#oatmealquotes — Public Fediverse posts
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Quoting Sergey Brin: "The use of the term genocide in the context of Gaza is very offensive to Jews, I would not rely on an anti-Semitic organization like the UN."
One might argue that companies profiting from genocide may react defensively... #ProjectNimbus is a $1.2 billion cloud and #AI contract between #Google, #Amazon, and #Israel that has been criticized internationally for enabling Israel's war on #Gaza, including surveillance and AI-driven tactics that contribute to the ongoing #genocide.
Google is to Israel what #IBM was to #Germany in the 1930s—tech support. See https://kolektiva.social/@oatmeal/114715091687865234
@palestine
@israel
#Google #GenocideDenialism
#GazaGenocide #ProjectNimbus
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Quoting Sergey Brin: "The use of the term genocide in the context of Gaza is very offensive to Jews, I would not rely on an anti-Semitic organization like the UN."
One might argue that companies profiting from genocide may react defensively... #ProjectNimbus is a $1.2 billion cloud and #AI contract between #Google, #Amazon, and #Israel that has been criticized internationally for enabling Israel's war on #Gaza, including surveillance and AI-driven tactics that contribute to the ongoing #genocide.
Google is to Israel what #IBM was to #Germany in the 1930s—tech support. See https://kolektiva.social/@oatmeal/114715091687865234
@palestine
@israel
#Google #GenocideDenialism
#GazaGenocide #ProjectNimbus
#OatmealQuotes -
Quoting Iris Hefetz:
As part of the “new chapter” in its history, #Germany has become a kind of #Jewish shtetl. Descendants of #Nazis adopt Jewish symbols, worship #Zionism and persecute Jews who criticize Israel – in the name of fighting #antisemitism, of course.
Hefetz describes how Germany has undergone what she calls “convertion to Zionism,” that is the transformion of descendants of Nazis into “the new Jews.” But she starts with a joke she heard from a Jewish child in #Berlin:
“What’s the difference between Jews and Muslims? The Jews are already past that.”
Muslims have become the new target for traditional German racism and intolerance. She contrasts today’s Germany with the country she found 23 years ago:
“Germany 23 years ago was truly a different Germany. It was still an anti-militaristic and anti-nationalist society and state, which respected its constitution and international law to some extent, where a million people marched against the horrific and internationally illegal war by the US in Iraq, which Germany refused to participate in.”
She traces this transformation back to Germany’s first chancellor, Konrad Adenauer, who stated: “We caused the Jews such great injustice, we committed such terrible crimes against them, that there was a need to atone for them or repair them to some extent, if we wanted to regain honor among the nations of the world.” However, Adenauer’s antisemitic reasoning was revealed when he added: “The power of the Jews – even today, especially in America – should not be underestimated. Therefore, I consciously and carefully invested my entire being, to the best of my ability, to bring about reconciliation between the German people and the Jewish people.”
Hefetz says that Germans have now collectively “converted to Zionism” without the need for actual conversion:
“An entire wing of the German ‘left’ consists of men who ‘engaged in identity searching’ and found it in the form of Israel. They sound as if Noa Tishby is speaking from their throats, wrapping themselves in Israeli flags and IDF flags, going to see folk dance performances celebrating diplomatic relations between the states, and saving Jews from ‘antisemitism.’”
She explains that “according to data published in the Israeli magazine in Berlin, ‘Spitz,’ in an article later removed, more than half of the complaints about antisemitic incidents in Germany are by German Christians with Nazi grandparents, who are attacked by Jews demonstrating against Israel, for example.” The irony, she notes, is that “descendants and great-grandchildren of Nazis are very sensitive to ‘antisemitic attacks against them,’ especially if they come from Jews and Israelis.”
Hefetz describes Germany’s creation of an artificial Jewish identity: “Germany has become a kind of Jewish shtetl. There is no place in the world where you can hear more #klezmer music (traditional Eastern European Jewish music) , adapted to the German ear. The popular names in recent decades in Germany are Hebrew Jewish names.” She explains how “the German state began funding Reform conversion of Christians to Judaism, and recreated the destroyed German liberal Judaism, a ‘new Judaism’ that is of course more desirable than the ultra-Orthodox, who are ‘Ostjuden.’”
Note: The original derogatory term #Mizrahim as used by Ashkenazi Jews, referred to Jews of Eastern European heritage. In #Israel this term was then repurposed to describe Arab Jews, mostly, as part of what Aziza Khazzoom described as de-orinetalization of the largest Jewish diaspora, see “How the Polish Peddler Became a German Intellectual” https://www.sup.org/books/sociology/shifting-ethnic-boundaries-and-inequality-israel
Hefetz details how this “Israelization” serves #Germany’s return to #militarism:
“Identification with Israel helps Germany return to being a militaristic state: it helps break the taboo of nationalism; it helps rehabilitate the image of the German man, who in the years after the war tried to be ‘non-German’ by emphasizing soft qualities, non-authoritarian education for children.”
She quotes recent statements by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who said Israel “does the dirty work for us” regarding attacks on Iran, while a security expert from his party stated “we are also ready to die for Israel.” She notes the antisemitic nature of these statements:
“These antisemitic statements about Jews doing Germany’s ‘dirty work’ are not new, and the reference to killing civilians as ‘dirty work’ recalls Himmler’s Poznan speech, or what Rudolf Hess said at the Nuremberg trials.”
She concludes that “Germany is making a comeback” through authoritarian measures disguised as fighting antisemitism, while “Germany supplies Israel with at least a third of the weapons for the genocide in Gaza.” Despite this official support, Hefetz notes that “there is an absolute majority in the German public that consistently opposes supplying weapons to Israel; and with all the pro-Israeli propaganda and Israeli flags flying over every government office in Germany, 73% think what Israel is doing in Gaza is genocide.“
Photo: Iris Hefetz arrested during a pro-Palestinian protest (screenshot)
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Quoting Iris Hefetz:
As part of the “new chapter” in its history, #Germany has become a kind of #Jewish shtetl. Descendants of #Nazis adopt Jewish symbols, worship #Zionism and persecute Jews who criticize Israel – in the name of fighting #antisemitism, of course.
Hefetz describes how Germany has undergone what she calls “convertion to Zionism,” that is the transformion of descendants of Nazis into “the new Jews.” But she starts with a joke she heard from a Jewish child in #Berlin:
“What’s the difference between Jews and Muslims? The Jews are already past that.”
Muslims have become the new target for traditional German racism and intolerance. She contrasts today’s Germany with the country she found 23 years ago:
“Germany 23 years ago was truly a different Germany. It was still an anti-militaristic and anti-nationalist society and state, which respected its constitution and international law to some extent, where a million people marched against the horrific and internationally illegal war by the US in Iraq, which Germany refused to participate in.”
She traces this transformation back to Germany’s first chancellor, Konrad Adenauer, who stated: “We caused the Jews such great injustice, we committed such terrible crimes against them, that there was a need to atone for them or repair them to some extent, if we wanted to regain honor among the nations of the world.” However, Adenauer’s antisemitic reasoning was revealed when he added: “The power of the Jews – even today, especially in America – should not be underestimated. Therefore, I consciously and carefully invested my entire being, to the best of my ability, to bring about reconciliation between the German people and the Jewish people.”
Hefetz says that Germans have now collectively “converted to Zionism” without the need for actual conversion:
“An entire wing of the German ‘left’ consists of men who ‘engaged in identity searching’ and found it in the form of Israel. They sound as if Noa Tishby is speaking from their throats, wrapping themselves in Israeli flags and IDF flags, going to see folk dance performances celebrating diplomatic relations between the states, and saving Jews from ‘antisemitism.’”
She explains that “according to data published in the Israeli magazine in Berlin, ‘Spitz,’ in an article later removed, more than half of the complaints about antisemitic incidents in Germany are by German Christians with Nazi grandparents, who are attacked by Jews demonstrating against Israel, for example.” The irony, she notes, is that “descendants and great-grandchildren of Nazis are very sensitive to ‘antisemitic attacks against them,’ especially if they come from Jews and Israelis.”
Hefetz describes Germany’s creation of an artificial Jewish identity: “Germany has become a kind of Jewish shtetl. There is no place in the world where you can hear more #klezmer music (traditional Eastern European Jewish music) , adapted to the German ear. The popular names in recent decades in Germany are Hebrew Jewish names.” She explains how “the German state began funding Reform conversion of Christians to Judaism, and recreated the destroyed German liberal Judaism, a ‘new Judaism’ that is of course more desirable than the ultra-Orthodox, who are ‘Ostjuden.’”
Note: The original derogatory term #Mizrahim as used by Ashkenazi Jews, referred to Jews of Eastern European heritage. In #Israel this term was then repurposed to describe Arab Jews, mostly, as part of what Aziza Khazzoom described as de-orinetalization of the largest Jewish diaspora, see “How the Polish Peddler Became a German Intellectual” https://www.sup.org/books/sociology/shifting-ethnic-boundaries-and-inequality-israel
Hefetz details how this “Israelization” serves #Germany’s return to #militarism:
“Identification with Israel helps Germany return to being a militaristic state: it helps break the taboo of nationalism; it helps rehabilitate the image of the German man, who in the years after the war tried to be ‘non-German’ by emphasizing soft qualities, non-authoritarian education for children.”
She quotes recent statements by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who said Israel “does the dirty work for us” regarding attacks on Iran, while a security expert from his party stated “we are also ready to die for Israel.” She notes the antisemitic nature of these statements:
“These antisemitic statements about Jews doing Germany’s ‘dirty work’ are not new, and the reference to killing civilians as ‘dirty work’ recalls Himmler’s Poznan speech, or what Rudolf Hess said at the Nuremberg trials.”
She concludes that “Germany is making a comeback” through authoritarian measures disguised as fighting antisemitism, while “Germany supplies Israel with at least a third of the weapons for the genocide in Gaza.” Despite this official support, Hefetz notes that “there is an absolute majority in the German public that consistently opposes supplying weapons to Israel; and with all the pro-Israeli propaganda and Israeli flags flying over every government office in Germany, 73% think what Israel is doing in Gaza is genocide.“
Photo: Iris Hefetz arrested during a pro-Palestinian protest (screenshot)
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Quoting Jean-Pierre Filiu (Historian and professor at Sciences Po Paris) on Trump’s Christian Zionist allies who drive anti-Palestinian policy in Gaza
[…] “These messianic evangelicals are convinced that their salvation depends on the fulfillment of prophecies, which in their view means the establishment of a single Jewish state over what they consider to be the ‘Holy Land.’”
Trump has assembled the most anti-Palestinian administration in US history, dominated by Christian Zionists who view Israeli control over Palestinian territories through a messianic lens. Key figures include Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth, who supports destroying Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem for a Third Temple, and Ambassador Mike Huckabee, who denies Palestinian existence and supports West Bank annexation. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, meant to replace UN aid operations, has failed spectacularly with killings and chaos during distributions. These officials openly support Israeli recolonization of Gaza after expelling Palestinians, exposing the administration’s complete rejection of a two-state solution.
