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Al Jazeera Israeli lawyer exposes looting of Gaza aid convoy by far-right activists protected by police
Sapir Sluzker Amran, an Israeli human rights lawyer who went to the Tarqumiyah crossing in Hebron to document the looting of a Gaza-bound aid convoy yesterday, has described the scenes to Al Jazeera.
For hours, a group of far-right Israeli activists tore food parcels out of aid trucks and destroyed them, including boxes of rice and noodles headed to desperately hungry people in Gaza.
Police at the scene protected the activists, giving them “full permission to do whatever they wanted”, said Sluzker Amran.
“I didn’t see anyone being arrested. The only one who was asked to leave was me,” she added, noting that the activists also threatened and physically attacked her for trying to document the incident.
She said she believes police or security forces fed the activists information on when and where the aid trucks would arrive, with the information being shared openly on social media platforms.
This brave Israeli human rights lawyer is now receiving death threats...simply because she shows compassion and not aggression towards the Palestinian men, women, children and babies who are being starved to death by the Israeli government and its supporters...
Washington, DC – “It’s wrong,” United States President Joe Biden said last week of the ongoing Israeli offensive against the southern Gaza city of Rafah, pledging to stop supplying offensive weapons if the assault proceeds.
One week later, however, Israeli forces have seized the Rafah border crossing and pushed into the city, where more than 1.5 million Palestinians are sheltering. Still, US media reported on Tuesday that Biden plans to advance a $1bn arms transfer to Israel, including tank shells
Rafah invasion
Claim: The US government says Israel has not launched a major invasion of Rafah.
“We believe that what we’re seeing right now is a targeted operation. That’s what Israel has told us. We have not seen a major operation moving forward,” White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said on Wednesday.
Fact: The Israeli offensive in Rafah has so far displaced 450,000 Palestinians from the city and further strained the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza, raising fears of catastrophic consequences.
While Israeli troops have not entered the dense urban centre of Rafah, Israel’s tanks have been pushing deeper into the city. Last week, the State Department acknowledged that theoretically “a series of limited operations” can constitute “one large one”.
“It’s not credible to say that the Rafah offensive has not started. From everything we’re seeing, the Rafah invasion is happening. And it should have already crossed that red line,” El-Tayyab told Al Jazeera.
ICJ hears the application brought by South Africa against Israel
Around 53 minutes in, South African Dr Adil Asim's address to the court is quite powerful...
Mr. President, members of the Court, it is a privilege to appear again before you on behalf of South Africa, but it is also tragic that we are back here months after this court first ordered provisional measures in this case against the state of Israel. South Africa is compelled to appear before you with this urgent request for provisional measures in circumstances where the alarm sounded by the court on March that "all the indicators of genocidal activities are flashing red in Gaza" and in Rafa in particular is sounding louder than ever before. This is because Israel has defied every single provisional measure indicated by this court in its orders of January and March and in its decision of February. As I stand before you today, Palestinians in Gaza are not safe; they are not secure. They are still being subjected to an ongoing and intensifying genocide at the hands of Israel. Their future hangs in the balance.
Mr. Dupy explained in his address the assault unfolding in Rafa, the last area in Gaza in which Palestinian life can meaningfully be sustained. The assault on Rafa, which has triggered this application, is inextricably linked to the ongoing genocidal conduct being committed across Gaza. Mr. President, I place before the court again a map of Gaza. I remind the court that Gaza is a narrow strip of land of approximately square kilometers. It is just kilometers wide, the length from top to bottom is just kilometers, which is about the distance between this court and Schiphol Airport. In South African terms, this is even less than the distance between Johannesburg and Pretoria. Rafa lies in the south of Gaza within an area of approximately square kilometers. This time last year, Rafa was home to around Palestinians. As a result of Israel's onslaught and its evacuation orders covering more than a third of Gaza's total territory, million additional Palestinians fled into Rafa under order of Israel as a place of last refuge. Now, Israel has issued further evacuation orders directing Palestinians to leave Rafa. In just the past week, Palestinians have been forced to flee from Rafa but with nowhere to go. There is a total collapse of infrastructure, sanitation, water, and food supply—in short, the conditions necessary to sustain life for the million Palestinians in Gaza.
The picture on the screen shows Palestinians last month starting to return to their homes after Israel's withdrawal of its occupation of Khan Yunis. As we can all see, there is nothing left. Israel's most recent actions in Rafa bring its coordinated plan aimed at the destruction of the essential foundations of Palestinian life in Gaza into horrifying focus. We are in the final stages of that coordinated plan where the different actions of Israel—to use Lemkin's terminology—the systematic disintegration of the political and social institutions and the economic existence of national groups and the destruction of the personal security, liberty, health, dignity, and even the lives of Palestinians have led to the present precipice. Israel has the power over each and every Palestinian man, woman, and child in Gaza to determine if they live or how they die. History warns us what happens next. We cannot simply stand by waiting for that to happen again.
