Yawn....... Israel attacked by Hamas

Discussion in 'Politics' started by themickey, Oct 7, 2023.

  1. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    The uprising by Palestinians in Gaza against Hamas continues.

    Palestinians in Gaza Are Uprising Against Hamas
    https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kermi...estinians-in-gaza-are-uprising-against-hamas/

    The war in Gaza continues despite a temporary cease-fire that failed. Donald Trump, the former real estate mogul and now U.S. president, last month called for an outlandish proposal for solving the Gaza war if not the larger conflict between Palestinians and the State of Israel—to remove Palestinians from Gaza and turn the place into “the Riviera of the Middle East.” And this week he has called for them to be removed to Libya.

    Uprising in Beit Layiha
    The Wall Street Journal (“In Gaza, Long-Suffering Palestinians Are Directing Their Anger at Hamas”) reports today about a recent Palestinian uprising centered in Beit Lahiya, a city with a significant farming community of about 100,000 people in North Gaza. Thousands have taken to the streets in recent days voicing their anger at Hamas. Until then, Hamas had powerfully suppressed Gazan dissent; but no more.

    Thirty-seven year old Palestinian Hamza-al-Masri reports from Turkey on his social media platforms with 1.2 million followers, “I consider myself the voice of [these] protests. Hamas has terrorized people.” Masri used to be a Palestinian terrorist in Gaza; but no more.

    “Hamas Doesn’t Care” about Palestinian “Lives or Suffering”
    Palestinian Dr. Mkhaimar Abusada, a political science professor with Al-Azhar University and visiting professor at Northwestern University in the U.S., explains, “The general feeling among Palestinians all over Gaza, not just Beit Lahiya, is that Hamas doesn’t care about their [Gazan] lives or suffering. … that Hamas cares more about its own survival.” Yes, I’ve read that many Hamas leaders reason that their mission is most important because if it ends, they believe there never will be a Palestinian state.

    Last month, the Israel Defense Forces dropped leaflets on Beit Lahiya warning residents to flee because they were about to bomb that area. Of course, they had bombed it many times before. Professor Abusada thus explains of these more wealthy Palestinians, “They’ve lost a lot of their wealth, … their cultivated land in this Israeli assault. That’s why they are speaking out loudly against Hamas.”

    Gazan Support of Hamas Has Dropped Drastically
    The foremost Palestinian polling nonprofit is the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, located in the large Palestinian city of Ramallah in the West Bank. It has polled Gazans in the past, showing that about 70% have supported the Hamas mission in Gaza; but no more. They recently polled Gazans to learn that that figure is now at about 30% and is decreasing weekly if not daily.

    Israel in recent days carried through with its warning by bombing the Beit Lahiya area again. The WSJ article says an anonymous Palestinian activist explains concerning the recent and growing protests in Beit Lahiya against Hamas, “The fear barrier was broken when the [Israeli] evacuation orders came.”
     
    #5211     May 18, 2025
  2. themickey

    themickey

    IDF issues major evacuation warning for residents in southern Gaza
    By Middle East correspondent Matthew Doran 2h ago
    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...ion-order-for-people-in-khan-younis/105311872

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    Israeli forces move along the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel. (AP Photo: Ohad Zwigenberg)

    In short:
    The IDF has issued a major evacuation warning for southern Gaza, telling thousands of residents in the area to leave.

    Palestinians around Khan Younis are being told to head west towards the coast and the Al Mawasi region.

    What's next?
    The IDF says it is launching an "unprecedented attack" against Hamas in southern Gaza.

    The Israel Defense Forces has issued a major evacuation warning for southern Gaza, telling tens of thousands of residents in the area around the city of Khan Younis to leave.

    The IDF says it is preparing to launch an "unprecedented attack" against Hamas in the area, after local authorities said a week of deadly air strikes across the strip had killed more than 500 people.
     
    #5212     May 19, 2025
  3. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Israel has re-opened up Gaza to allow food aid back in again. The primary concern was that Hamas was stealing most of the aid and then re-selling it to fund their terrorism. Israeli government officials claim that this time "no aid will reach Hamas, only Gaza civilians".

    In the meanwhile the Israeli government is at a crossroads in regards to Gaza.


    Israel must make its next choices regarding Gaza very carefully
    If Israel chooses to pursue Hamas, there will inevitably be much collateral death and injury, and Israel’s international reputation will be further damaged.
    https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-854486

    It boils down to two stark alternatives. Negotiate a full hostage release, end the war, and leave Hamas still functioning; or defeat Hamas, ensure the return of all the hostages, and help build a Hamas-free future for Gaza.

