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GeriatricGardener

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Former university academic & tech transfer middle manager. Now retired ex-#Labour #Corbyn-supporting member (expelled in 2016 purge) & recent exile from Twitter/ X. Ageing obscure lefty rebel, He/ him, Socialist, Anti-Racist, Anti-Fascist, Anti-Zionist, Feminist, proud granddad & passionate gardener.

My hashtags:

#Israel #ApartheidIsrael #Zionism #Racism #Pogrom #Nakba #Genocide #SettlerColonialism #EthnicCleansing #StopArmingIsrael #CollectivePunishment #WarCrimes #FreePalestine #nobridge

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“If Gaza Opened Your Eyes To The Empire's Depravity, Make Sure They Stay Open Forever”

by Caitlin Johnstone in Caitlin’s Newsletter on Substack

@palestine @israel

“All this to say, please please please don’t let Gaza be a one-off in terms of your opposition to the imperial machine. Keep your eyes fiercely trained on its actions after this is over, and help bring as much attention to its crimes as possible. If you’re not sure about a particular conflict that’s in the news there are many great resources available for helping you sort out fact from fiction with regard to the empire and its propaganda spin.

The empire didn’t just start getting crazy and evil with Gaza. It’s always doing things like this. It always lies about them. The mass media always help it lie. Gaza isn’t some aberration in its usual behavior, it’s just more obvious.”

https://open.substack.com/pub/caitlinjohnstone/p/if-gaza-opened-your-eyes-to-the-empires?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios

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“‘Illusions and Lies’ – Lebanon Denies Telegraph Claims about Weapon Stockpile at Beirut Airport”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“The Air Transport Union in Lebanon () has refuted The Telegraph’s report alleging that ‘Hezbollah stores missiles and explosives at Lebanon’s main airport,’ criticizing the claims as unsubstantiated.

The UTA dismissed The Telegraph’s allegations as ‘mere illusions and lies aimed at endangering Beirut Airport and its civilian workers, as well as travelers to and from it, all of whom are civilians’.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/illusions-and-lies-lebanon-denies-telegraph-claims-about-weapon-stockpile-at-beirut-airport/

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“GAZA LIVE BLOG: ‘Axis of Resistance Won’t Remain Silent’ | Health Workers Killed |100 Children Killed, Injured Every Day – Day 262”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“An Iranian army commander said that the Axis of Resistance will not remain silent in the face of any Israeli attack on Hezbollah and Lebanon.

Two more health workers were killed in the Israeli bombing of the Al-Daraj Clinic in central Gaza, including the director of the Ambulance and Emergency Department.

The United Nations Children’s Fund () said in a statement that 100 children are killed or wounded in Gaza every day.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 37,598 Palestinians have been killed, and 86,032 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/gaza-live-blog-axis-of-resistance-wont-remain-silent-health-workers-killed-100-children-killed-injured-every-day-day-262/

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“GAZA LIVE BLOG: : ‘Bloody Day’ | War Looms | : Resistance Continues | Israeli Army: ‘We Targeted Headquarters – Day 261”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“The death toll resulting from the Israeli bombing of Gaza City rose to 56 in less than 24 hours.

Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen has said that energy facilities are threatened in the event of a large-scale war with , as the group attacked the headquarters of the Sahel Battalion with an assault drone.

The speaker of the Metulla council said that the government has disappeared in northern Israel.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 37,598 Palestinians have been killed, and 86,032 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/gaza-live-blog-rising-death-toll-in-gaza-city-israeli-government-disappeared-hezbollah-targets-military-site-day-261/

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“‘Rock for Palestine’ – Roger Waters, Yusuf Islam and Lowkey in Concert for Gaza”

by Nurah Tape in The Palestine Chronicle

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@palestine @israel

“Renowned musicians Roger , Yusuf Islam, and rapper alongside other special guests, have held a ‘Rock for Palestine’ concert in aid of peace, freedom and justice for Palestine, highlighting the ongoing genocide in the besieged Gaza Strip.

