en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/527738 Comments by Keltrava http://news.antiwar.com/2014/08/22/israel-vows-escalation-of-gaza-war-after-child-killed-in-shelling/#IDComment868040027 I have serious doubts that the Israeli child death is genuine. Having followed conflicts between Israel and Hamas for fifteen years the standard Israeli method of raising internal support and international sympathy is the "rocket onto kindergarten routine". Each conflict always has the same script being played out and as far as the previous cases I know they were mostly false. Even very pro Israeli's comment on the unlikely chances of so many kindergarten attacks always when the schools are deserted. Now I don't know if the four year old child death is real or not but based on previous events i give the occurrence a 50% chance of being genuine. Sat, 23 Aug 2014 16:54:28 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/2014/08/22/israel-vows-escalation-of-gaza-war-after-child-killed-in-shelling/#IDComment868040027 http://news.antiwar.com/2014/08/03/us-un-outraged-as-israel-strikes-another-gaza-school/#IDComment861098774 Clearly the IDF & IAF are trying to drive out UN and assorted agencies from Gaza so that under the guise of humanitarian aid they can offer the same services to the Palestinians. This would enable them to round up anyone associated in any way with Hamas and exert total control over the area. The Israeli's have spent billions with USA assistance planning for this day with an agenda which is still not clear. One doesn't bomb UN shelters multiple times because of mistakes. If so then how many other mistakes are there? There must come a time when UN must weigh up the risks to its staff. Ban Ki Moon on the other hand is doing nothing to actually protect UN workers. Mon, 4 Aug 2014 01:27:02 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/2014/08/03/us-un-outraged-as-israel-strikes-another-gaza-school/#IDComment861098774 http://news.antiwar.com/2014/08/02/israel-confirms-kidnapped-soldier-is-dead/#IDComment860832656 Why did Ban Ki Moon and Obama come out with their strongest statements yet on the conflict condemning the capture of the soldier . This without any proof or verified evidence. Their statements helped provoke Israeli commanders in the field to wanton killing and destruction in Raffah. Not only is collective punishment a crime but Palestinians in order to protect themselves are fully entitled to take prisoners. Why do valiant dedicated UN staff put up with the worst ever UN chief. He has done nothing of note but has enabled numerous conflicts to expand. His statements seldom show any support for UN ground personnel but if a minor idiot somewhere is accused of anti semitism he is in there like shot with his worthless advice. Sun, 3 Aug 2014 01:08:06 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/2014/08/02/israel-confirms-kidnapped-soldier-is-dead/#IDComment860832656 http://news.antiwar.com/2014/07/25/un-israel-never-informed-us-of-plans-to-attack-gaza-school/#IDComment858409399 I read that planning for this invasion by Israel has been going on for three years with an expenditure greater than $1.2 billion. Furthermore the other war is Israel's massive incursion into media manipulation and political interference of many countries. A vast amount of illegally obtained data such as private emails is stored in Israel. This is a country with a worldwide network of out of control agents. Each country has to examine their links to Israel with pressure from its citizens. Hundreds of people, scores of families buried alive in the rubble of their own house is a sight I never thought possible. Bush was a saint compared to Obama. A worldwide pressure movement has to begin to get Israel to recompense the Palestinians for stolen land, lost lives and destroyed infrastructure. Sun, 27 Jul 2014 03:18:55 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/2014/07/25/un-israel-never-informed-us-of-plans-to-attack-gaza-school/#IDComment858409399 http://news.antiwar.com/2014/07/25/un-israel-never-informed-us-of-plans-to-attack-gaza-school/#IDComment858085831 This is getting grotesquely absurd. Why should the UN give any coordinates enabling mistakes and misunderstandings to occur. By cooperating it would seem the UN is sanctioning these crimes. The world has to come out of its propagandized induced coma. What Israel is doing is the greatest crime of our time. The reason being 1. They were given full warning in the Goldstone Report these actions are war crimes. 2. The day before the UN Human Rights Commission came out clearly warning of war crimes being committed by Israel. Instead Netanyahu in front respected world leaders such as the British Foreign Minister launched into a diatribe ridiculing the UN body and along with it the vast majority of the worlds law abiding populace. It has gone far enough. The world has to rise up against the network of blind and complicit leaders allowing crimes just as bad as the holocaust to occur in front of their very eyes. The same blindness many leaders were accused of prior to WW2. Sat, 26 Jul 2014 05:28:09 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/2014/07/25/un-israel-never-informed-us-of-plans-to-attack-gaza-school/#IDComment858085831 http://news.antiwar.com/2014/07/24/un-chief-slams-israeli-attacks-on-gaza-at-least-805-palestinians-killed/#IDComment857685916 Rogue elements within the IDF have a golden opportunity to create a false flag operation. The IDF has seized substantial Hamas armaments. Therefore using these armaments and firing into a UN school full of children then waiting for proof that the shells were not IDF shells would be a massive publicity boost for Israels bombing of Gaza. Not saying the IDF would do it but there are rogue elements in Israel's war machine just as within Palestine. Fri, 25 Jul 2014 04:23:44 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/2014/07/24/un-chief-slams-israeli-attacks-on-gaza-at-least-805-palestinians-killed/#IDComment857685916 http://news.antiwar.com/2014/07/24/israel-shells-un-school-in-gaza-killing-16-civilians-wounding-hundreds/#IDComment857653100 UN PR and speechwriters assigned to Ban Ki Moon perhaps unbeknown to him are extremely and deviously pro Israel. Whenever Israel needs condemning Hamas is inserted into the statement to nullify any criticism of Israel. This pattern has been happening for several years. Even in this incident it's the incident that Ban Ki Moon objects to and not Israel. Only Hamas is mentioned in the dispatch leaving the impression to the uninformed that Hamas is responsible for the atrocity. Fri, 25 Jul 2014 02:19:48 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/2014/07/24/israel-shells-un-school-in-gaza-killing-16-civilians-wounding-hundreds/#IDComment857653100 http://news.antiwar.com/2014/07/21/un-presses-gaza-ceasefire-but-no-sign-anyone-is-listening/#IDComment856675020 Just watched Ban Ki Moon's press conference with Netanhayu. Have never seen a more pathetic figure than Moon. He just agreed with Netanyahu's absurd statements without giving any proof. In any organisation the Chief speaks for that organisation. Ban Ki Moon made no reference to the valiant brave UN staff operating in Gaza. It was just the same boring and absurd line "Israel has a right to defend itself". Perhaps one should remember that Ban Ki Moon's speech writer is a Zionist. I honestly don't think half the time Ban Ki Moon actually knew what he was reading out. Tue, 22 Jul 2014 14:50:52 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/2014/07/21/un-presses-gaza-ceasefire-but-no-sign-anyone-is-listening/#IDComment856675020 http://original.antiwar.com/giraldi/2009/05/04/ignore-aipac-at-americas-peril/#IDComment20730480 The logic is right on the money. Similarly Obama now finds himself also in a compromised position. Clearly prior to Israels last bombing of Gaza the incoming administration gave an assurance to Israel it would not raise objections until in office. This may not have been directly from Obama but through Rahm Emanuel. It is extremely embarrassing for Obama to have the blood of over 1000 civillans on his hand. Something Israel will expoit to the fullest. Tue, 5 May 2009 07:46:51 +0000 http://original.antiwar.com/giraldi/2009/05/04/ignore-aipac-at-americas-peril/#IDComment20730480