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Hackers, Worms, and Israel-USA Collusion Versus Gaza-Palestine and Human Rights

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The Stuxnet's designers "are believed to be computer experts in Israel's "Unit 8200' signals-intelligence agency [who] failed to consider how it might spread to other facilities with dangerous results." [6]

Americans should intelligently consider the "dangerous results" of the 81 Members of Congress who took an AIPAC-funded junket to Israel during the summer recess.

According to the House Ethics Rules, Congress is prohibited from participating in any multiple-day trip that is planned, organized, requested, or arranged by a lobbyist.

Americans should also intelligently consider the "dangerous results" of the "special relationship" with Israel and Congress's collusion in Operation Cast Lead: Israel's 22-day attack on the people of Gaza, which was enabled by US-supplied weapons and foreign policy.

We the people of the US who pay taxes provide over $3 billion annually to Israel although Israel has consistently misused U.S. weapons in violation of America's Arms Export Control and Foreign Assistance Acts.

America is the worlds largest arms supplier to Israel and under a Bush negotiated deal with Israel that Obama signed onto, we the people who pay taxes in America will also provide another $30 billion in military aid to Israel over the next decade.

During the 22 days of Israeli assault on Gaza, "Washington provided F-16 fighter planes, Apache helicopters, tactical missiles, and a wide array of munitions, including white phosphorus and DIME. The weapons required for the Israeli assault was decided upon in June 2008, and the transfer of 1,000 bunker-buster GPS-guided Small Diameter Guided Bomb Units 39 (GBU-39) were approved by Congress in September. The GBU 39 bombs were delivered to Israel in November (prior to any claims of Hamas cease fire violation!) for use in the initial air raids on Gaza. [7]

In a 71-page report released March 25, 2009, by Human Rights Watch, Israel's repeated firing of US-made white phosphorus shells over densely populated areas of Gaza was indiscriminate and is evidence of war crimes.

In November 2006, Father Manuel of the Latin Church and school in Gaza warned the world:

"Gaza cannot sleep! The people are suffering unbelievably. They are hungry, thirsty, have no electricity or clean water. They are suffering constant bombardments and sonic booms from low flying aircraft"Many children have been violently thrown from their beds at night from the sonic booms. Many arms and legs have been broken. These planes fly low over Gaza and then reach the speed of sound. This shakes the ground and creates shock waves like an earthquake that causes people to be thrown from their bed. I myself weigh 120 kilos and was almost thrown from my bed due to the shock wave produced by a low flying jet that made a sonic boom"These actions are War Crimes!"

 

While hard working American tax payers face economic hardships, 81 members of Congress neglected listening to their constituents during this summers recess to take a lobbyist-funded trip designed to pressure them into sending even more tax-payer-funded weapons to the Israeli military which will be used to commit human rights abuses against Palestinians.

We the people should also be cognizant that The Stuxnet Worm is a software smart-bomb, and the worm always turns:


  To whom do lions cast their gentle looks?
  Not to the beast that would usurp their den.
  The smallest worm will turn being trodden on,
  And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.   --Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3.

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