Settler terror in the occupied West Bank is sustained by the protection of Israeli forces and the government. On the ground, when soldiers stand by as Israeli settlers attack Palestinians and those standing alongside them, they give that violence room to continue.
In Jannatah, Israeli settlers attacked us while Israeli soldiers watched and let it happen. Their inaction had a clear consequence: protection for the attackers, none for the people being attacked.
We cannot end settler terror while leaving the system that enables it intact. We must demand an end to the occupation that arms, protects and emboldens settlers. For Palestinians to have the freedom and safety they deserve, the occupation must end.
Honestly, you are a truly honorable and admirable person. ♥️♥️ Your solidarity with Palestine is a source of pride and respect.
He says: “I work every day from Monday to Friday, and sometimes on Saturdays as well. After work, I am extremely tired, but I come here and stand in Tokyo every day, alone. I am tired, but I will not give up.”
This is Japanese activist Yusuke Furusawa, who has continued standing in the streets of Tokyo in solidarity with Gaza since the very first day of the genocidal war.
I genuinely don’t understand how we are supposed to casually process that a glacier literally collapsed in Nepal, erasing 19 bridges and killing over 600 people, because the planet is too hot. And instead of stopping it, billionaires are building more data centres. It is completely psychotic.
Footage shows Israeli settlers abducting British activist Finn Joughlin in front of cameras in Umm Al-Khair, in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, after he intervened to protect Palestinian children during a settler attack.
So when you read about eight members of an NBC News Team being beaten by Israeli settlers today in the West Bank, it's important to note two things:
1. The settler wouldn't do this to Americans had they not received a green light from the Israeli gov.
2. Israel's gov would not have given such a green light unless it felt confident that the US gov - and Amb. Huckabee - wouldn't lift a finger to defend the Americans.
A memorial display in Berlin has recreated the scene of the killing of six-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab by Israeli forces in Gaza. Activists displayed a vehicle representing the Rajab family car, which was found with 335 bullet holes.
Israeli snipers kill a Palestinian mother and her young boy. And then they shoot anyone who tries to help them or retrieve their bodies.
Because "self-defense" of course.
In other news Finland quietly extended their bilateral defense agreement with Israel for another 10 years.
🔴 Israeli airstrike kills two Palestinians, including a three-year-old child, in the central Gaza Strip, health officials say
🔴 Gaza medics say the Israeli airstrike near a bakery in Deir Al-Balah killed one man, Hussam Nusair, a three-year-old boy, Tayyem Hamdan, and wounded several others
NBC News team attacked and beaten by Israeli settlers in the West Bank
If a news crew with cameras can't escape their violence-what about a Palestinian family with no cameras? No witnesses? No rescue?
Circulating footage shows an Israeli soldier deliberately cutting water lines serving Palestinian farmers in Sahl Al-Buqei'a area in the northern Jordan Valley, northeast of the occupied West Bank, disrupting irrigation and threatening crops and livelihoods.
Israeli soldiers from the Duchifat Battalion detained Palestinians herding sheep and beat them with stones for around 30 minutes on February 26, 1988 during the First Intifada, breaking their bones. CBS documented the horrifying event.
This suffering can only truly be understood and felt by those who have lived through it.
I ask Almighty God, on this blessed Friday, to place our hunger, our patience, and our endurance during these difficult days in the balance of our good deeds. 🤲💔
🚨🔴 Displaced Palestinians in Gaza are issuing an urgent appeal for help, calling on international organizations to intervene and address their humanitarian needs amid the harsh living conditions.