From Haaretz

In Tel Aviv, thousands protest against the Gaza operation
Some 7,000 protesters were estimated to attended in the biggest protest against the operation thus far, alongside a small protest in support of the IDF

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Protesters at the event called for an immediate end to hostilities and for the prompt resumption of peace talks. In one of the plaza's corners memorial candles were lit among pictures of fallen - both Israelis and Palestinians. Two Philippine women who attended the protest laid a bouquet of flowers in memory of the IDF casualties. "We aren't a part of the demonstration," one of them explained. "We came to show our gratitude to Israel for its help with the casualties of the typhoon in the Philippines last year."

is that most Arab states actually WOULD commit genocide given the chance.

Israel would not and is not.

So forgive me for laughing at those who use the term so wrongheadedly (and ironically).

Right Bonobo?



Just following your logic full circle.

Genocide apologists make me sick.

While he is normally known as a staunch advocate for the State of Israel, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough railed against the country’s ongoing offensive in Gaza.

Describing himself as a “100-percent supporter of Israel,” Scarborough noted that when he was in Congress, there was a joke that “anytime I wanted a key to the city of Tel Aviv, I could get a gold-plated one.”

Thursday on Morning Joe, however, Scarborough said: “This continued killing of women and children, in a way that appears to be indiscriminate, is asinine.” He added that the mounting civilian death toll in Gaza was not just tragic for Palestinians, but significantly looks bad for the Israeli people and for the United States.

“We will rue the day that this is happening every day,” he continued. “As much as we all hate Hamas, what is going to replace Hamas is going to be much worse. It’s going to be a radical Islamist group instead of a power-hungry, corrupt people that despise Israelis. This is such a nightmare that is unfolding.”

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/scarborough-im-a-big-israel-supporter-but-this-offensive-is-asinine/

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In a statement on Tuesday, Chile condemned Hamas for launching rockets at Israeli towns, but slammed the Israel Defense Forces’ bombardment of Palestinian civilians.

“The Israeli military operations in Gaza … do not respect the fundamental norms of international humanitarian law, as is demonstrated by the more than 1,000 civilian victims, including women and children, as well as the attack on schools and hospitals,” the Chilean statement said.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff described the Israeli offensive as a “massacre” and accused the government in Tel Aviv of responding “disproportionately” to Hamas violence.

The Israeli government responded Wednesday that it’s “disappointed.”

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/why-latin-american-diplomats-are-pulling-out-israel-n169416

The producer and musician Brian Eno has penned an open letter addressing the current crisis in Gaza, which heavily criticises the US government's backing of Israel and asks the question: "Why does America continue its blind support of this one-sided exercise in ethnic cleansing?"

The piece, which was published on David Byrne's website, means Eno has joined the likes of Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem, as well as as other high-profile Spanish film personalities including director Pedro Almodóvar, in condemning the recent Israeli attacks in Gaza.

His passionate plea, entitled Gaza and the Loss of Civilization, begins with an anecdote about a young Palestinian boy named Mohammed Khalaf al-Nawasra, who had been allegedly killed by an Israeli missile. He subsequently lambasts America's reluctance to sign up to an UN investigation looking into possible war crimes committed by Israel.

Eno then goes on to label Israel a "ragingly racist theocracy", and attacks the ideology behind Israeli 'settler militia' who target Palestinian homes. "Most of them are not ethnic Israelis - they're 'right of return' Jews from Russia and Ukraine... with the notion that they had an inviolable (God-given!) right to the land, and that 'Arab' equates with 'vermin'". Eno eventually compares America's financial support of Israel "like sending money to the Klan."

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/31/brian-eno-israel-palestine-gaza-ethnic-cleansing

level of the terrorists they oppose; but it isn't genocide. Unless all war is to be considered as genocide.