Athena Rayburn, executive director of the Association of International Development Agencies, told the UN Security Council on Wednesday that the US-backed Board of Peace is "failing" in Gaza and has “functioned to further entrench Israel’s unlawful presence" in the territory.
Yes. Israel is an apartheid state openly engaged in genocide and ethnic cleansing. It does so on the US taxpayers' dime, endangering Americans and betraying their values.
Disappointed the BBC cancelled my interview on Israel's killing of Hind Rajab
2 producers eagerly reached out. They confirmed the time & one called to prepare a brief for the anchor
She asked me whether Israel's announcement is positive, I explained in detail it was a cover up.
The IDF is blaming the killing of Hind, her uncle, aunt & 4 cousins on the family itself for trying to flee by car & on the ambulance sent to rescue her for "failures in the co-ordination of the movement."
None of this is remotely true! The Red Cross immediately informed the IDF about 5-year-old Hind who was hiding in that motionless car, & they requested permission from Israel to allow an ambulance to rescue them.
After multiple long hours, Israel granted greenlight to the ambulance & provided them with a designated route on a GPS to drive on.
As soon as the ambulance reached Hind's car, the IDF ambushed & bombed them immediately with an American made anti-tank missile then opened fire on Hind's car. The car was hit with 355 bullets.
Israel then kept that area under lockdown for 12 days, & prevented anyone from approaching.
Hind's mom went daily to the Ahli baptist hospital hoping to find her daughter, until her lifeless body was brought in along with the charred remains of the ambulance men.
Israel then claimed after an "initial investigation" that its troops were NEVER in that area to begin with. They maintained that claim for 2 years despite ample recordings & satellite images debunking this lie.
The only reason Israel is now making this new announcement of a deeper investigation is to shield its soldiers & generals from the International Criminal Court by invoking the principle of "complementarity;" that the ICC cannot investigate a state that is already investigating itself in good faith.
I told the BBC producer Israel today also quietly shut down the investigation into the triple tap killing of American, Canadian, British, Australian & Polish citizens in the WCK massacre. Israel blamed the massacre on the aid workers themselves for "deviating from the predesignated route" & for hiring an armed security guard "without informing the IDF" (both claims where debunked by WCK themselves, who had coordinates their every step with the IDF).
I told the producer the Israeli commander responsible for this massacre, Nochi Mendel, is a fanatical settler who had signed a petition calling for starving Gaza & that he was celebrated by settler leaders & supported by Israeli government leaders after what he did.
Mendel even received a box of chocolate from the settler council's leader & a letter of support for what he did.
Mendel was initially dismissed by the IDF & blamed for the massacre, but was quickly & quietly reinstated & promoted in the Defence Ministry as the head of the settlements and national infrastructure unit.
It's abundantly clear Israel is NOT serious about prosecuting any of the atrocities committed in Gaza. Since the genocide began, only two soldiers were punished by the IDF; one for microwaving a living frog & another for cooking sausages in the army kitchen on Shabbat.
The producer asked me: What about the 150 cases the IDF said are pending review?
I answered: it's just a number designed to give the appearance of seriousness, but it's essentially meaningless.
If it took the IDF two whole years to admit the simplest of facts that the entire world had already known, which is that their troops were the ones who fired on Hind Rajab's car, how do you expect them to do with the remaining cases that are not as high profile?
Five minutes after the call, the producer wrote me that they decided to cancel the interview & will not even host anyone else to comment on the issue, & instead they'll play archival footage!
An American surgeon's voice breaks as he retells how he amputated the leg of a 5 year old girl in Gaza without anesthesia. The only anesthesia was the doctor singing to her.
"The ER floors was filled with dozens of babies that were missing limbs."
This is Israel's genocide.
An American surgeon's voice breaks as he retells how he amputated the leg of a 5 year old girl in Gaza without anesthesia. The only anesthesia was the doctor singing to her.
"The ER floors was filled with dozens of babies that were missing limbs."
This is Israel's genocide.
BREAKING: At least two Palestinians have been killed and 14 injured in new Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip in the past 48 hours, according to the enclave's Health Ministry
🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/ylqPjWWVQo
I do not know who will care about what I am saying, or how many people are still willing to listen, but I am saying this clearly: what remains of life in Gaza is collapsing before our eyes in a terrifying and heartbreaking way.
