Mandy Lynn

[Brian J. Karem @BrianKarem]

58 Dead. 58.

[susan abulhawa | سوزان ابو الهوى @susanabulhawa]

the world deserves an independent and complete investigation into October 7th, because it's so clear that most of the people killed that day were killed by Israelis themselves. It's also without doubt that Hamas launched a military operation to capture Israeli soldiers to exchange for Palestinian political prisoners, as they've done in the past; Israel knew about it, and set a trap to manufacture an atrocity they could use to launch the genocide.

[Nerdeen Kiswani @NerdeenKiswani]

Farouk Ramadan woke up yesterday to what Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have learned to expect: another attack by Israeli settlers.

When armed settlers confronted him and his brother near Nablus, Farouk defended himself after disarming one of the settlers who had pointed a rifle at them. He knew exactly what Palestinians know all too well. Defending yourself against settlers means Israel will make your family and your community pay the price.

By the end of the day, Farouk Ramadan, his brother Ibrahim, and their relatives Jawad and Imran Ramadan had been killed. Israeli officials immediately announced plans to demolish the Ramadan family home.

Afterward, settlers fanned out across villages surrounding Nablus. Homes and vehicles were set on fire. Residents came under live fire. Property was vandalized. Livestock were attacked. Families barricaded themselves inside their homes while armed settlers moved through their villages. Israeli officials responded by announcing a major military operation in the area, expanding settlement measures, and calling for more demolitions.

For those of us in New York City, none of this is disconnected from us.

The organizations that finance Israeli settlements are incorporated here. They raise money here. They host fundraising dinners here. They receive tax deductible donations here. We are not only sending billions of dollars in military aid to Israel. We also allow organizations that bankroll the settlement movement to operate openly in our own city.

Earlier this year, Kars4Kids went viral after a California judge ruled that its advertising misled donors by failing to disclose that the charity primarily funds Orthodox Jewish educational and religious programs. People were shocked because they believed they had been donating to a general children’s charity, not to a much more specific mission.

So why is there nowhere near that level of outrage over tax exempt organizations in New York City openly raising money for settlements whose settlers carry out attacks like the ones we witnessed today?

Instead, we are encouraged to reduce everything to Benjamin Netanyahu, as though replacing one prime minister would dismantle the machinery responsible for the mass killing, ethnic cleansing, colonization, and genocide of the Palestinian people.

The problem has never been one politician. It is the military occupation. It is the settlement enterprise. It is the politicians who fund it. It is the lobby that protects it. It is the organizations that finance it. It is the governments that arm it. It is the entire Zionist apparatus that has made these crimes possible.

Meanwhile, we are told to celebrate politicians for offering carefully worded criticism of Netanyahu while continuing to fund and protect the very system that produced him. We are thanking politicians for crumbs while they continue financing the machinery that is killing our people.

Farouk Ramadan’s name should force us to ask why the organizations financing the settlements that terrorize Palestinians are allowed to operate openly from New York City with tax benefits and little to no pushback while Palestinians defending their communities are condemned and killed.

[Zachary Foster @_ZachFoster]

Today is day 1,011 of Israel's genocide of the Palestinians

[susan abulhawa | سوزان ابو الهوى @susanabulhawa]

thank you, @YungxJayy, for posting this excerpt from my piece in an anthology edited by the brilliant @fbhutto and Sonia Faleiro.

The book is called "Gaza: The Story of a Genocide," published by @VersoBooks. My contribution, "Final Earth," explores the roles and fate of non-human life in this genocide.

[Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz]

People who say "Zionism is just the belief that Jews should have a homeland" are hilarious. Zionism isn't some abstraction; we can all see its material manifestations with our own eyes. We can all see that Zionism means genocide, apartheid, and nonstop wars and abuse.

This isn't some kind of theoretical debate where we all get to have our own opinions about what Zionism is and what it entails. It's 2026, not 1890. The facts are in and the case is closed, kids. This is what Zionism is. This is the only Zionism in existence. What you see is what you get. And what you see is quantifiably one of the most evil things happening on our planet.

