Open Letter | Israeli citizens calling for true international pressure on Israel for an immediate ceasefire. (Israeli Citizens For International Pressure)

https://israelicitizensforin.live-website.com/english/
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In eleven languages: Hebrew, Arabic, French, Russian, Italian, German, Chinese, Spanish, Greek, Turkish.

“We, Israeli citizens residing in Israel and abroad, call on the international community – the UN and its institutions, the United States, the European Union, the League of Arab States, and all states around the world – to intervene immediately and implement every possible sanction towards achieving an immediate ceasefire between Israel and its neighbors, for the future of both peoples in Israel/Palestine and the peoples of the region...”

“Many of us are veteran activists against the occupation, for peace and mutual existence in this land…”

“Please, … save us from ourselves, and use real pressure on Israel for an immediate ceasefire.”

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@israel
#CeasefireNow

Iranian-German Photographer Asked to Apologize for Saying “Free Palestine”: The German Photographic Society called Shirin Abedi’s award acceptance speech “dogmatic fanaticism” and “anti-Israeli agitation.”
(Hyperallergic, 2024-19-23)

https://hyperallergic.com/960502/iranian-german-shirin-abedi-photographer-asked-to-apologize-for-saying-free-palestine/
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＊With a short video of her giving speech in kufiya＊

“At its October 12 gala, the organization presented the laureates of this year’s awards, including Iranian-German photographer Shirin Abedi, ... Upon receiving her award, Abedi made a minute-long statement that ended with a call to ‘free Palestine.’”

“A few days after the ceremony, German photojournalist Thomas Gerwers, the chairman of DGPh’s Art, Market, and Law Section, sent Abedi a letter asking the artist to issue an apology and accusing her of ‘political propaganda.‘”

“‘… we have a special responsibility for the right of the State of Israel to exist. Without ifs and buts,’ he continued. ‘We have been abused by you …’”

#GermanyLost
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‘Copy-paste the West Bank to Gaza’: Hundreds join Gaza resettlement event
(+972 Magazine, 2024-10-22)

https://www.972mag.com/gaza-israeli-resettlement-event-sukkot/
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“‘We came here with one clear purpose: to settle the entire Gaza Strip.’ That was the declaration of Israeli settler leader Daniella Weiss at a gathering of hundreds of right-wing Israelis near Gaza on Monday, where they celebrated the Jewish festival of #Sukkot by calling to erect settlements inside the besieged enclave.”

“…this well-organized, calm, and joyous gathering — which was approved and held against all logic in a closed military zone near the border, and was attended by several senior figures in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party — marked a new step in the effort to mainstream the idea of resettling Gaza with Jewish Israelis.”

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@palestine@a.gup.pe
@israel
#StopGenocide

Schlecht gespielte Wut: Vorwürfe an Özoğuz (junge Welt, 2024-10-23)

https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/486256.schlecht-gespielte-wut.html
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“Bundestagsvizepräsidentin Aydan Özoğuz (SPD) … soll sich nach Ansicht der üblichen Ankläger des Antisemitismus und des Israel-Hasses schuldig gemacht haben, auf die als Mindeststrafe der Rücktritt stehen sollte. Der ihr angelastete Fauxpas: Sie hatte am vorigen Mittwoch einen Post der US-amerikanischen Gruppe »Jewish Voice for Peace« auf Instagram geteilt, also billigend weiterverbreitet. Zu sehen war eine Flammenwand mit dem Text »This is Zionism«. Entstanden war die Aufnahme am Montag voriger Woche bei einem israelischen Luftangriff auf ein Zeltlager von Flüchtlingen im Gazastreifen, durch den vier Menschen lebend verbrannten und Dutzende andere Verletzungen, zum Teil Verbrennungen von 60 bis 80 Prozent, erlitten…”

#GermanyLost #antisemitism
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@israel

‘The state killed Shirel [Golan]’: Nova festival survivor found dead at home on her 22 birthday
(Jerusalem Post, 2024-10-21)

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-825400#825400
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“Shirel Golan, a survivor of the massacre at the Nova Music Festival, was found dead in her apartment on her 22nd birthday.”

“According to her family, Golan suffered from post-trauma due to the horrific events she experienced at the festival on October 7, ...”

“Her family said they did not receive adequate assistance from state authorities to get her the necessary treatment … to deal with her experiences.”

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@palestine@a.gup.pe
@israel
#NovaFestivalSurvivor

She Exposed a Prestigious Medical Journal’s Silence on the Holocaust. Now She’s Asking about Gaza:
A historian who exposed the New England Journal of Medicine's silence on Nazi atrocities confronted the journal’s treatment of Gaza during a Harvard symposium. (The Intercept, 2024-10-17)

https://theintercept.com/2024/10/17/new-england-journal-medicine-israel-gaza-hospitals/
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“Earlier this year, two Harvard medical historians published an article … found that the New England Journal of Medicine, … either chose not to cover the Nazi regime’s racist and antisemitic health policies, mass killings, and medical experimentation, or, in one case, praised the Nazi health care system for its approach to public health.

