"Israel is explicitly warning Christian residents in southern Lebanon not to welcome Muslim residents among them, threatening to bomb Christian neighborhoods.
Israel is now searching for Muslims hiding in the attics of Christians. It’s not 1944. Read that again.
The goal isn't military. It's destabilizing social stability in Lebanon."
The hardest part is watching the children suffer. They are growing up in tents, facing heat, cold, fear, and uncertainty instead of the safe childhood they deserve.
As a grandfather from Gaza, it breaks my heart to see their daily struggle. Please support or share my campaign. Every contribution can help bring comfort and hope to these children ❤️
@geogoeroe in England the commentator would probably be smeared as being antisemitic and lose his job. Ireland has become much more progressive and enlightened than backwards little England with its flagshaggers and national front Reform party.
In the wake of a shattered home, I wake each day beside my wife and children, spread across what remains of our former life. Our roof collapsed, taking with it both shelter and the steady rhythm of daily work.
This isn't surprising at all. Both of these settler colonial entities need each other at this point so of course they're going to unite more and more.
"Section 224 would be a different beast entirely. It would fuse the U.S. and Israeli defense sectors in multiple areas vital to the battlefields of the future, like autonomous systems and cyber. It would also bring extraordinary Israeli influence to the U.S. beyond what it already has through the Israel lobby and its robust network of social media influencers. It would give the Israeli government the opportunity to greatly expand one of the most powerful levers of influence in U.S. politics: jobs in the U.S. By expanding or starting new co-production facilities like it already has in Mississippi and Arkansas, the Israeli government could boast of providing jobs on U.S. soil, thereby securing allies among members of Congress who represent the districts where those jobs lie."
More former BBC reporters speak out about biased coverage of Israel, in this case focusing on Raffi Berg.
The world Berg presents in his early BBC features is a rich source of misinformation and/or disinformation. If you spend time following the links here, you'll find these and other examples that we don't have time to explore more fully:
Leah Tsemel was born in the "Israeli" city of Haifa in 1945, three years before Israel came into being.
Arabs and Jews "coexisted in Haifa for over 100 years in peace and war", ignoring the Palestinians' mass expulsion by Zionist forces in April 1948.
Shilo settlement is described as "the ancient capital of Israel and for centuries the Biblical home of the holy Ark of the Covenant", turning scripture into journalistic fact.
He asserts the IDF "was originally sent into Gaza" to protect Jewish communities.
He ignores Israeli missile strikes on Jabaliya Camp in October-November 2005 to be able to claim "after a period of calm, Palestinian militants unleashed another barrage of Qassams" on Israeli inhabitants of
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More former BBC reporters speak out about biased coverage of Israel, in this case focusing on Raffi Berg.
The world Berg presents in his early BBC features is a rich source of misinformation and/or disinformation. If you spend time following the links here, you'll find these and other examples that we don't have time to explore more fully:
Leah Tsemel was born in the "Israeli" city of Haifa in 1945, three years before Israel came into being.
Arabs and Jews "coexisted in Haifa for over 100 years in peace and war", ignoring the Palestinians' mass expulsion by Zionist forces in April 1948.
Shilo settlement is described as "the ancient capital of Israel and for centuries the Biblical home of the holy Ark of the Covenant", turning scripture into journalistic fact.
He asserts the IDF "was originally sent into Gaza" to protect Jewish communities.
He ignores Israeli missile strikes on Jabaliya Camp in October-November 2005 to be able to claim "after a period of calm, Palestinian militants unleashed another barrage of Qassams" on Israeli inhabitants of the Gaza envelope.
A political scientist is quoted saying that relocation of 500,000 Jewish settlers would be highly problematic because "[t]here are very few precedents in history where 8% of a population has been moved". Don't mention the Nakba!
Israel-friendly framing of news was commonplace at the BBC during the two decades I worked there, but one colleague stood out for his single-minded promotion of Zionist narratives.
Netanyahu 🇮🇱 ordena al ejército tomar el 70% de Gaza 🇵🇸
Israel 🇮🇱 asegura que ya controla el 60% del enclave.
