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The Pentagon has issued a message to Israel's Defense Ministry that U.S. President Barack Obama has approved the transfer of special assistance totaling $205 million (just under NIS 800 million) for the purchase of more than ten Iron Dome batteries.
The Israel Defense Forces ducked away from funding the project with its budget, explaining that offensive readiness was a higher priority
He added that the Defense Ministry has yet to decide how to allocate the funds. He stressed that it would
Human Rights Watch said Thursday it had evidence of cases from a 2008-09 conflict in which the Israeli army wantonly destroyed civilian property in the Gaza Strip, even if there was no military necessity.
But in a 116-page report published Thursday, titled "'I lost everything': Israel's Unlawful Destruction of Property in the Gaza conflict," the group described 12 cases in which troops destroyed homes, factories and orchards "without any lawful military purpose."
In those cases, HRW said it found no indication of nearby fighting at the time of the destruction. In all cases, the fighting in the area had stopped and, in most, Israeli bulldozers destroyed the property after Israeli soldiers had dispersed Palestinian militants in the area and consolidated control, said the group.
www.haaretz.com...
HRW said it documented the complete destruction of 190 buildings, including 11 factories, 8 warehouses and 170 residential buildings - which it said was roughly 5 per cent of the total property destroyed in Gaza - leaving at least 971 Palestinians homeless.
Originally posted by nunya13
So are we going to give the Palestinians iron domes to protect them from Israel?
Originally posted by illusive man
reply to post by ModernAcademia
considering all US presidents are the bitches of Israel
anyone really shocked at this?
the US is the bitch of Israel and we all know that
so this news isnt really something new or shocking the least
Originally posted by Intelearthling
You know? The replies on this thread are akin to a bunch of neo-Nazi and extremist Islamic sentiment towards Israel.
Human Rights Watch documented the complete destruction of 190 buildings, including 11 factories, 8 warehouses and 170 residential buildings - which it said was roughly 5 per cent of the total property destroyed in Gaza - leaving at least 971 Palestinians homeless.
Originally posted by Intelearthling
Tell me. Just what is wrong with Obama funding a missile defense in Israel when Israel is surrounded by people who want to kill us?
Originally posted by ModernAcademia
Why do they want to hurt Israel?
Seriously, i've said it before and i'll say it again
This is not specific to palestine, put New Yorkers in an open air prison, blockade all imports and exports and bomb all their businesses and factories and completely destroying their economy with robot snipers pointed at them in their own homes at all times. How would New Yorkers respond?
ANYONE would respond the same way and if not WORSE than Palestine.
Originally posted by illusive man
hey, remember you can get Banned on XBox live or PS3 network
so play nice.