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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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“‘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

@palestine @israel

“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.”

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“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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@oatmeal @palestine @israel

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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“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/

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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/

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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/

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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

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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?

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“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/

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“Who Is Miriam ? – Trump’s Billionaire Who Puts Israel before ‘America First’”

by Robert in The Palestine Chronicle @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“Miriam Adelson has made headlines recently, over her offer to be the top financier of the 2024 campaign, on condition that the former President moves forward with the of the illegally occupied West Bank, in violation of international law.”

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“Inheriting the wealth of notorious Party mega-donor Sheldon Adelson, who she married in 1991, she is now the 6th richest female billionaire in the United States and the richest Israeli alive. On top of owning the Las Vegas Sands casino and resort corporation, Adelson also co-owns the Dallas Mavericks basketball team.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/who-is-miriam-adelson-trumps-billionaire-who-puts-israel-before-america-first/

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“GAZA LIVE BLOG: Major Health Disaster | New massacres in Central Gaza | Failure to Intercept Drones – 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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“GAZA LIVE BLOG: in | to Visit Israel | Six soldiers Injured on Northern Front – Day 245”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“Israeli forces committed new massacres in the Gaza Strip and prevented the civil defense from reaching the targeted sites.

US State Department Antony Blinken is set to visit Israel next week, according to the Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom.

The Israeli army admitted that six soldiers were wounded during firefighting operations in the northern regions.

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-massacre-in-maghazi-blinken-to-visit-israel-six-soldiers-injured-on-northern-front-day-245/

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“Hybrid Strategy – Resistance Roundup – Day 245”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“For decades, the Israeli army has used its fortified military vehicles as the first line of defense to crush any Palestinian resistance. Only then, Israeli soldiers come out of these vehicles to manage the areas that they occupy.

The Palestinian strategy, this time, was different: make it impossible for the Israelis to step out of their military vehicles by targeting them using homemade shells known as Yassin-105 plus others.

When the history of this war is written, it will be remembered that the Palestinian winning strategy has been predicated on simple but effective logic.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/the-hybrid-strategy-of-palestinian-resistance-resistance-roundup-day-245/

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“Do you condemn Hamas?: The question we have to ask ourselves is not whether we condemn Hamas, but whether we condemn a settler colonial regime that makes armed struggle necessary for survival.”

by James Ray in Mondoweiss @mondoweiss

@palestine @israel

“Like them [Hamas] or not, the efforts they have waged and continue to wage have made more of a material impact toward the liberation of Palestine than anything any of us in the West will ever make. They are taking on the brutal violence of colonial power and waging a campaign of armed struggle that has, at the current moment, with coordination with other resistance factions, made the Zionist colony more of a pariah than it has ever been on a global stage and shattered the image of military invincibility and overall stability it has spent decades cultivating. Countless years of struggle have culminated in this flashpoint.”

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/06/do-you-condemn-hamas/?ml_recipient=123391519249926016&ml_link=123391510330738497&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=2024-06-06&utm_campaign=Daily+Headlines+RSS+Automation

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@zephry @mondoweiss @palestine @israel

Are those who use violence to resist/ defeat colonial oppression terrorists?

Is there no justification for the actions of these ⤵️ people?

ANC/ Mandela in S Africa
Toussaint in Haiti
IRA in Northern Ireland
PLO/ Arafat
Mugabe in Zimbabwe

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“GAZA LIVE BLOG: Israel is Burning | New Massacres in Gaza City, | Ben-Gvir: We Will Topple Government – Day 242”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“The failure of missile interception from has led to several fires while the Hospital said it received 16 people injured in the fires, including seven soldiers.

According to medical sources in Gaza, at least five Palestinians have been killed in Israeli raids on various areas in the Gaza Strip since dawn today.

Israeli far-right Minister Itamar stated that his party would topple the government if Netanyahu agreed to a bad deal.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 36,550 Palestinians have been killed, and 82,959 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/gaza-live-blog-israel-is-burning-new-massacres-in-gaza-city-bureij-ben-gvir-we-will-topple-government-day-242/

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“GAZA LIVE BLOG: US: Israel Has Committed | Ansarallah Launches ‘Palestine’ | Gantz to Leave Government – Day 241”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“Civil Defense spokesman in the Gaza Strip, Mahmoud Basal, said that the Jabaliya area, north of the Gaza Strip, is not suitable for living.

