Haaretz–In response to Elie Wiesel advertisement comparing Hamas to Nazis, 327 Jewish Holocaust survivors and descendants publish New York Times ad accusing Israel of `ongoing massacre of the Palestinian people.` Hundreds of Holocaust survivors and descendants of survivors have signed a letter, published as an advertisement in Saturday`s New York Times, condemning “the massacre of Palestinians in Gaza” and calling for a complete boycott of Israel.dn
Henry Norr–On Tuesday the Zim Piraeus tried to escape protesters by feigning departure, then returning to Oakland (screenshot from MarineTraffic.com) Tracking the extraordinary adventures of the Zim Piraeus on Tuesday and Wednesday, as it tried to outmaneuver protesters in Oakland (screenshot from MarineTraffic.com)
Sudarsan Raghavan and Ruth Eglash–RAFAH, Gaza Strip — An Israeli missile attack that killed 10 civilians sheltering in a U.N. school here early this month prompted a call for restraint from the U.S. government over what the State Department described as a “disgraceful’’ act. Yet what Israel employed in that Aug. 3 strike was a Hellfire missile, a weapon manufactured in the United States, according to the United Nations. The incident was one of many in the ongoing six-week-old war in the Gaza Strip in which weapons sold to Israel by the United States and some European nations have played a prominent role. dn
The End of Liberal ZionismANTONY LERMANAUG–LONDON — Liberal Zionists are at a crossroads. The original tradition of combining Zionism and liberalism — which meant ending the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, supporting a Palestinian state as well as a Jewish state with a permanent Jewish majority, and standing behind Israel when it was threatened — was well intentioned. But everything liberal Zionists stand for is now in doubt. dn
Or Kashti–Ethnic hatred has become a basic element in the everyday life of Israeli youth, a forthcoming book finds. “For me, personally, Arabs are something I can’t look at and can’t stand,” a 10th-grade girl from a high school in the central part of the country says in abominable Hebrew. “I am tremendously racist. I come from a racist home. If I get the chance in the army to shoot one of them, I won’t think twice. I’m ready to kill someone with my hands, and it’s an Arab. In my education I learned that … their education is to be terrorists, and there is no belief in them. I live in an area of Arabs, and every day I see these Ishmaelites, who pass by the [bus] station and whistle. I wish them death.” dn
Ibrahim Barzak and Mohammed Daraghmeh–ASSOCIATED PRESS – Hamas has signed a pledge to back any Palestinian bid to join the International Criminal Court, two senior officials in the group said Saturday. Such a step could expose Israel — as well as Hamas — to war crimes investigations. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has debated for months whether to join the court, a step that would transform his relations with Israel from tense to openly hostile and could also strain his ties with the United States. dn
Ynetnews–A poll from the Palestinian Center for Public Opinion shows that Gazans largely oppose ISIS, want truce with Israel, but not under terms of disarmament.dn
