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Gaza massacre: Israeli leaders should be prosecuted for war crimes in International Criminal Court

Marjorie Cohn
Truthout
Sat, 07 Apr 2018 19:06 UTC
A Palestinian man wears a gas mask
© Photo: Abbas Momani / AFP / Getty ImagesA Palestinian man wears a gas mask as he walks in the smoke during a protest in the West Bank city of Ramallah on April 6, 2018. Clashes erupted on the Gaza-Israel border Friday, a week after Israeli forces killed 19 Palestinians at similar demonstrations
On March 30, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers shot 773 unarmed Palestinian protesters in Gaza, killing 17 and wounding 1,400. Twenty remain in critical condition. The protesters were marching to demand the internationally mandated right of return of refugees to their cities and villages in what now constitutes Israel.

The Israeli leaders who ordered the massacre were in clear violation of international law. They should be prosecuted for war crimes.

Premeditated Use of Deadly Force Against Peaceful Protesters

The use of deadly force against the peaceful protesters was premeditated. The IDF deployed 100 snipers to the border fence between Gaza and Israel, where 30,000 to 40,000 Palestinians had gathered for the Great March of Return. In a damning tweet, later deleted, the IDF wrote, "Nothing was carried out uncontrolled; everything was accurate and measured, and we know where every bullet landed."
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Fort Campbell: Two soldiers killed in helicopter crash during training exercises


Fox News
Sat, 07 Apr 2018 17:18 UTC
fort campbell
© U.S. Army
Two soldiers were killed when their helicopter crashed during a training exercise at Fort Campbell in Kentucky, officials said Saturday.

The soldiers were members of the 101st Airborne Division. The crash happened Friday night and involved an Army AH-64E Apache helicopter.

The names of the deceased will not be released until 24 hours after next-of-kin notification is complete, officials said.

The crew was conducting routine training at the time of the accident. There were no other casualties. Fort Campbell Fire and Emergency Services members responded to the crash scene.
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IDF shoot 500 protesters, 6 journalists, kill 9 - in one day - MSM actually notices

Philip Weis
Mondoweiss
Sat, 07 Apr 2018 16:47 UTC
Yaser Murtaja
Photo of Yaser Murtaja after he was shot, posted by Liam O'Hare, April 6, 2018.
On the second Friday of the Gaza protests yesterday, Israeli snipers shot nearly 500 Palestinians at the Gaza border, killing nine (per AP), and bringing the death total in two Fridays to 31. The international headlines feature the shootings of six Palestinian journalists, including one who was killed, 30-year-old Yasser Murtaja, even though he wore a flak jacket clearly marked PRESS.

This is the only story today. For Reuters, for AFP, for the AP; for the Washington Post too. (Journalists have self interest.) "Palestinian journalist in vest marked 'PRESS' shot dead by Israeli troops in Gaza," is the the Post's headline. Reporter Loveday Morris waits many paragraphs to provide the Israeli defense of its soldiers' actions: blaming Hamas for turning the fence into a war zone.


Comment: "You made us shoot your journalists."


One of the wounded journalists was Khalia Aazara, photo below posted by journalist Saad Abedine, who says that 780 in all were injured yesterday.The Palestinian health ministry said 491 Palestinians were shot.

Comment: Imagine if this had been Putin's government and army. "Russian dictator Putin's army opens fire on peaceful protesters and journalists! 500 shot in one day! One journalist murdered!" In fact, if ANY other country had done this, it would be front-page news for days if not weeks. But Israel gets a pass. That's what happens when identity politics takes over a nation and victim-status is brought up to the level of an absolute.

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London experiencing unprecedented levels of gun and knife crimes

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Fri, 06 Apr 2018 16:51 UTC
UK knife crime
In the early 20th century, British citizens were trusted by their government to own firearms. In fact, then-Prime Minister Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, the Marquess of Salisbury once said he would "laud the day when there was a rifle in every cottage in England." However, beginning with a law requiring a permit for handguns, Britain would embark down the slippery slope of a total citizen disarmament, and by 1996, all guns, including handguns, were banned in the UK.

In fact, so scared of its citizens having guns is the United Kingdom that in 2006, the government even banned toy guns under the guise of "reducing violence" with the Violent Crime Reduction Act. Fast forward to 2018 and - as gun rights activists have consistently warned - only criminals and the government have guns.

The result of the incremental stripping of rights has left the citizens of the United Kingdom sitting ducks merely waiting for violent criminals and a corrupt government to take hold. According to multiple new reports, this now seems to be the case.

Scotland Yard has since called an emergency meeting as London is now gripped by unprecedented violent crime. This violent crime spike comes as an ex-senior officer says "police have lost control of the streets."

Comment: See also:

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'Disaster for humanity': Experts tell RT on questionable joint AI project by Google & Pentagon


RT
Sat, 07 Apr 2018 16:46 UTC
U.S. Air Force
© U.S. Air Force
Hundreds of Google employees are up in arms over the company's partnership with the Pentagon in AI technology, fearing it may be used for war. Experts told RT the "questionable" alliance could result in "disaster for humanity."

Google employees wrote a letter to the company's CEO, Sundar Pichai, calling on the US tech giant to immediately pull out of a controversial program that many fear could be used for warfare.

Comment: Don't be evil': Thousands of Google employees are in revolt - demand company desist from supporting US war

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Indianapolis police beat and taser man having an epileptic seizure

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Fri, 06 Apr 2018 16:44 UTC
police arrest
When your only tool is a hammer, everything around you, even medical emergencies, begins to look like a nail. As the video below illustrates, police who are only trained to use violence, made a bad situation worse when they responded to a call about a man who was having a seizure.

