Tuesday July 14, 2009, 11:02 pm

Looks like we have a troll here folks going by the name "Bavid D." let him spout all his faux news garbage all he wants, the truth is the truth and anyone willing to open their eyes knows what Israel is guilty of and all the propaganda and lies in the world can't cover it up.

Tuesday July 14, 2009, 11:25 pm

Not sure if these links will work, but if they don't you can find them at the bottom of the Yahoo News item that you go to when you click on "visit site"

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Wednesday July 15, 2009, 1:00 am
Johnathan, Bavid D.?...A troll is a troll and deserves nothing more than ignoring, and NOT feeding...

But the truth goes a long way to shutting down this stupidity called war?...Thanks for posting NSSTT!...It's a shame that this kind of news does not appear on the front page of our censored newspapers, but so be it...

JERUSALEM — Israeli combat soldiers have acknowledged that they forced Palestinian civilians to serve as human shields, needlessly killed unarmed Gazans and improperly used white phosphorus shells to burn down buildings as part of Israel's three-week military offensive in the Gaza Strip last winter.

In filmed testimony and written statements released Wednesday, more than two dozen soldiers told an Israeli army veterans' group that military commanders led the fighters into what one described as a "moral Twilight Zone" where almost every Palestinian was seen as a threat.

Soldiers described incidents in which Israeli forces killed an unarmed Palestinian carrying a white cloth, an elderly woman carrying a sack, a Gazan riding a motorcycle, and an elderly man with a flashlight, said Breaking the Silence, a group formed by army reservists in 2004.

Any Palestinian spotted near Israeli troops was considered suspect. A man talking on a cell phone on the roof of his building was viewed as a legitimate target because he could've been telling militants where to find Israeli forces, the group quoted soldiers as saying.

"In urban warfare, everyone is your enemy," said one soldier. "No innocents."

The 110-pages of testimony — along with 16 video clips — of interviews with 26 unnamed Israeli soldiers offers the most comprehensive look inside a military campaign that's become the subject of an unfolding United Nations war crimes investigation.

The Israel Defense Forces dismissed the report...

I wonder why, don't you?

Wednesday July 15, 2009, 5:36 am
The IDF Spokesman said in response to the report that it was regretful that a human rights organization such as Breaking the Silence had again issued a report that contained anonymous testimonies without checking their veracity and without allowing the IDF, with minimal decency, the opportunity to review the findings prior to publication.

The army called on the organization to encourage the soldiers who had provided the alleged testimonies to submit specific complaints to the IDF so the matter could be dealt with in depth and properly investigated, as opposed to "hiding" behind anonymous testimony.

In its statement, the IDF noted that it had "launched Operation Cast Lead after eight years of incessant rocket attacks against southern Israel. The IDF operation caused severe damage to the Hamas terror organization and restored normal life to Gaza belt communities."

According to preliminary findings by the Judge Advocate-General's Office, the army said that similar to the testimonies published by the Rabin Academy several months ago, the allegations raised in the Breaking the Silence report were based on hearsay and anonymous testimonies that lacked identifying details such as rank, the first letter of the name, the name of the unit, the place and the date.

"The organization's decision to collect testimonies this way creates a feeling that the organization is not genuinely interested in a thorough investigation of its claims, like the one the IDF is committed to," the statement said. "To our regret, this is not the first time that this organization has chosen this method."

The army said it was committed to investigating every complaint based on information that allows a thorough probe. The military said it expected every soldier or commander who suspected they had witnessed a violation of military code to pass on the information to the relevant authorities.

The Breaking the Silence report is the latest in a number of reports that have been severely critical of Israel's three-week operation against Hamas earlier this year. Last month, in the span of a week, Human Rights Watch, the International Red Cross and Amnesty International released reports accusing Israel of perpetrating war crimes against the Palestinians.

In response to those reports, the IDF said soldiers had done their utmost to minimize harm to innocent civilians.

"During Cast Lead, the IDF used technologies, combat methods and advanced platforms all intended to minimize the risk to the civilian population," the military said at the time.

