Au moins 635 morts à Gaza depuis fin décembre

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Au moins 635 morts à Gaza depuis fin décembre, 40 morts dans une école de l'ONU Mardi 6 janvier 2009.
Au moins 635 Palestiniens ont été tués et plus de 2.900 autres blessés dans l'offensive israélienne dans la bande de Gaza depuis son lancement le 27 décembre, ont affirmé mardi les services d'urgence du territoire.Le dernier bilan de même source faisait état de 592 blessés plus tôt dans la journée mais il a été alourdi par de nouvelles attaques meurtrières de l'armée israélienne, dont la dernière a fait au moins 40 morts près d'une école gérée par l'ONU dans le nord de la bande de Gaza abritant des Palestiniens fuyant les combats. Un appareil israélien a tiré quatre roquettes dans le périmètre de l'école Al-Fakhoura à Jabaliya dans laquelle s'étaient réfugiés des centaines de Palestiniens fuyant les combats dans la bande de Gaza ou dont les maisons ont été détruites, selon des témoins. Des dizaines d'entre eux se trouvaient devant l'école lorsque l'attaque israélienne a eu lieu."Nous avons comptabilisé 30 morts et au moins 40 blessés dans le raid près de l'école d'Al-Fakhoura", a déclaré à l'AFP le directeur de l'hôpital Kamal Edwan dans le nord de la bande de Gaza. Les autres victimes, parmi lesquelles au moins dix morts, ont été évacuées vers l'hôpital Al-Awdah, également dans le nord, ont affirmé les sources médicales.

Civilians die in Gaza fighting

Al Jazeera
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/01/200914124615647308.html
Thousands of Israeli troops entered the Gaza Strip overnight with tanks and helicopters, accompanied by naval support and air strikes.
The ground offensive followed eight days of intense Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, purportedly aimed at ending cross-border rockets being fired by Hamas fighters from the territory into southern Israel.
The Israeli assault, codenamed "Operation Cast Lead", has killed more than 507 Palestinians and wounded more than 2,400 others. Four Israelis have been killed by the Hamas rocket strikes in the same time.
Among the latest victims were a mother and her four young children, killed in an Israeli air strike on their home in Gaza.
Also killed in Israeli shelling was a paramedic, the Oxfam aid agency said. Another paramedic lost his leg when the shell struck an ambulance.

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1. What is the boycott?
The boycott of Israeli products and companies supporting the zionist entity is about ordinary people around the world using their right to choose what they buy in order to help bring about an end to oppression in Palestine. Its a peaceful means of putting international pressure on the racist state of Israel and follows in the footsteps of the successful boycott against South African racist apartheid.

2. Are you boycotting all Jews?
Certainly not! The boycott is not directed at any religious or ethnic group, but rather it is directed at those companies that are supporting the racist occupation of Palestine. A quick glance at the boycott list will testify to this. We do not discriminate between the supporters of Israel - if a Muslim company is caught collaborating with Israel we will boycott it just as vigorously as any other company.

3. Who supports the boycott, what do our Ulema say about it?
People of good conscience all around the world support the boycott.
Trade Unions around the world, including the UKs biggest trade union UNISON with its 1.4 million members, have called for a boycott of all Israeli goods. Christian groups like Christian Aid have joined the boycott demanding an end to EU - Israel trade agreements. And Jewish groups such as B'Tselem and Gush Shalom have launched their own boycott Israeli goods campaigns.
Among Muslims, every leading Ulema from every school of thought is united in this and has given clear fatwas in support of the boycott.

Israel, United States sign record-high military aid deal

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Ronny Sofer, AP
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08.16.07, 12:43

