Israeli Forces Attempt to Stop Palestinian Solidarity Walk

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The 2003 invasion of Iraq lasted from 19 March 2003 to 1 May 2003, and signaled the start of the conflict that later came to be known as the Iraq War, which was dubbed Operation Iraqi Freedom by the United States. The invasion consisted of 21 days of major combat operations, in which a combined force of troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, andPoland, invaded Iraq and deposed the Ba'athist government ofSaddam Hussein. The invasion phase consisted primarily of a conventionally-fought war which concluded with the capture of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad by American forces.Four countries participated with troops during the initial invasion phase, which lasted from 19 March to 9 April 2003. These were the United States (148,000), United Kingdom (45,000), Australia (2,000), and Poland (194). 36 other countries were involved in its aftermath. In preparation for the invasion, 100,000 U.S. troops were assembled in Kuwait by 18 February.[21] The United States supplied the majority of the invading forces, but also received support from Kurdish irregulars in Iraqi Kurdistan.According to U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the coalition mission was "to disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction, to end Saddam Hussein's support for terrorism, and to free the Iraqi people."[22] Former chief counter-terrorism adviser on the National Security CouncilRichard A. Clarke believes Bush took office with a predetermined plan to invade Iraq.[23] Others place a much greater emphasis on the impact of the 11 September 2001 attacks, and the role this played in changing U.S. strategic calculations, and the rise of the freedom agenda.[24][25] According to Blair, the trigger was Iraq's failure to take a "final opportunity" to disarm itself of alleged nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that U.S. and British officials called an immediate and intolerable threat to world peace.[26] In 2005, the Central Intelligence Agency released a report saying that no weapons of mass destruction had been found in Iraq.[27]In a January 2003 CBS poll 64% of Americans had approved of military action against Iraq, however 63% wanted Bush to find a diplomatic solution rather than go to war, and 62% believed the threat of terrorism directed against the U.S. would increase due to war.[28] The invasion of Iraq was strongly opposed by some long-standing U.S. allies, including the governments of France, Germany, New Zealand, and Canada.[29][30][31] Their leaders argued that there was no evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and that invading the country was not justified in the context of UNMOVIC's 12 February 2003 report. On 15 February 2003, a month before the invasion, there were worldwideprotests against the Iraq War, including a rally of three million people in Rome, which is listed in the Guinness Book of Recordsas the largest ever anti-war rally.[32] According to the French academic Dominique Reynié, between 3 January and 12 April 2003, 36 million people across the globe took part in almost 3,000 protests against the Iraq war.[33]The invasion was preceded by an air strike on the Presidential Palace in Baghdad on 19 March 2003. The following day coalition forces launched an incursion into Basra Province from their massing point close to the Iraqi-Kuwaiti border. While the special forces launched an amphibious assault from the Persian Gulf to secure Basra and the surrounding petroleum fields, the main invasion army moved into southern Iraq, occupying the region and engaging in the Battle of Nasiriyah on 23 March. Massive air strikes across the country and against Iraqi command and control threw the defending army into chaos and prevented an effective resistance. On 26 March the 173rd Airborne Brigade wasairdropped near the northern city of Kirkuk where they joined forces with Kurdish rebels and fought several actions against theIraqi army to secure the northern part of the country.The main body of coalition forces continued their drive into the heart of Iraq and met with little resistance. Most of the Iraqi military was quickly defeated and Baghdad was occupied on 9 April. Other operations occurred against pockets of the Iraqi army including the capture and occupation of Kirkuk on 10 April, and the attack and capture of Tikrit on 15 April. Iraqi PresidentSaddam Hussein and the central leadership went into hiding as the coalition forces completed the occupation of the country. On 1 May an end of major combat operations was declared, ending the invasion period and beginning the military occupation period.As of December 2011, the 2003 invasion of Iraq was the most recent armed conflict between standing national armies causing at least 1,000 battle deaths.[34]oday in history april 9