It is not possible to recount every story of every Palestinian who is suffering at the hands of Israel's relentless genocidal campaign. Indeed, this court has held in the Bosnian genocide that "it is sufficient to examine those facts that would illuminate the question of intent or illustrate the claim by the applicant of a pattern of acts committed against members of the group such as to lead to an inference from such pattern of the existence of a specific intent." In these submissions, I show that Israel's genocidal acts against Palestinians in Rafa form part of a continuing escalating pattern of conduct across Gaza that provides persuasive and consistent evidence of Israel's genocidal conduct.
In light of these new facts, South Africa seeks an order from the court—the only order that will clearly protect what is left of Palestinian life in Gaza. It seeks an explicit order that Israel cease its military activities not only in Rafa but throughout Gaza. Turning then to the genocidal acts, in my remaining time before you, I will highlight the following features of the genocidal campaign by Israel. First, Israel has continued to kill Palestinians in Gaza, including women and children, at an alarming rate. Second, as a result of Israel's onslaught, Palestinians in Gaza are facing what the Under-Secretary-General of the UN has described as the worst humanitarian crisis he has seen for more than years. Third, Israel's systematic targeting and bombardment of hospitals and medical facilities and its throttling of humanitarian aid has pushed Gaza's medical system to collapse. Fourth, Israel's direct attack and siege of Gaza's biggest hospitals has led to the uncovering of mass graves, evidencing Israeli massacres of Palestinians seeking shelter and medical treatment.
Finally, most recently, Israel has intensified its attacks in the north while pressing on with its Rafa offensive, leaving displaced Palestinians nowhere safe to go. I will take these in turn. The first feature of the genocidal conduct: killing. Since South Africa appeared before the court on January, at least Palestinians have been directly killed by Israel. The majority of these casualties are women and children in an enclave where nearly half the population are children. This onslaught has occurred despite the binding orders issued by this court and the binding Security Council resolution on March demanding an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan. In fact, as UNICEF pointed out, a double-digit number of children were killed within hours of that resolution. Two mothers and four children are killed every hour. UNRWA head Philippe Lazzarini says there are no words left that can do any justice to the people of Gaza. The numbers of dead and injured defy comprehension: at least Palestinians killed and injured with more reportedly missing or under the rubble, up to million displaced, most multiple times, and more than of all housing stock in Gaza and more than in parts of the northern region damaged or destroyed.
The second feature is a humanitarian catastrophe. Israel's coordinated plan in Gaza has resulted in a humanitarian crisis—the crisis that this court warned about in January, February, and in March. What Palestinians in Gaza face has been described as "apocalyptic levels of pain and injustice," given that food and other vital aid cannot get in and people, including the chronically sick and injured, cannot get out. These apocalyptic conditions look set to worsen with Israel's ongoing attacks on the north, middle, and south, with full-blown famine in the north moving its way south and where Israel's blockade on food, fuel, and medical supplies continues. Gaza's children have suffered particularly severely: more than have been killed, thousands more have been injured or lost family members, while an estimated children are unaccompanied or separated. Nearly all of Gaza's children have been exposed to traumatic experiences, the consequences of which will last a lifetime. Make no mistake, these conditions are a direct result of Israel's military onslaught on the besieged enclave with full knowledge of the destructive consequences of this humanitarian crisis. In these circumstances, the thwarting of humanitarian aid cannot be seen as anything but the deliberate snuffing out of Palestinian lives—starvation to the point of famine, obstructing aid in the face of famine, and killing of at least aid workers.
For the Court's previous orders to be effective, for the provision of humanitarian aid urgently and at scale, Israel has to be ordered to stop its military offensive. The third feature of genocidal conduct relates to the crippling of Gaza's medical system. Israel's offensive on Rafa has further reduced access to healthcare in an already decimated health system. Only two out of hospitals are located within the so-called humanitarian area designated by Israel. In just six days between May, Médecins Sans Frontières recorded that it was forced to suspend its life-sustaining activities at Al-Bureij Clinic, hand over its activities at Al-Emirati Hospital, and was forced to close its activities in Rafa Indonesian Field Hospital as it could not guarantee the security and safety of patients and staff with the ongoing offensive. The assault on healthcare within Rafa is the culmination of a pattern of attacks on healthcare services in Gaza, through which the main hospitals across Gaza have completely stopped functioning after Israel's military assault. After Israel's military seized the Rafa and Kerem Shalom crossings last week and prohibited the importation of lifegiving fuel to hospitals, on May, the European Gaza Hospital completely ran out of fuel and experienced a total blackout. Without fuel, hospitals cannot sustain incubators, respirators, and life-saving machinery.
Healthcare in Gaza is crippled by shortages of food, fuel, oxygen, medicines, and anesthetics. The obstetric and maternity health system in Gaza is virtually non-existent, and every functioning medical facility is overwhelmed with patients. Babies continue to die of malnutrition and starvation. Nor is there any escape; medical evacuations are impossible. Israel has seized control of all entry and exit points into and out of Gaza, trapping an already suffering population and inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about Palestinians' physical and biological destruction in clear violation of Article 2(c) of the Genocide Convention.
