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| Canada falls within US orbit on Gaza |
| 2009-01-09 |
| Echoing the US stance on Gaza, Canada's minister of state for foreign affairs blames Hamas for Israel's carnage inside the coastal strip. "Hamas bears a terrible responsibility for this and for the wider deepening humanitarian tragedy," Peter Kent told Reuters. He accused Hamas of using the 1.5 million Palestinians crammed inside the 360 square kilometer area -- slightly more than twice the size of Washington -- as human shields against Israeli attacks. "Hamas' record is to use civilians - the population and civilian infrastructure - as shields and it would seem quite possible that this is yet another tragic instance," Kent said. Eight days into Israel's "Operation Cast Lead" US President George W. Bush blamed the Hamas government for instigating the violence. "I understand Israel's desire to protect itself, and that the situation now taking place in Gaza was caused by Hamas," Bush said without faulting Israel on the civilian casualties inside the Gaza Strip. This is while Tel Aviv had initially violated the six-month ceasefire that took effect in June as Israeli tanks and bulldozers crossed the southern border of Gaza in early November and killed six Palestinian fighters. Since the start of the offensive into the coastal area on December 27, 763 Palestinians, most of whom were civilians, have been killed by Israeli forces. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 What does Israel really have to lose? I'm sure they couldn't be regarded any lower in the UN, arabs already want them annihilated, so whats the down side? |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2009-01-09 10:15 |
| #1 "This is while Tel Aviv had initially violated the six-month ceasefire that took effect in June as Israeli tanks and bulldozers crossed the southern border of Gaza in early November and killed six Palestinian fighters." And of course Hamass's constant firing of rockets at Israel during this so-called ceasefire had nothing to do with Israel's retaliation. Why are so many people so stupid? |
| Posted by: AllahHateMe 2009-01-09 09:57 |