    Hamas is currently offering the former course at the negotiations in Doha. It means the terror organization would remain free to continue its existential vendetta against Israel.

    The latter course is being pursued now by the Israeli government and, if successful, removes the constant threat of rocket and missile attacks that have endangered Israeli lives and property for nearly 20 years. It removes a neighboring entity dedicated to Israel’s destruction and the slaughter of its people.

    If it does succeed, it will not be without cost. There will inevitably be much collateral death and injury, and Israel’s international reputation will be further damaged. In pursuing this strategy, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is clearly modeling himself on Winston Churchill in World War II, when he declared: “Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.”

    The release by Hamas on May 12 of Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander after 584 days in captivity significantly energized and advanced ceasefire-hostage release negotiations between Israel and Hamas. Brokered by the US, Egypt, and Qatar, they had just resumed in Doha on May 7 after a period of deadlock. But Alexander’s release acted as a catalyst in re-energizing the discussions.

    Qatari spokesperson, Majed Al-Ansari, said Alexander’s release “gave a push to Gaza ceasefire negotiations,” adding that Qatar was working with mediators Egypt and the US to bridge the gap between the two sides.

    That gap, however, remains dangerously wide.

    The Witkoff framework for hostage-ceasefire deal
    THE LATEST US-backed proposal under discussion is the so-called Witkoff framework, named for Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East. It would see the release of as many as half of the remaining living hostages in exchange for a ceasefire lasting several weeks.

    During this period, Israel would engage in talks about ending the war, but without agreeing in advance to a permanent cessation of hostilities.

    In fact, Netanyahu refuses to commit to ending the war or withdrawing from Gaza as a precondition for further hostage releases. In the days leading up to Trump’s tour of the Middle East, he delivered a clear ultimatum to Hamas. They had until the end of Trump’s four-day visit to the region to accept the terms of the Witkoff plan, or Israel would unleash the full force of its Operation Gideon’s Chariots into Gaza.

    This military operation has as its objective to crush Hamas militarily and politically, secure the release of all hostages, and establish permanent Israeli control over recaptured areas in Gaza.

    Netanyahu emphasized that if Hamas did not comply, Israel would launch its major ground operation; meanwhile, any ceasefire-hostage release negotiations would be conducted “under fire,” meaning that there would be no pause in military activities except for brief periods to facilitate hostage releases. That is what is now taking place.

    On May 15, perhaps to mark what Palestinians term “Nakba Day” – their commemoration of the mass displacement that accompanied the birth of the State of Israel – Israeli military operations in Gaza intensified. Widespread airstrikes targeted more than 130 militant sites, including rocket launchers and command centers. Ground operations were also conducted in areas like Rafah and Gaza City.

    As for Netanyahu’s ultimatum to Hamas, Trump’s visit to the region has ended, and despite ongoing negotiations and US pressure, Hamas has still not agreed to implement the Witkoff framework.

    Hamas’s terms for releasing the remaining hostages are a guaranteed permanent ceasefire and full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. So far, this has been its red line. While the group has indicated that it is willing to discuss disarmament and the transfer of governing power to an independent Palestinian technocratic committee, it has consistently maintained that, for a comprehensive deal, ending the war and an Israeli withdrawal are non-negotiable. Its reasons are not hard to discern.

    Even though it has gone along with the demands, including from the Arab world, that it disarm, Hamas cherishes the hope that it might somehow retain influence and a presence in a postwar Gaza. This would only be possible if Israel had no presence there.

    Egyptian and Qatari mediators, with US support, are attempting to bridge the divide by proposing an initial ceasefire longer than previous ones (potentially several months), during which substantive negotiations on a permanent end to the conflict would occur. Mediators hope the extended truce will create space for further agreements.

    ON MAY 13, as part of Israel’s broader strategy to degrade Hamas’s command-and-control infrastructure and prepare for intensified military operations if peace talks fail, the IDF targeted Hamas’s leader in Gaza, Muhammad Sinwar. The air strike hit Gaza’s European Hospital in Khan Yunis, where Sinwar was reportedly present in an underground command-and-control center located beneath the hospital.

    His death awaits official Israeli confirmation, although Arab media have been reporting that he died in the air strike.

