UN Human Rights Council Gaza Debate Tues Sept 29-09 *UK/US 'Dismissing' Findings*

[no caste]

This 'second' Iranian uranium enrichment facility news is conveniently timed, seems to blow focus off Gaza. Kissinger's wiki bio back to the Holocaust, Iran PM disputing Holocaust #'s, here we go again. Anyway, this is about January 2009.

From Amnesty International -

Alarmingly, we understand that the UK Government (a member of the council) is not planning to support key recommendations, which Amnesty believe offer the best chance of ensuring justice and accountability, as a well as a deterrent to future conflicts. Instead, they appear to be taking a lead from the US Government in dismissing the findings.

During the 22-day conflict from 27 December 2008 to 18 January 2009, some 1,400 Palestinians and nine Israelis were killed. Most of the Palestinians killed by Israeli forces were unarmed civilians, including some 300 children. Indiscriminate Palestinian rocket attacks killed three Israeli civilians and six soldiers.

There can be no long-term peace and security in the Middle East without an end to impunity - please email David Miliband today and urge him to support the Goldstone Report.
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions_de...p?ActionID=631

Goldstone Report (pdf575pp)
http://backspin.typepad.com/backspin...ts-online.html

Jul 27, 2009 0:06 | Updated Jul 27, 2009 0:09
Israel prepares for Goldstone report
More than a month before Judge Richard Goldstone is expected to present the findings of his UN Human Rights Council mission investigating alleged Israeli war crimes during Operation Cast Lead, Israel - taking a more proactive stance toward the super-critical reports of various NGOs and international bodies - has set up an interministerial committee to deal with the findings in detail, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satelli...cle%2FShowFull

PM to Concentrate on Iranian Nuclear Threat
Sep 24, 2009 19:54 | Updated Sep 25, 2009 21:27
Netanyahu rips UN for Ahmadinejad 'disgrace'
Netanyahu opened his General Assembly address - which dealt more with Ahmadinejad and the UN Human Rights Council's Goldstone Report accusing Israel of war crimes than with the diplomatic process with the Palestinians - by saying that the UN had been "founded after the carnage of World War II precisely to prevent a recurrence of such events."
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satelli...cle%2FShowFull

Iran's second uranium enrichment facility 'changes every equation'
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0925/p99s01-duts.html

Red Cross Red Crescent - Field Operations (Palestine), News
http://www.ifrc.org/where/country/cn6.asp?countryid=205


Red Cross says Israel broke law in Gaza
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND Jan 08 2009 17:35
http://www.mg.co.za/article/2009-01-...ke-law-in-gaza

Gaza doctors struggle to treat deadly burns consistent with white phosphorus
Dozens dying after Israeli attacks from injuries 'unlike any seen before' that medics say should not be fatal
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009...sphorus-israel

[no caste]

Ahead of Gaza debate, US officials say membership of UN rights body is an ‘experiment’
GENEVA — The United States hopes to use the U.N. Human Rights Council to engage other countries in a dialogue on universal values, senior U.S. State Department officials said Monday.
http://blog.taragana.com/n/ahead-of-...riment-180802/

EXOTIC WEAPONS
TIME WARP CAPABILITY
WEATHER WEAPONS
MIND CONTROL
SEXUAL SLAVERY
DEPLETED URANIUM
CIVILIANS IN WAR
UNDERGROUND BASE INFRASTRUCTURE
CROSS SPECIES HYBRIDIZATION - MILITARY
SPACE AND WEAPONS TREATIES THAT WORK
TECHNOLOGY SHARING
'INTELLIGENCE' SERVICES UNDERMINING DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES
AMNESTY FOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHO WANT TO TALK WHO ARE VICTIMS OF BRIBERY, COERCION - *FOR TESTIMONIES ONLY* - CORPORATE NAMES REQUIRED
CORPORATE MOVES TO PRIVATIZE WORLD WATER
FLUORIDE IN WATER SUPPLIES
HUMAN BREEDING/CLONING ISSUES
WHITE PHOSPHORUS

[mntruthseeker]

my feelings is that this is a very positive step in the US direction. It gives me real hope.

