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ellenrr

(3,864 posts)
Thu Jul 10, 2014, 07:33 PM Jul 2014

Descent Into Butchery: Israel’s Latest Assault on Gaza

There should never have been any doubt that another Israeli assault on Gaza would occur, with the inevitable accompanying mass atrocities. That’s not necessarily because it serves anyone’s strategic interests--but simply because Israel’s brutalities in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, the strangulation of Gaza by Israel, the new military-dominated regime in Egypt, and the latest collapse of the absurd “peace process” exercise would inevitably produce a triggering event one way or another.

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Descent Into Butchery: Israel’s Latest Assault on Gaza (Original Post) ellenrr Jul 2014 OP
Of course, there are resources there...offshore gas. PDJane Jul 2014 #1

PDJane

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1. Of course, there are resources there...offshore gas.
Thu Jul 10, 2014, 08:04 PM
Jul 2014

Of course there is brutality. That gas is finders, keepers according to Israel.

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