Israel, Gaza, and Ukraine

The President Barack Obama made remarks about the tragic crash of the Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17. People have the right to ask questions about the incident. The President denounced Russia and pro-Russian separatist forces in eastern Ukraine for, in his mind, shooting down the plain and demanding the surrender of the separatists to the Western backed regime in Kiev. His words underscored the propaganda campaign that some are using to provoke an explosive confrontation with Russia. So far, the rebels have shot down low flying Ukrainian military aircraft with portable anti-aircraft missiles. Until now, they have not destroyed a jumbo jet flying at 33,000 feet, which is an act that would hand Washington a massive propaganda campaign. Before the MH17 tragedy, the Kiev regime reinforced its anti-aircraft batteries in the region. President Barack Obama went on to admit that his administration does not know who shot down MH17 or why. He said, “I think it’s too early for us to be able to guess what intentions those who might have launched the surface-to-air missile might have had… In terms of identifying specifically what individual or group of individuals, you know, personnel ordered the strike, how it came about—those are things that I think are going to be subject to additional information that we’re going to be gathering.” His words contradict the statements of his own UN ambassador Samantha Power. She said that there was “credible evidence” that Russia was responsible for the crash, adding, “Russia can end this war. Russia must end this war.” The extremists are still exploiting this tragedy as a means to step up the campaign for more NATO intervention in Ukraine, issue more sweeping sanctions against Russia, and to fund more of the Kiev regime. Of significance, the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Vitaliy Yarema confirmed that the Donesk rebels do not have Buk or S 300 ground to air missiles which could have downed the plane. The Buk missile system has the capabilities of downing an aircraft flying at 35,000 feet. The US media and political establishment, in their haste to denounce Russia, appear completely uninterested in the questions (on whether pro-Kiev factions did it or how rebels could use a missile to destroy aircraft in such height).

