via Mehdi Karouch Idrissi Some facts Over a hundred Palestinians have been killed in the latest Israeli offensive on Gaza and Amnesty documents that at least 24 children and 16 women were among the casualties. Some actions On Thursday Barack Obama had phoned the Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, to offer to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas :The United States remains prepared to facilitate a cessation of hostilities, including a return to the November 2012 ceasefire agreement, the White House said. In the same day, after an emergency security council meeting The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, said a ceasefire was more urgent than ever. Palestinian U.N. observer Riyad Mansour called on the U.N. to intervene. The Security Council cannot remain paralyzed and marginalized as Israeli war crimes continue against the Palestinian civilian population in the Gaza Strip and in the rest of the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, he said Even the Russian President Vladimir Putin urged Netanyahu to end the bloodshed immediately in a telephone conversation on Thursday, expressing concern over civilian casualties. On Friday, Navi Pillay, the High Commissioner for Human Rights alarmed at mounting civilian toll in gaza. Here is two quotes : - “ we have received deeply disturbing reports that many of the civilian casualties, including of children, occurred as a result of strikes on homes. Such reports raise serious doubt about whether the Israeli strikes have been in accordance with international humanitarian law and international human rights law.” - “I have been to Gaza and I have been to Sderot myself and have seen how traumatic these air strikes and rocket attacks are on civilians, especially children. They must stop.” Thousands in Oslo, London, Chile, France...protest Israeli offensive in Gaza rt/news/172224-anti-israeli-protests-palestine/ One response On Friday, Israel made clear that it would not be bowing to international pressure, instead continuing its airstrikes and ignoring US President Barack Obama’s offer to help negotiate a ceasefire. No international pressure will prevent us from acting with all power, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told reporters in Tel Aviv. Israel has so far targeted more than 1,000 objects in Gaza and there are more to go. Want to react ? Tweetstorm today from 19h to 22h use #helpgaza https://facebook/photo.php?fbid=10152589995737369&set=a.437611432368.204374.223871557368&type=1&theater Sources: un.org/apps/newsFr/storyF.asp?NewsID=32955 theguardian/world/2014/jul/11/israeli-air-strikes-gaza-continue-us-barack-obama-offers-broker-ceasefire npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/07/10/330404343/no-ceasefire-in-gaza-netanyahu-says-u-n-calls-for-calm voiceofrussia/news/2014_07_11/Putin-calls-for-ceasefire-in-Gaza-Strip-in-phone-talk-with-Netanyahu-0262/ rt/news/172188-israel-operation-international-law/
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