The Guardian, November 3:
"Israel is deploying a terrifying new tactic against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip by letting loose deafening 'sound bombs' that cause widespread fear, induce miscarriages and traumatise children.
"The removal of Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip opened the way for the military to use air force jets to create dozens of sonic booms by breaking the sound barrier at low altitude, sending shockwaves across the territory, often at night. Palestinians liken the sound to an earthquake or huge bomb. They describe the effect as being hit by a wall of air that is painful on the ears, sometimes causing nosebleeds and 'leaving you shaking inside'."
Let's not forget: Israel is serious about peace. Actually, a rogue state soldiers on with international support.
"Israel is deploying a terrifying new tactic against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip by letting loose deafening 'sound bombs' that cause widespread fear, induce miscarriages and traumatise children.
"The removal of Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip opened the way for the military to use air force jets to create dozens of sonic booms by breaking the sound barrier at low altitude, sending shockwaves across the territory, often at night. Palestinians liken the sound to an earthquake or huge bomb. They describe the effect as being hit by a wall of air that is painful on the ears, sometimes causing nosebleeds and 'leaving you shaking inside'."
Let's not forget: Israel is serious about peace. Actually, a rogue state soldiers on with international support.
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ok after this news and after watching the film i posted about on the previous thread I'm pretty well upset. My soul hurts. Goodnight. Peace.
Pigs.
Just remember, Israel is the 'only democracy in the Middle East.' Repeat it often enough, and enough suckers may actually believe it.
Shame about that pesky occupation.
Ever the polemicist, eh Yabadabadoo?
The descriptions are accurate. When I was in Khan Younis and Rafah last September Israeli jets were making these sonic booms on the hour, like clock work. Even through the evening and early morning. It was one of the most absolute examples of state terrorism I've ever witnessed. I was staying at a hospital at the time, and you could hear kids crying, dogs going apeshit on the streets, flocks of birds flying off awkardly looking clearly in distress. On some nights instead of making sonic booms the jets would fly low, which is still very loud and ominous. The clear objective was to intimidate, and it worked.
The booms are like a punch of thunder, the sound wave it generates is tremendous. And the booms always happen quite out of nowhere. The first time I heard one of these booms I fell to the ground. I thought I was going to be collateral damage.
Of course, there is the hypoethical argument that Israel must defend itself from militants. But these sonic booms have no genuine, military utility. It's state terrorism pure and simple.
As an aside, it's worth pointing out that a collection of well educated scientists and engineers developed the technology used in the Israeli jets. Someone had to think up the concept of a sound bomb that scares people as though it was explosive. You don't have to be stuck in a cave with a walking stick and a turban to think of ways to harm people.
Defenders of such practices always believe that Western states are incapable of terrorism...that's something 'they' do.
Thanks for telling your story, Iqbal.
Stereotyping Palestinians or Arabs is alright, even encouraged, because, well, they're all terrorists and hate 'us' for our freedoms.
The West, on the other, cuddly West, and Israel, are blameless, because they're fighting a terrible, evil menace. Out, out, damn menace.
How comforting. How typical. How hilarious. How sick.
The question I am as
The question I am asking myself when Israel responds to a terrorist attack is whether the response is proportionate or not. In relation to the sonic boom matter, I cannot see how it is proportionate. It is interesting that at the end of the Guardian article it says that one sonic boom was heard inside Israel proper causing the tel aviv and central police switchboards to crash after receiving thousands of calls from angry citizens. Imagine how pissed off Israelis would be if that was occurring every day close up. Proportionate - I don't think so.
Edward finally states his actual agenda. he desires that a palestinian should be able to murder Jews at will for what ever reason he so choses.
Any israeli retaliation is immoral.
I believe that edward has just outted himself as an antisemite. About time that Edward stepped out of the closet.
Any more confessions, Edward?
"We must expel Arabs and take their places.”
"We must use terror, assassination, intimidation, land confiscation, and the cutting of all social services to rid the Galilee of its Arab population."
David Ben Gurion 1937
"[The Palestinians] are beasts walking on two legs."
Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Shin Bet Terrorist
speech to the Knesset.
you are like a drug Lowy
Now I know why they call it dope.
'Take a long walk off a short pier you tool.'
The trademark patience is running out eh DBO?
They are tools and deserve virtually any epithet you throw at them, that is if you can be bothered to deal with them at all. I recommend you ignore the noise unless there's the occasional signal in amongst it. Which osn't ofteen.
You other blokes don't deserve to be Australians any more than raving antisemitic imams preaching hate. You are no different. The lot of you can bugger off back to that Godforsaken part of the world and stay there.
"The settlement of the Land of Israel is the essence of Zionism. Without settlement, we will not fulfill Zionism. It’s that simple."
Yitzhak Shamir, Maariv, 02/21/1997.
"The Palestinians would be crushed like grasshoppers ... heads smashed against the boulders and walls."
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir.
And what happens to a Israeli Leader who desires Peace and Works for it? Why the rabid Zionists kill him of course. With Peace the Sharonists cease to have any purpose. Like the American fascist cabal Death and Destruction are the means to an never satiated lust for power and profit.
Me,
Antony and his fellow nattering nabobs of negativism will link to any old crap they think justifies their continual whining. When challenged they run for the hills. Antony's recent post dealing, in part, with Depleted Uranium is a classic example. In the post angry Ant claims Depleted Uranium, "will ruin generations to come". In comments I provided a link to reputable sources – including the UN – of information on Depleted Uranium, which Human poo-pooed out of hand. Ultimately, I issued the following challenge:I am not aware of any reputable science that supports any claims that DU has had any significant adverse health effects on anyone, including soldiers with permanently embedded DU shrapnel, other than those inside armoured vehicles hit by DU penetrators. But for such persons, the inhalation of DU dust would be the least of their worries. Prove me wrong.
Now, if Depleted Uranium is, as claimed in the New Matilda article Lowy links to, a hazard to every person on the planet, it should be easy to provide reputable evidence of this hazard. That was a few days back and I'm still waiting.
It simply isn't possible to have a reasoned discussion with people whose world view is grounded in fear, hate and envy.
Any partuicular reason why human hasn't apologized for posting lies?
Thank you comical.
And what is Sean's problem? The Arab nations will be gone long before Israel needs to atone for, in comparison to the evil Arab nations have wrought, the few war misdameanors commited in the defense of the Israeli citizens.
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