Thank you for sharing this

[no caste]

Updates - 6mo. delay lots of time to get the facts on the table - like this kind of thing

THE BLOCKADE

Originally Posted by Steve_G View Post 01-04-2009, 04:11 PM
It is true that Hamas has been firing rockets into Israel- I think 3 Isreali's have died in those attacks. It's also true that it was the Palestinians who refused to sign a new cease-fire agreement when the old one expired. What isn't being reported in the western media is why.

As I understand it (and I'm open to correction here) the Israeli's had Gaza under seige, pretty much in the traditional sense of the word. Nothing gets in or out. That includes food, medical supplies and all the other things that people need to live. They allowed a trickle of the aid that's been sent to get in but that's all, keeping the Palestinians on the brink of starvation and prone to disease, and also denying them the medicines they needed to fight the effects of the deprivation.

So Hamas had a choice- either watch their people die slowly through starvation and illness or fight back militarily in their severely limited way and invite the Israeli response we see now. In a nutshell, die slow or die fast.

It isn't the first time the media have manipulated our perception of events surrounding the Gaza situation. I remember not long ago when Hamas launched "unprovoked" rocket attacks on Isreal, with very similar consequences. The media were all over it of course, condemning the Palestinian "Terrorists" for their assault.

What they neglected to mention was that in the preceding couple of weeks Israeli warships had been shelling Palestinian beaches full of civilians, killing some and injuring many more. Somehow that little detail never made it into the western media either.

Same ****, different day. The Isrealis provoke the attacks through what amount to war crimes, the western media and nations turn a blind eye and then condemn the Palestinians when they are forced to respond.

As always, the truth is probably somewhere in between, but I'd bet dollars to donuts that it's a lot closer to what isn't being reported than what is.
http://projectavalon.net/forum/showt...tanyahu&page=4

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U.N. Council Compromises Over Gaza Report Debate
By REUTERS
Published: October 7, 2009

Diplomats said the council's monthly discussion of the Middle East, originally slated for October 20, would now be held on October 14, in a compromise with Libya -- currently a council member -- and its Arab allies including the Palestinians...

The Human Rights Council had been due to vote on Friday on a resolution that would have condemned Israel's failure to cooperate with the inquiry and forwarded the report to the Security Council.

But action was postponed until March after U.S. pressure aimed at getting the peace process back on track. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has come under sharp criticism at home for agreeing to the delay.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/...israel-un.html

[no caste]

Originally Posted by no caste

AMNESTY FOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHO WANT TO TALK WHO ARE VICTIMS OF BRIBERY, COERCION - *FOR TESTIMONIES ONLY* - CORPORATE NAMES REQUIRED

David Letterman tried this recently (re extortion) in a corporate setting. I'm sure his wife already knew anyway. Now -

Robert Halderman's Attorney Says Letterman Extortion Accusation is 'Preposterous'
"I'm here to say, 'Not so fast," Shargel said. "I look forward to cross-examining David Letterman, because I don't think the full story is before the public. There's much more to this story.
Freed on $200,000 bail, Halderman faces up to 15 years in state prison if convicted.
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/CelebrityC...ory?id=8749407

And so the blah blah and blah and more blah wars begin.

[no caste]

October 2009

Gaza zoo draws crowds with zebra-colored donkeys
Thu Oct 8, 5:24 pm ET
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Gaza City zookeepers have found a creative way of drawing crowds to their dilapidated zoo — by painting their donkeys. The Marah Land Zoo's only two zebras died of hunger earlier this year when they were neglected during the Israel-Hamas war.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091008/...dd_gaza_zebras



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Bleak outlook for bombed Gaza Zoo
Page last updated at 19:36 GMT, Wednesday, 18 February 2009
Hundreds of Palestinian schoolchildren used to come to the Gaza Zoo every week, but not now.
Tanks rolled through the area during the Israeli offensive. Much of the zoo was badly damaged, most of the animals died.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7897385.stm

[no caste]

UK Top Ladies Eat Human Embryos!!

