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— Jenin Resurrected – Resistance Roundup – Day 339

 

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By Palestine Chronicle Staff   The video is significant as it sends a message to Israel but also to its backers in the Palestinian Authority that the Palestinian resistance remains strong. Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, released a video from the Jenin refugee camp. The video showed an unprecedentedly large number of Palestinian fighters, presumably belonging to all Palestinian groups, marching through the camp. The video is significant as it sends a message to Israel but also to its backers in the Palestinian Authority that Palestinian resistance in Jenin, and the rest of northern West Bank, remains strong.  Israel has invaded Jenin and other parts of the West Bank starting on August 28, killing and wounding scores of Palestinians, including many fighters.  The Israeli army perceived its operation to be a success, claiming to have destroyed ‘terrorist infrastructure’ in various Palestinian refugee camps and towns in the West Bank.  It is unclear what kind of ‘terrorist infrastructure’ Israel managed to destroy. However, the Israeli military has indeed managed to destroy the electric, water, and sewer systems in various parts of the West Bank. It demolished or damaged hundreds of homes, and destroyed numerous streets, schools, hospitals, and other civilian infrastructures.  The video, however, suggests that Israel’s supposed success story was hardly a success.  The Jenin Brigade of Saraya Al-Quds held a military parade in the camp on Sunday in honor of the martyrs of the 10-day Horror of the Camps battle. pic.twitter.com/jVhgdjg4Wi — The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) September 9, 2024 Below are the latest statements from the main Palestinian Resistance groups in the West Bank and Gaza. The statements below also contain the latest announcement by the Lebanese group Hezbollah, which continues to target Israeli occupation forces in occupied south Lebanon and northern Israel. The statements were communicated via their Telegram channels and are published here in their original form. Al-Quds Brigades Our fighters managed to detonate a pre-prepared explosive device in a military vehicle in Tulkarem Camp, achieving direct hits. Our fighters managed to detonate a pre-prepared explosive device in a military vehicle in Tulkarem Camp, achieving direct hits. We bombed Ashkelon and the settlements surrounding Gaza with a rocket barrage. Hezbollah The fighters of the Islamic Resistance, at 8:13 AM on Monday, 09-09-2024, targeted the Mayan Baruch site with rocket weapons, hitting it directly.   The fighters of the Islamic Resistance, on Monday, 09-09-2024, launched an aerial attack with swarms of attack drones on the headquarters of the Golani Brigade and the Eguz Unit 621 in the Shraga barracks north of occupied Akka, targeting the positions of its officers and soldiers and achieving direct hits among them. The air defense unit of the Islamic Resistance confronted a zionist warplane and fired a surface-to-air missile at it, forcing it to leave Lebanese airspace and retreat toward occupied Palestine. The fighters of the Islamic Resistance, on Monday, 09-09-2024, targeted the newly established headquarters of the Western Brigade Command south of the Yaara barracks with a barrage of Katyusha rockets. Gantz warned that the war with Lebanon is imminent unless Israel seals a ceasefire agreement and a swap deal with the resistance movements in Gaza.https://t.co/cNXZxSoVFi pic.twitter.com/NPvaPCvbDQ — The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) September 9, 2024 The fighters of the Islamic Resistance, at 1:45 PM on Monday, 09-09-2024, targeted the Marj site with artillery shells. The fighters of the Islamic Resistance, on Monday, 09-09-2024, targeted the Jal Al-Alam site with two (FPV) attack drones, hitting their targets in a direct manner. The fighters of the Islamic Resistance, at 03:45 PM on Monday, 09-09-2024, targeted the Jal Al-Alam site with artillery shells, hitting it directly. The fighters of the Islamic Resistance, at 15:35 on Monday, 09-09-2024, targeted the Habushit site with rocket weapons, hitting it directly. The fighters of the Islamic Resistance, at 15:45 on Monday, 09-09-2024, targeted the espionage equipment at the Ramtha site in the occupied Lebanese Kfar Shuba hills with appropriate weapons, hitting it directly. The fighters of the Islamic Resistance, at 6:30 PM on Monday, 09-09-2024, targeted a deployment of Israeli enemy soldiers in the vicinity of the Metulla site with rocket weapons. (The Palestine Chronicle) The post Jenin Resurrected Resistance Roundup Day 339 appeared first on Palestine Chronicle.

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— ‘My House Became Torture Dungeon’ – Palestine Chronicle Reports from inside Devastated Jenin

 

