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Two Palestinian children fell asleep on a worn-out bicycle as their injured father pushed them through Gaza's darkened streets, searching for safety amid relentless Israeli airstrikes, weighed down by hunger, fear, and repeated forced displacement.

#Gaza #SaveGaza #StopIsrael #SanctionIsrael #BDS
#palestine #Israel #Politics #Genocide #CeasefireNow
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"#Gaza has been the battleground of a fierce and rampant information war.

Disinformation continues to be used as a tool to distract from the atrocities in the war-torn enclave."

— #UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini
https://amp.dw.com/en/israel-propaganda-downplays-gaza-food-scarcity-fact-check/a-73875380

#Gaza #SaveGaza #StopIsrael #SanctionIsrael #BDS
#palestine #Israel #Politics #Genocide #CeasefireNow
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cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/9162407

The pictures of starving children coming out of the bombarded Gaza Strip have become too much even for Israeli media to ignore. What was until about a month ago completely hidden from the Israeli public has finally escaped the Hasbara cage and is now looking Israelis dead in the eye — urging more and more of my compatriots to post "I'm an Israeli. I am not my government" on their social media accounts.

This slogan has been used for many years by Israelis to distance themselves from some heinous act done by one or another Netanyahu coalition. The post aims to help us feel absolved from our government's sins against LGBTQ people, against minorities and even Palestinians. After all, the logic goes, if we didn't vote for this government, why are we the ones to blame?

But after witnessing the daily horrors the IDF is committing using my tax money, for the sake of my "protection," for almost two years now, this one seemingly inconsequential sentence signifies just what is wrong with the anti-government protests.

How many left-leaning, secular, liberal Israelis have actively done military service in Gaza and implemented this government's policy in action? How many Israelis, including myself, have politely kept their mouths shut at Friday night dinner as their family members were going into Gaza for another round of fighting, to destroy what little remains there? How many Israelis have voted for parties that, while sitting in the opposition, have not uttered a single word of criticism against the way this "war" is handled?

We are all involved in this, whether we voted for this government or not. Blaming National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and his ilk while we sit idly by is not going to cut it.

So, what should Israelis do?

First, we have to admit what this war is — an attempt by Israel to erase the Palestinians in Gaza off of the region's map, be it by starvation, be it by "voluntary emigration," be it by death. Heritage Minister Amichay Eliyahu said it as bluntly as one can: "Gaza should be Jewish" adding that "once Gaza is Jewish, the Arabs there will also be better off." What a philanthropist.

It's shocking how hard it is for liberal Zionists to admit this, even though our ministers have said this vocally, proudly, for months. Saying that the war is "bad," or "doesn't serve Israel" includes the subtext that Israel's actions are fine until they're bad for Israelis, until they no longer serve our needs.

Then we must shift the goalposts on our internal discussion and our signs at our protests. Israelis must call to end the war, not because it's bad for Israel, not because our soldiers are dying and not even because it's killing the hostages. We must start talking about the carnage in Gaza as something inertly immoral, regardless of how bad the war is for us. Sixty-thousand dead Palestinians are not just a means for Israelis to save themselves from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Their death is a tragedy we should have prevented. The least we can do is call for this to stop.

Many I've spoken with say they fear that if we as a society begin to speak out against the war crimes currently being committed, we will lose the common ground bringing tens of thousands to the streets, and therefore the Israeli majority. But this majority is meaningless if we continue to beat around the bush.

If we don't call to end the war, if we don't resist this genocide, this "crime of crimes" perpetrated against our own 80 plus years ago, then not only are we tied to this regime, we're also bystanders, ineffective in stopping it. Until then, we remain, and rightfully so, very much "our government."

On Saturday night, a group of activists rushed the stage during a live broadcast of Israel's "Big Brother" reality TV show to protest against the Gaza war. They wore shirts reading "Leaving Gaza," a call to withdraw the IDF from the Strip.

As Netanyahu and his far-right friends unveil their plans to resettle Gaza, and once again displace millions of already-displaced Palestinians, we must elevate and escalate our resistance. Disrupting Israeli entertainment is great, but we must escalate to disrupt daily life, our government's ability to function, until this massacre ends.

But escalation is not enough. "The war in Gaza must end! The war is killing all of us!" one of the activists shouted once they stormed the set. I commend the activist for this effort, as it certainly was a step up from previous acts of protest in Israel. But attempting to speak to Israeli "logic," that the war doesn't bring security to us either, has run its course. When resisting Israel's offensive, we need to remember that while the war is killing us all, it's killing one side a whole lot more.

Otherwise, the Israeli government, who claim to speak for us all, will still be able to say that everything they're doing is for the hostages. And if not the hostages, then for Israel's security. All Israelis must acknowledge that saving Israeli democracy, whatever that may be, has to wait. If we want to distance ourselves from this criminal government, we have to start calling out its war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza, just like the rest of the world.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/36276307

An Israeli air strike hit a car carrying displaced civilians fleeing Gaza City on Tuesday, killing at least five Palestinians and wounding several others.

