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Israël verhindert dat Nederlandse diplomaten Palestina in kunnen en hun werk kunnen doen op de Nederlandse vertegenwoordiging in Ramallah. Nederland geeft de diplomatieke relatie met Palestina zonder slag of stoot op. rightsforum.org/nederlandse-…
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Niet voor het eerst sleurt @CIDI_nieuws met leugens iemand door de modder. Ook NOS stelt nu vast dat de student die in verband werd gebracht met de Hamas actie van 7 okt '23, verkeerd is geciteerd nos.nl/artikel/2635976-maast…
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2 small children, an 11-year old boy & a 7 year old girl, were shot dead by terrorists 2 days ago. Did you year about them on the news? No you didn't. That's because the children were Palestinian, & the terrorist group was the Israeli military. Rest in peace, Tamer and Misk.
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A new report in Haaretz brings new sources and quotes on how and why the settlers wield so much power over the IDF. Commanders in the West Bank have completely given up control over the situation ot the settlers: 1)Commanders are afraid to confront settler leaders or to act against soldiers and civilians who attack Palestinians. They fear attacks from right-wing ministers and MKs, and they fear Defense Minister Israel Katz will interfere in their promotions. Sources say that fear reaches field-level ranks. 2) Settlement council heads have direct, ongoing contact with brigade and division commanders, and sometimes with political leaders. Sources say these ties have gone beyond security coordination and become a center of power that shapes the army's priorities. 3) The IDF has the forces to reach incidents quickly. Sources say the issue is often not how long it takes to arrive, but whether commanders see violence against Palestinians as something that needs immediate intervention. 4) In March, soldiers from the Haredi reservist Battalion 941 attacked a CNN crew. Bluth suspended the battalion from operations, but its commanders were not removed. That same night the brigade commander visited the soldiers, encouraged them and prayed with them. Sources say this was partly a signal to politicians and settler leaders that commanders stand with the troops. 5) When soldiers or reservists are involved in shootings, the IDF and police often argue over who should investigate. Neither wants to be the one to arrest a soldier who could end up convicted and imprisoned. "Every commander and senior officer knows that arresting a soldier on suspicion of killing a Palestinian could, within hours, become the next Elor Azaria affair," a security source said. 6) Commanders tell senior officers they are afraid to use force against settlers. More and more soldiers report being physically attacked and threatened at friction points. The IDF has completely given up control over West Bank policy. Settlers are the real bosses there.
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They’re a little busy in the West Bank.
You know who's not rioting across Europe? Zionists
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One of the biggest lies repeated about the Palestine question is that the Zionist leadership "accepted" the November 1947 Partition Plan. It was "accepted" the same way Israel "accepts" ceasefire deals in Lebanon & Gaza. The moment after the deal is accepted it is violated. In the case of the partition plan, within weeks of "accepting" the plan, Jewish militias in Palestine attacked Palestinian neighborhoods, villages & cities in areas allocated to the Arab State, including Jaffa, Acre, the Galilee, the Jerusalem Corridor, the Judean Hills, the Latrun area and Jerusalem itself. Strange how this lie is never debunked in debates about the Palestine question. For a blow-by-blow account of how the Jewish militias violated the partition plan almost from the very beginning of fighting, see: archive.org/details/birthofp… ch.3
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The commander of the Israeli military unit likely responsible for killing 5-year-old Hind Rajab is currently in the U.S. As a party to the Genocide Convention and the Geneva Conventions, our government is obligated to arrest and investigate him for these war crimes and acts of genocide. I stand with @HindRFoundation in calling on the DOJ to follow the law and take action.
🇺🇸🚨 The #HindRajabFoundation has filed an urgent request with the U.S. Department of Justice, demanding the immediate investigation, arrest, and prosecution of Sean Glass, currently present in the United States. Glass commanded the Israeli unit implicated in Hind Rajab's murder. HRF's investigation places the 52nd Battalion—including Glass and his Vampire Empire Company—near her vehicle during the killing. Today, Glass walks free in the U.S. ➡️ More → bit.ly/4iv2Zio
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Remember the settler who ran over a Palestinian by the side of the road? Kind of hard to forget. He was never charged with a crime and had now been arrested for his involvement in the brutal attack on Washing Post photojournalist Heidi Levine.
