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Leaked documents expose deep ties between Israeli army and Microsoft (+972 Magazine, 2025-01-23)

https://www.972mag.com/microsoft-azure-openai-israeli-army-cloud/
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"Microsoft has a 'footprint in all major military infrastructures' in Israel, and sales of the company’s cloud and artificial intelligence services to the Israeli army have skyrocketed since the beginning of its onslaught on Gaza, according to leaked commercial records from Israel’s Defense Ministry and files from Microsoft’s Israeli subsidiary."

"These revelations are the product of an investigation by +972 Magazine and Local Call in collaboration with The #Guardian. It is based in part on documents obtained by Drop Site News, which has published its own story. The investigation shows how the Israeli army deepened its reliance on civilian tech giants after October 7, and comes amid growing protests by cloud company employees who fear that the technology they developed has helped Israel commit war crimes."

#972Magazine #DropSiteNews
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2024 West Bank olive harvest: Israel furthers land grab through tighter restrictions on Palestinians and extreme state violence (B’Tselem, 2025-01-22)

https://www.btselem.org/video/20250122/_2024/_west/_bank/_olive/_harvest/_israel/_furthers/_land/_grab/_through/_tighter/_restrictions/_on/_palestinians/_and/_extreme/_state/_violence#full
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An extensive report from B’Tselem, a must read. #WestBank

“Over the last 20 years, Israel has employed various bureaucratic measures to prevent Palestinians from accessing their private land. This is part of a broader effort to force Palestinians out of entire areas in the West Bank, while expanding settlements and the territories under Israeli control.”

“… The Israeli regime has increased its use of these systems since the heinous Hamas-led attack on 7 October 2023. … the ‘coordination’ mechanism was halted and the possibility for farmers to ‘coordinate’ access to their land was almost entirely blocked. The following year (2024), … the Civil Administration refrained from publishing information on ‘coordination’ of harvest days…”

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Trump Reportedly Resuming Shipments of 2,000-Pound Bombs to Israel | Truthout (2025-01-21)

https://truthout.org/articles/trump-reportedly-resuming-shipments-of-2000-pound-bombs-to-israel/

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Arrests of Palestinian journalists since start of Israel-Gaza war - Committee to Protect Journalists (2025-01-21)

https://cpj.org/2025/01/arrests-of-palestinian-journalists-since-start-of-israel-gaza-war/
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(should be updated regularly)

"As of January 21, 2025, #CPJ has documented a total of 75 arrests of journalists in the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza and in the city of Jerusalem, ... since the war began on October 7, 2023. Israel arrested 71; Palestinian authorities arrested four.

"Thirty-three of these journalists, ... have since been released, while 42 remain under arrest.

"At least 10 of the journalists arrested by Israel are being held under administrative detention, a policy under which a military commander may detain an individual without charge, typically for six months, on the grounds of preventing them from committing a future offense. Detention can be extended an unlimited number of times."

#PA #AdministrativeDetention #freeJournalism
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Arrests of Palestinian journalists since start of Israel-Gaza war - Committee to Protect Journalists (2025-01-21)

https://cpj.org/2025/01/arrests-of-palestinian-journalists-since-start-of-israel-gaza-war/
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(should be updated regularly)

"As of January 21, 2025, #CPJ has documented a total of 75 arrests of journalists in the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza and in the city of Jerusalem, ... since the war began on October 7, 2023. Israel arrested 71; Palestinian authorities arrested four.

"Thirty-three of these journalists, ... have since been released, while 42 remain under arrest.

"At least 10 of the journalists arrested by Israel are being held under administrative detention, a policy under which a military commander may detain an individual without charge, typically for six months, on the grounds of preventing them from committing a future offense. Detention can be extended an unlimited number of times."

#PA #AdministrativeDetention #freeJournalism
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“From the Land of Witches and Wolves”: A Conversation with Francesca Albanese - Opinio Juris (2025-01-20)

https://opiniojuris.org/2025/01/20/from-the-land-of-witches-and-wolves-a-conversation-with-francesca-albanese/

and video on Youtube ⬇️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88QGsx-slu4
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“What does this moment [of fragile ceasefire] mean for international lawyers and readers of Opinio Juris? ... the structural violence of occupation and apartheid has accelerated. Israel continues to undertake massive land theft and home demolitions in the West Bank and East Jerusalem; Israel is still operationalising a law that criminalises UNRWA’s aid activities; and Israel persists in its refusal to countenance an end to what is now a two-decade long civilian blockade and a three-generation long occupation.”

