the US will be certain to put pressure behind the scenes on the Hague court to reject cases brought by the Palestinians. It can be expected to threaten the finances of the ICC and arm-twist it in other ways, just as it did Security Council members last week to ensure that a Palestinian resolution to end the occupation failed to win the necessary majority.
The politicised nature of the ICC should not be under-estimated. Its cases so far have targeted only African leaders, and ones that are seen as enemies of the US and the west.
International law experts note that it will be extremely difficult for the ICC to press cases against the leaders of a state widely seen in the US and Europe as a western-style democracy.
That might, for example, encourage uncomfortable comparisons between Israel’s behaviour and that of the US and Britain in the Middle East. If Netanyahu or Tzipi Livni are to stand trial, why not Barack Obama or his predecessor, George W Bush? US leaders are just as culpable for their part in Washington’s extra-judicial executions by drones over Yemen and Pakistan or its rendition and torture programmes.

Immunity from prosecution

Nonetheless, Israel has good reason to be worried.
Whether or not cases are ultimately brought against Israelis, the threat of war crimes charges is likely to act as a restraint, creating an atmosphere of doubt, caution and fear on the ground among the Israeli security forces.
That is not something Israel, driven by a military tradition of creating deterrence by terrifying its Arab neighbours into submission, can afford to be complacent about.
As Tel Aviv law professor Aeyal Gross observed, the ICC threat hangs more heavily over Israelis than Palestinians. Palestinian fighters are unlikely to fear an ICC prosecution given that “they are already at risk of assassination by Israel or long prison terms if caught. In contrast, Israelis have enjoyed de facto immunity from prosecution for Israel’s actions.”
Adding to this problem, Israel will have to demonstrate – if it is to be sure of pre-empting an ICC investigation – that it has carried out its own credible investigations and is prepared to prosecute its own soldiers, including commanders, with serious charges.
Until now, even lowly Israeli soldiers have enjoyed almost complete immunity for their actions, and Israel has refused to cooperate with independent investigations.
When Israel announced a handful of criminal inquiries into its attack on Gaza last summer, which left more than 2,000 Palestinians dead, most of them civilians, it washarshly criticised by local human rights NGOs. The two most respected, B’Tselem and Yesh Din, refused to cooperate, arguing that the investigations were a “whitewash”.
Israeli authorities have so far approved 13 investigations into the summer’s events but most relate to minor or isolated incidents, usually committed by junior soldiers. Five of the investigations are into allegations of looting: soldiers stealing money or items from Palestinian homes.

Double-edged sword

That will now need to change, even if only for appearances’ sake.
Similarly, the threats Netanyahu and others Israeli officials have been making against Abbas are a double-edged sword. While Israeli officials have warned that the Palestinian application to join the ICC opens up a “Pandora’s box”, it may be that any damage to Abbas and the PA ultimately rebounds on Israel.
There have long been suggestions that Abbas has been actively conspiring with Israel against Hamas – including rumours that he was closely consulted on Israel’s attack on Gaza in 2008-09. Exposing such collaboration could simply deepen Israel’s troubles.
In any case, weakening the PA – whether by implicating it in war crimes or pulling the plug on its finances – risks its collapse and Israel’s being forced once again to bear the full military and financial costs of the occupation.
That was why the US State Department on Monday expressed its opposition to Israel’s refusal to transfer tax revenues to the Palestinians, saying it threatened “stability” in the region.
The Palestinians joining the Hague court might also serve as a fillip to groups trying to use the principle of universal jurisdiction in their own countries, including several major European ones that have already incorporated such legislation. That would be even more likely were the ICC to appear to be submitting to pressure to avoid prosecuting Israeli officials.
It would leave senior Israelis even more fearful of visiting such states for fear of arrest.
And maybe not least, the Palestinians’ move to the Hague will exhaust yet more US goodwill as it is forced publicly to rescue Israel from the consequences of its own worst military excesses.