Read more on the evangelical Zionist connection here https://kolektiva.social/@oatmeal/114720446658448422
@palestine
@israel
#GazaGenocide #ChristianZionism #Palestine #Israel #Huckabee #Hegseth #GHF #twostatesolution #OatmealQuotes -
Quoting Jean-Pierre Filiu (Historian and professor at Sciences Po Paris) on Trump’s Christian Zionist allies who drive anti-Palestinian policy in Gaza
[…] “These messianic evangelicals are convinced that their salvation depends on the fulfillment of prophecies, which in their view means the establishment of a single Jewish state over what they consider to be the ‘Holy Land.’”
Trump has assembled the most anti-Palestinian administration in US history, dominated by Christian Zionists who view Israeli control over Palestinian territories through a messianic lens. Key figures include Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth, who supports destroying Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem for a Third Temple, and Ambassador Mike Huckabee, who denies Palestinian existence and supports West Bank annexation. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, meant to replace UN aid operations, has failed spectacularly with killings and chaos during distributions. These officials openly support Israeli recolonization of Gaza after expelling Palestinians, exposing the administration’s complete rejection of a two-state solution.
Read more on the evangelical Zionist connection here https://kolektiva.social/@oatmeal/114720446658448422
@palestine
@israel
#GazaGenocide #ChristianZionism #Palestine #Israel #Huckabee #Hegseth #GHF #twostatesolution #OatmealQuotes -
Quoting Michael Sfard, a lawyer specializing in human rights law and the laws of war, on why Israel's actions in #Gaza cannot be erased by a war with #Iran, and why attention must remain focused on Gaza:
Sfard says that many Israelis are caught up in nationalistic fervor, encouraged by media that amplifies pro-war voices. There's a danger that the government will exploit a potential conflict with Iran to intensify its actions in Gaza, possibly leading to further ethnic cleansing and mass killings. The destruction in Gaza is indefensible and potentially constitutes war crimes, with future generations bearing the burden of these actions.
[…] "No war with Iran will erase our crimes in Gaza. Over the weekend, a shocking article by Nir Hasson, Yarden Michaeli, and Avi Sharf was published here about the destruction of Gaza. Read it. Look at the aerial photographs. This is us, the Israeli people of the 21st century, erasing cities, destroying towns, crushing villages. There is no military explanation that can even come close to justifying this destruction, which from a legal standpoint is a clear crime. And that's before we talk about starvation and the use of humanitarian aid to carry out transfer. Generations of Israelis will have to live with the mark of Cain that we have branded ourselves with, in actions that in the worst case are crimes against humanity and war crimes, and in the even worse case accumulate to the suspicion of genocide."
Hebrew https://www.haaretz.co.il/opinions/2025-06-14/ty-article-opinion/.premium/00000197-6e97-d3ff-a7bf-6e9780320000 or https://archive.is/IqFvm
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Quoting Michael Sfard, a lawyer specializing in human rights law and the laws of war, on why Israel's actions in #Gaza cannot be erased by a war with #Iran, and why attention must remain focused on Gaza:
Sfard says that many Israelis are caught up in nationalistic fervor, encouraged by media that amplifies pro-war voices. There's a danger that the government will exploit a potential conflict with Iran to intensify its actions in Gaza, possibly leading to further ethnic cleansing and mass killings. The destruction in Gaza is indefensible and potentially constitutes war crimes, with future generations bearing the burden of these actions.
[…] "No war with Iran will erase our crimes in Gaza. Over the weekend, a shocking article by Nir Hasson, Yarden Michaeli, and Avi Sharf was published here about the destruction of Gaza. Read it. Look at the aerial photographs. This is us, the Israeli people of the 21st century, erasing cities, destroying towns, crushing villages. There is no military explanation that can even come close to justifying this destruction, which from a legal standpoint is a clear crime. And that's before we talk about starvation and the use of humanitarian aid to carry out transfer. Generations of Israelis will have to live with the mark of Cain that we have branded ourselves with, in actions that in the worst case are crimes against humanity and war crimes, and in the even worse case accumulate to the suspicion of genocide."
Hebrew https://www.haaretz.co.il/opinions/2025-06-14/ty-article-opinion/.premium/00000197-6e97-d3ff-a7bf-6e9780320000 or https://archive.is/IqFvm
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Quoting Bono: “Hamas release the hostages. Stop the war. Israel be released from Benjamin Netanyahu and far-right fundamentalists that twist your sacred texts. All of you protect our aid workers, they are the best of us.”
@palestine
@israel
#GazaGenocide #IsraelWarCrimes
#OatmealQuotes #Hamas #Netanjahu #U2 -
Quoting Bono: “Hamas release the hostages. Stop the war. Israel be released from Benjamin Netanyahu and far-right fundamentalists that twist your sacred texts. All of you protect our aid workers, they are the best of us.”
@palestine
@israel
#GazaGenocide #IsraelWarCrimes
#OatmealQuotes #Hamas #Netanjahu #U2 -
Quoting Ehud Barak on the Gaza genocide: “…”
I was hoping to hear something meaningful from Barak about the genocide in Gaza, or at least honest. Golan and Olmert showed it can be done, and the poison machine can be confronted. After all, in 1998, Ehud Barak honestly stated that if born Palestinian, he might have joined resistance organizations— a politically costly admission that acknowledged Palestinian motivations. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-mar-11-mn-27709-story
These days Barak merely calls for ending the war in #Gaza and releasing hostages, but frames his argument around Israeli strategic interests rather than Palestinian casualties, mentioning only a "humanitarian crisis" without directly addressing the genocide like Yair Golan in his "Israel kills babies as a hobby" comment, or even Olmert’s admission that the killings in Gaza being done “knowingly, intentionally, wickedly, maliciously, recklessly.”
Barak again repeats the argument that #Netanyahu must choose between far-right coalition partners and international leaders, proposing an inter-Arab transitional force for Gaza while warning that continued war will worsen Israel's diplomatic isolation. However, with Netanyahu facing war crimes allegations, political calculations and survival are hardly the central issue, nor is Israel's already damaged international image. The focus should be on raising urgent alarm and stopping the killing of more innocent civilians in Gaza.
Very disappointing.
https://www.haaretz.co.il/opinions/2025-05-23/ty-article-opinion/.premium/00000196-f862-d6d3-ab9e-fb7b28100000 or https://archive.is/gOEuL
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Quoting Ehud Barak on the Gaza genocide: “…”
I was hoping to hear something meaningful from Barak about the genocide in Gaza, or at least honest. Golan and Olmert showed it can be done, and the poison machine can be confronted. After all, in 1998, Ehud Barak honestly stated that if born Palestinian, he might have joined resistance organizations— a politically costly admission that acknowledged Palestinian motivations. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-mar-11-mn-27709-story
These days Barak merely calls for ending the war in #Gaza and releasing hostages, but frames his argument around Israeli strategic interests rather than Palestinian casualties, mentioning only a "humanitarian crisis" without directly addressing the genocide like Yair Golan in his "Israel kills babies as a hobby" comment, or even Olmert’s admission that the killings in Gaza being done “knowingly, intentionally, wickedly, maliciously, recklessly.”
Barak again repeats the argument that #Netanyahu must choose between far-right coalition partners and international leaders, proposing an inter-Arab transitional force for Gaza while warning that continued war will worsen Israel's diplomatic isolation. However, with Netanyahu facing war crimes allegations, political calculations and survival are hardly the central issue, nor is Israel's already damaged international image. The focus should be on raising urgent alarm and stopping the killing of more innocent civilians in Gaza.
Very disappointing.
https://www.haaretz.co.il/opinions/2025-05-23/ty-article-opinion/.premium/00000196-f862-d6d3-ab9e-fb7b28100000 or https://archive.is/gOEuL
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Quoting Historian Shai Hazkani and Tamir Sorek on how religious rights’ vision for Jewish supremacy and Palestinian elimination has gained mainstream acceptance in Israeli society:
Hazakani and Sorek analyzed Rabbi Yitzchak Ginzburg's sermon "Time to Crack the Nut," which outlined a plan to dismantle what he termed the four "shells" protecting Israeli democracy: media, legal system, government institutions, and the military's ethical constraints. Ginzburg, a #Chabad-trained rabbi who became influential among religious Zionist settlers, particularly the "hilltop youth" militia, advocated for the complete removal of Palestinians from historic Palestine.
Key survey findings from March 2025:
- 82% of Israeli Jews support forcibly expelling Gaza residents (up from 45% in 2003)
- 56% support forcibly expelling Palestinian citizens of Israel (up from 31% in 2003)
- 47% believe the Israeli military should kill all residents when conquering enemy cities, following the biblical precedent of Jericho
- 65% believe a contemporary Amalek exists, with 93% of those saying the biblical commandment to "blot out Amalek" applies today
There’s a particularly high support among younger Israelis, with 66% of those under 40 supporting expulsion of Palestinian citizens and 58% endorsing total elimination of enemy populations.
[…] Ginzburg's achievement is indeed the result of shattering the shells, even if the "crackers" weren't always his direct supporters. Hebrew media, the first shell, was always enlisted but maintained a veneer of professionalism. Recently, for the most part, it has abandoned even this pretense, and since the massacre in the Gaza envelope, many journalists have abandoned critical coverage, with some even joining the bellicose calls for revenge, expulsion, and extermination.
[…] The judiciary, which refused to openly declare Jewish supremacy in the Land of Israel and their right to expel, exterminate, or starve their enemies — while simultaneously playing a crucial role in preserving the occupation — was seen by Ginzburg as a stumbling block that "we must break... through mockery and 'contempt of court.'" It appears that the second shell has also undergone change, if it hasn't been completely removed already: about two months ago, Supreme Court Justice David Mintz rejected a petition by the organization "Gisha" to compel Israel to ensure humanitarian aid delivery to the Strip, ruling that this constitutes a "biblical commanded war," effectively authorizing the denial of food, water, and medicine to millions of Gazans. Mintz's ruling, a resident of the settlement Dolev, joined by Chief Justice Yitzhak Amit and Justice Noam Sohlberg from the settlement Alon Shvut, is already claiming lives.
[…] The education system, part of that same second shell, became a workplace where Jewish teachers promoting universal values risk dismissal (for Arab teachers, this danger was never foreign). Education researchers point to a sharp shift toward ethnocentric nationalism in curricula since the Second Intifada, and this process has led to high support for expulsion and extermination, particularly among those who completed their studies in the past 20 years. 66% of those 40 and under support expelling Arab citizens of Israel, and 58% want to see the IDF replicate Joshua's actions at Jericho. Generational gaps in political attitudes aren't unusual, but in Israel it has widened dramatically since the beginning of the 21st century.
