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According to the Associated Press, Hamas leader and nearby civilians were killed today in one of at least 20 Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip.

The news report called it, “The worst barrage on the Palestinian territory in four years in retaliation for renewed rocket fire on southern Israel.”

At least 10 people have been killed, including two children. The death toll is expected to rise.

The Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane is responding by urging citizens to “call on the Obama administration to exert diplomatic pressure on Israel to bring about an immediate cease-fire and to initiate an investigation of Israel's misuse of U.S. weapons against Palestinians in this and previous attacks.”

In Spokane, advocates are planning a rally on Main and Division at 5 p.m.

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Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Assistant Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

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Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons
11 years ago

From Hala, in Gaza:
Tracy we would like to know the response of the Americans toward this Israeli attack on Gaza plz >> is there any demons for supporting this and calling the government to force Israel to stop it !?”

Dennis
Dennis
11 years ago

We had a wonderful speaker from Israel at our church Sunday. One of the things he mentioned was that our left-wing liberal media never reports attacks, rocket attacks on Israel, only their retaliation. Someone ought to tell the cowardly terrorists, hamas, etc. to quit firing rockets in the first place. If you look at the map insert, why in the world can’t Israel have what is hers, that tiny bit of land, without the whole world jumping down their throats. I’ll tell you why, because the world hates God’s people, because their father, Lucifer hates them. Always has, always will. If you hate Israel you hate God, because He was the One that did the choosing, (Deut. 4:37, 7:7).

Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons
11 years ago

For the record, this was just a brief announcing the rally.
The AP link above explains the whole story, including the reason for the retaliation

Hanane
Hanane
11 years ago

Dennis,
So your friend from Israhell came to tell you that the media is not doing a good job portraying the brutal occupation as innocent and the Palestinians as terrorists?!? It’s like you needed more brainwashing so your church invited an israhelli to give you a better view on the conflict… What a shame!
Anyhow, I just don’t get when a Christian feels “love” and sympathy for the Zionists… the same people who killed your God… isn’t it? And call him a bastard!!! Keep loving them they are sucking you alive and you don’t even know it… look where your taxes go… look at the wars you’re waging on their behalf. Here are some Jews standing for justice:
http://jewishvoiceforpeace.org/

and again:

http://mondoweiss.net/

http://www.ifamericansknew.org/

But because you sound like a person who needs narrators coming and telling them what happens in the world… here is a video from “60 minutes” it should tell how you fellow christians are treated in the holly land.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnPc38P6WbA

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