CounterCurrents: Israel Bombs Gaza Back To Stone Age: Razes Only Power Plant And Plunges Strip Into Darkness, U.S. Holds The World Records of Killings Innocent Civilians

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Over 70 Palestinians Killed In Gaza On Wednesday; Death Toll Crosses 1300
By Ma'an News Agency

http://www.countercurrents.org/maan300714.htm

At least 70 Palestinians have been killed and 110 injured in Israeli attacks since midnight Wednesday on the 23rd day of the Gaza offensive, according to the Ministry of Health. The latest killings brought the number of dead since the start of Israel's assault on Gaza to more than 1,300, according to health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra


Israel Bombs Gaza Back To Stone Age: Razes Only Power Plant And Plunges Strip Into Darkness
By Juan Cole

http://www.countercurrents.org/cole300714.htm

While one can argue about whether this mortar fire or or that aerial bombing was justified, the destruction of the power plant and therefore of civilian water-purification is certainly a war crime. Babies in particular are vulnerable to dirty water, and often take revenge on their parents for the inability to give them clean water by dying. Israel is, as Rashid Khalidi argues, collectively punishing the entire Palestinian population of Gaza to punish it for being insufficiently cowed and for refusing to accept being ethnically cleansed from what is now Israel

Artists, Activists And Nobel Peace Laureates Stand Up For Palestinian Rights In New Video
By Jewish Voice for Peace

http://www.countercurrents.org/jvp300714.htm

A diverse group of celebrities, artists, and activists that includes American Jews and Palestinians are speaking out for Palestinian human rights in a video released online today. The video is a first of its kind expression of support for Palestinian freedom, equality and justice and features celebrities such as Chuck D, Jonathan Demme, Gloria Steinem, Wallace Shawn, Tony Kushner, Mira Nair, Roger Waters, Brian Eno, Nobel Peace Laureates Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Desmond Tutu, Jody Williams, Rigoberta Menchu Tum , activists and artists like Mira Nair, Anand Patwardhan, Ken Loach, Naomi Klein etc holding signs with the names and ages of Palestinian civilians recently killed by the Israeli military in Gaza


Joint Declaration By International Law Experts on Israel’s Gaza Offensive
By International Law Experts

http://www.countercurrents.org/ile300714.htm

The International Community Must End Israel’s Collective Punishment of the Civilian Population in the Gaza Strip


Call From Palestine: Free Gaza, Hold Israel Accountable
By Citizens From Palestine

http://www.countercurrents.org/cfp300714.htm

As Gaza is forced into darkness and devastation, we must speak on her behalf. Our friends and family members in Gaza call on you to demand the lifting of the siege on Gaza, the immediate provision of medical and humanitarian aid, and holding Israel accountable for war crimes and crimes against humanity


Open Letter From Javier Bardem About The Massacres In Gaza
By Javier Bardem

http://www.countercurrents.org/bardem300714.htm

Yes, I’m outraged, ashamed and hurt by all of this injustice and human beings getting killed. Those children are our children. It’s horrendous. I can only hope that those who kill will find it in their hearts to show compassion and be cured of this murderous poison which only breeds more hate and violence. That those Israelis and Palestinians who only dream of peace and coexistence can some day find a solution together


Recruiting To Kill - It Is Not Just An Israeli War On Gaza
By Ramzy Baroud

http://www.countercurrents.org/baroud300714.htm

It is one thing to fail to stop war crimes from being committed, it is a whole other level of failure to defend, finance and take active part in carrying out these war crimes. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not the only leader culpable of Gaza's bloodbath; others in western capitals should also be held to account


Israel Is Stealing And Murdering Its Way Through Palestine — Paul Craig Roberts
By Paul Craig Roberts

http://www.countercurrents.org/roberts300714.htm

There is only one take on the current Israeli slaughter of Palestinians, which Netanyahu, the demonic Israeli leader, declares will be a “protracted campaign” this time. We are witnessing yet again Israeli war crimes that are supported by the Great Moral West that is so concerned about the deaths of 290 passengers on MH-17 that they are about to drive the world to a major war, while Palestinian casualties pile up so fast that they are out of date by the time you put the numbers in a column. So far more than 1,200 deaths, with injuries to 2,000 children, 1,170 women, and 257 elderly


Kandhamal Cultural Activist Calls For Action on August 25th
By Kandhamal Human Rights Watch

http://www.countercurrents.org/khrw300714.htm

Bolli Anarsingh, who happened to be a victim of anti-Christian communal violence in Kandhamal during 2008, urges people all over the world to take action for justice and peace for survivors of Kandhamal violence


New ICHR Chief Is A Communal Ideologue
By Ram Puniyani

http://www.countercurrents.org/puniyani300714.htm

Prof. Y.Sudarshan Rao, not much known for his academic accomplishments in the discipline of History, has been appointed as the chief of ICHR (Indian Council for Historical Research). Prof. Rao has been working on proving the historicity of epics like Ramayana and Mahabharata. In addition rather than peer-reviewed research papers, he has been speaking his mind through blogs, which are reflective of his ideological moorings. Though he claims not to be part of RSS, his outpourings do show the inklings of agenda of Hindu Rashra inherent in them, the glorification of caste system, the glorification of Hindu past and it’s being tarnished by alien Muslim rule


An Invitation To Remember: The Lightning Testimonies Comes To India
By Shivani Kaul

http://www.countercurrents.org/kaul300714.htm

Amar Kanwar's video installation "The Lightning Testimonies" is exhibited in India for the first time this year


U.S. Holds The World Records of Killings Innocent Civilians: Prof. John McMurtry
By Kourosh Ziabari

http://www.countercurrents.org/ziabari300714.htm

A world-renowned Canadian philosopher argues that the United States is the world recorder of illegal killings of unarmed civilians and extrajudicial detention and torturing of prisoners who are detained without trial