Americans vote, Palestinians die!

11 civilians, including 12-year-old girl, among the dead 27 Palestinians killed in IDF Gaza raids over weekend
By Avi Issacharoff and Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondents, Haaretz Service and News Agencies
November 5th, 2006 -- "A 12-year-old girl was killed Saturday evening by Israel Defense Forces sniper fire in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanun, bringing to 27 the Palestinian death toll in Gaza since the start of the weekend. The IDF said that Isra Nasser, who died of head wounds, had been shot by a sniper targeting an armed militant, and expressed regret at the killing. At least 11 of the dead were civilians, and include two members of rescue crews. ..." /more/

"Israel does not target civilians..." by Miri Eisen, Israeli Government Spokeswoman (July 30, 2006)
This CNN-videoclip (July 30, 2006) was posted on Counterpoint a few times already. Regarding the article above, -- as a reminder -- it's only fitting to post it again. --tj

Olmert blames 'technical error' for deadly shelling
JERUSALEM (CNN) (November 8, 2006) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday blamed a "technical error" for the military's tank shelling of Beit Hanoun that killed 19 Palestinian civilians, mostly women and children, according to a spokeswoman -- Miri Eisen -- with the minister's office. /more/

[We are soooooo! used to the stories and excuses! They always have a door for escaping and get away with murder! Now it's "technical error" other times it's "Israel has the right to defend itself." And if all else fails, why not bring up the Holocaust?!--tj]

CNN-videoclip - Within this article on CNN's webpage find the link to open a 3 minute videoclip about how this "technical error" caused the massacre of women and children: their bodies literally torn apart! Watch the oh so "humble and tearful" Miri Eisen, ...she appears on screen again...! --tj