[…] It seems there's little need to elaborate on the Knesset and government. Ginzburg himself demands that "the government — whether left or right — we must eliminate. We must bring it down, and when a new one arises, bring that down too, and so on — until establishing Torah rule in the land." The five election cycles held within three and a half years show that here too, Ginzburg can boast of considerable divine assistance.
The two scholars argue that October 7th provided the opportunity Ginzburg had long awaited to implement his vision. They trace how his ideology has penetrated Israeli institutions - from media abandoning critical coverage to Supreme Court Justice David Mintz recently ruling that denying humanitarian aid to Gaza constitutes a "biblical commanded war."
They conclude that without rejecting Jewish supremacy entirely and establishing genuine equality between the Jordan River and Mediterranean Sea, Israel will continue its trajectory toward what they describe as a "Spartan and ostracized society."
Hebrew https://www.haaretz.co.il/magazine/2025-05-22/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/00000196-f3a3-d6d3-ab9e-f3bbf6070000 or https://archive.is/yI4Dy
Shai Hazkani, a Professor of History and Jewish Studies at the University of Maryland, and Tamir Sorek, a Professor in the History Department at Penn State University, are both academic historians specializing in Israeli/Palestinian history. They have written extensively on the subject. Hazkani’s book, “Dear Palestine: A Social History of the 1948 War” (2024), and Sorek’s book, “The Optimist: A Social Biography of Tawfiq Zayyad ” (2023), are notable works in this field.
@histodons #histodons
@palestine
@israel
#GazaGenocide
#SettlerViolence #hilltopyouth #zionism
#OatmealQuotes #jewishsupremacy* Edit: publications actuall titles in English
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Quoting Historian Shai Hazkani and Tamir Sorek on how religious rights’ vision for Jewish supremacy and Palestinian elimination has gained mainstream acceptance in Israeli society:
Hazakani and Sorek analyzed Rabbi Yitzchak Ginzburg's sermon "Time to Crack the Nut," which outlined a plan to dismantle what he termed the four "shells" protecting Israeli democracy: media, legal system, government institutions, and the military's ethical constraints. Ginzburg, a #Chabad-trained rabbi who became influential among religious Zionist settlers, particularly the "hilltop youth" militia, advocated for the complete removal of Palestinians from historic Palestine.
Key survey findings from March 2025:
- 82% of Israeli Jews support forcibly expelling Gaza residents (up from 45% in 2003)
- 56% support forcibly expelling Palestinian citizens of Israel (up from 31% in 2003)
- 47% believe the Israeli military should kill all residents when conquering enemy cities, following the biblical precedent of Jericho
- 65% believe a contemporary Amalek exists, with 93% of those saying the biblical commandment to "blot out Amalek" applies today
There’s a particularly high support among younger Israelis, with 66% of those under 40 supporting expulsion of Palestinian citizens and 58% endorsing total elimination of enemy populations.
[…] Ginzburg's achievement is indeed the result of shattering the shells, even if the "crackers" weren't always his direct supporters. Hebrew media, the first shell, was always enlisted but maintained a veneer of professionalism. Recently, for the most part, it has abandoned even this pretense, and since the massacre in the Gaza envelope, many journalists have abandoned critical coverage, with some even joining the bellicose calls for revenge, expulsion, and extermination.
[…] The judiciary, which refused to openly declare Jewish supremacy in the Land of Israel and their right to expel, exterminate, or starve their enemies — while simultaneously playing a crucial role in preserving the occupation — was seen by Ginzburg as a stumbling block that "we must break... through mockery and 'contempt of court.'" It appears that the second shell has also undergone change, if it hasn't been completely removed already: about two months ago, Supreme Court Justice David Mintz rejected a petition by the organization "Gisha" to compel Israel to ensure humanitarian aid delivery to the Strip, ruling that this constitutes a "biblical commanded war," effectively authorizing the denial of food, water, and medicine to millions of Gazans. Mintz's ruling, a resident of the settlement Dolev, joined by Chief Justice Yitzhak Amit and Justice Noam Sohlberg from the settlement Alon Shvut, is already claiming lives.
[…] The education system, part of that same second shell, became a workplace where Jewish teachers promoting universal values risk dismissal (for Arab teachers, this danger was never foreign). Education researchers point to a sharp shift toward ethnocentric nationalism in curricula since the Second Intifada, and this process has led to high support for expulsion and extermination, particularly among those who completed their studies in the past 20 years. 66% of those 40 and under support expelling Arab citizens of Israel, and 58% want to see the IDF replicate Joshua's actions at Jericho. Generational gaps in political attitudes aren't unusual, but in Israel it has widened dramatically since the beginning of the 21st century.
[…] It seems there's little need to elaborate on the Knesset and government. Ginzburg himself demands that "the government — whether left or right — we must eliminate. We must bring it down, and when a new one arises, bring that down too, and so on — until establishing Torah rule in the land." The five election cycles held within three and a half years show that here too, Ginzburg can boast of considerable divine assistance.
The two scholars argue that October 7th provided the opportunity Ginzburg had long awaited to implement his vision. They trace how his ideology has penetrated Israeli institutions - from media abandoning critical coverage to Supreme Court Justice David Mintz recently ruling that denying humanitarian aid to Gaza constitutes a "biblical commanded war."
They conclude that without rejecting Jewish supremacy entirely and establishing genuine equality between the Jordan River and Mediterranean Sea, Israel will continue its trajectory toward what they describe as a "Spartan and ostracized society."
Hebrew https://www.haaretz.co.il/magazine/2025-05-22/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/00000196-f3a3-d6d3-ab9e-f3bbf6070000 or https://archive.is/yI4Dy
Shai Hazkani, a Professor of History and Jewish Studies at the University of Maryland, and Tamir Sorek, a Professor in the History Department at Penn State University, are both academic historians specializing in Israeli/Palestinian history. They have written extensively on the subject. Hazkani’s book, “Dear Palestine: A Social History of the 1948 War” (2024), and Sorek’s book, “The Optimist: A Social Biography of Tawfiq Zayyad ” (2023), are notable works in this field.
@histodons #histodons
@palestine
@israel
#GazaGenocide
#SettlerViolence #hilltopyouth #zionism
#OatmealQuotes #jewishsupremacy* Edit: publications actuall titles in English
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Quoting journalist Bakar Zoabi on Israel's evolving strategies of control of the Palestinians citizens of Israel
Israel's systematic attempts to separate Palestinian citizens from their identity began with the state's founding. Initially, military rule was imposed for decades but failed to suppress Palestinian national identity. In the 1990s, Israel shifted to an "Israelization" project, hoping the peace process would cause Palestinian citizens to forget their roots—this strategy collapsed with the October 2000 uprising. Subsequently, he asserts, Israel allowed Palestinian communities to be overwhelmed by crime, violence and poverty, attempting to sever connections to national issues. This approach also failed when, in May 2021, young Palestinians from the Galilee, Triangle and Negev regions rose up in solidarity with Gaza, Jerusalem and Sheikh Jarrah, demonstrating the enduring strength of Palestinian identity despite decades of systematic attempts to erase it.
Zoabi argues that the Palestinian elite in #Israel faces a moral test of remaining true to their collective identity while under pressure to stay silent or collaborate with the Israeli establishment during times of conflict, with many succumbing to career preservation rather than maintaining solidarity with their people.
@palestine
@israel
#IsraelWarCrimes
#Nakba #IsraelOccupatioon #Palestine
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Quoting journalist Bakar Zoabi on Israel's evolving strategies of control of the Palestinians citizens of Israel
Israel's systematic attempts to separate Palestinian citizens from their identity began with the state's founding. Initially, military rule was imposed for decades but failed to suppress Palestinian national identity. In the 1990s, Israel shifted to an "Israelization" project, hoping the peace process would cause Palestinian citizens to forget their roots—this strategy collapsed with the October 2000 uprising. Subsequently, he asserts, Israel allowed Palestinian communities to be overwhelmed by crime, violence and poverty, attempting to sever connections to national issues. This approach also failed when, in May 2021, young Palestinians from the Galilee, Triangle and Negev regions rose up in solidarity with Gaza, Jerusalem and Sheikh Jarrah, demonstrating the enduring strength of Palestinian identity despite decades of systematic attempts to erase it.
Zoabi argues that the Palestinian elite in #Israel faces a moral test of remaining true to their collective identity while under pressure to stay silent or collaborate with the Israeli establishment during times of conflict, with many succumbing to career preservation rather than maintaining solidarity with their people.
@palestine
@israel
#IsraelWarCrimes
#Nakba #IsraelOccupatioon #Palestine
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“Not another planet” / Quoting Jaffa political activist Abed Abu Shehadeh on why what's happening in Gaza must be explicitly named genocide:
[…] "The continuation of its military activity, combined with stopping humanitarian aid and water and electricity supply... after completely destroying the health system in Gaza, has one name: genocide […] Not war, not hostages, not security – just genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Gaza Strip.”
Abu Shehadeh criticizes Israeli civil society organizations and peace activists for avoiding this harsh reality and focusing instead on future political solutions while Palestinians die daily. He draws a parallel to #Holocaust survivor K. Tzetnik's concept of "another planet," arguing that Israelis view #Gaza as a separate reality where moral rules don't apply. He emphasizes that Gazans, not Israeli feelings or political futures, should be the focus now.
[…] “Then it was clear to me that #Auschwitz is not another planet as I thought before. Auschwitz was not created by the devil, nor by God, but by man… Hitler was not a devil. You could enter a kindergarten, among fifty children there was one child named Adolf Hitler. He was a man…” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yehiel_De-Nur
He also challenges the framing that blames only #Netanyahu, arguing the entire system is complicit. He calls for radical honesty about Gaza's reality, rejecting attempts to soften language for political acceptance. What matters most now is stopping the genocide, not preserving Israeli political legitimacy.
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“Not another planet” / Quoting Jaffa political activist Abed Abu Shehadeh on why what's happening in Gaza must be explicitly named genocide:
[…] "The continuation of its military activity, combined with stopping humanitarian aid and water and electricity supply... after completely destroying the health system in Gaza, has one name: genocide […] Not war, not hostages, not security – just genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Gaza Strip.”
Abu Shehadeh criticizes Israeli civil society organizations and peace activists for avoiding this harsh reality and focusing instead on future political solutions while Palestinians die daily. He draws a parallel to #Holocaust survivor K. Tzetnik's concept of "another planet," arguing that Israelis view #Gaza as a separate reality where moral rules don't apply. He emphasizes that Gazans, not Israeli feelings or political futures, should be the focus now.
[…] “Then it was clear to me that #Auschwitz is not another planet as I thought before. Auschwitz was not created by the devil, nor by God, but by man… Hitler was not a devil. You could enter a kindergarten, among fifty children there was one child named Adolf Hitler. He was a man…” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yehiel_De-Nur
He also challenges the framing that blames only #Netanyahu, arguing the entire system is complicit. He calls for radical honesty about Gaza's reality, rejecting attempts to soften language for political acceptance. What matters most now is stopping the genocide, not preserving Israeli political legitimacy.
