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Quoting an anonymous reservist who participated in the slaughter in Gaza and Lebanon:
"This thing won't be erased in the next hundred years. No matter how much Israel tries to hide, to blur - the destruction in Gaza will define our lives and our children's lives from now on. A testimony to unbridled rampage."
"It's clear to all of us, from the command center operator to the last fighter, that the political echelon doesn't know how the hell to continue. There are no targets to advance to, no political ability to retreat."
Most significantly, it’s about accountability:
"Where is the line between understanding the 'complexity' and blind obedience? When have you earned the right to refuse to be part of a war crime? That's less interesting. What's more interesting is when will the Israeli mainstream wake up, when will a leader arise who will explain to citizens what a mess we're in, and who will be the first kippah-wearer to call him a traitor. Because before The Hague, before the American universities, before the condemnation at the Security Council, this is first and foremost our internal matter. And that of two million Palestinians."
Also about the U.S. who makes it possible for Israel to continue and even intensify these wars.
"The ability to fight this way is made possible thanks to the stream of munitions that the #IDF receives from the United States, and the need to control the area with minimal forces stretched to the limit. This is true for both #Gaza and #Lebanon. The main difference between Lebanon and the yellow hell that surrounds us is the civilians. Unlike the villages of South Lebanon, the civilians are still here. Dragging themselves from one combat zone to another, carrying packed backpacks, jerry cans."
Hebrew haaretz.co.il/opinions/2024-11… or archive.is/rxv9U
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@israel
#IsraelWarCrimes
“Israel’s genocidal onslaught is the most obscene example of how western supremacy is riddled with grotesque hypocrisies. Let accountability mean that these horrors will never be possible again.”
I want to be hopeful about the ICC arrest warrant too. And of course it’s right. But i am not, at all. I am worried that it will not lead to anything, will only prove that there is no rule of law and accountability. 1/2 #Gaza
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The ICC arrest warrants must bring an end to Israel’s atrocities – and true accountability for all the guilty
Benjamin Netanyahu and his former foreign minister have been accused of heinous crimes. This must mark a turning point, says Guardian columnist Owen JonesOwen Jones (The Guardian)
Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau confirms Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant will be arrested if they step foot in Canada after the ICC’s decision to issue arrest warrants.
ctvnews.ca/video/c3033910-cana…
#cdnpoli #israel #gaza #palestine #icc #canada
Canada 'will abide' by ICC ruling on Netanyahu
PM Trudeau says Canada must 'remember who we are' and abide ICC rulings when asked about the arrest warrant issued for Netanyahu.CTVNews
In theory, Netanyahu and Gallant won't be able to travel in any of the 124 countries that are members of the ICC without facing arrest. In practice, the US isn't a member, and others that are member will not comply (and may even retaliate against the ICC). But many countries will, so it's a major win.
I just signed this letter asking Germany to stop supporting the annihilation of Palestinians - a letter signed by over 1000 academics, journalists, ciitzens. You can sign, too:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
#Gaza #NiewiederIstJetzt
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Germany Must Stop Supporting the Annihilation of Palestinians
Open letter addressed to the federal government of Germany * To sign, please enter your details below. We update the signatories within 24 hours. * With utmost horror we see the unfolding genocide committed by Israel against the Palestinian people.Google Docs
Israeli authorities have caused massive, deliberate forced displacement of Palestinian civilians in #Gaza since October 2023 and are responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
New Human Rights Watch report: hrw.org/news/2024/11/14/israel…
Israel’s Crimes Against Humanity in Gaza
Israeli authorities have caused the massive, deliberate forced displacement of Palestinian civilians in Gaza since October 2023 and are responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.Human Rights Watch
Here's the Historical context of appeasement in Europe. One of those things we actually learned when I was in High School.
#WWII #Europe #NATO #RussiaUkraine
#Ukraine #Russia #Appeasement #israel
#gaza @hanse_mina
A few excerpts here from a beautifully written, deeply insightful, and ultimately inspiring essay by Chris Hedges…
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In the end, the election was about despair.