Jonathan Cook is a Nazareth- based journalist and winner of the Martha Gellhorn Special Prize for Journalism - See more at: http://www.jonathan-cook.net/2015-01-07/will-netanyahu-end-up-at-the-hague/#sthash.SJ7zt3yr.dpuf

Jonathan Cook is a Nazareth- based journalist and winner of the Martha Gellhorn Special Prize for Journalism http://www.jonathan-cook.net
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IRISH PEACE PROCESS DYING WITHOUT THE TRUTH

The Irish Peace Process of British Secret Service origin, has been dying a slow death now for the last couple of years, since the Tories came to power in both England and Ireland in the form of Fine Gael. It has served its purpose of defeating the IRA, so it's back to business as usual. The principal reason for it's demise, is that from it's inception lacked the Truth & Reconciliation element of what worked with Mandela in South Africa. It was born and crafted in secrecy. Mandela is generally hailed, as the hero of the South African process but it is my humble opinion, that the real hero was Archbishop Desmond Tutu, whose admirers see him, as the man most responsible for the demise of apartheid and who has been active in defence of human rights, not just in his own country, but has also campaigned for the oppressed in the Occupied Territories of Palestine and also campaigned to fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, poverty, racism, sexism, the imprisonment of Chelsea Manning, homophobia and transphobia. Ireland does have similar seasoned campaigners, such as Fr. Raymond Murray, but his Church will never give him the profile of Archbishop, because as a truth teller and a person of integrity, he would be far too dangerous in Ireland and would be regarded as partisan by some.We need a genuine Tutu, Jimmy Carter or their equivalent in Ireland, urgently.

Irish bog bodies, mummified for more than 4,000 years by the elements of Irish bogs, are in a peculiar way also truth tellers, killed and deposited in Irish bogs, as part of a widespread cultural tradition of human sacrifice or execution of their time, they reveal some of the dark secrets of our ancestors. Yesterday another body was uncovered in a Co Meath bog, which has been confirmed as that of one of  the Disappeared, victim Brendan Megraw. Mr Megraw, was abducted by the IRA on April 8 1978, executed and secretly buried. He was a newly-wed of 23, awaiting the birth of his daughter, another Irish victim of the centuries old conflict, he died twenty years before the Belfast Agreement in 1998. His executioners, now participate daily in the same activity of which Mr Megraw was accused. I personally am not in a position to judge the rights and wrongs of all of this, but I can honestly say, that as an activist of almost 40 years, in one form or another, all of this has evolved into into a tragic farce of utter hypocrisy.


Serious human rights activists in Occupied Ireland, factor in assassination as a likely fate, with the original responsibility for most of those murders, being at the door of the British Secret Services, albeit executed by their various agents on both sides of their nurtured sectarian divide. Censorship sometimes fails their nefarious activity, while on other occasions, political internment without trial is employed or failing those, ultimately they resort to assassination. British secret service agents, daily manage drug cartels and pedophile syndicates, as their leverages of political power over all of the island and have been doing so, for a very long time. They have thousands of agents, scattered all over the island, penetrating the injustice system of both states, that includes lawyers, police, judges, politicians, media, banking, paramilitaries, drug cartels and freemasonry of the Orange Order. The evidence is there for all serious researchers. I have witnessed  this first hand from personal experience, which I have no problem making public, in any transparent and public forum of truth and reconciliation.


The tools of control freaks, such as manipulation, lying, violence, etc., are often honed to sophistry, in the homes of pedophiles and abusers, which often enables the power craven, to rise to the top of the British class system, while groomed in the process by their mentors, becoming long term pawns, that are often, inter generational for abuse by the Britain's SS. Ireland has been it's test laboratory. In the course of my recovery from alcoholism, I was fortunate enough to attend many different types of 12 step meetings in the Jellinek Clinic in the Netherlands, where I witnessed the full array of horrors, that are used by British colonialism in Ireland. I learned, that I was as sick as my secrets, and in the process, I learned that it is also true of my country. As a result, I am aware, that without Archbishop Desmond Tutu's element of Truth & Reconciliation, the Irish Peace Process has little if any chance of success. Many of the most horrific crimes committed in Ireland, are unlikely to ever see the light of day, because there are considerable resources of both British & Irish taxpayers, being used to keep all of this secret.


