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2023-12-23
At a demonstration in Tel Aviv calling for a ceasefire, hostage deal, impeachment of the government and equal rights from the river to the sea.
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I'll be speaking shortly after 1pm. Please come & chat before or after & signup to volunteer for my upcoming community art for #Palestine#solidarity event ✌️🎨🇵🇸🍉💗
Stern statement from Volker Turk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Jordan yesterday, after his trip to Rafah. Anyone who respects human rights & wants to know what's happening in Israel-Palestine should read this in its entirety.
HCHR calls for Member States to press urgently for an immediate #CeaseFire
"the complete siege now lasting over one month has made it an agony for residents in Gaza...to survive. All forms of #CollectivePunishment must come to an end."
“So many members of my family died in the Holocaust. And it’s absolutely horrifying that claims of antisemitism are being attributed to criticism of Israel. ”
The US vetoing the Arab-backed resolution is disgusting, but I think this point from their (USA's) counter resolution speaks to, in coded language, the fact they believe Israel is on the verge of or planning full on ethnic cleansing and that is likely a real "red line". If Israel pursues this, and the USA withdraws from their decades-long unequivocal support for Israeli policy, then the entire dynamic in Middle East geopolitics could completely change, and not to Israel's benefit.
"In another criticism directed at Israel, the U.S. draft condemns calls by government ministers for the resettlement of Gaza and rejects an attempt at demographic or territorial change in Gaza that would violate international law.”
Putin's sought ceasefire would mean Russia would keep the territories it illegally occupies in Ukraine, where the population is subject to abductions and summary executions. Ukraine laid out its 10-point "peace formula" in November 2022. One of the key points as a precondition for starting peace talks is the full withdrawal of...
EU just passed a resolution calling for ceasefire in Gaza.
2 countries voted against
8 countries abstained
17 countries voted for
I'm truly disgusted by Sweden abstain vote. It's truly sad to see the country that used to be a model for peace, human rights and humanity turn into a coward with no respect for any of those.
I'm sure they will also reject the ruling of ICJ in case they vote against Israel.
#Israel has now dropped the equivalent of 150% as many tons of explosives on #Gaza as the US dropped in atomic bombs on #Hiroshima. I am sure you have seen the photos of what that did to Hiroshima.
25,000 tons of explosives on Gaza means 70 TONS of explosives dropped for EACH & EVERY square km of Gaza. Or 180 tons/sq mi.
It would be like dropping 8500 TONS of explosives across every inch of #SanFrancisco.
This is such an important article. I hope people read it.
There is a ceasefire proposal in front of Hamas, one drafted by Arab nations, and Hamas is rejecting it. It would rather see the war continue and the Gazans hurt or killed, rather than provide a reprieve.
Maybe that's because Hamas leadership isn't in Gaza. They live elsewhere, in other countries far away from the fighting, and yet on the ground, Hamas runs Gaza.
What Israel should or should not do, or how it should conduct the war is absolutely a question on the table, but fundamentally a ceasefire must be two ways, a ceasefire from both sides, and if Hamas does not accept one for the sake of the Palestinian people, then it's they should should be attacked by the media.
Gaza must be freed from Hamas so the people there can live full lives, and for the possibility of peace.
“We should all be calling for an immediate return of the hostages, for Palestinians and Israelis on both sides of the border to be protected, and a swift end to the conflict.”
« Spanish military planes have dropped 26 tonnes of humanitarian aid into Gaza as Spain’s government called on Israel to open land border crossings to prevent a famine. »
« … many western countries hesitated to use the same type of language against violations of international humanitarian law, for instance, that we easily apply when they are violated by Russia in Ukraine… »
NYT: Putin open to ceasefire if Russia keeps occupied territories (kyivindependent.com)
Putin's sought ceasefire would mean Russia would keep the territories it illegally occupies in Ukraine, where the population is subject to abductions and summary executions. Ukraine laid out its 10-point "peace formula" in November 2022. One of the key points as a precondition for starting peace talks is the full withdrawal of...