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By Fayha Shalash Ramallah “The soldiers ate our food, took everything out of the refrigerator, and left it open. They even urinated in more than one place in the house even though there were several bathrooms”. Ala’ Bawaqneh Ala’ Bawaqneh was finally able to return to her home in Jenin camp, six days after she was forced, along with her family, to leave the house that the Israeli occupation forces had decided to turn into a military barracks. Only when the Israeli army withdrew from Jenin and its camp on Friday morning, after ten days of a devastating invasion, the horrific details were revealed. This invasion was the longest since 2002. It resulted in the killing of 22 Palestinians, the wounding of dozens, and enormous destruction of the area. But the people of Jenin did not waste any time. From the early hours of Friday, they started working on restoring some kind of normalcy to life in the city despite all the destruction and tragic losses they endured during the Israeli invasion of the area. They were finally able to put to rest their loved ones whose bodies had remained trapped in the besieged hospitals throughout the military campaign. Pledging Not to Worship Logic behind Israels Bizarre Restrictions at Al-Aqsa Mosque Human Shields  Ala’ lives with her family of nine in a four-story residential building in the Al-Saha area in Jenin camp. Three days into the invasion, the Israeli army surrounded the building and ordered all occupants to gather at the front door. “We left our homes and stood in front of the building. We were seven, including children and a pregnant woman,” Ala’ told the Palestine Chronicle. “One of the soldiers ordered my sister to walk in front of them as a human shield while they searched the upper floors,” she added. Following their search of the building, the Israeli soldiers forced them all to stay in a small room with no access to water, electricity, or food. They locked them inside and ordered them not to make any noise. From the small room they were trapped in, residents of the building could clearly hear the Israeli soldiers as they were violently conducting their searches and vandalizing the furniture of the apartments. While the children were terrified and silently crying, Ala’ spent her time praying for the nightmare to end. ‘They Burned My Head with Their Cigarettes’ The Story of the Israeli Arrest and Torture of a Palestinian Journalist “They were heavily armed with all kinds of weapons and had police dogs with them,” she said.  “We were extremely scared because we often heard sounds of gunfire or shelling, while their bulldozers were destroying the streets surrounding the building.” Two hours into the ordeal, the Israeli occupation soldiers ordered them to leave the building. In the beginning, Ala’s family refused to follow their orders, due to the deteriorating security situation in the area but were eventually forced to leave. They walked through the destroyed streets and witnessed firsthand how their beautiful city was turned into rubble, before an ambulance drove them to the Governmental Hospital, from where they headed to a relative’s house. Six days after their forced departure, the family could finally return home only to witness the extent of the destruction it endured. The soldiers had turned it into a snipers’ corner, and for that end, they had dug big holes in the walls, especially in Ala’s brother’s apartment on the fourth floor, which he was preparing for his anticipated wedding. “They vandalized everything; literally everything in our house was vandalized,” Ala’ said in tears. “The soldiers ate our food, took everything out of the refrigerator, and left it open. They even urinated in more than one place in the house even though there were several bathrooms,” she continued. Ala’s family learned from the camp residents that their house had also been transformed into an interrogation and detention center for detainees. Young Palestinians who were subjected to different kinds of torture, their hands tied, their eyes blindfolded, were taken to the house in which they remained for long hours and sometimes days. The windows of the house were intentionally smashed and the curtains were removed. Ala’ and her family are currently working on cleaning the apartments and restoring what needs to be fixed to make it livable again. Before Israel Killed Tariq Dawoud, They Tortured His Family Special Report Speaking to the Mayor Despite all of this, Ala’ is somehow ‘lucky’ since several of the camp’s houses will never go back to what they were, due to the massive destruction they endured. Other houses are completely uninhabitable due to their complete demolition. The mayor of Jenin, Nidal Obeidi, told the Palestine Chronicle that 80 homes were demolished as a result of the Israeli invasion while hundreds of homes were partially damaged and in need of major reparation before becoming habitable again. Twenty-five kilometers of infrastructure were deliberately and completely destroyed by the Israeli occupation army, which resulted in power, water and communications outages for tens of thousands of Palestinians in the city and its camp. “The destruction that occurred in the eastern neighborhood, which constitutes approximately a third of the area of ​​Jenin, is considered huge compared to the number of days of the invasion,” the mayor said. “There are houses that were bombed and mosques whose walls and fences were demolished. All the streets were destroyed and dozens of vehicles were crushed without justification,” he added. ‘State of Terror’ A Day in the Life of a Palestinian Family from the Balata Refugee Camp Dozens of Palestinian families were locked inside their homes for days and risked being shot at if they even ventured to peek outside of the windows. They only dared to leave their homes following news of the withdrawal of the Israeli occupation army from the area when they witnessed the unprecedented destruction that had affected the city.   The municipality crews have started working on partially restoring electricity, water, and communications. They are also fixing several of the city’s streets to allow residents to move and meet their daily needs, especially since the new school year is approaching. ‘Decisive Plan’ What You Should Know about the Israeli Strategy Aimed at Fragmenting the West Bank The Israeli occupation army’s military operation in Jenin is similar to other devastating raids in other areas of the West Bank.  The story of Ala’ is the story of thousands of other Palestinian families who had to endure human and material losses during the latest brutal Israeli offensive.   Like her, they remain hopeful that their collective nightmare will end, and for Jenin to be rebuilt again. (The Palestine Chronicle) Fayha Shalash is a Ramallah-based Palestinian journalist. She graduated from Birzeit University in 2008 and she has been working as a reporter and broadcaster ever since. Her articles appeared in several online publications. She contributed this article to The Palestine Chronicle. The post ‘My House Became Torture Dungeon’ Palestine Chronicle Reports from inside Devastated Jenin appeared first on Palestine Chronicle.

[Category: Articles, Features, israel, Israeli Army, Israeli Occupation, Jenin, palestine]

— Israel Lobbying US Congress to Pressure South Africa to Drop ICJ Genocide Case – Report

 

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By Palestine Chronicle Staff   “We are asking you to immediately work with lawmakers on the federal and state level, with governors and Jewish organizations to put pressure on South Africa to change its policy towards Israel …” Israel is lobbying members of the US Congress to pressure South Africa to drop its case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) accusing Tel Aviv of genocide in its ongoing war on Gaza, according to the Axios news website. South Africa filed a case against Israel in late December arguing that it had violated its obligations under the 1948 Genocide Convention. The country has until October 28 to provide the UN court with its arguments “for continuing the case against Israel,” the report said. Citing an Israeli foreign ministry cable obtained by Axios, the report said that according to Israeli officials, the Israeli foreign ministry “started a diplomatic campaign in recent weeks to press South Africa not to push forward with the case at the ICJ. “The U.S. Congress is a main tool in the effort.” Threats to Suspend Relations On Monday, the Israeli foreign ministry “sent a classified cable” to the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC, and to all Israeli consulates in the U.S.” about South Africas ICJ case, the report stated. We are asking you to immediately work with lawmakers on the federal and state level, with governors and Jewish organizations to put pressure on South Africa to change its policy towards Israel and to make clear that continuing their current actions like supporting Hamas and pushing anti-Israeli moves in international courts will come with a heavy price, the cable read. Inside Israels plan to quash South Africas Gaza genocide case in the ICJ. My story on @axios https://t.co/wWyncB6CC3 — Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) January 5, 2024 The Axios report said that Israeli diplomats “were instructed to ask members of Congress to issue public statements condemning South Africas actions against Israel and threaten that it could lead to suspending U.S. trade relations with South Africa.” This, continued the report, was “unlikely to happen” as the US would want to maintain its relationship with South Africa in order to counter the influence of Russia and China.” ‘Heavy Price’ The diplomats were also instructed, “to ask members of Congress and Jewish organizations in the U.S. to reach out directly to South African diplomats in the U.S. and make clear South Africa would pay a heavy price if it doesnt change its policy.” In addition, they were instructed, “to pursue was pushing legislation against South Africa on the state and federal levels ‘that even if they wont materialize, presenting them and talking about them will be important’ in trying to influence South African policy.” The diplomats were asked to “lobby for hearings about South Africa’s policy towards Israel in state legislatures.” Genocide and Gruesome Violence Call to Recalibrate SA Foreign Policy on Apartheid Israel Smacks of Opportunism Israeli officials also said that Israel hopes the new coalition government in South Africa “will take a different approach to Israel and the war in Gaza,” the report stated. The Israeli foreign ministry declined to comment to Axios and the South African embassy in Washington did not respond to a request for comment, it said. ‘Protect Palestinians’ Rights’ South Africa In the recent national elections in May, the ruling ANC party lost the majority it had held in government since the first democratic elections held in 1994. In July, the country’s newly appointed Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola however said that the country will continue to leverage global institutions to defend Palestinian rights and ensure the equitable application of international law for all. ‘Our History of Solidarity’ South Africa to Continue Advocating for Palestine “South Africa will continue to act within global institutions to protect the rights of Palestinians in Gaza and ensure the fair application of international law for all,” he said in his first public discussion on foreign policy in Cape Town since his appointment. “Notably, South Africa will continue to do everything within its power to preserve the existence of the Palestinian people as a group, to end all acts of apartheid and genocide against the Palestinian people and to walk with them towards the realisation of their collective right to self-determination and this informed our application to the International Court of Justice,” he added. Lamola pointed out that South Africa “also led the referral” by six states of the situation in Palestine to the International Criminal Court (ICC). “We will continue preparing and managing the ICJ case against Israel and providing observations on the situation in Palestine before the ICC,” he pledged. ICJ Order In January, the ICJ ordered Israel to take measures to prevent and punish direct incitement of genocide in its ongoing war in Gaza. What Does the ICJ Ruling Mean for Gaza? Intl. Law Expert Answers According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 40,988 Palestinians have been killed, and 94,825 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7. Moreover, at least 11,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip. Palestinian and international organizations say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children. The Israeli war has resulted in an acute famine, mostly in northern Gaza, resulting in the death of many Palestinians, mostly children. (The Palestine Chronicle) The post Israel Lobbying US Congress to Pressure South Africa to Drop ICJ Genocide Case Report appeared first on Palestine Chronicle.