‘This is for Palestine, , West Bank, Gaza,
This is for the child searching for an answer,
Wish I could take your tears, and replace it with laughter,
Long Live Palestine, Long Live Palestine,’
rapped Kareem Dennis better known as Lowkey, in the opening performance held at the St Pancras Church in London on Friday.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/rock-for-palestine-roger-waters-yusuf-islam-and-lowkey-in-concert-for-gaza/

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“According to the , and , Who Condemn Israel’s Genocide Are The ‘Wrong Sort of Holocaust Survivor’: Interviews with Stephen Kapos, Suzanne Weiss and Rene Lichtman - all Child Survivors of the Holocaust in France and Hungary”

by veteran UK , and campaigner and author Tony in his 24/06/24 blogpost

@palestine @israel
@TheGuardian_uk
@TheIndependent
@nytimes
@mondoweiss

“Ten holocaust survivors have just published a letter in 'Mondoweiss', condemning Genocide in Gaza. It was originally sent to the Guardian, Independent and New York Times. Not surprisingly these ‘liberal’ outlets weren’t interested in anything which strays from the accepted Zionist narrative which says that the only lesson of the Holocaust is that Israel has the ‘right to exist’ as a Jewish Supremacist state and the ‘right to self-defence’ i.e. commit genocide’ against the Palestinians.”

https://azvsas.blogspot.com/2024/06/according-to-guardian-independent-and.html?m=1

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“Video/images: comes out en masse again for Palestine:
Large and lively march calls for peace and freedom in Palestine”

by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox

@palestine @israel

“A huge and lively crowd has again marched, chanted and sung through the centre of Liverpool in solidarity with the people of Palestine. The march made a detour from its usual route to show solidarity with students encamped at Liverpool demanding of the university’s investments in and links with Israel and Israeli firms, two of whom were violently arrested yesterday after the university called in police to protect its ‘open day’ of prospective new students. The university’s pretext was allegedly a chalk drawing of a peace sign on paving outside the buildings.”

https://skwawkbox.org/2024/06/23/video-images-liverpool-comes-out-en-masse-again-for-palestine/

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“Obviously it’s Hamas’ fault Netanyahu blocked hostage deals to save his own skin”

by LauraK in Normal Island News on Substack

@palestine @israel

“Israel was given the October 7th blueprints two years earlier by spies in Gaza and those plans were studied by the IDF who described the coming invasion as ‘the biggest threat the Israeli Defence Forces are facing’. The IDF then decided to stop monitoring Hamas radio traffic (and banned civilians from doing so) because they saw this as a waste of effort. This is because they had more important things to focus on like monitoring western Twitter accounts for wrong-think. As you can see, Israel had its priorities in order.”

[..]

“I guess we’ll never know how failed to see the October 7th attacks coming and the IDF failed to mount a proper response for hours, but Benjamin Netanyahu has suggested the attacks were a gift from god and explained Israel would never have been allowed to eliminate Hamas if they’d not taken place.”

https://open.substack.com/pub/normalislandnews/p/obviously-its-hamas-fault-netanyahu?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios

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“Hundreds sign up for Feinstein’s insurgent campaign as Starmer’s odds lengthen: Bookies slash odds on Feinstein winning and Labour’s campaign numbers fail to impress”

by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox

@palestine @israel
@UKLabour

“Former MP and aide Andrew ’s campaign to replace Keir as MP for and St Pancras has been boosted by an extraordinary flood of volunteers and campaigners – in numbers that appear to dwarf those of the local Labour Party.

Feinstein’s campaign has confirmed that as of last week over 740 had signed up to assist his campaign via the official campaign website. Feinstein is holding a ‘super weekender’ campaign this weekend to capitalise on the strong response and volunteers have been canvassing, door-knocking, leafleting, posting flyers and phone-banking.”

“[..] betting companies are starting to pay attention, slashing odds on Feinstein’s insurgent campaign replacing Starmer.”

https://skwawkbox.org/2024/06/23/hundreds-sign-up-for-feinsteins-insurgent-campaign-as-starmers-odds-lengthen/

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This is the new on a global level.

Fascism is spreading and their victims are Palestinians.

@palestine @israel

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An indicator, if any is needed, of the toxic influence that the is able to exert over not just governments but grassroots and civil society organisations internationally!

Money talks and these organisations justifiably fear that, if they show any support for Palestinians, their funding will be cut off! It’s incredibly pernicious and, when (hopefully) the future equivalent of the Nuremberg trials are held, imo the influence of the Lobby in enabling the genocide must be investigated and its leaders brought to trial!

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“GAZA LIVE BLOG: Joins South Africa in ICJ Case | US to Support Israel against Hezbollah | New Tent Massacre in – Day 260”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“The Cuban Foreign Ministry announced that Havana will join South Africa in its case against Israel before the International Court of Justice.

CNN cited US officials as saying that the Biden Administration is ready to support Israel in case of an all-out war with the Lebanese movement Hezbollah.

