Israel, Palestine & the Levant rolling events: Oct 23 on

That summation is fine enough for me. And one of many children locked up and forgotten about till today.

Remi Kanazi
@Remroum
What a "pause" looks like for Palestinians:

~Palestinians shot at when returning home to the North, injuring dozens

~Israel fires teargas at prisoners set to be released at Ofer prison

~Israel storms the home of a Palestinian set to be released, harassing their family

it does sound like she tried to stab some people to death. I'm not sure what the trial was like or what proof was shown though.

Right.

The WaPo story was the one I found the most tragic/sad. She allegedly stabbed or attempted to stab a solider, was in turn shot by the police during her arrest, then an Israeli solider (whose father was recently killed by stone throwing Palestinians) rushed to apply first aid, saving her life. Circle of violence.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/10/16/her-dad-was-killed-by-palestinian-stone-throwers-weeks-later-she-saved-a-suspected-stabbers-life/

Soldiers, border guards and cops in occupied lands are fair game IMO.

rasha abdulhadi
@rashaabdulhadi
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As we watch 150 of more than 10,000 kidnapped Palestinian hostages be released:

Remember that Palestinians can be taken by the settler apartheid state for no reason or any reason, can be held without charge or "trial" for any amount of time, & no "international law" intervenes

An Israeli soldier from the Combat Engineering Corps dedicates to his daughter on her birthday by detonating an entire building in Gaza shortly before the commencement of the ceasefire.#GazaGenocide pic.twitter.com/J76wjK9jlL

— Hani Siliman Salamah 🇵🇸 (@HaniSiliman) November 25, 2023

Pelham
@Resist_05
Israel makes those imprisoned serve their full sentence in prison even if they’re dead…

142 Palestinians that have died in prison (mostly children) are kept in refrigerators as a form of collective punishment and psychological torture against their families

wtf!!

Come on, what even is that claim

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/israel-postmortem-detention/

Thank you, wasn’t taking the word of a random Twitter account

i had similar reaction, did similar search, and found the same nation article. that shit is monstrous.

At what point does Israel become the US's worst ally? Like, Saudi Arabia's still on top, right? But how long can that last?

That tweet has a video from an Al Jazeera interview.

Hard to guess that without a link to the tweet!

Yeah I think it’s okay for us to post links here they can be useful.

Should've just said that a video was posted. Forgot on that occasion.

This is a thread. And the bombing will begin again soon.

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corey robin
@CoreyRobin
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1/ "Israel’s assault is different. Experts say that even a conservative reading of the casualty figures reported from Gaza show that the pace of death during Israel’s campaign has few precedents in this century.

"The Israelis have released 117 Palestinians in the last 3 days & in that same time they've detained 116 new Palestinian prisoners.. across the occupied West Bank" pic.twitter.com/QiJfMFNrtR

— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) November 27, 2023

Here’s a personal story about Palestinian child prisoners:

- In 2012, I was arrested in Hebron while participating in a march to open Shuhada street, which was a main market street for Palestinians until the Israeli military shut it down, and made it for Israeli settlers only.…

— Fadi Quran (@fadiquran) November 26, 2023

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/28/israeli-military-had-warning-of-hamas-training-for-attack-reports-say

so the leak points at the attack being meticulously planned rather than them being surprised at the lax security and killing more/taking far more hostages that they expected was possible.

Rohan Talbot
@rohantalbot
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Incredibly, Shifa Hospital has reportedly been able to restart dialysis services today for patients needing it in the north

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/28/israeli-military-had-warning-of-hamas-training-for-attack-reports-say

― Tom D has a right to defend himself (Tom D.), Tuesday, November 28, 2023 9:24 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

so the leak points at the attack being meticulously planned rather than them being surprised at the lax security and killing more/taking far more hostages that they expected was possible.

― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Tuesday, November 28, 2023 9:48 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

Everything I've seen from the outset suggests the attack was meticulously planned for a long time. It's possible that both things are true, i.e. it was both meticulously planned and even more devastating than Hamas expected and they were able to take more hostages than expected. I also don't think "warning" means Israel knew with any certainty that an attack was imminent, and there were circumstances particular to the timing of the attack that meant security was even more lax than normal due to the holiday and the movement of extra troops to the West Bank.

I think pretty much everyone in Israel agrees that Bibi's govt was at a minimum grossly negligent, and some feel that he was extra careless because the people in the area attacked are mostly center-liberal to left and not Likkud voters.

Mariam Barghouti مريم البرغوثي
@MariamBarghouti
🚨large scale invasion of Jenin, north of the West Bank (11:00 local. At least 1,000 Israeli soldiers on the invasion and 120 armored vehicles (which is a parade of military power around 480 meters long)

🏥hospitals are being besieged and it’s premises taken over by Israeli forces.
🏥 ambulances being searched by the Israeli army and obstructed according to the Red Crescent.

Two days ago four Palestinians were killed in Jenin. The week before that, on November 17th there was a large scale invasion that killed three Palestinian men, but also left the refugee camp of Jenin destroyed.

- since last year at least 4 massacres happened in Jenin refugee camp. Beyond that, extrajudicial assassination of Palestinians suspect of confrontation with arms has been a constant occurrence. Often these assassination missions were also tasked with killing as many civilians and minors as possible, these constituted most of the killings in Jenin.

Right now, as the world stayed silent across every massacre and invasion of Jenin, 1000 soldiers are attacking the small camp.

The Israeli army cannot get enough of hospitals. Really love to fuck them up.