Despair over futures that evaporated with deindustrialization. Despair over the loss of 30 million jobs in mass layoffs. Despair over austerity programs and the funneling of wealth upwards into the hands of rapacious oligarchs. Despair over a liberal class that refuses to acknowledge the suffering it orchestrated under neoliberalism. Despair over the futile, endless wars, as well as the genocide in Gaza, where generals and politicians are never held accountable. Despair over a democratic system that has been seized by corporate and oligarchic power.
Donald Trump is a symptom of our diseased society. He is not its cause. He is what is vomited up out of decay.
Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party live in their own non-reality-based belief system. Harris, who was anointed by party elites and never received a single primary vote, proudly trumpeted her endorsement by Dick Cheney, a politician who left office with a 13% approval rating.
The smug, self-righteous “moral” crusade against Trump stokes the national reality television show that has replaced journalism and politics. It reduces a social, economic, and political crisis to the personality of Trump. It refuses to confront and name the corporate forces responsible for our failed democracy.
The American dream has become an American nightmare.
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FULL ESSAY ➡️ chrishedges.substack.com/p/the…
#USA #Politics #History #Economics #Israel #Gaza
The Politics of Cultural Despair
It is despair that is killing us. It fosters what Roger Lancaster calls “poisoned solidarity,” the intoxication forged from the negative energies of fear, envy, hatred and a lust for violence.Chris Hedges (The Chris Hedges Report)
“If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
– Malcolm X
#netherlands #germany #UK #israel #maccabiTelAviv #football #palestine #gaza #settlerColonialism #apartheid #ethnicCleansing #genocide
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Wikipedia has officially added “Gaza genocide” to its “List of Genocides” page, marking a major shift in how Israel’s aggression on the besieged enclave is being documented on the world’s largest online encyclopaedia.
In a related move, the platform’s editors recently voted to declare the Anti-Defamation League “generally unreliable” on the subject, adding it to their list of banned and partially banned sources.
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‘It’s not close’ - Israel committing genocide concludes Wikipedia ending editorial debate
Wikipedia has officially added “Gaza genocide” to its “List of Genocides” page, marking a major shift in how Israel’s aggression on the besieged enclave is being documented on the world's...Middle East Monitor
#EUcomplicity #eupol #EU #UEFA #BDS #Gaza #Gazagenocide #genocide #IsraelTerroristState @israel @EUCommission @palestine
From #TheEconomist: '...Hollel the Elder, a first-century religious leader, summed up the entire Torah..."That which is hateful to you, do not do to another." .
Does Israel's government pay attention? #gaza
"In running an opinion piece that suggests it may now be acceptable to use the term genocide about Gaza, the Guardian has admitted it has been – even according to its own resident genocide expert – complicit in obscuring that genocide for a half a year.
Remember that when editor Kath Viner comes cap in hand once again, as she did this week, begging for money from readers for her brand of supposedly “fearless, independent journalism”.
#TheGuardian #Israel #Genocide #Gaza
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A year late, the Guardian finally permits us to use the term 'genocide'
It's not the World Court, non-western states, rights groups and Palestinians who have been using the term genocide 'too lightly'. It's the Guardian that's reached the same conclusion far, far too lateJonathan Cook
The Israeli army has admitted for the first time that it intends to prevent Palestinian residents of northern Gaza to return to their homes.
"I have just finished burying 11 of my cousins and sat down for a minute, only for another massacre to happen right across from where I was sitting.
Death is all around us; death is close."
Google translate:
"This mother was going to the market and when she returned to school she was surprised to find that everyone in the place had been killed, in addition to her children from the Shabat family."
"In a matter of minutes, I found 11 of my cousins killed. We had to collect their bodies in body bags and bury them in a matter of minutes—no funeral, no goodbyes"
I know it’s been shared widely but just in case anyone missed it: this is what Israel did whilst everyone was distracted by #USelections2024 #Gaza
“Resettling or permanently reoccupying Gaza is not official Israeli policy, but senior Israeli defence officials recently told the Israeli daily Haaretz that with no other alternatives on the table, the government is aiming to annex large parts of the territory.”
theguardian.com/world/2024/nov…
Palestinians will not be allowed to return to homes in northern Gaza, says IDF
Brig Gen Itzik Cohen said in a briefing that aid would only be allowed to enter south of the strip, not the northBethan McKernan (The Guardian)
"With the ‘west’ distracted by the US presidential election, #Israel has announced the complete partition of northern #Gaza – and has designated the hundreds of thousands of civilians still living there as combatants and therefore targets."