The strike hit the vehicle near al-Katiba Mosque in the Old City, west of Gaza, leaving it engulfed in flames.

Footage from the scene shows plumes of smoke rising from the car as civilians scream and rush to help the victims.

Several people lie motionless on the ground, bloodied and wounded from the blast, while others scramble to extinguish the fire.

In another video, bystanders gather around the smouldering remains of the vehicle, reduced to charred metal in the aftermath of the strike.

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/6171330

I am Soliman from Gaza. I lost my home under the bombing, and now we are being displaced from the north to the south while the occupation forces advance.

The situation is getting more dangerous every moment, and my little brothers are without shelter or food.

Please, a quick donation—or even sharing the link—could save our lives 💔

🔗 Direct GoFundMe link

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/6174293

My friends, please help us,talk about us, don't forget us in these very difficult days.We tired. Destruction, displacement, intimidation, starvation.They did everything to us. What more do they want

They destroyed our homes, bombed our mosques and churches, blew up universities and schools, they left everything in ruins, not a single stone was left intact, they killed children and women and imprisoned thousands of innocent people, they turned homes into rubble, what more do they want than this, how long will this nightmare end, how long will the world stand silent? This is the link to GoFoundMe, Please help. thanks you my friend https://gofund.me/5156f6e9

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/9153644

Sabra and Shatila massacre was the 16–18 September 1982 killing of between 1300 and 3500 civilians—mostly Palestinians and Lebanese Shias—in the city of Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War. It was perpetrated by the Lebanese Forces, one of the main Christian militias in Lebanon, and supported by IOF that had surrounded Beirut's Sabra neighbourhood and the Shatila refugee camp.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.ca/post/225415

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/36154864

In the months leading up to his death, Charlie Kirk rejected a funding offer from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and grew increasingly concerned about pressure from pro-"Israel" figures, according to a longtime friend who spoke to The Grayzone.

While no evidence links "Israel" to the assassination, speculation continues to spread rapidly.

cross-posted from: https://freefree.ps/users/faab64/statuses/115196033457079531

Today, the Israeli military murdered Mohammed Al-Thalatini, another one of Al Mohtarefeen academy football U18 player, after targeting his neighborhood in Gaza City.

He is the 10th teammate to be killed by the occupation.

#RedCardForIsrael #SanctionIsrael #BoycotIsrael #Football #UEFA #FIFA #Gaza #Genocide #StopGenocide #SaveGaza
@palestine

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/36124945

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/36129781

would love for Richard Medhurst to hop on the podcast.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/36129193

Archive link will soon be posted.

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/9118107

According to this article, there might be 680,000 dead in Gaza

cross-posted from: https://freefree.ps/users/faab64/statuses/115197420400355474

Gaza this morning:

Gaza this morning:
- Israeli fighter jets destroy the radio and television building in Tal Al-Hawa
- Medical sources in Gaza: 41 martyrs by Israeli army fire since dawn today, including 29 in Gaza City
- Israeli aircraft bomb a residential apartment behind Al-Quds Hospital in the Tal Al-Hawa neighborhood
- Israeli forces launch artillery shells and smoke bombs in the vicinity of the Yarmouk area

#SaveGaza #StopIsrael #SanctionIsrael #BDS
#palestine #Israel #Politics #Genocide @palestine

Honestly, my friends, the situation is catastrophic and even harder than the first days of the war. Whoever can help me, I truly beg you. Here is the link, and if anyone can help me share it, I would be deeply grateful to you all. https://gofund.me/1222af19

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Have you seen those videos where thousands of desperate Palestinians are crowded together like sardines hoping to get some food from the so-called "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF)" while the sand flies up all around them from machine gun fire? Or seen the photo of the boy who kissed the hand of a contractor there to thank him for food, only to be killed by Israel shortly after? The videos that look more like a cut-scene from a Zombie game than real life?

FULL ARTICLE

cross-posted from: https://freefree.ps/users/faab64/statuses/115173997515751291

Leaflets dropped by drones all over Gaza City telling the inhabitants to evacuate to the coastal area.

The Israeli military bombs and attacks anyone they see and people feel they have no choice other than staying in the city despite the relentless barbaric bombings in the past few days.

WHERE THE HELL IS THE WORLD?

#Genocide #Israel #WarCrime #SaveGaza #DoSomething #Inhumanity #EthnicCleansing

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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/27289714

• The Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) says a drone has struck its main ship, the Family Boat, in Tunisia, causing a fire. It says all passengers and crew are safe.
• It has released video, verified by Al Jazeera, that shows an incendiary device falling on the ship and causing an explosion. But the Tunisian National Guard says no drone was detected near the ship.