Palestine

Jeremy Scahill and Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Jan 24, 2025

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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By Muhammad Ateeq in Jenin, occupied Palestine and Mera Aladam. Published date: 23 January 2025 14:39 GMT

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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from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
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By Lara Jakes, Fatima Abdul Karim, and Hiba Yazbek
Jan. 22, 2025 Updated 8:58 a.m. ET

"Israel’s military said on Wednesday that it was pressing ahead with what it called a new counterterrorism operation in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, and Palestinian officials said that at least 10 people had been killed."

"The Jenin battalion of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, an armed group loosely affiliated with Fatah, the political faction that controls the Palestinian Authority, said in a statement on social media that its fighters were engaged in “fierce clashes” with Israeli forces in several areas of Jenin and had detonated explosive devices."

from #DropSiteNews
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Story by Rasha Abou Jalal
Jan 22, 2025

"For the children of Gaza, the carnage is unprecedented in recent history. Over 14,500 children have been killed since October 2023, according to the health ministry. Of the 1.9 million people — 9 out of 10 residents in Gaza — who have been internally displaced, half of them are children, according to UNICEF. Many of the children who survived, belong to a new generation of Palestinian orphans."

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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"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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By Mera Aladam
Published date: 21 January 2025 15:50 GMT

"Israel's state attorney on Monday dismissed an investigation against five men suspected of killing a bound Palestinian they held captive in the aftermath of the Hamas-led 7 October attacks.

Despite video evidence and admissions of guilt from the suspects, Amit Isman dropped the investigation citing "low credibility of the confessions, which are likely just bravado". "

Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Mariam Barghouti
Jan 21, 2025

from Drop Site News
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"Israel launched a major military operation on Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, raiding the city with troops, military vehicles, and bulldozers backed by airstrikes, drones, and Apache helicopters. At least nine Palestinians have been killed and more than 40 wounded in the ongoing operation, according to the Ramallah-based Palestinian health ministry, which Israel has dubbed “Operation Iron Wall.”"

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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