Scores of Palestinians were killed and wounded as Israeli forces bombed a displacement camp in Rafah, in an area that was classified as safe.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 37,551 Palestinians have been killed, and 85,911 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/gaza-live-blog-cuba-joins-south-africa-in-icj-case-us-to-support-israel-against-hezbollah-new-tent-massacre-in-rafah-day-260/

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“GAZA LIVE BLOG: Humanitarian Catastrophe in | Poll: Israelis Prefer | Soldiers Killed in Rafa – Day 259”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“The mayor of Rafah, Ahmed al-Sufi, said that the entire city is considered an area of Israeli military operations and that it is experiencing a humanitarian catastrophe.

According to an opinion poll conducted by the Israeli newspaper Maariv, 42 percent of Israelis would prefer Benny Gantz for prime minister if new elections were held today, compared to 35 percent who prefer current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Israeli army announced that an officer and a soldier were killed and 8 others were injured in an ambush by the Al-Qassam Brigades in the southern Gaza Strip yesterday.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 37,396 Palestinians have been killed, and 85,523 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/gaza-live-blog-humanitarian-catastrophe-in-rafah-poll-israelis-prefer-gantz-soldiers-killed-in-rafa-day-259/

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“What Israel, Pro-Israeli Organizations Aim to Achieve from Vilifying the Palestine Chronicle – Factsheet”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“The Palestine Chronicle calls on all media outlets to cease their per se defamation and harassment of the Palestine Chronicle and its team – and calls on government authorities to investigate and stop threats made to the lives and safety of PC staff and their relatives.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/what-israel-pro-israeli-organizations-aim-to-achieve-from-vilifying-the-palestine-chronicle-factsheet/

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The ingenious ‘network tree’ defying Gaza's connectivity blockade: Italian filmmaker Manolo Luppichini's insights on connectivity in war-torn Gaza”

by Mariam A. in Global Voices

@palestine @israel

“When the combination of big tech and politics failed the Palestinian people by overlooking the internet disruptions affecting Gaza, grassroots technology known as the ‘network tree’ came to the rescue. Utilizing the humblest of elements such as buckets, smartphones, and e-SIMs, this ingeniously simple technology provided much-needed connectivity to a community fragmented by war, in the face of severely damaged infrastructure.”

https://globalvoices.org/2024/06/13/the-ingenious-network-tree-defying-gazas-connectivity-blockade/

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“British companies and charities funding the genocidal occupation forces in Gaza: There are more than twenty British charities supporting two Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF)-supporting charities. Each of these [twenty] has to show that its charitable activities what is called ‘public benefit’. What benefits?”

by David Miller in Tracking Power Update on Substack

@substack @palestine @israel

“[..] What benefits?”

[..]

Well, while the people of Gaza are both selectively and indiscriminately killed, denied water, starved, and are forced to endure amputations and other operations with no anaesthetic, soldiers in the are able to enjoy a brand-new swimming pool provided by [the Association for the Wellbeing of Israel’s Soldiers] . AWIS described the purpose of the pool as follows:

‘The combat soldiers who serve at this base work exceptionally hard in very difficult circumstances, and so the swimming pool is a perfect place for them to unwind, and it also upgrades the base to a new level. We are very proud of this’."

https://open.substack.com/pub/trackingpower/p/british-charities-and-companies-funding?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios

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“GAZA LIVE BLOG: Humanitarian Catastrophe in Rafah | Poll: Israelis Prefer Gantz | Soldiers Killed in Rafa – Day 259”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“The mayor of Rafah, Ahmed al-Sufi, said that the entire city is considered an area of Israeli military operations and that it is experiencing a humanitarian catastrophe.

According to an opinion poll conducted by the Israeli newspaper Maariv, 42 percent of Israelis would prefer Benny Gantz for prime minister if new elections were held today, compared to 35 percent who prefer current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Israeli army announced that an officer and a soldier were killed and 8 others were injured in an ambush by the Brigades in the southern Gaza Strip yesterday.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 37,396 Palestinians have been killed, and 85,523 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/gaza-live-blog-humanitarian-catastrophe-in-rafah-poll-israelis-prefer-gantz-soldiers-killed-in-rafa-day-259/

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“GAZA LIVE BLOG: Soldiers Killed in Rafah | : Hamas Will Fight Us for Years | New Massacres in , – Day 258”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

At least two women were killed and 12 Palestinians were wounded in an Israeli shelling that targeted a house in the Al-Hasayneh area, west of Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant will visit the United States next week.