There has been the continuation of the Israeli invasion of Gaza. This invasion has caused death and destruction. Tons of Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces. Many Israeli soldiers have been killed as well. This or the invasion has been occurred for more than 11 days. Israeli troops and armored columned continued to push into territory. This comes even as the bombardment of Gaza from the air, land, and the sea intensified. Over 300 Palestinians have been killed so far. The wounded is as high as 2,200 human beings. The events in Gaza have been a calculated and savage war crime against a mostly defenseless population. Washington, the EU, and even some Arabic regimes support this action. This lethal terror and collective punishment done by the IDF (or the Israel Defense Forces) in Gaza are abhorrent. These method employed by the IDF are similar to the methods employed by the Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto. Massive gunboats have been used in Gaza, whose total land size is about the city of the U.S. city of Philadelphia. In an act of psychological terror, Israel dropped leaflets ordering over 100,000 Palestinians in the border areas to flee their homes. The reality, however, is that there is nowhere to hide from the assault. Those remaining in their homes are designated as “terrorists” or “human shields,” who can be killed without compunction. Medics in the town of Beit Hanoun (on the northeast edge of Gaza) said that Friday night an entire family of eight have been killed wen a tank shell demolished their home. It left bodies in the rubble. Emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra identified the victims as the Abu Jurad family, consisting of two men, two women, and four children. The children’s names were Hania, Ahlam, Samih and Musa—two girls and two boys. One of them was a five-month-old baby. UN officials in Gaza reported that there are more than 40,000 Gazans being displaced. They are seeking shelter at UN facilities. Food is running out at these facilities. Gaza hospitals have been repeatedly targeted for shelling and air strikes, which is a crime against humanity. The Al-Quds hospital was struck overnight, according to the Ma’an News Agency. The bombardment ignited a fire that damaged several of the hospital’s departments. Shells also fell on the Beit Hanoun Hospital, damaging its top floors and panicking patients and staff. Tank shells also struck the al-Wafa Hospital in Gaza City. “Israeli tanks are shelling the hospital, they have hit several of the floors, and several nurses have been injured,” the facility’s director, Basman Alashi, told the AFP news agency. “There is no place safe in Gaza,” he added. “If a hospital is not safe, where is?” Many innocent people have been killed, injured, and harmed by the shells. According to health officials, at least 63 Palestinians were killed in Gaza on Friday. During the same period, one Israeli soldier died, apparently the victim of “friendly fire” from an Israeli tank. Israeli forces have been using internationally banned weapons like fletchette bombs, an anti-personnel weapon that saturates an area with lethal darts including poison gas. This slaughter is supported by the current administration. The administration has been unqualified U.S. support for the bloody operation in Gaza. The idea that this massive military undertaking is being carried out to stop rockets that have in the space of 11 days killed one single Israeli, or that the IDF is confining itself to destroying tunnels, is ludicrous. The suggestion that Israel is acting to minimize civilian casualties, who make up 80 percent of those killed, with fully a quarter of these being children, is obscene. Recently, Hamas gave some authority in Gaza in PA. At the same time, it seized upon the abduction of three settler youth in the West Bank, who were later found dead, as a pretext for a crackdown on Hamas’s members in the occupied territory, arresting some 600 people and launching a wave of repression in which at least 10 Palestinians were killed. It was this violent campaign of collective punishment that provoked the first rockets fired from Gaza. This ground assault continues. There has been the continuation of the Israeli invasion of Gaza. This invasion has caused death and destruction. Tons of Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces. Many Israeli soldiers have been killed as well. This or the invasion has been occurred for more than 11 days. Israeli troops and armored columned continued to push into territory. This comes even as the bombardment of Gaza from the air, land, and the sea intensified. Over 300 Palestinians have been killed so far. The wounded is as high as 2,200 human beings. The events in Gaza have been a calculated and savage war crime against a mostly defenseless population. Washington, the EU, and even some Arabic regimes support this action. This lethal terror and collective punishment done by the IDF (or the Israel Defense Forces) in Gaza are abhorrent. These method employed by the IDF are similar to the methods employed by the Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto. Massive gunboats have been used in Gaza, whose total land size is about the city of the U.S. city of Philadelphia. In an act of psychological terror, Israel dropped leaflets ordering over 100,000 Palestinians in the border areas to flee their homes. The reality, however, is that there is nowhere to hide from the assault. Those remaining in their homes are designated as “terrorists” or “human shields,” which can be killed without compunction. Medics in the town of Beit Hanoun (on the northeast edge of Gaza) said that Friday night an entire family of eight has been killed when a tank shell demolished their home. It left bodies in the rubble. Emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra identified the victims as the Abu Jurad family, consisting of two men, two women, and four children. The children’s names were Hania, Ahlam, Samih and Musa—two girls and two boys. One of them was a five-month-old baby. UN officials in Gaza reported that there are more than 40,000 Gazans being displaced. They are seeking shelter at UN facilities. Food is running out at these facilities. Gaza hospitals have been repeatedly targeted for shelling and air strikes, which is a crime against humanity. The Al-Quds hospital was struck overnight, according to the Ma’an News Agency. The bombardment ignited a fire that damaged several of the hospital’s departments. Shells also fell on the Beit Hanoun Hospital, damaging its top floors and panicking patients and staff. Tank shells also struck the al-Wafa Hospital in Gaza City. “Israeli tanks are shelling the hospital, they have hit several of the floors, and several nurses have been injured,” the facility’s director, Basman Alashi, told the AFP news agency. “There is no place safe in Gaza,” he added. “If a hospital is not safe, where is?” Many innocent people have been killed, injured, and harmed by the shells. According to health officials, at least 63 Palestinians were killed in Gaza on Friday. During the same period, one Israeli soldier died, apparently the victim of “friendly fire” from an Israeli tank. Israeli forces have been using internationally banned weapons like fletchette bombs, an anti-personnel weapon that saturates an area with lethal darts including poison gas. This slaughter is supported by the current administration. The administration has been unqualified U.S. support for the bloody operation in Gaza. The idea that this massive military undertaking is being carried out to stop rockets that have in the space of 11 days killed one single Israeli, or that the IDF is confining itself to destroying tunnels, is ludicrous. The suggestion that Israel is acting to minimize civilian casualties, who make up 80 percent of those killed, with fully a quarter of these being children, is obscene. Recently, Hamas gave some authority in Gaza in PA. At the same time, it seized upon the abduction of three settler youth in the West Bank, who was later found dead, as a pretext for a crackdown on Hamas’s members in the occupied territory, arresting some 600 people and launching a wave of repression in which caused many Palestinians to be killed. It was this violent campaign of collective punishment that provoked the first rockets fired from Gaza. This ground assault continues.





