Israel, Hamas reject UN truce vote. Fighting continues

Neither side wants a cease-fire. How much more carnage will there be? And to what end?

Nobody is winning here except the warlords.

Vatican: Gaza like “big concentration camp”

Cardinal Martino, president of the Vatican’s Council for Justice and Peace, made the comment to Italian online site Il Sussidiario.

“Defenceless populations are always the ones who pay,” he said.

“Look at the conditions in Gaza: more and more, it resembles a big concentration camp.”

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Al Jazeera live on Livestation

Livestation lets you watch Al Jazeera and BBC live, among other stations. Download it here. It runs on Windows, Macs, and Linux.

Al Jazeera is the only major media with reporters inside Gaza.

Tip: Eli of Lefti on the News

Major escalation. Rockets hit Israel from Lebanon

Life must go on in Gaza and Sderot

They call themselves Peace Man and Hope Man, one is Israeli, the other Palestinian. They live on opposite sides of the Israel-Gaza border. They blog about what it’s like.

This blog is written by 2 friends. One lives in Sajaia refugee camp in Gaza and the other lives in Sderot, a small town near Gaza [...]

The Israeli attack on the school

What everyone needs to take but probably won’t. Harry’s Place

And even if you hold Israel responsible for the current conflict, try to look at things from an Israeli point of view. Do you really think Israeli commander said, “There are Palestinian civilians sheltering in that building. Let’s blast them”?

It’s certainly possible. And [...]

Boycott Israel. Boycott 729

“729″ is the country code for Israel

Boycott Israel has a huge amount of links and information about the growing number of campaigns to boycott Israel, plus lots more.

Lest there be any doubt on the subject, this site is not anti-Jewish. Many of the sites linked to on this page are run by [...]

40 Palestinians killed in IDF strike on UN school

Huh. But the UN says they provide Israel with coordinates of their facilities specifically so they won’t be targeted. So why the deaths at the school, then?

Are Gaza hospitals are being targeted?

Craig Murray notes the immensely unbalanced coverage on the BBC.

I watched BBC World News for a timed hour yesterday. In that [...]

Track the Israel Gaza Conflict using social media

Mashable recommends using CrisisWire, WhosTalkin, and Social Mention to aggregate info on Gaza from dozens of social networking sites into one location. Remember, someone with a cell phone and a Twitter account can often get news out fast and first when no one else can. So, real-time websites like these can be invaluable.

You can [...]

When two tribes go to war

Part of a photo by Richard Searle of the Manchester, England protest (from Socialist Unity, who has continuing coverage of the worldwide protests)

Is violence is the tool of the incompetent?

Anytime two parties with disagreements move from lobbing angry words to lobbing missiles and bombs, it’s a sure sign of failure on someone’s [...]

Israel invades Gaza

Photo of Gaza bombing. Haim Bresheeth has many more.

IDF launches ground assault

PFLP calls for international resistance

Fatah calls for national unity against Israeli agression

100,000-150,000 Palestinians in Israel protest Gaza offensive (with video)

Ground War…

And we have ourselves a ground invasion of Gaza. A week ago, I did not expect this. [...]