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The Disintegration of Netanyahu's Project — The State No Longer Exists
Qutoing Yoana Gonen on how Israel failed its citizens and operates without moral restraint:
"[...] The government has completely disengaged from any responsibility towards its citizens, and the abandonment has not only continued – it has been expanded, doubled, and normalized. There is no contract, but rather a violent relationship between a rotten government and exhausted citizens. Not only was there no recovery – even shame barely registered.
Gonen, argues that the Israeli government, under #Netanyahu, has fundamentally abandoned its responsibility to its citizens, effectively dismantling the social contract that underpins a democratic state. She contends that recent events—specifically, the U.S.-led release of captive soldier Idan Alexander and the revelation of the circumstances surrounding the death of Tom Godo [*] on October 7th—demonstrate a pattern of neglect, disregard for human life, and a prioritization of political goals over the well-being of Israeli citizens. She concludes that Israel is no longer a state that protects and serves its people, but rather a system where the government operates with impunity and citizens are left vulnerable.
[*] Channel 13 revealed on Sunday that the #IDF killed an Israeli civilian, Tom Godo, on 8 October 2023 while he was hiding in the safe room of his home with his wife and three daughters and covered up the incident.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-forces-killed-israeli-civilian-covered
@palestine
@israel
#GazaGenocide
#IsraelWarCrimes
#HannibalDirective
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The Disintegration of Netanyahu's Project — The State No Longer Exists
Qutoing Yoana Gonen on how Israel failed its citizens and operates without moral restraint:
"[...] The government has completely disengaged from any responsibility towards its citizens, and the abandonment has not only continued – it has been expanded, doubled, and normalized. There is no contract, but rather a violent relationship between a rotten government and exhausted citizens. Not only was there no recovery – even shame barely registered.
Gonen, argues that the Israeli government, under #Netanyahu, has fundamentally abandoned its responsibility to its citizens, effectively dismantling the social contract that underpins a democratic state. She contends that recent events—specifically, the U.S.-led release of captive soldier Idan Alexander and the revelation of the circumstances surrounding the death of Tom Godo [*] on October 7th—demonstrate a pattern of neglect, disregard for human life, and a prioritization of political goals over the well-being of Israeli citizens. She concludes that Israel is no longer a state that protects and serves its people, but rather a system where the government operates with impunity and citizens are left vulnerable.
[*] Channel 13 revealed on Sunday that the #IDF killed an Israeli civilian, Tom Godo, on 8 October 2023 while he was hiding in the safe room of his home with his wife and three daughters and covered up the incident.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-forces-killed-israeli-civilian-covered
@palestine
@israel
#GazaGenocide
#IsraelWarCrimes
#HannibalDirective
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Quoting from Haaretz editorial:
“This is the face of the occupation, which overtly favors one ethnic group over the other, and which accepts as a given that there are those with rights and those who must pay the price in a division based patently on ethnicity.”
Recurring pogroms in the occupied West Bank village of Kifl Haris, where Jewish settlers, protected by IDF soldiers, conduct events during which Palestinians are confined to their homes under curfew while settlers vandalize property, engage in incitement, and effectively transform the village into a Jewish-only zone.
The specific instance mentioned is part of a broader phenomenon involving settler-requested tours, visits to religious sites like Joseph's Tomb, and archaeological excursions throughout the occupied West Bank, all facilitated by the IDF and resulting in Palestinians being displaced or restricted to ensure the safety and accessibility of these activities for Jewish visitors.
[…] Such incidents have been completely "normalized" by the army and the settlers, with most Israelis not even aware that this is happening, even though this has been taking place for years. When the rioting worshippers depart, they leave behind not just destruction but filth, and above all, villagers whose lives are being inconceivably shaped by these incidents.
English https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/editorial/2025-05-11/ty-article-opinion/.premium/face-of-the-occupation-israel-style-apartheid-in-the-west-bank/00000196-bbd8-d1bb-a5d6-bffc4b4a0000 or https://archive.is/gQ7x6
@palestine
@israel
@bds
#IsraelwarCrimes #Apartheid #WestBank #KiflHaris #SettlerViolence
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Quoting from Haaretz editorial:
“This is the face of the occupation, which overtly favors one ethnic group over the other, and which accepts as a given that there are those with rights and those who must pay the price in a division based patently on ethnicity.”
Recurring pogroms in the occupied West Bank village of Kifl Haris, where Jewish settlers, protected by IDF soldiers, conduct events during which Palestinians are confined to their homes under curfew while settlers vandalize property, engage in incitement, and effectively transform the village into a Jewish-only zone.
The specific instance mentioned is part of a broader phenomenon involving settler-requested tours, visits to religious sites like Joseph's Tomb, and archaeological excursions throughout the occupied West Bank, all facilitated by the IDF and resulting in Palestinians being displaced or restricted to ensure the safety and accessibility of these activities for Jewish visitors.
[…] Such incidents have been completely "normalized" by the army and the settlers, with most Israelis not even aware that this is happening, even though this has been taking place for years. When the rioting worshippers depart, they leave behind not just destruction but filth, and above all, villagers whose lives are being inconceivably shaped by these incidents.
English https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/editorial/2025-05-11/ty-article-opinion/.premium/face-of-the-occupation-israel-style-apartheid-in-the-west-bank/00000196-bbd8-d1bb-a5d6-bffc4b4a0000 or https://archive.is/gQ7x6
@palestine
@israel
@bds
#IsraelwarCrimes #Apartheid #WestBank #KiflHaris #SettlerViolence
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Quoting an anonymous #IDF reservist: "What happened in Sde Teiman is no secret, but most Israelis don't know anything about it, even now, because the Israeli media has almost completely ignored it. This is also the reason I chose to be interviewed. Because Palestinians continue to exit our detention facilities in body bags, and most people around me haven't heard about it."
The source is criticizing the Israeli news program "Real Time" for a misleading report on the infamous torture facility, where systematic abuse of detainees occurres. Instead of exposing the broader, horrific conditions and numerous accounts of torture and death, the program focused narrowly on a single incident involving a physical assault, effectively concealing the larger picture of a brutal and inhumane operation. The reservist argues this selective reporting reflects a pattern within Israeli media to prioritize sensationalized, localized stories over exposing systemic issues and ongoing human rights violations. He believes this allows the abusive practices at facilities like Shitfield to continue unchecked.
Hebrew https://www.haaretz.co.il/opinions/2025-05-08/ty-article-opinion/.premium/00000196-afc9-dbb0-af9f-afdbf6860000 or https://archive.ph/gfVlV
@palestine
@israel
@bds
#GazaGenocide #IsraelWarCrimes #SdeTeiman
#OatmealQuotesEdit: fixed typo
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Quoting an anonymous #IDF reservist: "What happened in Sde Teiman is no secret, but most Israelis don't know anything about it, even now, because the Israeli media has almost completely ignored it. This is also the reason I chose to be interviewed. Because Palestinians continue to exit our detention facilities in body bags, and most people around me haven't heard about it."
The source is criticizing the Israeli news program "Real Time" for a misleading report on the infamous torture facility, where systematic abuse of detainees occurres. Instead of exposing the broader, horrific conditions and numerous accounts of torture and death, the program focused narrowly on a single incident involving a physical assault, effectively concealing the larger picture of a brutal and inhumane operation. The reservist argues this selective reporting reflects a pattern within Israeli media to prioritize sensationalized, localized stories over exposing systemic issues and ongoing human rights violations. He believes this allows the abusive practices at facilities like Shitfield to continue unchecked.
Hebrew https://www.haaretz.co.il/opinions/2025-05-08/ty-article-opinion/.premium/00000196-afc9-dbb0-af9f-afdbf6860000 or https://archive.ph/gfVlV
@palestine
@israel
@bds
#GazaGenocide #IsraelWarCrimes #SdeTeiman
#OatmealQuotesEdit: fixed typo
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Quoting Haaretz's editorial: "We Must Not Avert Our Eyes From Images of Dead Children in Gaza"
Israelis must confront the devastating consequences of the Gaza war, specifically the deaths of thousands of Palestinians, including a significant number of children. It criticizes the tendency to avert eyes from graphic images and justifications for the war, highlighting a collective guilt and unchecked vengeance. Israelis are urged to acknowledge their responsibility for the killings and demands an immediate end to the conflict, rejecting denial and apathy.
https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/editorial/2025-05-07/ty-article-opinion/we-must-not-avert-our-eyes-from-images-of-dead-children-in-gaza/00000196-ac31-d1bb-a5d6-aef56adc0000 or https://archive.ph/fM4D7
@palestine
@israel
#GazaGenocide #IsraelWarCrimes
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Quoting Haaretz's editorial: "We Must Not Avert Our Eyes From Images of Dead Children in Gaza"
Israelis must confront the devastating consequences of the Gaza war, specifically the deaths of thousands of Palestinians, including a significant number of children. It criticizes the tendency to avert eyes from graphic images and justifications for the war, highlighting a collective guilt and unchecked vengeance. Israelis are urged to acknowledge their responsibility for the killings and demands an immediate end to the conflict, rejecting denial and apathy.
https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/editorial/2025-05-07/ty-article-opinion/we-must-not-avert-our-eyes-from-images-of-dead-children-in-gaza/00000196-ac31-d1bb-a5d6-aef56adc0000 or https://archive.ph/fM4D7
@palestine
@israel
#GazaGenocide #IsraelWarCrimes
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Quoting Meron Rapoport (an Israeli journalist and writer) on Israel’s final solution for Gaza:
"In simple terms: forget about the hostages, forget also about defeating Hamas. Israel's goal in Gaza now is occupation and expulsion, and therefore nothing Hamas does, and nothing the Palestinians do, will make a difference."
Rapoport argues that Israel is now "declaring war on Palestinian life itself" and calls on Israelis to refuse participation in what he sees as a fundamental assault on Gaza's future.
Israel's #Gaza strategy has transformed according to cabinet decisions and official statements. The focus has shifted from hostage return and #Hamas defeat to permanent occupation and population displacement. Finance Minister Smotrich explicitly stated: "We are occupying Gaza to stay... no withdrawal, not even for hostages." Government plans involve creating "sterile zones" near the Egyptian border where Palestinians would be concentrated before potential emigration. The upcoming "Gideon's Chariots" operation aims to implement this strategy rather than defeat Hamas or secure hostages. The majority of Israelis oppose this operation, particularly because it risks hostage lives.
@palestine
@israel
#GazaGenocide #IsraelWarCrimes
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Quoting Meron Rapoport (an Israeli journalist and writer) on Israel’s final solution for Gaza:
"In simple terms: forget about the hostages, forget also about defeating Hamas. Israel's goal in Gaza now is occupation and expulsion, and therefore nothing Hamas does, and nothing the Palestinians do, will make a difference."
Rapoport argues that Israel is now "declaring war on Palestinian life itself" and calls on Israelis to refuse participation in what he sees as a fundamental assault on Gaza's future.