[Category: Blog, News, gaza genocide, ICJ, Israeli apartheid, south africa, US Congress]

— 2.2 Million Gazans Urgently Require Food and Aid – World Food Programme

 

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By Palestine Chronicle Staff   Another infant has died as a result of severe malnutrition and inadequate medical treatment in Gaza, on Saturday, bringing the total death toll due to starvation in the enclave to 37. Almost a year into Israel’s ongoing assault on the Gaza Strip, more than 2.2 million Palestinians are still in urgent need of food and aid, according to the World Food Programme (WFP). 11 months of war in Gaza, and 2.2 million people are still in dire need of food and livelihood assistance, the UN agency said on X on Monday. The WFP added that despite its commitment to deliver aid, “evacuation orders are hindering our efforts, and needs are on the rise. A ceasefire is needed!” 11 months of war in #Gaza And 2.2 million people are still in urgent need of food & livelihood assistance. Despite @WFP’s commitment to deliver aid, evacuation orders are hindering our efforts, and needs are on the rise. A ceasefire is needed! pic.twitter.com/uHJAPFnchd — WFP in the Middle East & North Africa (@WFP_MENA) September 9, 2024 On Saturday, an infant died as a result of severe malnutrition and inadequate medical treatment in Gaza, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The death of Yaqin al-Ashtal brings to 37 the total number of Palestinians who have died due to Israel’s blockade of essential food and medicine into Gaza. Citing medical sources WAFA said the infant succumbed to both malnutrition and dehydration amidst a severe shortage of supplies. Millions Affected According to UNRWA’s latest Situation Report, over one million people did not receive food rations in southern and central Gaza in August “due to access challenges and displacement.” Citing the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the Report stated that between August 1 and 31,  an average of only 69 humanitarian trucks entered the Gaza Strip per day. “This is well below the pre-crisis average of 500 trucks per working day,” the report said. Palestinian infant Yaqin Al-Ashtal succumbed this morning to malnutrition exacerbated by Israels inhumane blockade of medicine and essential nutrients into Gaza for the past 11 months. pic.twitter.com/mY6Ugg9jl1 — Quds News Network (@QudsNen) September 7, 2024 According to the Food Security Cluster, Nutrition Cluster, Health Cluster and Shelter Cluster, “persistent challenges in bringing aid into Gaza are causing significant shortages in critical humanitarian goods such as medicines, food, and nutrition supplies.” A UN report released in July stated that “One hundred percent of the population of the Gaza Strip faced high levels of acute food insecurity.” Over 40,000 Killed Israel has flouted a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire and has faced international condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza. Tel Aviv is currently on trial before the International Court of Justice for genocide against Palestinians, due to its ongoing devastating war on Gaza since October 7. Entire Gaza Population Suffers Severe Food Insecurity UN Report   According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 40,988 Palestinians have been killed, to date, have been killed, and and 94,825, wounded. Moreover, at least 11,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the enclave. Palestinian and international organizations say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children. Millions Displaced Israel says that 1,200 soldiers and civilians were killed during the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation on October 7. Israeli media published reports suggesting that many Israelis were killed on that day by ‘friendly fire’. The Israeli war has resulted in an acute famine, mostly in northern Gaza, resulting in the death of many Palestinians, mostly children. Israel’s aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafah near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba. Later in the war, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians began moving from the south to central Gaza in a constant search for safety. (PC, WAFA) The post 2.2 Million Gazans Urgently Require Food and Aid World Food Programme appeared first on Palestine Chronicle.

[Category: Blog, News, gaza genocide, Israeli Occupation, Israeli war crimes, malnutrition, WHO]

— ‘Life’s Mission’ – Smotrich Vows to Prevent Establishment of Palestinian State

 

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By Palestine Chronicle Staff   “My lifes mission is to build the Land of Israel and thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state…” Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has said he is working to grant 500,000 illegal Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank “the same rights of every citizens in Israel.” “My lifes mission is to build the Land of Israel and thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state that would endanger the State of Israel. Its not political. It is national and existential,” Smotrich posted on X on Monday. כמה מנותק צריך להיות כדי להמשיך גם אחרי ה -7 לאוקטובר לתמוך בהקמת מדינת טרור בלב הארץ ולתקוף את מי שפועל למנוע אותה? מנותק כמו לשים את זה בכותרת גדולה יותר מפיגוע שבו נרצחו שלושה יהודים. משימת חיי היא לבנות את ארץ ישראל ולסכל הקמת מדינה פלשתינית שתסכן את מדינת ישראל. זה לא… pic.twitter.com/kaYjtPTxnx — בצלאל סמוטריץ (@bezalelsm) September 9, 2024 He added: “I will continue to work with all my strength to allow the half million settlers who are on the front line and under fire to enjoy the same rights of every citizen in Israel and to establish facts on the ground that will prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state.” Smotrich is responsible for settlement affairs in the occupied West Bank. Illegal Annexation Last month he launched a campaign to illegally annex three percent of the so-called Area B, in the occupied territory, entailing the expulsion of Palestinians and the destruction of all structures in the area. An investigation by The Washington Post on August 15 revealed that Israel is actively redrawing the map of the West Bank by seizing Palestinian lands, expanding settlements, and demolishing villages and towns. Further Steps towards Annexation – Smotrich Moves to Expel Palestinians from ‘Area B’ According to the newspaper, these actions represent “the most significant territorial changes in the West Bank in decades”, with the main goal of fragmenting the territory. The West Bank is home to around half a million illegal Jewish settlers, in addition to more than 230,000 settlers in occupied East Jerusalem. Knesset Resolution In July, the Knesset (Israel’s parliament) passed a resolution rejecting the establishment of a Palestinian state, calling it an “existential threat” to Israel. “The establishment of a Palestinian state in the heart of the Land of Israel will pose an existential danger to the State of Israel and its citizens, perpetuate the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and destabilize the region,” the resolution stated. ‘Israel’s Continued Occupation of Palestinian Territory Unlawful’  ICJ ​​ Tensions have intensified throughout the occupied West Bank as Israels military assault on the Gaza Strip continues. At least 692 individuals have since been killed and more than 5,700 injured by Israeli gunfire in the occupied West Bank, according to the Health Ministry. The escalation follows a significant ruling by the International Court of Justice on July 19 which declared Israel’s decades-long occupation of Palestinian land “illegal” and mandated the dismantling of settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. (PC, Anadolu) The post ‘Lifes Mission Smotrich Vows to Prevent Establishment of Palestinian State appeared first on Palestine Chronicle.