I can't remember if this has already been noted, but Israel has arrested nearly as many Palestinians as they've released over the past four days: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/28/arrests

Noted it in a tweet above. It's horrendous

Utterly depressing and yet necessary reading:

https://www.972mag.com/mass-assassination-factory-israel-calculated-bombing-gaza/

It's hard not to find allegory in this story. Hamas terrorists shot and killed three civilians (a pregnant woman and two elderly men) at a bus stop in Jerusalem. An armed Israeli civilian helped to stop the attack from going further. An extremist settler IDF member outright executed him after he had dropped his gun and put his hands up, presumably thinking he was one of the Hamas shooters.

https://x.com/BenzionSanders/status/1730489255816839608?s=20

https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/12/01/birth-and-death-intertwined-gaza-strip

"On November 9, Israeli airstrikes hit Al-Nasr Medical Center in Gaza City, cutting off the neonatal intensive care unit’s oxygen supply. The attack forced staff to evacuate the next day, leaving babies that could not be transported alone in intensive care, according to Doctors Without Borders. On November 28 during the ceasefire, doctors were able to return and found five babies dead."

I just noticed Mehdi Hasan's show has been cancelled by MSNBC.

In a note to staff quoted by the publication The Hill, MSNBC President Rashida Jones said the reshuffle aims to “better position” the network as it heads into the 2024 US elections. MSNBC did not immediately respond to Al Jazeera’s request for comment.

bullshit, in other words

Rami Jarrah
@RamiJarrah
BREAKING:

Professor Sufian Tayeh, who headed the largest university in #Gaza, killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Jabalia refugee camp.

He was ranked among the top 2% of researchers globally & was appointed UNESCO chair for Physical & Astrophysical sciences in Palestine.

Destruction that befell Hamad Town in Khan Yunis after a series of raids launched by IAF pic.twitter.com/1NbP1NEa81

— ‏تمار 🌴 Тама́р 🌴 תמר (@tamars) December 3, 2023

MSNBC President Rashida Jones

every time I see this I'm thrown for a loop

Those dinner table conversations with Ezra Koenig must be a riout.

I saw that the day after I found out that the SAG-AFTRA President is Fran Drescher, so for a second....

I was just about to post a "TIL" comment.

If civil structures are destroyed then I don't expect a civil response.

Israel has demolished the Palace of Justice in Gaza City.

This is a war not against Hamas, but against all Palestinian civil institutions.pic.twitter.com/RAzo2SW93N

— Séamus Malekafzali (@Seamus_Malek) December 4, 2023

You know how Israel destroyed the Al Shifa & Indonesian hospitals? It looks like they are now doing the same to Kamal Adwan hospital.

As Hani Mahmoud asks, "is the Israeli military at war with Palestinian hospitals?" pic.twitter.com/D92dfv4vqv

— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) December 5, 2023

https://archive.is/LXuQG

"Far-right activists are slated to march on the Temple Mount on Thursday evening to demand an end to control by the Waqf, the Islamic endowment which administers the site holy site and has traditionally expressed strong opposition to any Jewish religious expression there.

The mount is home of the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the location of the Jewish temples in antiquity.

The demonstration, which will coincide with the first night of Hanukkah, is being billed as the Maccabi March—a nod to the Hasmonean revolt against the Seleucids and the Hellenized Jewish elite in ancient Judea, culminating in the rededication of the Holy Temple."

Dr. Mustafa Elmasri
@Gaza_Psych
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Judging from the current conditions, scarce food, and relentless Z attacks, the likelihood of physical survival in this genocide seems increasingly
I'm thankful for staying true to my faith and ethics. My trainees and students will cherish my memory

From CNN:

West Bank
CNN
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A video reviewed by CNN Tuesday shows a man in military fatigues shooting and wounding a mentally disabled Palestinian near the occupied West Bank city of Hebron.

Tarek Abu Abed, known to friends and family as “Ghazzawi,” was on his way home Tuesday when he was stopped by three men in military fatigues and asked for identification, Tarek’s brother Diaa Abu Abed told CNN by telephone on Tuesday.

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Amazing what a lot of Western media are reporting on.

Video this MIT neuroscientist speaks about is on the tweet. I just wanted to paste the full text by him here.

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@AjAqrabawi
I’ve seen this
@MIT
student on Jake Tappers show
@CNN
. Here she’s speaking to the house GOP and was kind enough to give me a personal shout out. I never thought my speech would make it so far, thank you for amplifying my statements (~1:28 mark)!

Weird, why am I never invited to share my experience as a Palestinian with the establishment? Why does she feel that her safety and comfort should take priority over mine?

She claims Jewish students feel the need to hide their perspectives, yet the Zionists among them have not been shy in their incessant emails to admin, trying to get me fired for speaking my own. She doesn’t seem very intimidated complaining about me and the CAA to the US congress.

It’s incredible how frustrated Zionists get when their perceived supremacy is challenged by the tolerance of Palestinian voices on campus.

Would it help these students feel less alone if I shared the hundreds of hate messages & threats I’ve received since Oct. 7? Perhaps invite me to speak with them directly in a formal setting, maybe then they might understand that I also just want to do science in peace?

Anyway, I don’t know who this is and I’m not too interested either. I just wanted to point out the clear double standards, and express my admiration towards MIT for remaining principled thus far; truly exercising equity and inclusivity. I honestly wasn’t expecting it.

(should have been on the other thread; let the chaos continue)

I never supported the war, but Israel has lost its mind. Unhinged destruction and death. No clear, viable goal. I don't know how anyone can stand it. pic.twitter.com/dNTABWQ7Ps

— Sheera Talpaz (@snarkademic) December 5, 2023

Not heard enough about this action.

Hanine Hassan حنين
@Hanine09
Israeli forces are flooding Gaza with seawater, under the pretext of destroying the tunnels. This will result in the long-term destruction of groundwater & aquifers, rendering agriculture & drinking water impossible, eliminating life for decades. This is a crime against humanity