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https://electomania.es/netanyahu-ordena-a-las-tropas-israelies-hacerse-con-el-70-de-la-franja-de-gaza
We, the undersigned, call for our governments to immediately: 🔻Implement economic and political sanctions against Israel, including cancelling the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement and imposing a full two-way arms embargo on Israel. 🔻End their ongoing complicity in Israeli genocide. 🔻Condemn the new Israeli ‘death penalty law’ which targets Palestinians, and call for the release of ALL Palestinian prisoners (estimated 10000, of which at least 350 children).
🚨💔 In Gaza, even Eid night is covered with pain. Two little girls lost their mother on the night of Eid under the bombing. 😔💥 While the world celebrates, Gaza’s children bury their loved ones and live in fear every day. Where is humanity? Where is justice? Raise your voice. Share the truth. Gaza needs action, not silence. 🇵🇸🖤 #SaveGaza #FreePalestine #GazaUnderAttack #EidInGaza
Why did the Ertzaintza act as if they were receiving prisoners at Loiu Airport?
Last Saturday, images from Bilbao Airport went around the world.
Members of the Global Sumud Flotilla, who were returning after being intercepted and detained by Israel, were received with unusual harshness by the Ertzaintza.
Baton blows, people being dragged, and a deployment that looked more like the reception of dangerous prisoners than that of peaceful activists returning home.
This behavior does not seem coincidental.
An Israeli-origin business group has a key presence in the security of Loiu Airport.
The company I-SEC Aviation Security, a subsidiary of the Israeli-capital group ICTS International, is responsible for a significant part of the security services at Bilbao Airport.
In turn, I-SEC has maintained relevant contracts with Basque institutions for years.
These include security and surveillance at the Ertzaintza supercuartel in Oiartzun and security services at the Basque Police and Emergencies Aca
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via "We Stand with Francesca Albanese":
Why did the Ertzaintza act as if they were receiving prisoners at Loiu Airport?
Last Saturday, images from Bilbao Airport went around the world.
Members of the Global Sumud Flotilla, who were returning after being intercepted and detained by Israel, were received with unusual harshness by the Ertzaintza.
Baton blows, people being dragged, and a deployment that looked more like the reception of dangerous prisoners than that of peaceful activists returning home.
This behavior does not seem coincidental.
An Israeli-origin business group has a key presence in the security of Loiu Airport.
The company I-SEC Aviation Security, a subsidiary of the Israeli-capital group ICTS International, is responsible for a significant part of the security services at Bilbao Airport.
In turn, I-SEC has maintained relevant contracts with Basque institutions for years.
These include security and surveillance at the Ertzaintza supercuartel in Oiartzun and security services at the Basque Police and Emergencies Academy in Arkaute.
It also holds contracts with Metro Bilbao and the Basque Health Service.
The president of ICTS, Menachem J. Atzmon, was convicted in Israel in 1996 for fraud in the financing of electoral campaigns when he was treasurer of the Likud party.
Correlation, not causation.
It is impossible not to notice a correlation between the treatment the activists received in Israel and the treatment they received in Euskadi.
The same harshness, the same logic of strict control, the same image of “enemy” rather than citizen.
The fact that an Israeli company with historical links in the world of Israeli security has sensitive contracts with the Ertzaintza and with the airport where the events occurred invites, at the very least, reflection.
Does Israeli security doctrine influence the way certain conflicts are managed in the Basque Country?
No one claims that a direct order exists. But when the styles are so similar, and when the business and historical connections are on the table, it is legitimate to ask to what extent a model of managing dissent is being imported.
What happened in Loiu not only shames the Ertzaintza. It also forces us to take a closer look at security relations and the contracts signed in Euskadi with foreign companies, especially when it comes to a conflict as sensitive as that of Palestine.
References
El Salto. (2024, October 18). El Departamento de Salud ocultó al Parlamento Vasco dos contratos públicos adjudicados a la israelí I-Sec.
Gobierno Vasco. (2020). Servicio de vigilancia y seguridad en la central de la Ertzaintza en Oiartzun.