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United States offers Israel unprecedented $30-billion military aid package. ‘We look at this region and we see that a secure and strong Israel is in the interest of the United States,’ Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns says during signing ceremony in Jerusalem
The United States offered Israel on Thursday an unprecedented $30-billion military aid package, bolstering its closest Mideast ally.
The aid deal signed in a ceremony in Jerusalem represents a 25 percent rise in US military aid to Israel, from a current $2.4 billion each year to $3 billion a year over 10 years.
Nicholas Burns, the US Undersecretary of state for political affairs, and Israeli Foreign Minister Director-General Aharon Abramovitz signed the memorandum of understanding on the assistance at a ceremony in Jerusalem.
The package was meant in part to offset US plans to offer Saudi Arabia advanced weapons and air systems that would greatly improve the Arab country’s air force.
Israel has said it has no opposition to the US Aid to Saudi Arabia, which comes as the United States strengthens moderate Arabs in facing the growing influence of Iran.The US Administration sees the regional threats to Israel - namely Iran, and the Hizbullah and Hamas militant groups - as threats to the United States as well, Burns said.
“We look at this region and we see that a secure and strong Israel is in the interest of the United States,” Burns said.
"The Middle East is more dangerous today than it was 10, 20 year ago…. The regional dangers seem only to increase as Iran develops nuclear technologies and along with Syria supports organizations like Hamas, Hizbullah and the Islamic Jihad.
"We will continue to show the same support to our other allies in the region, like Egypt, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain...the road to peace includes showing countries like Iran and Syria that the US reinforces its allies' militaries. Every peace agreement in the region was signed with that notion in mind," he added.
Congressional approval still needed
The chief of Israel’s central bank, Stanley Fischer, said the US aid is of “critical importance” to Israel, whose defense budget constitutes about 10 percent of its Gross Domestic Product.
The aid package to Israel was finalized in June in Washington between US President George W. Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Olmert has said the increase in military aid to Israel would guarantee its strategic superiority, despite upgrades to Arab countries in the region.
The US Has long-standing commitments to Israel and to Egypt, which in 1979 became the first Arab state to make peace with Israel. Egypt currently gets $1.3 billion a year in military assistance.
At the same time, the US is seeking to strengthen other moderate Mideast allies, largely as a counterweight to Iran’s growing influence. The United States and Israel accuse Iran of developing nuclear bombs, a charge Tehran denies.
Iran, whose leader has repeatedly called for Israel to be wiped off the map, is viewed by Israel as its main enemy. Shiite Muslim Iran also concerns the Saudis and other Sunni-led Arab allies of the United States.
The Bush administration must still receive Congressional approval for the aid deals, but Burns said he believed there would be little opposition in the Senate and House to the Israeli package.

Angry protests over Gaza offensive

Al Jazeera

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/01/2009121017558371.html

People across several continents have staged rallies to protest against Israel's ongoing bombardment of Gaza.
Thousands of Palestinians demonstrated in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Friday, after calls by Hamas for a "day of wrath".
"We will sacrifice our soul and our blood for Gaza," chanted the demonstrators, shouting pro-Hamas slogans and calling on fighters to "hit Tel-Aviv".
In Jerusalem, protesters clashed with police after Friday prayers.
With a view to curb protests, Israel sealed off the West Bank for the day as well as key parts of Jerusalem. Men aged under 50 years were prohibited from entering the Al-Aqsa mosque.

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Epargner la population civile à tout prix ? La position de la Halakha
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http://www.actu.co.il/2009/01/epargner-la-population-civile-a-tout-prix-la-position-de-la-halakha/

Alors que la presse lance des pronostiques sur l’imminence d’une opération terrestre nécessaire pour “nettoyer” la bande de Gaza en profondeur, la question se pose : faut-il vraiment faire entrer des soldats dans cette fourmilière piégée ? Est-il nécessaire de mettre en danger des milliers de jeunes gens et de pères de familles réservistes afin d’épargner la population civile palestinienne, qui pourrait être touchée si les raids aériens s’étendaient à toutes les infrastructures terroristes, y compris celles qui sont cachées dans des hôpitaux et sous des habitations ?

Il s’avère que la loi juive a une réponse et qu’il n’est pas nécessaire de chercher plus loin pour savoir s’il y a lieu d’épargner les civils à tout prix, pour satisfaire la presse étrangère et les éléments anti-israéliens qui parlent déjà de massacre. D’après le Rav Lévanon, rabbin de la localité Alon Moré en Samarie et Rosh Yéshiva dans le village, il convient de faire une distinction entre la population innocente qui n’a aucun rapport avec l’ennemi et la population civile de la bande de Gaza qui collabore au combat mené par les terroristes.

D’après le Rav Lévanon, les maisons à partir desquelles sont tirés des missiles contre Israël doivent être détruites et il n’y a pas de place pour l’indulgence. “Il est évidemment possible d’avertir à temps les habitants de la maison afin qu’ils l’évacuent”, précise le rabbin.

Allant plus loin, le Rav Lévanon indique que si un terroriste se sert d’une femme comme bouclier humain, il est interdit de prendre en considération la présence de la femme et il est possible de tirer sur le terroriste, même si la femme sera également touchée.

Et d’ajouter que les hôpitaux israéliens ont le droit de soigner des Palestiniens grièvement blessés à condition qu’il ne s’agisse pas de terroristes et que les soins ne sont pas financés de la poche du contribuable israélien.

Quant à la question de l’aide humanitaire, le Rav Lévanon affirme que la Halakha ne permet pas de transférer de l’aide et de la nourriture à la population du côté ennemi et qu’il s’agit d’une culture chrétienne mensongère. D’après le rabbin, ceux qui ont faim n’ont qu’à quitter la bande de Gaza et à se rendre dans un camp de réfugiés situé hors de la zone de combats où ils pourront recevoir l’aide nécessaire.
par Yael Ancri

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