Largely immune from retaliation by its sophisticated anti-missile defense system, Israel expands its targets to include the media as well as residential areas …
- Israel Strikes Media Buildings in Gaza, Expanding Its Range of Targets (Washington Post)
- Israeli Strikes Kill 23 in Gaza:Â Babies and Women Killed in Air Strike (Herald Sun)
- BBC Gaza Journalist Loses Infant Son in Israeli Strikes (The Hindu)
- Israel Ready to Expand Gaza Offensive, Says Binyamin Netanyahu (Guardian)
- Fresh Attack on Tel Aviv as Israel Bombards Gaza Strip (Christian Science Monitor)
- On the Gaza-Israel Border, Israeli Reservists Weigh a Ground Assault (Christian Science Monitor)
- Gaza Braces for Invasion as Death Toll Mounts (Guardian)
- As Rockets Fly, the Gaza Image and Propaganda War Grinds On (Christian Science Monitor)
… the Egyptian people show humanitarian concern for besieged Gazans but no desire for a military intervention …
- Egyptian Activists Cross into Gaza to Show Support (AP / Boston Globe)
- Egyptians Condemn Israeli Attacks on Gaza, but Most Don’t Want to Go to War over Them (Washington Post)
- Israel Talks Cease-fire in Egypt, While Widening Range of Targets in Gaza (Christian Science Monitor)
… and even Israelis too have mixed feelings, while the Gazans make clear that a meaningful cease fire requires an end to the siege …
- Israelis Question Too, ‘Who Wants This War?’ (Christian Science Monitor)
- Hamas Links Truce to End of Gaza Border Blockade (AP /abc News)
… while American Muslim and Arab groups urge “Â President Obama not to sit on the sidelines as American taxpayer-funded weapons are used to kill civilians — including babies — and to destroy the civilian infrastructure in Gaza” …
- Â U.S. Muslims Call on President Obama to Demand Ceasefire in Israel (Students Operated Press)
- Israel Faces Millions of Hacking Attempts (Christian Science Monitor)
- Anonymous Leaks Personal Information of 5,000 Israeli Officials (Russia Today)
Church leaders feared an Arabic prayer “leaders feared it might offend military personnel or their families” but a sixteen year old Muslim girl fled “from the room crying when she learned the call to prayer was being cut”:
- Church Defends Muslim Call Ban at Vets Day Concert (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Muslims attracted to the “party whose platform rested on tax cuts and placed small business owners on a pedestal” now flee from the party that “Â smeared virtually every Muslim organization in America,” presided over the prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib, Â and has made it “Â clear to the Muslim community that we were all under suspicion”:
A member of Dads Against Discrimination accuses a Muslim judge of shariah-based bias in favor of women, but other alimony reformers distance themselves from his rant:
- Alimony Reformers Distance Themselves from ‘Anti-Muslim’ Attack on Family Court Judge (centraljersey.com)
“A Christian vigilante group killed a Muslim resident who insisted on going through their illegal checkpoint”:
- At Least 4 Dead in Central Nigeria Religious Riots Spurred by Checkpoint Killing of Muslim (AP / Washington Post)
“Murdoch … Â seems to believe that the owners of media outlets should require their reporting to conform to their owners political preferences and world-views, rather than reflect observed reality”:
- Rupert Murdoch’s Jewish Problem. And His Egyptian One. (Christian Science Monitor)
“The New York-based rights group also released new satellite imagery detailing the extensive destruction of several Muslim areas, including a village attacked by Buddhist mobs armed with spears and bows and arrows where adults were beheaded and women and children killed” …
- Human Rights Watch Accuses Myanmar Security Forces of Supporting Some Anti-Muslim Attacks (AP / Washington Post)
… yet criticism from Obama, visiting the country, Â is measured, “”The Rohingya … hold within themselves the same dignity as you do, and I do. National reconciliation will take time, but for the sake of our common humanity, and for the sake of this country’s future, it’s necessary to stop incitement and to stop violence”:
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