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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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“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.”

[..]

“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/

MotherOfMercy ,
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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.”

[..]

“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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“‘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/

Captain_Jack_Sparrow ,
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@the_Cornflower @GeriatricGardener @palestinechron @palestine @israel

Israel is the new Nazi State

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@the_Cornflower @GeriatricGardener @palestinechron @palestine @israel

And a Terrorist state at least the government the IDF follow orders and the people are caught up in the crossfire

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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

@palestinechron
@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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I can't find the reference anywhere using duckducgo but found this article having that phrase: jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/ar…

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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.”

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“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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@GeriatricGardener @paninid @palestine @israel What a shitshow. I knew some of the mentioned things but all together pretty damning stuff. And all of it is ok for the leaders.

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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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