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A United Nations commission of inquiry says Israel continues to deliberately target and kill Palestinian children, resulting in genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza and war crimes in the occupied West Bank.
Three of the Filton 4 leave the courthouse to return to HMP Bronzefield and begin their sentences, but the road is immediately blocked by a large crowd who have been listening to the live broadcast of the judgement from outside.
@ObserverUK 1. Nothing she describes seems like terrorism, which is attacks against CIVILIANS, not the military/state.
2. She used secret evidence, which is being challenged in court, to proscribed the group. What if the judge decides the evidence is weak?
The difference between Holocaust denial and Gaza Genocide denial is that Holocaust denial is either illegal or a criminal offence in many countries, and is for the most part the preserve of marginalized and isolated cooks and conspiracy theorists.
No self-respecting journalist considers Holocaust denial a legitimate point of view, and no serious media organization argues that the duty of impartiality requires it to provide Holocaust denial with a platform in any serious discussion about Germany’s extermination of Europe’s Jews during the Second World War.
Gaza Genocide denial is by contrast a well-organized and orchestrated global campaign that is sponsored, funded, and avidly promoted – without any hindrance whatsoever – by the regime perpetrating the genocide.
In many states, Gaza Genocide denial counts among its champions elected and other senior officials, influential lobbies, and powerful organizations. Its messages are amplified by an international network of conspiracy theorists, fanatic ideologues, and hired hands.
Serious media organizations not only consider it a journalistic requirement to give Gaza Genocide denial a platform and at least equal time in their programming, but routinely themselves communicate Israel’s talking points to their audience. The Bibi Si’s compulsive resort to “Israel says” is a case in point.
In many of the states that have criminalized and punished Holocaust denial, it is public opposition to, rather than open denial of the Gaza Genocide that is criminalized and punished. People have been fired from jobs, lost business, forfeited careers, and literally been imprisoned for speaking out against the Gaza Genocide.
Ironically one of the leading and most influential agitators against opponents of the Gaza Genocide, Jonathan Greenblatt of the far-right hate group, Defamation League, in a recent interview with the New York Times admitted he has never even bothered to acquaint himself with the formal definition of genocide.
It seems it is easier to deny something with a straight face if you don’t know what it is.
@theprimalplot Will check it out. Reminds me of The Leftovers and The Returned (are they ghosts or real?). Rewatching them in the midst of the genocide really made me think about its generational trauma.
THREAD: As of this writing, intensive Israeli air raids and shelling throughout the Gaza Strip has killed more than 350 Palestinians, and wounded hundreds more, in the space of several hours. How did we get here?
To all friends
In light of the current events in Palestine, a large number of filmmakers have made their films about Palestine available online for free.
In this post, we share with you links to films you can view and share to get our message out to the world:
• A collection of documentaries published by Al Jazeera Documentary:
https://t.co/dlwb6Rf77I
https://t.co/XaqRKmNnhE
https://t.co/nXaMQf8mOJ
• "Keeper of Memory" documentary:
https://t.co/Izb5iQc1Rg
• "Empty Seat" documentary:
https://t.co/g5qQ76dFsL
• "Resistance Pilot" documentary:
https://t.co/r7gHsZgbh7
• "Jenin" documentary:
https://t.co/w7MHEtT1rx
• "The Olive Tree" documentary:
https://t.co/UGc281sB8g
• "Scenes from the Occupation in Gaza" documentary 1973:
https://t.co/FJhBrXqV6G
• Documentary "Gaza Fights For Freedom":
https://t.co/FP9plLDRnH
• Documentary "Arna's Children":
https://t.co/nMARn6hK3x
• Short Film "Strawberry":
https://t.co/3vDtJfBl9S
• Short Film "The Place":
https://t.co/4YnMgKjDxM
• Documentary "The Mayor":
https://t.co/OrZ5t0o418
• Documentary "The Creation and the Nakba 1948":
https://t.co/dopya7lonp
• Documentary "Occupation" 101":
https://t.co/aMOLKoRJ8L
• "The Shadow of Absence" Documentary:
https://t.co/lpJDZiLCyW
• "The Don't Exist" Documentary:
https://t.co/8amenIgDUt
• "As The Poet Said" Documentary:
https://t.co/1V5UrOWuxW
• "Five Broken Cameras" Documentary:
https://t.co/z9spDWinbx
• "Paradise Now" Feature Film:
https://t.co/tfVXiCC0PI
• "Abnadam" Short Film:
https://t.co/EFj1zuGtVV
• "Wedding of Galilee":
https://t.co/wcWMYkN3Ix
• The feature film "Keffiyeh":
https://t.co/kPco6N7nCv
• The documentary film "Slingshot Hip Hop":
https://t.co/B3hX8o80nk
• The documentary film "Tall al-Zaatar":
https://t.co/SwvFHGJMrV
• The documentary film "Tall al-Zaatar - The Secrets of the Battle":
https://t.co/SwvFHGJMrV
• The documentary film "In the Grip of the Resistance":
https://t.co/dGZaXBVkqK
• The documentary film "Swings":
https://t.co/pW6DpGxU3x
• The documentary film "Naji al-Ali: An Artist with Vision:
https://t.co/mztq6n0A5C
• "The Upper Gate" Documentary:
https://t.co/nwHl803u1B
• "In Search of Palestine" Documentary:
https://t.co/36ADmq3yuj
• "Salt of this Sea" Feature Film:
https://t.co/4agkw8suWK
• "Speak, Bird" Documentary:
https://t.co/6iA9FDYvIQ
• "The Palestinian Exodus" Series:
https://t.co/TzKlaXXloB
• "I Am Jerusalem" Series:
https://t.co/jvyieEoCrs
It is in this context that Hamas decided it needed to demonstrate it had its limits and was not going to be further intimidated or taken for a ride. Its military spokesperson Abu Ubaida announced the suspension of any additional exchange of captives until further notice, while also pointing out that the announcement is being made on Monday while no exchanges are scheduled before Saturday. If the violations cease, he indicated, the exchange of captives can resume according to schedule.