[Category: Blog, News, Bezalel Smotrich, ICJ, Israeli apartheid, Jewish settlers, West Bank]

— As Academic Year Resumes in West Bank, Gaza Students Face Second Year without School

 

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By Palestine Chronicle Staff   “Education cannot be taken away. Children and their learning must be protected, always.” Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA Commissioner General Palestinian students in the occupied West Bank began their new school year on Monday, while more than 650,000 students in the Gaza Strip face a second consecutive year without attending school amid Israel’s ongoing military onslaught. In a statement, the Palestinian Education Ministry said a total of 2,459 government, private, and United Nations-run schools welcomed more than 806,360 students in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, the Anadolu news agency reported. The Ministry said the school year in Gaza, however, remains suspended due to Israel’s ongoing offensive that began on October 7 last year. More than 10,000 students have been killed in Gaza and 15,000 wounded as a result of Israeli attacks, with 19,000 students having fled their areas, according to the Ministry. Over 26 Thousand Students Killed and Injured Ministry of Health Announces At least 400 teachers were also killed in Gaza, and 90% of school buildings damaged, it said, adding that 39,000 Gaza students were unable to take their high school exams, and 58,000 children denied their starting first grade. 70% of Schools Bombed The majority of the schools run by UNRWA (about 200) in the Gaza Strip were turned into shelters for the displaced people, and 70% of them were bombed, some of which were completely destroyed, while others were severely damaged, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. #WestBank #education #Jenin pic.twitter.com/jX5aUZwqjM — Philippe Lazzarini (@UNLazzarini) September 8, 2024 According to UNRWA, four out of every five school buildings in Gaza were directly hit or damaged. UNRWA’s Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini said the school year in the West Bank “comes after nearly 10 days of violence and destruction.” He said 6,000 girls and boys of school age have been directly affected between Jenin, Tulkarem, Nur al-Shams and Fara’a refugee camps. “The physical and psychological damage caused by the latest Israeli military operation and activities of Palestinian armed groups will take a long time to overcome,” Lazzarini stated on X. Deadliest Week The UNRWA chief said the agency’s teams are working so that all children go back to school. “Education cannot be taken away. Children and their learning must be protected, always,” he emphasized. Deadliest Week for Palestinians in West Bank – UNRWA Warns of Increased Violence The Israeli occupation forces killed at least 39 Palestinians, including 21 from Jenin, eight from Tulkarm, seven from Tubas, and three from Hebron (Al-Khalil), since the start of its large-scale offensive in the West Bank on August 28. The military escalation brought the death toll in the West Bank since October 7 of last year to 699, according to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA. (PC, Anadolu) The post As Academic Year Resumes in West Bank, Gaza Students Face Second Year without School appeared first on Palestine Chronicle.

[Category: Blog, News, gaza genocide, Israeli war crimes, Palestinian students, UNRWA, West Bank]

— Israel’s Obstruction of Fuel Entry – Two Hospitals at Risk of Halting Operations

 

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By Palestine Chronicle Staff   The announcement of the two medical facilities of the potential halt of their medical services is not the first and comes as no surprise. The Indonesian Hospital and Kamal Adwan Hospital, in the north of the besieged Gaza Strip, are at risk of halting all medical operations due to fuel shortage, according to the official Palestinian News Agency WAFA. Marwan Sultan, director of the Indonesian hospital revealed that the intensive care unit is overloaded with critical cases in addition to ten other patients who depend on ventilators, WAFA said.   “The Indonesian Hospital is facing a severe fuel shortage, which threatens to completely halt medical services if Israel continues to prevent the entry of fuel, leaving patients at risk of death,” the hospital director was quoted as saying by Anadolu news agency. Sultan emphasized that although the operating rooms work around the clock, they might be faced with halting all medical services due to fuel shortages. Indonesian Hospital and Kamal Odwan Hospital in northern parts of #Gaza are facing eminent shutdown due to lack of fuel! pic.twitter.com/gXGupHlJkF — Motasem A Dalloul (@AbujomaaGaza) September 9, 2024 On its part, the Kamal Adwan Hospital announced in a statement that it will halt all operations within the coming 48 hours due to fuel shortage and exhaustion of medical supplies. The medical facility warned in its statement that if this happens it will pose a “major threat to the lives of many patients and injured people receiving treatment at the hospital.” The announcement of the two medical facilities of the potential halt of their medical services is not the first and comes as no surprise since many other hospitals face the same problem due to Israel’s ongoing policy that prevents many basic commodities from entering the Strip including fuel. Al-Awda Hospital announced on August 17 that it faced a potential halt of its operations in the next twenty-four hours due to a severe shortage of fuel. In its genocidal war on Gaza, Israel has systematically and relentlessly attacked Gaza’s hospitals, healthcare infrastructure and workers.  The Ministry of Health in Gaza has repeatedly warned against Israel’s obstruction of entry of fuel, medical supplies and equipment on the operation of the remaining hospitals and endangering the lives of patients. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has stressed that the scarce humanitarian aid entering Gaza does not meet the immense needs of Palestinians in the Strip. This evening, near Kamal Adwan hospital, north of Gaza. This is the Israeli bloodlust that never gets quenched. This is sadiatic barbarism, official state policy, that the world stands idly by, just watching it unfold. There has never been worse evil in our lives than Israel. pic.twitter.com/QFXNA451oi — Jalal #CeasefireNow (@JalalAK_jojo) September 5, 2024 Gaza’s Ongoing Genocide Flouting a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire, Israel has faced international condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza. Currently on trial before the International Court of Justice for genocide against Palestinians, Israel has been waging a devastating war on Gaza since October 7. According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 40,988 Palestinians have been killed, and 94,825 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7. Moreover, at least 11,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip. Israel says that 1,200 soldiers and civilians were killed during the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation on October 7. Israeli media published reports suggesting that many Israelis were killed on that day by ‘friendly fire’. GAZA LIVE BLOG: Deadly Airstrikes in Syria | Two Hospitals Out of Service | Smotrich: No Collective Suicide Day 339 Palestinian and international organizations say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children. The Israeli war has resulted in an acute famine, mostly in northern Gaza, resulting in the death of many Palestinians, mostly children. The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafah near the border with Egypt in what has become Palestines largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba. Later in the war, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians began moving from the south to central Gaza in a constant search for safety.  (PC, WAFA) The post Israel’s Obstruction of Fuel Entry Two Hospitals at Risk of Halting Operations appeared first on Palestine Chronicle.

