"Israel announces 50 new settlement homes" by Reuters | June 30, 2009
JERUSALEM - Israel yesterday approved construction of an initial 50 homes at a West Bank settlement and announced plans to expropriate West Bank land between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea shore.
The decisions drew immediate criticism from Palestinians as Defense Minister Ehud Barak of Israel flew to New York for talks with George Mitchell, President Obama’s Middle East envoy, to narrow a rift with Israel’s key ally over its settlement projects....
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"Israel criticized on drone use in Gaza" by Associated Press | July 1, 2009
JERUSALEM - Human Rights Watch charged yesterday that Israeli pilots failed to verify targets of drone aircraft at least six times during the Gaza war, firing missiles that killed at least 29 civilians....
War crimes.
A spokesman for the Israeli military said that Human Rights Watch investigators had been taken in by the “Gazan propaganda system.’’
The Israelis truly make me sick. What a stain on the earth. As opposed to your jewspapers, right?
Drones are operated by remote control by pilots watching their targets on a video monitor. Their use has risen sharply in recent years because of their ability to hit targets with relatively great accuracy without placing a pilot in danger. American forces have been using drones along the Afghan-Pakistan border.
Yeah, it's what we are SLAUGHERING innocent people with!
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Israel has not acknowledged using pilotless planes for air strikes but Palestinian witnesses and defense experts have reported seeing Israeli drones attacking targets on the ground.
That's because Israel is a lying sack of dog shit (sorry!)!!!!
Israel launched its three-week war against Gaza in late December to halt rocket attacks on its southern communities.
Nothing about the siege, deaths, WMD use, nothing. Case closed!
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