Tag: Gaza

  • B’Tselem: Israeli Soldiers use civilians as Human Shields

    report from B’Tselem, 20th July 2006 B’Tselem’s initial investigation indicates that, during an incursion by Israeli forces into Beit Hanun, in the northern Gaza Strip, on 17 July 2006, soldiers seized control of two buildings in the town and used residents as human shield. After seizing control of the buildings, the soldiers held six residents,…

  • When Killings Don’t Count: A Week of Israeli Restraint

    By Tanya Reinhart In Israeli discourse, Israel is always the side exercising restraint in its conflict with the Palestinians. This was true again for the events of the past week: As the Qassam rockets were falling on the Southern Israeli town of Sderot, it was “leaked” that the Israeli Minister of Defense had directed the…

  • To Israel: “You just want us all to die, and no one in the world seems to care”

    A story from Maghazi Refugee Camp, central Gaza by: Rami Almeghari It was just after 1am when the Israeli jeeps and tanks, backed by war planes, invaded Maghazi, telling the story of Palestinian refugees anew. It is a story that not only pacifica radio, but all of us who live in Maghazi, know already, having…