I-SEC. (n.d.). Aena adjudica a I-SEC los servicios de seguridad de 14 aeropuertos españoles.
The Israeli Knesset is considering a bill that would place Palestinian historical sites in the West Bank under direct Israeli civil law, stripping them of their protected status under international law. Experts say it’s annexation in all but name.
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"Welcome to the Decolonize Palestine myths database. Here you will find a continuously updated list of some of the most prominent myths and talking-points related to the Palestinian question, as well as their debunking.
We stress that these articles are not designed to teach you how to argue or manipulate your audience. That dubious distinction is relegated to Hasbara fellowships and manuals. Instead, we believe that light is the best disinfectant, and that when taken as a whole the historical record speaks for itself."
"If the world knew what was going on here, then the world wouldn't just cry with tears, but with blood"
Flotilla crew member Jesse tells the assembled crowd welcoming her back from her abduction about a message written on the wall of the cell she was kept in during her captivity.
Today, Europe’s credibility is at stake,” Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares told reporters before Tuesday’s meeting in Luxembourg. “I expect every European country to uphold what the International Court of Justice and the UN say on human rights and the defence of international law. Anything different would be a defeat for the European Union.”
But German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul called Spain’s request “inappropriate”, saying any issues should instead be discussed in a “critical, constructive dialogue with Israel”.
“I'm the clearest defender of Israel in Brussels, Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul says.”
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Today, Europe’s credibility is at stake,” Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares told reporters before Tuesday’s meeting in Luxembourg. “I expect every European country to uphold what the International Court of Justice and the UN say on human rights and the defence of international law. Anything different would be a defeat for the European Union.”
But German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul called Spain’s request “inappropriate”, saying any issues should instead be discussed in a “critical, constructive dialogue with Israel”.
Well, I hope history is taking notes in the unlikely case that we have some new Nuremberg trials in the future. Always good to know who enables genocide.
On the second anniversary of the Hamas-led attacks on Israel, Johann Wadephul praised himself of being "the one who always stands most clearly on Israel's side" when he is surrounded by his EU counterparts in Brussels.
In the wake of an outcry over its treatment of detained activists, Israel has focused on messaging as its actions undermine its support from the international community.
This is what the barbarians in Israel do and proudly broadcast to Westerners.
What do they do to Palestinians when there are no cameras or international attention?
(We know what they do because it has been documented over and over again: torture, rape and sexual assault, murder… the last of which has now been made legal.)
Watch this and be outraged. Not because it happened to Europeans but because it is happening to Palestinians every day and has been not just for the past few years but for over 78 years of settler colonialism, ethnic cleansing, apartheid, and genocide.
This is what the barbarians in Israel do and proudly broadcast to Westerners.
What do they do to Palestinians when there are no cameras or international attention?
(We know what they do because it has been documented over and over again: torture, rape and sexual assault, murder… the last of which has now been made legal.)
Watch this and be outraged. Not because it happened to Europeans but because it is happening to Palestinians every day and has been not just for the past few years but for over 78 years of settler colonialism, ethnic cleansing, apartheid, and genocide.
An article on the evacuations carried out last week by IUPALS (Italian Universities for Palestinian Students) that @joynewacc shared with me (which also has lovely photos of her and the other students in it):
While the article is generally good, it does call it a “war” (it’s an ongoing genocide) and it does focus very much on how thankful the students are for the evacuation (which, of course, they are) without mentioning that it is the bare minimum a country whose government is complicit in the genocide could do to atone for its sins.
It also doesn’t mention, for that matter, that a certain professor at the university had to post 15 viral videos on Instagram until the Italian government’s on-purpose blocking of the
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An article on the evacuations carried out last week by IUPALS (Italian Universities for Palestinian Students) that @joynewacc shared with me (which also has lovely photos of her and the other students in it):
While the article is generally good, it does call it a “war” (it’s an ongoing genocide) and it does focus very much on how thankful the students are for the evacuation (which, of course, they are) without mentioning that it is the bare minimum a country whose government is complicit in the genocide could do to atone for its sins.
