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Israel Welcomes the Return of the Women Who Warned of a Raid From Gaza - The New York Times (2025-01-25)

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/world/middleeast/israel-spotters-hostages.html?unlocked%5C_article%5C_code=1.sE4.seD9.QcnFLH%5C_PnN27
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⚠️ #NYT-ish biased
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“The four women released by Hamas on Saturday … are ‘spotters’ for the army who were stationed in a small military base about a half-mile from the border.”

“In the months leading up to the assault, [a former lookout] Ms. Yerushalmi … said, there were growing signs of something afoot. … the spotters saw convoys of 20 to 30 white pickup trucks filled with Hamas fighters driving along the border with increasing frequency, stopping occasionally and peering into Israel through binoculars. They would also put up drones a few times a day…”

“The spotters reported the activity, she and several relatives of the other lookouts said, but were told by their superiors that their job was to be the eyes, not the brains, of the Israeli military. Their reports, they said, appeared to have been dismissed.”

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Can Genocide Studies Survive a Genocide in Gaza? (Jewish Currents, 2024-12-19)

https://jewishcurrents.org/can-genocide-studies-survive-a-genocide-in-gaza
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h/t https://mastodon.scot/@alisonphipps/113882665073669391

"Immediately after October 7th, 2023, ... some major institutions of Holocaust and genocide studies determined that their mission required them to speak out."

"... On October 13th, ... the historian Raz Segal, director of the program of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Stockton University in New Jersey, wrote in a widely shared article in this magazine, 'A Textbook Case of Genocide,'..."

"And yet, amid this ever-worsening assault, many of the scholars and institutions that had issued or signed statements condemning Hamas after October 7th stayed silent.... Little changed even after Amnesty International published a landmark report ... in December 2024. For Nimer Sultany [SOAS] ..., this silence pointed to a glaring double standard..."

#SilenceIsComplicity #AcademicResponsibility
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State Department freezes new funding for nearly all US aid programs worldwide [exceptions incl. military aid to Israel and Egypt] | AP News (2025-01-25)

https://apnews.com/article/state-department-trump-foreign-aid-bf047e17ef64cb42a1a1b7fdf05caffa
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“The State Department ordered a sweeping freeze Friday on new funding for almost all U.S. foreign assistance, making exceptions for emergency food programs and military aid to Israel and Egypt.”

“Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s order, delivered in a cable sent to U.S. embassies worldwide, specifically exempted emergency food programs, such as those helping to feed millions in a widening famine in warring Sudan.”

“While Rubio’s order exempted military assistance to allies Israel and Egypt from the freeze, there was no indication of a similar waiver to allow vital U.S. military assistance to Ukraine through.”

#USPol #ForeignAssistance #Ukraine #Egypt
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Statement on the destruction of the Edward Said Public Library in Gaza - January 22, 2025 🧵 1/4

copied from https://x.com/MosabAbuToha/status/1882233920856731726
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#EdwardSaidPublicLibrary

"My name is Mosab Abu Toha and I’m a Palestinian poet and writer from Gaza.
Today morning with a heavy heart I received the news of the destruction of the Edward Said Public Library in Beit Lahia, north Gaza. The news and pictures came through just three days after Gazans were allowed to return to north Gaza.
Starting 2016, I started collecting books from around the world to build Gaza’s first English language library. With the endorsement and support of authors and intellectuals around the world, I raised the needed funds to open the library in the summer of 2017.

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Leaked documents expose deep ties between Israeli army and Microsoft (+972 Magazine, 2025-01-23)

https://www.972mag.com/microsoft-azure-openai-israeli-army-cloud/
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"Microsoft has a 'footprint in all major military infrastructures' in Israel, and sales of the company’s cloud and artificial intelligence services to the Israeli army have skyrocketed since the beginning of its onslaught on Gaza, according to leaked commercial records from Israel’s Defense Ministry and files from Microsoft’s Israeli subsidiary."

"These revelations are the product of an investigation by +972 Magazine and Local Call in collaboration with The #Guardian. It is based in part on documents obtained by Drop Site News, which has published its own story. The investigation shows how the Israeli army deepened its reliance on civilian tech giants after October 7, and comes amid growing protests by cloud company employees who fear that the technology they developed has helped Israel commit war crimes."

#972Magazine #DropSiteNews
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2024 West Bank olive harvest: Israel furthers land grab through tighter restrictions on Palestinians and extreme state violence (B’Tselem, 2025-01-22)

https://www.btselem.org/video/20250122/_2024/_west/_bank/_olive/_harvest/_israel/_furthers/_land/_grab/_through/_tighter/_restrictions/_on/_palestinians/_and/_extreme/_state/_violence#full
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An extensive report from B’Tselem, a must read. #WestBank

“Over the last 20 years, Israel has employed various bureaucratic measures to prevent Palestinians from accessing their private land. This is part of a broader effort to force Palestinians out of entire areas in the West Bank, while expanding settlements and the territories under Israeli control.”