The fourth feature of genocidal conduct is the discovery of mass graves. In its targeted attack on hospitals, Israel has killed hundreds of civilians, including doctors and medical staff, turning centers built for healing into mass graves full of the decomposing bodies of men, women, and children. On April, a UN inspection team reported that Khan Yunis was reduced to rubble and dirt and discovered ghastly scenes of unearthed mass graves containing the massacred bodies of the elderly, women, children, and men at Al-Nasr Hospital. Blue scrubs reportedly still clothed the dead bodies of medical staff; many were decapitated. Decomposing bodies were discovered, many stripped and handcuffed. Of these, only were identified. Another bodies were discovered in two mass graves in Al-Shifa Hospital, with only bodies identified, prompting the UN Secretary-General to call for the immediate access of independent investigators. These bodies included women and children, with many reportedly showing signs of torture and summary executions.
The recent discovery of multiple mass graves containing hundreds of Palestinian corpses at Al-Nasr and Al-Shifa hospitals, where Palestinians were seeking refuge, confirms the existence of a widespread pattern of intentional killings constituting genocide.
Lastly, I address the final factor of genocide: Israel's latest forced displacement order on Rafa. What was home to million Palestinians is now reduced to half a million Palestinians displaced to the very edge of Gaza. For days, the million remaining residents in Gaza were targeted with dropping leaflets instructing them to evacuate Rafa and go south, while Israeli tanks moved in from the north, firing artillery shells. The precise coordination of Israel's offensive on Rafa with its occupation of the northern half of Gaza and its targeting of Khan Yunis and Deir al-Balah has had the intended consequence of emptying Rafa of its Palestinian population and trapping the remainder of the Palestinian population in an area where conditions necessary to sustain life are virtually non-existent. With these final efforts, Israel's forced displacement campaign in Gaza, as part of its genocidal plan, is now reaching its climax.
Mr. President, members of the Court, in light of these facts and in light of Israel's defiance of this Court's previous orders, it is imperative for the Court to intervene once again. We ask for an explicit order that Israel cease all military activities in Gaza and respect the human rights and lives of Palestinians.
And South African lawyer Tembeka Nicolas Ngcukaitobi (who spoke after Dr Adil Asim) presents some extremely damning video evidence.
SABC News Israel-Hamas war | Israel says it complied with measures imposed by the ICJ
Israel's legal team says the country has complied with measures imposed by the International Court of Justice(ICJ) in February and March. Addressing the court, Israel says it has a right to defend itself. Israel presented its reply to South Africa's presentation where Pretoria has requested the ICJ to impose measures that include Israel halting its military operations in Rafah and Gaza. The lawyer representing Israel, Tamar Kaplan-Tourgeman, has told the World Court that Israel has done all in its power to obey the court's orders.
Germany ARRESTS Jewish Israeli Woman Over ‘Antisemitic’ Protest Sign
Iris Hefets is a Jewish-Israeli psychotherapist who moved to Berlin. She is an a member of Jewish Voice For Peace and has been arrested more than once for protesting Israel’s genocide and holding a sign saying “an Israeli and Jew says stop the genocide.”. She talks about the crackdown on pro Palestine activism and speech.
What does Benny Gantz's ultimatum mean for Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government? | Inside Story
A new crisis for Benjamin Netanyahu at a time when public anger against his handling of the war on Gaza is rising with each passing week.
Senior minister Benny Gantz is threatening to quit Israel's coalition government if Netanyahu doesn't come up with a plan for the strip's post-war governance within three weeks.
Gantz has tabled his own goals, which include an international coalition to administer >Gaza's civil affairs.
It's put Netanyahu in a tough spot. Accepting the suggestions put forward by Gantz could cost Netanyahu the support of far-right partners and topple his government.
So, how will the deepening divisions in the war cabinet affect his coalition?
And what could they mean for the future of Israel's war on Gaza?
Presenter: Cyril Vanier
Guests:
Udi Goren -- Cousin of an Israeli whose remains are being held by Palestinian fighters in Gaza
Yossi Mekelberg -- Associate Fellow at the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the UK think tank Chatham House
Democracy Now
Interesting Interview from December with Palestinian Diplomat at the UN Nada Abu Tarbush
Nada Abu Tarbush's full UN speech
State of Palestine UN Representative, Nada Abu Tarbush, gives an eviscerating address to the State of Israel at the 5th Meeting the High Contracting Parties (CCW), Geneva. 17 Nov 2023.
Al Jazeera English World reacts to ICC prosecutor seeking Israel, Hamas arrest warrants
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has applied for arrest warrants against top Israeli and Hamas leaders for alleged war crimes. ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan said on Monday that his office had applied for arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders for alleged crimes committed during the Hamas-led October 7 attack on southern Israel and Israel’s subsequent war on Gaza. Khan announced that his office had "reasonable grounds" to believe that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant bear "criminal responsibility" for "war crimes and crimes against humanity." Khan also applied for arrest warrants for three Hamas leaders – Yahya Sinwar, Ismail Haniyeh, and Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri (also known as Deif) – for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Al Jazeera’s Osama Bin Javaid reports. Our team of correspondents around the world are following all the latest developments on this story. We will be getting reactions from Mohammed Jamjoom in Amman, Jordan with the Israeli response to the news. Internationally, we have Gabriel Elizondo standing by at the United Nations and Patty Culhane at the US State Department. First, we go to Step Vassen, who is live for us at The Hague.