    Israeli defense sources believe that two other leading Hamas figures were with Sinwar in the tunnels beneath the hospital during the strike – Muhammad Shabana, head of Hamas’s Rafah Brigade; and Abu Obaida, Hamas’s military spokesman. Both may have been killed with him.

    Sinwar’s elimination could lead to greater negotiating flexibility from Hamas. Media reports suggest that Sinwar has been one of the hardest-line figures in the Hamas leadership – arguably even more extreme than his brother Yahya, killed in October 2024.

    He was among the top operatives behind the onslaught on Israel on October 7, 2023, and has since shown no signs of moderation or willingness to compromise. On the contrary, he has demonstrated that to maintain Hamas’s grip on Gaza, he is ready, indeed willing, to sacrifice tens of thousands of lives. He has repeatedly blocked a ceasefire or any deal with Israel.

    If he is indeed out of the picture, more pragmatic voices within the leadership might be heard. Muhammad Ismail Darwish, Khalil al-Hayya and Nizar Awadallah, all of whom are in the Hamas talks team, have recently demonstrated some inclination to compromise and focus on negotiation over continued conflict.

    In short, the Israel-Gaza ceasefire and hostage release talks are active but stalled, with both sides holding firm on core demands. For the moment, Israel seeks a temporary truce tied to limited hostage releases; Hamas insists on a permanent ceasefire and Israeli withdrawal as conditions for release of all the hostages. Meanwhile, international mediators continue efforts to find common ground, and Israel seeks a final victory over Hamas.
     
    #5213     May 19, 2025
  4. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    #5214     May 19, 2025
  5. themickey

    themickey

    Yeah keep up the propaganda campaign from JPost and NYPost.
    We know that Israel slaughter journalists in Gaza and won't allow into Gaza independant news media reporting.
    So from you who colludes, all we hear is how bad the enemy is.
    Never mention Israel torture or land theft.
     
    #5215     May 19, 2025
  6. themickey

    themickey

    More nonsense from @gwb and his jpost propaganda outlet....

    Australia rebukes Israel in joint statement demanding aid for starving Gazans

    By Matthew Knott May 20, 2025
    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...-aid-for-starving-gazans-20250520-p5m0nc.html

    Australia has joined a coalition of 23 countries demanding the full resumption of humanitarian aid into Gaza and accusing Israel of politicising the delivery of essential food and medicine to Palestinian civilians.

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday that Israel would allow some aid to enter Gaza after a two-month blockade, but international aid organisations say this will not be nearly enough to meet the needs of the local population and will risk the lives of aid workers.

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    Displaced Palestinians collect cooked food from a community food kitchen in Jabaliya, northern Gaza.Credit: Bloomberg

    Netanyahu has said that Israel will take full control of the strip as he ordered the Israeli military to intensify ground operations in the ravaged strip, including by instructing civilians to leave the southern city of Khan Yunis.

    Penny Wong and the foreign ministers from 22 other nations said in a joint statement they cannot support the limited aid delivery the Israeli government has proposed.
    “It places beneficiaries and aid workers at risk, undermines the role and independence of the UN and our trusted partners, and links humanitarian aid to political and military objectives,” the foreign ministers said.

    “Humanitarian aid should never be politicised, and Palestinian territory must not be reduced nor subjected to any demographic change.”

    However, Australia has not gone as far as Canada, France and the United Kingdom, who threatened to impose sanctions against Israel in a separate statement unless it halts the renewed military offensive in Gaza and lifts aid restrictions.

    Alongside Wong, the foreign ministers who signed the 23-nation joint statement are representatives from Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the UK.

    “As humanitarian donors, we have two straightforward messages for the government of Israel: allow a full resumption of aid into Gaza immediately and enable the UN and humanitarian organisations to work independently and impartially to save lives, reduce suffering and maintain dignity,” the foreign ministers said.

    “We remain committed to meeting the acute needs we see in Gaza.”

    The foreign ministers continued: “Food, medicines and essential supplies are exhausted. The population faces starvation. Gaza’s people must receive the aid they desperately need.”

    They also issued a “firm message that Hamas must immediately release all remaining hostages and allow humanitarian assistance to be distributed without interference”.

    The UN’s humanitarian chief, Tom Fletcher, said the resumption of limited aid delivery was a “welcome development” but described it as “a drop in the ocean of what is urgently needed”.

    Netanyahu said Israel had devised a new model of aid delivery that would provide “just enough to prevent hunger”.