A family is outraged after watching cellphone footage of their son and brother being savagely beaten by Indianapolis Metropolitan Police officers during a medical emergency.

The victim, Christopher Knox, who is an epileptic, suffered a seizure while shopping in a Speedway gas station last week. For those unfamiliar with epileptics, often times during and after seizures, they can become severely disoriented.

"Officers might react to a person's dazed behavior, inability to obey directives, and combative response to restraint as actions that the person can control," the website for the law enforcement accreditor CALEA reads. "In fact, when a person with epilepsy has a seizure, he or she is physically unable to control their actions."
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Frmr Catalan President Puigdemont granted bail by German court, cannot be extradited to Spain for rebellion


South China Morning Post
Fri, 06 Apr 2018 03:56 UTC
Spain has accused the Catalan separatist leader of rebellion, but a court in Berlin said the charge was not valid in Germany

Carles Puigdemont
Carles Puigdemont
Former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont can be released on bail, a German court said on Thursday, adding that while he could still be extradited to Spain on corruption charges he could not be extradited for the more serious charge of rebellion.

Puigdemont was arrested on entering Germany last month on a Spanish-issued warrant.

Spain has accused the Catalan separatist of rebellion and corruption after he organised an unsanctioned independence referendum.

Comment: Puigdemont breaks his silence in prison interview - 'I am not a criminal, we won the elections twice'

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Victoria Skripal says her uncle's last restaurant order hasn't been released - food poisoning?


Sputnik
Thu, 05 Apr 2018 16:32 UTC
Home of former double agent Sergei Skripal
© Hannah McKay / ReutersPolice guard the cordoned-off area around the home of former double agent Sergei Skripal in Salisbury, April 3, 2018
Victoria Skripal, the niece of the former Russian intelligence officer poisoned in Salisbury, England, has given her thoughts on the incident during an interview with Russia's Channel One TV network.

The niece of Sergei Skripal referred to the Salisbury pizzeria after visiting which her uncle and his daughter had been found by policemen after the March 4 incident. She pointed out that the two allegedly ordered fugu fish - quite a surprising suggestion as this dish is part of Japanese cuisine, and should be carefully prepared to avoid a lethal poisoning. The Zizzi restaurant in Salisbury does not offer any fugu-based dish in its menu.

"Is it difficult to obtain an account and see what people ordered at the restaurant? For some reason this information is classified. Did they eat some unknown dish that you cannot eat? Or is it forbidden in England?" Victoria Skripal said.

Fugu can be lethally poisonous due to its tetrodotoxin; therefore, it must be carefully prepared. The restaurant preparation of fugu, which is served as sashimi and chirinabe, is strictly controlled by law in Japan and several other countries, and only chefs who have qualified after three or more years of rigorous training are allowed to prepare the fish. Domestic preparation occasionally leads to accidental death.

According to police, Skripals had a drink at The Bishop's Mill pub and then ate lunch at Italian restaurant Zizzi, leaving around 3:35pm. However, it hasn't been immediately clear what exactly did they order.

Comment: As a Moon of Alabama commenter points out, the Daily Mail reported that the Skripals ate a seafood risotto pesce with prawns, mussels and squid rings - a dish with a reputation as a source for shellfish poisoning. That's because the paralytic seafood poison saxitoxin is a neurotoxin, which has been weaponized. And it can have similar effects as a nerve agent: "Respiratory difficulty, salivation, temporary blindness, nausea and vomiting may also occur. In extreme cases, paralysis of respiratory muscles may lead to respiratory arrest and death." Of course, if the Skripals simply had a near-fatal case of food poisoning, that still wouldn't explain how Det. Sgt. Nick Bailey also came down with it.

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Vatican police arrests former Vatican diplomat under investigation for possession of child porn

Hannah Brockhaus
Catholic News Agency
Sat, 07 Apr 2018 16:32 UTC
St. Peter's Basilica.
© feliks/ShutterstockSt. Peter's Basilica.
On Saturday Vatican police arrested former Vatican diplomat Fr. Carlo Alberto Capella, who has been under investigation for the violation of laws concerning the possession of child pornography and its distribution or sale.

Capella was recalled from the U.S. Nunciature in Washington, D.C. in September 2017, after the Vatican was informed Aug. 21, by the U.S. State Department, that there was a "possible violation of laws relating to child pornography images" by a member of the Holy See's diplomatic corps.
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Israelis kill young Palestinian in Gaza with drone missile, another dies of his injuries


IMEMC
Thu, 05 Apr 2018 16:22 UTC
gaza snipers
© Reuters/Ibraheem Abu MustafaPalestinians take cover from Israeli snipers during clashes at the Gaza-Israel border at a protest demanding the right to return to their homeland, in the southern Gaza Strip March 31, 2018.
Palestinian medical sources have reported, Thursday, that Israeli soldiers killed one Palestinian with a missile fired from an armed drone, late on Wednesday at night, while another Palestinian died from wounds he suffered last Friday, in the Gaza Strip.

The sources said that an armed Israeli military drone fired a missile at Palestinian protesters near Erez Crossing, in the eastern part of the Gaza Strip, killing one of them, and wounding several others.

Palestinian medics were unable to enter the area due to Israeli army fire, and severe military restrictions on border areas, and were only able to retrieve his body in the morning.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said the slain Palestinian has been identified as Mojahed Nabil al-Khodary, 23, from Gaza city.

Medical sources at the Shifa Medical center in Gaza city, said Red Crescent Medics located the mutilated remains of the slain Palestinian, east of the Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza city.

They added that the soldiers also shot five Palestinians with live fire and caused dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation in the same area.

Comment: The ritual slaughter continues:

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