Gaza under attack yet again.

[hitmouse]

This seems kind of positive:




I tried looking at the organisers' website for more but it's all in Hebrew (and maybe some Arabic) so not much use to me:

עומדים ביחד نقف معًا Standing Together

עומדים ביחד - אנחנו מתארגנים, בונים כוח, ובונים תנועה שתוביל את המאבק למען שלום, שוויון וצדק חברתי. نقف معًا - نحن نتنظم، نبني القوة، ونبني حراكًا ليقود النضال من أجل السلام، المساواة والعدالة الاجتماعية. Standing Together

www.standing-together.org

 

[Gramsci]

Just watched this. Young Palestinians talking how they are disillusionmed with their older political leaders and find their own ways to oppose Israeli state.

My partner few years back went to visit Palestinian schools. She said despite what they have gone through they value education of their young people.

Resisting a racist State is not just about the violence that media latch onto. It is about the hard grind of keeping one's dignity as a people despite the ethnic cleansing and violence of the Israeli State.

My partner said the ordinary Palestinians have lost so much and have so little but still manage to survive with dignity.

That in itself is a form of resistance.

They value the support and interest that people from other countries give them.

 

[frogwoman]

End impunity to protect Palestinians

Urgent action is needed to end the widespread and systematic human rights abuses and violence against Palestinians. Email your MP today.

www.map.org.uk

Not gonna do much good as my MP is a very right wing tory but might be worth writing to yours.

Probably a bit crazy but I did email those Palestinian entomologists/conservationists in the end. I found a guy in Gaza who had been studying animals found there such as owls and he'd written some really interesting stuff about attitudes in Gaza towards wildlife, like this: https://www.researchgate.net/profil...ons-of-the-Universities-of-the-Gaza-Strip.pdf

I'm not expecting any sort of reply, especially not now, but I really hope he's ok as he sounds cool

 

[Shechemite]

various sources say settlers/right wing thugs are being brought into mixed areas eg Lod. Tamer Nafar (of DAM) has talked about being ordered to stay indoors as curfew, then witnessing lots of gun-weilding settlers being bussed in. Then ringing up the police about it and being told to fuck off by the police.

if this is going to be a conflict based on sectarian/ethnic lines than I can’t see any outcome that isn’t with the Jewish state further entrenching itself (both in terms of the occupation and the ‘Jewish character’ of Israel).

 

[MrSki]

 

[bimble]

various sources say settlers/right wing thugs are being brought into mixed areas eg Lod. Tamer Nafar (of DAM) has talked about being ordered to stay indoors as curfew, then witnessing lots of gun-weilding settlers being bussed in. Then ringing up the police about it and being told to fuck off by the police.

if this is going to be a conflict based on sectarian/ethnic lines than I can’t see any outcome that isn’t with the Jewish state further entrenching itself (both in terms of the occupation and the ‘Jewish character’ of Israel).

He's so patient with her stupid questions.
Bit more on whats going on in Lod here, 100% looks like extremists being bussed in with what amounts to police escorts.

Far-right Jewish groups and Arab youths claim streets of Lod as Israel loses control

Lod’s mayor has described events as a ‘civil war’ with city filled with rocks, burnt cars and armed police in riot gear

www.theguardian.com

 

[teqniq]

Rachel Shabi is a good egg imo:

 

[deeyo]

He's so patient with her stupid questions.
Bit more on whats going on in Lod here, 100% looks like extremists being bussed in with what amounts to police escorts.

Far-right Jewish groups and Arab youths claim streets of Lod as Israel loses control

Lod’s mayor has described events as a ‘civil war’ with city filled with rocks, burnt cars and armed police in riot gear

www.theguardian.com

bit more on here:
How Israeli police are colluding with settlers against Palestinian citizens

also this:
Against the horror, Palestinians are still rising

both from 972mag.com (background article from the nation 2012)
Israel's New Left Goes Online

 

[teqniq]

 

[JTG]

 

[not-bono-ever]

Cutting off comms is well used oppressive play

 

[teqniq]

Gone;

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Huge turnout for the march in London, for what it's worth - tens of thousands certainly, they had to close Marble Arch station and even Bond Street was packed out.

ETA: thread on that here Palestine solidarity demo Saturday 15th May 2021

 

[MrSki]

Just read that protestors have swapped the UJ for the flag of Palestine on the Hate Mail building.