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

A doctor kidnapped from a besieged hospital, tortured and held without charge for over 500 days, would surely be called a HOSTAGE.

Unless he’s Palestinian.

[John Cusack @johncusack]

There is no universe where this is not an evil act - cold blooded murder of innocents

[Max Jerneck @MaxJerneck]

Israel hits the same target four times to kill as many medics as possible https://t.co/MbRyZ3C5UK

[Nury Vittachi @NuryVittachi]

MIND-BLOWING: THE 10 TOP REAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF TRUMP AND HEGSETH IN IRAN

1. The Strait of Hormuz was open
- Now it’s blocked by two militaries

2. Iran had no nukes
- Now every nation knows it needs nukes

3. Iranians were divided, with some favoring and some opposing the US and Israel
- Now Iranians are united against the US and Israel

4. US military bases had pretended to be assets
- Now they’ve been exposed as liabilities

5. Murdering an entire govt was considered a very bad thing
- Now it’s fine, the US set a precedent for everyone

6. The Gulf states pretended to be loyal to the global family of Islam, not US/Israel
- Now everyone knows the opposite is true

7. The “allies” thought the US valued them
- Now they know the US is destroying them

8. US citizens used to spend nothing on Iran
- Now they’re bleeding US$30 billion on that country

9. Peace negotiations used to be sacrosanct
- Now we know the US says its okay to kill negotiators

10. The world suspected the US was a murderous rogue regime
-
Now
we
know
it’s
true.

[Sarah Wilkinson @swilkinsonbc]

Babies in Gaza are being born with defects due to mothers inhaling toxic bomb smoke or the israelis poisoning water | via @mhmd_s09

[Daniel Lambert @dlLambo]

Everyone should take 2 mins to watch this.

A father, helped by neighbours, digging for the body of his daughter.

Their home destroyed by Israel.

This is proper reporting and the reason Israel allows nobody into Gaza and targets journalists every day.

[yc @yc]

“I fire 50-60 bullets every day, I've stopped counting kills. I have no idea how many I've killed, a lot. Children."

This is at an aid drop-off location

And every fucking day people defend this. from the average idiot on here to the most powerful politicians in the world.

[Dr. Najat Abdul-Aziz @theafroaussie]

Thought Israel isn’t involved in Sudan?

Think again.

Avi Dichter, former Security Minister:

"For 30 years we have destabilised Sudan. It is important that Sudan be permanently destabilized by its internal conflicts."

“We had to weaken Sudan and deprive it of the initiative to build a strong and united state. That is necessary for bolstering and strengthening Israel’s national security. We produced and escalated the Darfur crisis to prevent Sudan from developing its capabilities”.

#KeepEyesOnSudan

[Zachary Foster @_ZachFoster]

Israel is the only country in modern history to be perpetrating 2 genocides simultaneously, one in Gaza, one in Lebanon.

[Alan MacLeod @AlanRMacLeod]

It's incredible watching the New York Times having to describe ethnic cleansing without ever using the phrase.

[Muhammad Shehada @muhammadshehad2]

Israel's conviction rate of Palestinians (in military courts) is 99.74%

Israel's conviction rate of reported settler attacks on Palestinians is 1.8%

Israel's death sentence will only apply against Palestinians not Israeli Jews

It's not complicated. It's Apartheid!

[sarah @sahouraxo]

This is horrifying.

Paramedics in South Lebanon are forced to choose between saving lives or staying alive.

They can’t rush to emergency scenes to avoid Israeli double-tap strikes.

Israel is hunting rescuers for doing their job.

This is a war crime.

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

Still no coverage in Western media. Israel can torture a toddler without generating a single headline.

[Zachary Foster @_ZachFoster]

Murder is effectively legal in Palestine, including live-streamed murder, so long as the murderer is Jewish, and the victim is Palestinian.