[Category: Blog, News, gaza, gaza genocide, israel, Israeli war crimes, palestine]

— Israel Continues its Aggression – Scores of Palestinians Killed, Injured

 

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Israel continued its assault on Gaza, targeting several areas and killing at least 20 Palestinians, including a senior Ministry of Health official, with multiple airstrikes injuring and critically wounding others. The Israeli occupation army carried on its genocidal war in the Gaza Strip targeting several neighborhoods and areas in the besieged enclave claiming the lives of at least 20 Palestinians including a Ministry of Health senior official since dawn Sunday, Al-Jazeera reported. At dawn on Monday, an Israeli raid targeted a house in the Bureij camp, in the middle of the Strip claiming the lives of four Palestinians and injuring several others who were transferred to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah while the search for missing persons was still underway, according to rescue teams.   Children were once again the targets of an Israeli army attack on a house in the Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza pic.twitter.com/b8Wp9K97yF — Anadolu English (@anadoluagency) September 9, 2024 Another house was targeted this time in the Al-Da’wa area, north of the Nuseirat refugee camp in the middle of Gaza resulting in the killing of one Palestinian and the wounding of several others, Al-Jazeera reported. Moreover, the post office building in the Khamsa camp in Nuseirat was the target of another Israeli airstrike, which resulted in the injury of several Palestinians.  Some of the wounded have sustained serious injuries and are in critical condition, according to the Palestinian Civil Defense who transferred the wounded to Al-Awda Hospital in the camp. Ongoing Genocide Flouting a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire, Israel has faced international condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza. Currently on trial before the International Court of Justice for genocide against Palestinians, Israel has been waging a devastating war on Gaza since October 7. According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 40,972 Palestinians have been killed, and 94,761 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7. Moreover, at least 11,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip. Israel says that 1,200 soldiers and civilians were killed during the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation on October 7. Israeli media published reports suggesting that many Israelis were killed on that day by ‘friendly fire’. GAZA LIVE BLOG: Deadly Airstrikes in Syria | Two Hospitals Out of Service | Smotrich: No Collective Suicide Day 339 Palestinian and international organizations say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children. The Israeli war has resulted in an acute famine, mostly in northern Gaza, resulting in the death of many Palestinians, mostly children. The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafah near the border with Egypt in what has become Palestines largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba. Later in the war, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians began moving from the south to central Gaza in a constant search for safety.  (PC, AJA)  The post Israel Continues its Aggression Scores of Palestinians Killed, Injured appeared first on Palestine Chronicle.

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— ‘Hannibal Directive’ – ABC Investigation Confirms Israeli Use of Controversial Procedure on Oct 7

 

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By Romana Rubeo   The investigation concluded that the protocol was used by the Israeli military to prevent Hamas from capturing Israeli soldiers. An investigation by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has confirmed that the Israeli army implemented the so-called Hannibal Directive on October 7. The Hannibal Directive is a controversial Israeli military procedure designed to prevent the capture of its soldiers, even if it results in their own deaths. The Australian investigation concluded that the protocol was used by the Israeli military to prevent Hamas from capturing Israeli soldiers, leading to the deaths of Israeli settlers and civilians.  The report, published on ABCs website on Friday, includes testimony from settler Omri Shefrini, who survived an Israeli tank shelling on a house in the Beeri settlement within Gaza.  Not Good, Not Moral ABC reported that soon after October 7, “there were some testimonies from Israeli civilians and military personnel that Israeli forces responding to the Hamas attack killed their own citizens.” However, the report noted how “many Israelis and supporters of Israel condemned anyone who suggested it had occurred, before more testimonies and Israeli media reports confirmed it was true.” Links in the Chain: Masada, the ‘Samson Option,’ the ‘Hannibal Directive’ and Gaza The report, published on ABCs website on Friday, includes testimony from Omri Shifroni, who survived an Israeli tank shelling on a house in the Beeri settlement, located in the Gaza envelope, on October 7.  “We know that at least one hostage was killed by one of the shells,” Shifroni was quoted as saying.  According to ABC, Shifroni, who lost three of his relatives on October 7, “remains upset about the Israeli militarys decision to use heavy munitions on homes in Beeri.” “I think it was not the right decision, not a good decision and not moral,” he was quoted as saying. Haaretz Report Last July, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz revealed that the Israeli army ordered the activation of the Hannibal Procedure, which included the killing of both detainees and their captors, during the military operation carried out by the Palestinian Resistance on October 7. An investigation by the newspaper confirmed that the Israeli army issued orders to ensure no vehicle was allowed to return to Gaza during the attack, despite the risk to the residents of the Gaza envelope. “This was not the first order given by the division with the intent of foiling kidnapping even at the expense of the lives of the kidnapped, a procedure known in the army as the ‘Hannibal procedure’,” the paper reported. Hannibal Procedure Activated Israeli Army Ordered to Kill Civilians on October 7 The investigation was based on “documents obtained by Haaretz, as well as testimonies of soldiers, mid-level and senior IDF officers,” which “reveal a host of orders a Although the exact number of Israeli civilians killed due to the activation of the protocol could not be determined, the report indicates that “the cumulative data indicates that many of the kidnapped people were at risk, exposed to Israeli gunfire, even if they were not the target.” According to the newspaper, the protocol “was employed at three army facilities infiltrated by Hamas”. Haaretz explained that the protocol was widely used at the Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing, the Re’im army base, and the Nahal Oz outpost. “This did not prevent the kidnapping of seven of them or the killing of 15 other spotters, as well as 38 other soldiers,” the report said. ‘False Zionist Narrative’ In a statement published on Sunday, the Palestinian Resistance movement Hamas said that the investigation by the Australian newspaper “confirmed that the zionist occupation army killed dozens of settlers under the so-called Hannibal Directive”. The report “is further evidence of the lies in the occupation’s narrative, and the deception and manipulation it uses to cover up its failure, confusion, and mistakes on that day,” the statement added. According to Hamas, the “false Zionist narrative” about the events of October 7 is “aimed to demonize the resistance and the Palestinian people in order to justify the genocide against the Gaza Strip.” The movement called on the international community to “stop the genocide being committed in the Gaza Strip and to hold the criminal Netanyahu and the occupation leaders accountable for their ongoing crimes against children and unarmed civilians.” Ongoing Genocide Flouting a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire, Israel has faced international condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza.  Currently on trial before the International Court of Justice for genocide against Palestinians, Israel has been waging a devastating war on Gaza since October 7.   According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 40,972 Palestinians have been killed, and 94,761 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7. Moreover, at least 11,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.  Israel says that 1,200 soldiers and civilians were killed during the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation on October 7. Israeli media published reports suggesting that many Israelis were killed on that day by ‘friendly fire’.  GAZA LIVE BLOG: Deadly Airstrikes in Syria | Two Hospitals Out of Service | Smotrich: No Collective Suicide Day 339 Palestinian and international organizations say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children. The Israeli war has resulted in an acute famine, mostly in northern Gaza, resulting in the death of many Palestinians, mostly children.  The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafah near the border with Egypt in what has become Palestines largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba. Later in the war, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians began moving from the south to central Gaza in a constant search for safety.   (The Palestine Chronicle) Romana Rubeo is an Italian writer and the managing editor of The Palestine Chronicle. Her articles appeared in many online newspapers and academic journals. She holds a Master’s Degree in Foreign Languages and Literature and specializes in audio-visual and journalism translation. 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— ‘The Time of The North Has Come’ – Gantz Says Gaza is ‘Old News’

 