White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby said that, from a military perspective alone, Israel has accomplished most of its objectives in Gaza.

According to Yedioth Ahronoth, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu summoned Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir to his office to inform him of the details of the proposed deal to return the captives.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 36,479 Palestinians have been killed, and 82,777 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/gaza-live-blog-jabaliya-inhabitable-kirby-israel-accomplished-war-goals-netanyahu-summons-ben-gvir-day-241/

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“The Minefields of Rafah – Resistance Roundup – Day 241”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

@palestine @israel

“Though and much of northern Gaza have been declared by the Gaza authorities, following weeks of relentless Israeli bombardment, the Resistance continued to be active.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/the-minefields-of-rafah-resistance-roundup-day-241/

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“Keir ’s just got a very public message about its support for Israel: End the arms exports”

by The Canary @thecanaryuk @thecanary

@palestine @israel

“Activists dropped a banner on Monday 3 June from Westminster bridge calling on Labour Party leader Keir Starmer to say he’ll end arms sales to Israel if he wins the general election and becomes prime minister

On Sunday 2 June a letter was published from more than 100 celebrities, including Riz Ahmed, Paloma Faith and Steve Coogan, calling on Keir Starmer to commit to ending arms sales to Israel if elected prime minister on 4 July.”

https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2024/06/03/labour-israel-arms-sales/?__s=pw3ygmyxve9etudpqdrh

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“Palestine Action hit two Barclays branches – annihilating one and redecorating the other: Stop the ”

by The Canary @thecanaryuk @thecanary

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“On Monday 3 June upped the ante over genocide-enabling – by targetting two locations of the Israel-complicit bank.

Overnight, Palestine Action activists targeted the Bradford and Bolton branches of Barclays, investors in Israel’s largest weapons firm – Systems.”

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2024/06/03/palestine-action-barclays-israel/?__s=pw3ygmyxve9etudpqdrh

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“GAZA LIVE BLOG: Uninhabitable | : Israel Accomplished War Goals | Netanyahu Summons Ben-Gvir – Day 241”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

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“Civil Defense spokesman in the Gaza Strip, Mahmoud Basal, said that the Jabaliya area, north of the Gaza Strip, is not suitable for living.

White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby said that, from a military perspective alone, Israel has accomplished most of its objectives in Gaza.

According to Yedioth Ahronoth, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu summoned Israeli National Security Minister Itamar to his office to inform him of the details of the proposed deal to return the captives.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 36,439 Palestinians have been killed, and 82,627 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.“

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/gaza-live-blog-jabaliya-inhabitable-kirby-israel-accomplished-war-goals-netanyahu-summons-ben-gvir-day-241/

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“GAZA LIVE BLOG: Massive Explosions in Central Gaza | Iron Dome Fails | Netanyahu: War to Continue | Public Opinion: Latest – Day 240”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

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“The Lebanese Resistance Movement carried out several attacks on northern Israel and Israeli media confirmed that four drones entered Israel’s airspace.

Gaza Municipal Emergency Committee announced that and were declared disaster areas due to the unspeakable destruction caused by Israeli aggression.

Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said that the agency’s shelters in are now empty and that they were forced to stop offering health care and vital services.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 36,439 Palestinians have been killed, and 82,627 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/gaza-live-blog-hezbollah-escalates-resistance-unspeakable-destruction-in-northern-gaza-unrwa-stopped-services-in-rafah-day-240/

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“‘Remnants of Soldiers’ – Resistance Roundup – Day 240”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

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“The new video indicates that a fierce battle took place on November 16 of last year, less than three weeks after the Israeli ground invasion of Gaza, in the axis, in northern Gaza.

The short video presented ‘remnants of soldiers’ equipment after the operation,’ and ‘parts of the targeted jeeps’.