Zeteo
Interesting descussion regarding the potential issuing of ICC arrest warrants for the leaders of Israel and Hamas...
The International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor announced Monday that he is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. In response, ‘Two Outspoken’ hosted a special breaking news town hall for Zeteo paid subscribers where Owen and Mehdi were joined by two guests: former PLO legal adviser Diana Buttu and Israeli academic Ilan Pappé.
Paid subscribers were able to ask their questions directly to Owen, Mehdi, Buttu and Pappé. They discussed how the ICC’s prosecution team is also seeking warrants for Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as two other Hamas leaders — Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri, and Ismail Haniyeh. They also covered what a shock it is for the Israeli political class to find itself held to account by international legal institutions; and whether this move will change anything on the ground for Palestinians.
Professor Pappé also told the hosts of ‘Two Outspoken’ about his bizarre experience last week when he was questioned by the US Department of Homeland Security agents about his views on Gaza and genocide on his arrival at Detroit airport.
‘Two Outspoken’ is a twice-monthly conversation between broadcaster, author, and Zeteo CEO Mehdi Hasan and political commentator, author, and activist Owen Jones. Mehdi and Owen will be discussing the news of the week, offering their analysis on the state of American and British politics, and even, like today, taking questions from Zeteo paid subscribers.
Senator Bernie Sanders Powerful Speech before the Senate "We cannot apply international law only when it’s convenient."
Laying out the truth plain and simple.
"Europe has lost its soul and the U.S. has lost its mind"
Francesca Albanese the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967
Al Jazeera English The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers an Order in the case South Africa v. Israel
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, delivers its Order on the request for the indication of provisional measures and the modification of provisional measures previously prescribed by the Court submitted by South Africa on 10 May 2024 in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel), on 24 May 2024, at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the seat of the Court. Session held under the presidency of Judge Nawaf Salam, President of the Court.
Tory minister grilled by MPs over UK's support of Israel's bombardment of Gaza
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Deputy Foreign Secretary Andrew Mitchell was in front of the Business and Trade Committee where he had to defend the UK's continued refusal to call out Israel for the incessant attacks on Palestinians in Gaza.
When hearing the UK Deputy Foreign Secretary trying to weasel his way out of giving a direct answer to the questions put to him, the word "sleazebucket" comes to mind.
It's truly a sad state of affairs knowing that the UK government is run by people like him—dishonest and untrustworthy. Not long ago, Western governments would call the governments in countries in the Global South corrupt and untrustworthy.
This is truly a case of the pot calling the kettle black.
If it weren't for the clear tragedy, the tangled mess of conflicting treaties and circus act of what passes for diplomacy would be comically entertaining. Sadly, the tragedy far exceeds the comic duplicity. This sever lack of humanism is tragic of itself.
@Lionduck said:
If it weren't for the clear tragedy, the tangled mess of conflicting treaties and circus act of what passes for diplomacy would be comically entertaining. Sadly, the tragedy far exceeds the comic duplicity. This sever lack of humanism is tragic of itself.
Yes, it's so sad knowing that these Western policticians who are backing Israel's slaughter of innocent Palestinian, men, women, children and babies, know full well what Israel's plans are for Gaza and the Palestinian people...
When it comes to the horrorific scenes coming out of Gaza, these poor excusing for human beings (aka pro Israel Western politicians) just pay lip service to all the suffering...
Assal Rad: The headline fixer | The Listening Post
Eight months of Israel’s war on Gaza has shone an often unflattering spotlight on media coverage by mainstream United States news outlets.
Historian Assal Rad explains the mission she has undertaken to “fix” misleading headlines.
"In the case of Gaza, too often there are no references to Palestinians. This goes back to the idea of how, not just in the media but also in our political discourse, Palestine is fragmented. People might not understand that Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem are all part of a Palestinian state. They're all Palestinian territories.
If you single out Gaza without explaining that they're Palestinians, you're essentially separating Gaza from the larger issue of Palestinian statehood and liberation. This falls into an Israeli pattern of erasing Palestinian identity and Palestinian statehood by treating each of these illegally occupied territories and their people as separate entities. People in Gaza are Palestinians, and journalists should call them that."
"When you talk about a mask-off moment, Gaza has really shredded anything that resembles the sort of world order we had become accustomed to hearing. Western powers, especially the United States and mainstream media in the US, have championed this for such a long time. They're still using that language but with such an egregious level of hypocrisy that everyone can see it now.