The IDF said that in many cases, before entering an area in Gaza, it had dropped millions of flyers, made personal phone calls to homes of Palestinians and broken into the radio waves to warn civilians of the impending operation.

"The IDF aimed all of its operations against military targets and refrained from deliberately attacking civilians who were not involved in the fighting, while putting its own soldiers at risk," the statement said.

Wednesday July 15, 2009, 6:16 am
saw this on facebook, already film footage i ahve posted of IDF using palestinians including lots of children as human sheilds. others have come forward as well, this in msm now, bout time

sascho/joscho/alex/roger/dan/josh/johnathan, u use a different name very few days since the gaza massacre. care2 says to alert them & fllag the profile (flag at bottom of profile, if he hides it, can still get PID by clicing on his frog - and the comments as fast as he makes them.

Wednesday July 15, 2009, 11:21 am
One more confirmation in a long, long list of reports of Israeli abuse, inhume treatment, discrimination, murder, human rights abuses, etc, etc, of Palestinians. In the end the behavior is what counts not the words. The behavior of settlements, attacks, etc, clearly shows Israel wants the Palestinian territory or most of it. period.

Wednesday July 15, 2009, 11:29 am

Watch the movie "Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land"

Wednesday July 15, 2009, 2:56 pm

Israeli Advertisement Banned in UK
Britain's Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement showing the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Golan Heights as part of Israel. The
advertising watchdog decided to remove the posters --promoting tourism in Israel --after receiving complaints

Wednesday July 15, 2009, 3:08 pm
Rodger, don't forget that Palestinians are master of lies and misinformation.

I follow the rule Innocent until proven guilty - and so many of Arab accusations were simplies lies or distortions. Wait for the results first.

Wednesday July 15, 2009, 7:17 pm

To the comment left by Sweet M...

Israel HAS been proven guilt countless times, international human rights organizations and even the UN have stated they are guilty, they are protected by the US and people like you.

Do you actually think the UN knowing full well that the US supports anything Israel does would say something leading to statements like this:

Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann said that the international community should engage in a 'boycott, divestment and sanctions' campaign against Israel, similar to those enacted against South Africa two decades ago."

Israel has engaged in a military occupation of the Palestinian territories since 1967, with an increase in military presence since the year 2000.

The people of Palestine continue to live under martial law, with no control of their land, sea or water. In his remarks, d'Escoto said that Israeli policies in the Occupied Palestinian Territories appear similar to the apartheid of an earlier era, a continent away.

He said that the United Nations should not be afraid to use the term apartheid to describe what is happening in occupied Palestine.

Former US President Jimmy Carter came under fire for using the term 'apartheid' in reference to the Israel-Palestine conflict. He was even prevented from speaking at the Democratic National Convention this year because of his position on the issue.

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Look at all the resolutions against Israel, do you think they would do that against US wishes if they had no proof?

A list of UN Resolutions against "Israel (and note this is a list only through 1992)