Since then, it is estimated that the Resistance has managed to destroy, in full or in part, over 1,500 Israeli military vehicles, mostly Merkava tanks but also military bulldozers, personnel carriers, and jeeps.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/remnants-of-soldiers-resistance-roundup-day-240/

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“Joe Biden’s Terrible Israel Policy Is Really About Getting in Bed With Saudi Arabia: Biden's plan to cozy up to Arab dictators is right out of Donald Trump's playbook — but even worse.”

by Aida Chavez in The Intercept @theintercept

@palestine @israel

“Biden wants to tie the U.S. to one of the most abhorrent regimes in the world for decades to come, striking a far-reaching security deal with Saudi Arabia — an agreement that would put American lives on the line to protect the and lock us into a new cold war.

And Biden’s big plan for peace in the Middle East is straight out of Donald ’s playbook.”

https://theintercept.com/2024/05/30/biden-israel-saudi-trump/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter

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Imo there’s no sanity anywhere in Israel’s governing class! Only hunger for power, blood-lust and hubris!

’s removal would change nothing! His political rivals will continue their genocidal assault on ! cannot be defeated, either politically or militarily! The odds of Israel existing as a Zionist, apartheid project in 10 years time, imo, are slim to none!

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@InternetDev @RodneyPetersonTalent @theintercept @palestine @israel

Trump et Biden sont deux côtés gériatriques du même cul ! Le peuple américain a permis que cette situation se produise. Je ne me soucie vraiment plus de savoir si Trump gagne les élections américaines - ils obtiendront le gouvernement qu'ils méritent et devront vivre avec les conséquences ! L'humanité est baisée de toute façon - avec ou sans Biden !

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“The War is Lost – But Why is Netanyahu Killing Civilians in ?”

by Ramzy in The Palestine Chronicle @palestinechron

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“The Israeli leader is just buying time, though. Israel’s top generals and military experts and analysts know that the war has been lost and that prolonging it will not, in any way, alter its predictable outcomes.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/the-war-is-lost-but-why-is-netanyahu-killing-civilians-in-rafah/

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“GAZA LIVE BLOG: ICJ: Joins South Africa | Ben-Gvir: We’ll Take Govt. Down | Escalates Resistance | Under Attack – Day 239”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

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“Palestinian journalist Ola Al-Dahdouh was killed when the Israeli army bombed her house on Al-Jalaa Street in Gaza City at dawn on Saturday.

EU Policy Chief, Josep Borrell, said that double standards on the situation in Gaza and the ICJ decision should be avoided.

The Lebanese Resistance movement Hezbollah has intensified its attacks, targeting military sites in northern Israel.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 36,379 Palestinians have been killed, and 82,407 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/gaza-live-blog-onemore-journalist-killed-eu-avoid-double-standards-iran-victory-is-not-far-away-day-239/

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“GAZA LIVE BLOG: One More Journalist Killed | EU: Avoid Double Standards | Hezbollah Intensifies Attacks – Day 239”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

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“Palestinian journalist Ola Al-Dahdouh was killed when the Israeli army bombed her house on Al-Jalaa Street in Gaza City at dawn on Saturday.

EU Policy Chief, Josep Borrell, said that double standards on the situation in Gaza and the ICJ decision should be avoided.

The Lebanese Resistance movement Hezbollah has intensified its attacks, targeting military sites in northern Israel.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 36,379 Palestinians have been killed, and 82,407 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/gaza-live-blog-onemore-journalist-killed-eu-avoid-double-standards-iran-victory-is-not-far-away-day-239/

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“GAZA LIVE BLOG: Hamas ‘Positive’ about Proposal | Netanyahu to Address Congress | France Bans Israeli Firms | Destruction Revealed – Day 238”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

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“Israeli occupation forces withdrew from Tal al-Zaatar, the Beit Lahia project, Beit Hanoun, and all areas of the northern Gaza Strip.

According to the TV channel Al-Masirah, 13 people were killed in US and British strikes on .

Israeli forces carried out a massacre in central Gaza, killing and wounding scores of Palestinians in the refugee camp.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 36,284 Palestinians have been killed, and 82,057 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/gaza-live-blog-israel-withdraws-from-northern-gaza-massacres-in-nuseirat-rafah-airstrikes-in-yemen-kill-13-day-238/

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“Israel’s Defeat in Jabaliya – Resistance Roundup – Day 238”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron

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“The Israeli army has finally left , in fact, the entirety of northern Gaza.

