Of all the biased statements made by US President Joe Biden, the one where he suggested that Palestinians are lying about counting their own dead was perhaps the most inhumane.
Washington may not realize this yet, but the repercussions of its unconditional support for Israel will prove to be disastrous in the future, especially in a region that is fed up with war, hegemony, double standards, sectarian divisions and endless conflict.
But the greatest impact will be felt in Israel itself.
When Palestinian Ambassador to the UN, Riyad Mansour, gave a powerfully emotional speech on October 26, he could not hold back tears. International delegations at the UN General Assembly clapped non-stop, reflecting the growing support for Palestine, not only at the UN, but in hundreds of cities and towns, and in countless street corners around the world.
When the Israeli Ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, who had spearheaded much of the lies communicated by Tel Aviv, especially in the early days of the war, delivered his talk, not a single person clapped.
The Israeli narrative had clearly crumbled, crashing to a thousand pieces. Indeed, Israel has never been so isolated. This is definitely not the âNew Middle Eastâ that Netanyahu had prophesied in his UNGA talk on September 22.
Unable to fathom how the initial sympathy with Israel quickly turned into outright disdain, Israel resorted to old tactics.
On October 25, Erdan demanded the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to resign for being âunfit to lead the UNâ. Guterresâ supposedly unforgivable crime is suggesting that âthe attacks by Hamas did not happen in a vacuumâ.
As far as Israel and its American benefactors are concerned, no context is allowed to taint the perfect image that Israel has created for its genocide in Gaza. In this perfect Israeli world, no one is allowed to speak of military occupation, of siege, of the lack of political prospect, of the absence of a just peace for Palestinians. [...]
Israel is no longer all-powerful, as it wants us to believe. Recent events have proven that Israelâs âinvincible armyâ â a brand that allowed Israel to become, as of 2022, the worldâs tenth-largest international military exporter â turned out to be a paper tiger.
This is what is infuriating Israel the most. âMuslims are not afraid of us anymore,â said former Knesset member, Moshe Feiglin, in an interview with Arutz Sheva-Israel National News. To restore this fear, the Israeli extremist politician has called for burning âGaza to ashes immediatelyâ. [...]
The discussion should now return to where it should have always been â the priorities of the oppressed not the oppressor.
It is time that we speak about Palestinian rights, Palestinian security and the Palestinian peopleâs right, in fact obligation, to defend themselves.
It is time for us to speak about justice â real justice â the outcome of which is non-negotiable: equality, full political rights, freedom and the right of return.
Gaza has told us all of this, and much more. And it is time for us to listen.
Justice is Non-Negotiable: Why Israel Cannot Destroy Palestinian Resistance
the fact is, israel now definitely realises that no one believes its bullshit anymore, especially seeing the mass movement and huge shift in narrative in response to its ongoing war against Gaza. this tells israel that the mask is now completely off and the masses no longer believe its claims of being the victim and whatever the hell else.
this explains why the scale of violence has been so overwhelming in recent weeks, considering there is nothing for israel to justify anymore and no pretences to keep up for those who used to fall for them.
there is also the sense of embarrassment; a whole military apparatus with billions in annual aid still could not break a besieged, starved enclave (it never will). we have been hearing about ground invasion this, ground invasion that and we have yet to see anything tangible.
again, the public for the most part has now seen who israel really is; a genocidal, terrorist state, and israel knows there's no turning back from this so it ramped up the violence to cause as much damage as possible before it is forced to halt its current acceleration of the ongoing genocide.
U.S. officials are literally telling israel to "pause" so that people can ease up a little and be lulled back into complacency. always remember this and let's keep doing what we're doing because the tides have really turned.
Bisan just posted four videos on Instagram and is saying that they might be the last updates from Gaza since the Israeli army destroyed any way that could have been used to generate electricity including solar panels
bakeries were threatened that if they opened that they would be bombed. they ran out of petroleum and wheat and once they obtained some stock, they were bombed. no clean water to drink for four days now. water that can be obtained is not clean or drinkable. Israeli army dropped more phosphorus bombs and gas went all over Gaza. Bisan said her eyes, nose and mouth are burning and she has a headache. people are coughing and trying to find ways to cover themselves from breathing it in. paper notices were dropped telling people in Gaza that they have to evacuate and it's their last chance to go south, walking without using any vehicle. she said it's planned and all elements of genocide. this is awful
she said that even if they survive the white phosphorus, the bombing, that there is no food or clean water to drink and the only water they have is salt water from the sea. that they're trying to kill people with hunger and thirst and making them sick. from the beginning of the war they ate once a day but that's no longer the case. there are no products, no food, no aid, there's nothing. people are dying from hunger and there is zero aid that enters through
To be clear, we have only been able to get this news because these workers just got deported to Gaza on Nov 3 after weeks of being rounded up, imprisoned, and tortured after Oct 7. They arrived back with severe bruises, injuries, and the numbered tags pictured above. Their personal belongings including money and cellphones were also confiscated and never returned. The injured workers were forced to return to Gaza on foot and at least one returned in a body bag.
Despite there being over 18,000 permits issued to Gazan workers at the time, it is unclear how many were present on the day of the attacks, and only around 10,000 workers have been released. Israeli human rights groups are describing a total blackout surrounding the information on detained Palestinians. Israeli officials revealed, on the condition of anonymity, that there were no indications at this point that the workers had any role assisting Hamas in its onslaught.