    Addressing Israelis who oppose the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza, he said a “red line” was approaching in the form of famine and that even strong supporters of Israel, including US senators, had expressed concerns about the humanitarian situation.

    Netanyahu said in a video message: “They come to me and say this, ‘We’re giving you all the support to achieve victory. But there’s one thing we cannot accept. We cannot handle images of starvation’.”
     
    #5216     May 20, 2025
  7. themickey

    themickey

    Yeah yeah yeah, more political bs hollow words, "....threaten to impose sanctions against Israel..."
    Pppfffffff LMAO (too afraid of what Trump will do)
     
    #5217     May 20, 2025
  8. themickey

    themickey

    WIKIPEDIA

    Project Esther
    is a project of the Heritage Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based conservative think tank, that aims to suppress pro-Palestinian protests and what it classifies as antisemitism. The effort has received support from several evangelical Christian organizations but no major Jewish ones. It has been criticized for incorporating antisemitic tropes into its rhetoric.[1][2] According to The New York Times, Slate, Haaretz, The Forward, and Jewish Insider, Project Esther does not address right-wing antisemitism.[3][4][2][5][6] Project Esther broadly labels criticism of Israel as terrorism and calls for targeting universities, students, and American progressive politics and politicians.[6] The New York Times found more than half of its proposals had been called for or acted upon by the second Trump administration.[6]

    History
    The Heritage Foundation launched Project Esther in October 2024; it is named after the biblical figure Esther.[6] The project describes pro-Palestinian groups as part of a "Hamas Support Network".[7][8] The plan was drafted by Victoria Coates, Robert Greenway, and Daniel Flesch following the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel.[6] The project aimed to dismantle the pro-Palestinian movement in the U.S., its support at schools and universities, progressive organizations, and in Congress by labeling them as "effectively a terrorist support network".[6][9] According to The New York Times, the plan built on efforts from summer 2024 to create a national strategy to "convince the public to perceive the pro-Palestinian movement in the United States as part of a global 'Hamas Support Network' that 'poses a threat not simply to American Jewry, but to America itself.'"[6]

    The project reportedly struggled to find Jewish organizations with which to partner, while sidelining those that do partner with it.[5][10] Several Jewish and Christian Zionist organizations told The New York Times that they did not want to associate with the plan because its failure to focus on right-wing antisemitism was too partisan.[6]

    In January 2025, a report by The Forward revealed a leaked pitch deck the Heritage Foundation sent to Project Esther donors that included a plan to identify and target Wikipedia editors the group said were "abusing their position" by publishing allegedly antisemitic content.[11]

    As part of its plans, Esther said it would wait until a friendly presidential administration, after which "We will organize rapidly, take immediate action to 'stop the bleeding,' and achieve all objectives within two years." A New York Times report found that many of the second Trump administration's actions called for and closely matched more than half of Project Esther's proposals. In an interview with The Times, Esther's architects said that while there were "clear parallels" between its proposals and Trump administration actions, Heritage officials did not know whether the White House had used Esther as a guide.[6]

    Analysis
    Analysis by The New York Times described Esther's goal as "branding a broad range of critics of Israel as 'effectively a terrorist support network,' so that they could be deported, defunded, sued, fired, expelled, ostracized and otherwise excluded from what it considered 'open society.'" It highlighted attempts to remove curriculum viewed as "Hamas support" from schools and universities, remove "supporting faculty", purging social media of alleged antisemitic content, defunding institutions of public funding, and revoking visas and deporting those who engaged in pro-Palestinian advocacy.[6]

    Project Esther accuses "America's Jewish community" of "complacency", with Esther's sole Jewish co-chair, Ellie Cohanim, criticizing other Jewish groups combating antisemitism.[6] Project Esther has sought to identify those who attend pro-Palestinian protests as engaging in "material support" for terrorism, and targeted groups such as Jewish Voice for Peace and Students for Justice in Palestine. Esther's pitch materials were first reported on by The Forward, which highlighted its goals as reforming academia by defunding institutions, denying some pro-Palestinian groups access to campuses, and removing faculty. It also supported lawfare through filing civil lawsuits and identifying foreign students for deportation, and planned to enlist help from local state and federal law enforcement to "generate uncomfortable conditions" to dissuade groups from protesting.[6]

