#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.
🧵 Calling for the #genocide of the #Jews is a hot topic these days. This is primarily for non-Jews.
What are we really talking about when this gets said? We generally aren't covering some fascist saying literally that they want to kill all the Jews. That speech is not wildly popular at universities or during anti-#Israel protests which is where the controversy is coming up.
So I think it's fair to say literal calling for the mass death of Jews is non-controversively frowned upon. I'm sure there's some free speech absolutist out there but that's a different issue entirely.
What we're talking about in the current political moment is #palestinian supporters using more populist expressions like "From the River to the Sea" and similar expressions.
Let me tell you why I don't oppose the use of this call or chant.
🤦🏻♀️ “#Netanyahu says he has informed the US that he opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state as part of any postwar scenario.
The announcement on Thurs exposed the deep divisions that have emerged between the close allies three months into Israel’s war against #Gaza’s #Hamas rulers.
US has called on #Israel to scale back its offensive and said that the establishment of a #Palestinian state should be part of the “day after.”
I’m definitely not with Netanyahu’s government or killing #Palestinian civilians, but those who are concerned about their deaths should also understand that Hamas really is run by committed #Jihadist religious fanatics. And before you say ”islamophobia”, I beg your pardon, that this is actually a problem for thr Arab world, and Palestinians in particular. Being led by Jihadists is terrible for the people.
This feels like an admission that the success of Hamas’ attack on #Israel wasn’t due as much to brilliance or Russian/Iranian skullduggery as the utter incompetence of #Netanyahu’s right-wing government and cabinet. Bibi’s chucklefucks wouldn’t be able to handle the aftermath either.
I’d like to think that this unity government might provide some chance of relief for #Palestinian people too but I’m not too sure.
@Mastodon seriously? You are the very last people I'd expect to censor #Palestinian#media. Are you really that desperate to become like #Twitter or mainstream social media? I really hope that this is a sincere mistake, and that whoever pressed that #suspend button is reprimanded. This gives a very wrong signal to #Palestinians and independent #journalists / #press people who are seeking a friendly platform for their voices in the #fediverse.
If you dear reader are reading this post, please boost both Mondoweiss's original post (which will be displayed as a RE: link if you're in #Mastodon) to show your support for @mondoweiss as well as this quote #boost so that it may reach mastodon.social (because for all we know they could decide to just #fediblock their self-hosted instance altogether, thankfully that didn't happen yet and it's an account suspension for now)
Listening to several political podcasts from assorted British commentators this week, there seems to be a consensus that the #SNP's #GazaCeasefire motion was primarily a cynical ploy to embarrass #Labour.
This seems to me to be
a. Lazy;
b. Cynical;
c. Woefully ill-informed about Scotland;
d. Wrong.
Even ignoring the fact that the leader of the SNP's wife is #Palestinian, sympathy for the Palestinian cause on the left in Scotland is very widespread.
This reminds us that #policing - in #SettlerColonial societies like Canada - has always been a central force for dispossession, displacement & containment.
A highway in #SanFrancisco was shut down by SEVERAL thousand protesters marching for a ceasefire, and a lot of major Western media outlets are not telling you about it.
Instead, places like CTV News and CNN are telling you that #MatthewPerry died.
Cool.
This protest brought to you by #Jewish Voice for #Peace, #Arab Resources and Organizing Center, and the #Palestinian Youth Movement... and protestors like you. ❤
Labor and delivery nurse Hesen Jabr, who is Palestinian American, was being honored by NYU Langone Health for her compassion in caring for mothers who had lost babies when she drew a link between her work and the suffering of mothers in Gaza....
Biden, Netanyahu and other apologists for genocide describe "stateless Palestinians under Israeli-settler colonial rule, military occupation and siege" as Nazis.
Instead of blaming #Gaza crisis on #Hamas, he said it was "a direct consequence of US desire to MONOPOLIZE mediation functions in #Palestinian-#Israeli settlement.”
Hoping to act as a global #powerBroker, he has proposed to mediate in the conflict.
During the historic gathering of 3 #UnitedStates presidents last night, pro- #Palestinian protesters interrupted the event. Again, instead of ignoring their protestations, the presidents addressed the concerns.
All 3 men remarked on the #Israel#Hamas#war in #Gaza, reflecting on the difficulty of trying to solve intractable challenges such as #MiddleEast#peace as #POTUS. #Biden said there have been “too many innocent victims, Israeli & Palestinian,” in the conflict.
A #2StateSolution is already a huge compromise with reason & with justice for the Palestinians, driven from their land. Since when does the world favour the creation of ethnostates (since Westphalia, I guess!)? In a sane world, one state, democratic & with rights of all protected, home to Jewish & #Palestinian people, would be obvious. When Israel fails to offer a two state solution, generous in bounds as an apology to reason & justice, it shows it's priority - greed for land, not peace #Gaza
Among many things, use of the word “#Zionist” sets off alarms for the many different people who hear it. Is it pure #antisemitism? Or is it an attack on the Israeli govt, whose snr leaders have expressed concern that the #ICC will issue arrest warrants for them? Is it an assault on the right of #Israel to exist? Or is it a demand that it not continue to exist w/in its current contours & constructs w/the #Palestinian people?
According to the findings that were sent to Haaretz, Mara'i's chest was bruised and his ribs and breastbone were broken. There were also signs of external bruises to his head, neck, back, buttocks, left arm and thigh. According to the autopsy report, he was healthy and had no preexisting conditions before his imprisonment....
Every single week for the last 21 weeks upon #Gadigal land, there have been thousands upon thousands (sometimes easily tens of thousands) of people gathering in support of a #ceasefire in #Gaza and calling upon the Australian #Albanese government to stop supporting #Israel in its #genocide.
Every Sunday in Hyde Park at 1.30pm,* we've listened to #Aboriginal speakers, #Palestinian speakers, #Jewish speakers, politicians of various stripes (though neither of the major parties, of course, as they both remain complicit in support of the government responsible for most of the slaughter), elders who lived through the #Naqba, teenagers organising #StudentStrike4Palestine, community leaders, poets, faith leaders and more, with perhaps 75% of the speakers being women, and almost all being people of colour (most of the exceptions being MPs).
*Except when #NSWpolice has dictated otherwise, giving priority to (much smaller and only) occasional pro-Israel rallies and forcing a shift to Saturday a couple of times, under threat of #PoliceViolence.
Then we've marched (or rolled) with flags, banners, signs, drums and (loud!) voices: Arab, Aboriginal, African, Anglo, Asian and more; from those too old to walk (in wheelchairs) to those too young to walk (in strollers).
A nurse honored for compassion is fired after referring to Gaza ‘genocide’ in speech (apnews.com)
Labor and delivery nurse Hesen Jabr, who is Palestinian American, was being honored by NYU Langone Health for her compassion in caring for mothers who had lost babies when she drew a link between her work and the suffering of mothers in Gaza....
Six Palestinians have died in Israeli prisons during the war, two found bruised (www.haaretz.com)
According to the findings that were sent to Haaretz, Mara'i's chest was bruised and his ribs and breastbone were broken. There were also signs of external bruises to his head, neck, back, buttocks, left arm and thigh. According to the autopsy report, he was healthy and had no preexisting conditions before his imprisonment....