17 years. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in nepal. Israel stepped up attacks in the south of gaza. War planes target the city of rafah, which saw a spike in violence as the humanitarian ceasefire collapsed on friday. There was an attack on a u. N. School. 10 people were killed and 30 injured. Earlier chris gunnes of the United Nations relief and work agency told al jazeera they could not confirm if the school was deliberately started or it was israeli fire. We have to be clear and careful before making accusations. When there is etched, as there was with evidence, as there was with a school in jebbalia, we were clear it was artillery from israelis and condemned it in stroke language as a serious violation. Theres not point coming out prematurely and making false accusations. It will undermine our authority and neutrality, which is the family silver which we are guarding. The precise coordinates of all the installations are given to the authority. When we drive vehicles, th
Minister says enough talk, hamas must surrender its weapons. Hamas is simply continuing all of its operations and israel will not let this terror operation decide when its convenient for them and not convenient for them to attack our people. When its convenient for them to restock and reload and when its not convenient for them. Well do whatever is necessary to protect our people. And president obama spoke by phone today with israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. The president , once again, condemned the rocket attacks on israel and voiced support for israels right to defend itself. At the same time, the president shared concerns about the riding number of palestinian deaths as well as the loss of israeli lives. President obama renewed his call for an immediate and conditional ceasefire. 6,000 have been wounded since this began six weeks ago. Two israeli civilians have also died. Lets bring in karl penhaul standing by in gaza and sara sidner in jerusalem. Karl, first to you. You h
The problem is not the absence of a Palestinian state, but Zionism itself.
What is the use of a Palestinian state, if Zionism, as a racist, exclusivist ideology continues to define Israel, and impose that definition on the Palestinians?
This ideology calls for racial purity of Jews in Palestine, of course, at the expense of the native inhabitants of the land. To
Zionism, like all racist colonial ideologies, operates with a zero-sum approach to their relationship with the natives of colonized land: dominance through ethnic cleansing and genocide.
The problem is not the absence of a Palestinian state, but Zionism itself. What is the use of a Palestinian state, if Zionism, as a racist, exclusivist - Ramzy Baroud for Antiwar.com