All of the serious power nodes in Ireland, have secrets, that would probably destroy their various privileges. From the Irish Authorities's collaboration in the Dublin & Monaghan bombings, that killed so many of their own citizens, to the extent of how Britain's MI5, used operations like Kincora Boy's Home, along with Nazareth Lodge, to both infiltrate and groom, the highest echelons of the paramilitaries and their subsequent political parties, which enabled their Pseudo Peace Process, to become a key part of their imperial policy in Ireland. Yes the Peace Process advocates, will pay lip service to Truth & Reconciliation but 16 years after the Agreement, their is still little prospect of a transparent one. In fact just recently, MI5 have blocked, once again any transparent inquiry. Secrecy is ingrained into all of Britain's bureaucracy, for them secrecy is power, as it is in their legacy in Ireland and in their client states of Commonwealth. It is rotten from top to bottom, with crimes against humanity both within and without of their own jurisdiction and is copper fastened with the Freemasonry of the Orange Order along with it's Gombeen equivalent in the south.

Commoners as they are called by their Majesty, rely on her old media networks, such as the BBC World Service, stuffed and vetted by MI5 agents and paedophiles, to stay misinformed along, coupled with rampant censorship in both Her own Kingdom and Ireland. Informed citizens from Hong Kong, to the Ukraine, to Occupied Ireland are daily witnesses to their disinformation. I personally was banned again at their behest, from Facebook last night, because of the post below. Truth tellers with any influence in Ireland are censored by assassinations, such as the journalists Veronica Guerin and Martin O'Hagan. Lawyers such as Rosemary Nelson and Pat Finnucane along, with human rights activists too numerous to mention.


Only a people's movement, the length and breath of the island of Ireland, will remove this cancer once and for all in it's entirety. It needs to be replaced with a completely transparent system of Government by the people for the people, who use their head and commonsense, to distinguish between self-serving, leaders of patriarchy and humble servants of the people. Gandhi proved this was possible peacefully, in a subcontinent, much larger than Ireland. Obviously as a result of the censorship of Facebook last night, in closing my account, an important platform has been removed. I can only hope people will read this, research what I write and verify it for themselves, share it, agitate, educate and organize, in a peaceful intelligent way and convince, their respective acquaintances in the paramilitaries, that their is a more intelligent way and that right now their activity is actually counter revolutionary in the present context. As Mairead Farrell, along with her book on Engel's dialectics and her statement affirming, "that our head is our best weapon." So without that platform, I ask you to please try to do your small bit, to make this happen, whatever that might be as Bobby Sands reminded us. You could start by sharing this article if you agree with it's contents. All of our lives, which are all very precious and those of our children depend on you doing it.

Censored Article below;

BBC

Londonderry: Man shot in leg 'by appointment'

Sinn Féin councillor Eric McGinley said he understood the man had been shot in the leg "by appointment" during a so-called punishment attack.


A 42-year-old man has been shot in an overnight gun attack in Londonderry.


Police said they were investigating a "paramilitary-style shooting" which happened in the Ballymagroarty area of the city at about 23:40 GMT.


Provisional Sinn Féin councillor Eric McGinley said he understood the man had been shot in the leg "by appointment" during a so-called punishment attack.


He said: "This is a very worrying development as it's the second shooting in this area in just over a month."


Police said they received a report that a 42-year-old man had been shot in the left leg at Corrib Court by a man described as being approximately 6ft tall, who was wearing a balaclava and dark clothing.


The victim was taken to hospital for treatment to his injury which is not believed to be life-threatening.


In a statement, Mr McGinley added: "It's important to repeat the message that there is no place for guns on the streets of our city.


"The community does not want this and the people behind these actions need to stop."




Which guns McGinley ? British Army? PSNIRA?
Continuity IRA? Flegger RA?, RAAD?, Real IRA?,
Official IRA?, ONH?, UVF?, MI5?, SAS????????????

