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Dead babies, mothers weeping on their children’s graves, a gun aimed at a child and bombed-out mosques – these are a few examples of the images Israel Defense Forces soldiers design these days to print on shirts they order to mark the end of training, or of field duty. The slogans accompanying the drawings are not exactly anemic either: A T-shirt for infantry snipers bears the inscription “Better use Durex,” next to a picture of a dead Palestinian baby, with his weeping mother and a teddy bear beside him. A sharpshooter’s T-shirt from the Givati Brigade’s Shaked battalion shows a pregnant Palestinian woman with a bull’s-eye superimposed on her belly, with the slogan, in English, “1 shot, 2 kills.” A “graduation” shirt for those who have completed another snipers course depicts a Palestinian baby, who grows into a combative boy and then an armed adult, with the inscription, “No matter how it begins, we’ll put an end to it.”

via Dead Palestinian babies and bombed mosques – IDF fashion 2009 – Haaretz – Israel News.

“…The scary part is that if we are not in these two states ie, being in a humble, sorry state before Allah and then calling upon Him in a sorrowful state, He will bring us to our knees through His creation…”

via Traveller: Advice on Gaza.

“…Future generations should know that we met this fate because we sought salvation following a wrongly created man. History has witnessed that a great Turkish army has fought due to the greed of an ignorant and mad commander…”

via Aftermath of The Battle at Sarikamish | Mind, Body, Soul.

by Jeremy R. Hammond

Lie #1) Israel is only targeting legitimate military sites and is seeking to protect innocent lives. Israel never targets civilians.

Lie #2) Hamas violated the cease-fire. The Israeli bombardment is a response to Palestinian rocket fire and is designed to end such rocket attacks.

Lie #3) Hamas is using human shields, a war crime.

Lie #4) Arab nations have not condemned Israel’s actions because they understand Israel’s justification for its assault.

Lie #5) Israel is not responsible for civilian deaths because it warned the Palestinians of Gaza to flee areas that might be targeted.

For more visit:

“Top 5 Lies About Israel’s Assault on Gaza” by Jeremy R. Hammond.

If Canada Launched Rockets at the US…

via KABOBfest: If Canada Launched Rockets at the US….

Hoping to depart from analogies that steamroll all nuance…

Wishing to kill the spirit of comparisons that ignore imbalances of power…

If Mexicans settled the US en masse, and then established a state of their own on American soil, with the blessing of the Latin American Alliance, do you think Americans would just sit there and take it?

“…better off as animals rather than Palestinians”

via israelity bites: Eyewitness to the Eyeless in Gaza.

Children of Gaza, Run to the Angels

via Middle East Online.

Dad, when are we going to die? | Muhabbat ul Deen.