I have abridged and edited the following just a tad. (my note)

VETERANS TODAY          Posted For Friday & Saturday Aug.29-30, 2014

By Stephen Lendman

Israel claims a divine right to mass slaughter and destroy with impunity. It does so for any reason, or none at all. It commits virtually every imaginable crime and then some. International laws don’t matter. Nor UN resolutions. Accountability is nonexistent.

Fact: Israel’s entire history is bloodstained. Fact: It reflects lawless depravity.

On Tuesday Aug.26/14, Israel’s Operation Protective Edge aggression entered day 50. Mass slaughter and destruction continue. Mainstream Media (MSM) scoundrels largely lost interest. Killing Palestinians no longer matters. Justifiable outrage is absent.

So-called halted US arms shipments to Israel two weeks ago was mind-fake-deception. Deputy State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said no change in US support for Israel exists.

Weapons include Hellfire missiles, attack helicopters and powerful bunker buster bombs.

Israel uses them to kill Palestinian civilians. Doing so violates core international laws, norms and standards.

Washington unconditionally supports and encourages Israel’s killing machine. It uses banned weapons. They include chemical, biological and radiological ones.

Medical professionals report treating injuries never before seen. Palestinian suffering goes unnoticed.

On August 26, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) reported what MSM scoundrels ignore.

—“Israeli occupation forces have continued their brutal and immoral offensive on the Gaza Strip for the 50th consecutive day in violation of the international law,” it said.

—“They have employed their full-fledged arsenal to attack the Gaza Strip from the air, sea and land, killing and wounding thousands of Palestinians, mostly civilians, including children and women.”

—“Many Palestinians have been killed by Israeli airstrikes that attacked their homes without prior warnings.”

—“Israeli forces have attacked homes and civilian facilities and property.”

In the past 24 hours alone (Aug.26/14), Israeli bombs, missiles and shells murdered 14 Palestinians. Another 120 were injured. Many seriously. Some won’t survive. Others are maimed for life. Mostly non-combatant women and children are affected.

“Additionally,” said PCHR, “a charity, 2 mosques, a workshop and a poultry farm (were) destroyed.” Hundreds of thousands of Gazans are displaced. Most parts of the Strip lack water, electricity and other basic services.

Every square inch of Gaza is unsafe. No safe havens exist. Israel considers civilian neighbourhoods, hospitals, mosques, schools and UN refuges legitimate targets.

State terror is official Israeli policy. War without mercy continues. It rages lawlessly. Western leaders support Israeli genocide.

Ceasefires come and go. Peace, equity and justice remain more fantasy than reality. Palestinians yearn for liberation. Some day they hope, for sure, but no time soon!

Source: http://www.veteranstoday.com/2014/08/26/israel-v-palestine-msm-unreported-truths/