"The United Nations estimate that there are still 400,000 civilians besieged in northern Gaza, where no food has been allowed to enter for over a month and refugee camps and hospitals have been relentlessly bombed."
skwawkbox.org/2024/11/06/break…
Breaking: Israel announces complete partition of north Gaza – and designates 400,000 people as combatants
Israeli media carry report, ignored by UK ‘msm’ With the ‘west’ distracted by the US presidential election, Israel has announced the complete partition of northern Gaza R…SKWAWKBOX
A UN special rapporteur urged the suspension of Israel’s UN membership citing repeated violations of international law and the occupation of Palestinian territory.
“I do believe that the impunity that has been granted to Israel has allowed it to become a serial violator of international law,” Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories, said at a news conference.
anews.com.tr/americas/2024/10/…
![UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese [File: Lukas Coch/EPA-EFE]
Albanese said she recommends the General Assembly consider the suspension of Israel’s credentials as a member of the UN until it ends violating international law and withdraws the clearly unlawful occupation.
“Israel, in the pursuit of realising Greater Israel, is attempting to reduce physically or spiritually … the presence of the Palestinian identity in the occupied Palestinian territory.”](https://plantroon.com/photo/preview/640/346507 "UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese [File: Lukas Coch/EPA-EFE]
Albanese said she recommends the General Assembly consider the suspension of Israel’s credentials as a member of the UN until it ends violating international law and withdraws the clearly unlawful occupation.
“Israel, in the pursuit of realising Greater Israel, is attempting to reduce physically or spiritually … the presence of the Palestinian identity in the occupied Palestinian territory.”")
Israel’s UN membership suspension urged for violating international law and occupying Palestinian territories
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese urged the General Assembly to consider suspending Israel's UN membership over repeated violations of international law and occupation of Palestinian territories.Anadolu Agency (ANews)
Jaume Asens, a member of the European Parliament, has reported that the Israeli occupation forces used tear gas against an international human rights delegation near Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
Former Mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau, who was part of the delegation alongside Asens. She stated that the military targeted the delegation while they were accompanied by a group of Palestinians harvesting olive.
middleeastmonitor.com/20241030…
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Europe MP claims Israel used tear gas against int'l delegation
The former mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau, joined an international delegation to witness the violation of rights of Palestinian olive farmers in the occupied West Bank. She called the actions...Middle East Monitor
US calls on Israel to tackle ‘catastrophic humanitarian crisis’ in Gaza | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian
theguardian.com/world/2024/oct…
We'll see if that's followed up with action. I have strong doubts.
#Palestine #Gaza #Israel #USA
@palestine
US calls on Israel to tackle ‘catastrophic humanitarian crisis’ in Gaza
Failure to help improve the situation on the ground could be met by restrictions on US military aidMiddle East live: latest updatesPatrick Wintour (The Guardian)
from #NewYorkTimes
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[Bias alert - #NYT usually favors Israel]
U.S. Questions #Israel After ‘Horrifying’ Strike in Northern #Gaza Kills Dozens
Matt Miller, a U.S. State Department spokesman, said the #Biden administration had contacted the #Israeli government to ask about what he called a “horrifying incident.” At least 55 people were killed, according to #Palestinian Civil Defense.
[plus other articles on Gaza on Updates page]
October 29, 2024
nytimes.com/live/2024/10/29/wo…
#NotAnotherBomb
#StopArmingIsrael
#RejectAIPAC #BDS
#CeasefireNow #EndUSAidToIsrael #DivestFromIsrael
#StopGazaGenocide
#RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSea is #NotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#IsraelWarCrimes #ArrestNetanyahuAndGallant
#USHandsOffICC
#Palestine #politics #MiddleEast
#USA #US #USPolitics
#media #news #press @palestine @israel
"Even if [a Harris presidency] isn’t far better, I still think it will be better than a Trump presidency because one thing we have learned to our horror over the last year is that as terrible as things are, they can get worse. They can get much worse. They can get worse there in Palestine and Israel, and they can certainly get much worse here."