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-29870232

DIVIDE & RULE OF OCCUPIED TERRITORIES PALESTINE & IRELAND

Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis - Brendan Behan

I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence - Brendan Behan

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Divide and Rule

In politics, divide and rule, derives from the Greek :διαίρει καὶ βασίλευε, diaírei kaì basíleue, describing gaining and maintaining power by breaking up concentrations of power into smaller pieces that individually can be managed and have less power than the the strategist. The strategy breaks up existing power structures and prevents smaller power groups from alliances linking up.

The saying divide et impera or divide ut regnes were utilised by the Roman Emperor Caesar and the French Emperor Napoleon. The example of Gabinius exists, splitting the Jewish nation into five conventions, reported by Flavius Josephus in Book I, 169-170 of The Wars of the Jews or De bello Judaico. This is also how the British conquered Ireland initially and still uses political agents, within the Irish republican leadership, who aside from spying, sow suspicion and division, Strabo also reports in Geography, 8.7.3 that theAchaean League was gradually dissolved under the Roman possession of the whole of Macedonia, owing to them not dealing with several states in the same way, but wishing to preserve some and destroy others.

In modern times, Traiano Boccalini cites "divide et impera" in La bilancia politica, 1,136 and 2,225 as a common principle in politics. The use of this technique is meant to empower the sovereign to control subjects, populations, or factions of different interests, who collectively might be able to oppose his rule. Machiavelli identified a similar application in military strategy, advising in Book VI ,of The Art of War (Dell'arte della guerra), that a Captain, should attempt, with every art, to divide the forces of the enemy, either by making him suspicious of his men in whom he trusted, or by giving him cause, that he has to separate his forces, and because of this, become weaker.

The strategy of division and rule has been attributed to sovereigns ranging from Louis XI to the Habsburgs. Edward Coke denounces it in Chapter I of the Fourth Part of the Institutes, reporting that when it was demanded by the Lords and Commons what might be a principal motive for them to have good success in Parliament, it was answered: "Eritis insuperabiles, si fueritis inseparabiles. Explosum est illud diverbium: Divide, & impera, cum radix & vertex imperii in obedientium consensus rata sunt." You would be insuperable if you were inseparable. This proverb, Divide and Rule, has been rejected, since the root and the summit of authority are confirmed by the consent of the subjects. On the other hand, in a minor variation, Sir Francis Bacon wrote the phrase "separa et impera" in a letter to James Iof 15 February 1615. James Madison made this recommendation in a letter to Thomas Jefferson of 24 October 1787, which summarized the thesis of The Federalist #10:"Divide et impera, the reprobated axiom of tyranny, is under certain (some) qualifications, the only policy, by which a republic can be administered on just principles." In Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch by Immanuel Kant (1795), Appendix one, Divide et imperais the third of three political maxims, the others being Fac et excusa :Act now, and make excuses later and Si fecisti, nega : when you commit a crime, deny it.

Elements of this technique involve:

creating or encouraging divisions among the 

subjects to prevent alliances that could challenge the sovereign

aiding and promoting those who are willing to cooperate with the sovereign

fostering distrust and enmity between local rulers

encouraging meaningless expenditures that reduce the capability for political and military spending

Historically, this strategy was used in many different ways by empires seeking to expand their territories.The Occupied Territories of Palestine and Ireland from the former British Empire know all about that. For those who are paying attention we can draw the same lessons of the problem and of the solution from this, primarily, unity and solidarity, despite the many agents of division inserted.