Israel's #Gaza strategy has transformed according to cabinet decisions and official statements. The focus has shifted from hostage return and #Hamas defeat to permanent occupation and population displacement. Finance Minister Smotrich explicitly stated: "We are occupying Gaza to stay... no withdrawal, not even for hostages." Government plans involve creating "sterile zones" near the Egyptian border where Palestinians would be concentrated before potential emigration. The upcoming "Gideon's Chariots" operation aims to implement this strategy rather than defeat Hamas or secure hostages. The majority of Israelis oppose this operation, particularly because it risks hostage lives.
@palestine
@israel
#GazaGenocide #IsraelWarCrimes
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Quoting Yisrael Frey: "People who say 'yes, but what's your solution?' don't really want to hear about the problem."
Yisrael Frey is a haredi journalist facing scrutiny and potential legal action in Israel for his social media posts. He is being investigated on suspicion of "incitement to terrorism" after he stated that a Palestinian harming an Israeli soldier or settler in the "apartheid territories" is a "hero fighting an oppressor."
[…] “If I’m a young Israeli and they educated me that the other is marked as dirt and dust and that you can go into his house in the middle of the night and take it apart and that you can force his wife and children to stand at checkpoints… and that you can break his hands and feet, it is not surprising that with the passage of time the authorities will succeed in transferring ‘the other’ to the Jew who is secular, who doesn’t like Bibi,”
@palestine
@israel
#GazaGenocide
#NeverAgain #israelfascism
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Quoting Yisrael Frey: "People who say 'yes, but what's your solution?' don't really want to hear about the problem."
Yisrael Frey is a haredi journalist facing scrutiny and potential legal action in Israel for his social media posts. He is being investigated on suspicion of "incitement to terrorism" after he stated that a Palestinian harming an Israeli soldier or settler in the "apartheid territories" is a "hero fighting an oppressor."
[…] “If I’m a young Israeli and they educated me that the other is marked as dirt and dust and that you can go into his house in the middle of the night and take it apart and that you can force his wife and children to stand at checkpoints… and that you can break his hands and feet, it is not surprising that with the passage of time the authorities will succeed in transferring ‘the other’ to the Jew who is secular, who doesn’t like Bibi,”
@palestine
@israel
#GazaGenocide
#NeverAgain #israelfascism
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Quoting Nir Hasson: “all the evidence indicates that in the war that began on October 7, 2023, the IDF loosened all the legal and moral reins on its soldiers and committed too many war crimes to count”
The massacre of aid workers in Gaza is just the tip of the iceberg. Nir Hasson writes that the real horror is the pattern of incidents – like the deaths of hostages, WCK workers, & the Abu Nassar family – revealing a troubling reality in Gaza, investigated by reputable media outlets. These aren't isolated events.
[…] Yet the true horror isn't the killing of the paramedics, but the truth arising through the smoke from all the windows that have been opened and the accumulated evidence that has emerged from Gaza since the start of the war. There's no reason to think the incidents described above – the three hostages, the World Central Kitchen workers, the Abu Nassar family, the paramedics and dozens of others investigated by every self-respecting Western media outlet – are exceptional.
[…] Given this accumulation of black balls – the testimonies, the photographs, the investigative reports, the reports by international organizations, the satellite photos and common sense – there's no logic in assuming that the other 30,000 civilians (at least) who were killed in Gaza, died in compliance with Israeli and international law.
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-04-21/ty-article/.premium/killing-of-the-aid-workers-proves-many-idf-claims-are-just-alternative-facts/00000196-5556-d0f1-abf6-757e476c0000 or https://archive.is/piL3q
@palestine
@israel
#GazaGenocide #IDF #warcrimes
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Quoting Nir Hasson: “all the evidence indicates that in the war that began on October 7, 2023, the IDF loosened all the legal and moral reins on its soldiers and committed too many war crimes to count”
The massacre of aid workers in Gaza is just the tip of the iceberg. Nir Hasson writes that the real horror is the pattern of incidents – like the deaths of hostages, WCK workers, & the Abu Nassar family – revealing a troubling reality in Gaza, investigated by reputable media outlets. These aren't isolated events.
[…] Yet the true horror isn't the killing of the paramedics, but the truth arising through the smoke from all the windows that have been opened and the accumulated evidence that has emerged from Gaza since the start of the war. There's no reason to think the incidents described above – the three hostages, the World Central Kitchen workers, the Abu Nassar family, the paramedics and dozens of others investigated by every self-respecting Western media outlet – are exceptional.
[…] Given this accumulation of black balls – the testimonies, the photographs, the investigative reports, the reports by international organizations, the satellite photos and common sense – there's no logic in assuming that the other 30,000 civilians (at least) who were killed in Gaza, died in compliance with Israeli and international law.
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-04-21/ty-article/.premium/killing-of-the-aid-workers-proves-many-idf-claims-are-just-alternative-facts/00000196-5556-d0f1-abf6-757e476c0000 or https://archive.is/piL3q
@palestine
@israel
#GazaGenocide #IDF #warcrimes
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Quoting Kobi Niv:
[…] It's not Netanyahu, but the Zionist vision that is leading us where we are going. Netanyahu is just the train driver, an agent of Qatar, [in Hebrew the two words rhym] carrying the vision towards disaster. Netanyahu didn't create this Zionist vision; rather, the Zionist vision created Netanyahu. And you can’t topple Netanyahu while leaving the Zionist vision standing. Quite the opposite. To topple Netanyahu, you must destroy and eliminate the Zionist vision.
This opinion column begins with Niv’s experience encountering a critique of Netanyahu that, like many Israelis, fails to acknowledge the crimes Israel is committing. There’s little recognition that Israel’s actions today have anything to do with self-defense and are instead a continuation of a revenge war.
He argues that many Israelis who oppose #Netanyahu avoid criticizing the actions of #Israel and its army in #Gaza, effectively supporting those actions. But Netanyahu is a consequence of the Zionist vision, and to remove him without dismantling that vision is insufficient. The focus should be on dismantling the Zionist vision itself.
Hebrew https://www.haaretz.co.il/opinions/2025-04-21/ty-article-opinion/.premium/00000196-576a-d99b-a5ff-dfff5ef50000 or https://archive.is/O672G
@palestine
@israel
#GazaGenocide #IsraelFascism #Zionism
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Quoting Kobi Niv:
[…] It's not Netanyahu, but the Zionist vision that is leading us where we are going. Netanyahu is just the train driver, an agent of Qatar, [in Hebrew the two words rhym] carrying the vision towards disaster. Netanyahu didn't create this Zionist vision; rather, the Zionist vision created Netanyahu. And you can’t topple Netanyahu while leaving the Zionist vision standing. Quite the opposite. To topple Netanyahu, you must destroy and eliminate the Zionist vision.
This opinion column begins with Niv’s experience encountering a critique of Netanyahu that, like many Israelis, fails to acknowledge the crimes Israel is committing. There’s little recognition that Israel’s actions today have anything to do with self-defense and are instead a continuation of a revenge war.
He argues that many Israelis who oppose #Netanyahu avoid criticizing the actions of #Israel and its army in #Gaza, effectively supporting those actions. But Netanyahu is a consequence of the Zionist vision, and to remove him without dismantling that vision is insufficient. The focus should be on dismantling the Zionist vision itself.
Hebrew https://www.haaretz.co.il/opinions/2025-04-21/ty-article-opinion/.premium/00000196-576a-d99b-a5ff-dfff5ef50000 or https://archive.is/O672G
@palestine
@israel
#GazaGenocide #IsraelFascism #Zionism
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Quoting Heritage minister Emmanuel Eliahu:
[…] He was then asked: ‘How do we now achieve the maximum release of hostages?’ He replied: ‘The way we are advancing is by encircling Rafah, preventing them from receiving humanitarian aid, and we are determined.’ In reality, the military pressure has thus far led to the deaths of more than 40 hostages, most of them as a result of fire from the #IDF. Finally, Eliahu called the struggle for the release of the hostages ‘whims, a quick adventure for the present, romantic, and good only for the short term,’ and said that the aspiration to return them through a deal is ‘childish’ and ‘romantic.’”
Emmanuel Eliahu, a member of #Netanyahu's government, regarding the ongoing conflict and the efforts to release hostages. Eliahu argues that the conflict is prolonged due to a lack of Israeli belief in sufficient strength and the impact of protests against the government's judicial overhaul. He also criticizes the conduct of Israel in accordance with international law and accuses opposition forces of "sedition" and hindering the hostage release process. He dismisses the effort to secure hostages as a fleeting, romantic endeavor.
Hebrew https://www.the7eye.org.il/549524
@palestine
@israel
#GazaGenocide #IsraelWarCrimes
#ICJ #ICC
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Quoting Heritage minister Emmanuel Eliahu:
[…] He was then asked: ‘How do we now achieve the maximum release of hostages?’ He replied: ‘The way we are advancing is by encircling Rafah, preventing them from receiving humanitarian aid, and we are determined.’ In reality, the military pressure has thus far led to the deaths of more than 40 hostages, most of them as a result of fire from the #IDF. Finally, Eliahu called the struggle for the release of the hostages ‘whims, a quick adventure for the present, romantic, and good only for the short term,’ and said that the aspiration to return them through a deal is ‘childish’ and ‘romantic.’”
Emmanuel Eliahu, a member of #Netanyahu's government, regarding the ongoing conflict and the efforts to release hostages. Eliahu argues that the conflict is prolonged due to a lack of Israeli belief in sufficient strength and the impact of protests against the government's judicial overhaul. He also criticizes the conduct of Israel in accordance with international law and accuses opposition forces of "sedition" and hindering the hostage release process. He dismisses the effort to secure hostages as a fleeting, romantic endeavor.
Hebrew https://www.the7eye.org.il/549524
@palestine
@israel
#GazaGenocide #IsraelWarCrimes
#ICJ #ICC
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[cont’d] Quoting Noa Limona on Netanyahu’s gaslighting of the Israeli public:
#Israel's "poison machine" has expanded from domestic gaslighting to foreign policy distortion. #Netanyahu Jr's attack on #Macron exposes a calculated system that labels democratic leaders supporting Palestinian rights as "enemies" while embracing far-right populists worldwide. This propaganda mechanism has successfully conditioned even opposition voices to fear being labeled "leftist" (now synonymous with "traitor"). The result? A warped reality where human rights advocacy equals betrayal, empathy equals #antisemitism, and "peace" has become taboo. The antidote requires rejecting this entire toxic framework, not just its symptoms.
[…] Netanyahu Jr.'s statement was what the linguistic philosopher John Austin called a "speech act," not a statement that can be said to be true or false but an expression that constitutes an action in the world. In this case, the act constituted labeling Macron – a leader of a democratic country who expressed his recognition of a Palestinian state – as an enemy.
