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Winners and Losers

Includes link to Israelis calling for the eradication and murder of everyone in Gaza.

(BETHLEHEM) - Gaza Redux Analysis: In wars, everybody loses but to variable degrees.  But certain parties can claim achieving certain goals they set for themselves.

Taking stock of the attack on Gaza, the players in this game come out differently...

`UN internal report meaningless without action, long term solution needed’: Tamil activist

Expert says more lives could have been spared.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka Colombo TamilNet) - Tamil activist Dr. Sam Pari, is criticizing the UN for its deliberate silence.

He says it “protected the Sri Lankan state from international criticism and allowed it to strategically conduct a genocidal campaign under the guise of a “war on terror”.

Gaza`s Courage Under Fire Puts a Brake on Zionist Ambition

Israel’s latest brainless onslaught has spectacularly backfired.

(LONDON) - First, the courage and resilience of the Palestinians in Gaza has won the hearts and minds of the world. In Stephen Lendman’s words, “we’re all Gazans now”.

The Hamas government, which has been forced to operate under impossible conditions ever since it was elected in 2006, earns grudging admiration and can hold its head high.

Israel Sentences Conscientious Objector to Prison

First Prison Term for Conscientious Objector Natan Blanc | תקופת כליאה ראשונה לסרבן המצפון נתן בלנק | الحكم بالسجن على رافض الخدمة العسكرية ناتان بلانك‎

(TEL AVIV) - CO Natan Blanc, 19 years old from, Haifa, arrived, Sunday, 19 November, to the Induction Base in Tal-hashomer, where he declared his refusal to serve in the Israeli Army.

He was sentenced to 10 days of imprisonment for his refusal, he also received a suspended sentence of 10 days.

WORLD COMMENTARY: UN has a Second Chance to Right Wrongs on Sri Lanka

For its part, the UN Security Council studiously ignored the warning signs so obvious in a civil war.

(MELBOURNE, Aust) - THERE is little doubt that in 2009 the government of Sri Lanka pulled off one of the nastiest episodes of mass killing since the Rwandan genocide – and got away with it.

Tens of thousands of civilians were massacred, with barely a trickle of Syria-like imagery emerging from the battle zone. In a new report released in New York, the UN has shouldered its portion of responsibility for this bloody catastrophe.

Why Did Sri Lanka Kill So Many Children?

Photos (BBC) tell of a painful, grisly and deadly time in Tamil history. American journalists need to pay attention.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - As the Israelis lay siege to Gaza, killing children by the score, our newsroom received a whole new batch of images from the Genocide in Sri Lanka that ended just a little over three years ago.

The writings and multi-media reports are a sad and terrible tribute for tens of thousands of ethnically cleansed Tamils- the minority group in Sri Lanka forever under the grinding thumb of the Sinhala Buddhist Sri Lankan government.

How Many Children Will Israel Slaughter Before World Leaders Deliver Law and Justice?

The Zionist regime has continually violated UN resolutions. (GRAPHIC PHOTOS)

(LONDON) - Despite the piles of dead in Gaza and - for the second time in four years - the row upon row of charred and broken little bodies of children, nothing changes.

Western leaders still shirk their duty and call on the two parties to restart the squalid, lopsided peace process...

The Vanni by Benjamin Dix and Lindsay Pollock

The Vanni is a multi media, interactive comic book about conflict and migration focusing on Sri Lanka.

(LONDON) - In one of the most brutal counter-insurgency operations ever mounted, at least 40,000 civilians were killed. The exact number of dead may never be known.

My name is Benjamin Dix and I arrived in Vanni, in northern Sri Lanka, three days after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

IDF: Pillar Of Defense: Sixth Day of Fighting

The Iron Dome missile defense system has successfully intercepted an overall of 347 rockets.

(TEL AVIV) - The sixth day of Operation Pillar Of Defense is drawing to an end. Since the beginning of the operation, over 600 rockets fired from Gaza hit Israeli towns.

Today, three schools in the southern city of Ashkelon were hit by rockets fired from Gaza.

Qatari Emir`s visit to Gaza Aimed at Locating Hamas Leaders: Report

Qatar’s King Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has reportedly located the whereabouts of senior Hamas members during his recent visit to the Gaza Strip, and later provided Israel with the information to assassinate them.

(TEHRAN Press TV) - According to a report published by the Fars news agency, the emir of Qatar distributed a number of watches and ballpoint pens among Hamas leaders, which could transmit low-frequency signals to Israeli satellites.

The Israeli military officials would then use the received signals to spot the high-ranking Hamas fighters, and launch assassination strikes on them.