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http://peacepalestine.blogspot.com/2006/08/israeli-refusnik-interview-our.html


From Information Clearing House

A senior official at the United Nations joined Labour backbenchers in expressing dismay that Mr Blair had refused to back international calls for an immediate ceasefire.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/syria/story/0,,1835542,00.html


From Information Clearing House

Walid Jumblatt, leader of the most powerful clan in Lebanon’s Druze community, said on Tuesday the conflict between Israel and Hizbollah guerrillas had dealt a fatal blow to Lebanese hopes of a strong independent state, free of Iranian and Syrian influence.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14325.htm

The overwhelming emphasis of television and press coverage in the UK was the civilian casualties in Lebanon. Day after day, those were the "splash" stories. The smaller number of civilian casualties from Hizbullah rockets in northern Israel was also covered but rarely made the top headlines or front pages.

http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/julian_borger/2006/08/post_279.html



News on a Platter

Propaganda is part of every war, just like bombs and soldiers. Still, it's remarkable how professionally Israel deals with foreign journalists, catering conscientiously to all their needs. Lunch included.

http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/spiegel/0,1518,429105,00.html


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End game between Israel and Hezbollah

The real trick, in terms of keeping American and British public opinion on side, is to blur the sequence of events that led to the war and present it as a desperate Israeli struggle against an unprovoked onslaught by thousands of terrorist rockets.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14326.htm

'You go a bit crazy when you see little body after little body coming up out of the ground'

Huge numbers of children are being killed, injured or displaced in south Lebanon. Why are so many suffering in this conflict?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1835152,00.html


From Information Clearing House



Cease Fire Now!

This video is dedicated to the children who have lost their lives because the US, UK and Israel have willingly stopped a ceasefire resulting in the deaths of many civilians in Lebanon, Gaza and the West Bank.

- Warning -

This video contains images depicting the reality and horror of war and should only be viewed by a mature audience.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14337.htm

In Aynata, a youth showed journalists to places where bodies remained buried beneath the rubble, with no one able to remove them under fire. Locals left signs to mark where they lay.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14324.htm


From Information Clearing House

The village's dead were shrouded in white cloth and carried to the cemetery in the bucket of a backhoe. The mayor, Hussein Jamaleddin, lost his son, brother and five other relatives. He broke down crying and pulled at the limbs of the dead hanging out of the scoop.

http://tinyurl.com/kd6mg


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