[…] The antidote to poison cannot be based on accepting the toxic machinery and only partially rejecting its symptoms. Our obligation is to oppose the entire propaganda apparatus that has dulled our senses, clouded our simple reasoning, and eroded the ethical criteria that should guide us.
https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025-04-14/ty-article-opinion/.premium/the-netanyahu-poison-machine-turns-to-foreign-policy/00000196-3049-dc5b-af96-79fdd4860000 or https://archive.is/pwYx5
@palestine
@israel
#Propaganda
#MediaManipulation
#IsraelPolitics #palestine
#ThePoisonMachine
#OatmealQuotes* Edit: typos, article is in English not Hebrew
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[cont’d] Quoting Noa Limona on Netanyahu’s gaslighting of the Israeli public:
#Israel's "poison machine" has expanded from domestic gaslighting to foreign policy distortion. #Netanyahu Jr's attack on #Macron exposes a calculated system that labels democratic leaders supporting Palestinian rights as "enemies" while embracing far-right populists worldwide. This propaganda mechanism has successfully conditioned even opposition voices to fear being labeled "leftist" (now synonymous with "traitor"). The result? A warped reality where human rights advocacy equals betrayal, empathy equals #antisemitism, and "peace" has become taboo. The antidote requires rejecting this entire toxic framework, not just its symptoms.
[…] Netanyahu Jr.'s statement was what the linguistic philosopher John Austin called a "speech act," not a statement that can be said to be true or false but an expression that constitutes an action in the world. In this case, the act constituted labeling Macron – a leader of a democratic country who expressed his recognition of a Palestinian state – as an enemy.
[…] The antidote to poison cannot be based on accepting the toxic machinery and only partially rejecting its symptoms. Our obligation is to oppose the entire propaganda apparatus that has dulled our senses, clouded our simple reasoning, and eroded the ethical criteria that should guide us.
https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025-04-14/ty-article-opinion/.premium/the-netanyahu-poison-machine-turns-to-foreign-policy/00000196-3049-dc5b-af96-79fdd4860000 or https://archive.is/pwYx5
@palestine
@israel
#Propaganda
#MediaManipulation
#IsraelPolitics #palestine
#ThePoisonMachine
#OatmealQuotes* Edit: typos, article is in English not Hebrew
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Quoting Meron Benvenisti on IDF spokesperson's media manipulation in the case of the Rafah ambulance massacre:
[…] As a journalist, working with the IDF spokesperson is a frustrating matter. You send detailed questions and receive, at best, a concise response, usually lacking details, often delayed after requests for postponement from the IDF spokesperson. The response itself is typically loaded with deliberately vague or distorted expressions (for example, when there was video documentation of settlers beating left-wing activists, whose version was also supported by the police, the IDF spokesperson insisted on using the word "friction," as if it were a two-sided incident). In the worst case, you receive a response that is clearly incorrect, but very difficult for you to prove wrong. At least that was the case until the incident of the attack on ambulances and the killing of their crews in Rafah, in which the lie of the IDF spokesperson is proven in black and white. Or more precisely, the lie flashes like emergency lights in the darkness at the outskirts of Rafah.
[…] They were not shot as 'terrorists,' and the soldiers who shot them had no way of knowing if they were 'terrorists' or not at the time of the shooting. They were 'promoted' to the rank of terrorists after their deaths.
Benvenisti exposes IDF's military spokesperson routine lies:
Initial deception: when questioned about missing paramedics, IDF spokesperson claimed ambulances approached "suspiciously without lights" - a complete fabrication
Stalling tactics: despite repeated inquiries, spokesperson delayed responses for days while families searched for loved ones
Shifting narrative: first claimed 9 "militants" killed, later changed to 6, with no evidence provided
Selective information: refused to answer direct questions about victims' whereabouts while knowing they had been killed and buried
Deflection: when pressed for details about alleged militant identities, redirected journalist to English-language tweets rather than providing substantive answers
Forced correction: only acknowledged "serious mistake" after New York Times published video proving ambulances had lights on, making continued denial impossible
No accountability: even after proof emerged, blamed "incorrect field information" rather than admitting to deliberate misinformation
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Quoting Meron Benvenisti on IDF spokesperson's media manipulation in the case of the Rafah ambulance massacre:
[…] As a journalist, working with the IDF spokesperson is a frustrating matter. You send detailed questions and receive, at best, a concise response, usually lacking details, often delayed after requests for postponement from the IDF spokesperson. The response itself is typically loaded with deliberately vague or distorted expressions (for example, when there was video documentation of settlers beating left-wing activists, whose version was also supported by the police, the IDF spokesperson insisted on using the word "friction," as if it were a two-sided incident). In the worst case, you receive a response that is clearly incorrect, but very difficult for you to prove wrong. At least that was the case until the incident of the attack on ambulances and the killing of their crews in Rafah, in which the lie of the IDF spokesperson is proven in black and white. Or more precisely, the lie flashes like emergency lights in the darkness at the outskirts of Rafah.
[…] They were not shot as 'terrorists,' and the soldiers who shot them had no way of knowing if they were 'terrorists' or not at the time of the shooting. They were 'promoted' to the rank of terrorists after their deaths.
Benvenisti exposes IDF's military spokesperson routine lies:
Initial deception: when questioned about missing paramedics, IDF spokesperson claimed ambulances approached "suspiciously without lights" - a complete fabrication
Stalling tactics: despite repeated inquiries, spokesperson delayed responses for days while families searched for loved ones
Shifting narrative: first claimed 9 "militants" killed, later changed to 6, with no evidence provided
Selective information: refused to answer direct questions about victims' whereabouts while knowing they had been killed and buried
Deflection: when pressed for details about alleged militant identities, redirected journalist to English-language tweets rather than providing substantive answers
Forced correction: only acknowledged "serious mistake" after New York Times published video proving ambulances had lights on, making continued denial impossible
No accountability: even after proof emerged, blamed "incorrect field information" rather than admitting to deliberate misinformation
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Eva Illouz published a response to her disqualification for the prize by Minister Kish:
I will not bow to attempts to force citizens fighting for the country's future to submit to a minister's dictates
[…] On the evening of March 31, a very senior political figure called me and delivered a message in a friendly tone: I would receive the prize if I retracted my signature from a petition I signed in 2021. This petition asked the International Court in The Hague to investigate the Israeli government's response to allegations of possible war crimes committed by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank. The truth is that after October 7, I am more skeptical about international courts. I no longer see them as institutions representing unblemished integrity. When so many countries committing horrific crimes are not prosecuted, why is Israel, a small state threatened from so many borders and fronts, the one being indicted?
[…] Nevertheless, I will not retract my signature. I will not retract it because in 2021 Palestinians in the West Bank were persecuted, and still are today, and the petition was a symbolic gesture protesting their treatment. I do not retract the intention behind the signature. I will continue to protest against any inhumane treatment of innocent Palestinians, just as I will continue to protest against the sanctimonious antisemitism of parts of the left.
Hebrew https://www.haaretz.co.il/opinions/2025-04-04/ty-article-opinion/.premium/00000195-fc96-d101-a7bd-fdbe8e5f0000 or https://archive.is/5gwVA
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Eva Illouz published a response to her disqualification for the prize by Minister Kish:
I will not bow to attempts to force citizens fighting for the country's future to submit to a minister's dictates
[…] On the evening of March 31, a very senior political figure called me and delivered a message in a friendly tone: I would receive the prize if I retracted my signature from a petition I signed in 2021. This petition asked the International Court in The Hague to investigate the Israeli government's response to allegations of possible war crimes committed by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank. The truth is that after October 7, I am more skeptical about international courts. I no longer see them as institutions representing unblemished integrity. When so many countries committing horrific crimes are not prosecuted, why is Israel, a small state threatened from so many borders and fronts, the one being indicted?
[…] Nevertheless, I will not retract my signature. I will not retract it because in 2021 Palestinians in the West Bank were persecuted, and still are today, and the petition was a symbolic gesture protesting their treatment. I do not retract the intention behind the signature. I will continue to protest against any inhumane treatment of innocent Palestinians, just as I will continue to protest against the sanctimonious antisemitism of parts of the left.
Hebrew https://www.haaretz.co.il/opinions/2025-04-04/ty-article-opinion/.premium/00000195-fc96-d101-a7bd-fdbe8e5f0000 or https://archive.is/5gwVA
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Quoting Hanin Majadli on Israel's moral crisis:
Israeli public's silence on #Gaza civilian deaths reflects a deeper moral crisis. Even those opposing the war fear acknowledging Gazans as human. Recent attack reportedly killed 400 civilians including 200 children, yet mainstream media labeled victims as "operatives." Majadli questions how Israelis can demand democracy while ignoring "inconceivable human price" paid in Gaza, suggesting this contradiction stems from decades of "militaristic racist indoctrination." The piece challenges anti-war Israelis to speak up despite potential backlash.
[...] It's already impossible to distinguish between things in Israel. It's impossible to distinguish the media from the public. Because even those who oppose the war are afraid to say that Gazans are human, too. Because it's impossible to separate the pilot from the bomb. He's told to push the button and he pushes it. The majority of the people not only tolerate mass slaughter, but demand it, either explicitly or tacitly.
[...] How is it possible to insist on freedom and justice without any reference to the inconceivable human price of this war? How it is possible to devalue life in Gaza, which has become so cheap for Jews in Israel, while simultaneously calling for the preservation of Israeli democracy? Exactly what democracy are we talking about? One that carries on its back such enormous, terrible destruction every day?
https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025-03-21/ty-article-opinion/.premium/even-anti-war-israelis-are-scared-to-say-gazans-are-human-beings/00000195-b525-d862-a3b5-f53704750000 or https://archive.ph/ctMce
On March 17-18, an Israeli airstrike killed 436 Palestinians according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Among the dead: 183 children, 94 women, and 34 elderly people over 65. The attack began at 2:20 AM during Ramadan when many were preparing for suhoor meal. Israeli media described it as "one of the greatest preemptive operations in military history". Channel 12 News claimed "400 militants killed" while Maariv reported "300 terrorists liquidated".
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-03-27/ty-article-magazine/.premium/in-one-of-the-gaza-wars-darkest-nights-the-idf-killed-nearly-300-women-and-children/00000195-d949-da7e-adb7-f9d9e5760000 or https://archive.ph/ZHsiW
@palestine
@israel
#IsraelWarCrimes #GazaGenocide #IsraelMedia #Maariv #IsraelChannel12 #ICJ
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Quoting Hanin Majadli on Israel's moral crisis:
Israeli public's silence on #Gaza civilian deaths reflects a deeper moral crisis. Even those opposing the war fear acknowledging Gazans as human. Recent attack reportedly killed 400 civilians including 200 children, yet mainstream media labeled victims as "operatives." Majadli questions how Israelis can demand democracy while ignoring "inconceivable human price" paid in Gaza, suggesting this contradiction stems from decades of "militaristic racist indoctrination." The piece challenges anti-war Israelis to speak up despite potential backlash.
