🇮🇱🇵🇸 New footage is circulating of Israeli officials discussing orders on October 7 that risked killing their own hostages.
The Hannibal Directive, which prevented abductions at all costs, was reportedly applied in multiple places. Israeli reporting and former Defense Minister Gallant have acknowledged this, and Israeli fire did kill some hostages.
That part is no longer fringe.
The intelligence failure was real, and that leaves us more questions than answers.
Writer: Lucas
I feel nothing but absolute disgust towards the entire western world & their “ values”
Chicago Police knock nearly 80yo woman to ground w/their batons for protesting the genocide in Gaza
🇵🇸🇮🇱 ISRAELI HOSTAGE WRITES A LETTER TO HAMAS:
“To the generals who have accompanied me in recent weeks, it seems we will part ways tomorrow, but I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your extraordinary humanity shown towards my daughter, Emilia.
You were like parents to her, inviting her into your rooms whenever she desired.
She acknowledges feeling like all of you are her friends, not just friends, but truly beloved and good.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for the many hours you spent as caregivers.
Thank you for being patient with her and showering her with sweets, fruits, and everything available even when it was not.
Children should not be in captivity, but thanks to you and other kind people we met along the way, my daughter felt like a queen in Gaza...
In general, she acknowledges feeling like the center of the world. She hasn't met anyone on our long journey, from the rank and file to the leadership, who didn't treat her with gentleness, affection, and love.
I will forever be a prisoner of gratitude because she did not leave here with a lifelong psychological trauma. I will remember your kind behavior, granted here despite the difficult situation you were dealing with yourselves and the severe losses you suffered here in Gaza. I wish in this world we could truly be good friends.
I wish you all health and well-being... Health and love to you and your families' children.
Many thanks.
Danyal and Emilia"
Thoughts?
Rainwater is the property of 'Israel'.
Palestinians are forbidden from gathering rainwater.
Source: a UN report: 'according to Israeli military orders in effect in the area, rain is the property of the Israeli authorities and thus Palestinians are forbidden from gathering rain water for domestic or agricultural needs.'
And:
'As well as prohibiting nearly all construction of wells necessary for Palestinians to secure additional quantities of water to support population growth and socio-economic development, such policies have denied communities access to water and sanitation facilities, including water, toilets, sewage networks and cisterns for rainwater harvesting.'
This is Zionism.
#DismantleZionism
#Gaza_Genocide
#FromTheRiverToTheSea
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I am a human before being a journalist. I cannot separate myself from what’s happening back home. It’s my home where I was born and I grew up for most of my life. It’s where I took my first breath, learnt my first word, ate my first meal, loved for the first time. It’s where all my memories are. It’s the place that I love the most in this world. The people who are being killed are my family, friends, neighbours, colleagues, classmates, and loved ones. The places that are being wiped out are the places I grew up with and in. My house, my schools, my special cafes, my favourite restaurants, my unique spots around the city, my beach, and above all - my homeland. They are not only massacring us, but wiping our history, our churches, mosques and landmarks. They are erasing a whole people who fought for their lives since they were born. Everything about my life revolves about Palestine. My friends at uni used to call me Yara Palestine because “I speak too much about Palestine all the time” and it’s because I have been fighting for my existence since the day I was born. I am proud of being called Yara Palestine. I never really took pictures of myself while having a break down but today I decided to take one to share with the world that we are humans, we have emotions and feelings, dreams and ambitions, just like you. I am not always as strong as I portray myself. I breakdown. I cry. I panic. I’ve been mainly showing you strong Yara that keeps on reporting, educating western journalists but I’m not sharing with you what Yara the human is feeling. All the battles in my head, all the worst case scenarios (some which already happened), all the fear and the trauma, all the anger and pain. I have never been in this much pain in my whole life. Despite living through 6 aggressions on Gaza (only 2 of which I was abroad), I’ve never gotten used to this suffering, this pain, this shock. I want you to know that you’re only seeing 1% of what’s actually happening in Gaza. Despite all of our efforts to show you our genocide, we are unable to completely convey the reality of what’s happening. Don’t get used to our genocide. Please don’t!
Here's Prof. John Mearsheimer - one of the most prescient scholars on the war in Ukraine -- on how Israel supporters in the US scream "anti-Semite" at anyone criticizing Israel (the mirror image of how liberals scream racist or transphobe at their enemies) (via @zei_squirrel):
CNN admits Israel might have planted the weapons it claims to have found in Al-Shifa hospital.
Yet another major propaganda disaster for Israel, published in its home court media outlet no less.
Terug naar de humane stem #ceasefirenow, voor kinderen in Gaza Cease fire now! Free Palestine. Nederland stop medeplichtig zijn: #WAPENSTILSTANDNU! Red onschuldige burgers in Gaza
🇵🇸🇮🇱 This 2-year-old Palestinian lost both of her legs due to an Israeli airstrike.
“This is my daughter after 14 years of fertility treatment.”
Now she has no legs.