I think that's the part that's resonating with so many people. With these headline corrections, the state of Israel seems to be able to get away with anything and not be held accountable. The fact that the media is so complicit in this process, continually whitewashing Israel's crimes and parroting whatever the US's official line is, is a real abdication of its role. These incomplete, inaccurate headlines are shaping how people think, and that's why it's so important to point it out."
~Assal Rad
A big "defence" tactic now is calling anyone who disagrees with what Israel are doing antisemitic. How low. I don't care what ethnic background or what religious background anybody who kills innocent civilians, men , women , children and babies needs to be called out. Shame on Israel and all those who are letting this happen.
Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said in parliament that “something unfortunately went tragically wrong” with the airstrike. “We are investigating the incident and will reach conclusions, because this is our policy,” he said
What a load of crap..
All the killing of innocent Palestinian men. women children and babies by the IOF are deliberate acts...
The US, Israel’s staunchest ally and weapons supplier, described the images from the aftermath as devastating.
....Then shipped more weapons to Israel...
France, a European ally of Israel, said it was outraged by the Rafah strike. “These operations must stop,” the country’s president, Emmanuel Macron, posted on X. “There are no safe areas in Rafah for Palestinian civilians. I call for full respect for international law and an immediate ceasefire.”
The EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, posted: “Horrified by news coming out of Rafah on Israeli strikes killing dozens of displaced persons, including small children. I condemn this in the strongest terms.”
..And they continue to support Israel and supply them with more weapons...
After criticism of the Rafah strike, the IDF said it had not anticipated civilian casualties, and had bombed an area outside the latest “evacuation zone” to where Palestinians have been ordered to move, although that claim appeared to contradict a previous “safe zone” map from 22 May
Several rightwing Israeli journalists celebrated the Rafah attack in appearances on Israeli television and on Twitter, likening it to this week’s Jewish bonfire festival, Lag B’Omer. Commentator Yinon Dromi retweeted another user’s post which showed a fire in Rafah, adding her own: “Happy Holidays.”
@DagobahZen said:
A big "defence" tactic now is calling anyone who disagrees with what Israel are doing antisemitic. How low. I don't care what ethnic background or what religious background anybody who kills innocent civilians, men , women , children and babies needs to be called out. Shame on Israel and all those who are letting this happen.
This is a ploy that the Israeli government has used for years in an attempt to silence critics of the atrocities the IDF ( many would use the term IOF, Israeli Occupation Force, because they are an occupying force) continue to commit in Palestine.
It's quite sad, really, because what they (the most anti-Semitic of them all—the right-wing Zionist led Israeli government) are doing is making Jewish people both in Israel and elsewhere more unsafe and prone to anti-Semitic attacks. This is due to their actions and their disingenuous claim that they are carrying out these atrocities in the name of all Jewish people and to make them 'feel' safe.
Since October 7th, almost half a million Jews have left Israel. No doubt many with dual citizenship would move back to where they were born or have strong ties.
Netanyahu and his gang of thugs government have a lot to answer for...
my simple comment, evil that is lived will face the supreame karma judge. her judment is balance and fair. the most evil act, like genocide, they will have a rude awakening realizing their not dead after they die.in the dead zone "Kama" will weigh their actions.
sleep well good people, evil people will be in samsara special prison for a while. and hitler,stalin,musilini, they are "cooked" mother earth is not uncaring to the souls crying for justice.
as i said, these souls are trash. play silly games you get silly price. hitler wanted to be God above all gods. well my mother will acomidate.she will have infinite shits and gigle. his stupidity. he thinks in his arrogence through his occult drivel understand a mind of supreame infinite Shakti power. well mom have at it. eternal infinite punishment so be it.
when he perverted the hindu-buddhist swatzika into the crooked cross swatzika tied to white supremacy burning cross the lord shiva and lordet tara took notice.hitler is being pass around by my god seal lotus cross, chan buddhas, hindus buddhas christ voodu black lordette and lordet power all get a crack at him. on the bright side i acasionally like whatching a horror flick.
in the deadzone, space is divine, their karma will determine hell stress or heaven rest--new lease on life--untill their next re-in-carnate sam bodhi nature.
o well, i was born to practice good religion, my lotus cross seal, a buddhist christian observant. the prodigal son is born from earth. i was manefesting myself the cosmic boddhisatva exploring the universe.
"Where Olive Trees Weep" offers a searing window into the struggles and resilience of the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation. It explores themes of loss, trauma, and the quest for justice.
We follow, among others, Palestinian journalist and therapist Ashira Darwish, grassroots activist Ahed Tamimi, and Israeli journalist Amira Hass. We witness Dr. Gabor Maté offering trauma-healing work for a group of women who have been tortured in Israeli prisons.
Ancient landscapes bear deep scars, having witnessed the brutal reality of ancestral land confiscation, expulsions, imprisonment, home demolitions, water deprivation, and denial of basic human rights. Yet, through the veil of oppression, we catch a glimpse of resilience—deep roots that have carried the Palestinian people through decades of darkness and shattered lives.
This emotional journey bares the humanity of the oppressed while grappling with the question: what makes the oppressor so ruthlessly blind to its own cruelty?