* 1955-1992:
* * Resolution 106: " . . . 'condemns' Israel for Gaza raid".
* * Resolution 111: " . . . 'condemns' Israel for raid on Syria that killed fifty-six people".
* * Resolution 127: " . . . 'recommends' Israel suspends it's 'no-man's zone' in Jerusalem".
* * Resolution 162: " . . . 'urges' Israel to comply with UN decisions".
* * Resolution 171: " . . . determines flagrant violations' by Israel in its attack on Syria".
* * Resolution 228: " . . . 'censures' Israel for its attack on Samu in the West Bank, then under Jordanian control".
* * Resolution 237: " . . . 'urges' Israel to allow return of new 1967 Palestinian refugees".
* * Resolution 248: " . . . 'condemns' Israel for its massive attack on Karameh in Jordan".
* * Resolution 250: " . . . 'calls' on Israel to refrain from holding military parade in Jerusalem".
* * Resolution 251: " . . . 'deeply deplores' Israeli military parade in Jerusalem in defiance of Resolution 250".
* * Resolution 252: " . . . 'declares invalid' Israel's acts to unify Jerusalem as Jewish capital".
* * Resolution 256: " . . . 'condemns' Israeli raids on Jordan as 'flagrant violation".
* * Resolution 259: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's refusal to accept UN mission to probe occupation".
* * Resolution 262: " . . . 'condemns' Israel for attack on Beirut airport".
* * Resolution 265: " . . . 'condemns' Israel for air attacks for Salt in Jordan".
* * Resolution 267: " . . . 'censures' Israel for administrative acts to change the status of Jerusalem".
* *Resolution 270: " . . . 'condemns' Israel for air attacks on villages in southern Lebanon".
* * Resolution 271: " . . . 'condemns' Israel's failure to obey UN resolutions on Jerusalem".
* * Resolution 279: " . . . 'demands' withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon".
* * Resolution 280: " . . . 'condemns' Israeli's attacks against Lebanon".
* * Resolution 285: " . . . 'demands' immediate Israeli withdrawal form Lebanon".
* * Resolution 298: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's changing of the status of Jerusalem".
* * Resolution 313: " . . . 'demands' that Israel stop attacks against Lebanon".
* * Resolution 316: " . . . 'condemns' Israel for repeated attacks on Lebanon".
* * Resolution 317: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's refusal to release Arabs abducted in Lebanon".
* * Resolution 332: " . . . 'condemns' Israel's repeated attacks against Lebanon".
* * Resolution 337: " . . . 'condemns' Israel for violating Lebanon's sovereignty".
* * Resolution 347: " . . . 'condemns' Israeli attacks on Lebanon".
* * Resolution 425: " . . . 'calls' on Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanon".
* * Resolution 427: " . . . 'calls' on Israel to complete its withdrawal from Lebanon.
* * Resolution 444: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's lack of cooperation with UN peacekeeping forces".
* * Resolution 446: " . . . 'determines' that Israeli settlements are a 'serious
* obstruction' to peace and calls on Israel to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention".
* * Resolution 450: " . . . 'calls' on Israel to stop attacking Lebanon".
* * Resolution 452: " . . . 'calls' on Israel to cease building settlements in occupied territories".
* * Resolution 465: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's settlements and asks all member
* states not to assist Israel's settlements program".
* * Resolution 467: " . . . 'strongly deplores' Israel's military intervention in Lebanon".
* * Resolution 468: " . . . 'calls' on Israel to rescind illegal expulsions of
* two Palestinian mayors and a judge and to facilitate their return".
* * Resolution 469: " . . . 'strongly deplores' Israel's failure to observe the
* council's order not to deport Palestinians".
* * Resolution 471: " . . . 'expresses deep concern' at Israel's failure to abide
* by the Fourth Geneva Convention".
* * Resolution 476: " . . . 'reiterates' that Israel's claim to Jerusalem are 'null and void'".
* * Resolution 478: " . . . 'censures (Israel) in the strongest terms' for its
* claim to Jerusalem in its 'Basic Law'".
* * Resolution 484: " . . . 'declares it imperative' that Israel re-admit two deported
* Palestinian mayors".
* * Resolution 487: " . . . 'strongly condemns' Israel for its attack on Iraq's
* nuclear facility".
* * Resolution 497: " . . . 'decides' that Israel's annexation of Syria's Golan
* Heights is 'null and void' and demands that Israel rescinds its decision forthwith".
* * Resolution 498: " . . . 'calls' on Israel to withdraw from Lebanon".
* * Resolution 501: " . . . 'calls' on Israel to stop attacks against Lebanon and withdraw its troops".
* * Resolution 509: " . . . 'demands' that Israel withdraw its forces forthwith and unconditionally from Lebanon".
* * Resolution 515: " . . . 'demands' that Israel lift its siege of Beirut and
* allow food supplies to be brought in".
* * Resolution 517: " . . . 'censures' Israel for failing to obey UN resolutions
* and demands that Israel withdraw its forces from Lebanon".
* * Resolution 518: " . . . 'demands' that Israel cooperate fully with UN forces in Lebanon".
* * Resolution 520: " . . . 'condemns' Israel's attack into West Beirut".
* * Resolution 573: " . . . 'condemns' Israel 'vigorously' for bombing Tunisia
* in attack on PLO headquarters.
* * Resolution 587: " . . . 'takes note' of previous calls on Israel to withdraw
* its forces from Lebanon and urges all parties to withdraw".
* * Resolution 592: " . . . 'strongly deplores' the killing of Palestinian students
* at Bir Zeit University by Israeli troops".
* * Resolution 605: " . . . 'strongly deplores' Israel's policies and practices
* denying the human rights of Palestinians.
* * Resolution 607: " . . . 'calls' on Israel not to deport Palestinians and strongly
* requests it to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention.
* * Resolution 608: " . . . 'deeply regrets' that Israel has defied the United Nations and deported Palestinian civilians".
* * Resolution 636: " . . . 'deeply regrets' Israeli deportation of Palestinian civilians.
* * Resolution 641: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's continuing deportation of Palestinians.
* * Resolution 672: " . . . 'condemns' Israel for violence against Palestinians
* at the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount.
* * Resolution 673: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's refusal to cooperate with the United
* Nations.
* * Resolution 681: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's resumption of the deportation of
* Palestinians.
* * Resolution 694: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's deportation of Palestinians and
* calls on it to ensure their safe and immediate return.
* * Resolution 726: " . . . 'strongly condemns' Israel's deportation of Palestinians.
* * Resolution 799: ". . . 'strongly condemns' Israel's deportation of 413 Palestinians
* and calls for their immediate return.