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today in history april 9

The Deir Yassin massacre took place on April 9, 1948, when around 120 fighters from the Irgun Zevai Leumi and Lohamei Herut Israel Zionist paramilitary groups attacked Deir Yassin near Jerusalem, a Palestinian-Arab village of roughly 600 civilians. The assault occurred as Jewish militia sought to relieve the blockade of Jerusalem by Palestinian forces during the civil war that preceded the end of British rule in Palestine.[1]Around 107 villagers were killed during and after the battle for the village, including women and children—some were shot, while others died when hand grenades were thrown into their homes.[2]Several villagers were taken prisoner and may have been killed after being paraded through the streets of West Jerusalem, though accounts vary.[3] Four of the attackers died, with around 35 injured.[4] The killings were condemned by the leadership of the Haganah—the Jewish community's main paramilitary force—and by the area's two chief rabbis. The Jewish Agency for Israelsent Jordan's King Abdullah a letter of apology, which he rebuffed.[1]The deaths became a pivotal event in the Arab-Israeli conflict for their demographic and military consequences. The narrative was embellished and used by various parties to attack each other—by the Palestinians to besmirch Israel; by the Haganah to play down their own role in the affair; and by the Israeli Left to accuse the Irgun and Lehi of violating the Jewish principle of purity of arms, thus blackening Israel's name around the world.[5] News of the killings sparked terror within the Palestinian community, encouraging them to flee from their towns and villages in the face of Jewish troop advances, and it strengthened the resolve of Arab governments to intervene, which they did five weeks later.[1]

It's ironic that the world's most famous Holocaust Museum, Yad Vashem, is just a mile and a half from the site of the massacre at Deir Yassin - you can actually stand at one of the locations and look across the valley and see the other.

But there are no signs, no markers, nothing to note what happened at Deir Yassin. The only official mention of it in any Israeli public venue is at the Irgun museum in Tel Aviv (probably the world's only museum dedicated to a terror group.) This exhibit completely brushes off any responsibility, tries to cast doubt on the number of victims, and even tries to blame them for their own deaths.

The State of Israel is in possession of actual photographs of the victims being murdered, but refuses to make them public. In a freedom of information case that went all the way to Israeli Supreme Court, the State claimed that making these photos public would not only damage the country’s foreign relations, but also “the dignity of the deceased." However, Israel has no such qualms about Yad Vashem exhibiting horrific photos of what happened to Jewish victims of the Holocaust.

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this is what some people know, while I just shared it because of its annevesary.

but from my experience...

I have met um qassim, one old lady from palestine lives in the UAE.

I was sitting beside here in shopping mall when my mobile rang, and she discovered that I am from the same "country" after I finished the phone call.

then she asked me where are u from, then she told me she was from dier yassin, I replied is it the village famous of the terrible massacre, she answered how could you know, I told her that I am a news editor, she asked: care for an additional real story, I said yes.

she started telling me about what she have personally SEEN.

she said: we woke up on the sounds of fire shots and children cries, my mother shouted they are coming and there is no way to escape.

she asked my paralized father to pray and handed him a copy of the holy quran and refused to listen to his request to run with the girl and leave him behind.

I was the only unmarried memeber in the family, my mother told me u have to survive.

she killed our only cow, and managed to cave it, and put me in, asking me not to make a movement.

then they come, I heard a gun shot, I knew that it was my paralized father.

then they brought some tied men, including one 12 years old boy who was injured and bleeding.

they gathered ironically in our back yard.

execution started, they killed everyone, they checked the bodies to make sure, they had extra shots just in case, and they killed our animals, then they threw cement in wells.

I could see them, they were right in front of me, could not see me because I was inside the a dead cow, and I was dead silent.

then they left.

when the resistance fighters came, and I heard their language, I went out, they could not believe what they have seen.

then I woke In a hospital in jerusalem.

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Letter from Albert Einstein, written to American Zionists in response to the massacre at Deir Yassin the day after it happened:

"I am not willing to see anybody associated with those misled and criminal people."

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A new look at the massacre at Deir Yassin

The Israeli group Zochrot ("Remembering") organized a tour to the site of the village that included survivors and relatives of the victims, as well as relatives of the Israeli combatants.

About 2:40, watch the nutjobs move in and start making death threats.

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Explain the name change, if you so desire.

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

Explain the name change, if you so desire.

It means "Palestine my heart"

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

It means "Palestine my heart"

I did a google, and saw that on a Flickr page. So, that was one of my possible answers.

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

I did a google, and saw that on a Flickr page. So, that was one of my possible answers.

Ah I found it as well. That one is Falastin fi qalbi ("Palestine in my heart")... so very close.

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Ah I found it as well. That one is Falastin fi qalbi ("Palestine in my heart")... so very close.

I was gonna ask too. You changed your avatar too. I don't like change.

Can we still refer to you as wom?

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I was gonna ask too. You changed your avatar too. I don't like change.

Can we still refer to you as wom?

You'll get used to it