"“Most #Israelis don’t know much about #Palestinians. They think they are terrorists, all of them, or vague images with no names, no faces, no family, no homes, no hopes,”Baruchin said. “What I am trying to do in my posts is present Palestinians as #human beings.”
"Extremist settlers, by targeting and killing #Palestinian civilians, are undermining security and stability for both #Israelis and Palestinians.
#Israel must take stronger action to stop settler violence and hold the perpetrators accountable.
We are banning those responsible for settler violence from entering the UK to make sure our country cannot be a home for people who commit these intimidating acts."
Calling protesters "Pro-Hamas", because they protest the genocidal slaughtering of #Palestinians in #Gaza by #Israelis, is like calling Americans who fought in WWII, "pro-communist". Nazis at the time were saying they were fighting "Jewish Bolshevik sub-humans".
Oh, wait!… That's what Trump calls the Democrats now: "communist thugs".
Lyndon Johnson, one of the most accomplished POTUS, was forced to withdraw from the presidential race in '68 and never was reelected. Wonder why…
"Families of #Israelis being held #hostage by #Hamas were reprimanded by representatives of the #RedCross in a meeting earlier this week, with the Red Cross telling one family they need to "think about the #Palestinian side," KAN reported on Thursday night."
#Trump Says Little on #Gaza, & Nothing About What He’d Do Differently
In the ~5 months since #Hamas invaded #Israel on #Oct7, igniting the most divisive #ForeignPolicy crisis of #Biden’s presidency, Trump has said noticeably little about the subj.
“So you have a war that’s going on, & you’re probably going to have to let this play out. You’re probably going to have to let it play out, because a lot of people are dying,” #Trump said in an interview w/Univision a month after the attack. His main advice to #Netanyahu & the #Israelis …was to do a better job w/ “public relations,” because the #Palestinians were “beating them at the public relations front.”
"Thousands of #Israelis took to the streets in demonstrations against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government, demanding fresh #elections...
Demonstrators carried torches and posters denouncing #Netanyahu, who is also facing pressure from allies, including the #UnitedStates, over Israel’s punishing military campaign in #Gaza...
To remind you: only 4% of #Israelis trust #Netanyahu. Stop blaming them for his crimes. This was all due to his policies, directly and indirectly, and they know it. They tried to get rid of him and failed. He deliberately strengthened #Hamas. Look how bouncy and ebullient he was when he started the bombings. They know he's a monster. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2seEhSbc7KA
#BennyMorris has become an advocate of ethnic cleansing. In an interview in #Haaretz, Morris had this to say:
"Ben-Gurion was right … Without the uprooting of the Palestinians, a
Jewish state would not have arisen here … There are circumstances in
history that justify ethnic cleansing. I know that this term is completely
negative in the discourse of the 21st century, but when the choice is
between ethnic cleansing and genocide … I prefer ethnic cleansing. "
Advocating old and new Zionist colonial methods, Morris (echoing demands by Israeli politicians and ministers) threatens the
Palestinians with another Nakba.
A excerpt from The #Palestine Nakba, by Nur Masalha.
As if anyone needed proof of what the #Israelis were doing.
Check out this WSJ column about a poll re: the chant "from the river to the sea."
47% of surveyed US students didn't know which river or sea. (Guesses included the Nile and the Caribbean.)
67.8% who backed the chant changed their minds after learning a few facts: like the river is the Jordan, the sea is the Mediterranean, and the chant calls for the expulsion or annihilation of Israelis.
Most students liked the two-state solution now rejected by most #Israelis and #palestinians.
On Tuesday the Republican leader in the Senate, #Mitch#McConnell, told reporters ⭐️Johnson should “let the House speak”. ⭐️
Asked about Republican proposals to offer aid to Ukraine as a loan not a grant,
👉McConnell said it was more important to act quickly.
“The only way to get relief to the #Ukrainians and the #Israelis quickly is ♦️for the House to figure out how to pass the Senate bill,” ♦️he said, adding:
“We’ve got a bill that got 70 votes in the Senate. Give members of the House of Representatives an opportunity to vote on it. That’s the solution.”
Second, we are struggling against the worst government #Israel has ever had. More Israelis than ever believe that #BenjaminNetanyahu|'s travesty of a cabinet must go. (...)
Our third war, shoulder to shoulder with #Jews and #Humanists worldwide, is against #Antisemitism, now clearly bonded with burning hatred of Israel."
"Like millions of #Israelis, I was also kept ignorant by the state and its educational system on purpose. However, once you unlearn #Zionist propaganda, there is no going back; the world makes so much more sense, and it feels similar to what I have heard of those who escaped a cult."
Some #Israelis think they "must" #vandalize#aid#convoys, destroying food & medical supplies, because starving civilians in #Gaza would surely bring hostages home.
»“We would prefer that we don’t have to do the blockages, honestly,” Ariel said.
“I don’t like ransacking things. It’s not one of my favourite hobbies. But we prefer that to the death of our friends and family, which is what happens the longer this war drags on."«
Prominent #Israelis Demand End to Calls for Outright #Genocide From Top Officials
"When it comes to the statements of #Jews instigating mass deportation and even genocide—the legal adviser to the government, the state attorney, and the entire prosecution system are silent," wrote a group of prominent Israelis.
Es Geht! Leuchturmprojekt 25 Jahre West-Eastern Divan
"Ein Orchester könne zwar keine politischen Konflikte lösen, sagt Gründer Daniel Barenboim. Es könne aber zeigen, wie menschliches Miteinander funktionieren kann." #Musik#DanielBarenboim#Israelis#Araber https://west-eastern-divan.org
"Hamad claimed that 'everything [#Hamas] do is justifiable', declaring that 'we are the victims' as he vowed to remove #Israel from what he claimed is #Palestinian land.
He declared that the terror group is ready to pay the ultimate price, saying 'we are a nation of martyrs, and we are proud to sacrifice martyrs'.
He bragged that the slaughter of 1,400 #Israelis was a 'victory' for Hamas."
Continuing this train of thought, however, this leaves only dire outcomes for the #Israelis and the #Palestinians:
If no #Muslim country will grant them refuge for political reasons, a lot of the #Gazan#refugees will die on that border wall...
#Israel has said it has informed the families of 31 people held in the territory since 7 October that their relatives are dead. The news came as the Qatari prime minister said #Hamas had given a “generally positive” response to proposals for a deal trading a break in the fighting and release of #Palestinian prisoners for the return of more #hostages.
"There is a tiny, reed-thin chance that something better might come out of this horror show of a war. To grasp it, the #Palestinians need to be free of #Hamas and #Israelis free of #Netanyahu. Every day those men remain in power is a curse on both peoples – who have surely been cursed long enough."