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The ‘most moral army in the world’ ™ sure seems to be eager to kill people. Take their ‘death zone’ policy, any Palestinian who approaches the Gaza/Israeli border, within 300 meters, becomes a target and IDF soldiers are ordered to shoot at them with lethal intent. Keep in mind this is 300 meters on Gaza’s side, one could imagine if an Israeli ’settler’ walked 700 meters into Gaza he would have the IDF protecting him. The racist hypocrisy of the IDF is once again exposed.

The testimonies stating that the shooting was not preceded by a warning is consistent with previous reports indicating that the IDF has classified extensive areas adjacent to the perimeter fence “death zones” and that orders permit soldiers to open fire automatically at anybody who enters the area, regardless of the circumstances. Leaflets distributed by the army in the area explicitly state that anyone who comes within 300 meters of the perimeter fence “endangers his life,” and that the soldiers are authorized to open fire.

23 March 2010: Soldiers shoot youth gathering wood near the Gaza-Israel border

Israel is a master of propaganda, of that there is no doubt, it is not ashamed of it either. However like the Soviet Union which preceded it the countries propaganda department will stuff up eventually and in amusing ways.

Take this video for example, reportedly of Hamas being evil and Israel saving the day. There are a few issues which arise with the video, if you read the text description it claims,

Hamas launches rockets from civilian areas and rocket fire during the humanitarian cease-fire on 8 Jan. 2008. At time track 1:09 we see Hamas militants launching rockets during the humanitarian cease-fire in the afternoon. In both cases, the Israel Air Force destroyed the terrorist positions in precision strikes.

Yet the video clearly states 8 Jan. 2009, as does the Hebrew and Arabic translations of the video.

Screen grab (pointing out apparent typo):

But wait, there’s more!

The description claims the rockets were being fired ‘during the humanitarian cease-fire’. Say what? If the video occurred during January 8th 2009 as it claims then it happened during operation cast lead, which was after the ceasefire, so the IDF is trying to sell the idea that Hamas broke a ceasefire during operation cast lead which did not occur on a ceasefire.

It is no secret that Israel will go as low as it is necessary to convince the world that they are being oppressed. That’s right, the worlds media is out to destroy Israels reputation and prevent them from defending themselves against horrible rock throwing children. I once listed what Israel will do to forcefully change international opinion but that was a foolish thing to do, I listed a handful of things and made it look like it’s everything it has and will ever try.

Unfortunately there are no limits to what Israel will do to alleviate its PR nightmares, so long as it doesn’t involve helping the Palestinians. What do they want to do? Lawsuits, they want to actually sue people critical of them, newspapers mostly but blogs are probably high on their list too.

What’s so complicated? I replied. Just like they threaten to sue IDF officers, we need to sue them. Every journalist who refers to us as “war criminals” or “child killers” needs to know that the next day his newspaper will be slapped with a million pound lawsuit on behalf of the State of Israel.

What will we gain from it? Someone else asked.

Newspapers don’t like lawsuits, I said. It takes time, it costs money, the paper’s insurance company raises their premium, stockholders are wondering why they got into this mess to begin with, and the editor in chief is infuriated after he discovers that he needs to waste two days on testifying in respect to an article that he didn’t even read.

I would sincerely like to say this is just the inane rantings of a hysterical Zionist but the comments on that website say otherwise.

Israel is happy to travel a great distance across the world to setup a field hospital in Haiti and help countless Haitians after the devastating earthquake, yet they refuse to give one man the ability to travel so he can get the medical treatment he needs after he was injured in Israels offensive against Palestinians in operation ‘Cast Lead’.