Thursday July 16, 2009, 12:09 am
End the Israeli siege and occupation of Palestine!!!

Thursday July 16, 2009, 2:33 am
I saw this and was hoping someone would post it. Love the typical lame answers by the IDF Nazis! They have more excuses then Hitler did! The IDF does not like any group that dare tells the truth or opposes them! I fear for the lives of the Breaking the Silence soldiers. I am glad some of the Jews in Israel are standing up and speaking the truth! That is a good start!

Thursday July 16, 2009, 5:21 am
Marty, you don't need to have worries about "the lives of the Breaking the Silence soldiers":

First, it can be just another lie from Hamas propagandists occupying this site - and they are masters of lies. Like you know, all those "Massacres in Jenin" - Never materialized Arafat lie, "Mohammed Durah" - killed by Palestinians themselves. Dont jump to conclusions, you can be played by them.

And second, if there was a crime - there will be a court and punishment. Israeli Army does not behave as
Islamo-Fascists they have to deal with. Last time similart testimonies happen to be proven be baseless.

Thursday July 16, 2009, 5:25 am
NetSilent, UN until recently was openly biased against Israel - tens of Arab and Islamic countries will support anything anti-Israel, and their HUGE OIL $$$ surely promotes their cause.

So many biased resolutions passed by UN in the past are shame for the UN.

Thursday July 16, 2009, 6:31 am
Brilliant article Not silent thank you. Openly biased sweet; yip - if someone acts in a criminal way, courts and opinions will be biased. What are you asking Sweet m that Israel can act as it wishes and everybody will still like them ?

Thursday July 16, 2009, 8:11 am
It appears that Israeli soldiers are waking up to the fact that they have been living the chosen people syndrome long enough and now are getting a conscience and abhorring what they are forced to do under the security lie. The world is waking up and the light of Love is growing. lets keep the light shining bright.

Thursday July 16, 2009, 12:06 pm
Stories you'd rather not hear

The lead is cast

Thursday July 16, 2009, 9:50 pm
Thanks for the terrific post, Not Silent! Noted, and very much appreciated. Great job!

Monday July 27, 2009, 6:23 am

Israel pushing more for war on Iran:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-07-27-israel-iran-gates_N.htm?csp=34