AP: Palestinians were firing mortars near UN School

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According to the Associated Press, two Palestinian residents said "they saw a small group of militants firing mortar rounds from a street near the school, where 350 people had gathered to get away from the shelling. They spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal."

Israel's military said its shelling was a response to mortar fire from within the school and said militants were using civilians as cover.

Video of Palestinians firing mortars from within the same school last year:
* http://current.com/items/89685503/video_palestinian_repeatedly_fired_mortars_at_...

Video of Palestinian rocket launching pad in civilians neighborhood:
* http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/Page/VideoPlayer&cid=1194419829128&videoId=1230456496945

Video of Palestinians using UN Ambulances for terrorist attacks:
* http://current.com/items/89686892/why_does_israel_target_ambulances_carrying_civ...

Video of Palestinians using children as human shields:
* http://current.com/items/89688844/video_of_gazan_arabs_using_children_as_human_s...

Video of Palestinians boasting about using human shields:
* http://current.com/items/89673997/palestinians_boast_about_using_civilians_as_hu...

Video of Palestinians torturing Palestinians:
* http://current.com/items/89655057/video_palestinian_authority_torturing_palestin...
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26 comments // AP: Palestinians were firing mortars near UN School

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    Pathetic! People keep believing on Hamas!

    petarro
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    here I am again!

    it says in the article, and you misquoted (why am I not surprised) that the rockets were fired from near a school..not FROM a school..BIG difference my son......I know you are still young and learning, but that info was a little misconstrued to make a big change in the meaning.

    Please read the article a little better and you will get a better grip on what really happens.

    Still love ya tho!
    and
    peace

    WorldPeaceTV
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    Why do I get the idea that you are more interested in building Support for Israel than you are interested in the truth?

    iloveravi
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    If I were to start screaming at the top of my lungs on the sidewalk in front of your house, would it be okay if the city gave you a ticket for violating a noise ordinance, saying that I was screaming in your home? Is there a difference between where you live and the street in front of the building you live in?
    If there is a building full of innocent children, YOU DO NOT BOMB THE SHIT OUT OF IT. Period. I don't care if its housing the next fucking Hitler, you don't send a missle into building full of children! That's basic fucking knowledge! NOBODY should have to be told that!! It undermined any, ANY higher moral ground Israel may have had.
    Separately, can you show me what part of Gaza is not civilian? I have never seen a military base in Gaza nor the West Bank...

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    alicynx
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    alicynx
    hamas are using civilians as shields just the same as the taliban did in afganastan with us
    please tell us how you remove terrorists without hurting civilians?
    also isreal at least tries to avoid civilian casualties while hamas prides themselves on it?
    do you give any moral credibility to them?

    freecrack
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    @ mutedmajority

    Al Jazeera is a very respectable news source, unlike what many people might believe. But thinking that there will be no bias from Al Jazeera on the conflict in Gaza is like thinking that there will be no bias from Univision if a similar conflict was occuring in Latin America...

    Your the first person I've ever heard accuse the AP of being biased. Are you implying that the report was a lie? Or that it was made up?

    That's something you might expect from Fox News, but not from the AP.

    UrbanGypsy
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    Al Jazeera is Arabist / Islamist bullshit

    perfect for the Arab "street" - the enflamed masses
    but not for anyone else.

    derek901
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    hamas could choose to separate themselves from the civilians in gaza that they say they are protecting, but instead they are using them as a shield.

    the idf could definitely handle this situation with more care and consideration, but when you are fighting an enemy you cannot see, what are you supposed to do? sit there and take the rockets they fire at you? would everybody be happy with israel if they did nothing?

    both sides are at fault for this war; too stubborn to compromise and too blind with prejudice to have sympathy for the people who suffer on the other side. but this whole mess is just giving everybody an excuse to be an anti-semite without being condemned for it, and it's making me sick.

    shaybo
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    After having my question ignored about how your stories could reach the front page with less than twenty views, and now datamined has been blocked for two weeks I can't believe anything that comes from your posts. This is Not a Personal attack against you.

    I just believe that this site is biased and non-objectively choosing which submitters are best for their TV demographic. Therefore every story that is submitted is under question.

    Any media that chooses to shape the news based on their monetary needs is a curse of the free press in a Capitalistic society. There needs to be a revolution against those who would sell what amounts to innocent lives to make the almighty advertising dollar. Flee from these prostitutes as from the plague. At least the plague would be a comparatively quick death compared to having your self-determinacy taken from you an opinion at a time in a "so called" free society.

    It doesn't matter your politics or religion, if this site is dictating who can be heard and who can't then Free Speech is not allowed here. This is not America, move on..............

    I should have known they were in trouble after seeing so many advertisements for the Zune.

    timcat_blues
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    an interesting letter from an Israeli, a major musician about Israel, Palestine and his ideas about ending it......at the link
    http://current.com/items/89693415/a_message_to_israel_palestine_the_world_from_d...

    WorldPeaceTV
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    WorldPeaceTV is part of the Current Anti-Israel Mafia

    As a smart man once said, many anti-War /peace types are just rooting for the other side ---

    don't buy phony and grandiose titles like "World Peace"

    derek901
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    It is an unfortunate name.

    It immediately causes many to question "whirled peas" commitment to objectivity. Both sides of any conflict want peace. They just want it on their terms.

    timcat_blues

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