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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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GeriatricGardener , to palestine group
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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

GeriatricGardener , to palestine group
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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

GeriatricGardener , to palestine group
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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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“GAZA LIVE BLOG: Resistance Officially Responds to | Israel’s Political Rift Deepens | More Massacres Throughout Gaza – Day 249”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“An Israeli officer and three soldiers from the Brigade were killed and others wounded on Monday during fierce battles in the city of , in the southern Gaza Strip.

The Israeli army said it monitored the launching of about 50 missiles from Lebanese territory towards the central Golan while sirens sounded in Haifa.

Israel continued to bomb various areas throughout the Gaza Strip, including Rafah and .

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 37,164 Palestinians have been killed, and 84,832 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/gaza-live-blog-four-israeli-soldiers-killed-dozens-of-missiles-from-lebanon-israel-bombs-rafah-jabaliya-day-249/

heretical_i ,
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Yeah well... "Israel" attacked a Lebanese ARMY BASE ... not Hezbollah, a couple of days ago. @GeriatricGardener @palestinechron @palestine @israel

GeriatricGardener , to israel group
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“ ‘Durham’ campaigners - councillors, including fellow staffer from London: Unpopular parachuted right-winger’s sparse ‘supporters’ are mostly councillors – and even those are not all from ”

by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox

@palestine @israel

“It appears Akehurst is receiving little to no support even from ordinary local [Labour] party members – so little that he can only get even enough councillors for a meagre photo by drafting them a fellow genocide-denier from north London.”

https://skwawkbox.org/2024/06/11/akehurst-durham-campaigners-councillors-including-fellow-bicom-staffer-from-london/

GeriatricGardener , to palestine group
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“ISRAEL LOBBY FUNDED A QUARTER OF BRITISH MPS: Exclusive: Declassified is publishing the full list of British MPs who received funding from pro-Israel lobbyists.”

by John McEvoy in Declassified UK @Declassified_UK

@palestine @israel

“Some 180 of Britain’s 650 MPs in the last parliament accepted funding from pro-Israel lobby groups or individuals during their political career, Declassified can reveal.

That includes 130 Conservative MPs, 41 Labour MPs and three Liberal Democrats.

Three members of the DUP, two independents and Reform’s only MP complete the list.

The total value of the donations from pro-Israel groups, individuals, and Israeli state institutions amounts to over one million pounds.”

https://www.declassifieduk.org/israel-lobby-funded-a-quarter-of-british-mps/

GeriatricGardener , to palestine group
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“Complaints about Hamas using ‘human shields’ are the worst kind of bad faith: By celebrating the carnage in Gaza to free four Israeli captives, western politicians and media are treating Palestinians as sub-human - and enabling the genocide to continue”

by Jonathan Cook on Substack @substack

@palestine @israel

“If Israel was really serious about bringing the captives home, it would be negotiating their release, not inducing a famine through an aid blockade that is starving everyone in Gaza: Hamas, Palestinian civilians and Israeli hostages alike. The real human shields are the Israeli captives, pawns being sacrificed by Israel as it pursues its bigger war aims.”

https://open.substack.com/pub/jonathancook/p/complaints-about-hamas-using-human?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios

GeriatricGardener , to palestine group
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Well worth a watch (via YouTube) and please boost!

“How the war on Gaza has destroyed our political system: Matt interview”

via @politicsjoe_uk

@palestine @israel
@Declassified_UK

“Matt Kennard is an author and head of investigations at Declassified UK.

He came by JOE Towers on the release of his new book ‘The Racket’ to chat about America's chokehold on Western democracies, the UK's complicity in Israel's campaign on Gaza, and how a government will do little to change Britain's moral stance on the global stage.”

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“What are Hamas’ Options after Gaza Massacre, Freeing of Four Captives? – Analysis”

by Palestine Chronicle Editors @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

The massacre in and the operation to rescue Israeli captives leaves the Palestinian Resistance in Gaza with several major issues to contend with: How to respond?

[..]

“Palestinian Resistance in Gaza has been following a very clear strategy regarding its confrontation with the Israeli army. The strategy has resulted in the destruction of hundreds of Israeli Merkava tanks, killing and wounding thousands of soldiers.

The above strategy is unlikely to change. However, to offset Israeli propaganda and its possible influence on the Israeli mindset, the Resistance is likely to carry out yet more complex military operations, with the decided goal of taking yet more Israeli military captives, as has taken place in Jabaliya last May 27.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/what-are-hamas-options-after-gaza-massacre-freeing-of-four-captives-analysis/

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“GAZA LIVE BLOG: 210 Killed, Over 400 Wounded in Israeli Massacre in | Numbers Expected to Rise – Day 246”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip called on the international community to provide electricity generators to hospitals to prevent a major health disaster.

Several Palestinians were killed and wounded in the continuous bombardment and artillery shelling carried out by Israeli forces.

The Israeli army admitted that Hezbollah launched a drone at Marj Bin Amer and air defenses failed to intercept it.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 36,731 Palestinians have been killed, and 83,530 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/gaza-live-blog-major-health-disaster-new-massacres-in-central-gaza-failure-to-intercept-drones-day-246/

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“The Battle of Nuseirat – Resistance Roundup – Day 246”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“According to , an military unit was directly involved in the operation, which resulted in the killing of 210 Palestinians and over 400 wounded.

It took a whole army and, according to Israeli media, a month-long intense training involving both the Israelis and the Americans to free four captives held by the Resistance in the refugee camp on Saturday, June 8.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/the-battle-of-nuseirat-resistance-roundup-day-246/

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“US took part in raid that murdered 210+ Palestinians in , used ‘aid’ jetty: Israelis disguised trucks as aid delivery vehicles before killing hundreds of Palestinians and several Israeli captives, to free just four. silent on Palestinian victims as he praises Israel, but Israeli families slam Netanyahu”

by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox

@palestine @israel

“Israeli occupation troops were directly aided and abetted by US forces as they hid inside a fake ‘aid truck’ to launch the raid on Nuseirat refugee camp that killed hundreds of Palestinians. troops used the US-built supposed ‘aid’ jetty to provide support for the raid.

The Israelis also killed several of their own citizens in the assault and managed to free only four – who would certainly have been killed before they were ‘rescued’ if the Palestinians were interested in killing them. The Israelis paraded in front of the cameras appeared well fed and cared-for, in a territory where two million people are in famine.”

https://skwawkbox.org/2024/06/08/us-took-part-in-raid-that-murdered-210-palestinians-in-nuseirat-used-aid-jetty/

Air_Quotes_Comedian ,
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@GeriatricGardener @skwawkbox @palestine @israel Those bastards really CAN turn my stomach EVEN more.

I didn't think it possible.

I'm so fucking pleased to be proven wrong.

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@GeriatricGardener @skwawkbox @palestine @israel

If there was equally applied international law, they would charge Biden at the as a co-defendant

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