 

[steveo87]

The UN are apparently going to meet to discuss the possibility of war crimes, which is nice of them.

 

[not-bono-ever]

Italian Dockers Refuse to Load Arms Shipment to Israel in Solidarity with Palestine [Updated] - Left Voice

After discovering that a shipment of arms destined for Israel was arriving in Italy’s ports, workers refused to load the ship in support of the Palestinians fighting for their lives against Israeli occupation.

www.leftvoice.org

 

[editor]

Gone;

It's fucking obscene.

 

[teqniq]

Not that I expect the current incumbents to pay any heed to this, nor would Labour to be fair, particularly under the current management:

Petition: Introduce sanctions against Israel

The Government should introduce sanctions against Israel, including blocking all trade, and in particular arms.

petition.parliament.uk

E2a I've seen very few petitions like this where you can watch the numbers jump up in quite significant chunks. It will of course be dismissed out of hand in the 'debate'.

 

[MrSki]

Moved to the demo thread.

 

[hitmouse]

Good on the Italian dockers:

Italian Dockers Refuse to Load Arms Shipment to Israel in Solidarity with Palestine [Updated] - Left Voice

After discovering that a shipment of arms destined for Israel was arriving in Italy’s ports, workers refused to load the ship in support of the Palestinians fighting for their lives against Israeli occupation.

www.leftvoice.org

 

[Mr.Bishie]

Posted an hour ago, & I’ve not seen anything yet to confirm this has happened yet:

 

[danny la rouge]

Those who like ebooks (I don’t) may want to read some of these, offered free until Monday. (There are 20 in total).

Reading Palestine - Free eBooks until 17 May

 

[frogwoman]

This project is looking for Hebrew/Arabic speakers to translate Arabic and English texts from Gaza into Hebrew (mainly for an Israeli audience but I'm guessing something similar exists for English language stuff) אנחנו שמעבר לגדר my Hebrew is almost non existent but just in case anyone is up for that!

 

[hitmouse]

This project is looking for Hebrew/Arabic speakers to translate Arabic and English texts from Gaza into Hebrew (mainly for an Israeli audience but I'm guessing something similar exists for English language stuff) אנחנו שמעבר לגדר my Hebrew is almost non existent but just in case anyone is up for that!

Wait, so English/Hebrew is fine, you don't need to have Arabic/Hebrew? I can't read enough Hebrew to be able to tell what that website says.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Palestine Under Attack | DDN Live (doubledown.news)

 

[frogwoman]

Wait, so English/Hebrew is fine, you don't need to have Arabic/Hebrew? I can't read enough Hebrew to be able to tell what that website says.

Nor did I, I just did a Google translate. It's primarily Arabic I think but they're doing English language stuff written in Gaza too.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said, “Israel will continue to strike in Gaza as long as necessary and do its utmost to avoid civilian casualties.
Unlike Hamas, which deliberately intends to harm civilians while hiding behind civilians, we are doing everything, but everything, to avoid or limit as much as possible harming civilians and to directly strike terrorists instead.”

Give us 10 minutes’: How Israel bombed a Gaza media tower
Youmna al-Sayed had less than an hour to get to safety.
But with just one elevator working in al-Jalaa tower, an 11-storey building in Gaza City housing some 60 residential apartments and a number of offices, including those of Al Jazeera Media Network and The Associated Press, al-Sayed made a dash for the stairs.

“We left the elevator for the elderly and for the children to evacuate,” the Palestinian freelance journalist said. “And we were all running down the stairs and whoever could help children took them down,” she added.

Israeli air raid flattens Gaza building housing Al Jazeera

Protests in occupied West Bank and around world as number of people killed by Israeli bombardment on Gaza reaches 145.

www.aljazeera.com

 

[brogdale]

Just when I thought i couldn't enjoy Chelsea's loss any more...

 

[Humberto]

It's bullshit. The Israeli government don't care about civilians in Gaza. The conditions they've imposed under the blockade show that. Hamas feeds off that.

 

[frogwoman]

I've just watched the video of those towers collapsing.

The BBC has some anodyne coverage doesn't it. Picture of a Palestinian protest in London 'What do the protesters want? They basically want the fighting to stop and the UK government to step in' yes that's right