The US pier in Gaza was reconnected on Wednesday after being temporarily separated last Friday due to poor conditions at sea.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 37,396 Palestinians have been killed, and 85,523 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/gaza-live-blog-nuseirat-under-attack-gallant-to-visit-washington-us-pier-reconnected-day-258/

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“‘Difficult Event’ – This is What Happened in the Camp Today – UPDATED”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“UPDATE: The Brigades announced a second ambush targeting an armored force on Al-Bahar Street south of Tal Al-Sultan neighborhood west of Rafah city.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/difficult-event-this-is-what-happened-in-the-rafah-shaboura-camp-today/

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“GAZA LIVE BLOG: Massacres in Rafah, Nuseirat | Gallant to Visit Washington | US Pier Reconnected – Day 258”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“At least two women were killed and 12 Palestinians were wounded in an Israeli shelling that targeted a house in the Al-Hasayneh area, west of Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant will visit the United States next week.

The US pier in Gaza was reconnected on Wednesday after being temporarily separated last Friday due to poor conditions at sea.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 37,396 Palestinians have been killed, and 85,523 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/gaza-live-blog-nuseirat-under-attack-gallant-to-visit-washington-us-pier-reconnected-day-258/

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“GAZA LIVE BLOG: Israeli Data: ‘Hamas Has Not Collapsed’ | New Massacre in Rafah | Hagari’s Comments Worsens Conflict – Day 257”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“Israeli military vehicles are reportedly moving north of Nuseirat, in central Gaza, coinciding with violent artillery shelling and smoke shells.

The United Nations said that the Israeli attacks on residential areas in the Gaza Strip since October 7 left 39 million tons of rubble.

The Israeli army said it monitored the launch of a ‘suspicious object’ from Gaza, which landed in southern Israel, as Hezbollah announced an attack on Metulla.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 37,396 Palestinians have been killed, and 85,523 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/gaza-live-blog-israeli-tanks-in-central-gaza-un-39-million-tons-of-rubble-rockets-from-gaza-lebanon-day-257/

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“DAVID LAMMY’S BIG IDEA: NOTHING WILL CHANGE UNDER LABOUR: The man who wants to be foreign secretary is reassuring elite audiences that UK foreign policy will not seriously change under a Keir Starmer government - a strategy confirmed in Labour’s election manifesto.”

by Mark Curtis in Declassified UK @Declassified_UK

@palestine @israel

“Why are Lammy and Labour so supportive of Israel, despite the extent of its atrocities and British public opposition to the attacks on Gaza?

One reason is that Lammy is Washington’s man in Labour and cannot be seen to upset policy-makers in the US who consistently facilitate Israel’s onslaught on Palestinians.

Lammy has constantly signalled that Labour foreign policy under his leadership will deviate little from Washington’s priorities, and he has been a regular visitor to a string of elite, establishment fora in the US.

The other reason is that Lammy is, like 20 percent of his fellow Labour MPs, a recipient of funds from the Israel lobby. Since becoming an MP in 2000, he has accepted donations from the Israel lobby on numerous occasions, the value amounting to £32,550, Declassified has found.”

https://www.declassifieduk.org/david-lammys-big-idea-nothing-will-change-under-labour/

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“BRITAIN GREENLIT DOZENS OF ARMS DEALS WITH ISRAEL AMID GAZA WAR: Trade secretary Kemi Badenoch kept arming Israel throughout its brutal onslaught on Gaza, new data reveals.”

by John McEvoy in Declassified UK @Declassified_UK

@palestine @israel

“[UK Trade Secretary] Kemi has not stopped any arms deals with Israel since October 7, instead allowing British companies to export components for military aircraft.”

[..]

“The UK government’s decision to greenlight more than 100 such export deals with Israel over the last eight months could open up British ministers to international arrest applications over complicity in war crimes.

Emily Apple from Campaign Against Arms Trade () told Declassified: ‘These figures show that it’s business as usual for arms dealers to break international law and continue arming Israel’s genocide.

