The official storyline is that Israel launched Operation Pillar of Defence on 14 November, 2012 because, in President Barack Obama’s words, it had “every right to defend itself.”
In this instance, Israel was allegedly defending itself against the 800 projectile attacks emanating from Gaza since January of this past year.
The facts, however, suggest otherwise.
From the start of the new year, one Israeli had been killed as a result of the Gazan attacks, while 78 Gazans had been killed by Israeli strikes.
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http://www.newleftproject.org/index.php/site/article_comments/israels_latest_assault_on_gaza_what_really_happened
Al-Haq’s Legal Analysis on the Escalation of Attacks in the Gaza Strip between 8 and 21 November 2012
http://www.alhaq.org/images/stories/PDF/2012/QA_Gaza_Strip_27Nov2012.pdf
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