Over 190 Killed as Israel Destroys Police Stations Across the Gaza Strip

This came from my Green Party Email Group. My prayers are with the people over there. I am both mad and sad. Israel didn’t have to do this. Why?

We condemn one side but not the other. I think that President Carter is right and that we need to stand up to Israel and tell them they are wrong. What they are doing in Gaza strip is no different than what Hitler did to them. They were put into getto’s and that is what they have been doing to the people in Gaza not allowing food and medical supplies to come in.

I had posted on my journal blog about the suffering and the human rights violations that the people in Gaza were going through.

I think part of the problem is that some Americans are afraid to say anything bad about Israel the country and their policies is because they confuse Israel the Nation with the Jewish Faith. I think they are afraid to say the truth to Israel because they feel like they will be accused of being anti-Jewish when they are not. I seperate the nation of Israel from the Jewish faith and the Jewish people.

I hope President Elect Obama will be more fair and when Israel does something wrong will be like President Carter and have the courage to tell the truth.

Over 190 Killed as Israel Destroys Police Stations Across the Gaza Strip

Anti-War.com
http://news.antiwar.com/2008/12/27/o…he-gaza-strip/
December 27, 2008

Just hours after Israeli President Shimon Peres insisted his nation had no plans to ignite a war in the Gaza Strip and urged Arab nations to appoint “peace envoys” for the crisis, the Israeli military launched an unprecedented attack on the Gaza Strip.http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1050373.html

The attack, dubbed “Operation Cast Lead” by the Israeli military after a Hanukkah poem, targeted police stations across the strip, killing Hamas security officials (reportedly including police chief Major-General Tawfik Jaber) and nearby civilians. The toll at present count was 195 killed and 270 wounded, according to a Hamas spokesman.
The attacks are expected to continue, with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak vowing “the operation will last as long as necessary” and promising to widen the campaign from its already enormous scale. Barak labeled the police stations hit “terrorism infrastructure” and claimed that over 150 of those killed were Hamas militants.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satelli…cle%2FShowFull

Hamas remained defiant after the killings, insisting “all options are open” for retaliation against Israel. Palestinian protesters staged demonstrations against the attacks in the West Bank, while Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called for “this aggression to stop immediately.” There are also reports of protests from Arabs inside Israel. Hamas fired at least 25 rockets in retaliation for the attacks, killing one Israeli civilian and wounding four others. http://wire.antiwar.com/2008/12/27/i…za-155-dead-2/

President Hosni Mubarak also hit out at the “Israeli military aggression.” In response to the massive casualties in a strip virtually bereft of medicine after months of lockdown, the Egyptian government has opened the Rafah border crossing to allow the wounded in for medical treatment.
http://wire.antiwar.com/2008/12/27/s…ould-escalate/

The United States condemned Hamas in the wake of the attacks, but declined to criticize the Israeli strikes. They did, however, encourage Israel to avoid civilian casualties, a difficult matter in the densely populated strip. Israel has said they will mount an “emergency international public relations campaign” to gain international support for the attack. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1050402.html