Israel/Palestine Thread

Yes, here is one article that mentions overfeeding

https://www.timesofisrael.com/freed-hostages-suffered-torture-starvation-and-long-periods-of-isolation-reports/

And another

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-870373

It seems to be in relation to 2 of them in particular

Regarding the red cross, this is only since the Oct 7 attacks and hamas' refusal to allow the red cross visit the hostages or reveal their locations. Its not that 'strange' for a party to use this as leverage in negotiations, although im not condoning it at all.

From #C4News last night: "Israel returned 45 more bodies to Gaza today... [some] were blindfolded and handcuffed, others bore marks suggesting they'd be run over by tanks"

A Palestinian life still not worth the same as an Israeli.. still not one of the chosen people I suppose...

Starmer seems to be more concerned about the Maccabi Tel-Aviv fans not being allowed travel…

This seems to have enraged a lot of right wing commentators in the UK. They don't appear to be aware of the Maccabi fans' reputation for being hooligans and violent thugs.

Indeed, they are foaming at the mouth that their beloved Israeli hooligans are being denied the chance to riot and then run to the media claiming they were victims of a pogrom.

Imagine these British commentators being cheerleaders for foreign football hooligans. This whole Zionist supporting malarkey is crazy stuff.

His detention without trial period has been extended after Israel played nasty games with him around possible release with the other hostages.

https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/israeli-court-extends-administrative-detention-dr-hussam-abu-safiya-six-months

Same sh1t just different X/Y coordinates

https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-israel--launches-two-waves-of-brutal-strikes-on-east--south

Spain and Spaniards should be proud of their support for Palestine.

Tens of thousands of people across Spain took to the streets on Wednesday, as part of a nationwide general strike in solidarity with Palestine and in protest against Israel's war on Gaza.

The strike, backed by trade unions and pro-Palestine groups, saw major demonstrations in Barcelona, Madrid, Seville, Valencia, and Bilbao.

In Valencia, hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the Roig Arena, where Valencia Basket was playing the Israeli team Hapoel Tel Aviv behind closed doors for security reasons.

Protesters chanted "Where are the sanctions on Israel?" and "Gaza is bleeding, Europe is watching!" as police clashed with crowds trying to block traffic. Officers used tear gas, leading to five arrests and four injuries, including three police officers.

No one is forgetting the genocide.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251016-hague-initiative-affirms-support-for-icc-and-victims-of-gaza-genocide/

A Jewish professor at Cornell University who had a dispute with an Israeli student has been forced to resign. The dispute centred around the student’s behaviour in a course on Gaza, including his possible recording of other students.He also secretly recorded Professor Cheyfitz when he was asked to drop the course. Incredibly, this student alleged he was a former member of Israel’s spy agency, Unit 8200!

Cheyfitz acknowledged that he had asked the graduate student to quit the course in a conversation in late January but denied it had anything to do with the student’s Israeli identity. The graduate student recorded that exchange and used it as evidence in a discrimination complaint. Cheyfitz said he had not been told that he was being recorded.

The graduate student, Oren Renard, a PhD candidate in computer science whose identity was confirmed by other students in the class, once served in Unit 8200, the Israeli military’s equivalent to America’s National Security Agency, according to an archived copy of his LinkedIn profile. (He has since removed the references to the unit from his profile.) Luna Droubi, Cheyfitz’s lawyer, said that Cheyfitz was acting to protect others in the class who had come to him with concerns that Renard appeared to be surreptitiously recording them during discussions, possibly to “gather their names and comments” and intimidate them. Cheyfitz also claimed that Renard often came to class unprepared and argumentative.

Over the course of the spring semester, Professor Cheyfitz taught us about Indigenous sovereignty and led us in discussions on comparative histories of settler colonialism. We analyzed Palestinian poetry and understood U.N. definitions of genocide. The approximately 13-person seminar was held in a small meeting room on the top floor of Caldwell Hall, home to the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program.

For a few classes, we were joined by Computer Science PhD student Oren Renard. While every other member of the class demonstrated a shared commitment to being part of an academic community of questions and dialogue, it was immediately clear that Oren had come to disrupt. In one instance, while we were engaged in a discussion about the Geneva Convention on Genocide, he began an abrupt and irrelevant tirade unequivocally justifying Israel’s bombing of Gaza. With his interjections, it was obvious that Renard did not join the class to engage in discussions about the reading material or have good-faith conversations about indigeneity and genocide. Renard's participation in the course led only to tension and stood in the way of other students' ability to participate in class conversations freely and without judgement.

Many of us were particularly disturbed by these incidents and approached Professor Cheyfitz with fears that we were being recorded with the intention of doxxing us later. Renard‘s actions even led a Palestinian student to drop the class — because they felt that Prof. Cheyfitz was actually being too tolerant in his interactions with Renard, allowing his disruptions to take up excessive class time.

Stiff competition with yer wan who couldn't outlast a lettuce but I'd imagine facilitating and supporting a genocide could give him an edge....

How would this bother the right wing English ethno-nationalist brigade though? They boo every visiting team's national anthem at Wembley : since when are they in love with foreign football fans?

Absolutely. If it weren’t for the “Muslim mob”, CSKA Moscow would be playing in England.

could it be that a large proportion of the clubs are English or whatever country you like don’t like what Israel is doing!