Kleanthis Maniatis

CBR via Adelaide and Athens
{'nee' Samos + Smyrni}

[TheMuslimLawyer @faisalkutty]

“It was like this biblical battle where the Palestinian men … went in front of me to protect … me and my rescuers from being attacked again,” Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine told Jake Tapper.

Palestinian men put themselves between her and her attackers. Remember that when Palestinians are portrayed only as threats, never as people risking their lives to protect others.

As @DropSiteNews reports, Levine was kicked, beaten with clubs and robbed by Israeli settlers while covering an olive harvest in the occupied West Bank, leaving her with multiple broken bones. She said Israeli soldiers charged Palestinian farmers as settlers advanced alongside them.

But perhaps the most devastating part of her account is her recognition that Palestinians endure this violence daily, with nowhere safe to go.

What happens to the people who remain after an injured journalist is evacuated and the cameras leave? Who protects the men who stepped forward to protect her?

Palestinians should not need foreign witnesses beside them to harvest their own olives. Their safety should matter whether an American journalist is there to tell the story or not.

Please watch—and support @DropSiteNews.

[Paul Barry @TheRealPBarry]

If you do one thing today, listen to this please. Australia cannot stand by and let this happen.

https://t.co/l4cB4CAU0h

[💧Mary Kostakidis @MaryKostakidis]

The dogs of discourse circle a national tragedy.
The insane ranting of right wing agitators shows they just dont get it. They have ramped up hostility since October 7 on behalf of Israel, in order to discourage engagement in public discourse other than in support of Israel and US forever wars.
Now, they have no respect for a politician dedicated to public life and to dignity and equality for all, who is battling for her own life following a likely attack by someone with a mental illness. They need to take pills for anger management.
https://t.co/PWB2nhoQJu

[💧Mary Kostakidis @MaryKostakidis]

Anyone speaking according to their own conscience is a ‘terrorism’ supporter according to the UK. The ugly head of Imperialism now targets white people too. Society wide repression requiring enormous pushback.
‘•Irish novelist Sally Rooney says her books can no longer be supplied to UK retailers because royalties could be used to support the proscribed organization Palestine Action.
•Publisher Faber confirmed that British legislation prevents it from transferring Rooney’s UK earnings and described the situation as “unconscionable.”
•Amnesty International and Palestine Action’s co-founder condemned the consequences for freedom of expression, while a Supreme Court challenge to the ban remains pending.’

https://t.co/82r7jeKDwa

[Gianluca Martino @gianlucamart1]

Heil Austria 🧵
Mustafa Ayyash cresce nel campo profughi di Nuseirat a Gaza, a quindici anni crea il forum online "Gaza Now" che riscuote un successo clamoroso. Raggiunto il sogno di fare il giornalista, fonda "Gaza Now news" che in pochi anni diventa uno dei media più popolari della regione.
Nel 2017 riesce a raggiungere l'Austria da dove pensa di raccontare liberamente i crimini di Israele senza il pensiero di ricevere in regalo un missile in camera da letto.

A differenza di quei cialtroni dei media mainstream europei, ignoranti e felici di raccontare Gaza attraverso le veline degli invasori, Ayyash racconta la sua città, la sua gente, e non si può parlare di Gaza omettendo i combattenti della Resistenza.
Ayyash pubblica tutto, senza censura. Pubblica i video di Hamas ma anche quelli di altre fazioni e personalità politiche che si oppongono ad Hamas.

Con l'inizio dello sterminio, Israele vieta ai media di entrare a Gaza, il mondo deve sapere solo attraverso i portavoce dell'esercito sterminatore.

"Gaza Now" è una spina nel fianco della narrazione israeliana, diventa la principale fonte di informazione su Gaza per i giornalisti internazionali, pubblica in continuazione video dall'inferno di Gaza che ottengono milioni di visualizzazioni.
Su Telegram, "Gaza Now" raggiunge due milioni di iscritti.

Tutto questo per Israele è intollerabile, e contrattacca con i suoi noti metodi democratici.

A novembre del 2023, un missile colpisce l'abitazione di Ayyash a Gaza e uccide la madre, il padre e venti parenti tra i quali bambini e una neonata.

Gli Stati Uniti sanzionano "Gaza Now" e il giornalista Ayyash in quanto "presunto facilitatore finanziario chiave" (?) di Hamas.
(Classica pagliacciata tipicamente americana: "Gaza Now" pubblica migliaia richieste di donazioni provenienti da Gaza ma i canali che effettuano il passaggio di denaro sono americani o europei).

