THE ACCIDENTAL HOLOCAUST

by Desertpeace

Image ‘Copyleft’ by Carlos Latuff

How many deaths does it take to qualify as a holocaust? I tried to look up a definition for the word holocaust but all were preceded by the word the. If we look at our history books we clearly see that there was more than one of these tragedies, but for some reason the one in Eastern Europe is the only one called that.
So what is going on in Palestine, Gaza in particular, does not qualify as a holocaust according to Mr. Webster and his associates… does that make the murders of these innocent people more acceptable in the eyes of the world?
Over 150 people had their lives taken away by the zionist beast in just over a month… Since 1948 there have been over 2 million Palestinian deaths (according to Yahoo) but is anyone keeping count? Does anyone care?? Perhaps the world is accepting the zionist’s response of ‘ those were accidental fatalities’…. does that make what we are witnessing an accidental holocaust? Does the number have to reach 6 million to get into Webster’s?

Fresh Gaza air strike kills three

Israeli forces have carried out further raids on the Gaza Strip, killing three Palestinian civilians in an air strike. Militant group Islamic Jihad said the air strike was aimed at its men, but missed the target.

The Israeli military says its raids are to stop rocket attacks by militants. It said the civilians were killed by mistake and it is investigating.

The latest attack takes the number of Palestinians killed by Israel in Gaza to more than 20 in the past two days.

Medical workers said those killed on Wednesday afternoon were all from the same family and included a teenage boy.

Earlier, Israeli troops in the West Bank killed a senior figure in Islamic Jihad’s military wing.

Hamas, the radical Islamist group which is Gaza’s de facto ruler, said Israeli military actions in the last two days have scuppered a possible prisoner exchange between an Israeli soldier held by Hamas and Palestinians held by Israel.

Its Damascus-based leader in exile, Khaled Meshal, said it also jeopardised an informal ceasefire Hamas has adopted since 2005.

“I tell the… enemy: What you are committing will deprive you of anything you’re betting on. There will be no exchange involving Gilad Shalit, no calm or nothing of this sort,” Mr Meshal said at a news conference.

“Palestinian blood being spilt by you will be your curse. It will not bring you security. It will not prolong the existence of your entity,” he added.

Military leader

Earlier, Israeli troops killed Islamic Jihad commander Walid Obeidi during an exchange of fire in the West Bank village of Qabatiya, near the northern town of Jenin, officials and witnesses said.

Two of his bodyguards were wounded and arrested, the group said.

The Israeli army said its troops had attempted to arrest Mr Obeidi, described as the head of the armed wing of the radical movement in the West Bank.

He refused to surrender and was killed in an exchange of fire, the military said.

The violence comes after Israeli and Palestinian Authority negotiators began talks on Monday on core issues in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - borders, Jewish settlements, Jerusalem and Palestinian refugees.

The Palestinian Authority said Israel’s military action was a “slap in the face” to US President George W Bush, who visited the area last week to promote peace talks.

Hamas’s armed wing claimed responsibility for a heavy rocket barrage aimed at the Israeli town of Sderot on Wednesday, but there were no reports of injuries.