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- www.commondreams.org Biden Rebuked for 'Outrageous' Comments on Israeli Killing of US Citizen | Common Dreams
U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal said that "we cannot simply accept" the Israeli military's claim that its killing of Aysenur Eygi was "an accident."
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20203356
> by #JakeJohnson > > Sep 11, 2024
- www.middleeasteye.net Human rights groups and former diplomats urge US court to review lawsuit accusing Biden of genocide
Groups argue court should reconsider its earlier dismissal of the case on jurisdictional grounds
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20197126
> By MEE staff in London > > Published date: 10 September 2024 22:02 BST
- www.middleeasteye.net Exclusive: UK Lawyers for Israel patron quits, says Starmer right to halt arms sales
Lord Carlile tells MEE he has resigned from pro-Israel group on same day it threatens government with legal action over weapons sales ban
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20196837
> By Simon Hooper > > Published date: 9 September 2024 16:25 BST
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- • 100%www.telesurenglish.net Gaza: Death toll Stands at 41,020, According to the Ministry of Health - teleSUR English
Meanwhile, in the «safe zone» of Khan Younis, Israel launches a deadly attack on al-Mawasi
- www.presstv.ir Israeli troops fire shots at UN polio convoy in Gaza
The UN says a convoy carrying workers for the polio vaccination in Gaza has been held at gunpoint by Israeli forces at a military checkpoint.
The main UN aid agency operating in Gaza has said that members of its polio vaccination convoy in Gaza were held at gunpoint by Israeli forces at a military checkpoint and shots were fired.
UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric told reporters at a news briefing on Tuesday that the Israeli military had detained a convoy of international and local staff members from various UN bodies at gunpoint as they traveled to northern Gaza to help roll out the polio vaccination campaign.
- https:// www.reuters.com /world/middle-east/several-palestinians-killed-wounded-israeli-strike-tent-encampment-gaza-medics-2024-09-09/
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> By Mohammad Salem and Nidal Al-Mughrabi > > September 10, 2024 7:11 AM EDT
- www.dropsitenews.com Dispatch from Jenin: Resistance Swells After Israel’s Brutal Invasion
“Our people are our people and they will not abandon us”
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> by Mariam Barghouti > > Sep 09, 2024 >
- www.middleeasteye.net Israel lobbying US Congress to press South Africa to drop ICJ genocide case: Report
Israeli diplomats instructed to tell South African diplomats their country will 'pay heavy price' if it doesn't change Israel policy
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> By MEE staff > > Published date: 9 September 2024 20:27 BST
- deadline.com Israel-Gaza Conflict In Focus At Venice Awards Ceremony As Multiple Winners Voice Support For Palestinian People
U.S. Director Sarah Friedland condemned "Israel's Genocide In Gaza" as accepted best first film award for 'Familiar Touch'
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> By Melanie Goodfellow, Nancy Tartaglione > September 7, 2024 12:04pm > > "“As a Jewish American artist working in a time-based medium, I must note, I’m accepting this award on the 336th day of Israel’s genocide in Gaza and 76th year of occupation,” said U.S. director Sarah Friedland as she accepted the Luigi de Laurentiis prize for best first film for Familiar Touch."
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> [interview with Dr. Hassan Abdel Salam, from Abandon Harris movement] > > Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor > 04 Sep 2024
- jacobin.com An Uncommitted Cofounder Explains the Movement’s Strategy
We spoke with Uncommitted movement cofounder Abbas Alawieh about the movement’s accomplishments at the DNC, the potential disaster of a Trump presidency for Palestine, and Uncommitted’s vision to change the Democratic Party’s support for slaughter in Gaza.
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> An interview with Abbas Alawieh
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Anything that challenges their narrative, even from what they consider trusted outlets by their own definition using an unchanged headline from the original article, gets removed.
Never posted on r/worldnews before and got permabanned for this. The mods there truly are genocidal neoliberal fascists. Boycott Western media.
- tankie.tube Palestinian delegation at the 13th World Festival of Youth & Students, Pyongyang 1989
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- theintercept.com Columbia Welcomes Students Back to Campus With Arrests
Two students, including one activist with Columbia University Apartheid Divest, were arrested in front of campus.
