EU Officials Will Claim Ignorance of Israel’s War Crimes. This Leaked Document Shows What They Knew. (The Intercept, 2024-12-23)

https://theintercept.com/2024/12/23/eu-report-israel-war-crimes-complicity/
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“European Union foreign ministers rebuffed a call to end arms sales to Israel last month, despite mounting evidence of war crimes — and, potentially, genocide — presented to them in an internal assessment obtained by The Intercept.

“The contents of the previously unknown 35-page assessment could sway future war crimes trials of EU politicians for complicity in Israel’s assault against Gaza, according to lawyers, experts, and political leaders.

“The appraisal was written by the EU’s special representative for human rights Olof Skoog and sent to EU ministers ahead of a council meeting on November 18, as part of a proposal by the head of the EU’s foreign policy to suspend political dialogue with Israel. The proposal was rejected by the council of foreign ministers from #EU member states.”

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Israel Loosened Its Rules to Bomb Hamas Fighters, Killing Many More Civilians (New York Times, 2024-12-26)

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/world/middleeast/israel-hamas-gaza-bombing.html?unlocked%5C_article%5C_code=1.k04.k8y3.XYhYw9NpYRrn
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Behold, it’s #NYT reporting:

“An investigation by The New York Times found that Israel severely weakened its system of safeguards meant to protect civilians; adopted flawed methods to find targets and assess the risk of civilian casualties; routinely failed to conduct post-strike reviews of civilian harm or punish officers for wrongdoing; and ignored warnings from within its own ranks and from senior U.S. military officials about these failings.

“The Times reviewed dozens of military records and interviewed more than 100 soldiers and officials, including more than 25 people who helped vet, approve or strike targets. Collectively, their accounts provide an unparalleled understanding of how Israel mounted one of the deadliest air wars of this century…”

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The BBC's Civil War Over Gaza (Owen Jones | Drop Site News, 2024-12-19)

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/bbc-civil-war-gaza-israel-biased-coverage
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“Drop Site News spoke to 13 current and former staffers who mapped out the extensive bias in the BBC’s coverage and how their demands for change have been largely met with silence from management. At times, these journalists point out, the coverage has been more credulous about Israeli claims than the UK’s own Conservative leaders and the Israeli media, while devaluing Palestinian life, ignoring atrocities, and creating a false equivalence in an entirely unbalanced conflict.

“The BBC journalists who spoke to Drop Site News believe the imbalance is structural, and has been enforced by the top brass for many years; all of them requested anonymity for fear of professional retribution. The journalists also overwhelmingly point to the role of one person in particular: Raffi Berg, #BBC News online’s Middle East editor…”

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Video: Bedouin communities fear annexation threats from Israel – DW (2024-12-25)

https://www.dw.com/en/bedouin-communities-fear-west-bank-annexation-threats-from-israel/video-71158947
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… What happened to Deutsche Welle (“German Wave”, a German state international broadcaster) ? 🤔

“Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has promised to annex more Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank which are considered illegal under international law. For small Bedouin villages like Khan al-Ahmar, these annexation plans are an existential threat.“

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#WestBank #EndOccupation #KhanAlAhmar

Palestinian Christians call on western churches to ‘humanize’ the children of Gaza (Jane Barter | The Conversation, 2024-12-19)

https://theconversation.com/palestinian-christians-call-on-western-churches-to-humanize-the-children-of-gaza-244377
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“Palestinian Christian theologians maintain that western Christian neutrality equates to complicity”

“[Munther Isaac:]‘Regrettably, many western Christians across wide denominational and theological spectra adopt Zionist theologies and interpretations that justify war, making them complicit in Israel’s violence and oppression.’“

“Some other church leaders are speaking up. Pope Francis has called for an investigation to determine whether genocide is taking place in Gaza.

“In August, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said ‘the State of Israel has been denying the Palestinian people dignity, freedom and hope,’ and called for an end to the occupation.

“These latter comments signal steps in the right direction, however church leaders must go beyond words toward action…”

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#SilenceIsComplicity

European Islamophobia Report (#EIR 2023)

https://islamophobiareport.com/en/index.php/eir-2023/

"The report, authored by 33 scholars and experts, offers a comprehensive analysis of #Islamophobia’s state and development across 28 European countries in 2023. Since its inaugural edition in 2015, the EIR has become an indispensable resource for understanding Islamophobia’s impact on politics, media, employment, education, and justice."

Link to DL:
https://islamophobiareport.com/islamophobiareport-2023.pdf

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@islam #Europe

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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#OmerBartov #NameGenocideGenocide #StopGenocide

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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#StopArmingIsrael

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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h/t @JapanProf
#PalestineHistory

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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