‘The government and the UK arms trade are complicit in the horrendous war crimes that Israel is committing against Palestinian people in Gaza.’”

https://www.declassifieduk.org/britain-greenlit-dozens-of-arms-deals-with-israel-amid-gaza-war/

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“Divestment at the University of Edinburgh: Breaking from Balfour’s colonial legacy: As a university steeped in the legacy of Balfour, we have an urgent duty to end complicity in Israel's settler colonial project. Divestment from companies complicit in occupation, apartheid, and genocide is the first step toward historical redress.”

by University of Edinburgh Students and Staff Divestment Movement in Mondoweiss @mondoweiss

@palestine @israel

“This Monday 17th June 2024, the University of Edinburgh Court rules on a historical decision on whether or not to begin an active and immediate process of divestment from ‘controversial weapons’ complicit in Palestinian dispossession and Israeli settler colonialism, which the University has been entangled with for well over a century. The ruling of the court could mean immediate divestment from companies like Amazon and Alphabet as their ‘AI solutions’ might be plausibly in use in the mass targeting of civilians in Gaza. This would set a grand precedent and would serve as a concrete step to reducing our institutional complicity in violence against Palestinians.”

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/06/divestment-at-the-university-of-edinburgh-breaking-from-balfours-colonial-legacy/?ml_recipient=124388012080498616&ml_link=124388005781701721&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=2024-06-17&utm_campaign=Daily+Headlines+RSS+Automation

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“ISRAEL’S NEW AIR WAR IN THE WEST BANK: NEARLY HALF OF THE DEAD ARE CHILDREN: Nearly 20 years after the Second , the Israeli military has resumed airstrikes in the West Bank — and killed 24 children.”

by Catherine Cartier in The Intercept @theintercept

@palestine @israel

https://theintercept.com/2024/06/12/israel-west-bank-airstrikes-drones-palestinians-killed-children/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter

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“End of an Era: What the Shifting Discourse on Palestine Teaches Us about the Future of Israel”

by Ramzy Baroud in the Palestine Chronicle @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“Israel now stands in near-complete isolation, due, in part, to its genocide in Gaza but also to the courage and steadfastness of the Palestinian people, and to the global solidarity with the Palestinian cause.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/end-of-an-era-what-the-shifting-discourse-on-palestine-teaches-us-about-the-future-of-israel/

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“GAZA LIVE BLOG: Conflict in Israel over ‘Tactical Pause’ | Arrest Warrants Decision in Ten Days | Hits Destroyer – Day 254”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“The Israeli army announced the killing of two officers from the 8th Brigade in battles in the northern Gaza Strip while the announced an ambush in .

The Israeli occupation forces stormed the courtyards of Mosque as the Palestinians prepared to perform al-Adha prayers.

Retired Israeli General Yitzhaq Brik said that any decision by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to attack would bring disaster to Israel.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 37,337 Palestinians have been killed, and 85,299 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/gaza-live-blog-more-israeli-soldiers-killed-al-aqsa-stormed-retired-general-warns-against-war-with-hezbollah-day-254/

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Merci pour votre conseil ! J'essaierai d'être plus ciblé dans mon utilisation des hashtags à l'avenir!

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“Israeli Politician Quotes Hitler to Argue for Resettlement of Gaza: ‘In what kind of society can one openly advocate policies modeled on Hitler's conduct? In a society that feels complete impunity due to America's protection,’ one foreign policy expert said.”

by Olivia Romane in Conmon Dreams @commondreams

@palestine @israel

“Former Israeli Knesset member Moshe quoted Adolf Hitler as he called for Israel to resettle the Gaza Strip and create a ‘Hebrew Gaza."’”

[..]

"’We are not guests in our country, this is our country, all of it...’ Feiglin said, adding, ‘As said, 'I cannot live if one Jew is left.' We can't live here if one 'Islamo-Nazi' remains in Gaza’."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/moshe-feiglin-hitler?utm_source=Common+Dreams&utm_campaign=af4dfba027-Weekend+Edition%3A+Sun.+6%2F16%2F24&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-3b949b3e19-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

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The brilliant Chris at his imperious best!

Must read and please boost!

“Nero's Guests”

by Chris Hedges in The Chris Hedges Report on Substack

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“By the time Israel achieves its decimation of Gaza — Israel is talking about months of warfare that will continue at least until the end of this year — it will have signed its own death sentence. Its facade of civility, its supposed vaunted respect for the rule of law and democracy, its mythical story of the courageous Israeli military and miraculous birth of the Jewish nation – which it successfully sold to its western audiences – will lie in ash heaps. Israel’s social capital will be spent. It will be revealed as the ugly, repressive, hate-filled apartheid regime it always has been, alienating younger generations of American Jews. Its patron, the United States, as new generations come into power, will distance itself from Israel. Its popular support will come from reactionary Zionists and America’s Christianized fascists who see Israel’s domination of ancient Biblical land as a harbinger of the Second Coming and in its subjugation of Arabs a kindred racism and celebration of white supremacy.”

https://open.substack.com/pub/chrishedges/p/neros-guests?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios

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“Unpacking Blinken’s lies on the Gaza : After the US secretary of state’s misleading press conference on Wednesday in Doha, there is a need to correct the record.”

by Mohamad Elmasry, Professor in the Media Studies program at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies in Al Jazeera English

@palestine @israel
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“That would lie is not surprising. Indeed, in the context of Israel, the Palestinians, and Gaza, the administration has a history of untruths.