In what human rights groups call âa prohibited act of vengeance,â Israel has stripped Gazan workers of their legal status, detaining many wi
Here's an article about it from last week. I've found this source to be extremely credible.
On October 11th, four days after Hamasâs attack and Israelâs declaration of war, thousands of Gazan workers logged on to the blue-and-white-colored defense ministry app Al Munaseq (âthe coordinatorâ) to find that Israeli authorities had revoked their work permits, stripping them of their legal status. The change meant that these workers could no longer remain in Israel, but they also could not return home to Gaza, which Israel had placed under a hermetic siege and constant bombardment. âOur situation is very difficult right now,â Saleh, a Gazan who usually works in Jaffa, told Jewish Currents, using a pseudonym for fear of further retaliation.
The permit revocation was ordered by the Coordinator of Government Activity in the Territories (COGAT), the Israeli body in charge of Palestinian civilian affairs, and came without any explanation or instruction. And just hours after the permits were revoked, Israeli authorities began detaining the now-illegal workers. By October 17th, 4,000 workers had been detained without trial to check if they âhelped Hamas in planning the massacre, â according to Israelâs Channel 12. Jessica Montell, the executive director of Israeli human rights organization HaMoked, told Jewish Currents that the arrest campaign is âunprecedented in both scope and lack of transparency,â noting that âovernight, thousands of people who had Israeli work permits became illegal aliens and have been rounded up.â Each of these moves is illegal under international law and a âprohibited act of vengeance against the workers,â according to a letter five Israeli human rights organizations sent to Israelâs defense minister, attorney general, and head of COGAT on October 12th.
Since the initial post (1:47pm PST), the ship has again undocked (3:04pm PST) and is headed to the Port of Tacoma in Washington! Those in the SEA-TAC area should plan for the ship's arrival!
Only Zionists would celebrate the genocide of over 8000 Palestinians, calling it a win, then turn around and call Palestinians "barbaric"
Only Zionists would kill a Palestinian child every 10 minutes in Gaza, then turn around and call Palestinians "baby killers"
Only Zionists would bomb 12 hospitals in three weeks, then turn around and call the patients inside these hospitals "war criminals"
Only Zionist rabbis would give the green light to bomb more hospitals under Jewish law, then turn around and call Palestinians "religious fanatics"
Only Zionists would use weapons that violate international law on residential areas, then turn around and call the residents of these areas "terrorists"
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My friend who wished to remain anonymous translated this video and asked me to share it on her behalf:
We can't take it anymore. We are living as victims here, martyrs with the difference of times (when we are murdered), we are murdered one after another.
And no one looks at us, no one witnesses the magnitude of the catastrophe of the genocide we are living in gaza.
No protection. No international protection of any sort. No immunity against anything. These vests do not protect us, these helmets do not protect us. It is just a couple of slogans that we wear, it does not offer any protection for any reporter. These helmets and these vests do not protect us. We just wear it as slogans.
We are victims here. Victims being aired live, we lose our lives one after another without any price in return. We live as martyrs living on borrowed time, each waiting our turn to get murdered."
Our colleague, Mohammed was here only half an hour ago. And now he has departed us and he lies here dead with his wife and his child and his brother, along with a lot of his family who are also victims here inside this hospital.
They haven't even showed the worst videos showing the torture of Palestinians by israeli soldiers, they're horrifying and ugly. I can't comprehend how clips like these are trending and allowed on the same websites that prohibt any content about th horrors in gaza.
Quick reminder that Israel has deprived Gaza of electricity and internet. I read that they only get about 3 hours of electricity a day.
Meaning that extremely few people and only the most tenacious of reporters know whatâs happening over there these days. Donât stop talking about Palestine.
âIâve never seen anything like it,â said Josh Paul, a former top State Department official.
In a highly unusual move, the White House has requested for it to be able to conduct arms deals with Israel in complete secrecy, without oversight from Congress or the public â in a time when the U.S. is supporting a military that experts say has been committing war crimes in Gaza and beyond.
The White House made the request within a $106 billion supplemental defense funding request sent on October 20. As reported by In These Times, the White House is asking for up to $3.5 billion in military funding for Israel to be able to purchase weapons and other equipment, from sources like the U.S. military or U.S. defense contractors, without the spending having to be approved by or even disclosed to Congress.[...]
The request comes as the Biden administration has sought to crush dissent on its support of Israel, even within its own ranks. A new report by HuffPost published Thursday found that Biden officials are sidelining work within the State Department on the atrocities that Israel is committing in Gaza, seeking to seemingly cover up the issue and disallow employees from speaking up against the genocide.
Citing Paul and five workers within the agency, the outlet reports that State Department staff have been told by higher ups that they are not going to be able to move the needle on the executive branchâs approach to Israel, no matter their credentials or the horrific things they report coming out of Gaza.
people are being fired (or resigning after their bosses threaten to fire them) from their jobs, students are getting doxxed, journalists are getting taken off the air, stories are getting killed by higher ups even at leftist publications⊠is this the democracy the US wants to (violently) impose on the world?
I barely even spoke english when the war on iraq happened and I was too young to pay attention to my own countryâs politics, let alone anotherâs, but if what Iâve learned of it is any indication, this is just the first in a wave of efforts to suppress dissenters and criminalize anti-war advocates. the level of state surveillance that exists now is beyond what anyone couldâve even imagined in the early 2000s, now is the time to be fucking scared do something about it
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