“The New England Journal of Medicine convened a symposium on Wednesday where the authors, Joelle M. Abi-Rached and Allan M. Brandt, could present their findings — and Abi-Rached took the opportunity to call the journal out for repeating its mistakes today.”

@palestine@lemmy.ml
@palestine@a.gup.pe
@israel
#SilenceIsComplicity

Pro-Palestine protesters shut down London's Tower Bridge
(Jerusalem Post, 2024-10-20)

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-825262#825262
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“Pro-Palestine protesters shut down Tower Bridge in #London on Saturday, shortly after thousands attended a mass protest in Trafalgar Square and Whitehall.”

“… the Met Police stated that the groups had been dispersed and several arrests had been made.”

“A group named Youth Demand claimed to have been part of a coalition that organized the event and shut down the bridge.
“Youth Demand said it demanded that the UK government stop arming Israel…”

“The other groups involved were the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Prayers4Gaza, Palestine Pulse, Thanet 4 Palestine, and Ealing Friends of Palestine.”

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@palestine@a.gup.pe
@israel
#YouthDemand #StopArmingIsrael

Oxfam condemns killing of water engineers in Gaza
(2024-10-19)

https://www.oxfam.org/node/24899
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“Oxfam condemns in the strongest terms the killing in Gaza today of four water engineers and workers from the Khuzaa municipality who were working with our strategic partner the Coastal Municipalities Water Utility (CMWU).

“The four men were killed on their way to conduct repairs to water infrastructure in Khuzaa, east of Khan Younis. Despite prior coordination with Israeli authorities their clearly-marked vehicle was bombed...”

“Attacks on civilian infrastructure and those who maintain it are clear violations of international humanitarian law. Those responsible must be held to account. Such attacks are part of the crime of using starvation as a weapon of war.

“Oxfam demands an independent investigation into this and other attacks on essential workers…”

How many more violations should we need? #StopGenocide

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@israel
#WarCrime

Anti-Zionist views are 'worthy of respect', UK judge says
(Middle East Eye, 2024-10-15)

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/anti-zionist-views-worthy-respect-uk-judge-finds
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“An employment tribunal in the UK has concluded that holding the belief that Israel's actions against Palestinians amount to apartheid, ethnic cleansing and genocide are ‘worthy of respect in a democratic society’.

“In February, a UK judge ruled in a landmark decision that David Miller, a professor of political sociology, who was fired from the University of Bristol in 2021 for anti-Zionist views, was unfairly dismissed and subjected to discrimination.

“This week, the tribunal published its 120-page judgement* which sets out why Miller's views were protected under anti-discrimination laws. “

*) https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6707c243366f494ab2e7b67d/Miller-judgment-1400780.2022-JDT...pdf

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@israel

Opinion | Yahya Sinwar’s Death Can End This War
(New York Times, 2024-10-17)

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/17/opinion/yahya-sinwar-dead-hamas-gaza.html
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“The death of Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader who was believed to be the mastermind of the Oct. 7 attack, provides a new opening for the United States to meaningfully push for a cease-fire and hostage release in Gaza and for the de-escalation of violence across the Middle East.” 🤦

I wouldn’t care about this article if its author were no “Matthew Duss”, who “was a foreign policy adviser to Senator Bernie Sanders.”

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@palestine@a.gup.pe @israel
#USPol #BernieSanders

【Livestream】 Rally for a just peace in Palestine and Israel

Time: Friday 18. 10. 5-7pm (CEST)
Place: In front of the main train station, Washingtonplatz, #Berlin 10557

https://www.youtube.com/live/ZXPbyW21ZJc?si=GtjC1zIWcu4Tkavm
or
https://gerechter-frieden.org/live-stream/

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https://gerechter-frieden.org/info/
“A kind request: In order to express our independence, we kindly ask you to leave party and national flags at home. We are aware that Palestinian national symbols and flags are constantly being stigmatized in #Germany. We comdemn the blanket criminalization of such flags and symbols. That’s why we express our wish as a kind request and not as a ban. We stand up for the right of all people and groups to express their identity – whether religious, ethnic or political. But at this rally we want to place the focus on the universality of the human rights of all those affected by the war and the violence.”

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A Curricular Clash at MIT: How a course on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict rattled a department.
(The Chronicle of Higher Education, 2024-10-15)

https://www.chronicle.com/article/a-curricular-clash-at-mit
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Beyond paywall but yet suggestive.

“… Michel DeGraff submitted a request to teach a course about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

“In the 10 months since then, the professor of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been locked in a near-constant feud with his department head and colleagues...”

“DeGraff’s colleagues argue that the course — which would analyze the language used in conversations surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — doesn’t align with the department’s curriculum and that DeGraff lacks the necessary expertise to teach it. DeGraff believes the rejection is actually rooted in his pro-Palestinian advocacy on campus and social media…”

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@palestine@a.gup.pe
#MIT