[...] It's already impossible to distinguish between things in Israel. It's impossible to distinguish the media from the public. Because even those who oppose the war are afraid to say that Gazans are human, too. Because it's impossible to separate the pilot from the bomb. He's told to push the button and he pushes it. The majority of the people not only tolerate mass slaughter, but demand it, either explicitly or tacitly.
[...] How is it possible to insist on freedom and justice without any reference to the inconceivable human price of this war? How it is possible to devalue life in Gaza, which has become so cheap for Jews in Israel, while simultaneously calling for the preservation of Israeli democracy? Exactly what democracy are we talking about? One that carries on its back such enormous, terrible destruction every day?
https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025-03-21/ty-article-opinion/.premium/even-anti-war-israelis-are-scared-to-say-gazans-are-human-beings/00000195-b525-d862-a3b5-f53704750000 or https://archive.ph/ctMce
On March 17-18, an Israeli airstrike killed 436 Palestinians according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Among the dead: 183 children, 94 women, and 34 elderly people over 65. The attack began at 2:20 AM during Ramadan when many were preparing for suhoor meal. Israeli media described it as "one of the greatest preemptive operations in military history". Channel 12 News claimed "400 militants killed" while Maariv reported "300 terrorists liquidated".
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-03-27/ty-article-magazine/.premium/in-one-of-the-gaza-wars-darkest-nights-the-idf-killed-nearly-300-women-and-children/00000195-d949-da7e-adb7-f9d9e5760000 or https://archive.ph/ZHsiW
@palestine
@israel
#IsraelWarCrimes #GazaGenocide #IsraelMedia #Maariv #IsraelChannel12 #ICJ
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Quoting Ella Keidar Greenberg, an 18-year-old #transgender conscientious objector from Tel Aviv:
[…] "In the face of a reality of mass extermination, abandonment, persecution of queerness, trampling of rights, of genocide, the order of the hour is refusal
[…] When our grandchildren ask us what we did during the genocide in Gaza, if we submitted or fought back, what would you prefer to answer? I know what I will answer. I chose to fight back. That's why I refuse."
[…] All the mechanisms condition us to be obedient subjects of the system. This logic is exactly what transgender people, as well as conscientious objectors, challenge. This is why we are so frightening, because the existing system and its maintenance are based on the premise that we, the people, will remain disciplined and obedient.
Keidar Greenberg reported to the #IDF recruitment center on March 19, 2025, and declared her refusal to serve in the military due to her opposition to #Israel's genocidal war on Gaza. She was sentenced to 30 days in the women's section of the Neve Tzedek military prison.
Her lawyer is quoted saying:
[…] At the trial, they asked her why she was not interested in enlisting. She responded that she was not willing to take part in the military's policy. They asked her which policy, and when she said 'mass extermination,' she was rebuked for it, and received a lecture that after October 7th, almost everything is permitted.
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Quoting Ella Keidar Greenberg, an 18-year-old #transgender conscientious objector from Tel Aviv:
[…] "In the face of a reality of mass extermination, abandonment, persecution of queerness, trampling of rights, of genocide, the order of the hour is refusal
[…] When our grandchildren ask us what we did during the genocide in Gaza, if we submitted or fought back, what would you prefer to answer? I know what I will answer. I chose to fight back. That's why I refuse."
[…] All the mechanisms condition us to be obedient subjects of the system. This logic is exactly what transgender people, as well as conscientious objectors, challenge. This is why we are so frightening, because the existing system and its maintenance are based on the premise that we, the people, will remain disciplined and obedient.
Keidar Greenberg reported to the #IDF recruitment center on March 19, 2025, and declared her refusal to serve in the military due to her opposition to #Israel's genocidal war on Gaza. She was sentenced to 30 days in the women's section of the Neve Tzedek military prison.
Her lawyer is quoted saying:
[…] At the trial, they asked her why she was not interested in enlisting. She responded that she was not willing to take part in the military's policy. They asked her which policy, and when she said 'mass extermination,' she was rebuked for it, and received a lecture that after October 7th, almost everything is permitted.
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[cont'd] Quoting Ariel Muzicant (European Jewish Congress President): "The motivation of extreme right politicians to come to this conference is not the love for Israel or to protect the Jews, but mainly to get a kosher rabbi stamp,"
European Jewish Congress President Ariel Muzicant has strongly condemned Israeli "Diaspora Affairs" Minister Amichai Chikli for inviting far-right European politicians to an anti-#antisemitism conference, calling it "a stab in the back" to Jewish communities.
According to (right-wing) #JerusalemPost report, prominent Jewish leaders including UK Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis have withdrawn from the March 26-27 event over the inclusion of figures like Jordan #Bardella from #France's National Rally and representatives from parties with histories of antisemitism.
"The motivation of extreme right politicians to come to this conference is not the love for Israel or to protect the Jews, but mainly to get a kosher rabbi stamp," Muzicant wrote, warning that far-right movements often oppose values essential for Jewish survival in Europe.
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-846447
According to (center-right) #Ynet, Muzicant stated that the four largest Jewish organizations in the world – #AJC, #EJC, #WJC, and #CER (the World, European, American Jewish organizations, and the Conference of European Rabbis) – will also boycott the conference.
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[cont'd] Quoting Ariel Muzicant (European Jewish Congress President): "The motivation of extreme right politicians to come to this conference is not the love for Israel or to protect the Jews, but mainly to get a kosher rabbi stamp,"
European Jewish Congress President Ariel Muzicant has strongly condemned Israeli "Diaspora Affairs" Minister Amichai Chikli for inviting far-right European politicians to an anti-#antisemitism conference, calling it "a stab in the back" to Jewish communities.
According to (right-wing) #JerusalemPost report, prominent Jewish leaders including UK Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis have withdrawn from the March 26-27 event over the inclusion of figures like Jordan #Bardella from #France's National Rally and representatives from parties with histories of antisemitism.
"The motivation of extreme right politicians to come to this conference is not the love for Israel or to protect the Jews, but mainly to get a kosher rabbi stamp," Muzicant wrote, warning that far-right movements often oppose values essential for Jewish survival in Europe.
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-846447
According to (center-right) #Ynet, Muzicant stated that the four largest Jewish organizations in the world – #AJC, #EJC, #WJC, and #CER (the World, European, American Jewish organizations, and the Conference of European Rabbis) – will also boycott the conference.
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Quoting Dr. Ahmad Tibi: “Netanyahu is dangerous for Israel, dangerous for the children of Gaza, and dangerous for the world.“
[…] Is this truly an operation to rescue the hostages, as claimed by #Katz and #Netanyahu? The same Netanyahu who violated the agreement he signed and refused to move to phase B that would have guaranteed the return of all hostages? The answer is clear. After all, Netanyahu himself repeatedly rejected Hamas proposals for their return.
[…] If Netanyahu truly wanted to bring them back, a deal would have been implemented long ago. But releasing the hostages means ending the war – and without war, his coalition collapses. Therefore, continuing the fighting has become a political tool for him, not a security interest. This is a political war disguised as security protection.
[…] Netanyahu's actions in recent weeks point to a clear direction – preserving his rule at any cost. It's no coincidence that the war is renewed just before the budget vote, when the ultra-Orthodox threaten to topple the government if the conscription law doesn't pass, and Itamar Ben Gvir presents ultimatums; just before the large demonstration in Jerusalem, which threatens to expose the depth of the political crisis; and facing public outcry for establishing a state commission of inquiry that would expose the failures that led to October 7.
[…] Mr. Failure has become Mr. War Crimes, and still, he continues. He is willing to burn everything – the lives of innocent people, the integrity of Israeli society, the stability of the Middle East – just to survive another day in power. Just like Procrustes, Netanyahu is the man who sets the rules, enforces them cruelly, and in the end, everyone pays the price.
Dr. Ahmad Tibi is a Palestinian-Israeli politician, physician, and leader of the Ta'al party who has served in the Knesset since 1999, previously working as an advisor to Yasser Arafat.
@israel
@palestine
#GazaGenocide
#IsraelWarCrimes
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Quoting Dr. Ahmad Tibi: “Netanyahu is dangerous for Israel, dangerous for the children of Gaza, and dangerous for the world.“
[…] Is this truly an operation to rescue the hostages, as claimed by #Katz and #Netanyahu? The same Netanyahu who violated the agreement he signed and refused to move to phase B that would have guaranteed the return of all hostages? The answer is clear. After all, Netanyahu himself repeatedly rejected Hamas proposals for their return.
[…] If Netanyahu truly wanted to bring them back, a deal would have been implemented long ago. But releasing the hostages means ending the war – and without war, his coalition collapses. Therefore, continuing the fighting has become a political tool for him, not a security interest. This is a political war disguised as security protection.
[…] Netanyahu's actions in recent weeks point to a clear direction – preserving his rule at any cost. It's no coincidence that the war is renewed just before the budget vote, when the ultra-Orthodox threaten to topple the government if the conscription law doesn't pass, and Itamar Ben Gvir presents ultimatums; just before the large demonstration in Jerusalem, which threatens to expose the depth of the political crisis; and facing public outcry for establishing a state commission of inquiry that would expose the failures that led to October 7.
[…] Mr. Failure has become Mr. War Crimes, and still, he continues. He is willing to burn everything – the lives of innocent people, the integrity of Israeli society, the stability of the Middle East – just to survive another day in power. Just like Procrustes, Netanyahu is the man who sets the rules, enforces them cruelly, and in the end, everyone pays the price.
Dr. Ahmad Tibi is a Palestinian-Israeli politician, physician, and leader of the Ta'al party who has served in the Knesset since 1999, previously working as an advisor to Yasser Arafat.
@israel
@palestine
#GazaGenocide
#IsraelWarCrimes
#OatmealQuotes* Edit: typos
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Quoting Imma Era: "The thought that Netanyahu is using our children as human shields in the face of his domestic challenges is shocking and contrary to what is required of the Prime Minister to do at this time... We will not agree that our children will be used as flak jackets for a government that has lost public trust."
Israel is violating the #ceasefire agreement, with Israeli media and social media trolls claiming the #Hamas repeatedly refused to release hostages. It's a pretext. #Hamas was willing to release all hostages under specific conditions: a complete cessation of hostilities, the release of prisoners, and guarantees for its survival.
The timing of the attack, many observers in Israel are suggesting, is driven by coalition considerations, including appeasing political factions, rather than a genuine strategy to defeat #Hamas. The offensive endangers hostages, reducing their chances of survival due to the consequences of #IDF bombings.
The organization "Imma Era" (Alert or awoken Mother), which unites mothers of female and male combat soldiers, stated that "returning to fighting less than a day after the announcement of the dismissal of the head of the Shin Bet raises serious questions about the timing of the decision. The thought that #Netanyahu is using our children as human shields in the face of his domestic challenges is shocking and contrary to what is required of the Prime Minister to do at this time. We will not agree that our children will be used as flak jackets for a government that has lost public trust."