GAZA : THIS IS THE LAST BATTLE

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Iraq Christians flee with little more than clothes: Iraqi Christians who fled the northern city of Mosul rather than convert to Islam by a deadline imposed by extremist militants said they had to leave most of their belongings behind and gunmen stole much of what they did manage to take along. ‘We’re coming for you, Barack Obama’: Top U.S. official discloses threat from ISIL: High-ranking U.S. officials said Wednesday that not only are Sunni radicals with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant “worse than al Qaeda,” but that the group has a message for the president: “We’re coming for you, Barack Obama.” 24 Palestinians killed in Israeli assault on Gaza Wednesday morning: More than 650 Palestinians -- the vast majority of whom have been civilians, including more than 160 children -- have been killed in the assault so far, while Israel has suffered 29 deaths, 27 of whom have been soldiers. Quds Brigades say fighters killed 3 Israeli soldiers in southern Gaza: The al-Quds Brigades said in a statement that its militants had set up an ambush al-Khuzaa near Khan Younis, killing three soldiers. An Israeli army spokeswoman did not immediately comment on the claim. The moment 'unarmed civilian was shot dead by an Israeli sniper' : Video : Abdellah explained that he and the other ISM volunteers were unable to approach the young man, amid fears they would be targeted too. Palestinians plead for UN action to stop Gaza violence: "On behalf of the Palestinian people, we ask: What is the international community doing to stop this bloodletting, to stop Israel's atrocities?" Riyad Mansour said during a debate on the Gaza crisis. Israel 'Could Be Guilty Of Gaza War Crimes': UN: There is a "strong possibility" Israel is violating international law in Gaza, the UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights has said. 57% of Americans back Israeli attack on Gaza: The CNN poll conducted from Friday to Sunday – just as Israel was launching its ground operation in the conflict, which started July 8 – found that 57 percent of Americans see Israel’s actions as justified, with 12 percent among those respondents saying Israel is not using enough force. An open letter for the people in Gaza: The Lancet: "We are doctors and scientists, who spend our lives developing means to care and protect health and lives. On the basis of our ethics and practice, we are denouncing what we witness in the aggression of Gaza by Israel. Al-Jazeera Gaza offices evacuated after direct hit by Israeli fire: . "Two very precise shots were fired straight into our building," said Stefanie Dekker. "We are high up in the building so we had a very strong vantage point over the area. But we have evacuated." Israeli professor's 'rape as terror deterrent' statement draws ire: 'The only thing that deters a suicide bomber is the knowledge that if he pulls the trigger or blows himself up, his sister will be raped,' says Bar-Ilan University professor. The deafening silence around the Hamas proposal for a 10-year truce: Op-Ed: One could imagine that an agreement on the basis of the Hamas proposal could not only stop the current round of hostilities but also pave the way towards a lasting solution of the conflict. However Israel has shown no interest in considering this proposal The most vile op-ed you will read about Gaza: Op-Ed: I’d like to propose a new rule of thumb for writers: When your op-ed’s first sentence reads “Let’s state the obvious: No one likes to see dead children,” you should step away from the keyboard, take a look in the closest mirror and think long and hard about exactly the argument you’re about to make. Human Rights Group: Over 700 Killed in Deadliest 48-Hour Span of Syrian Civil War: Syria has reportedly seen the deadliest 48-hour period of its three-year civil war. The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says more than 700 people were killed on Thursday and Friday, more than those killed in the chemical attack on Ghouta nearly one year ago. Two Turkish soldiers, 6 Kurdish rebels killed in Syria border clash: Two Turkish soldiers and at least six Kurdish rebels were killed in clashes in southeastern Turkey near the Syrian border, the Turkish military said Tuesday. Syrian insurgents seize 3 towns: Fighters from the Nusra Front, Al Qaeda’s official affiliate in Syria, have seized three strategic towns on the border with Turkey in a major blow to US-backed moderate rebels. Syrian government forces launch offensive in key Damascus suburb: Syrian government forces launched an offensive to recapture the opposition-held district of Jobar, in eastern Damascus, on Tuesday, in an attempt to halt rebel mortar strikes on the capital. 