“… The Israeli regime has increased its use of these systems since the heinous Hamas-led attack on 7 October 2023. … the ‘coordination’ mechanism was halted and the possibility for farmers to ‘coordinate’ access to their land was almost entirely blocked. The following year (2024), … the Civil Administration refrained from publishing information on ‘coordination’ of harvest days…”

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Trump Reportedly Resuming Shipments of 2,000-Pound Bombs to Israel | Truthout (2025-01-21)

https://truthout.org/articles/trump-reportedly-resuming-shipments-of-2000-pound-bombs-to-israel/

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Arrests of Palestinian journalists since start of Israel-Gaza war - Committee to Protect Journalists (2025-01-21)

https://cpj.org/2025/01/arrests-of-palestinian-journalists-since-start-of-israel-gaza-war/
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(should be updated regularly)

"As of January 21, 2025, #CPJ has documented a total of 75 arrests of journalists in the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza and in the city of Jerusalem, ... since the war began on October 7, 2023. Israel arrested 71; Palestinian authorities arrested four.

"Thirty-three of these journalists, ... have since been released, while 42 remain under arrest.

"At least 10 of the journalists arrested by Israel are being held under administrative detention, a policy under which a military commander may detain an individual without charge, typically for six months, on the grounds of preventing them from committing a future offense. Detention can be extended an unlimited number of times."

#PA #AdministrativeDetention #freeJournalism
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Arrests of Palestinian journalists since start of Israel-Gaza war - Committee to Protect Journalists (2025-01-21)

https://cpj.org/2025/01/arrests-of-palestinian-journalists-since-start-of-israel-gaza-war/
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(should be updated regularly)

"As of January 21, 2025, #CPJ has documented a total of 75 arrests of journalists in the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza and in the city of Jerusalem, ... since the war began on October 7, 2023. Israel arrested 71; Palestinian authorities arrested four.

"Thirty-three of these journalists, ... have since been released, while 42 remain under arrest.

"At least 10 of the journalists arrested by Israel are being held under administrative detention, a policy under which a military commander may detain an individual without charge, typically for six months, on the grounds of preventing them from committing a future offense. Detention can be extended an unlimited number of times."

#PA #AdministrativeDetention #freeJournalism
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“From the Land of Witches and Wolves”: A Conversation with Francesca Albanese - Opinio Juris (2025-01-20)

https://opiniojuris.org/2025/01/20/from-the-land-of-witches-and-wolves-a-conversation-with-francesca-albanese/

and video on Youtube ⬇️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88QGsx-slu4
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“What does this moment [of fragile ceasefire] mean for international lawyers and readers of Opinio Juris? ... the structural violence of occupation and apartheid has accelerated. Israel continues to undertake massive land theft and home demolitions in the West Bank and East Jerusalem; Israel is still operationalising a law that criminalises UNRWA’s aid activities; and Israel persists in its refusal to countenance an end to what is now a two-decade long civilian blockade and a three-generation long occupation.”

“… we asked Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur for [oPt], our seemingly hackneyed question about international law’s capabilities...”

#FrancescaAlbanese #StopGenocide #NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
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As Gaza war rages, Deutsche Welle insiders accuse outlet of pro-Israel bias | Al Jazeera (2024-12-19/ revised ??)

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/19/as-gaza-war-rages-deutsche-welle-insiders-accuse-outlet-of-pro-israel-bias

+ Video from TRT News (2025-01-13)
#DW's unapologetic pro-Israel and anti-Palestine bias

https://www.trtworld.com/video/digital/dws-unapologetic-pro-israel-and-anti-palestine-bias-18252741
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"'Deutsche Welle operates under a reign of terror.’ Speaking to TRT World, former Deutsche Welle journalist Martin Gak blows the whistle on the broadcaster’s pro-Israel and anti-Palestine bias that created a hostile work environment for staff covering Gaza"

#MartinGak #DeutscheWelle #freePress #Germany
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Forget Trump — agreeing to a ceasefire was Netanyahu’s own calculation (Meron Rapoport | +972 Magazine, 2025-01-17)

https://www.972mag.com/ceasefire-trump-netanyahu-gaza/
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🤔 A different perspective from a “Local Call” editor.

“In Israel, the war in Gaza has become a burden on the government, the military, and society as a whole. Trump only gave Netanyahu an excuse to cut his losses.”

“We don’t know exactly what was said during the conversation between Witkoff and Netanyahu. It is possible that Trump did threaten Netanyahu ... But a closer look reveals that there are different dynamics at play. In reality, the decision to accept the ceasefire deal appears to have less to do with Trump than with the shifting perception of the war inside Israel.”

“Inside Israel, the war in Gaza has become a burden ... In all the recent polls, a clear majority — between 60 and 70 percent, or even higher — supports ending the war...”

#USPol
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