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By Palestine Chronicle Staff   Gantz warned that the war with Lebanon is imminent unless Israel seals a ceasefire agreement and a swap deal with the resistance movements in Gaza. Former Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz said on Sunday that ‘the story of Hamas is old news” and Israel should shift its attention towards Hezbollah and the Lebanese border, Israeli media reported. Speaking at the Middle East America Dialogue (MEAD) closed-door summit in Washington, DC, Gantz reportedly said that Israel is late in launching the war on Hezbollah. “The time for action in the north has come, and we are late on this,” the Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom quoted him as saying.  GAZA LIVE BLOG: Deadly Airstrikes in Syria | Two Hospitals Out of Service | Smotrich: No Collective Suicide Day 339 Gantz warned that the war with Lebanon is imminent unless Israel seals a ceasefire agreement and a swap deal with the resistance movements in Gaza, the report added. “If we cannot get it in the coming time, I would say – I wont limit it to days or few weeks or whatever it is – we should go up north and take care, and make sure we can get our people back to their homes, I dont think we should delay it anymore,” he reportedly added. Also reporting on the news, the Israeli newspaper The Times of Israel quoted the Israeli politician as saying that “the story of Hamas is old news” and that “the story of Iran and its proxies all around the area () is the real issue.” The Times of Israel also noted that Gantz would rather prefer reaching a ceasefire deal, “to return Israeli captives and restore at least a temporary calm, even if it meant forgoing a major operation against Hezbollah in the north.” Border War Since the start of the Israeli war on Gaza, on October 7, the Lebanese movement Hezbollah has engaged directly, but relatively in a limited way in the war against the Israeli occupation. In recent weeks, however, the intensity of the fighting has increased, leading to concerns that an all-out war between Hezbollah and the Israeli army is imminent. AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sound in several areas of the Hula Valley, the Galilee and the Upper Galilee after shelling was detected from Lebanon. pic.twitter.com/LYmJxCbrnL — The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) September 9, 2024 Israel has occupied parts of Lebanon for decades and has only left the country in 2000, following stiff Lebanese resistance under Hezbollah’s leadership. Israel attempted to re-occupy Lebanon in 2006 but failed in what Lebanon considers a major victory against Israel. Israel, however, continues to occupy parts of Lebanon, namely the Sheeba Farms region. Hezbollah has vowed to recover every inch of Lebanon that has been occupied by Israel contrary to international law. (The Palestine Chronicle) The post ‘The Time of The North Has Come’ Gantz Says Gaza is ‘Old News’ appeared first on Palestine Chronicle.

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— 14 Killed in Israeli Airstrike in Syria – Iran Condemns Aggression

 

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According to Syrian official media, the Israeli attack targeted the outskirts of Masyaf, with air defenses intercepting several missiles.  At least 14 people were killed and 43 others were wounded on Monday morning in an Israeli airstrike on the Masyaf region in the Hama countryside, the Syrian News Agency reported. Syrian state television reported that a large fire broke out in the Hayr Abbas area of the Hama countryside as a result of the Israeli aggression. According to Syrian official media, the Israeli attack targeted the outskirts of Masyaf, with air defenses intercepting several missiles.  Syrian air defenses confronted Israeli drones targeting the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center in Masyaf once again. At least 14 people were killed at dawn on Monday. FOLLOW OUR LIVE BLOG https://t.co/zmbibhvP8W pic.twitter.com/eq1p3hsEA0 — The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) September 9, 2024 The strikes were said to have hit the Scientific Research Center and defense laboratory facilities near Masyaf. The Syrian Ministry of Information stated that air defenses were responding to multiple attacks in the central region. Syrian media reported that Israel had launched around 15 airstrikes in the area. Meanwhile, Israels official channel reported that the Israeli Air Force had conducted five raids overnight and into Monday morning, targeting sites in Syria, including a facility in Masyaf believed to be involved in the development of weapons of mass destruction. In response, Iran’s Foreign Ministry condemned the Israeli attack on Syrian territory, accusing Israel of committing crimes beyond Palestine.  The ministry criticized Israels attempts to associate events in the occupied Palestinian territories with Iran as a distraction from reality. BREAKING: Israel is bombing Damascus, Syria, while simultaneously attacking Palestine and Lebanon. And not a peep from the “international community”. pic.twitter.com/j5jp0jjoyI — sarah (@sahouraxo) September 8, 2024 Tehran also urged Israels supporters to stop arming the country. Israel has conducted hundreds of airstrikes in Syria over recent years, aiming to prevent Iran from establishing a military foothold there.  Despite repeated vows of retaliation from Syrian authorities, no substantial response has been made.  In early April, an Israeli airstrike targeted the Iranian consulate in Damascus, killing Iranian military advisors, which led to a retaliatory attack from Tehran against Israel. (PC, AJA) The post 14 Killed in Israeli Airstrike in Syria Iran Condemns Aggression appeared first on Palestine Chronicle.

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— GAZA LIVE BLOG: Deadly Airstrikes in Syria | Two Hospitals Out of Service | Smotrich: No Collective Suicide – Day 339

 

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By Palestine Chronicle Staff   14 people were killed and 43 wounded as a result of an Israeli airstrike in the Masyaf area in Syria, the Syrian news agency reported. The Indonesian Hospital and the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza may go out of service in the next 48 hours due to Israel’s ban on the entry of fuel and medical supplies. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said that the government is doing its best to return the detainees but that the country cannot commit “collective suicide” for that.  According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 40,972 Palestinians have been killed, and 94,761 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7. Monday, September 9, 11:00 am (GMT+2) IRANIAN FM: Damascus announced that the attack at dawn today targeted research centers linked to the Ministry of Defense and the Syrian army. DIRECTOR OF KAMAL ADWAN HOSPITAL: The occupation wants to put us out of service and does not allow fuel alternatives to enter hospitals. SMOTRICH: The current war is the result of 30 years in which Israel chose not to act effectively against terrorism in Gaza. No progress toward destroying Hamas because the military refuses to take responsibility for humanitarian aid to Gaza. AL-JAZEERA: Israeli forces stormed Al-Fawar camp, south of Hebron, the town of Bilin, west of Ramallah, and the towns of Silwan and Issawiya in occupied Jerusalem. Monday, September 9, 10:00 am (GMT+2) PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Four Palestinians were killed in an Israeli bombardment that targeted a house in the Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip. AL-JAZEERA: A Palestinian was killed and a number of citizens were injured in an Israeli bombardment that targeted a house in the Al-Daawa area, north of the Al-Nuseirat camp. LEBANESE HEALTH MINISTRY: Four people were injured in an Israeli raid on the town of Hanin, south of Lebanon. Monday, September 9, 09:00 am (GMT+2) SMOTRICH: We will end the war when we crush Hamas and Hezbollah. There is no agreement to return the detainees and we are doing our best to bring them back alive but we will not commit mass suicide for that. AL-JAZEERA: The Jordanian Bridges Security Administration announced the closure of King Hussein Bridge to passenger and cargo traffic for today and until further notice. AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sound in several areas of the Hula Valley, the Galilee and the Upper Galilee after shelling was detected from Lebanon. DIRECTOR OF INDONESIAN HOSPITAL: The hospital may stop working within 48 hours, due to the ban on the entry of fuel and medical supplies. GANTZ: If we do not reach an agreement, we will be forced to enter a war in the north. AL-JAZEERA: Israeli artillery shelling targeted Beit Hanoun, north of the Gaza Strip. Monday, September 9, 08:00 am (GMT+2) ISRAELI MEDIA: The Israeli air force launched 5 raids last night and this morning on sites inside Syria. AL-JAZEERA: Air raid sirens sounded in the Manara area in the Upper Galilee on the border with Lebanon. Monday, September 9, 07:00 am (GMT+2) KAN: The Israeli Air Force bombed a weapons development research center in Syria. Monday, September 9, 06:00 am (GMT+2) PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Four Palestinians were killed in an Israeli occupation bombing that targeted a house in Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip. AL-JAZEERA: Air raid sirens sounded in the settlement of Netiv Haasara in the Gaza Strip envelope. Monday, September 9, 02:30 am (GMT+2) PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Armed clashes erupted between resistance fighters and Israeli occupation forces in the Tulkarm refugee camp. (The Palestine Chronicle) The post GAZA LIVE BLOG: Deadly Airstrikes in Syria | Two Hospitals Out of Service | Smotrich: No Collective Suicide Day 339 appeared first on Palestine Chronicle.