It also doesn’t mention, for that matter, that a certain professor at the university had to post 15 viral videos on Instagram until the Italian government’s on-purpose blocking of the evacuation became more trouble for them than it was worth, thereby forcing their hand to allow it to go ahead (this is why we’d been waiting since November. The Italian government saw that the evacuations were working and decided to put a spanner in the works right before Joy’s group was due to leave.)
Having met and spent time with all of the students in Milan last week I can attest that it is *we* who are so much better off having them with us. And it is us who should be thankful.
We also have so much work left to do: To force our governments to cease their complicity in genocide, to compel Israel to end this genocide, and to dismantle the apartheid state and begin the reparations process. Those of us on the right side of history will not stop until the people of Palestine are free.
PS. While Joy is safely in Milan now, her family are not. You can support them using this fundraiser: chuffed.org/project/farah-need…
In arabo «shukran» significa grazie. E gratitudine è il sentimento che accomuna gli sguardi dei dieci studenti palestinesi arrivati la scorsa settimana all’Università degli Studi di Milano dopo aver atteso sei o sette mesi prima di essere evacuati da…
The difference is that these are Westerners, while they consider Palestinians "human animals". They don't want us seeing how they treat our own, but they can't comprehend that we see Palestinians as humans too. That's why only this worries them, while we're outraged at the rest of it.
Just returned from Milan. Joy’s settling in. Thank you again to everyone who helped make this happen.
We had the most wonderful reception in Milan this week. Everyone – from the guard at the metro ticket station shouting “Free Palestine” and “welcome to Milan” as he beeped each one of the evacuees through for free as we were retuning from the airport to the wonderful family I met on my way there inviting us to their home for aperitivo to meet Joy – has been so loving and supportive.
Just returned from Milan. Joy’s settling in. Thank you again to everyone who helped make this happen.
We had the most wonderful reception in Milan this week. Everyone – from the guard at the metro ticket station shouting “Free Palestine” and “welcome to Milan” as he beeped each one of the evacuees through for free as we were retuning from the airport to the wonderful family I met on my way there inviting us to their home for aperitivo to meet Joy – has been so loving and supportive.
This was such a group effort. We couldn’t have done it without an international group of volunteers led by @riverbirchtree organising on Signal and without those of you on the fediverse who helped fund her scholarship to Milan.
VIENNA (AP) — The final of the Eurovision Song Contest arrives Saturday, with tight security and rainy weather failing to dent the enthusiasm of fans, or the opposition of critics who think Israel shouldn’t be invited to the party.
I get that people have the best of intentions when they try to argue that Star Trek isn't a dead franchise, but... this is a series that once had a member of a resistance group inspired by real life Palestinian resistance as a sympathetic main character. And now it's apolitical CGIslop owned by a corporation that runs a blacklist of any actor who's ever spoken in support of Palestine.
A civil war is raging in the film, television and music fields between artists opposed to the mass murder in Gaza, as well as Trump’s fascist policies, and the upper echelons of studio executives and owners.
I discovered anti-#Zionism at the University of Michigan. I'm glad it lives on there A controversial speech conveyed essential lessons for all #Jews forward.com/opinion/824062/uni…
At the U. of #Michigan’s recent commencement ceremony, history professor Derek Peterson delivered a 5-minute speech in which he celebrated all those who have fought for justice at the
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I discovered anti-#Zionism at the University of Michigan. I'm glad it lives on there A controversial speech conveyed essential lessons for all #Jews forward.com/opinion/824062/uni…
At the U. of #Michigan’s recent commencement ceremony, history professor Derek Peterson delivered a 5-minute speech in which he celebrated all those who have fought for justice at the university, my alma mater. Invoking our legendary fight song, he asked the crowd to “sing” for suffragist Sarah Burger, who battled to get #women admitted as students; for Moritz Levi, UM's first #Jewish professor; for all the students who fought for #RacialJustice at #UM as part of the Black Action Movement; and for the “pro-#Palestinian student activists, who have over these past two years opened our hearts to the injustice and inhumanity of #Israel’s war in #Gaza.”
