Tunisian Observer

[inkyfada | إنكفاضة @inkyfada]

On 11 May, the Tunis Court of First Instance will hear a dissolution request targeting Al Khatt, the association that publishes Inkyfada since 2014. Our full solidarity with its teams. Whatever the outcome, Inkyfada continues. https://t.co/T6mZUmCJEn

[Le20h-France Télévisions @le20hfrancetele]

🇱🇧DOCUMENT : secouristes tués au Liban, la contre-enquête. 2 454 morts au Liban depuis le 2 mars, date du début de la guerre entre Israël et le mouvement pro-iranien du Hezbollah. Parmi les victimes, une centaine de secouristes. #JT20h

[B'Tselem בצלם بتسيلم @btselem]

Israel has granted a perpetrator of war crimes in Gaza the honor of lighting a ceremonial torch on Independence Day. By choosing Rabbi Avraham Zarbiv to represent “the spirit of the nation,” Israel is making genocide part of its official national ethos.

“There’s nothing for them to go back to in Rafah and Jabalya… Tens of thousands of families have no documents, childhood photos, ID cards, homes. Nothing.” This boast was made by Rabbi Avraham Zarbiv, an Israeli Rabbi who perpetrated war crimes who has been chosen to light a torch at Israel’s Independence Day ceremony, today, April 21. This is one of the highest accolades in the country, granted to “exemplary citizens” who represent “the spirit of the nation.”

Rabbi Zarbiv served about 500 days as a military reservist in Gaza over the last two and a half years. As a bulldozer operator during the genocide, he carried out war crimes of which he has openly boasted in videos he filmed, media interviews and public talks.

Bestowing one of the highest civilian honors in Israel on a citizen who committed war crimes illustrates how deeply the dehumanization of Palestinians has taken root in the Israeli mainstream. It is yet another terrifying signal that genocide has officially become part of the national ethos. Rabbi Avraham Zarbiv is a regional rabbinical court judge for the settlement of Ariel, and head the pre-military academy in the settlement of Beit El that educates hundreds of Israeli youth. Choosing him as an “exemplary citizen” represents a state-level endorsement of the complete de-humanization of Palestinians, systematic destruction of Palestinian life and the governing logic of annihilation and ethnic cleansing in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Zarbiv is not ashamed of his actions, neither, clearly is the State of Israel. We’vecompiled some documentation here to mark the occasion.

[FRANCE 24 English @France24_en]

Israeli bulldozers uprooted dozens of olive trees in the plains of al-Lubban al-Sharqiya village, in the Occupied West Bank. “I've cared for these olive trees for 40 years, just as I cared for my own children,” says Fuad Daraghmeh, owner of some of the uprooted trees.
#Palestine #Israel #OccupiedWestBank

[inkyfada | إنكفاضة @inkyfada]

Le 11 mai, le Tribunal de première instance de Tunis examinera une demande de dissolution visant Al Khatt, l'association qui édite Inkyfada depuis 2014. Notre solidarité entière avec ses équipes. Quelle que soit l'issue, Inkyfada continue. https://t.co/T6mZUmCJEn

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

More than 1,000 artists, including Macklemore, Roger Waters and Massive Attack, have signed an open letter calling for a boycott of Eurovision 2026 over Israel’s participation.

[AJ+ français @ajplusfrancais]

Des soldats israéliens vandalisent les maisons des Libanais·es et détruisent tout sur leur passage, comme à Gaza :

[Rima Hassan @RimaHas]

Israël a recourt de façon systématique aux violences sexuelles dont des viols contre les prisonniers politiques palestiniens voir le rapport du conseil des droits de l’homme de l’ONU publié le mois dernier https://t.co/e0ROvxWhzR

[Aymeric Caron @CaronAymericoff]

Ne jamais oublier.

[Parody Jeff @Parodyjeffx]

Imagine being a Palestinian running a small bakery in the West Bank.

Then the Israeli IDF appears.

They storm in, trash everything, drag you out, and disappear you.

Your life erased in minutes.

[UNRWA.es @UNRWAes]

Gaza se enfrenta a una tragedia inimaginable. Nada justifica que las personas de Gaza paguen un precio tan alto e injusto. En medio de la devastación, Richard Gere se une a UNRWA. Apoyar a UNRWA es proteger vidas y defender la humanidad. Por favor
https://t.co/r9gSgglK12

[Middle East Eye @MiddleEastEye]

Lebanese residents in southern Lebanon have been seen crossing the Litani River via makeshift routes as they attempt to return to their homes following a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon.

[The Resonance @Partisan_12]

"Moral People"

[Dubd 🔻🌻 🇫🇷 @dany_dubd]

Même Orwell n’aurait pas imaginé cela.

[UN News @UN_News_Centre]

Between October 2023 and December 2025, more than 38,000 women and girls were killed in Gaza in Israeli air bombardment and military operations.

Survivors share their stories.

[Censored Humans @CensoredHumans]

The Nazis are still alive, cloaked in white and blue...

[B.M. @ireallyhateyou]

"Jewish forces carried away 28 Arab inhabitants who were then burned alive with petrol."

Speaking of ceasefires: A British document from August 1948 refers to a massacre in the recently-occupied and uprooted Palestinian village of Al-Tira, Haifa, which took place during a truce.

A few weeks earlier (see quoted tweet), before the final occupation of Al-Tira (today the Jewish town of Tirat HaCarmel), the newly-founded State of Israel literally threatened the village's residents with a "Nakba", in what might be the first use of the Arabic term in reference to 1948.

[Abier @abierkhatib]

Last year I watched Israel live stream bombing hospitals in Gaza to rubble, leaving babies to die and decompose.

This is footage from inside an Iranian hospital hit by Israel, this time, a brave nurse managed to save some of the babies.

Fking monsters

[Antoine Léaument 🇫🇷 @ALeaument]

Bonjour @NunezLaurent.

Ici, un monsieur du RN appelle, devant un média national, à tuer 10 insoumis.

Allez-vous le convoquer en garde-à-vue pour apologie du terrorisme ?

[Aymeric Caron @CaronAymericoff]

N’oubliez pas que Yadan et sa loi voulaient qu’on ne puisse plus dire que l’armée israélienne a des méthodes de nazis.
Ce qui n’est pourtant que la réalité factuelle.