{"id":3034,"date":"2009-02-23T17:04:12","date_gmt":"2009-02-23T16:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/index.php\/2009\/02\/23\/suspend-military-aid-to-israel-amnesty-urges-obama-after-detailing-us-weapons-used-in-gaza\/"},"modified":"2009-02-26T17:11:56","modified_gmt":"2009-02-26T16:11:56","slug":"suspend-military-aid-to-israel-amnesty-urges-obama-after-detailing-us-weapons-used-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/2009\/02\/23\/suspend-military-aid-to-israel-amnesty-urges-obama-after-detailing-us-weapons-used-in-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspend military aid to Israel, Amnesty urges Obama after detailing US weapons used in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2009\/feb\/23\/military-aid-israel-amnesty\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"090226_guardian.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/newTemplate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/090226_guardian.jpg\" title=\"090226_guardian.jpg\" alt=\"090226_guardian.jpg\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>Detailed evidence has emerged of Israel&#8217;s extensive use of US-made weaponry during its war in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/gaza\">Gaza<\/a> last month, including white phosphorus artillery shells, 500lb bombs and Hellfire missiles. In a report released today, Amnesty International detailed the weapons used and called for an immediate arms embargo on Israel and all Palestinian armed groups. It called on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/obama-administration\">Obama administration<\/a> to suspend military aid to Israel. The human rights group said that those arming both sides in the conflict &#8220;will have been well aware of a pattern of repeated misuse of weapons by both parties and must therefore take responsibility for the violations perpetrated&#8221;. (&#8230;) For their part, Palestinian militants in Gaza were arming themselves with &#8220;unsophisticated weapons&#8221; including rockets made in Russia, Iran and China and bought from &#8220;clandestine sources&#8221;, it said. (&#8230;) Amnesty researchers in Gaza found several weapon fragments after the fighting. One came from a 500lb (227kg) Mark-82 fin guided bomb, which had markings indicating parts were made by the US company Raytheon. They also found fragments of US-made white phosphorus artillery shells, marked M825 A1. (&#8230;) At the scene of an Israeli attack that killed three Palestinian paramedics and a boy in Gaza City on 4 January, Amnesty found fragments of an AGM114 Hellfire missile, made by Hellfire Systems of Orlando, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Boeing. The missile is often fired from Apache helicopters. Image: guardian.co.uk. &gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2009\/feb\/23\/military-aid-israel-amnesty\" target=\"_blank\">Continue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>News selected by Covalence | Country: Global | Company:  Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, Boeing | Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2009\/feb\/23\/military-aid-israel-amnesty\" target=\"_blank\">The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detailed evidence has emerged of Israel&#8217;s extensive use of US-made weaponry during its war in Gaza last month, including white phosphorus artillery shells, 500lb bombs and Hellfire missiles. In a report released today, Amnesty International detailed the weapons used and called for an immediate arms embargo on Israel and all Palestinian armed groups. 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