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Gross Human Rights Violations and War Crimes in the Gaza Strip
The UN Human Rights Council must urge the
General Assembly to act under Resolution 377


Dear Member State of the UN Human Rights Council,

Representing the Palestinian human rights community, we write to you with an urgent request for intervention by the UN Human Rights Council to put an end to the war crimes and crimes against humanity being committed in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) as a result of the Israeli occupying forces‘ ongoing attacks on the Gaza Strip. At least 310 persons, including 37 children, have been killed and over 1000 Palestinians have been injured. The civilian population of the occupied Gaza Strip will inevitably continue to suffer heavy losses without the external intervention of the international community; this is confirmed by Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak’s assertion that this is a “war to the bitter end.”

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In this Sept. 25, 2008 file photo, Herman and Roma Rosenblat pose for a photo in their North Miami Beach, Fla. home. Rosenblat's 'Angel at the Fence' had been scheduled to come out in February, but Berkley Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), withdrew the memoir following allegations by scholars, friends and family members that his tale was untrue.


And there are thousands of such false holocaust stories, mostly created for money and fame. That is the name of the Holocaust Industry. Money, nothing less! The scam artist Rosenblat said: "I wanted to bring happiness to people, I brought hope to a lot of people. My motivation was to make good in this world." 'Hope!' 'Make good!' Liar! His interest was to profit upon lies, just like the Ann Frank Diaries writer, and many more like them.

24 December 2008, The Nation

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Obama enters the White House in a slipstream of forces that will hinder attempts to abandon this constitutional vision. He may be a careful constitutional scholar, but we can't rely on Obama alone to reorient the constitutional order. It will be up to progressives to insist on fundamental repudiation of the Bush/Cheney era.