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Israeli-American historian explains why he now believes Israel is committing genocide in Gaza | CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/19/Tv/video/amanpour-bartov-omer
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"Christiane Amanpour speaks with Omer Bartov, Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University, about how the Israeli army is operating in Gaza."

16 min. long interview. Worth watching.

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MP: UK activists are doing the gov't's work, stopping arms to Israel (2024-12-17)

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241217-mp-uk-activists-are-doing-the-govts-work-stopping-arms-to-israel/
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"British MP John McDonnell said yesterday in parliament that ‘It’s time to act now. All arms licences [to Israel] need to be closed down', adding that the UK government is failing by ‘supplying arms to a regime that’s killing children.’"

With a short clip, also on Youtube:
https://youtube.com/shorts/MLjF/_yOK-H4

Edited version of the speech:
https://labouroutlook.org/2024/12/19/end-all-arms-sales-to-israel-john-mcdonnell/

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On the decision by the Government of Sweden to stop funding UNRWA in 2025 | UNRWA (2024-12-20)

https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/official-statements/decision-government-sweden-stop-funding-unrwa-2025
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"The decision by the Government of #Sweden to stop funding #UNRWA in 2025 is disappointing and comes at the worst time for Palestine Refugees.

"The decision is one day after the members of the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a resolution in support of UNRWA. Sweden has been a reliable longstanding partner to UNRWA providing both political and financial support for decades.

"This is a sad day for Palestine Refugees and the multilateral system which Sweden has spearheaded..."

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Did you know the largest Palestine poster archive is hidden in a tiny cafe in Tokyo, Japan? (Ameer Al-Khatahtbeh | Substack, 2024-11-28)

https://substack.com/@ameer/note/c-79226640
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“It’s being safeguarded by an Indonesian Muslim man who is protecting the history. A lot of the posters come from the PLO office that once operated in #Tokyo from the 70s…”

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Gaza death trap: MSF report exposes Israel’s campaign of total destruction (Médecins Sans Frontières, 2024-12-19)

https://www.msf.org/msf-report-exposes-israel%E2%80%99s-campaign-total-destruction

Report as PDF ⬇️
https://www.msf.org/sites/default/files/2024-12/20241229/_REPORT/_Gaza%20Life%20in%20a%20death%20trap%20Report/_FINAL.pdf
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"Repeated Israeli military attacks on Palestinian civilians over the last 14 months, the dismantling of the health care system and other essential infrastructure, the suffocating siege, and the systematic denial of humanitarian assistance are destroying the conditions of life in Gaza, Palestine, according to a new Médecins Sans Frontières (#MSF) report... MSF is urgently calling on all parties, once again, for an immediate ceasefire to save lives and enable the flow of humanitarian aid. Israel must stop its targeted and indiscriminate attacks against civilians, and its allies must act without delay to protect the lives of Palestinians and uphold the rules of war."

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Ca. 88 % of school buildings in the Gaza Strip directly hit or damaged

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Humanitarian Situation Update #247 | Gaza Strip | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - occupied Palestinian territory (2024-12-17)

https://www.ochaopt.org/content/humanitarian-situation-update-247-gaza-strip
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“According to a new assessment by the Education Cluster, which relies on satellite imagery collected on 1 December 2024, nearly 88 per cent of school buildings in the Gaza Strip (496 out of 564) have been directly hit or damaged and are currently estimated to require either full reconstruction or major rehabilitation work to be functional again. Fifty-five per cent of these schools (275) are government schools, a third (161) are UNRWA schools, and 12 per cent (57) are private schools. … Prior to the war, ‘direct hit’ or ‘damaged’ schools served about 542,959 students and had more than 20,320 teachers…”

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Victoria will legislate to ‘thwart’ protests at places of worship while banning masks and flags (Guardian, 2024-12-17)

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/dec/17/victoria-protests-legislation-antisemitism-laws-places-of-worship-laws-ban-masks-flags-melbourne-synagogue-fire-ntwnfb
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"The Victorian government’s proposed crackdown on protests has been criticised as a severe limitation on the right to participate in demonstrations, despite being backed by some Jewish groups.

"The Allan government on Tuesday announced protesting could be banned outside places of worship – while face masks and certain flags could be prohibited at other demonstrations – under proposed legislation announced in response to an arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue.

"The premier ... announced a suite of legislative proposals to crack down on what she said was antisemitism and extremism at protests. This included a ban on the flags of listed terrorist organisations including Hamas, Hezbollah and white nationalist extremist groups."

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Gaza and the matter of genocide (ECCHR = European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, 2024-12-10)

https://www.ecchr.eu/en/press-release/gaza-and-the-matter-of-genocide/
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"In recent months, ECCHR has been conducting independent research and analysis on the topic of genocide, and analyzing this against the available information and evidence relating to Israel’s actions in Gaza. This process has led us to the conclusion that there is a legally sound argument that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza..."

Even in Germany many jurists and human rights experts come to the same conclusion as Amnesty International (#ECCHR is a Registered Association based in Berlin). T^T

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Israel closing Dublin embassy over 'anti-Israel policies' (RTÉ News, 2024-12-15)

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/1215/1486609-israel-embassy/
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"Israel will close its embassy in Dublin in light of 'the extreme anti-Israel policies of the Irish government,' Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has said in a statement..."

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‘I lost my wife and my land’: A deadly olive harvest season ends in the West Bank (+972 Magazine, 2024-12-12)

https://www.972mag.com/olive-harvest-west-bank-deadly-violence/
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"Restrictions and attacks by the Israeli military, together with rampant settler violence, left many Palestinians unable to harvest this year's crop."

"Every year, around October, Palestinian families gather under their olive trees to harvest the past year’s produce. But for many olive farmers in the West Bank, this was another exceptionally difficult year, amid a surge in Israeli settler and military violence that is forcing Palestinians off their land.

"Under the shadow of the ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza, where harvesting olives has become virtually impossible, Israeli settlers have been burning and stealing from olive groves across the West Bank and assaulting those who attempt to harvest their crop..."

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Blinken repeatedly disrupted in Congress by pro-Palestine activists (TRT World | Youtube, 2024-12-12)

https://youtube.com/shorts/9OMNd7bnc0A
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This short video shows three protesters, among many.
cf. Palestine Chronicle article
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/butcher-of-gaza-protesters-disrupt-blinkens-testimony-in-congress/

FYI, the congress hearing was about the U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan. So they were surprised by protesters? 🤨

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Refuser.org (Refuser Solidarity Network) provides an international base of support for Israeli war-resistance.

https://www.refuser.org/
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[About]
“Voices Against War (VAW) is a social media initiative of the Refuser Solidarity Network established in October 2023 to amplify the voices of Israelis resisting the Gaza war. By exposing millions of people around the world to these voices, the goal is to achieve an end to the bombardment of Gaza, the entry of aid and restoration of vital resources like water and electricity, and safe return of all hostages. The long term goal is to end the Israeli occupation and establish equal rights for all people who live here.”

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