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> Jonah Valdez > > September 5 2024, 5:27 p.m. >
- www.commondreams.org Massive London March Demands Israeli Arms Embargo After Police Drop Restrictions | Common Dreams
Thousands gathered in London to protest Israel's bombardment of Gaza. Police tried to delay the march, but organizers fought back. As Palestinians continue to suffer, will the world finally take action to end the violence and hold Israel accountable for its actions? #FreePalestine #EndTheViolence
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20052486
> Julia Conley > > Sep 07, 2024
- www.theguardian.com American killed in West Bank was longtime activist ‘bearing witness to oppression’, friends say
Ayşenur Eygi ‘was not a naive traveler … This experience was the culmination of all her years of activism’, says professor
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> Sam Levin in Los Angeles > > Fri 6 Sep 2024 19.48 EDT
- www.theguardian.com Aid agency insiders claim BBC ‘blocking’ Gaza humanitarian appeal
Disasters Emergency Committee sources say BBC fears backlash from those supportive of Israel’s war with Hamas
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> by Harriet Sherwood > > Fri 6 Sep 2024 12.02 EDT
- www.theguardian.com Israeli podcasters are laughing about genocide. What would it take to stop? | Arwa Mahdawi
It would be unfair to say these guys represent everyone in Israel, so I’m not going to say that. They said it themselves
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> by Arwa Mahdawi > > Fri 6 Sep 2024 06.07 EDT >
- www.theguardian.com West Bank residents tell of teargas then shots before US woman’s death
Palestinians say they have no faith in Israel Defense Forces inquiry into killing as US officials insist Gaza ceasefire is near
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20051098
> by Julian Borger and Sufian Taha in Beita and Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem > > Sat 7 Sep 2024 14.43 EDT
- • 100%theintercept.com Israel Just Killed Another American in the West Bank. Will the U.S. Ever Respond?
Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a human rights activist, was protesting an illegal West Bank settlement when she was reportedly shot in the head by Israeli soldiers.
- https:// www.nytimes.com /2024/09/06/world/middleeast/aysenur-eygi-west-bank-american.html
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20044676
> Her trip to the West Bank, where she was shot on Friday, was Ms. Eygi’s latest effort in years of activism that began nearly a decade ago when was still a teenager. > > By Ephrat Livni > > Published Sept. 6, 2024Updated Sept. 7, 2024, 4:27 a.m. ET > >
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- tankie.tube The US Military that's entering Gaza to build a port thinks it is funny to play 'The Imperial March' from Star Wars
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- www.workers.org Hamas leader: ‘For 76 years, the Palestinians have not surrendered’
The following statement comes from Senior Hamas leader Osama Hamdan to Al-Jazeera on Sept. 2, 2024, and published by Resistance News Network. There is nothing new except what we hear in the media and what is being discussed with mediators about the U.S. president's intention to present a new prop
>Netanyahu knows that the ongoing battle in Gaza has not extinguished the Palestinian people’s steadfastness and resistance, and today it is intensifying in the West Bank. If things continue as they are, I believe the situation will escalate to a point where neither Netanyahu nor his supporters can contain it. > >The only way to stop this aggression is for Netanyahu to accept the initiative presented and approved by the [Hamas] movement. Otherwise, the world must see that the “israelis” are overstepping their bounds, and there must be a complete and decisive stop to the aggression. > >The Palestinians are doing their part in defending themselves, putting the entire world in front of a significant question regarding the seriousness of the world in stopping the ongoing genocide. Today I compare the world’s outcry over the killing of six “israeli” captives — whom we wanted to return alive so that our prisoners could return to their families — to the world’s silence over the massacre of 50,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children, as if nothing happened. > >Are the lives of six “israeli” captives more valuable to the world than the lives of 50,000 Palestinians? This raises questions about all the humanitarian values, the values of freedom, justice, equality and human rights that some claim to uphold but only cry out for when the victim is “israeli.” > >The enemy clearly intends to declare the West Bank a battlefield, and the map Netanyahu presented did not include the West Bank and Al-Quds but rather depicted the entirety of Palestine as part of the occupation entity. > >This means that the plan Netanyahu and his government devised to seize the West Bank is still entrenched in the minds of this government, and they are committed to it. Declaring the West Bank a battlefield means that he has failed to eliminate the resistance, which he thought he could succeed in within hours or maybe a day or two. > >The military operation in the northern West Bank was not expected by “israel” to last as long as it has or for the resistance to perform so effectively. Moreover, they did not expect the resistance to mobilize in other parts of the West Bank as happened in Al-Khalil. The West Bank is now mobilizing, and resistance is escalating and advancing. > >The crime “israel” is committing by declaring the West Bank in a state of war does not necessarily mean the fighting will stop. I recall that during the Al-Aqsa Intifada, everything “israel” did did not stop the resistance; instead, it accelerated and led to the withdrawal of the occupation from Gaza. Perhaps the confrontation in the West Bank will also push for additional withdrawals in this phase.
