Victoria will legislate to ‘thwart’ protests at places of worship while banning masks and flags (Guardian, 2024-12-17)

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/dec/17/victoria-protests-legislation-antisemitism-laws-places-of-worship-laws-ban-masks-flags-melbourne-synagogue-fire-ntwnfb
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"The Victorian government’s proposed crackdown on protests has been criticised as a severe limitation on the right to participate in demonstrations, despite being backed by some Jewish groups.

"The Allan government on Tuesday announced protesting could be banned outside places of worship – while face masks and certain flags could be prohibited at other demonstrations – under proposed legislation announced in response to an arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue.

"The premier ... announced a suite of legislative proposals to crack down on what she said was antisemitism and extremism at protests. This included a ban on the flags of listed terrorist organisations including Hamas, Hezbollah and white nationalist extremist groups."

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Gaza and the matter of genocide (ECCHR = European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, 2024-12-10)

https://www.ecchr.eu/en/press-release/gaza-and-the-matter-of-genocide/
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"In recent months, ECCHR has been conducting independent research and analysis on the topic of genocide, and analyzing this against the available information and evidence relating to Israel’s actions in Gaza. This process has led us to the conclusion that there is a legally sound argument that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza..."

Even in Germany many jurists and human rights experts come to the same conclusion as Amnesty International (#ECCHR is a Registered Association based in Berlin). T^T

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Israel closing Dublin embassy over 'anti-Israel policies' (RTÉ News, 2024-12-15)

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/1215/1486609-israel-embassy/
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"Israel will close its embassy in Dublin in light of 'the extreme anti-Israel policies of the Irish government,' Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has said in a statement..."

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‘I lost my wife and my land’: A deadly olive harvest season ends in the West Bank (+972 Magazine, 2024-12-12)

https://www.972mag.com/olive-harvest-west-bank-deadly-violence/
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"Restrictions and attacks by the Israeli military, together with rampant settler violence, left many Palestinians unable to harvest this year's crop."

"Every year, around October, Palestinian families gather under their olive trees to harvest the past year’s produce. But for many olive farmers in the West Bank, this was another exceptionally difficult year, amid a surge in Israeli settler and military violence that is forcing Palestinians off their land.

"Under the shadow of the ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza, where harvesting olives has become virtually impossible, Israeli settlers have been burning and stealing from olive groves across the West Bank and assaulting those who attempt to harvest their crop..."

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Blinken repeatedly disrupted in Congress by pro-Palestine activists (TRT World | Youtube, 2024-12-12)

https://youtube.com/shorts/9OMNd7bnc0A
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This short video shows three protesters, among many.
cf. Palestine Chronicle article
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/butcher-of-gaza-protesters-disrupt-blinkens-testimony-in-congress/

FYI, the congress hearing was about the U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan. So they were surprised by protesters? 🤨

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Refuser.org (Refuser Solidarity Network) provides an international base of support for Israeli war-resistance.

https://www.refuser.org/
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[About]
“Voices Against War (VAW) is a social media initiative of the Refuser Solidarity Network established in October 2023 to amplify the voices of Israelis resisting the Gaza war. By exposing millions of people around the world to these voices, the goal is to achieve an end to the bombardment of Gaza, the entry of aid and restoration of vital resources like water and electricity, and safe return of all hostages. The long term goal is to end the Israeli occupation and establish equal rights for all people who live here.”

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Reporters laugh as US calls for ICC case against Assad (2024-12-10)

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241210-reporters-laugh-as-us-calls-for-icc-case-against-assad/
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＊With a short clip ＊

“Reporters yesterday mocked the hypocrisy of US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller during a press briefing, where he stated that the US supports the #ICC case against ex-Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad but opposes cases against Israeli officials …”

Link to Youtube short:
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/BpUFzF-aRFU

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‘No Other Land’ Wins Best Feature Documentary & Best Director At 40th IDA Documentary Awards: Complete Winners List (Deadline, 2024-12-05)

https://deadline.com/2024/12/2024-ida-awards-winners-list-1236195905/
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“It’s been an extraordinary week for No Other Land…”

“The film set in the occupied West Bank won Best Feature Documentary at the 40th IDA Documentary Awards in Los Angeles on Thursday and it also won the Best Director prize ... The quartet of filmmakers also received the IDA’s Courage Under Fire Award, a previously announced honor recognizing the difficult and dangerous conditions in which the film was made.

“No Other Land swept most of the awards announced this week: on Monday, it won Best Documentary at the Gotham Awards, and on Tuesday, the New York Film Critics Circle named it the best documentary of the year. It won the National Board of Review Freedom of Expression Award on Wednesday...”

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Israel's Wall of Impunity (Ralph Nader Radio Hour, 2024-12-07)

https://podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/israels-wall-of-impunity/id874581610?i=1000679593267
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#CraigMokhiber #podcast #StopGenocide
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“You Feel Like You Are Subhuman”: Israel’s Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza | Amnesty International USA (2024-12-04)

https://www.amnestyusa.org/reports/you-feel-like-you-are-subhuman-israels-genocide-against-palestinians-in-gaza/
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“Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that the government of Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip.”

“Our findings must serve as a wake-up call to the international community: this is genocide, and it must stop now.”

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Yes, it's a genocide: Amos Goldberg (Led By Donkeys, 2024-12-04)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMwqhdVV5as
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"And once you come to this conclusion you cannot remain silent."

A. Goldberg is a professor in the Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

(⬇️ Transcript in thread 🧵)

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Former Defense Minister Accuses Israel of Committing War Crimes in Gaza (New York Times, 2024-12-01)

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-yaalon.html?unlocked%5C_article%5C_code=1.eU4.1-wh.rejCW7rDtIJh
＊Gift article link＊
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“At an event on Saturday, Mr. [Moshe] Yaalon denounced Mr. Netanyahu’s government for its actions in Gaza.

““The path they’re dragging us down is to occupy, annex, and ethnically cleanse — look at the northern strip,’ he said. He also said Israel was being pulled in the direction of building settlements in Gaza…”

“‘I’m speaking in the name of IDF commanders who are operating in the northern strip,’ Mr. Yaalon told the Reshet Bet radio station [on Sunday]. ‘They reached out to me expressing fear about what’s happening there.’

“He later said, in an apparent reference to the government: ‘At the end of the day, they’re perpetrating war crimes’ — while making clear that his issue was not with the soldiers themselves.”

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