The Age
21 January 2008
AMNESTY International has said that Israel’s use during the Gaza offensive of white phosphorus ? banned under international law for use near civilians ? was “clear and undeniable”.
Tension eased in Gaza early yesterday as a fragile ceasefire entered its third day. There were no reports of shooting or rockets for the first [...]

By John Pilger
The New Statesman, 6 January 2009
Every war Israel has waged since 1948 has had the same objective: expulsion of the native people and theft of more land. But why are we in the west silent on this truth?

“When the truth is replaced by silence,” the Soviet dissident Yevgeny Yevtushenko said, “the silence is [...]

By Afua Hirsch
The Guardian, Wednesday 14 January 2009
Israel faces the prospect of intervention by international courts amid growing calls that its actions in

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