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— ‘Your Pistol Vs. Their Armies’ – Resistance Roundup – Day 338

 

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By Palestine Chronicle Staff   The comparison between al-Jazi’s pistol and “massive armies” was a direct reference to the failure of official Arab militaries to take any action. Shortly after a Jordanian man, Maher al-Jazi, opened fire, killing three Israeli occupation army officers at the Karameh (Allenby Bridge) Crossing, the military spokesman for the Al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Obeida, issued a statement. Although brief, the statement reflected the strategic importance of the attack in the view of Palestinian resistance. “The Jordanian heros pistol in supporting our Al-Aqsa and our people was more effective than massive armies and a stacked military arsenal,” Abu Obeida said.  The comparison between al-Jazi’s pistol and “massive armies” was a direct reference to the failure of official Arab militaries to take any action that could deter Israel and end the Gaza genocide.  The full statement is included below. Also below are the latest statements from the main Palestinian Resistance groups in the West Bank and Gaza. Three Israelis were killed on Sunday in a shooting at the Allenby Bridge crossing, referred to as the Karameh Border Crossing on the Palestinian side, which connects Jordan and the occupied West Bank. https://t.co/mMcGzXyvH2 — The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) September 8, 2024 The statements below also contain the latest announcement by the Lebanese group Hezbollah, which continues to target Israeli occupation forces in occupied south Lebanon and northern Israel. The statements were communicated via their Telegram channels and are published here in their original form. Al-Qassam Brigades (Hamas) Martyr Izz El-Din Al-Qassam Brigades spokesman, Abu Obeida:  We congratulate the heroic and qualitative operation at the Karama crossing carried out by the Jordanian martyr, the hero Maher Al-Jazi, one of the heroes of Al-Aqsa Flood. The Jordanian heros pistol in supporting our Al-Aqsa and our people was more effective than massive armies and a stacked military arsenal. The operation expresses the conscience of our nation, the consequences of Al-Aqsa Flood, and the nightmare that awaits the zionist entity from the heroes of our nation. Our fighters in their combat positions, ambush points, and frontiers in the Gaza Strip performed the funeral prayer in absentia for the martyr hero of the operation. ISRAELI AMBULANCE SERVICE: The three Israelis critically wounded at the Allenby Crossing succumbed to their wounds. FOLLOW OUR LIVE BLOG https://t.co/qZvMWVuapZ pic.twitter.com/RLHnIHguHO — The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) September 8, 2024 Al-Quds Brigades (Islamic Jihad) Our fighters in Jenin confront the enemy forces on various axes of fighting and shower the occupation forces and military vehicles with barrages of bullets and explosive devices. Our fighters from the Silat Al-Harithiya group in Jenin confronted the occupation forces as they passed through the town’s entrance on Haifa Street with heavy gunfire and explosive devices. Hezbollah The fighters of the Islamic Resistance, on Sunday, 08-09-2024, bombed the settlement of Kiryat Shmona with a barrage of Falaq rockets.  The fighters of the Islamic Resistance have, for the second time, bombarded the Kiryat Shmona settlement with a heavy barrage of rockets. The fighters of the Islamic Resistance, bombed the Shamir settlement with Katyusha rocket barrages. The fighters of the Islamic Resistance, on Sunday, 08-09-2024, targeted surveillance equipment at the Malikiyah site with an (FPV) attack drone, achieving a direct hit, leading to its destruction. Hezbollah strikes Israel, retaliates for massacre The Islamic Resistance in #Lebanon said they had successfully struck Israeli Iron Dome batteries and Israeli assembly points. https://t.co/0SkdqWd6iF — Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) September 8, 2024 The fighters of the Islamic Resistance, at 12:15 PM on Sunday, 08-09-2024, targeted surveillance equipment at the Ruwaisat Al-Alam site in the occupied Lebanese Kfar Shuba hills, with appropriate weapons, achieving a direct hit and leading to its destruction. The fighters of the Islamic Resistance, on Sunday, 08-09-2024, launched an aerial attack, using a squadron of attack drones on the Ras Al-Naqoura naval site, targeting the positions of its officers and soldiers, hitting their targets with precision. The fighters of the Islamic Resistance, at 2:25 PM on Sunday, 08-09-2024, targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy soldiers at Abu Dajaj Heights with artillery shells, achieving a direct hit. The fighters of the Islamic Resistance on Sunday, 08-09-2024, launched an aerial attack with squadrons of attack drones on the Zaoura artillery positions, targeting Iron Dome systems and the locations and positions of the enemy officers and soldiers, hitting them directly and causing them to fall between dead and wounded. The fighters of the Islamic Resistance, at 3:35 PM on Sunday, 08-09-2024, targeted the Samaqa site in the occupied Lebanese Kfar Shuba hills with rocket weapons, hitting it directly. (The Palestine Chronicle) The post ‘Your Pistol Vs. Their Armies’ Resistance Roundup Day 338 appeared first on Palestine Chronicle.

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— A Wave of Censorship – Israel is the Last Collapsing Rampart of ‘Western Civilization’

 