Gaza is not collapsing because of bombing alone, but because everything that makes life possible is shutting down. Water stations are stopping, hospitals are shutting down, and medicines, medical supplies, and diagnostic equipment are scarce. Schools have become shelters, and education has almost completely collapsed.
Tents no longer protect anyone. In this heat, they have become suffocating places. Sewage enters them while diseases spread. Garbage is piling up, fuel is running out, and vehicles are stopping. Factories and businesses have been destroyed, people have lost their livelihoods, and universities have been reduced to rubble.
Production has become almost impossible. You cannot manufacture anything without raw materials. You cannot repair what has been destroyed without spare parts, or rebuild without construction materials. We are trapped in a cycle that forces us to remain consumers, waiting for whatever is allowed to enter instead of producing what we need.
Three years without electricity, and three years of fear and deprivation. Even basic needs, such as prosthetic limbs, crutches, medicine, and medical equipment, are difficult to obtain. The hardest part is that we are becoming used to the collapse. Every day, something else stops working, and the space left for life becomes smaller.
This is not a temporary crisis. An entire city is losing the basic conditions needed for life while the world watches. People here are simply trying to survive. We do not need the world to remember us after the catastrophe. We need the world to act now.
Israel bulldozed more than 93% of cemeteries across the Gaza Strip, erasing vital evidence of crimes.
Palestinian NGO Network director Mohammed Salha warned that bulldozing may destroy human remains, personal belongings, and remnants of weapons needed to identify victims and investigate violations.
Salha called on the International Criminal Court to urgently send fact-finding teams to Gaza, warning that continued destruction could permanently erase evidence needed for accountability.
Six Palestinian citizens were injured early Tuesday morning during an Israeli military raid on the town of Burqa, northwest of Nablus.
The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that its teams treated six injured people, including two children, after they were assaulted and beaten by Israeli forces.
بكتك الأمة مجددا وكأن استشهادك اليوم
العالم الحر يُحيي ذكرى استشهادك
ملايين الأحرار يستذكرونك بكل فخر واشتياق
أهل غزة والمُجوعين يتحدثون عنك وعن دورك في انهاء مجاعة غزة
من أنت يا صوت غزة ليبكيك الكبير والصغير
من أنت يا أنس حت�� تكون في الصدارة الاعلامية
من أنت أيها الشجاع لتحتفي بك كل الأطياف
( أنس جمال الشريف ) شهيد الحقيقة شهيد الكلمة 10/08
جددوا دعواتكم لصاحب الوجه الجميل والصحفي الشجاع 💔
🇵🇸: One year ago today, Israel killed Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif in Gaza.
He had spent nearly two years covering the genocide for Al Jazeera, despite Israel’s repeated threats against him.
Anas was killed along with 5 other journalists: Mohammed Qreiqeh, Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal, Momen Aliwa and Mohammed al-Khalidi.
أبرز التطورات العاجلة :
إطلاق نار من قبل آليات الاحتلال المتمركزة محيط المستشفى الاندونيسي شرقي بيت لاهيا .
إطلاق نار من آليات الاحتلال، و عدد من الاصابات في شارع يافا قرب مسجد المحطة.
تحليق مكثف لطيران الاستطلاع بعموم أجواء غزة
جيش الاحتلال يطلق قنابل إنارة في أجواء بئر النعجة والسودانية شمال غزة.
Israel has rejected US President Donald Trump's 15-point plan for Gaza and will not withdraw until Hamas fully disarms, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday https://t.co/RdwHyuSJvQ
🚨Fraud! The UNICEF study shows stunted growth in Gaza is 625% higher than Germany
The 0.5% cited below is the Weight-for-Height Z-score, & the same study shows this is a result of Israel flooding Gaza with high-calorie junk food while restricting/banning fresh produce🧵
What are your biggest worries when you look at this little girl?
A child from Gaza lost her foot at a very young age, and today she stands amid all this suffering, trying to fetch water for her family.
She carries water containers heavier than her own body, pushing herself beyond what she can handle, when her biggest concerns should have been a toy or an ordinary day at school.