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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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“Cops go full on military state as Palestine Action shut down ANOTHER genocide-complicit factory: Madness”

by The Canary @thecanaryuk @thecanary

@palestine @israel

“Activists from occupied ‘ Defence Systems’, military computer and processor supplier for Israel’s war machine,

After breaking into the company premises on Holtspur Lane, High Wycombe, activists barricaded themselves inside, destroyed military hardware and unfurled banners calling out the little-known military electronics firm”

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“Cops militarised and disproportionate response was once again the state protecting corporate colonialist interests”

https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2024/06/27/palestine-action-high-wycombe/?__s=pw3ygmyxve9etudpqdrh

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“GAZA LIVE BLOG: New Qassam Operations in Gaza | UN: No Access to Northern Gaza | Massacre in – Day 265”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“In the latest Israeli admission that Hamas cannot be defeated, Minister of Agriculture Avi Dichter said that destroying the movement’s capabilities is an unattainable goal.

Meanwhile, the Israeli military continued to bomb residential areas throughout Gaza, while fully demolishing entire housing blocks.

While fierce battles continue in the Strip, equally intense battles were reported in Jenin, in the northern West Bank, where an Israeli officer was killed and 16 wounded.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 37,718 Palestinians have been killed, and 86,337 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/gaza-live-blog-fierce-battles-in-jenin-defeating-hamas-unattainable-gaza-residential-areas-bombed-day-265/

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“Incinerating a Namer in Shejaya – Resistance Roundup – Day 265”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“As soon as the Israeli army reinvaded the neighborhood east of Gaza City, Palestinian Resistance groups mobilized to repel the attack.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/incinerating-a-namer-in-shejaya-resistance-roundup-day-265/

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“The ‘Israel Lobby’ Works for the US Military Industrial Complex”

by Rob Urie in Counterpunch

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@palestine @israel

“According to data on political lobbying (charts below), the Israel lobby has spent about two percent (2%) of US foreign aid to Israel on political persuasion inside the US since 1948. In US dollar terms, this is $6 billion spent by the Israel lobby to get $280 billion in US foreign aid for Israel. And while this ratio isn’t far from what the US ‘defense’ industry and other corporate pleaders get for their ‘investment’ in American politicians, most of the money that Israel receives from the US is used to buy weapons and materiel from American suppliers.”

https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/06/27/the-israel-lobby-works-for-the-us-military-industrial-complex/

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“GAZA LIVE BLOG: Army Re-Invades Shejaiya | Fierce Battles in Jenin | ‘Defeating Hamas Unattainable’ – Day 265”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“In the latest Israeli admission that Hamas cannot be defeated, Minister of Agriculture Avi Dichter said that destroying the movement’s capabilities is an unattainable goal.

Meanwhile, the Israeli military continued to bomb residential areas throughout Gaza, while fully demolishing entire housing blocks.

While fierce battles continue in the Strip, equally intense battles were reported in Jenin, in the northern West Bank, where an Israeli officer was killed and 16 wounded.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 37,718 Palestinians have been killed, and 86,337 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/gaza-live-blog-fierce-battles-in-jenin-defeating-hamas-unattainable-gaza-residential-areas-bombed-day-265/

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“GAZA LIVE BLOG: Israel to Escalate in Lebanon| Biden ‘Angry with Netanyahu’ | Massacre in Jabaliya – Day 264”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“More than a million Gazans suffer from the most extreme form of , , according to UNICEF.

Two Palestinians were killed and others injured as a result of an Israeli bombing that targeted an inhabited house in Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expects the International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants against him and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant before his visit to Washington on July 24.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 37,718 Palestinians have been killed, and 86,337 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/gaza-live-blog-a-million-suffer-from-starvation-in-gaza-new-massacres-in-beit-lahia-rafah-arrest-warrants-soon-day-264/

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“The New Tunnels of Gaza – On the Latest Resistance Video from Tal Al-Sultan”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“A new Resistance operation in the Tal Al-Sultan neighborhood in today, however, may offer a few clues regarding the answer.

A video, shared through the Resistance Telegram channel, documented part of the operation, which started with fighters digging a under a building. The end of the tunnel was the middle of a road, specifically Al-Bahar Street, an active route for Israeli military vehicles in that area.

A few scenes later, a massive takes place, and finally, an image of the aftermath of the explosion – a massive hole in the ground where the was purportedly decimated”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/the-new-tunnels-of-gaza-on-the-latest-resistance-video-from-tal-al-sultan/

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“The mainstream media is setting the stage for an Israeli war on Lebanon”

by James North in Mondoweiss @mondoweiss

@palestine @israel
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“An unsourced article in the British [Daily] Telegraph claiming Hezbollah is storing weapons in Beirut's airport is the latest example of the mainstream media setting the groundwork for an Israeli war on Lebanon.”