“… we asked Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur for [oPt], our seemingly hackneyed question about international law’s capabilities...”

#FrancescaAlbanese #StopGenocide #NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
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As Gaza war rages, Deutsche Welle insiders accuse outlet of pro-Israel bias | Al Jazeera (2024-12-19/ revised ??)

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/19/as-gaza-war-rages-deutsche-welle-insiders-accuse-outlet-of-pro-israel-bias

+ Video from TRT News (2025-01-13)
#DW's unapologetic pro-Israel and anti-Palestine bias

https://www.trtworld.com/video/digital/dws-unapologetic-pro-israel-and-anti-palestine-bias-18252741
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"'Deutsche Welle operates under a reign of terror.’ Speaking to TRT World, former Deutsche Welle journalist Martin Gak blows the whistle on the broadcaster’s pro-Israel and anti-Palestine bias that created a hostile work environment for staff covering Gaza"

#MartinGak #DeutscheWelle #freePress #Germany
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Forget Trump — agreeing to a ceasefire was Netanyahu’s own calculation (Meron Rapoport | +972 Magazine, 2025-01-17)

https://www.972mag.com/ceasefire-trump-netanyahu-gaza/
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🤔 A different perspective from a “Local Call” editor.

“In Israel, the war in Gaza has become a burden on the government, the military, and society as a whole. Trump only gave Netanyahu an excuse to cut his losses.”

“We don’t know exactly what was said during the conversation between Witkoff and Netanyahu. It is possible that Trump did threaten Netanyahu ... But a closer look reveals that there are different dynamics at play. In reality, the decision to accept the ceasefire deal appears to have less to do with Trump than with the shifting perception of the war inside Israel.”

“Inside Israel, the war in Gaza has become a burden ... In all the recent polls, a clear majority — between 60 and 70 percent, or even higher — supports ending the war...”

#USPol
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• Israeli strikes kill 10 Palestinians since planned start of ceasefire (2025/01/19 08:30 GMT)

https://aje.io/zpksop?update=3450802
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"The total number of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks since the planned start of the ceasefire has now risen to 10, the spokesperson for Gaza’s Civil Defence has said."

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Gideon Levy & Mouin Rabbani on Ceasefire: “Netanyahu Will Do Everything Possible” to Kill It Later | Democracy Now! (2025-01-17)

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/17/israel/_ceasefire/_gideon/_levy/_mouin/_rabbani
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“MOUIN RABBANI: Well, it’s quite clear that Biden had next to nothing to do with this [ceasefire] deal. This is a deal that was formulated by Netanyahu and presented on his behalf by Biden in May of last year and was accepted by Hamas in early July of last year. … And the only reason that Israel did not agree to this text until this week is because it didn’t have to worry about U.S. pressure…“

“… the only thing that has changed in the past month is that there was an unambiguous message from the incoming Trump team to Netanyahu that they do not want to have to deal with a … foreign policy crisis during the inauguration and on their first day in office. And they especially don’t want to deal with a crisis that includes American hostages in the Middle East.”

#USPol
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Opinion | Free All Hostages – Israeli and Palestinian (Gideon Levy | Haaretz, 2025-01-12)

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025-01-12/ty-article/.premium/free-the-hostages-on-both-sides/00000194-571b-df5b-a1dd-d7bb36a00000
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“There are 98 Israeli captives being held by Hamas, with 10-fold or perhaps 100-fold more Palestinian captives in Israel's hands. They, too, are hostages, held without trial or attorney, without visits by the Red Cross, with no known identity or message to their families.

“Most of them are innocent, as are the Israeli captives, and the cruelty toward them in their captivity does not lag behind Hamas' cruelty. Ignoring their fates is tantamount to employing doubles standards at its worst.

“In the Israeli discourse, there is no mention of Palestinian hostages. They don't even get to be labeled hostages…”

#GideonLevy #EndOccupation
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Houthis vow to respect Gaza ceasefire, but pledge to resume attacks if Israel breaks the deal: "If there are any Israeli breaches, massacres or attacks, we will be ready," said Abdulmalik al-Houthi (Drop Site News, 2025-01-18)

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/yemen-houthi-gaza-israel-palestine-ceasefire

#Yemen #NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
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