Israel’s Priority Is Killing Gazans, Not Freeing Hostages (Stephen Semler | Jacobin, 2024-05-18)
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ICYMI:
“After Netanyahu’s rejection of the latest proposal, it’s clearer than ever that Israel’s war isn’t and never was about the #hostages. Biden’s continued support for Israel demonstrates that the hostages aren’t a priority for the United States, either.”
“… Hamas has repeatedly offered to release the hostages in exchange for a cease-fire and Palestinian prisoners, including as early as October 7 and October 9. Family members of the Israeli hostages have repeatedly urged their government to accept those offers, but Israeli leaders always rebuffed them…”
THE HAGUE – The International Court of Justice (#ICJ) holds public hearings in the case South Africa v. Israel - Oral argument of South Africa (2024-05-16)
Today, as a result of the invader enemy shelling of the civilian railway infrastructure, two of our colleagues, wagon repair inspectors, were killed — Serhiy Derevytskyi and Oleksandr Pryhodko
Sincere condolences to their relatives and friends.
📷 Aftermath of a terrorist Russian army attack on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast that killed two civilian workers on May 15, 2024 (Ukrzaliznytsia/tg)
As the USA continues to refuse to fight alongside Ukraine against invader Russian terrorists, #SecState Anthony Blinken said in Kyiv: "I came to #Ukraine with the message that you are not alone."
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have been fighting the Russian invaders alone for 10 years, 2 months, 24 days.
These traitors should be obligated to say who this ‘we’ group is because it sure shit isn’t me!!! #stopgenocide#ceasefirenow#endstarvation get the f*ck out pretending you represent any one thing other than your portfolio and the death machine that feeds your numbers. These people are beyond the most disgusting thing you can put words to. 👎
#Students in the US are not just setting up #encampments to show solidarity with the #Palestinians but using their #graduation ceremonies to highlight the plight of the people of Palestine.
Cela fait vraiment bizarre, vu de France, de voir un journaliste de télévision faire son travail, c'est-à-dire ne pas accepter les digressions de son invité et le mettre face à ses contradictions et ses mensonges.
"Comment pouvez- vous n'avoir aucune idée du nombre de civils tués par l'armée israelienne, vous qui êtes le porte-parole du gouvernement ? Alors que vous êtes certain du nombre de combattants du Hamas tués."
Every time there’s a student protest movement the argument against them is always the same, that they couldn’t possibly know their own minds. The young are always looked down upon and underestimated. They go to college to be educated yet simultaneously don’t have the capacity to educate themselves, a narrative that breaks down under scrutiny. #GazaProtests#Gaza#Palestine#StopGenocide#EndTheOccupation#FreePalestine
« Nous exprimons notre vive inquiétude face à la présence croissante des forces de police dans l’enceinte des universités, en violation de la tradition de franchise universitaire visant à préserver la liberté et l’autonomie de la pensée. »
Environ 700 enseignant·es, chercheur·ses et personnels des universités condamnent fermement le recours aux forces de l’ordre pour réprimer les étudiant·es mobilisé·es en faveur du respect du droit international à Gaza, ainsi que les interpellations visant à « freiner l’engagement d’une jeunesse informée et indignée ».
The center of #Vovchansk after the attack by Putin's russian war criminals. Today, russian troops attempted to break through Ukrainian defense lines in #Kharkiv oblast #Ukraine. The most intense fighting was around Vovchansk where russian aviation dropped bombs on Ukrainians. -From Ronan Sheremeta
Eighty years ago, millions of Ukrainians fought for Nazism to lose forever. But today, Ukrainians are again opposing the evil that has been reborn, has come again, and wants to destroy us again. An army of monsters who kill, torture, and wipe out peaceful cities and villages from the face of the earth. Evil, the name of which is Russian fascism. Abbreviated as the Russian Federation.
On the Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism, remembering millions of Ukrainians who, together with other peoples, fought and won, we believe and bring a new day of a new victory closer, when the expulsion of the Nazis from Ukraine.
It's impossible to deny that Russia has its own versions of Nazi ideology. The way to stop Nazism remains the same. Only joint efforts can be effective.
Russia puts every country that doesn’t submit to its terror on its "list."
As long as Russia exists in its current form, no country is safe unless it is a pawn or accomplice of a terrorist state. Part 1.
Reports that a #Belgium TV channel interrupted #Eurovision with a message about Israel’s genocide and repression of the free press.
“This is a union action. We condemn the human rights violations committed by Israel. Additionally, Israel is destroying press freedom. That is why we are pausing the broadcast for a moment. #CeaseFireNow#StopGenocide"
Those persons so amoral that they voluntarily choose to participate in "Eurovision Song Contest" (ESC) with its actively and selectively targeted whitewashing of ongoing genocidal acts, war crimes, crimes against humanity, should therefore be considered a threat to society and to you, so you must shun those persons until they credibly demonstrate that they have understood that humanity is more important than their personal profit and/or believed fame, in perpetual infamy.
Such behavior can not be tolerated by any society claiming to value even the most basic of human rights such as to not be tortured or mass-murdered.
The ESC has always been extremely political, choosing to actively support and whitewash dictatorships and other atrocities while suppressing speech for democracy and human rights.
We MUST force them to progress from their old position of thus knowingly and actively choosing to support e.g. mass-murdering Fascist regimes of Franco and Salazar while suppressing protests against such from the start https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6JIgE4qeRY&t=3437s of those appearing even so publicly they could not be ignored.
For this reason I have for as long as I have been able to make my own decisions refused to have anything to do with the ESC, boycotting also every artist that chose to participate and so should you.
During the Eurovision Song Contest's semi-final event, once again whitewashing crimes against humanity as the extremely self-politicized event has been actively selectively doing at least since granting PR-aid to mass-murdering and mass-torturing Fascist dictators Franco and Salazar, this time of Netanyahu's genocidal war against the Palestinian People,
Public Service TV in Belgium broadcast was interrupted by a workers' union message
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This is a trade union action.
We condemn the human rights violations of the state Israel.
Furthermore, the state Israel is destroying the freedom of the press.
Therefore we temporarily interrupt the transmission.
Israel's participant has also many times made personal statements to the press associating their participation with explicit endorsement of the ongoing atrocities, for example just before the semi-final saying "such and honor to represent my country, especially during these times".
It is a selective act by the competition management, as Russia (which is in Europe) was actively excluded over human rights violations, but when Israel does the same they claim to be "neutral" and refuse same response.