[BROOK]

Originally Posted by no caste

UK Top Ladies Eat Human Embryos!!

Say what?...you threw me a curve on that...

Where did that come from??


?

[no caste]

Ooops, sorry about that Brook. I've been reading very closely on the James Casbolt thread. It's kind of an insider MI6 whistleblower area. Trust me, proceed there at your own risk. It has to do with secret service/ aristocratic corruption/ sadism and the 'royal' genome/cloning/montauk/programmed life forms/memory programming gizmos/ abductions younameit.

I was coming back in here to post this, too.

DEPLETED URANIUM (DU)

1,000-2,000 TONS DU Spread Over Iraq's Cities
From Leuren Moret
4-30-3

Here is the estimate of the tons of DU the US used in Iraq: 1000-2000 tons - more than three times the amount used in the first Gulf War...only this time it was primarily spread in Iraq's cities, not on the battlefield.

The uranium and its radioactive decay products will remain toxic for over 4 billion years...and will slowly destroy the genetic future of the Iraqi people.
http://www.apfn.org/apfn/du.htm

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U.S. POSITION: NO CLEAN-UP

While the U.K. has admitted that British Challenger tanks expended some 1.9 tons of DU ammunition during major combat operations in Iraq this year, the U.S. has refused to disclose specific information about whether and where it used DU during this yearcampaign. It also is refusing to let a team from the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) study the environmental impact of DU contamination in Iraq.
http://www.apfn.org/apfn/du.htm

[burgundia]

Thank you No caste for spreading more awareness ...though it breaks my heart to read ans watch some of the stuff....

[chelmostef]

It truly makes me sick!

1000's upon 1000's dead from both sides.. Our government didnt know what to do with our DU and was discussing this in parliment before 1991. Not a squeak now. Its truely shocking. Tony B-lair as the middle east peace envoy, what a joke. He Should be in prison. And now is touted as being the president of europe, It disgusting.. It realy gets my goat..

[no caste]

Sneaky

Israel Rules Out Peace Talks Unless UN Abandons Gaza Report

Gabriella Shalev, the Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, is now demanding that the international body abandon all consideration for the Goldstone report on war crimes committed during the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, and says there can be no peace talks until they do so.
http://news.antiwar.com/2009/10/14/i...s-gaza-report/

[no caste]

US Vows to Stand By Israel Over Gaza War Crimes
Peres Condemns UN for 'Spreading Lies'
by Jason Ditz, October 21, 2009
http://news.antiwar.com/2009/10/21/u...za-war-crimes/

In a meeting today with America’s Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice, Israeli President Shimon Peres condemned the UN for “spreading lies” in allowing the Goldstone Report’s consideration...

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In other words, this wasn’t just some mid-level schmuck who wanted to sell out his country for cash: he was one of the big boys – the principal author of the Clementine biostatic radar experiment, which allowed U.S. scientists to discover water on the moon – a kind of J. Robert Oppenheimer figure, whose singular contributions to the U.S. space program and its military applications granted him security clearances available to a very select few.
http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2...-relationship/

A Manifesto for X Street - American Jews Opting Out of J
http://projectavalon.net/forum/showthread.php?t=17657

[no caste]

2 stories about settlements -

Palestinian Children Face Daily Settler Attacks Getting to School
by Mel Frykberg, November 24, 2009
http://original.antiwar.com/frykberg...ttler-attacks/

Land deals in occupied territories - US buyers
http://www.nad-plo.org/news-updates/...%202008%29.pdf

[no caste]

Originally Posted by no caste

Updates - 6mo. delay lots of time to get the facts on the table - like this kind of thing

THE BLOCKADE

Originally Posted by Steve_G View Post 01-04-2009, 04:11 PM
It is true that Hamas has been firing rockets into Israel- I think 3 Isreali's have died in those attacks. It's also true that it was the Palestinians who refused to sign a new cease-fire agreement when the old one expired. What isn't being reported in the western media is why.