Rather than going to Germany, Ahmad received a referral from St. Joseph’s Hospital, in Gaza, to St. Joseph’s French Hospital, in Jerusalem. He was given an appointment for 23 November 2009. At first, he didn’t receive an entry permit, but then, on 24 November, an official from the Palestinian liaison office called and told me that he had to go the next day to the Erez checkpoint at 11:00 A.M. At 11:00, we went to the checkpoint. We were searched, they took our ID cards and the cooler with insulin that Ahmad needs to take and his blood sample. They took Ahmad, who was on crutches, and I haven’t seen him since. Two hours after they took him, I told the soldiers that Ahmad had to undergo a blood test every two hours because his pancreas is not functioning, and that he has to take insulin, which is in the cooler that they took.

This sort of hypocrisy further proves Israels hatred of the Palestinians and their never ending quest to divert the worlds attention to this reality.

Israeli media is by far on Israels side, well the far right wing side. They are unashamedly fighting an information war, well to be precise, they are fighting against the facts presented by human rights organizations by either twisting those facts or attempting to divert attention away from them with lies, propaganda and character assassinations.

Now you can add something else to that list: Natural disasters.

Israels second largest newspaper ran an opinion piece with an opinion which if held by the majority of Israel and worse yet, if actually true demonstrates one of the most ill intentioned acts of good ever done in the history of humanity. The article was on the Israeli Haiti relief effort and how it was ‘good’ for Israel from a PR standpoint,

I must admit that I would not be surprised if the image aspect of setting up a hospital in Haiti, as well as the IDF rescue efforts, was given greater weight than humanitarian considerations. If I am right, then finally, someone in the Knesset has done the right thing, deciding to take advantage of the opportunity to prove to the world how kindhearted and capable we are.

It ran in Israels second largest Newspaper and was written by Tamir Haas.

If what the article suggests is true then it wouldn’t be too hard to imagine that if there was no Gaza assault the Israeli Haiti relief effort would have either been much smaller than it was or it may have not even existed. Either way Tamir seems to be completely oblivious to the fact that while what the IDF had done may have been good for the people of Haiti if the reason for it was motivated at all for the sake of diverting attention away from Israel/Palestine then it really would not be a demonstration of how kindhearted Israel is (at least as a proportion relative to the motivation behind Israels response).

Of course this could just be the hysterical rantings of an Israeli who hates the Palestinians more than he loves his own children (there seem to be many of them). Perhaps he has been shamed for suggesting Israels Haiti relief efforts was not simply motivated by a desire to do good but to divert the worlds attention away from its own problems.

Akira Eldar has written an article delving into the IDFs eager responses to natural disasters which unfortunately backs up Tamir Haas’ views on the matter,

Who said we are shut up inside our Tel Aviv bubble? How many small nations surrounded by enemies set up field hospitals on the other side of the world? Give us an earthquake in Haiti, a tsunami in Thailand or a terror attack in Kenya, and the IDF Spokesman’s Office will triumph. A cargo plane can always be found to fly in military journalists to report on our fine young men from the Home Front Command.

Everyone is truly doing a wonderful job: the rescuers, searching for survivors; the physicians, saving lives; and the reporters, too, who are rightfully patting them all on the back. After Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon became the face we show the world, the entire international community can now see Israel’s good side.

It’s interesting to note both writers talked about the IDFs motives being less than genuine in a matter of factly manner, differing only in their moral interpretations of Israels response to Haiti. Perhaps Israelis will one day learn that if they treat the Palestinians in the same way they treated the Haitians it would end pretty much all their international PR problems.

How does Israel treat people throwing rocks? Well despite being a secular state which one would assume treats all people as if they were equal the way Israel treats people throwing rocks at other people based on their race (or nationality some would argue).

For example, if Jews are throwing rocks they are protected by the military,

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If Palestinians are throwing rocks they are illegally (by Israeli law) being arrested,

The ongoing friction between residents of Silwan and the settlers in nearby Beit Yehonatan and security personnel guarding it, in which context Palestinian children in the neighborhood throw stones at the building, is apparently the reason for the arrests.

