Same guy, two interviews. In the first, he is a fragile Jewish student, who feels unsafe on campus, because everything is antisemitic and everyone is plotting a second Holocaust. In the second, he is Goliath, raining death on unarmed Palestinians from a safe distance.
Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
Israel is acting systematically and deliberately to destroy Palestinian society in the Gaza Strip.
The “Our Genocide” report is based on documentation and research by Palestinians and Jewish-Israelis working together out of a shared moral commitment to human rights.
Genocide is the violent and deliberate destruction of a distinct group in whole or in part, or an attempt to destroy it, whether physically, socially or economically. It does not require the mass killing of all members of the group, but rather refers to any act committed as part of an intention to destroy the society and render its continued existence impossible.
Israel is inflicting a system of total destruction in Gaza:
– Mass killing of civilians
– Forced displacement of millions
– Destruction of homes and infrastructure
– Starvation as a weapon
– Bombing of hospitals and clinics
– Erasure of schools, universities, and cultural institutions
– Collapse of every civil system that sustains life
This is not “collateral damage.” It is the deliberate dismantling of a society.
Genocide is not only about what is done – it is about why it is done.
In Gaza, destruction is not limited to military targets, it is directed at Palestinian life itself. Civilians are killed because they are Palestinians. Children are starved because they are Palestinian. Homes are flattened not to win a battle, but to ensure that there is no life to return to.
The genocide in Gaza cannot be understood in isolation. It builds on decades of occupation, apartheid, and the systematic dehumanization of Palestinians. Israel’s regime of Jewish supremacy laid the ideological and political groundwork for this moment, shifting from domination to erasure.
The horrific Hamas-led attack on October 7, 2023, accelerated a process already in motion and served as a catalytic moment in which the Israeli regime shifted from a system of violent control to overt genocide. The trauma suffered by Israeli society and fear it generated were instrumentalized by Israel’s extremist, far-right government to advance policies that key actors had long sought to implement. It provided the justification for every action undertaken by Israel in Gaza since. The language of vengeance and elimination became common in Israeli discourse, as explicitly declared by senior political and military officials.
The actions of the Israeli military in Gaza were not a deviation, but the direct and almost verbatim execution of those threats.
The same regime, commanders and army are also intensifying violence in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and within Israel. Across all of these areas, Palestinians face mounting violence, forced displacement and collective punishment. While the genocide is committed in Gaza, the appropriate trigger could cause it to spread rapidly to other areas controlled by Israel.
There is no mechanism in place to prevent Israel from harming Palestinians, who have been left with no protection.
This is genocide and it is happening now, in real time and in full view of the entire world. Genocide must be named, and everything must be done in order to stop it. There can be no justification or explanation for genocide.
Read the full report, “Our Genocide” >>
https://t.co/s6yp30kgmr
Incredibly powerful investigation in Dutch newspaper NRC: Seven of the world’s leading genocide scholars — including renowned Holocaust experts — describe Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocidal.
And according to them, nearly all of their peers agree.
64 days with no aid reaching Gaza. No food, no water, no medicine. Children are starving.
Netanyahu’s extremist government now says it will occupy Gaza and put mercenaries in charge of distributing aid, instead of the UN and other aid groups.
Despicable. No more US support for Netanyahu’s war machine.
“I wished for death to end the nightmare I was living through”.
Received this awful testimony from a colleague who was rounded up in #Gaza tortured while in Israeli detention and finally released.
For @UNRWA staff humanitarian duty is met with brutality.
Since the start of the war in October 2023, over 50 UNRWA staff among them teachers, doctors social workers, have been detained & abused.
They have been treated in the most shocking & inhumane way. They reported being beaten up + used as human shields.
They were subjected to sleep deprivation, humiliation, threats of harm to them & their families + attacks by dogs.
Many were subjected to forced confessions.
This is nothing short of harrowing & outrageous.
Humanitarian workers are #NotATarget. Their suffering must not be ignored.
There must be justice & accountability for the crimes + violations of international law committed in the #Gaza Strip.
Justice for those serving on the humanitarian frontlines is not an option, it is an obligation.
If by "the corporate media" you mean Trump-appointed judges from the district court level to the Supreme Court.
And if by "against deportation" you mean "against disappearing people to a foreign gulag in violation of the Constitution"
This is Hossam’s team, and we are sharing his final message :
“If you’re reading this, it means I have been killed—most likely targeted—by the Israeli occupation forces. When this all began, I was only 21 years old—a college student with dreams like anyone else. For past 18 months, I have dedicated every moment of my life to my people. I documented the horrors in northern Gaza minute by minute, determined to show the world the truth they tried to bury. I slept on pavements, in schools, in tents—anywhere I could. Each day was a battle for survival. I endured hunger for months, yet I never left my people’s side.
By God, I fulfilled my duty as a journalist. I risked everything to report the truth, and now, I am finally at rest—something I haven’t known in the past 18 months . I did all this because I believe in the Palestinian cause. I believe this land is ours, and it has been the highest honor of my life to die defending it and serving its people.
I ask you now: do not stop speaking about Gaza. Do not let the world look away. Keep fighting, keep telling our stories—until Palestine is free.”
— For the last time, Hossam Shabat, from northern Gaza.
The Israeli military has repeatedly attacked medical workers & healthcare facilities in Lebanon.
@HRW has documented three attacks, involving apparent war crimes, in which Israeli forces unlawfully struck medical personnel, transports, & facilities.
https://t.co/pOXnMzW1PH
Dear Americans, If you are killed by the Israeli government, our country won't care.
No one will be held accountable. It doesn't matter who you are, Israel can kill Americans and get away with it.
"– Man sier at du må være rusfri for å være i en psykisk helsesituasjon som gjør at du kan få noe ut av utredningen. Det gjelder også andre tilstander, som utredning av psykose og traumer – folk får ikke psykisk helsehjelp fordi de bruker rusmidler. Det er ganske alvorlig"
@HellesHans@dagw Det eneste 'illegale rusmidler' betyr er at det gir rus og har blitt gjort ulovlig. Alkohol var det for ca hundre år siden, det kunne vært kaffe om det hadde blitt gjort ulovlig...
"Don't say you weren't warned."
In one of the most important segments I've ever made, & using Trump & Trump aides' *own* words & pledges, I lay out, for #MehdiUnfiltered, what a Trump first 100 days could look like in 2025. How bad, fascistic it would be.
https://t.co/8g57sEoG8C