Macklemore's message in his song "Hind's Hall"
When I say free Palestine, it's not against anyone. It actually means we should protect everyone. It means equality for all, respect, peace, and love. It means a right to exist regardless of what sector you're from.
My intention is to never offend anyone. I want every soul in this arena to feel the reflection of love, but there are innocent humans in Gaza getting murdered with our dollars. Those precious human lives are an extension of us. I can't get up here in the fur coat, jump around, and pretend while my gut says you know better. The ancestors are yelling, "You better step up for us."
I love my Jewish brothers and sisters so much. And my perspective is one which says free Palestine, is also rooted in your protection my loves, And there isn't a drop of anti-Semitic thought in my head or my blood. "Never again" means never again for all. Have we not learned the lessons? My love, the self-centring around what is potentially threatening to us is actually at the root of what disconnects all of us.
The word genocide is such a point of contention that it's more hurtful than seeing dead babies getting pulled out of the crumbled cement and the dust. Comparative suffering leads to believing the lie that there's a "them" and "us." It's a lie. We don't own this Earth; we're just guests here my love.
And at some point in time, we drew lines in the mud based on the colour of our skin, the gods we worshipped, and the Divine above. And historically, we've exploited black and brown bodies to climb up the rungs, but the ladder doesn't work when it depends on the oppression of some.
And I've been hearing the Earth cry lately. The deepest cry is, "My oh my, what have we done?" We've got some work to do to unlearn and rewire the plugs that are short-circuiting in a selfish cycle, and we're blind to the drug that we're all addicted to: me, myself, and not us.
In this moment in time, we're being called to rise and see ourselves in the pain of others, and not separate from them. I'm gonna say it till I die with my chest to the sky: free Palestine. The message is love.
Yeah the people they won't leave with is threatening about divesting and wanting peace. The problem isn't the protest; it's what they're protesting. It goes against what our country is funding. Block the barricade until Palestine is free.
When I was seven, I learned a lesson from Cuban Easy E. What was it again? Oh yeah, "Fuck the police." Actors and badges protecting property and a system that was designed by white supremacy. But the people are in the streets. You can pay off Meta, you can't pay off me.
Politicians who serve by any means, AIPAC CUFI and all the companies you see. We sell fear around the land of the free, but this generation here is about to cut the string. You can TikTok take us out of the algorithm, but it's too late. We've seen the truth, we bear witness. We've seen the rubble, the buildings, the mothers, and the children, and all the men that you murdered. Then we see how you spin it. Who gets the right to defend and who gets the right of resistance has always been about dollars and the colour of your pigment.
White supremacy is finally on blast. Screaming "Free Palestine" to their home at last. We see the lies and claiming anti-Semitic to be anti-Zionist. I've seen Jewish brothers and sisters out there in the ring in solidarity and screaming "Free Palestine" with them. Organizing and unlearning, and finally cutting ties with the state that's got to rely on an apartheid system to uphold.
An occupying violent history has been repeating for the last seventy-five years. The Nakba never ended. The colonizer lied. If students' tents posted on the lawn, occupying the quad is really against the law and a reason to call the police in their squad. Where this genocide land and your definition hold, destroying every college in Gaza and every mosque, pushing everyone in the row and dropping bombs. The blood is on your hands, Biden. We can see it all. And fuck no, I'm not voting for you in the fall.
Undecided, you can't twist the truth. The people out here are united, never to be defeated when freedom's on the horizon. Yet the music industry is quiet, complicit in their platform of silence. What happened to the artist? What have you got to say? If I was on a label, you could drop me today. I'll be fine with it because the heart at my page, I want to ceasefire. Fuck a response from Drake. What are you willing to risk? What are you willing to give? What if you were in Gaza? What if those were your kids? If the West was pretending that you didn't exist, you'd want the world to stand up, and the students finally did. Let's get it.
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Al Jazeera
Israeli lawyer exposes looting of Gaza aid convoy by far-right activists protected by police
This brave Israeli human rights lawyer is now receiving death threats...simply because she shows compassion and not aggression towards the Palestinian men, women, children and babies who are being starved to death by the Israeli government and its supporters...
Rafah, US arms, UNRWA: How Biden defends supporting Israel amid Gaza war
EXCLUSIVE: LIVE From Gaza, American Nurses TRAPPED
...And Israel calls this self defence...
SABC News
ICJ hears the application brought by South Africa against Israel
Around 53 minutes in, South African Dr Adil Asim's address to the court is quite powerful...
And South African lawyer Tembeka Nicolas Ngcukaitobi (who spoke after Dr Adil Asim) presents some extremely damning video evidence.
I wonder if any Western mainstream media have covered any of this ICJ's hearing...
SABC News
Israel-Hamas war | Israel says it complied with measures imposed by the ICJ
Anadolu Agency
South African lawyer Tembeka Nicolas Ngcukaitobi presents evidence to ICJ showing 'genocidal intent' of Israeli officials
Katie Halper
Germany ARRESTS Jewish Israeli Woman Over ‘Antisemitic’ Protest Sign
People can change policy - united and persistent.