"I want to explain why, if I lived in a swing state, I would vote for Kamala Harris. And I say this as somebody who thinks that Joe Biden and some of his top advisors should be brought before international courts as war criminals for their role in the utter destruction of the Gaza Strip."
~ Peter Beinart
#Israel #Gaza #Biden #KamalaHarris #Trump #fascism
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If I Lived In a Swing State, I’d Vote for Harris
The Consequences of a Trump Presidency Are Simply Too DirePeter Beinart (The Beinart Notebook)
"There’s too much at stake and far too many communities, both in the United States and abroad, that will suffer if Trump is re-elected. The desire to 'punish' Joe Biden and Harris for Gaza and vote instead for Trump or a third party vote, which just helps Trump in swing states, is like punching ourselves in the face."
~ Wajahat Ali
#Israel #Gaza #Biden #KamalaHarris #Trump #fascism
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Yes, I think Democrats are complicit in genocide. But Trump would be far worse
There is simply no moral argument for allowing the former president to win in the name of opposing genocideWajahat Ali (The Guardian)
Microsoft fired employee Hossam Nasr for organising a vigil for commemorating the lives of Palestinians killed by #Israel in #Gaza. Even expressing sadness over a genocide is against Microsoft’s rules.
seattletimes.com/business/micr…
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Microsoft fires employees who organized vigil for Palestinians killed in Gaza
Microsoft has fired two employees who organized an unauthorized vigil at the company’s headquarters for Palestinians killed in Gaza during Israel’s yearlong war with Hamas.The Seattle Times
Israeli military wiped out 902 families in Gaza | Al Jazeera | Al Jazeera
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With full US and UK and German support
Interview: “Save Us from Ourselves”: 3,000+ Israelis Call for International Pressure on Israel
"The lack of sanctions from other countries has allowed Israel to pursue war, abandon the hostages... ignore domestic opposition & persecute Palestinians... without real cost.
"Unfortunately, the majority of Israelis support the continuation of the war.... Change from within is not currently feasible.
"The state of Israel is on a suicidal path."
democracynow.org/2024/10/28/is…
“Save Us from Ourselves”: 3,000+ Israelis Call for Int’l Help to Pressure Israel to Back Ceasefire
More than 3,000 Israelis have signed an open letter urging “global pressure on Israel to force an immediate ceasefire.Democracy Now!
yahoo.com/news/extreme-danger-…
“Extreme Danger”: #Harris Earns a Stunning #Endorsement Over #Trump
Edith Olmsted
..."“Some of us have lost many family members in #Gaza and #Lebanon. We respect those who feel they simply can’t vote for a member of the administration that sent the bombs that may have killed their loved ones,” the letter continued. “As we consider the full situation carefully, however, we conclude that voting for Kamala Harris is the best option for the #Palestinian "...
UNRWA: Palestinians in North Gaza Are “Just Waiting to Die”
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#Palestine #gaza #genocide #DisarmIsraelNow #genocidejoe #zionismisnazism
UNRWA: Palestinians in North Gaza Are “Just Waiting to Die”
WFP says Israel is allowing, at maximum, 20 aid trucks a day into the region housing an estimated 440,000 people.Sharon Zhang (Truthout)
Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, has said that “the entire population of Gaza is at risk of dying in a genocide that has been announced and executed under our watch”, in a post on X.
Albanese was responding to an earlier statement from the UN humanitarian chief Joyce Msuya warning that “the entire population of North Gaza is at risk of dying” under Israel’s siege.
![Francesca Albanese is a UN human rights expert on Palestine [Denis Balibouse/Reuters]](https://plantroon.com/photo/preview/640/342171 "Francesca Albanese is a UN human rights expert on Palestine [Denis Balibouse/Reuters]")
Arizona Palestinian, Arab, Muslim, and Progressive Democrats and Community Leaders Statement:
“As we consider the full situation carefully, however, we conclude that voting for Kamala Harris is the best option for the Palestinian cause and all of our communities…
In our view, it is crystal clear that allowing the fascist Donald Trump to become President again would be the worst possible outcome for the #Palestinian people…”
#Gaza #Palestine #Harris #Vote
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