The #NationalUnity leader delayed his departure due to an Israeli military operation that rescued four hostages but killed at least 274 people in #Gaza and wounded 698
#US / Lindsey Graham: I want them destroyed so they can never come back to hurt Israel or us.
Graham's comments habitually, and increasingly more nutty, represent the normalization of indiscriminate violence and expose the depravity of U.S. politics. By suggesting #Israel should feel free to "do whatever you have to do to survive as a Jewish state," including potentially deploying nuclear hellfire on a civilian population, he has repeatedly dehumanized Palestinians in a way that could greenlight #genocide. His eliminationist rhetoric expressing the need to permanently "destroying" Hamas, regardless of civilian cost, is a dangerous xenophobic endgame of his pro-Israel extremism, and a consequence of the media mainstreaming the Israeli occupation for so long that people forget what the Palestinians want and have a right to demand.
#Palestine / Slovenia becomes latest EU country to recognise Palestinian state
[…] "Today's recognition of Palestine as a sovereign and independent state sends hope to the Palestinian people in the West Bank and in Gaza," Prime Minister Robert Golob said on X.
How long does it take #Biden to backtrack on direct and accurate observations regarding the Butcher from Balfour? Not too long. Biden gets just enough to satisfy the progressive wing, while coming across ambiguous enough to quiet critics on the right. Just for a while. Sounds like Trump in fact, when his many stupid “people say” assertions are challenged, but in reverse.
#ICJ / ‘State of Palestine’ applies to join S. Africa’s case at top U.N. court accusing Israel of genocide
Palestinian officials argue they are directly affected and should be allowed to address the court.
The Palestinian request alleges Israel's military operation is "part of a systematic effort to wipe Palestinian society and its culture and social institutions from the map."
#Gaza / Maldives will ban Israelis from entering the country over the war in Gaza
[…] The president’s office said Sunday that the Cabinet decided to change laws to prevent Israeli passport holders from entering the country and to establish a subcommittee to oversee the process.