But the sheer amount of that Blinken was able to pack into a short press conference is nonetheless astonishing.

Recent diplomatic manoeuvring isn’t likely to end the war on Gaza, but it will serve Biden’s domestic aims.

At the end of all this posturing, Biden will be able to tell that he tried his best to end the war but that Hamas didn’t allow him to.”

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/6/14/unpacking-blinkens-lies-on-the-gaza-ceasefire-negotiations

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“GAZA LIVE BLOG: Eight Soldiers Killed in Rafah | Hagari: Military Option Not Enough | World Supports ICC despite US Threats – Day 253”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“A joint statement from 93 countries affirmed their support for the International Criminal Court, renewing their determination to stand united against impunity.

Scores of Palestinians were killed and injured in the Israeli bombing of the Shejaiya and neighborhoods in Gaza City.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud said that the war against Hamas is a failure and must be stopped.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 37,296 Palestinians have been killed, and 85,197 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/gaza-live-blog-93-countries-support-icc-action-israel-bombs-gaza-city-barak-war-against-hamas-is-failure-day-253/

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“GAZA LIVE BLOG: 93 Countries Support Action | Israel Bombs Gaza City | Barak: War against Hamas is Failure – Day 253”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“A joint statement from 93 countries affirmed their support for the International Criminal Court, renewing their determination to stand united against impunity.

Scores of Palestinians were killed and injured in the Israeli bombing of the and neighborhoods in Gaza City.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud said that the war against is a failure and must be stopped.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 37,296 Palestinians have been killed, and 85,197 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/gaza-live-blog-93-countries-support-icc-action-israel-bombs-gaza-city-barak-war-against-hamas-is-failure-day-253/

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“GAZA LIVE BLOG: Israel Kills Two Captives | G7 Condemns Settler Violence | More Rockets | Israel’s Crisis – Day 252”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“Israeli forces continued to bomb several areas throughout Gaza, targeting civilian homes in camp, in the central Strip.

Two women were killed in southern as a result of Israeli bombings while 20 people were injured.

Five anti-tank missiles were fired from Lebanon towards Israeli soldiers and farmers in .

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 37,266 Palestinians have been killed, and 85,102 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/gaza-live-blog-israel-bombs-central-gaza-two-women-killed-in-lebanon-metulla-targeted-with-missiles-day-252/

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“‘Revealed for First Time’ – Ansarallah Targets Eilat with New ‘Palestine Missile’”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“The Armed Forces, affiliated with the movement, announced on Monday evening that they carried out a military operation targeting ‘an Israeli military site in , and successfully achieved its goal.’

The group said in a statement, ‘The operation was carried out using the ‘Palestine’ ballistic missile, which the armed forces revealed (…) for the first time.’

The statement noted that the operation was carried out ‘in support of the oppressed Palestinian people and in response to the crimes of the Zionist enemy against the displaced people in the area of the Gaza Strip’”.

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/revealed-for-first-time-ansarallah-targets-eilat-with-new-palestine-missile/

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“‘Deadly Serious’ – US Officials Say Battle with ‘Most Intense since WWII’”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“The US-led campaign against the Armed Forces, affiliated with the Ansarallah movement, ‘has turned into the most intense running sea battle the Navy has faced since World War II’, the Associated Press reported on Friday, citing ‘leaders and experts.’

Shipping volume has significantly dropped in the crucial Red Sea corridor ‘that leads to the Suez Canal and into the Mediterranean,’ due to ‘near-daily attacks’ carried out by the Ansarallah since November.

Starting in November, Ansarallah has joined other groups in targeting Israel amid a bloody Israeli onslaught against the Gaza Strip.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/deadly-serious-us-officials-say-battle-with-ansarallah-is-most-intense-since-wwii/

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“Behold The World Gently”

by Caitlin Johnstone in Caitlin’s Newsletter on Substack @substack

@palestine @israel

“The dead children don’t affect me like they used to.

The images. The videos. They still disturb and horrify, but not like they did in the beginning. Not anywhere close.

