Palestine

Ritchie Torres is threading a needle after emphatic defense of Israel for most of the war.

from Politico
08/04/2025 05:55 AM EDT

[It's disgusting how feeble and late this is, but it is an indication of how popular sentiment continues to shift against Israel. 👍 ]

In recent days, a majority of Democratic senators voted for a resolution to bar the sale of assault rifles to Israeli police, a marked change in the party since the start of the military conflict. Their unprecedented rebuke comes as polling shows slipping support for Israel among Democratic voters, signaling the prolonged war has potentially caused permanent damage to the country’s relationship with the Democratic Party.

Nineteen former Israeli military, intelligence and police chiefs warned that the Jewish state is “on the precipice of defeat” in Gaza, calling for an end to the war to save the hostages.

The retired Israeli leaders, including former prime minister and IDF chief Ehud Barak, said in a video released Sunday that Israel has accumulated too many losses in Gaza with no clear end in sight, with the officials accusing Netanyahu of keeping the war alive for the sole purpose of preserving the fragile right-wing coalition that controls his government.

“We are on the precipice of defeat,” said former Mossad director Tamir Pardo, referencing the mass backlash against Israel over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

TEL AVIV/CAIRO, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu favours a complete military takeover of Gaza for the first time in two decades, media reported, and was to meet senior security officials on Tuesday to finalise a new strategy in the 22-month war.

Mediation between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas has collapsed despite intense international pressure for a ceasefire to ease hunger and appalling conditions in the besieged Palestinian enclave.

Eight more people died of starvation or malnutrition in the past 24 hours, Gaza's health ministry said, while another 79 died in the latest Israeli fire. Netanyahu was to meet Defence Minister Israel Katz and military Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir to decide on a strategy to take to cabinet later this week, an Israeli official told Reuters. Strategic Affairs Minister Rob Dermer, a confidant of Netanyahu, would also be present.

A Palestinian medic was killed on Monday after an airdropped aid box fell directly on his head in the Al-Zawayda area in the central Gaza Strip.

Odai Nafez Quraan, a nurse at the Al-Aqsa Hospital, was seen in a video recently condemning the aid drops.

“This is a humiliation,” he said, adding that “if you able to fly in by air and drop aid by air, you are able to break the siege … by way of the land crossing.”

IDF war criminal was identified in Sweden being on vacation.

The Hind Rajab Foundation has filed a war crimes complaint in #Sweden against Israeli sniper Boaz Ben David for his actions in Gaza.

Video of him being confronted and verbally attacking the person filming him is shared on social media.

Video available on #BlueSky
https://bsky.app/profile/faab64.bsky.social/post/3lvm3yhxgts26
And on #Telegram
https://t.me/newsvideofa/3639

#WarCriminal #HRF #ICC #ICJ #Justice #Gaza #Israel #IDF
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The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza

The Israeli government knows how much food is needed in Gaza. It has been calibrating hunger levels for decades, initially calculating shipments to exert pressure while avoiding #Starvation

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/31/the-mathematics-of-starvation-how-israel-caused-a-famine-in-gaza

#Gaza #Israel #UN #FoodAsWeapon #Genocide #Famine #Inhumanity #Politics

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American Nurse Who Tried to Save “No Other Land” Activist Was Detained and Deported by Israel

Americans on the scene who tried to help Palestinians said Israeli authorities detained them — as all settler attackers roamed free

https://theintercept.com/2025/08/01/awdah-hathaleen-killed-settler-yinon-levi

#AwdahHathaleen #NoOtherLand #JewishISIS #WestBank #USPol #Occupation #Terrorism #IDF #Palestine #Apartheid #Israel

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The Palestinian Statehood Drive Is a Despicable Sham

Western countries are rushing to recognize Palestine not to stop genocide but to solve a political problem. They’re offering colonial lies dressed up as liberation.

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/palestinian-statehood-uk-france-sham

#Israel #Palestine #2StateScam #SnakeOil #Genocide #Hypocrisy #Colonialism #Media
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We really don't know the extent of Gaza #genocide since there is no government in #Gaza to register the dead or missing any more.

Only when Israeli occupation ends, we will be able to find out the real number of people murdered by #Israel in the past 21 months, and the number is much much larger than the official (verified) 60000.

Will that change the minds of the world about the evil that exist in psyche of the people in Israel who justify and defend this?

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Downing Street has urged people not to take part in a protest in support of the banned group Palestine Action as police warned they would arrest anyone breaking terrorism laws.

Palestine Action has been banned under terrorism laws, and this weekend a large event protesting against its proscription has been organised by the group Defend Our Juries.

