white phosphorous
Walzer Wakes Up and Smells the White Phosphorous
In a stunning reversal after years of pro-Israel apologia in the pages of Dissent, the renowned philosopher Michael Walzer, finally declared as unjust the vicious Israeli bombardment of Gaza, in which civilians were essentially confined into an open air prison as Israeli rained death upon them. Walzer famously articulated one of the leading philosophical formulas [...]
Rain of Fire
Click here to view Human Rights Watch’s video on their investigation into the illegal use of white phosphorous over heavily populated civilian areas in Gaza.
Gaza Images: Beit Lahiya UN School
Today, international journalists are finally inside of Gaza, listening to those who are still pulling decomposed bodies from the rubble. Yesterday, CNN played Obama and the party in DC all day. Tomorrow, we will all be watching Obama’s inauguration on the news. We are no longer told the stories of Gaza, such as the story [...]
Live Update from Mohammad’s Family in Gaza
its just past 330 am here, i was woken up by a cold caller from libya. after he hung up i noticed a message from areej, my uncle mohammads wifes: the tanks have reached us, theres smoke in the house, please pray for us. i called her. i could hear explosions just outside, and machine [...]
A Song for Gaza
A song for Gaza, by Michael Heart: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlfhoU66s4Y] I wonder if there are other songs that mentions white phosphorus. Incidentally, there’s a band called White Phosphorous, but they kind of suck. (tarboush tip: the moroccan in washington, d.c.)
Human Rights Watch to Israel: Stop Using White Phosphorous
Human Rights Watch today called on Israel to stop using white phosphorous munitions in Gaza. (Jerusalem) – Israel should stop using white phosphorus in military operations in densely populated areas of Gaza, Human Rights Watch said today. On January 9 and 10, 2009, Human Rights Watch researchers in Israel observed multiple air-bursts of artillery-fired white [...]
Israel’s War on Humanitarians in Gaza
Gaza is dying as we watch. When rescue workers from the Red Cross and the Palestinian Red Crescent arrived at the site, they found 12 corpses lying on mattresses in one home, along with four young children lying next to their dead mothers, the Red Cross said. The children were too weak to stand and [...]
Rachel Maddow: When Will Journalists Be Allowed Into Gaza?
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White Phosphorous: Israel Uses Chemical Weapons
What did Saddam Hussein use in his Halabja poison gas attack, along with other chemical weapons? White phosphorous. The US used this very same chemical weapon in the attack on Falluja in 2004. White phosphorous. The marines called their concoction ‘shake and bake’ as they used the chemical mixed with explosives against Iraqis in Falluja. [...]
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