And, honestly, I hate it. I hate that that part of me has been stolen.”

https://open.substack.com/pub/caitlinjohnstone/p/behold-the-world-gently?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios

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“Palestine: The legacy of President : Many in the West fail to understand the crucial role played by the islamic Republic of in supporting the Palestinian resistance factions. It's time for people to get with the programme.”

by David Miller in Tracking Power Update on Substack @substack

@palestine @israel

“Iran has emerged as a pivotal partner in the transition to . Raisi’s personal role in fostering South-south relationships and the increasingly close alliance with and are key legacies. This is of central relevance to the question of Palestine. As power wanes the cause of Palestine burns more brightly.”

https://open.substack.com/pub/trackingpower/p/palestine-the-legacy-of-president?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios

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“‘Genocidal State’ – IOC Urged to Bar Israel from Olympic Games in Paris”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the International Olympic Committee () headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland to demand that Israel be barred from competing at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris amid the ongoing genocidal assault on Gaza.

The protesters held up a banner stating: ‘Let’s ban the genocidal Israeli state from the Olympic Games,’ the Anadolu news agency reported.

They left red handprints on the building’s entrance to draw attention to the civilian casualties in Palestinian territory.

Protesters pointed out that the committee ‘only took a few days’ to exclude Russia and Belarus from the 2022 Olympics over the war in Ukraine, which began on February 24, 2022.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/genocidal-state-ioc-urged-to-bar-israel-from-olympic-games-in-paris/

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“GAZA LIVE BLOG: Israel Bombs Rafah, Gaza City | Hezbollah: ‘Complex Operation’ | Resistance Strikes Southern Israel – Day 251”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“Israeli tanks penetrated further into the western area of ​​the city of during one of the worst nights of air, land, and sea bombardment, forcing many families to flee their homes and tents in the dark.

The Chinese Foreign Minister said that will continue to work with all parties to end the war in Gaza.

Citing informed sources, the Israeli newspaper reported that talks with mediators to reach a prisoner exchange deal will continue despite Hamas’ response and that negotiations are not over.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 37,232 Palestinians have been killed, and 85,037 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/gaza-live-blog-israeli-tanks-advance-in-rafah-china-pushes-for-ceasefire-israel-negotiations-are-not-over-day-251/

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“250 Days of Battle – Hezbollah Reveals Outcomes of Ongoing War with Israel”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

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“On Wednesday and Thursday, the Lebanese group fired an estimated 360 missiles towards Israel. This is considered the largest escalation by the Lebanese movement since the start of the war.

The Lebanese escalation followed the targeted assassination of Hezbollah commander Taleb Abdallah and a few others, in an Israeli attack on the Lebanese town of Jwaya on Tuesday.”

[..]

“Also, on Thursday, the group released an infographic detailing its achievements in the ongoing war since October 8 – the date of the start of the border tensions and violence between Lebanon and Israel.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/250-days-of-battle-hezbollah-reveals-outcomes-of-ongoing-war-with-israel/

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“Video: eyewitness and victim of raid says his house raided by : Video testimonies describe Israeli war crimes and the participation of US special forces in murderous raid”

by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox

@palestine @israel

“Israel’s murderous assault on the Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza, which killed well over two hundred Palestinian civilians and at least three Israeli captives, used US troops on the ground, according to eyewitnesses.

One boy, whose brother was shot as troops invaded the home, said in video shown by Al Jazeera that the soldiers were , not Israeli. Others described the horror of seeing children and loved ones shot for no reason”

https://skwawkbox.org/2024/06/13/video-eyewitness-and-victim-of-nuseirat-raid-says-his-house-raided-by-us-troops/

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/ Labour pledges to recognise Palestinian state as part of peace process

[…] "Palestinian statehood is the inalienable right of the Palestinian people," said Labour's election manifesto - the collection of policies it gott by would enact if it forms the next government.
[…] "We are committed to recognising a Palestinian state as a contribution to a renewed peace process which results in a two-state solution with a safe and secure Israel alongside a viable and sovereign Palestinian state."

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks-labour-pledges-recognise-palestinian-state-part-peace-process-2024-06-13/

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This is total bollocks @UKLabour

Only the imperial hegemony and its neo-liberal colonialist lackey states like are still yammering on about a “two-state solution”

has constructed 00s of illegal settlements across the West Bank which are populated by ~800k rabid settlers!

Even if Netanyahu agreed (which he won’t - ever!) who’s gonna force those heavily-armed fanatical religious settlers out of their homes and back into Israel proper so that Palestinians can have their Israel-dominated mini-state?

