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Al-Haq remembered Cast Lead's anniversary, saying what's to prevent it repeating! Moreover, "the international community continues to show its complete lack of political will to achieve justice for the victims who have all but abandoned such expectations."
Only three Israeli soldiers received punishments too minor to matter. Not for mass slaughter and destruction, but for using a Palestinian human shield during searches and credit card theft.
For three years, accountability's been entirely absent. Impunity immunizes Israel. Not only is justice delayed, it's disdained, denied, scoffed at, and spat on. Moreover, Israel attacks Gaza regularly. Air and ground assaults repeat often. In 2011, dozens more Palestinians were killed, many others injured.
"By eschewing the importance of justice and accountability, the international community has merely facilitated the ongoing violation of human rights by Israel. How many more anniversaries will pass before this comes to an end?"
Hamas commemorated Cast Lead's anniversary by saying Gaza's a symbol of dignity in the face of adversity.
"The siege imposed on Gaza has failed to realize Israel's goals when faced with the steadfastness and firmness of the Palestinian people," said spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri. "Instead of being erased from the map, Gaza has become the Qibla (direction Muslims face to pray) for the free people of the world and a symbol of dignity under challenge."
Press TV remembered martyrs who died during Israel's aggression. It also noted illegal weapons used like white phosphorus bombs, able to burn flesh to the bone.
Russia Today said though Gaza's war is over, the "battle for reparations continues in court. Saleh Abu Hajaj achieved a rare victory, a bitter sweet one, saying:"I am a broken man. The Israelis say their army has morals. Which morals are they talking about? I couldn't get to my home for 16 days, because the Israeli soldiers were firing all the time."
"As soon as they left, I went there and inside. On the walls, the soldiers had written, 'You'll find the bodies 50 meters away.' I found the body of my mother, buried in the sand, and the body of my sister, Majda, covered with some bricks."
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