The authorities’ treatment of the minors completely contravenes the Youth Law, as amended in 2008 (Amendment No. 14). Under the Law, a minor who is suspected of committing a criminal offense may consult as a rule, with a parent or other relative prior to being questioned, and the parent or relative may be present during the questioning. The Law also prohibits, other than in exceptional cases, questioning a minor at night, and states that, if the objective can be achieved in a less harmful way, the minor should not be arrested. In the present case, some of the parents were willing to undertake to bring the minors in the morning for questioning, and there was no need for the night operation.

16 Feb. ‘10: Children as young as 12 arrested in night raids in Silwan, East Jerusalem

There seem to be two Israels, the one which is a terrorist state which does not care for human rights nor does it have a sense of irony. Then there’s the Israel which brainwashed Jews blindly support which upholds democracy and human rights despite being constantly under attack by children with rocks.

The stupidity required to believe the latter Israel exists can only come from years of brainwashing, possibly since birth. In what way does this brainwashing work? Simple, what Israel says it will do tends to be good, what Israel has ever done has always been bad. Israel has a ruthless propaganda machine which will paint itself in the best possible picture, yet the country stinks of corruption and racism which no amount of propaganda can hide.

Take the case of the roads Palestinians are prevented from using, despite an Israeli high court ruling that the Israeli terrorist group known as the IDF cannot ban Palestinians from using it the roads remained void of Palestinians. Following a second ruling by the high court, thanks in no small part to the tireless work of human rights groups the IDF finally caved in, except it still prevents the Palestinians from using the roads during Sabbath, who said Israel was a secular state?

In their recent visits to the site, members of ACRI and B’Tselem found that the road is now open to Palestinian traffic on weekdays, but security forces completely prohibit Palestinians from using it from the onset of the Sabbath, on late Friday afternoon, to Saturday evening, when the Sabbath ends. In addition, the army does not allow any pedestrians to walk along the shoulder of the road at any time. Army officers posted on the road confirmed the prohibitions.

Doing the right thing comes with such contempt yet people still find ways to justify this sort of behavior. It isn’t too surprising, there are people still today defending apartheid in South Africa.

7 Feb. ‘10: High Court orders opening of road to Palestinian traffic, but army keeps it closed on the Sabbath and forbids pedestrian use at all times

Israel has asked Germany to finance and construct new warships for its navy, apparently Palestinian fishermen are a real threat to their already impressive naval forces. Israel wants blood money from Germany, and it wants it in the form of weapons, it couldn’t be more surreal if Israel asked Germany for gas chambers.

Naturally German ship builders and the politicians they vote for are as enthusiastic as Israel is about the financing as it would mean some much needed stimulus during the slow economy we’re in.

This wouldn’t be the first time either as Germany has also previously Given Israel submarines costing tax payers 566 million euros and in 2012 Germany will spend another 333 million euros to give Israel more submarines.

Some may point out that this isn’t the first time people have been willing to support a terrorist state for war profiteering nor will it be the last, however the circumstances in which this is happening carries a message with it of how some people have not learned anything from World War 2.

I know many people will argue this is not explicitly holocaust repartitions, however can Israel guilt trip China into giving it free warships? No? Case closed.

Sources within the German government told the paper that Israel wants the Berlin to finance the MEKO corvettes, a sum that would reportedly reach hundreds of millions of euros.

The paper reported that the government has not yet reacted to Israel’s request. But “influential politicians from northern Germany,” where the shipbuilding industry is suffering from the global economic downturn, are apparently supportive in the interest of keeping German shipyards in business.

The shipbuilding contract would go to Hamburg company Blohm + Voss, the paper said.

Israel wants Berlin to finance two new warships

German government to give Israel warships for free

A two minute drive to school has become a trek through uneven terrain for Palestinian children after the IDF went another step in instigating Israeli brand apartheid by preventing Palestinians from using roads built on Palestinian land simply based on their ethnicity. The roads which were once used by thousands of Palestinians have been closed to them and now only ’settlers’ who number in the hundreds are allowed onto them.

Video was taken from B’Tselem, the subtitles were added by BotlBrush.

The army continues to harm the freedom of movement of Palestinians in the southwest Hebron Hills