#UK #Israel #Protest #Palestine #UKpol #Genocide #Complicity #Terrorism #Gaza

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/04/police-palestine-action-london-protest-arrest-plans
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Israel and the Doctrine of Divine Right: When Survival Demands Resistance

https://farid.ps/articles/israel/_and/_the/_doctrine/_of/_divine/_right/en.html

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Reception for Raja Agbariya, who is to be released from administrative detention. Thursday, August 7, 6:00 PM at the entrance to Umm al-Fahm.
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Hundreds rally in Tunis to support starving Palestinians in Gaza | Africanews (2025-08-04)

https://www.africanews.com/2025/08/04/hundreds-rally-in-tunis-to-support-starving-palestinians-in-gaza/
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>> Hundreds of demonstrators marched through the streets of the Tunisian capital on Sunday, in a powerful display of solidarity with the Palestinian people, as anger grows over the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

>> Protesters waved Palestinian flags, held signs, and chanted slogans condemning both the Israeli blockade and the silence of Arab governments.

#StopGenocide #ArabComplicity #Tunis
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/34128874

Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir led hundreds of settlers in storming Al-Aqsa Mosque complex on Sunday, were they loudly performed Jewish Talmudic prayer, under a heavy police guard, and attempted to antagonise Muslim worshippers.

Videos seen by Middle East Eye showed hundreds of settlers storming the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque where some could be seen dancing and shouting, disrupting the sanctity of the Muslim place of worship.

The status quo in Jerusalem has long maintained that Jewish prayer is forbidden on the raised plateau in occupied East Jerusalem's Old City, where Al-Aqsa Mosque stands.

However, over the past century, Zionist groups have repeatedly violated the fragile arrangement, launching unprecedented attacks on one of Islam's holiest sites.

Jordyn Beazley and Caitlin Cassidy
Sun 3 Aug 2025 08.17 EDT

At least 100,000 pro-Palestine marchers, including Julian Assange, the former foreign minister Bob Carr and the government MP Ed Husic, have marched across Sydney Harbour Bridge in the rain to protest against Israel’s conduct in Gaza and to speak out about the children starving there.

The world-famous landmark was closed to traffic at 11.30am on Sunday, with protesters gathering in Lang Park in the city centre before enduring heavy rain as they walked across the bridge.

The march began at 1pm, with demonstrators eventually stretching the entire length of the 1.2km Harbour Bridge.

“It’s even bigger than my wildest dreams,” one of the main protest organisers, Josh Lees, told Guardian Australia while at the front of the march. “It’s a mass march for humanity to stop a genocide, our politicians have to now listen to the will of the people and sanction Israel.”

Almost 40 years ago when I did a short assignment with 2 other classmates about AI, we came to the conclusion that AI unless ot develops real intelligence with unlimited data and clear understanding of what is true and what is not going to be "Shit in, Shit out", todays advanced AI like Grok are the perfect example of our conclusion decades ago.

PA. I can't verify its authenticity

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Palestinian-American dies of smoke inhalation in West Bank after settlers set fires to cars, homes - CBS News (2025-08-03)

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/palestinian-american-dies-smoke-inhalation-west-bank-confrontation-settlers-us-officials/
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>> A Palestinian American died in the Israeli-occupied West Bank last week after a confrontation with settlers, U.S. officials confirmed.

>> Khamis Ayyad, ... died Thursday from smoke inhalation in Silwad, a village in the central #WestBank near several Israeli settlements, a U.S. official told CBS News. The Palestinian health ministry said on Friday that the fires were set by settlers on homes and vehicles in Silwad, according to the Agence France-Presse.

>> The Palestinian Authority, ... told AFP that some villages around Silwad also came under attack by settlers, in which vehicles, homes and farmlands were set ablaze...

#WestBank #StopIsrael #EndOccupation #NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
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Israel’s Right to Exist and Defend Itself: A Legal Analysis

https://farid.ps/articles/israel/_right/_to/_exist/_and/_defend/_itself/en.html

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97 per cent of Gaza’s animal wealth destroyed by Israeli bombing, starvation, and looting (Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, 2025-08-03)

https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6811/97-per-cent-of-Gaza%E2%80%99s-animal-wealth-destroyed-by-Israeli-bombing,-starvation,-and-looting
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>> Israel has destroyed nearly all animal wealth in the Gaza Strip, approximately 97 per cent, through bombing and systematic starvation, including working animals that served as the last means of transport amid fuel shortages and limited public mobility.

Assumed numbers up to October 2023:

• around 6,500 poultry farms that supplied about three million chickens to the local market each month
• approximately 15,000 cows
• around 60,000 sheep and 10,000 goats
• approximately 20,000 donkeys, along with several horses and mules used as working animals

>> Israel’s extermination of livestock is part of a systematic policy to enforce starvation and dismantle the foundations of survival.

#StopIsrael #StopGenocide
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OMG THIS MAKES ME SICK!

A few days after writing a story on starvation and malnutrition in Gaza, the New York Times issued a clarification that it felt readers must know: that the emaciated Palestinian boy it had profiled actually had a preexisting health condition.

https://mondoweiss.net/2025/07/new-york-times-israel-isnt-starving-healthy-children-to-death-just-the-ones-with-preexisting-conditions

#Starvation #NYT #Hypocrisy #Inhumanity

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