    According to analysis by Baptist News Global, "Project Esther's own rhetoric about battling powerful Jewish 'masterminds' reinforces centuries-old conspiracy theories about Jews who have too much power and influence."[1] The group has targeted eight "masterminds"—George Soros, Alex Soros, JB Pritzker, Angela Davis, Manolo de los Santos, Vijay Prashad, Neville Singham, and Jodie Evans—who it believes are at the center of progressive politics. The Soros family is the subject of a number of longstanding antisemitic conspiracy theories that match the language used by Project Esther.[2] The New York Times reported its pitch materials to potential donors include an illustration of a pyramid of "progressive elites" with Jewish billionaires George Soros and Governor JB Pritzker at the top. The presentation also targeted the Tides Foundation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund as part of an antisemitism "ecosystem", along with "aligned" politicians Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.[6]

    According to The New York Times, Slate, Haaretz, The Forward, and Jewish Insider, Project Esther does not address right-wing antisemitism.[3][4][2][5][6] According to Slate, Project Esther does not acknowledge or address right-wing antisemitism or white supremacy.[3] According to The Forward, "Project Esther focuses exclusively on left-wing critics of Israel, ignoring the antisemitism problems from white supremacists and other far-right groups."[2] Haaretz has also reported that Project Esther does not address right-wing antisemitism.[4] When asked by Jewish Insider to explain why the effort did not include right-wing antisemitism, James Carafano, the head of Heritage's antisemitism operations, said "white supremacists are not my problem because white supremacists are not part of being conservative".[5]

    The Times of Israel has described Project Esther's aim as a "government crackdown on anti-Israel groups once Donald Trump returns to the White House".[12]

    According to reporting by Religion Dispatches and The New York Times, Project Esther is closely tied to Christian Zionism and the New Apostolic Reformation.[13][6] Figures include "Luke Moon, executive director of the Philos Project, and Mario Bramnick, the president of the Latino Coalition for Israel and an evangelical adviser to Mr. Trump."[6] The New York Times reported that a number of evangelical Christian groups involved in Project Esther had aligned themselves with conservatives in Israel who believe the Bible gives Israel the right to control contested Palestinian territories, and that some also believe supporting Israel will hasten the end times or advance Christianity's global influence.[6]

    Support
    The Project has received support primarily from evangelical Christian organizations.[14]

    Supporting organizations include the Family Research Council, Faith and Freedom Coalition, Concerned Women for America, Regent University, Independent Women's Forum, Coalition for Jewish Values, and the Steamboat Institute.[5]

    Criticism
    The New York Times reported that Project Esther has been criticized for "exploiting real concerns about antisemitism" to advance "radically reshaping higher education and crushing progressive movements more generally".[6] Jonathan Jacoby, the national director of the Nexus Project, criticized Esther for making antisemitism "no longer about ideology or politics; it's about terrorism and threats to American national security."[6]

    Esther has been criticized for incorporating antisemitic tropes into its rhetoric[1][2] and for not addressing right-wing antisemitism.[3][4][2][5][6]

    An open letter from three dozen former members of Jewish groups and former Anti-Defamation League national chair Robert Sugarman criticized Esther, warning that "a range of actors are using a purported concern about Jewish safety as a cudgel to weaken higher education, due process, checks and balances, freedom of speech and the press" and calling on Jewish leaders and institutions "to resist the exploitation of Jewish fears and publicly join with other organizations that are battling to preserve the guardrails of democracy."[6] Jewish Voice for Peace executive director Stefanie Fox criticized Esther and Trump as "pulling straight from the authoritarian playbook, using tools of repression first against those organizing for Palestinian rights", and "in so doing, sharpening those tools for use against anyone and everyone who challenges his fascist agenda."[6]

    Jacobin has said Project Esther is part of a red scare against the pro-Palestinian movement and the political left.[15]
     
    #5218     May 20, 2025
  9. themickey

    themickey

    Live updates
    LIVE: Israeli attacks on Gaza kill 73 today as displacement shelters bombed

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    UK, France, Canada threaten sanctions on Israel if Gaza war goes on
    By Stephen Quillen, Tim HumeandEdna Mohamed Published On 20 May 2025

    Israeli forces bombard Gaza, killing at least 73 people since midnight, including attack on displacement shelter in Gaza City that killed 22, including children.
    • The leaders of Canada, France and the UK threaten to take “concrete action” against Israel if it does not end its renewed offensive in Gaza, while 22 countries urge Israel to let aid into the besieged enclave.


    5m ago (12:11 GMT) [​IMG]
    Gaza’s death toll rises
    Israeli attacks in Gaza have killed 87 people and injured 290 more over the last 24 hours, reports the enclave’s health ministry.