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/06/the-mainstream-media-is-setting-the-stage-for-an-israeli-war-on-lebanon/?ml_recipient=125203401726232272&ml_link=125203395357181741&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=2024-06-26&utm_campaign=Daily+Headlines+RSS+Automation

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“It’s worse than we thought. Israel has left 36,000 children killed or missing in Gaza: The barbarism is something else”

by James Wright in The Canary @thecanaryuk @thecanary

@palestine @israel

“On top of the more than 15,000 Israel has killed since 7 October, up to another 21,000 are missing, according to Save the Children.

As a result of Israel’s ongoing onslaught, many are trapped beneath the rubble, lost, detained by Israel or buried in unmarked graves. As of 1 May, Israel held 61 children in administrative detention, where Israel can detain them indefinitely without charge or trial.

The UN has placed Israel on a blacklist of countries and organisations that engage ‘in violations against children’.”

https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2024/06/24/gaza-36000-children-israel/?__s=pw3ygmyxve9etudpqdrh

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“GAZA LIVE BLOG: Hamas Reveals ‘Red Arrow’ | Israel’s ‘Strategic Defeat’ | Army Hits Residential Squares in Gaza, Rafah – 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 and .

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, 37,626 Palestinians have been killed, and 86,098wounded 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: Ten Members of Haniyeh’s Family Killed | Soldiers Refuse to Return to Gaza | New Massacres in Rafah – Day 263”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“Ten members of Ismail ’s family, including his sister, were killed in an Israeli raid on their family home in the Beach Refugee Camp.

According to the Israeli newspaper , dozens of Israeli reserve soldiers announced that they would not return to military service in Gaza even if they were to be punished.

The Israeli army targeted western south of the Gaza Strip, with air strikes, artillery shelling, and tank fire.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 37,626 Palestinians have been killed, and 86,098 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/gaza-live-blog-ten-members-of-haniyehs-family-killed-soldiers-refuse-to-return-to-gaza-new-massacres-in-rafah-day-263/

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“In Response to Israeli Victory Claims – Hamas Reveals Chinese ‘Red Arrow’ Missile”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“In an unprecedented development since the onset of the Israeli war on Gaza, the , the military wing of Hamas, disclosed the use of a guided missile, known as the ‘Red Arrow’, to target an Israeli military vehicle.

On Monday, the Al-Qassam Brigades released footage showing an OVIK engineering vehicle being hit by a guided missile in the Tal Zu’rob area, west of , in the southern Gaza Strip.

The Red Arrow is a second-generation anti-tank missile, utilizing a wire-optical guidance system. It features an anti-armor projectile composed of a warhead, a solid-propellant rocket, and a control unit connected to the launch platform by a wire for visual guidance to the target.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/in-response-to-israeli-victory-claims-hamas-reveals-chinese-red-arrow-missile/

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“HOW MAINSTREAM MEDIA IGNORES UK MILITARY SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL: Britain does much more than simply sell weapons to Israel, but you wouldn’t know it from watching the BBC.”

by Des Freeman in Declassified UK @Declassified_UK

@palestine @israel

“But there’s another side to the problem of the media: the stories that are not covered and the uncomfortable truths (for Israel and its supporters) that are not acknowledged.

This is particularly the case when it comes to the issue of how the UK military has contributed to Israel’s assault on Gaza.”

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“The failure of the mainstream media to address the genocide in Gaza is all too clear when looking at the euphemistic language they use and the sources they highlight.

But we also have to look beneath the surface: to the stories that the media choose not to pursue because that would draw attention to the complicity of all those at the heart of the British establishment who have helped to facilitate the war crimes currently taking place in Gaza.”

https://www.declassifieduk.org/how-mainstream-media-ignores-uk-military-support-for-israel/

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@GeriatricGardener @Declassified_UK @palestine @israel Britain was more or less responsible for the creation of Israel after World War II.

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“BATTLE-TESTED IN GAZA: BRITAIN’S NEXT DRONES?: The British army has trialled Israeli drones used in Gaza, Declassified has found.”

by Mark Curtis in Declassified UK @Declassified_UK

@palestine @israel

“Britain is experimenting with new drone technology that Israel’s military uses in Gaza. The British army conducted exercises on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire to test a drone made by Israeli tech firm Xtend in December.”

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“The company’s drones are reported by mainstream Western and Israeli media as enabling Israel to target Hamas terrorists in an urban warfare setting. Yet Israel’s war in Gaza has been devastating to ordinary Palestinians, including intentionally targeting civilians.“

https://www.declassifieduk.org/battle-tested-in-gaza-britains-next-drones/

# Britain

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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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