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New round of polio vaccinations begins in Gaza | UN News (2025-02-22)

https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/02/1160411
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“The latest round of a large-scale polio vaccination campaign in Gaza targeting nearly 600,000 young children got underway on Saturday.”

“The campaign is being led by the Palestinian Ministry of Health and implemented with support from the World Health Organization (#WHO), the UN Children’s Fund (#UNICEF), UN Palestine refugee agency #UNRWA and other partners.”

#Polio #vaccination
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The Gaza “Ceasefire” Is at a Crucial Crossroads (Jeremy Scahil | Drop Site News, 2025-02-24)

https://open.substack.com/pub/dropsitenews/p/the-gaza-ceasefire-is-at-a-crucial
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"Netanyahu wants to blow up the deal, Trump’s team is doing doublespeak diplomacy and Hamas says it doesn’t need to run Gaza but won’t disappear"

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Germany's Obsession With Defending Israel and Criminalizing Speech Aided AfD's Rise (Drop Site News, 2025-02-22)

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/germany-election-afd-israel-palestine-free-speech
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“The far-right party, predicted to finish second in tomorrow's election, doesn't need to win—core parts of its agenda have already become mainstream.”

“Germany’s support for Israel, known as the #Staatsräson, has become a major domestic political issue in recent years and especially since … October 7 2023, with the country using harsh laws intended to combat neo-Nazis against Palestinian activists.”

“… the German mainstream’s rejection of international law and civil liberties and the rise of its far right are intrinsically linked. Germany’s far-right party, the Alternative for #Germany (#AfD), has played a key role in forefronting Staatsräson for its own purposes—using the topic as a wedge issue to demonize migrants from Muslim countries as well as left-wing activists.”

#InternationalLaw #FakeAntisemitism
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They Tried to Silence Her - They Failed | Francesca Albanese's Berlin Keynote on Gaza Genocide (DiEM25 | Youtube, 2025-02-20)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVxvrGVxuis
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"Despite police intimidation and last-minute venue changes, #FrancescaAlbanese, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, delivered a historic speech in #Berlin, at an event organised by #DiEM25, Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East, Eye4palestine and the Gaza Committee Berlin.

"After the original venue was pressured into canceling the event, Junge Welt stepped in at the last minute to ensure this critical discussion could take place. But those who sought to silence it failed. Over 2,700 people tuned in live throughout the 8 hours of proceedings as Albanese exposed the brutal reality: the genocide in Gaza is undeniable, #Germany is complicit, and free speech and international law are under attack."

#StopGenocide #FakeAntisemitism
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West Bank refugees reel from Israeli offensive (Hanno Hauenstein | +972 Magazine, 2025-02-21)

https://www.972mag.com/jenin-tulkarem-west-bank-refugee-camps-iron-wall/
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“Displaced from Jenin and Tulkarem, Palestinian residents say Israel is waging a deliberate campaign to make the northern refugee camps unlivable.”

“Now in its fifth week, ‘Operation Iron Wall’ has since expanded [from #Jenin] to three more refugee camps in the northern West Bank, displacing an additional 20,000 people from #Tulkarem camp, Nur Shams camp, and Al-Far’a camp. The Israeli military claims to be targeting armed resistance groups in these areas, but has produced meager evidence of its achievements in this regard. And as soldiers lay waste to civilian infrastructure on the ground, fighter jets and drones drop missiles from the sky…”

#WestBank #HannoHauenstein
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When a Jew shot by another Jew cries 'Death to Arabs!': Mizrahim can continue to deny their identity, but they cannot shed their skin. The Miami shooter’s bullets remind them: after all, you’re Arab too. (+972 Magazine, 2025-02-19)

https://www.972mag.com/miami-shooting-mizrahi-jews-arab/
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“an American Jew goes out to hunt Palestinians on the streets of Miami, mistakenly identifies a father and son — both Israeli Jews — as Palestinian, and immediately unloads a magazine on them... At the hospital, the son publishes a post saying that he and his father ‘survived an attempted murder motivated by antisemitism,’ signing off the post with the popular Israeli slogan, ‘Death to Arabs.’”

“A Mizrahi Jew can change his or her last name, distance themselves from any Arab element in their identity and heritage, and fully embrace Western culture, but they cannot shed their skin…”

#MiamiBeachShooting #MizrahiJew
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Florida Man Says He Shot Israeli Tourists in ‘Mental Health Crisis’ - The New York Times (2025-02-18)

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/world/middleeast/florida-shooting-israeli-tourists.html
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Well, NYT picked this up. At least.

