Israel/Palestine Thread

I know you know me at this stage and that I'm not having a go at you, this is just for the benefits of others. That language is unbelievable, "civilian harm" doesn't even begin to describe the level of depravity the IDF engaged in. Like I said in an earlier post, I would urge everyone - particularly the gleeful apologists for all of this - to watch The Voice of Hind Rajab.

Non-stop aggression by Israel (every few hours another action by Israel aimed at supporting ethnic cleansing).

https://english.pnn.ps/

https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/LastNews

UK police approve static al-Quds commemoration.

UK police approved an annual demonstration to commemorate Quds Day on Sunday in London, amid tight security measures and strict warnings against displaying certain pro-Palestinian slogans.

The approval comes as the UK Supreme Court prepares to rule on an application filed by the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) seeking a judicial review of the Home Office’s decision to ban the annual march.

The IHRC, the march organisers, said that Sunday’s demonstration will be a static protest and will take place as a "challenge" to the government’s decision to ban the annual event that has been held since 1979.

I am going to The Stunning concert in Glasgow on Tuesday evening, they are fantastic live and I have seen them live dozens of times since I was a student in Waterford in the late 1980s. Anyhow, I feel this needs more recognition

Polls suggest otherwise.

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-889843

Like I've said over and over, anyone who'll try to defend this needs help.

I posted this first by mistake in the Iran/Israel war thread.

Interesting short story by a displaced woman in Gaza.

https://everythingispolitical.com/readings/a-trail-of-soap

I twisted the faucet handle back and forth—a futile hope for even a thin thread of water. Not a single drop came.

My body sagged under the weight of rage, disappointment, fury, and a storm of unanswerable questions. I rushed through the crowded corridor of angry women, out into the street. I couldn’t hold back tears.

I wept, cursing myself and the occupation and Gaza and her sea— the sea I love with a weary, lonely love, just as I’ve always loved everything in this patch of earth.

What's the excuse for obstructing the ambulances? They always have an excuse- or they decline to comment if they can't think of one.

Remember when the BBC asked them what was the military objective in destroying so much of the Agricultural land in Gaza, the IDF declined to comment.

The BBC has broken the law by failing to give a "substantive response" to a freedom of information request on calls that took place between its most senior figures and the Israeli Embassy, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has found.

The ICO, which is the UK's independent regulator for data protection, found the BBC had failed to respond adequately to a freedom of information request from a civil servant and within the 20 working days set out by law.

According to Novara Media, which saw the decision ahead of publication, the BBC was found to be in breach of section 10 of the Freedom of Information Act.

This cartoon very well reflects the conflicts in this land.

Unfortunately AIPAC aligned Democrats won primaries in Illinois yesterday. AIPAC played down their role until afterwards. Issues unrelated to Israel were used instead in the primary. Progressive vote splitting also a factor.

The Humanist Report has a report in it below as does MS.Now from 4 days ago.