Not only did Israel fail to find any military victory in the mostly destroyed area, they were squarely defeated at the hands of the revitalized and powerful Palestinian Resistance.

Israel’s military course of action remains unclear, though most likely, the Israeli army’s focus will remain situated in Rafah, in southern Gaza.”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/israels-defeat-in-jabaliya-resistance-roundup-day-238/

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Excellent piece, as usual, from Ricky!

“Biden pressures Netanyahu to accept peace deal that could have been agreed 40,000 bodies ago:
It looks like he's finally decided his red lines have been crossed”

by Ricky from Council Estate Media on Substack @substack

@palestine @israel

“Let’s just pray we can see an end to this horror show and then see a similar push for peace in Ukraine so we can pull the world back from the brink. Whatever happens next, I will not, for the rest of my life, forget what the Biden administration has done, or how close it has taken us to World War III. We are talking about perhaps the most dangerous US administration of all time, but maybe now they’ve finally reached the limits of their insanity.”

https://open.substack.com/pub/councilestatemedia/p/biden-pressures-netanyahu-to-accept?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios

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Another excellent piece by Jonathan in the Middle East Eye @middleeasteye

“To continue the Gaza genocide, Israel and the US must destroy the laws of war: The world's two highest courts have made an implacable enemy of Israel in trying to uphold international law and end Israeli atrocities“

@palestine @israel

“Both the ICJ and the ICC are fully aware of the dangers of taking on Israel – which is why, despite the dissembling complaints from the US and Israel, each court is treading so slowly and cautiously in dealing with Israeli atrocities.

Pick at the Israeli thread of war crimes in Gaza, and the entire cloth of atrocities around the world committed and promoted by the US and its closest allies starts to unravel.”

[..]

“It is Washington that tore up the rulebook of international law and elevated above it a self-serving ‘rules-based order’ in which the only meaningful rule is might makes right.”

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This is a horrifying must read article describing Israel’s secret ‘black’ site torture facilities where Palestinian men and boys, often after being snatched off the streets, are routinely subjected to brutal, degrading conditions!

Don’t look away! Please read and boost!

“The message of Israel’s torture chambers is directed at all of us, not just Palestinians”

by Jonathan Cook in Middle East Eye @middleeasteye

@palestine @israel

“The complicity of western establishments in Israel’s current genocide is not an anomaly. It does not derive from a misunderstanding or confusion. The western political and media class see the genocide in Gaza as clearly as the rest of us. But for them, it is justified, required even. The colonised and oppressed must be taught that resistance is futile.

Sde Teiman [‘black’ site], like the Gaza death camp, is serving its purpose. It is there to break the human spirit. It is there to turn the Palestinians into willing collaborators in their own destruction as a people, in their own ethnic cleansing.

And a subliminal message is being directed at the western public at the same time: this could also be your fate if you do not join in cheerleading Israel’s atrocities in Gaza.”

https://www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/israel-torture-chambers-message-directed-us-palestinians

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Nice if you to feel sorry (not!) for the 15,000 or more Palestinian children who have been murdered by the IDF in the past 8 months Emmanuelle - not to mention all those 000s in the West Bank who have either been murdered or kidnapped, imprisoned and tortured in Israeli prisons and secret death camps!

Have you heard of Facility 1391 ‘black’ site where inmates were kept in a state of sensory deprivation, made to wear blacked-out goggles, except for when being tortured?

Or more recently, the Sde Teiman ‘black’ site in the Negev which was set up months ago to process thousands of Palestinian men and boys, victims of Israel’s occupation, seized from the streets of Gaza and the West Bank since 7 October?

No? It’s where doctors amputate prisoners’ limbs due to injuries sustained from constant handcuffing; of medical procedures sometimes performed by underqualified medics earning it a reputation for being ‘a paradise for interns’; and where the air is filled with the smell of neglected wounds left to rot?

I challenge you to read the following articles from CNN and Middle East Eye … but I won’t hold my breath that you will because like most of your fellow Israelis, I’m sure you prefer to think of yourself as a victim rather than as a perpetrator of a 75+ year-long incremental genocide against the Palestinian people!

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/10/middleeast/israel-sde-teiman-detention-whistleblowers-intl-cmd/index.html

https://www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/israel-torture-chambers-message-directed-us-palestinians

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