#MiamiBeachShooting #HateCrime

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Celtic fans unfurl fresh ‘anti-Zionism’ banner at Bayern Munich clash week after Israel protest risked Uefa action (The Scottish Sun, 2025-02-18)

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/14361963/celtic-fans-anti-zionism-banner-bayern-munich-israel/
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“At the Allianz Arena tonight, fans were spotted waving a banner that read 'Show Zionism the Red Card', draping it over the bottom of the away section.

“Another fan had a large Palestine flag on a pole.”

Last week in Glasgow:
https://hcommons.social/@adachika192/113999004045805289

This time, it’s in Munich, #Germany.
Respect!

#CelticFC #UEFA
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The Blogs: Berlinale Faces Backlash Over Speech | Michael Kuenne | The Times of Israel (2025-02-18)

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/berlinale-faces-backlash-over-speech/
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#Berlinale2025
“… during the screening of the movie Queerpanorama. Hong Kong film director and screenwriter [Jun Li] read a statement on behalf of Iranian actor Erfan Shekarriz.”

[excerpts from the statement]

“Whilst you watch this movie, millions of Palestinian people are suffocating under the cruel settler-colonial regime of Israel supported by the West. The German government and its cultural organizations like the Berlinale are contributing in some way or other to the apartheid genocide and ruthless killing and annihilation of the Palestinian people.”

“while you are sitting here watching this movie, I would ask you to show respect for the Palestinian women, children, men, and brothers and sisters who have died and lost all their belongings under the hands of the occupation funded by Germany since 1948...”

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Less than seven percent of pre-conflict water levels available to Rafah and North Gaza, worsening a health catastrophe | Oxfam International (2025-02-17)

https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/less-seven-percent-pre-conflict-water-levels-available-rafah-and-north-gaza
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“Nearly 1,700 Kilometres of water and sanitation networks have been destroyed”

“In the North Gaza governorate, almost all water wells have been destroyed by the Israeli military... For the few whose homes remain standing, water is non-existent due to the destruction of rooftop storage tanks.

“In Rafah, over 90 per cent of water wells and reservoirs have been partially or completely damaged, and water production is less than five per cent of its capacity before the conflict.”

“… since the ceasefire, Israel continues to severely impair critical items needed to begin repairing the massive structural damage from its airstrikes.”

#dual_use #Oxfam #StopGenocide
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Reclaiming the Discourse: Palestine, Justice and the Power of Truth (18 February, 3 pm - 11 pm/ Kühlhaus #Berlin, Germany) ⚠️ Tickets sold out

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reclaiming-the-discourse-palestine-justice-and-the-power-of-truth-tickets-1243910211929
https://asanb.noblogs.org/?event=den-diskurs-zurueckgewinnen-palaestina-gerechtigkeit-und-die-macht-der-wahrheit

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Organized by #Diem25 Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East, Eye4palestine, Gaza Komitee
The entire proceeds of the event will be donated to UNRWA and Medico International for emergency aid to Gaza.

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speakers include:

Francesca Albanese (UN SR)
Michael Barenboim (Violinist, Barenboim-Said Academy)
Leila Boukarim (A million Kites)
Julia Duchrow (Amnesty International)
Qassem Massri (Palestinian Doctor, Berlin) & many more

#FrancescaAlbanese #MichaelBarenboim
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Nearly 400 Rabbis, Jewish Leaders Say 'No' to Trump Push for Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza | Common Dreams (2025-02-13)

https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-on-gaza
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“Over 350 rabbis and dozens of Jewish public figures on Thursday placed a full-page advertisement in The New York Times protesting President Donald Trump's proposal to force all Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip and take over the coastal enclave …”

"’Trump has called for the removal of all Palestinians from Gaza,’ the ad states. ‘Jewish people say NO to ethnic cleansing!’"

"’Jewish teaching is clear: Trump is not God and cannot take away Palestinians inherent dignity or steal their land for a real estate deal,’ [one of the signatories Rabbi Yosef] Berman continued. "Trump's desire to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from Gaza is morally abhorrent. Jewish leaders reject Trump's attempts to wring profit from displacement and suffering and must act to stop this heinous crime.’"

#USPol #EthnicCleansing
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