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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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“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/

GeriatricGardener , to palestine group
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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/

GeriatricGardener , to palestine group
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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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@GeriatricGardener @Declassified_UK @palestine @israel

How Orwellian!
Vote for "Change" so that nothing will change.

GeriatricGardener , to palestine group
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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

faab64 ,

@GeriatricGardener @theintercept @palestine @israel

It's just sickening to read the daily news from occupied territories and the silence and compliance of western and arab leaders in the ongoing atrocities.

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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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