Nell'aprile del 2024 la polizia austriaca irrompe all'alba in casa di Ayyash e lo arresta insieme alla moglie.
Sequestrano tutti i dispositivi elettronici.
Dopo un luogo interrogatorio, vengono rilasciati.

Ayyash ha paura, capisce che questo è solo l'inizio, ma continua i suoi viaggi nelle città europee per raccontare la distruzione di Gaza.

Nell'agosto del 2024 l'Austria spicca un mandato di arresto europeo per Ayyash, la polizia olandese esegue e lo arresta.
Israele chiede l'estradizione, Ayyash entra in sciopero della fame, gli olandesi scendono nelle piazze per manifestare contro la detenzione del giornalista.
Dopo due mesi rinchiuso in carcere, l'Olanda consegna Ayyash alle autorità austriache.

Da novembre del 2025, il giornalista Ayyash è rinchiuso in attesa di processo in cella di isolamento per 24 ore al giorno, vietata l'ora d'aria, vietato avere colloqui con altri detenuti.

Le accuse della giustizia austriaca a carico del giornalista palestinese sono un'offesa al diritto, l'ennesimo passo verso l'israelizzazione delle società europee.

Ayyash, assente da Gaza da nove anni, è accusato di finanziare e APPARTENERE contemporaneamente ad Hamas, Fronte Popolare per la Liberazione della Palestina, Jihad Islamica, Brigate dei Martiri di al-Aqsa e pure la libanese Hezbollah.
(Un record da Guinness dei primati!)

Il processo dovrebbe iniziare a dicembre, gran parte delle accuse si basano su informazioni e prove SEGRETE fornite dai servizi di intelligence israeliani.
Ed essendo segrete, l'imputato e l'avvocato difensore non possono prenderne visione.

Questa non è più una questione palestinese, qui siamo davanti all'abbattimento delle colonne portanti delle nostre democrazie.

Dovrebbe interessare tutti.

[Jommy Tee 🌐 @jommy_tee]

Appears Australia missing in action again.

Shared values or some shit.

[full slack @fullslack_]

Jessica Tarlov is essentially telling El-Sayed he should be required to support Israel as a religious ethnostate in order to earn votes from a fringe minority of disingenuous zionists who conflate Judaism with Zionism.

[Yuval Abraham יובל אברהם @yuval_abraham]

בגלל העניין והחשיבות הציבורית אני ורחלי החלטנו ביחד עם הגרדיאן שהסרט נז״א יהיה נגיש באינטרנט בחינם, ללא הגבלת זמן, כדי שכל אדם יוכל לצפות בו ובעדויות החיילים. זה יקרה בעוד כמה שבועות, בנובמבר, במועד הכי מוקדם שהצלחנו לקבוע. עד אז פנינו לבתי קולנוע בישראל והצענו להם את הסרט ללא עלות, בתקווה שיוקרן בארץ כבר עכשיו, במקביל להפצתו בבתי קולנוע בעולם. הצגתו תהיה החלטה אמיצה אל מול אלימות גדולה שמכוונת להסתרתו. אני יודע שיש ביקוש אדיר לצפות בסרט ואני מקווה שבאופן הזה כולם בקרוב יוכלו לראות אותו: בין אם בבתי הקולנוע ובין אם באינטרנט בעוד כמה שבועות.

הרבה דברים לא נכונים נאמרו עלינו ועל הסרט בשבוע החולף. הסרט מבוסס על תחקיר עיתונאי מקיף של שלוש שנים והפרטים בו מאומתים ומוצלבים. הוא ידבר בעד עצמו והאמת סופה להתבהר.

עשינו את הסרט כדי לעורר דיון ציבורי לגבי המעשים של הממשלה בעזה, ההרג של יותר מ73,000 בני אדם, רובם אזרחים, הנרמול של מלחמת השמדה, של התפיסה ש״אין בלתי מעורבים״. עשרים וארבעה חיילים וחיילות עשו צעד ודיברו מול מצלמה על מה שחברה שלמה לא רוצה לדבר עליו.