One thing’s for sure - it isn’t gonna be Israel! So who: Britain? The US? NATO?

Fuck off ! This is just more of your lies; more lip-service paid to Palestinian freedom driven more by concern for your own legal position as a genocide enabler than anything else!

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“GAZA LIVE BLOG: Israeli Tanks Advance in | Pushes for | Israel: Negotiations are Not Over – Day 251”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“Israeli tanks penetrated further into the western area of ​​the city of Rafah during one of the worst nights of air, land, and sea bombardment, forcing many families to flee their homes and tents in the dark.

The Chinese Foreign Minister said that Beijing will continue to work with all parties to end the war in Gaza.

Citing informed sources, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that talks with mediators to reach a prisoner exchange deal will continue despite Hamas’ response and that negotiations are not over.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 37,202 Palestinians have been killed, and 84,932 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/gaza-live-blog-israeli-tanks-advance-in-rafah-china-pushes-for-ceasefire-israel-negotiations-are-not-over-day-251/

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“America Isolated: Why Some Western Capitals Are Shifting Positions on Gaza”

by Ramzy Baroud in The Palestine Chronicle @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“For a long time, has succeeded, at least in the eyes of its allies, in keeping the balance between the collective interests of the West and a nominal respect for international institutions.

It is now clear that the US is no longer capable of maintaining that balancing act, forcing some western countries into adopting independent political positions, the future outcomes of which shall prove consequential.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/america-isolated-why-some-western-capitals-are-shifting-positions-on-gaza/

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“GAZA LIVE BLOG: Largest Attack since War| ‘Catastrophic Famine’ in Northern Gaza | Targeted Ship in Red Sea ‘Sinking’ – Day 250”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“At least 150 missiles were fired from southern to northern Israel, according to Israeli Army Radio.

Sirens sounded in for the first time since last October while Israeli authorities in Upper Galilee recommended residents to stay near shelters.

Israeli forces carried out several airstrikes on the city of , in the southern Gaza Strip.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 37,202 Palestinians have been killed, and 84,932 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/gaza-live-blog-150-missiles-from-lebanon-tiberias-targeted-for-first-time-since-october-airstrikes-in-rafah-day-250/

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“‘Put a cross that doesn’t feel like you’re marking it in blood,’ says independent challenger to LFI’s Peter : meets Tanushka ”

by Ed Sykes in The Canary @thecanaryuk @thecanary

@palestine @israel

“In a final message to people disenchanted with the way Britain’s political system is working today, she [Marah] emphasised:

‘We are here to give people an opportunity to partake in democracy. And who knows? It could actually get some of us independents into power to hold what will be a Labour government to account and to not let them wield as much power and arrogance as they think they can.

So even if it is just to participate and put a cross in a box that doesn’t feel like you’re marking it in blood, just vote independent, vote Green, vote for the people who are standing for humanity. It’s urgent that you do that, and you have to do that.’”

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2024/06/12/tanushka-marah-brighton/?__s=1toyfummtp6bhspv4akg

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“The UK government just released figures on genocidal arms deals it’s done with Israel: [left-ish Labour MP] John McDonnell says the figures show UK ‘complicity in the IDF war crimes’”

by James Wright in The Canary @thecanaryuk @thecanary

@palestine @israel
@UKLabour

“Under pressure, the Department of Business and Trade has revealed that Rishi ’s government approved 42 military export licenses to Israel from 7 October 2023 to 31 May 2024. Of these, five are open licenses. This means they greenlight unlimited exports of specified items under just one license.

Reacting to the figures, former shadow chancellor John McDonnell said the:

‘ now has no defence from charges of in the IDF war crimes’

The information release does include the value of the arms. It also does not specify exactly what they are”

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2024/06/12/israel-how-many-arms-licences-uk/?__s=1toyfummtp6bhspv4akg

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“GAZA LIVE BLOG: 150 Missiles from Lebanon | Targeted for First Time since October | Airstrikes in Rafah – Day 250”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“At least 150 missiles were fired from southern Lebanon to northern Israel, according to Israeli Army Radio.

Sirens sounded in Tiberias for the first time since last October while Israeli authorities in Upper Galilee recommended residents to stay near shelters.

Israeli forces carried out several airstrikes on the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 37,202 Palestinians have been killed, and 84,932 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/gaza-live-blog-150-missiles-from-lebanon-tiberias-targeted-for-first-time-since-october-airstrikes-in-rafah-day-250/

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