- www.workers.org West Bank resistance: ‘We will not compromise, we will not be broken’
The following statement from Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades spokesperson Abu Jihad was published by Resistance News Network on Aug. 31, 2024. We affirm that the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in the West Bank are fighting the Zionist enemy with full strength and determination, alongside the resistance for
>We will not compromise, and we will not be broken. We mourn the martyrs of our steadfast and resilient West Bank, which is writing a new epic of heroism and sacrifice in the face of the arrogance of the despicable occupation, which has launched its aggression on the cities and camps of the northern West Bank, hoping to break the resolve of the resistance, deluded in its ability to uproot the revolution and struggle of our people in the occupied West Bank. > >We stand with our brothers, comrades and heroic fighters from all Palestinian factions and the entire heroic people of our nation. We especially mention the fighters of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, the Jenin Brigade, the Nablus Brigade, the Qalqilya Brigade and all the resistance formations that are emerging successively in all areas of our blessed West Bank, expressing the true spirit of our people in confronting the occupier and its ultimate decision to respond to the occupation’s aggression everywhere, regardless of the consequences and no matter how great the sacrifices. > >We call on the masses of our people in Al-Quds, the West Bank and in the 1948 occupied Palestine to escalate the anger and continue to respond to the brutal zionist aggression against our people wherever they are. > >Let the noble guns speak, let the swords, daggers and knives be sharpened, and let all popular and military means be activated to curb the aggression and defend Al-Quds and Al-Aqsa. > >Now is the time to respond and strike the enemy’s fortresses everywhere. Today, all the sons of our people are mobilized to defend the homeland and sanctities and to teach the occupier harsh lessons in the fervor, anger and latent abilities of our people, ready to avenge and make the occupier pay dearly. > >The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades and the Palestinian resistance will remain true to the trust placed in them by their people, a solid fortress, a strong and influential support and a sword and shield for the homeland and sanctities. True to the promise made to the martyrs and prisoners, we are an army for Al-Quds and Palestine, with a clear direction, our rifles aimed and our fingers on the trigger. > >We will continue our struggle and jihad against this criminal enemy until it is removed from the blessed land of Palestine. Greetings to the souls of our martyrs who ascend every day across the homeland, drawing with their blood the roadmap toward liberation and return. > >Greetings to the noble wounded, and greetings to the heroic free prisoners enduring behind bars, challenging the might of the jailer, with a promise of victory and relief. Greetings to all our people in Al-Quds, the West Bank, Gaza, the 1948 occupied Palestine and in exile in the diaspora.
- www.workers.org Hamas statement on deaths of hostages killed in Gaza
The following is a statement by Khalil Al-Hayya, Deputy Head of Hamas in Gaza, to Al Jazeera concerning the six hostages killed in Gaza: The six [Israeli] prisoners (t.me/RNN_Backup/54954) and others could have been released to their families through a real exchange deal while still alive, b
>Some enemy prisoners were killed directly by live bullets from the occupation. Netanyahu and his team do not care about the prisoners. When Netanyahu was asked to choose between Philadelphia and the prisoners, he said, “Philadelphia is more important than the prisoners,” and this is publicly known. > >Netanyahu displays bravado and attempts to portray false heroics here and there. These six were directly killed by the occupation and were also targeted in bombings and other actions, as were many before them. I provide here an example of one of them, an “israeli” youth who holds U.S. citizenship. > >This young man, for purely humanitarian reasons requested by his family and through the intervention of many people via the Qatari brothers, asked for assurances about his life. We responded for humanitarian and political reasons, to push toward progress in concluding a real deal. We handed the Qatari brothers a video of this young man speaking with his mother and father. > >The young man addressed the “israeli” government. After this video, and before some time, Al-Qassam announced that they had lost contact with him and those guarding him, clearly indicating that he was subjected to a direct strike by the “israeli” occupation. Since that day, nothing was known about his life, and today he was found dead with a group of others, which is clear evidence that the occupation targets these individuals. > >All stages of negotiation have shown that Netanyahu is not interested in reaching a deal. Instead of sending his army to kill and destroy an entire area to recover two or three prisoners, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of Palestinians, he could have retrieved them through a real exchange deal, as we did last November. > >In November and December, more than 115 to 125 “israelis” and foreigners returned through negotiations conducted with the desire, will and mediation of Qatar. This is an example of how, if Netanyahu truly wanted a prisoner exchange, we were immediately ready. We have shown great flexibility and made significant concessions to achieve an exchange deal, halt aggression and war, and end the suffering of the people. > >The United States is responsible for obstructing the negotiations; it does not want to reach a deal and has withdrawn from its previous commitments. Briefly looking back, since last March there have been indirect negotiations between us, the mediator brothers and the occupation. We stopped at the points of a ceasefire, prisoner exchange, the withdrawal of the occupation and reconstruction. > >Our demand for the exchange included high standards, such as 500 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for every soldier and female soldier and 250 for others. When the mediators indicated there would be a significant opportunity if we showed flexibility in the exchange criteria, we immediately responded, reducing from 500 to 50 for the female soldiers and from 250 to 30 for the civilians. > >The mediators, including those from the U.S., received this flexibility positively. But what did the occupation do? They disregarded it and began a new maneuver in May. In May, the Egyptian mediator brothers presented a complete agreement, to which we immediately agreed. The next day, what did the occupation do? They stormed the Rafah crossing, which remains closed.