As I understand it (and I'm open to correction here) the Israeli's had Gaza under siege, pretty much in the traditional sense of the word. Nothing gets in or out. That includes food, medical supplies and all the other things that people need to live. They allowed a trickle of the aid that's been sent to get in but that's all, keeping the Palestinians on the brink of starvation and prone to disease, and also denying them the medicines they needed to fight the effects of the deprivation.

So Hamas had a choice- either watch their people die slowly through starvation and illness or fight back militarily in their severely limited way and invite the Israeli response we see now. In a nutshell, die slow or die fast.

It isn't the first time the media have manipulated our perception of events surrounding the Gaza situation. I remember not long ago when Hamas launched "unprovoked" rocket attacks on Isreal, with very similar consequences. The media were all over it of course, condemning the Palestinian "Terrorists" for their assault.

What they neglected to mention was that in the preceding couple of weeks Israeli warships had been shelling Palestinian beaches full of civilians, killing some and injuring many more. Somehow that little detail never made it into the western media either.

Same ****, different day. The Isrealis provoke the attacks through what amount to war crimes, the western media and nations turn a blind eye and then condemn the Palestinians when they are forced to respond.

As always, the truth is probably somewhere in between, but I'd bet dollars to donuts that it's a lot closer to what isn't being reported than what is.
http://projectavalon.net/forum/showt...tanyahu&page=4

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U.N. Council Compromises Over Gaza Report Debate
By REUTERS
Published: October 7, 2009

Diplomats said the council's monthly discussion of the Middle East, originally slated for October 20, would now be held on October 14, in a compromise with Libya -- currently a council member -- and its Arab allies including the Palestinians...

The Human Rights Council had been due to vote on Friday on a resolution that would have condemned Israel's failure to cooperate with the inquiry and forwarded the report to the Security Council.

But action was postponed until March after U.S. pressure aimed at getting the peace process back on track. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has come under sharp criticism at home for agreeing to the delay.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/...israel-un.html

UK MP who was not allowed in Canada last year (its SPP with Israel) attempts to deliver supplies to Gaza...

Egyptian police deport Galloway and rest of convoy
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Egyptian officials said Mr Galloway and those who took part in the month-long overland drive to Israeli-blockaded Gaza will be put on a blacklist and will be barred from entering Egypt.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...261977932.html

At a time when there are hearings in the UK about *bogus* WMD in Iraq and ... this dud ... [Tony Blair's Director of Communications] ...

"I defend every single word of the dossier, and I defend every single part of the process," Campbell said.
12/01/2010 11:44:56 AM
http://news.sympatico.cbc.ca/Home/Co...=abc&date=True

Wherein Canada's Parliament is prorogued *until* March 2010 - coincidentally, the 6 month period deadline for delayed-by-US-pressure UN Human Rights Council vote ...

Harper to shut down Parliament
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has shut down Parliament for two months, killing a pesky inquiry into Afghan detainees, stalling government bills and allowing the Conservatives to take control of the Senate.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle1414830/

Likely due to Afghan detainee issues (human rights, hey! like Israel! like Guantanamo! like extraordinary rendition! black op prisons! dead guy in Libya!) ...

And... the Olympic Games in Canada (Vancouver) are Feb 12 - 28, 2009. It is clear that Israel never engages in false flag attacks, never uses hate legislation to its advantage, and never considers action in Iran (Lebanon, Argentina or wherever).

XOXOXOX I heart Mossad! I heart Kissinger!

[no caste]

FYI - President Obama, your experiment is a BIG flop. The undie bomber ... dead giveaway!