“No electricity, no food, no water, no fuel. Everything is closed. We are fighting human animals, and we act accordingly.” This promise, from Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, is a direct call for mass killing and forced removal of hundreds of thousands of #Palestinians from their homes.
The Israeli military is preparing for a massive ground invasion of #Gaza. Israeli and American leaders are dehumanizing Palestinians with vitriolic rhetoric that calls to mind the most hysterical days of Bush's War on Terror. We know where this will lead: genocide.
President #Biden and every American political leader must demand a ceasefire now.
Many of us are mourning our Israeli and Palestinian friends and loved ones. We are in pain and grief, trying to process a week of horrific violence that has left so many that we know injured, traumatized, kidnapped, or killed. But we refuse to let our grief be weaponized to justify the murder of more Palestinians. As American Jews, we demand a ceasefire now.
No genocide in our name.
The time is now to mobilize to prevent this genocide from going forward. We demand that President Biden use his leverage to implement a ceasefire and use any possible tool to force Israel to halt its war on Palestinians in Gaza. #israel#genocide
Francesca Albanese On The Crime Of Genocide: “I Do Not Exclude It At All.”
The renowned expert in international law Francesca Albanese was on her way to cross the Atlantic, continuing to appeal to states, members of the international community, to stand up and demand respect of international law when it comes to human rights of Palestinians and to actions of the state of Israel. Last May she took up the position of the Special Rapporteur
Tell you what, Google. I'll meet you halfway. I'll watch ads for laundry detergent and Sprite and a thousand attempts to get me playing Genshin Impact again, and you stop trying to sell me on ostensible documentaries minimizing the past, present, and likely future genocide of indigenous groups in the Western world.
"As the Biden administration's intent to silence dissent against the United States' backing of the Israel Defense Forces' onslaught in Gaza became increasingly clear Friday night, at least 80 #Jewish Americans and other supporters of Palestinians' #HumanRights were #arrested for #protesting outside the homes and offices of a number of Democratic lawmakers, where they demanded the U.S. government join growing calls for a cease-fire.
"The U.S. group Jewish Voice for Peace (#JVP) organized the mass action, along with calling on Americans to contact their representatives in Congress and demand that they speak out against the air assault Israel launched this week in retaliation for #Hamas' brutal attack last weekend.
"At least 2,215 Palestinians have been killed in airstrikes this week, and at least 8,714 people have been injured. The death toll in Israel has reached 1,300, according to Al Jazeera.
"Human rights advocates have warned that a looming ground offensive by the #IDF in Gaza could rapidly push civilian casualties far higher.
''We as American Jews believe that 'never again' means never again for anyone, and that includes Palestinians," said JVP, referring to the refrain repeated by the Jewish American community regarding the need to prevent genocide. "'Never again' is this very moment."
"Thousands of people gathered at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn and marched to Senate Majority Leader Chuck #Schumer's (D-N.Y.) home, where they blocked the road. Approximately 60 people were 'dragged away by police,' JVP said.
Petition to the UN Security Council, the European Union, the Arab League and the USA:
We urge you to act immediately to ensure a comprehensive ceasefire in the Gaza Strip
#gaza#israel#genocide
Le vice-président de Médecins du monde est très clair : Israël massacre délibérément des civils dans la bande de Gaza. Soutenir ça est un crime.
"Massacre massif et délibéré de civils..."
Src : Marcel (X)
Ever wonder what you'd do if a genocide was unfolding before your eyes, with the consent of your own Government?
You're doing it
Here in the UK, the pretence that the Sunak government is not as murderous, racist & reactionary as the Netenyahu government of Israel has been pretty much abandoned. Consent to a policy of genocide is complicity in genocide.
I think I watched two or three news clips about #gaza on youtube and instantly every ad on any other video was pro-Israel propaganda, all very slick and professional and weaponizing jewish victimization tropes to justify #genocide.
“[Israel is] imposing a complete siege on Gaza. No electricity, no food, no water, no fuel. Everything is closed. We are fighting human animals, and we will act accordingly."
"the assault on Gaza can also be understood in other terms: as a textbook case of genocide unfolding in front of our eyes. I say this as a scholar of genocide, who has spent many years writing about Israeli mass violence against Palestinians”
Raz Segal is an associate professor of Holocaust and genocide studies at Stockton University and the endowed professor in the study of modern genocide
Israel has already dropped more bombs on Gaza in six days than the U.S. dropped on Afghanistan in a single year. Now, the Israeli military is ordering over one million Palestinian civilians to flee their homes. This is genocide and ethnic cleansing.
As Israel bombards Gaza, bakeries run out of bread, water runs low
The flood of people arriving in south Gaza after Israel told them on Friday to leave an area in the north has stretched resources that were already strained to breaking point.
Politicians ask focus groups if they should back ethnic cleansing
This is the only way to seek moral clarity
British politicians are frantically checking with their focus groups to see if they should support or oppose the ethnic cleansing that is taking place in Gaza. 1.1 million Palestinians have been told to leave northern Gaza in the next 24 hours or face the risk of death.
The UN-mandated Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia on Friday released a harrowing report on the “staggering” level of human rights violations and mass killings that have plagued the east African nation since the Tigray conflict erupted in 2020....
"We are witnessing almost all western governments deliberately facilitating massacre, ethnic cleansing and genocide. We are witnessing almost all western governments turning on their own people to crush dissent at that complicity in genocide."
@timnitGebru It's a shame how many people can't stand up against #genocide and #apartheid. It's utterly sickening. Solidarity and Liberation for #palestine and solidarity with all oppressed people. Continue to elevate their voices @timnitGebru
It is simply not possible to evacuate over one million people in 24 hours from the zone of attack in Gaza. The answer to horrific atrocities by Hamas cannot be collective punishment upon an entire population, 50 percent of which are children.
The rank hypocrisy of Erdogan who just annihilated the water and power infrastructure for 3+ million people in Syria to now try and take the high ground on Gaza.
And he has the gall to call Palestinians terrorists while giving out passports, funding and matériel to Hamas.
Turkey had targeted more than 145 locations in areas held by the AANES, including power stations, water and energy facilities, hospitals, and schools.
"The destruction of infrastructure amounts to war crimes and cannot be described as anything less than that,” according to the statement.
Turkey is a terrorist state. Why is Turkey committing genocide in Syria?
Genocide Watch is issuing a Genocide Emergency Alert for Turkey's aggression in Northern Syria and Iraq. In Nov 2022 through Oct 2023, Turkey launched many hundreds of airstrikes across northern Syria and Iraq targeting the Kurdish population and Kurdish towns.
#US President Joe Biden extends the national emergency with respect to the situation in #Syria, especially #Turkey's threats to launch a military offensive for one more year. Turkey & Syria's full scale genocide on the Kurdish people.
Ethiopia: Victims ‘left in limbo’ as human rights probe mandate ends (news.un.org)
The UN-mandated Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia on Friday released a harrowing report on the “staggering” level of human rights violations and mass killings that have plagued the east African nation since the Tigray conflict erupted in 2020....