Yair Golan, the chairman of the Democrats, stated that "the soldiers at the front and the hostages in Gaza are just pawns in Netanyahu's game of survival," as he fears public protest against the dismissal of the head of the Shin Bet.
Ben Gvir welcomed the return to fighting, saying that "this is the right and moral step," and Finance Minister Smotrich stated that the move had been planned in recent weeks, since the new Chief of Staff took office.
See report https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/18/israel-gaza-strikes-deaths-latest-update
Hebrew https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/politics/2025-03-18/ty-article/00000195-a7d0-dee5-a195-fff5b4600000 or https://archive.ph/T3fZ4
@israel
@palestine
#IsraelOccupation
#IsraelWarCrimes
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Quoting Imma Era: "The thought that Netanyahu is using our children as human shields in the face of his domestic challenges is shocking and contrary to what is required of the Prime Minister to do at this time... We will not agree that our children will be used as flak jackets for a government that has lost public trust."
Israel is violating the #ceasefire agreement, with Israeli media and social media trolls claiming the #Hamas repeatedly refused to release hostages. It's a pretext. #Hamas was willing to release all hostages under specific conditions: a complete cessation of hostilities, the release of prisoners, and guarantees for its survival.
The timing of the attack, many observers in Israel are suggesting, is driven by coalition considerations, including appeasing political factions, rather than a genuine strategy to defeat #Hamas. The offensive endangers hostages, reducing their chances of survival due to the consequences of #IDF bombings.
The organization "Imma Era" (Alert or awoken Mother), which unites mothers of female and male combat soldiers, stated that "returning to fighting less than a day after the announcement of the dismissal of the head of the Shin Bet raises serious questions about the timing of the decision. The thought that #Netanyahu is using our children as human shields in the face of his domestic challenges is shocking and contrary to what is required of the Prime Minister to do at this time. We will not agree that our children will be used as flak jackets for a government that has lost public trust."
Yair Golan, the chairman of the Democrats, stated that "the soldiers at the front and the hostages in Gaza are just pawns in Netanyahu's game of survival," as he fears public protest against the dismissal of the head of the Shin Bet.
Ben Gvir welcomed the return to fighting, saying that "this is the right and moral step," and Finance Minister Smotrich stated that the move had been planned in recent weeks, since the new Chief of Staff took office.
See report https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/18/israel-gaza-strikes-deaths-latest-update
Hebrew https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/politics/2025-03-18/ty-article/00000195-a7d0-dee5-a195-fff5b4600000 or https://archive.ph/T3fZ4
@israel
@palestine
#IsraelOccupation
#IsraelWarCrimes
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[cont'd] Quoting Noa Limona: "Were the embryos destroyed in the bombing also Hamas supporters?"
A UN report released last week documents the destruction of approximately 4,000 embryos when an Israeli tank shell hit Gaza's main fertility clinic in December 2023. The building was standalone and clearly marked as a fertility clinic. Investigators found no evidence of military use that would justify the strike. The report also details broader impacts on reproductive health in Gaza, including attacks on maternity wards and how lack of medical equipment, electricity, and proper sanitation affects pregnant women and newborns.
Limona contrasts Israel's dismissal of the report with the country's own strong focus on fertility treatments and reproductive rights. It questions the lack of emotional response to the destroyed embryos in Gaza compared to the national outcry over a recent embryo mix-up case at an Israeli hospital.
Hebrew https://www.haaretz.co.il/opinions/2025-03-17/ty-article-opinion/.highlight/00000195-9f2f-d687-abb5-9fbf7c320000 or https://archive.ph/8ShiR
@israel
@palestine
#GazaGenocide
#IsraelWarCrimes
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[cont'd] Quoting Noa Limona: "Were the embryos destroyed in the bombing also Hamas supporters?"
A UN report released last week documents the destruction of approximately 4,000 embryos when an Israeli tank shell hit Gaza's main fertility clinic in December 2023. The building was standalone and clearly marked as a fertility clinic. Investigators found no evidence of military use that would justify the strike. The report also details broader impacts on reproductive health in Gaza, including attacks on maternity wards and how lack of medical equipment, electricity, and proper sanitation affects pregnant women and newborns.
Limona contrasts Israel's dismissal of the report with the country's own strong focus on fertility treatments and reproductive rights. It questions the lack of emotional response to the destroyed embryos in Gaza compared to the national outcry over a recent embryo mix-up case at an Israeli hospital.
Hebrew https://www.haaretz.co.il/opinions/2025-03-17/ty-article-opinion/.highlight/00000195-9f2f-d687-abb5-9fbf7c320000 or https://archive.ph/8ShiR
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@palestine
#GazaGenocide
#IsraelWarCrimes
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Quoting Israel Frey "A Palestinian who harms a soldier or a settler is a hero"
Media personality investigated on suspicion of incitement to terrorism.
Hebrew with English captions.
https://xcancel.com/freyisrael1/status/1899775972326449368
Archived here: https://kolektiva.media/w/ms3GxHXBaX6VtRkixjJLLD
@palestine
@israel
#GazaGenocide
#Israelwarcrimes
#OatmealQuotes
#SettlerViolence #IDF
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Quoting Israel Frey "A Palestinian who harms a soldier or a settler is a hero"
Media personality investigated on suspicion of incitement to terrorism.
Hebrew with English captions.
https://xcancel.com/freyisrael1/status/1899775972326449368
Archived here: https://kolektiva.media/w/ms3GxHXBaX6VtRkixjJLLD
@palestine
@israel
#GazaGenocide
#Israelwarcrimes
#OatmealQuotes
#SettlerViolence #IDF
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Quoting Michael Wolff from #Haaretz interview about his new book “All or Nothing: How Trump Recaptured America”
Wolff accuses #Trump of #antisemitism "in the old sense," claiming Trump fundamentally views Jews as different from himself. He asserts that Trump has "absolutely no interest in Israel" and describes Israeli politics as "boring" to Trump, who is "categorically uninterested in anything related to foreign policy and the Middle East."
Trump's support for Israel is purely performative rather than based on genuine concern, stating "It's important for him to appear as a friend of Israel, but he doesn't care about Israel." He points to Trump's muted response to the October 7 attacks despite political opportunity, and suggests his resentment toward #Netanyahu (for congratulating Biden in 2020) influenced his reaction.
Wolff mentions that even Trump's Jewish son-in-law Jared Kushner refused to sign a statement defending Trump against antisemitism accusations, adding credibility to Wolff's claims about Trump's attitudes toward Jews and Israel.
[…] The Hamas attack on October 7 caught Donald Trump on his way to a massive campaign rally in Waterloo, Iowa. "This was the perfect stage to make a militant declaration in favor of Israel and stand behind its military plans," veteran journalist Michael Wolff wrote in his new and widely discussed book, "All or Nothing: How Trump Recaptured America." "The evangelical base in Iowa is overwhelmingly pro-Israel," he continues. "A Trumpian display of fire and fury toward the Palestinians would certainly have been received with sympathy." However, Trump, he wrote, delivered a pale, lukewarm statement of support, contrary to everything one might expect from a man who has never shied away from bombastic words. Especially when he had an opportunity to gain political capital.
Hebrew https://www.haaretz.co.il/magazine/2025-03-06/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/00000195-65e1-dac6-a997-ffe926560000 or https://archive.is/4jf28
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Quoting Michael Wolff from #Haaretz interview about his new book “All or Nothing: How Trump Recaptured America”
Wolff accuses #Trump of #antisemitism "in the old sense," claiming Trump fundamentally views Jews as different from himself. He asserts that Trump has "absolutely no interest in Israel" and describes Israeli politics as "boring" to Trump, who is "categorically uninterested in anything related to foreign policy and the Middle East."
Trump's support for Israel is purely performative rather than based on genuine concern, stating "It's important for him to appear as a friend of Israel, but he doesn't care about Israel." He points to Trump's muted response to the October 7 attacks despite political opportunity, and suggests his resentment toward #Netanyahu (for congratulating Biden in 2020) influenced his reaction.
Wolff mentions that even Trump's Jewish son-in-law Jared Kushner refused to sign a statement defending Trump against antisemitism accusations, adding credibility to Wolff's claims about Trump's attitudes toward Jews and Israel.
[…] The Hamas attack on October 7 caught Donald Trump on his way to a massive campaign rally in Waterloo, Iowa. "This was the perfect stage to make a militant declaration in favor of Israel and stand behind its military plans," veteran journalist Michael Wolff wrote in his new and widely discussed book, "All or Nothing: How Trump Recaptured America." "The evangelical base in Iowa is overwhelmingly pro-Israel," he continues. "A Trumpian display of fire and fury toward the Palestinians would certainly have been received with sympathy." However, Trump, he wrote, delivered a pale, lukewarm statement of support, contrary to everything one might expect from a man who has never shied away from bombastic words. Especially when he had an opportunity to gain political capital.
Hebrew https://www.haaretz.co.il/magazine/2025-03-06/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/00000195-65e1-dac6-a997-ffe926560000 or https://archive.is/4jf28
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Quoting Meron Rapoport on the shift in the Israeli public discourse, moving from veiled threats of displacement ("second Nakba") and military strategies (like siege and starvation) to explicit calls for extermination:
[…] Even though ethnic cleansing has become a method of operation – the expulsion of 40,000 Palestinians from refugee camps in the northern West Bank and the declaration by Israel Katz that he has instructed not to allow them to return are further proof of this – it has failed so far. Israel destroyed Gaza, but the Palestinians did not leave it; and also the Palestinians who were forced to leave their homes in Jenin, Nur Shams, or Tulkarm, are not abandoning the West Bank. The discourse of extermination is first and foremost a result of rage and frustration, and not a plan of action. But the statements of Vaturi, Barashi, Yiftah Klein and many others are preparing the psychological ground for moves that, until October 7th, no one dared to speak about out loud. And that is dangerous, very dangerous.
@israel
@palestine
#IsraelWarCrimes
#GazaGenocide
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Quoting Meron Rapoport on the shift in the Israeli public discourse, moving from veiled threats of displacement ("second Nakba") and military strategies (like siege and starvation) to explicit calls for extermination:
[…] Even though ethnic cleansing has become a method of operation – the expulsion of 40,000 Palestinians from refugee camps in the northern West Bank and the declaration by Israel Katz that he has instructed not to allow them to return are further proof of this – it has failed so far. Israel destroyed Gaza, but the Palestinians did not leave it; and also the Palestinians who were forced to leave their homes in Jenin, Nur Shams, or Tulkarm, are not abandoning the West Bank. The discourse of extermination is first and foremost a result of rage and frustration, and not a plan of action. But the statements of Vaturi, Barashi, Yiftah Klein and many others are preparing the psychological ground for moves that, until October 7th, no one dared to speak about out loud. And that is dangerous, very dangerous.
@israel
@palestine
#IsraelWarCrimes
#GazaGenocide
#OatmealQuotes