ההכרה בזוועות בעזה לא מפחיתה לרגע מהטבח הנפשע של השבעה באוקטובר, שחמאס אחראי עליו, שחיילים מדברים עליו בסרט, ושאין לו שום הצדקה. להפך. הרי ההתעלמות ממה שקורה בעזה היא מהגורמים שסללו את הדרך לשבת הנוראה ההיא. וההתעלמות הזו נמשכת.

עיתונות היא לא בגידה. ביקורת היא לא בגידה. זו חובה של כל אזרח שממשלתו מבצעת פשעים לדעת ושל כל חייל שהיה עד להם לספר. מסתובבים כאן אלפי חיילים כאלה, שיצפו בסרט ויזהו את מה שמתואר בו באופן אישי: את ההרג של אנשים לא חמושים שחוצים קו מדומיין, את אישורי הנז״א במאות, את התקיפות המערכתיות בבתי משפחות, את השריפה וההשמדה הפיזית של עזה, רצח וירי על אנשים רעבים במרכזי מזון ופשעים נוספים שאין להם הצדקה. גם אם זה מפחיד, זו חובתכם למצוא את הדרך להעיד על מה שראיתם. יגידו לכם שכדאי להסתיר את האמת למען הסברה בחו״ל, אבל זה קשקוש. שם יודעים כבר הכל. פשעים לא מסבירים אלא עוצרים. הסתרת האמת קודם כל מרעילה את החברה שלנו ומעל הכל מאפשרת לפגיעה בבני אדם בעזה להימשך.

ובנימה אישית: אני כותב על מדיניות האש של הצבא בעזה בעברית ב״שיחה מקומית״ כבר שלוש שנים. התחקירים זכו להתעלמות בישראל. עכשיו בפעם הראשונה משהו נסדק במסך ההתעלמות - וזה דבר חיובי. זה דבר בריא. כן, זה מגיע עם מחיר אישי גדול. היה שבוע קשה. אבל בתוכו גם יש המון תמיכה, והרבה נדיבות. מה שבטוח: האיומים לא יעזרו. זה לא מרתיע אותנו. אני ורחלי נחזור לארץ ונמשיך להיאבק על עתיד המקום הזה ביחד עם שותפים רבים.

[Bob Carr @bobjcarr]

Is Israel enraged by the documentary “NAZA” because officials think it’s full of lies or because they know it’s true? A movie that has Israelis themselves talking about war crimes committed by the state of Israel. https://t.co/ehGoISkFbK

[HatsOff @HatsOffff]

Historian Avi Shlaim: ‘Britain stole Palestine from the Palestinians and gave it to the Zionists’

[Quentin Dempster @QuentinDempster]

ABC's experienced production staff now face the long white envelope (termination): Apart from News it looks like the ABC's in-house days are over: @insidefilm ABC slashes 46 production roles across its screen division - https://t.co/pbjxFccQEZ via @intent/follow?source=followbutton

[💧Mary Kostakidis @MaryKostakidis]

This may explain why Australia refused to join the sanctions on Settlements. It can’t alienate the US while it seeks support for a seat in the UNSC. The excuse of not wanting to harm to Aus businesses doesn’t wash- they have had plenty of warning to extricate themselves and as for protecting Palestinians businesses over their lives,,,

[💧Mary Kostakidis @MaryKostakidis]

Alarming supremacist mentality. No wonder so many Jewish people make clear they don’t want a bar of this mob.

[XD LAW @XDlawyers]

STATEMENT RE MARY KOSTAKIDIS AND THE ZIONIST FEDERATION

After 2 years of utterly pointless legal proceedings against Mary Kostakidis, Alon Cassuto of the Zionist Federation pulled up stumps and ended the case on Friday.

There were no deeds, undertakings or apologies. There was an agreement that he would not be pursued for costs and he simply walked away.

In the interests of social cohesion we gave him a dignified exit and basically said nothing. Instead of taking a deep breath before trying to explain to his backers how profoundly he had failed, he put out a press release. One of the most deceptive we have ever seen. The short correct version is Alon lost. Badly. He achieved nothing of any legal consequence. Australians are still relatively free to speak their minds without being overly concerned about what Mr Cassuto thinks. Mary stoicly never ceded an inch to him and she will continue to say as she wishes on all public events.