    The casualties bring the total number of people killed in Gaza during the war to 53,573, with 121,688 injured, according to the ministry.

    Many victims are still missing under the rubble where rescuers cannot reach them, the ministry says.

    16m ago (12:00 GMT)
    Here’s a recap of the latest developments:
    • Israeli raids continue across Gaza, causing casualties from northern Beit Lahiya to southern Khan Younis. At least 73 people have been killed today, according to local medical sources.
    • The UN says about 100 aid trucks have been cleared to enter Gaza today, after just a trickle got through yesterday for the first time in 11 weeks.
    • Humanitarian groups say the amount of aid promised barely scratches the surface of the needs in Gaza, where half a million people face starvation.
    • Among them are 14,000 children that a UN humanitarian official warns could die within 48 hours without urgent aid.
    • Israeli opposition leader Yair Golan is facing an onslaught of criticism in Israel after saying the country is becoming a “pariah state” ruled by people with “no morals”.

    26m ago (11:50 GMT)
    Kuwait condemns Israeli targeting of Sheikh Hamad Hospital in Gaza
    The Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned Israel’s targeting of the Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani Hospital for Rehabilitation and Prosthetics in Gaza City on Monday as a “flagrant violation of international law, international humanitarian law, and humanitarian norms”.

    In a statement on X, the ministry warned against Israel’s escalation in Gaza and its “continued perpetration of systematic crimes against the defenceless Palestinian people without deterrence or accountability”.

    It called on the international community and the UN Security Council to assume their responsibilities in protecting Palestinians, their institutions and ensuring the “immediate delivery of aid and humanitarian relief supplies to them, while respecting their right to a safe and dignified life”.

    On Monday, artillery shelling struck the hospital, which has been out of service for days due to intense Israeli attacks that have damaged the facility.

    36m ago (11:40 GMT)
    ‘Women, children look like they haven’t eaten in weeks’
    Claire Manera, emergency coordinator of medical aid group Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, says conditions in Gaza are “like nothing [she’s] ever seen”, with people flooding into clinics malnourished and displaced.

    Israel’s nearly three-month aid blockade, which the government has said it is just starting to ease, has caused enormous harm to women and children in particular, says Manera.

    “I see women and children who look like they haven’t eaten for weeks,” she told Al Jazeera from central Gaza’s Deir el-Balah. “We know that they’re suffering because they can’t find a safe place to sleep at night and the hospital facilities that are open are becoming fewer and fewer because they’re being targeted.”

    Manera said her team has yet to see any aid on the ground from a first batch of nine trucks cleared for entry yesterday. “And nine trucks is nothing compared to the need here,” she added. “We need access to our own aid and we need to be able to use this impartially for the population.”

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    Palestinians, mostly children, wait in long lines with empty pots for food aid, at Nuseirat camp, Gaza, April 26 [Hassan Jedi/Anadolu]

    46m ago (11:30 GMT)
    Golan’s comments a ‘clear admission’ of ‘genocide’ against Palestinians: Gaza media office
    Gaza’s Government Media Office says Israeli attacks have killed more than 50 people in the past five hours, including 33 children.

    In a statement on Telegram, the office says the death toll embodies a “complete crime and demonstrates the [Israeli] occupation’s insistence on using killing and starvation as means of war”.

    It added that the attacks come as former Israeli deputy chief of staff, Yair Golan, said a “sane country does not fight against civilians, does not kill children as a hobby”.

    The media office said Golan’s comment “represents a clear admission from within the Israeli military establishment of the ongoing crime of genocide against our Palestinian people”.

    “We affirm that this criminal behaviour by the occupation army, supported by this pattern of hateful and incitement-filled statements, reveals the true face of the occupation as a racist colonial regime practising organised terrorism in full view of the world,” the media office added.

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    #5219     May 20, 2025
  10. themickey

    themickey

    https://www.washingtontimes.com/new...east-60-people-local-officials-say-criticism/

    No Israel is not an outcast among nations!
    Israel has the full backing of President Trump and Joe Biden and the American Democrats, the Republicans, the Christian Church, American Jews.
    Even the UK, and Australia supply Israel with military support.
    Obviously God loves the killing otherwise Jews and Christians and the Christian west wouldn't support Netanyahu and Israel.
     
    Last edited: May 20, 2025
    #5220     May 20, 2025