- www.workers.org Polio Vaccination Campaign launched in the Gaza Strip
The following statement was issued by the Gaza Strip Government Media Office and published by Resistance News Network on Aug. 31, 2024. The Polio Vaccination Campaign in the Gaza Strip necessitates an immediate ceasefire. The ongoing genocidal war poses a real threat to civilians. The polio vacci
>The vaccination campaign will be supervised by the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine Refugees. > >The campaign targets children from 1 day old to 10 years old, and involves administering two drops of the vaccine orally. This vaccine is approved by the World Health Organization, and over 1.2 billion doses have been produced worldwide so far. > >According to the plan to be implemented, 640,000 Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip are expected to receive this vaccination, representing over 95% of children aged from 1 day old to 10 years old. > >A comprehensive plan has been finalized to ensure the success of this campaign in all governorates and neighborhoods of the Gaza Strip. The campaign will start in the Central Governorate from September 1 to 4, 2024, then move to the Khan Younis and Rafah governorates from September 5 to 8, 2024, and finally to the Gaza and North Gaza governorates from September 9 to 12, 2024. > >Dozens of field teams will participate in the vaccination campaign, covering all neighborhoods, alleys and centers in the Gaza Strip, as well as displacement and shelter camps and all locations where children are present in the Gaza Strip. The vaccination campaign is crucial and requires a ceasefire — so that these health teams can perform their duties effectively. > >It is also essential to ensure that children and their families are not endangered while traveling from their homes to the vaccination centers and to protect these teams from the constant threat of bombardment by the “israeli” occupation, which continues its genocidal war against our Palestinian people without pause.
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[news] UN Expert Fears 'Almost the Entire Population' of Gaza Exterminated If Israel Not Stopped
www.commondreams.org UN Expert Fears 'Almost the Entire Population' of Gaza Exterminated If Israel Not Stopped | Common DreamsUN expert warns without cease-fire, Israel could exterminate almost entire population in Gaza. Death toll could reach 335,500 by year end. Starvation, disease, bombings continue. How many more lives will be lost before action is taken? #GazaUnderAttack #SaveGaza #EndTheViolence
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> by #JuliaConley > > Sep 06, 2024
- www.commondreams.org Jayapal Slams Israeli Government After US Activist Killed in West Bank | Common Dreams
U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal called out Israel's government after Israeli forces reportedly killed American activist Aysenur Eygi during a West Bank protest.
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> cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20021669 > > > by Jessica Corbett > > > > Sep 06, 2024
- www.dropsitenews.com Israel-Bound Weapons Transported Over Ireland
Reported in partnership with Ireland’s The Ditch
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20019766
> by Ryan Grim > > Sep 06, 2024 > > “It’s an indictable criminal offence for an air carrier to transport munitions or dangerous goods over Irish sovereign airspace without an exemption from the minister for transport,” The Ditch editors wrote in their post. “The Department of Transport says no such exemptions were granted to Challenge Airlines in 2023 or 2024.” >
- www.dropsitenews.com Israel Continues to Surround Jenin Hospitals, Restricting Access, Power, and Water
Eyewitness dispatch from the Israeli siege of the occupied West Bank—the largest Israeli military offensive there since the Second Intifada.
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> by #JeremyScahill > > Sep 03, 2024 >
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