Alon’s solemn legal proceeding didn’t begin 2 years ago with a court filing, it began with a bells and whistles press conference and a single compliant journalist at the ready. Mr Cassuto, then freshly appointed as the CEO of the Zionist Federation of Australia, announced he had taken offence to two tweets Mary had made in the midst of the bombardment of Gaza. So offended that Mary would have to answer for it in the Federal court under the Racial Discrimination Act. It now seems that the Act was just a handy prop for Mr Cassuto’s objectives. A man with no reputation was going to launch himself bringing down a woman who had one. So he thought.

Mr Cassuto’s legal proceeding to ventilate his hurt over tweets began with nothing more than slurs about Mary and ended in the same vacuous way. For two years he wasted the resources of the Federal Court and the Human Rights Commission, the time and expense of half a dozen lawyers putting on claims and defences circulating around Alon’s hurt and offence. And then on the verge of the trial he withdraws with a self serving flourish:
“My objectives in bringing this proceeding have been substantially satisfied.”

Really. Did he ever have a proper purpose in bringing this court proceeding? Or was it just a monumental waste of time resources and money until Alon breezily decides that his objectives have been met. If his objective was to pointlessly fan political and religious tension he may have a point. Or perhaps it was to encourage a schoolyard pile-on to Mary Kostakidis. Well done. Or was it to bring disrepute to the Zionist Federation by portraying them fundamentally as thin skinned and enemies of free speech.

In his account of his legal objectives Mr Cassuto infers that one of his accomplishments was that ‘Ms Kostakidis has publicly apologised’ That was 18 months ago. And nothing to do with you Mr Cassuto. Various meanings were being taken from her posts. Mary didn’t agree with those interpretations but under her own steam apologised if any hurt was taken. That is because she is a nice person, a class act and not a windbag. Every dollar spent, all the wreckage and all the vitriol since then, was for the vanity of Mr. Cassuto. He wanted a few more words added that were to his liking and he wanted a Federal Court proceeding to force Mary to say them. She wouldn’t be bullied to say your words Mr Cassuto and she will not be in the future.

[💧Mary Kostakidis @MaryKostakidis]

The brutality and effectiveness of the Zionist cancelation of people’s livelihoods and opportunities for criticising the conduct of the State they worship. Their own conduct is responsible for their reputation. The response to the reputation: ‘Antisemitic tope!!!’ “Blood Libel!!!’ “Holocaust Denial!!!’

[Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis]

Some excellent news from Australia: the Zionist legal campaign aimed at silencing journalist Mary Kostakidis has collapsed. Her shameful subjection to a modern-day McCarthyism has finally been lifted. Let us make sure no one else has to endure this — never again.

[💧Mary Kostakidis @MaryKostakidis]

Breaking: Zionists legal proceedings against me have been withdrawn after a 2 year battle.

This is a win for every Australian who values our democratic right to freedom of political expression. Zionist zealotry has had to beat a retreat from what was going to be a highly damaging trial.

I have spent 2 years doing nothing but preparing my defence in a case aimed at silencing me - a case that would have cost the average Australian their home.

I want to thank my fellow Australians who recognised the significance of what we stand to lose, stood with me and stepped up to assist me to launch my defence.

The purpose of journalism is to get to the truth - fearlessly - and to hold power to account. This is a win for press freedom, which has prevailed.

I want to thank my legal team, XD Law led by Mark Davis assisted by Jack Vaughn, and the formidable Sheryn Omeri assisted by Richard Reynolds, who took on board the full national and international dimensions that the case warranted, and my husband for his unflinching moral clarity.

Watching a people live stream their own genocide while the international community responsible for creating this mess offers the victims sympathy and the perpetrators bombs, diplomatic cover and impunity, has been disgusting. Thank you to the Jewish and Israeli people all over the world raging against this in recognition our common humanity trumps any form of tribalism.

Australia must stop disregarding the Orders of the International Court of Justice which were clear: we are obliged under international law to take meaningful action to prevent genocide in Palestine and to do all in our power to bring about an end to apartheid. Hypocrisy, double standards and a lack of courage are aiding the destruction of a framework intended to protect against the worst excesses of state power.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

When you're banning Oxfam and Save the Children from entering the country, you are.. the bad guys.

[💧Mary Kostakidis @MaryKostakidis]

Zionists Drop Case Against Kostakidis – Consortium News https://t.co/tfdq4Senpm

[Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilAU]

When did we become a nation willing to tolerate anything to protect trade relationships with illegal entities and a state committing genocide? Time for Australia to step up and join global leaders in banning imports from West Bank settlements, and impose country-level sanctions.