A mighty fire often begins with but a tiny ember or spark.
What does Benny Gantz's ultimatum mean for Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government? | Inside Story
Democracy Now
Interesting Interview from December with Palestinian Diplomat at the UN Nada Abu Tarbush
Nada Abu Tarbush's full UN speech
Al Jazeera English
World reacts to ICC prosecutor seeking Israel, Hamas arrest warrants
Zeteo
Interesting descussion regarding the potential issuing of ICC arrest warrants for the leaders of Israel and Hamas...
Senator Bernie Sanders Powerful Speech before the Senate
"We cannot apply international law only when it’s convenient."
Laying out the truth plain and simple.
"Europe has lost its soul and the U.S. has lost its mind"
Francesca Albanese the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967
Nelson Mandela on Palestine (1990)
What a brillant oriator he was....
From a commenter "The man who walked out of Prison to become a President"
Al Jazeera English
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers an Order in the case South Africa v. Israel
The ICJ Order
Tory minister grilled by MPs over UK's support of Israel's bombardment of Gaza
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When hearing the UK Deputy Foreign Secretary trying to weasel his way out of giving a direct answer to the questions put to him, the word "sleazebucket" comes to mind.
It's truly a sad state of affairs knowing that the UK government is run by people like him—dishonest and untrustworthy. Not long ago, Western governments would call the governments in countries in the Global South corrupt and untrustworthy.
This is truly a case of the pot calling the kettle black.
If it weren't for the clear tragedy, the tangled mess of conflicting treaties and circus act of what passes for diplomacy would be comically entertaining. Sadly, the tragedy far exceeds the comic duplicity. This sever lack of humanism is tragic of itself.
Yes, it's so sad knowing that these Western policticians who are backing Israel's slaughter of innocent Palestinian, men, women, children and babies, know full well what Israel's plans are for Gaza and the Palestinian people...
When it comes to the horrorific scenes coming out of Gaza, these poor excusing for human beings (aka pro Israel Western politicians) just pay lip service to all the suffering...
Channel 4 News
Hamas launches rockets at Tel Aviv after 81 people killed in Gaza
Assal Rad: The headline fixer | The Listening Post
"In the case of Gaza, too often there are no references to Palestinians. This goes back to the idea of how, not just in the media but also in our political discourse, Palestine is fragmented. People might not understand that Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem are all part of a Palestinian state. They're all Palestinian territories.
If you single out Gaza without explaining that they're Palestinians, you're essentially separating Gaza from the larger issue of Palestinian statehood and liberation. This falls into an Israeli pattern of erasing Palestinian identity and Palestinian statehood by treating each of these illegally occupied territories and their people as separate entities. People in Gaza are Palestinians, and journalists should call them that."
"When you talk about a mask-off moment, Gaza has really shredded anything that resembles the sort of world order we had become accustomed to hearing. Western powers, especially the United States and mainstream media in the US, have championed this for such a long time. They're still using that language but with such an egregious level of hypocrisy that everyone can see it now.
I think that's the part that's resonating with so many people. With these headline corrections, the state of Israel seems to be able to get away with anything and not be held accountable. The fact that the media is so complicit in this process, continually whitewashing Israel's crimes and parroting whatever the US's official line is, is a real abdication of its role. These incomplete, inaccurate headlines are shaping how people think, and that's why it's so important to point it out."
~Assal Rad
A big "defence" tactic now is calling anyone who disagrees with what Israel are doing antisemitic. How low. I don't care what ethnic background or what religious background anybody who kills innocent civilians, men , women , children and babies needs to be called out. Shame on Israel and all those who are letting this happen.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/27/global-shock-after-israeli-airstrike-kills-dozens-in-rafah-tent-camp
From the article
What a load of crap..
All the killing of innocent Palestinian men. women children and babies by the IOF are deliberate acts...
....Then shipped more weapons to Israel...
..And they continue to support Israel and supply them with more weapons...
Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue
This is a ploy that the Israeli government has used for years in an attempt to silence critics of the atrocities the IDF ( many would use the term IOF, Israeli Occupation Force, because they are an occupying force) continue to commit in Palestine.
It's quite sad, really, because what they (the most anti-Semitic of them all—the right-wing Zionist led Israeli government) are doing is making Jewish people both in Israel and elsewhere more unsafe and prone to anti-Semitic attacks. This is due to their actions and their disingenuous claim that they are carrying out these atrocities in the name of all Jewish people and to make them 'feel' safe.
Since October 7th, almost half a million Jews have left Israel. No doubt many with dual citizenship would move back to where they were born or have strong ties.
Netanyahu and his gang of thugs government have a lot to answer for...
And more bulls#!t from the US government sleaze person.
He's just so full of bull$#!t...
