solidarity with Palestine

radical activist, journalist, & writer

[South African Jews for a Free Palestine @SAJFP_]

Earlier today, a seven-month old Palestinian infant was killed when IOF soldiers shot at the baby's family car in Tel Rumeida, near Hebron, within the Zionist-occupied West Bank. The bullet entered the baby's jaw after striking his mother.
Stop Israel's Genocide @EUCouncil

[Double Down News @DoubleDownNews]

“I want to kill someone today & it might be you"

"They wrenched my trousers & underwear down & I was raped by one of the soldiers"

"Other people had guns inserted inside them"

"My daughter was syringed with an unknown substance"
https://t.co/jFWhpq4Yry

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

🎥 Juliet Lamont, an Australian documentary filmmaker and Gaza flotilla activist, speaks to Double Down News about being raped by Israeli soldiers after the aid vessel she was aboard was intercepted earlier this month.

Lamont says soldiers pulled down her trousers and underwear and that an Israeli soldier forcibly penetrated her vagina while she was in detention. She was among more than 450 activists seized when Israeli forces intercepted the Global Sumud flotilla in international waters. Organizers say at least 15 detainees reported sexual assault or rape while in Israeli custody.

Full interview is linked below.

[solidarity with Palestine @JaredSacks1]

@DropSiteNews When its reported that they are demanding Israel end attacks in lebanon, are we talking about a ceasefire w/ the correct conditions as is, or a full withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon? There is never clarity on this demanded. If its not a full withdrawal its pretty useless

[solidarity with Palestine @JaredSacks1]

@BootsRiley @barbarismcrit Me. Because i lived in South Africa and its not showing here.

[Heidi Matthews @Heidi__Matthews]

Flotilla participants are arriving at Istanbul airport. This is what Israel military and prison personnel did to them.

[Global Sumud Flotilla @gbsumudflotilla]

At least 15 cases of sexual assaults, including rape.

Shot with rubber bullets at close range.

Tens of people’s bones broken.

While the world’s eye is trained on the suffering of our participants, we cannot emphasize enough that this is a mere glimpse of the brutality israel imposes daily on Palestinian hostages.

Don’t let up. Statements of condemnation are not enough. This moment must be seized by people worldwide to apply the necessary pressure to end this colonial violence. Pressure officials. Escalate boycott and divestment tactics. Organize direct action.

“Please, if this can be a lightning rod moment, let it be that … join us wherever you are and rise up so that we can end this occupation, end this colonialism, end this violence.”

Free Palestine NOW.

[Freedom Flotilla Coalition @GazaFFlotilla]

Demand governments move beyond words and take concrete measures to end Israel’s impunity, including by imposing sanctions. The #FreedomFlotilla Coalition reaffirms that Israeli violence will not deter us. Together we will #breakthesiege of #Gaza Palestine! https://t.co/bKhuyfUxJR

[Alex Colston @enoughformethx]

Hi, thankfully, all of the people who sailed with GSF, myself included, were released this morning after extremely severe abuse and mistreatment by the Israelis, from the container ship prison boat to Ashdod port to Kitziot.

There is much more to report and say about our detainment, but I can say it's worse than ive experienced across my times in Israeli custody.

If they can do these heinous things to us, just imagine what they can and been documented doing to Palestinians---every day and without accountability.

GSF participants spent the whole day giving legal testimony, getting full physicals and blood and urine testing, and receiving medical care. More soon. Will be taking and reporting testimonies and sharing more of my experience.

✌️

[Global Sumud Flotilla @gbsumudflotilla]

RED ALERT!

Military vessels are currently intercepting our fleet and IOF forces are boarding the first of our boats in broad daylight.

We demand safe passage for our legal, non-violent humanitarian mission. Governments must act now to stop these illegal acts or piracy meant to maintain israel’s genocidal siege on Gaza. Normalization of the occupation’s violence is a threat to us all.

WITNESS IS PROTECTION.
PRESSURE YOUR GOVERNMENTS

[SABC News @SABCNews]

WATCH | "There's no statistical evidence that many foreign nationals are taking jobs in the country," says Dr Dale Mckinley of the Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia.

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

More than 200 activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla who were seized at sea by Israeli forces and taken to the Greek island of Crete were released earlier today, with photos showing visible injuries including bruising, cuts, and swelling; participants say they were beaten and abused in custody.

[Alex Colston @enoughformethx]

On Wednesday evening, over 600 nautical miles from their own country, the Israeli Navy violently boarded our ship that was sailing with the Sumud Flotilla in international waters. The Israelis said they would shoot us if we didnt stop the boat and give them conrol. They evebtually seized 21 ships and kidnapped over 180 people.

While they kidnapped us, they physically harrrased and beat us, as they stole our phones, money, and clothes. When i asked if we were being detained and why, i was told "i dont speak English."

The Israeli Navy intercepted 21 vessels altogether, and then took us to a Frigate, which was outfitted with shipping containers where we were forced to live the past two days. Israeli forces kept us in stress positions throghout, under floodlights. They fed us once with bread. Israeli forces took away some people one by one to beat and torture them; the Israelis dislocated the shoulder of a person on my ship, beat the face of a captain to a pulp, and gave severe concussions to at least two people.

I dont have a phone or money, but this is my update for now.

[South African Jews for a Free Palestine @SAJFP_]

How Zionism’s anti-Jewish logic led Israel to bomb an Iranian synagogue. We must oppose Zionism because of what it does to Palestinians. But another reason to oppose it: because the very future of humanity, including Judaism itself, is at stake. https://t.co/0hNCkwFpHh

[Mondoweiss @Mondoweiss]

How Zionism’s anti-Jewish logic led Israel to bomb an Iranian synagogue

https://t.co/rfWKqfhdbx

#Palestine #Israel

[solidarity with Palestine @JaredSacks1]

@MbekezeliMB Just wait a few months or years before the purge these black leaders for bringing up racism.

[solidarity with Palestine @JaredSacks1]

@kimheller3 @grok @ClaysonMonyela Interestingly, as i understand it, Musk could easily create a South African based subsidiary which complies with B-BBEE without affecting the overall ownership structure of Starlink. Interesting that he refuses this option. But glad for his stubbornness.We dont want starlink here

[solidarity with Palestine @JaredSacks1]

@kimheller3 @grok @ClaysonMonyela Lol. Have a word with him 😅

[solidarity with Palestine @JaredSacks1]

@the_dtic Why is Parks Tau still allowing coal exports to apartheid Israel?

[solidarity with Palestine @JaredSacks1]

@kimheller3 Unfortunately many Zionists (not thr Christian ones thou) are in fact Jews. But, however, many Jews are also not zionists which i think is the sentiment they intended to express.