Studies show that US coverage is Israeli-centric. The main bureaus for CNN, Associated Press, Time, etc. are located in Israel and often staffed by Israelis. The son of the NY Times bureau chief is in the Israeli army;"pundit" Jeffrey Goldberg served in the IDF; Wolf Blitzer worked for AIPAC. Because the U.S. gives Israel over $8 million/day - more than to any other nation - we feel it is essential that we be fully informed on this region. Below are news reports to augment mainstream coverage.

Friday, March 4, 2011

Weekly Report: Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinians, wound 9, damage 31 buildings

IMEMC - In its weekly report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 24 Feb. 02 Mar. 2011, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found that during the last week, a Palestinian worker and a resistance fighter were killed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli forces launched a series of air strikes against civilian targets in the Gaza Strip. During the air strikes, 4 houses were destroyed and 14 others were damaged. In addition, 11 civilian establishments were destroyed or heavily damaged, a security building was destroyed and a mosque was damaged.

Israeli forces continued to target Palestinian workers, farmers and fishermen in border areas in the Gaza Strip. A Palestinian worker and a farmer were wounded by Israeli troops this week.

In the Gaza Strip, on Thursday, 24 February 201, at approximately 00:05, Israeli warplanes fired two missiles at an agricultural room belonging to Wa'el 'Abdul Hadi al-Majaida, 40, in the north of the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Yunis. The room was completely destroyed and a nearby house belonging to Khaled Na'im Wafi was damaged. At approximately 04:10, Israeli warplanes fired a missile at a yard in al-Shouka village, east of Rafah. As a result, a house belonging to Hassam Mahmoud Hamad was destroyed, and another house belonging to Ashraf Hassan Abu Rezeq was heavily damaged. Hamad's son stated to PCHR that he had received a phone call from a person who introduced himself as an officer of the Israeli intelligence. The officer order him to evacuate the house, because it would be bombarded, and the family rushed out just before the bomb hit.

On 27 February 2011, Israeli forces positioned at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel shot dead a Palestinian worker who was collecting scraps of construction materials in the northern Gaza Strip, nearly 300 meters away from the border.

Another worker was wounded by Israeli forces on 26 February 2011....
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