זוכרים את החייל הזה שדרס פלסטיני שהתפלל בצד הדרך? אז נודע לנו שלא רק שהוא שוחרר אחרי המעשה הזה בידי המשטרה הצבאית המהוללת, גם אחרי שירה סתם בכפר פלסטיני, אלא שגם לא הוגש כתב אישום והפלא ופלא, הוא גם נעצר אתמול יחד עם 10 חשודים נוספים בחשד למעורבות בתקיפות האחרונות (צלמת הוושינגטון פוסט והדיפלומטים הזרים) זה מה שקורה כשצה״ל לא מטפל בכלום: זה רק גדל! חייל מילואים שלהם דורס בכוונה פלסטיני מתפלל, יורה סתם בכפר, ואחרי זה לפי החשד גם נמצא במאחז ותוקף זרים.
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From the genocidal fields of Gaza.
A new video taken this morning shows israeli bulldozers destroying the remains of Palestinian houses east of Khan Younis.
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“Our historical rights are not subject to approval from London.” lol. There literally is no Israel without the Balfour Declaration from London.
The obsession of the British Labour Government with Israel seemingly knows no bounds. The days when Israel would quietly accept threats, sanctions and attempts to dictate its policies are over. Judea and Samaria are not foreign lands to the Jewish people. Our historical rights are not subject to approval from London. The British Labour Government would do better to address the serious challenges facing its own country rather than pursue its relentless campaign against the Jewish state. Israel will not be intimidated by threats. We will defend our rights and our national interests.
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They routinely SHOOT CHILDREN. My god, what will it take for anyone to stop this??
Two Palestinian children reportedly shot dead by IDF within hours of each other; no immediate response from army timesofisrael.com/liveblog_e…
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It's our "moral duty" to expel Palestinians from Gaza. -Zionism
“Where will they go? That is not our problem.” Israeli Knesset nominee Omer Waldman calls for removing Gaza’s population via Egypt, by sea or through Ramon Airport, insisting that opening the gates for them to leave and their mass displacement is Israel’s “moral duty.”
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💥Netanyahu endorses the National Rally's Marine Le Pen, ultra-right candidate for the French presidency, convicted of misappropriating €4 million in EU moneys and daughter of an actual Nazi, so right up his alley.
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"a group of approximately 20 settlers descended from the nearby hills to attack residents, and more settlers arrived later. The settlers were armed with batons, rifles, stun grenades and slingshots. Stun grenades and warning shots fired from rifles helped them advance further"
The violence experienced by our colleague, barriers to reaching medical care and growing restrictions imposed on Palestinian communities are not coincidental. Read our statement: doctorswithoutborders.ca/pal…
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“They are not just dead. They are people who were killed. They are not numbers. They are lives, each with a name, a face and a family.” This is how Pep Guardiola @PepTeam begins his deeply moving message about Palestinians in Gaza, in collaboration with UNRWA
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Video of masked Israeli settlers striking European diplomats and elected officials near Taybeh, a Christian village in Palestine. The 78-year-old French mayor Bernard Baudoux was thrown to the ground and beaten with iron bars. Make no mistake: If the Israeli government wanted to put an end to this, they could within minutes. They don't. Just like Biden pretended that he wanted a ceasefire, but in reality worked tirelessly to enable Israel's genocide. They are playing the same trick on us again.
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Over the past three weeks (September 27 - October 17), Yesh Din has collected documentation and reports of 561 incidents of settler and soldier violence against Palestinians. An average of 26.7 incidents per day! The incidents took place in 180 Palestinian communities across the West Bank. Ziv Stahl the Executive director of Yesh Din told CNN this morning: “This is not sporadic violence, it is very well intended, the purpose of it is very clear – to dispossess Palestinians from their land all over the West Bank, in order for Israel to annex it without Palestinians in it”.
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RT @DropSiteNews: ⭕️ Gaza: 7-Year-Old Girl Killed by Israeli Fire While Sleeping in Her Tent Seven-year-old Misk Hazem al-Dalu was killed…
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Earlier today, uniformed settlement security coordinators drove official 4x4s into Tel Aviv and brandished their military-issued assault rifles in protest of an investigation into settler violence by one of their own. Armed to the teeth and State-backed, they are a grave warning of political violence before and after Israel’s elections.
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