Israel has vowed to persist with its military operation in Gaza, saying it won’t engage in “meaningless” negotiations with Hamas, shortly after the United Nations Security Council overwhelmingly approved a US-backed ceasefire plan intended to bring an end to the eight-month war.
"The ugly, violent demonstrators during [the] parade of Jewish supremacy through the streets of Jerusalem" evoke Yeshayahu Leibowitz's warning:
"The national pride & euphoria that followed the Six-Day War are temporary & will bring us from proud, rising nationalism to extreme, messianic, ultranationalism.
"The third stage will be brutality & the final stage will be the end of Zionism."
The difference between Israel and Hamas is clear, one a democracy (with problems) and the other is a terrorist organisation. At the same time it means Israel's actions should maintain high standards with regard to innocent victims. They seem to be failing in that respect... #gaza#hamas#israel
The Israeli massacre in Gaza's Nuseirat camp killed over 270 Palestinians and injured many more. Survivors say the horrors they witnessed will stay with them for the rest of their lives.
"The ugly, violent demonstrators during [the] parade of Jewish supremacy through the streets of Jerusalem" evoke Yeshayahu Leibowitz's warning:
"The national pride & euphoria that followed the Six-Day War are temporary & will bring us from proud, rising nationalism to extreme, messianic, ultranationalism.
"The third stage will be brutality & the final stage will be the end of Zionism."
More grave violations against children were committed in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel than anywhere else in the world last year, according to a UN report due to be published this week.The report on children and armed conflict, which has been seen by the Guardian, verified more cases of war crimes against children in the...
Palestinian Christians suffer from a crisis of representation, as some church leaders and community members disassociate from the Palestinian struggle and perpetuate the perception that they are a "minority."
"The ugly, violent demonstrators during [the] parade of Jewish supremacy through the streets of Jerusalem" evoke Yeshayahu Leibowitz's warning:
"The national pride & euphoria that followed the Six-Day War are temporary & will bring us from proud, rising nationalism to extreme, messianic, ultranationalism.
"The third stage will be brutality & the final stage will be the end of Zionism."
"The ugly, violent demonstrators during [the] parade of Jewish supremacy through the streets of Jerusalem" evoke Yeshayahu Leibowitz's warning:
"The national pride & euphoria that followed the Six-Day War are temporary & will bring us from proud, rising nationalism to extreme, messianic, ultranationalism.
"The third stage will be brutality & the final stage will be the end of Zionism."
I was born in the Nuseirat refugee camp and it made me who I am. The Nuseirat massacre will not be the last in Gaza, but like all massacres committed by colonialists, it will be a signpost in our long walk to freedom that will not be forgotten.
"For three-and-a-half long hours on Jan. 29, the cellphone in 6-year old Hind Rajab’s hands was the closest thing she had to a lifeline. Alone in the back seat of a car outside a #Gaza City gas station, she was drifting in and out of consciousness, surrounded by bodies, as she told emergency dispatchers that #Israeli tanks were rumbling closer.
...Paramedics were on their way, the dispatchers kept telling her: Hold on."
"Twelve days later, when a #Palestinian civil defense crew finally reached the area, they found Hind’s body in a car riddled with bullets...
The ambulance lay charred roughly 50 meters away (about 164 feet) from the car, its destruction consistent with the use of a round fired by #Israeli tanks, according to six munitions experts." #GiftArticle#GiftLink https://wapo.st/4aCoCqA
"Humanitarian officials have warned that a system of coordination with Israel’s military, designed to protect their aid deliveries and lifesaving ambulance maneuvers, is broken. #Israeli strikes on a #WorldCentralKitchen convoy that killed seven aid workers in #Gaza on April 1 and stirred global outrage...
Hind’s case touched a nerve around the world... her recorded cries for help offered a glimpse into the terrors faced by civilians." #GiftArticle https://wapo.st/4aCoCqA
The Israeli army bombed Gazans in their tents in the "safe zone" where it told them to go. Eyewitnesses told Mondoweiss most of the dead were burned alive or decapitated and dismembered, many of them children.
4 Israeli #hostages have been #rescued alive from #Gaza, the Israeli military said Sat. #Israel’s forces rescued Noa Argamani, 26; Almog Meir Jan, 22; Andrey Kozlov, 27; & Shlomi Ziv, 41, from 2 locations in #Nuseirat in central Gaza, the #IDF said in a stmnt. ≥125 people were #killed in the operation.
All “are in good medical condition” & have been transferred to a hospital for further medical examinations, the IDF said.
There are dangerous signs Israel intends to escalate attacks on Lebanon and raise the stakes with Hezbollah. If it does, the risk of a regional war grows enormously. The only way out is to end the fighting in Gaza.
"Large-scale attack against Hezbollah could bring terrible destruction to Israel"
While northern communities want Israel to attack Hezbollah, they don't know the "dire situation" of the Israeli military.
Gallant & Halevi are “not prepared to acknowledge the army’s weakness" & they & Netanyahu "have nothing left to lose, & are ready to gamble on the fate of the country”.
Israel vows to press on in Gaza after UN Security Council approves ceasefire proposal (edition.cnn.com)
Israel has vowed to persist with its military operation in Gaza, saying it won’t engage in “meaningless” negotiations with Hamas, shortly after the United Nations Security Council overwhelmingly approved a US-backed ceasefire plan intended to bring an end to the eight-month war.
‘Unprecedented scale’ of violations against children in Gaza, West Bank and Israel, UN report says (www.theguardian.com)
More grave violations against children were committed in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel than anywhere else in the world last year, according to a UN report due to be published this week.The report on children and armed conflict, which has been seen by the Guardian, verified more cases of war crimes against children in the...