Shocking...
my simple comment, evil that is lived will face the supreame karma judge. her judment is balance and fair. the most evil act, like genocide, they will have a rude awakening realizing their not dead after they die.in the dead zone "Kama" will weigh their actions.
sleep well good people, evil people will be in samsara special prison for a while. and hitler,stalin,musilini, they are "cooked" mother earth is not uncaring to the souls crying for justice.
as i said, these souls are trash. play silly games you get silly price. hitler wanted to be God above all gods. well my mother will acomidate.she will have infinite shits and gigle. his stupidity. he thinks in his arrogence through his occult drivel understand a mind of supreame infinite Shakti power. well mom have at it. eternal infinite punishment so be it.
when he perverted the hindu-buddhist swatzika into the crooked cross swatzika tied to white supremacy burning cross the lord shiva and lordet tara took notice.hitler is being pass around by my god seal lotus cross, chan buddhas, hindus buddhas christ voodu black lordette and lordet power all get a crack at him. on the bright side i acasionally like whatching a horror flick.
in the deadzone, space is divine, their karma will determine hell stress or heaven rest--new lease on life--untill their next re-in-carnate sam bodhi nature.
o well, i was born to practice good religion, my lotus cross seal, a buddhist christian observant. the prodigal son is born from earth. i was manefesting myself the cosmic boddhisatva exploring the universe.
On my YouTube feed...
Macklemore "Hind's Hall" Free Palestine Protest Song
Where Olive Trees Weep
Macklemore's message in his song "Hind's Hall"
When I say free Palestine, it's not against anyone. It actually means we should protect everyone. It means equality for all, respect, peace, and love. It means a right to exist regardless of what sector you're from.
My intention is to never offend anyone. I want every soul in this arena to feel the reflection of love, but there are innocent humans in Gaza getting murdered with our dollars. Those precious human lives are an extension of us. I can't get up here in the fur coat, jump around, and pretend while my gut says you know better. The ancestors are yelling, "You better step up for us."
I love my Jewish brothers and sisters so much. And my perspective is one which says free Palestine, is also rooted in your protection my loves, And there isn't a drop of anti-Semitic thought in my head or my blood. "Never again" means never again for all. Have we not learned the lessons? My love, the self-centring around what is potentially threatening to us is actually at the root of what disconnects all of us.
The word genocide is such a point of contention that it's more hurtful than seeing dead babies getting pulled out of the crumbled cement and the dust. Comparative suffering leads to believing the lie that there's a "them" and "us." It's a lie. We don't own this Earth; we're just guests here my love.
And at some point in time, we drew lines in the mud based on the colour of our skin, the gods we worshipped, and the Divine above. And historically, we've exploited black and brown bodies to climb up the rungs, but the ladder doesn't work when it depends on the oppression of some.
And I've been hearing the Earth cry lately. The deepest cry is, "My oh my, what have we done?" We've got some work to do to unlearn and rewire the plugs that are short-circuiting in a selfish cycle, and we're blind to the drug that we're all addicted to: me, myself, and not us.
In this moment in time, we're being called to rise and see ourselves in the pain of others, and not separate from them. I'm gonna say it till I die with my chest to the sky: free Palestine. The message is love.
Yeah the people they won't leave with is threatening about divesting and wanting peace. The problem isn't the protest; it's what they're protesting. It goes against what our country is funding. Block the barricade until Palestine is free.
When I was seven, I learned a lesson from Cuban Easy E. What was it again? Oh yeah, "Fuck the police." Actors and badges protecting property and a system that was designed by white supremacy. But the people are in the streets. You can pay off Meta, you can't pay off me.
Politicians who serve by any means, AIPAC CUFI and all the companies you see. We sell fear around the land of the free, but this generation here is about to cut the string. You can TikTok take us out of the algorithm, but it's too late. We've seen the truth, we bear witness. We've seen the rubble, the buildings, the mothers, and the children, and all the men that you murdered. Then we see how you spin it. Who gets the right to defend and who gets the right of resistance has always been about dollars and the colour of your pigment.
White supremacy is finally on blast. Screaming "Free Palestine" to their home at last. We see the lies and claiming anti-Semitic to be anti-Zionist. I've seen Jewish brothers and sisters out there in the ring in solidarity and screaming "Free Palestine" with them. Organizing and unlearning, and finally cutting ties with the state that's got to rely on an apartheid system to uphold.
An occupying violent history has been repeating for the last seventy-five years. The Nakba never ended. The colonizer lied. If students' tents posted on the lawn, occupying the quad is really against the law and a reason to call the police in their squad. Where this genocide land and your definition hold, destroying every college in Gaza and every mosque, pushing everyone in the row and dropping bombs. The blood is on your hands, Biden. We can see it all. And fuck no, I'm not voting for you in the fall.
Undecided, you can't twist the truth. The people out here are united, never to be defeated when freedom's on the horizon. Yet the music industry is quiet, complicit in their platform of silence. What happened to the artist? What have you got to say? If I was on a label, you could drop me today. I'll be fine with it because the heart at my page, I want to ceasefire. Fuck a response from Drake. What are you willing to risk? What are you willing to give? What if you were in Gaza? What if those were your kids? If the West was pretending that you didn't exist, you'd want the world to stand up, and the students finally did. Let's get it.