Libyan western supported rebels claim they’ve captured two of Muammar Muhammad al-Gaddafi’s sons. This after days of ground fighting in Tripoli.
There were also rumors that Tunisia offered Gaddafi asylum. Gaddafi says he will stay in Tripoli “until the end.”
In Brazil, the Libyan embassy lowered the Libyan flag, and raised the flag of the Libyan rebels.
“Between 100 and 120 people have been arrested. In terms of size, there has never been such an arrest operation on this scale in the Hebron area before.”-Samira Halaika, Palestinian Member of Parliament in West Bank
Israeli troops raided Hebron, West Bank, and detained 120 men. Analysts say it was a desperate attempt by Israelis to prevent any attacks coming from West Bank. Officially Israel says all the men are members of Hamas, but local Palestinians say they is no proof to support that claim. Palestinians in the West Bank responded by throwing rocks at the Israeli soldiers. The Israelis responded by shooting at the rock throwers. Yeah, rocks versus bullets, cry me a river Israel!!!
While Israel troops were raiding West Bank in the middle of the night, Israeli officials offered Gazans a cease fire, but only if they stop launching their retaliatory rockets. Of course Israel immediately launched air strikes after making the cease fire offer. One Hamas official responded: “All attempts by the occupation to hit at Hamas are doomed to fail; experience has shown that it only makes Hamas stronger. If the [Israeli] aggression stops, Hamas will consult with the Palestinian factions about how to deal with the situation.”-Mushir al-Masri, Palestinian MP in Gaza
“The United Nations has to take procedures to stop the Israeli offensive on Gaza.”-Nabil El-Araby, Arab League Secretary General
After an emergency meeting, the Arab league has condemned the Israeli attacks on Gaza, and demand action by the United Nations.
The Arab League also condemned “Israeli aggression against the Egyptian forces”.
More than a week ago Israeli officials admitted they were willing to go to war to stop the UN recognition of Palestine as a UN member. Also, recently a former Israel defense official admitted that plans have been made to take the Sinai.
When orders were finally given to evacuate areas around Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, government officials led people to believe it would only be a few months.
It’s more than five months, and now the government realizes the level of contamination is so bad that it will be “…a long, long time…” before some city and towns can be considered safe for people to live in.
A meeting is being arraigned with local officials to explain the severity of the situation, and to better explain to evacuees why they might never be able to return home.
“The bureau calls for credible and decisive action to compel Israel to abide by its legal obligations and to protect Palestinian civilians under prolonged military occupation from the damaging effects of settlements and settlers.”-UN Bureau of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People
The UN Committee for Palestinians is upset over Israel’s planned illegal building of 5,200 settlement homes in Palestinian territory around al Quds (Jerusalem).
The committee said it violated existing UN resolutions, and guaranteed that there will be no peace. The committee also called on the UN Security Council to take action against Israel: “The Security Council and the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions bear a special responsibility in this regard.”
“This is the time for the Israeli army to prevail its control inside Sinai.”-Uzi Dayan
August 20, the famous former head of Israel’s National Security Council, Uzi Dayan, says Israel should use the current situation to justify launching attacks on Egyptian territory.
Dayan also revealed that a meeting was held in the presence of Israeli Army Chief of Staff Benny Jants, last week, to discuss issues related to Sinai Peninsula, but he did not elaborate.
“….Israel will have to pay.”-Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkish Foreign Minister
Turkey is still waiting for Israel to at least apologies for killing nine Turkish citizens in 2010. The Turkish citizens were trying to get aid to Palestinians in Gaza. Israel has blockaded Gaza for years.
Israel refuses to even apologize. Turkey used to be one of Israel’s strongest supporters in the region, but not anymore.
Egyptians in the city of Alexandria have joined those in Cairo in protesting Israel, and calling for action against the zionist country.
In Cairo one protestor climbed onto the Israeli embassy and torn down the Israeli flag, replacing it with the Egyptian flag.
In Jordan people have surrounded the Israeli embassy. They are demanding Israel stop attacking Palestinians.
“The Arab League received a request from the Palestinian state … and after negotiations it decided to host an urgent meeting on the level of the permanent representatives at 12 PM [Sunday].”-Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Arab League spokesman
The Arab League is holding an emergency meeting concerning the recent Israeli attacks on Gaza. This is in response to reports that Israel will increase attacks. The Arab League has 22 member countries.
The Israeli media is reporting that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held an emergency meeting, to discuss plans for escalating Israel’s attacks on Palestinians.
Egypt has already demanded Israel stop its aggression. The people of Egypt are demanding military action against Israel.
The Israelis say they must escalate attacks after one Israeli was killed in the early morning of August 21. This after Israel killed dozens of Palestinians and several Egyptians (and that doesn’t count people Israel killed in recent weeks, before this latest violence). I’ve said this before “Cry me a river Israel!!!”
The day after the Japanese government announced it was lifting the contaminated cattle ban on Fukushima cows, four cows tested for cesium levels above safe limits.
Then, the very next day five more cows showed up with cesium contamination.
The contaminated cows had already been shipped to a slaughter house in Yokohama. It was there that the beef was found to be highly contaminated.
To make matters worse, the cow farmers swear they were not feeding the cows local rice hay, but more expensive imported hay. The imported hay had been stored indoors.
This means that the cows could be getting contaminated on their way to the slaughter house. Officials are trying to figure it out.
And yes, the Japanese government suspended the lifting of the contaminated cattle ban.