This is a shame. Police brutality is an evil that must be opposed. The chocking was blatantly excessive. Tons of alternatives could have been made to resolve the situation. The cops who did this are sick. Eric kept on saying that he can’t breathe. The cops chocking him should have let him go as a means for them to allow Eric to breathe as a human being. There is camera footage and witnesses that told the truth (on camera) that Eric Garner never assaulted the officers at all. He was talking to the officers. Additionally, his actions never merited that type of response from the police. He was unarmed. It is very tragic that the Brother’s wife, Esaw Garner, was treated with total disrespect in the hospital. The police didn’t even tell her anything initially when she pleaded with the police about what happened to her husband. The NYPD members involved in his death should be ashamed of themselves. Every single one the murderers of Eric Garner should have accountability. Many of the same ones who lecture us on personal responsibility refuse to allow crooked cops to experience their rightful responsibility. Crooked cops don’t respect black life at all. This story once again proves this truism. I hope that justice is done. I saw the video. The witnesses in the video saw how the man could not breathe. There are tons of alternative procedures that the officers could of utilized as a means for them to resolve the situation. Not to mention that the video has shown other cops doing nothing by acting as bystanders. These by standing cops should be ashamed of themselves too, because they could have easily tried to stop the officers from choking the man in an excessive fashion. The man never punched any officer, but the officers threw him aggressively to the ground. I am glad that video footage existed, which showed the entire incident since the NYPD can easily deny that anything excessive have taken place. I feel for the family and friends of the Brother. Police brutality exists in epidemic levels in America. There is no question about that. De Blasio calls himself a real progressive, and then he needs to prove it by utilizing strong leadership about this matter. RIP Eric Garner.

This is a disgrace. The "apology" from Universal was about covering up their own selves and not about promoting some enlightened perspective. The Sande casting call was not only racist and offensive. It described the misogynistic and colorist evil views embraced by the system of white supremacy point blank period. That casting call is very disrespectful to women and humanity in general. Now, it is bigger than Sande Alessi Casting. For generations, corporate power via Hollywood (and the rest of the mainstream entertainment industry) has promoted colorism and cultural exploitation in evil ways. Ironically, Viacom, Universal, and other entities have promoted such evils for years. Viacom have funded shows now that degrade our people in a myriad of ways. Viacom controls VH1 and BET. Enough said. There are many, Real progressive minded black people in LA and worldwide (among both genders) don't believe in misogyny nor colorism. I have mentioned about the role many "gangster" rappers have had on this issue for years (including in other forums before). LA is home to very Strong Brothers and very Strong Sisters. Sande did not promote their superficial and evil casting call alone or in a vacuum at all. Sande received help to advance their evil. The truth is that black is beautiful in many hues, sizes, shapes, personalities, etc. Black people should be treated with dignity and with respect. The mainstream music industry is filled with too many people who focus on materialism, colorism, and misogyny instead of mutual understanding & social enlightenment. People have the right to stand up and condemn the casting call. See, using the freedom of speech to expose evils legitimately is not whining. It is about expressing the truth. Ignorant people (who slander women, who are religious hypocrites, who curse people out for no reason, who issue racist anti-black slurs against their own people, and who are cowards that don't care about black human dignity) will always be refuted by people who love the truth. At the end of the day, real people who love human dignity ought to have their voices heard. Also, another thought came into my mind. In another forum, I have typed about this issue. One very smart Sister (in another forum) wrote about C. Delores Tucker. She, as folks know, led the fight against the degrading of women in the music industry. She was slandered and hated. Now, many people in this generation understand what she was talking about. The fight for respecting the dignity of women is a legitimate fight to pursue. A perverted mindset about women should continue to be opposed and rejected.


By Timothy