75 ISIL militants 'defect' to Syrian rebel group: At least 75 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants in Syria have laid down their weapons and defected to an umbrella rebel group called ‘Islamic Front’, according to an opposition leader. Yemeni Al-Qaeda Establishing 'Islamic Emirate' "We warn all women that they have to adhere to the Sharia-enforced hijab and [wear gloves] ... men must not enter women's souks unless strictly necessary ... Whoever violates this, will have to bear punishment," according to a statement in the leaflet distributed in the region, reports local daily al-Ayyam. Second bomb in Nigeria's Kaduna kills 50 - Red Cross worker; A second bomb blast in Kaduna killed 50 in the north Nigerian city's crowded Kawo market on Wednesday, a local Red Cross worker on the scene told Reuters by telephone. Somalia MP killed in drive-by shooting: Politician and folk singer Saado Ali Warsame is fourth MP killed in 2014 in attacks pinned on the armed group al-Shabab. Egyptian judge accuses al-Jazeera journalists of being in league with devil: In explanation for jailing of three men, Mohamed Nagy Shehata says devil encouraged them to use journalism against Egypt Kerry, Aides Undergo Metal Detector Screening Before Meeting With Egyptian President: Kerry and his aides were checked with a metal detector. Security personnel reportedly raised a handheld metal-detector wand to Kerry’s suit jacket before waving him through. Kerry’s aides were also subjected to the handheld wand and were told to walk through a metal detector. Rebels 'shoot down two Ukrainian attack jets': "Two Sukhoi Ukrainian fighter jets have been shot down. The fate of the pilots is not known," spokesman Oleksiy Dmytrashkivsky said on Wednesday, adding that the planes were brought down about 25km from the crash site of MH17. Ukraine to Conscript Military Reserves to Fight Separatists in Country's East: Ukraine's parliament approved a presidential decree on Tuesday to call up more military reserves and men under 50 to fight rebels in eastern Ukraine All-out brawl breaks out in Ukrainian parliament over flight MH17 vote : Video - A brawl broke out in Ukraine's parliament as ministers voted to approve a presidential decree to call up more military reserves. Report by Laurie Blake. US says rebels downed MH17 plane 'by mistake': US intelligence officials have said they believe pro-Russian separatists most probably shot down the Malaysia Airlines plane MH17 "by mistake" last week, not realising it was a civilian passenger flight. US: No link to Russian gov't in plane downing: The intelligence officials were cautious in their assessment, noting that while the Russians have been arming separatists in eastern Ukraine, the U.S. had no direct evidence that the missile used to shoot down the passenger jet came from Russia. Sanctions on Russia Hit German Economy Hard: Last Thursday, just a day after the US sanctions were announced, the German-Russian Foreign Trade Office in Moscow was besieged by phone calls from concerned German companies who do business with both the US and Russia. The risks are significant, with large fines threatening those who violate the American sanctions MH17 victims arrive in Netherlands: The first two planes carrying victims of crashed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 arrive in the Netherlands where a day of mourning has been declared. 19 alledged Taliban insurgents killed in separate NATO airstrikes: At least 19 peoples were killed in separate airstrikes carried out by NATO-led coalition forces in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan. Five foreign guards killed in Kabul attack: A Taliban suicide attacker riding a motorbike killed five foreign guards in Kabul yesterday, the latest blast to rock the Afghan capital during an impasse over presidential election results. 13 Alledged Militants Killed in Airstrikes in Pakistan's North Waziristan: At least 13 people were killed Wednesday during air strikes carried out in Pakistan's North Waziristan region. A global guide to the first world war - interactive documentary: Ten historians from 10 countries give a brief history of the first world war through a global lens. Using original news reports, interactive maps and rarely-seen footage. Thom Hartmann: Rich rats hijacked our democracy: Op-Ed: Make no mistake about it; when rich people or corporations put money into politics or politicians, it's an investment, and they're expecting a financial return, whether it be in lower taxes or fewer regulations. Texas governor Rick Perry to deploy 1,000 troops to Mexican border: Perry, who is mulling a second presidential run after his 2012 bid flamed out in a series of public gaffes, spent part of the weekend in Iowa, where he questioned President Barack Obama's commitment to securing the border and said Texas would do so if the federal government did not. Nearly one quarter of US children in poverty: A total of 16.3 million children live in poverty, and 45 percent of children in the US live in households whose incomes fall below 200 percent of the federal poverty line. U.S. Consumer Sentiment Shows Unexpected Deterioration In July: The unexpected decrease by the headline index reflected a deterioration in consumer expectations, as the gauge of consumer expectations fell to 71.1 in July from 73.5 in June. Top judge attacks lethal injection as Arizona fails in death penalty appeal: One of America’s top judges has launched a dramatic attack on the use of medical drugs in executions, stating that the attempt to disguise the brutality of the death penalty by giving condemned prisoners the appearance of serenity in their final moments is “doomed to failure” and that the country should return to the firing squad.