Israel is believed to be using controversial white phosphorus shells to screen its assault on the heavily populated Gaza Strip yesterday. The weapon, used by British and US forces in Iraq, can cause horrific burns but is not illegal if used as a smokescreen ( Read more... )

What did Olmert mean when he stated that WE the people of Gaza weren't the enemy, that it was Hamas and the Islamic Jihad who were being targeted? Was that statement made to infuriate us out of out state of shock, to pacify any feelings of rage and revenge? To mock us?? Were the scores of children on their way home from school and who are now ( Read more... )

I think both sides need to stop all hostilities now, and Palestinians need to be given access to medical care, food, etc.

I DO NOT in any way agree with Hamas's tactics. Nor do I agree with Israel's retaliation tactics or security tactics. I do not grieve more over the Palestinian citizen who dies than I do for the Israeli citizen who dies. ( Read more... )

Anyone else really saddened by what's going on in Israel and the Gaza Strip right now?

A full dance floor in a South Tel Aviv nightclub, replete with its share of drag queens. Ostensibly another Friday night of gay men having a good time. But this is not an ordinary party of this sort. Palestinians and Jews are dancing together, the music is Arabic, several of the drag performances have a political content, and even the time of night ( Read more... )

The US plotted to overthrow the democratically elected Hamas government in the Palestinian territories, documents obtained by Al Jazeera reveal ( Read more... )

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on armed Palestinian groups that are firing rockets at Israel from the Gaza Strip, saying they were responsible for bringing death and destruction to the Palestinians ( Read more... )

Israel seized Palestinian Deputy Prime Minister Naser Al Shair, a top official of the Hamas group, at his home in the occupied West Bank yesterday ( Read more... )

I was looking for numbers yesterday, wanting to say something about how the number of Palestinians Israel has killed is far, *far* greater than the number of Israelis that Palestinians have killed, but I couldn't find a source.

Well, now I have one.3223 Palestinians vs. 950 Israelis. As for civilians only, the website says: "*There are no figures ( Read more... )