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By Jeremy Salt Israel was created as a rampart of ‘western civilization’ in the barbarous east but now the rampart is at risk of being overwhelmed. A wave of censorship in the ‘western’ world might be said to be turning ‘liberal democracies’ into authoritarian states except they never were liberal. The red lines were always there in what the politicians would say and not say what the media would publish and what it would not publish. In the application of this ground rule, there was little difference between the ‘liberal’ Guardian and the ‘conservative’ Daily Telegraph. Reporting the Middle East was always the prime example of how the mainstream media controlled the narrative until social media came along and – for all its faults – upset the apple cart. The print ‘explainers’ and ‘what you need to know’ were never what we needed explaining or needed to know but only what the media thought we needed to know and that was always far off the mark. Social media disrupted this attempt to set and dominate the narrative, which is why, in their war on ‘misinformation,’ governments are targeting it while leaving the mainstream alone. Covid set the scene for the current wave of suppression. The virus was used to terrorize people into submission and complicity. Human rights were trampled on and dissidents were given the Hamas treatment. They were tracked down by police and arrested for daring to challenge what the government and the media wanted people to believe. Tear gas and rubber bullets were used to stifle public dissent. Even humor was canceled, as the Australian cartoonist Michael Leunig found out when borrowing from the ‘tank man’ in Tiananmen Square in 1989, he drew a frightened individual cowering in front of a tank with a syringe instead of a barrel. His employer, the Melbourne Age, refused to publish it plus other cartoons mocking vaccination, on the grounds that they added up to ‘misinformation.’ Needless to say, by suppressing vital information from British, European, and US government sites about the broad-spectrum consequences of vaccination, the Age itself was guilty of serial daily misinformation. A strong supporter of the Palestinians, Leunig had already been canceled in 2002 by a previous Age editor who refused to publish a two-panel cartoon showing the entrance to Auschwitz alongside the gate into Gaza. As the editor was Jewish and a late-age convert to Zionism from socialist Bundism, the question of whether that had anything to do with his decision was an obvious one but no one dared ask it, no doubt for fear of being called an anti-semite. The Age silenced Leunig during the Covid years not only by censoring some of his cartoons but by refusing to publish him at all on the news pages. He was relegated to the weekend edition, alongside food and book reviews and in August this year he was finally sacked. The whole process was reminiscent of how troublesome artists and writers are dealt with in an authoritarian state and not – supposedly – in a ‘liberal’ democracy. In 2014 the Sydney Morning Herald – a sister publication of the Age – published a cartoon by Glen le Lievre showing a Jewish settler sitting in a comfortable chair on a hilltop pointing a remote control at Gaza as it was being bombed. This is exactly what settlers at Sderot were doing at the time, a nice night’s entertainment, with cheering and clapping when the missiles landed on residential buildings and killed entire families. The cartoon showed the Star of David on the back of the settler’s chair. Hijacked from Judaism, it has been turned into the symbol of a genocidal state, yet before the theatrically concocted fury of Israel’s partisans, the SMH backed down and apologized. The author of the article accompanying the cartoon, Mike Carlton, one of Australia’s best-known journalists, quit in disgust. Gaza has greatly accelerated the war on freedom of expression. The gloves are off everywhere and Authority has shown that it will be as brutal as it needs to be. In the UK an armada of police cars and vans arrived outside Sarah Wilkinson’s house at seven in the morning. 17 or 18 police in plain clothes or wearing balaclavas stormed into the house, ransacked it, stole money, emptied the urn holding her mother’s ashes onto the floor, seized her passport and all electronic equipment, including her phone, and took her away in her pajamas and dressing gown. Forbidden to travel anywhere, she is now basically under house arrest. This police state handling of dissenters and ‘activists’ is only the start. The state is determined to have its way whatever it takes. The listing of Hamas, Palestine Islamic Jihad, and Hezbollah as ‘terrorist organizations’ are the ostensibly legal but political weapons it is using to protect a terrorist genocidal state. The media is purging its own dissidents. Steve Bell, a Guardian cartoonist for 42 years, was sacked in October 2023 for a drawing in which a pugnacious Netanyahu told Gazan residents to “get out now.” This is precisely what Netanyahu was doing but that was not enough to stop the accusation of an “anti-semitic trope” that led to the Guardian’s gutless decision to dismiss him. In Australia, the ABC – the national state broadcaster – sacked journalist Antoinette Lattouf for sharing a Human Rights Watch (HRW) post saying that Israel was using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza. She didn’t say it herself, only shared it in a social media message, but that was still too much for the ABC. The figures showing malnutrition, starvation and Israel’s blocking of aid convoys were enough to prove the point that starvation was being used as a weapon of war but again it was the genocidal state and not its victims that had to be protected.   Acting on accusations of “bias and anti-semitism, ” Lattouf was sacked on “orders from above, ” she said, before announcing she would be suing. The Kuffiyeh Threat Artists and writers are also being targeted. In November 2023 donors to the Sydney Theatre Company threatened to withdraw funding after actors took a curtain call wearing kuffiyehs. Buckling under to the money threat, the company apologized on the grounds that the wearing of kuffiyehs was “a threat to safe workplaces and theatres.” What it did threaten, of course, was the Zionist hold on public opinion. Early in 2024 Zionist pressure was brought to bear on the directors of the Adelaide and Melbourne writers’ festivals because of their inclusion of Palestinian writers and topics in their programs but admirably, both stood their ground and the festivals went ahead as planned. In August the administration of the State Library of Victoria (SLV) canceled the contracts of four ‘pro-Palestinian’ writers who were to run a ‘boot camp’ for teenage writers on the grounds that it needed to conduct a “child and cultural safety review.” The real reason was Gaza and the probability of honest answers these writers would give to questions by intelligent young people. Even the concert hall was affected. The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra had arranged a performance by the pianist Jayson Gillham but canceled it after at a previous concert he included a short piece dedicated to murdered Palestinian journalists in Gaza. This episode brought to a head longstanding discontent with the orchestra’s management, resulting in the firing of its chief executive. The musicians stood as one alongside Jayson Gillham in their defense of artistic freedom. It is not just Australia, of course. Artists, writers, and academics are being targeted across the ‘western’ world. They are losing their jobs and having academic articles rejected if they dare mention the genocide. Germany is especially vigorous, even threatening Electronic Intifada editor Ali Abunimah with prosecution and imprisonment if he dared speak to a Zoom conference on Palestine. The fact that Abunimah lives in the US made no difference. Abunimah gave his talk anyway. Zionist campus harassment in the US has gone on for decades. Unsuccessful attempts were made to drive Edward Said out of his job at Columbia University after his appointment in the late 1960s. In 2007, lobby pressure exerted mainly through Alan Dershowitz ended in DePaul University’s decision to deny tenure to Norman Finkelstein, despite his outstanding research and publication record. Other academics who dare to speak out have fallen victim to the same vicious campaigning. After 20 years the lobby is still trying – unsuccessfully so far to bully Columbia University into removing Joseph Massad from his position as Professor of Modern Arab Politics and Intellectual History. With Massad writing forcefully against the Gaza genocide, the campaign picked up speed again, this time including open attacks on his views in the US Congress and opposition from his own university’s president, Minouche Shafik, who allowed New York police onto the campus to harass pro-Palestinian demonstrators. Shafik was eventually forced to resign and Professor Massad remained in his job. While expressing sympathy for the civilian victims of war and expressing hope for a ceasefire, the media rarely if ever holds Israel directly responsible for the horrific war crimes it is committing. The passive voice is preferred. Murder is turned into ‘tragedy’ and Israel is disconnected from the event. Thus, according to the New York Post, American-Turkish activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi died on the West Bank “after getting shot in the head,” not after being deliberately targeted by an Israeli sniper. Publishing false accusations of rape against Hamas, the New York Times cemented its position of long-term unreliability on the question of Palestine by issuing ‘guidelines’ on the words and phrases its reporters should avoid. They include genocide, ethnic cleansing, refugee camps, slaughter, massacre, carnage and even Palestine, the object clearly being to protect Israel from the accurate description of its crimes. PEN America (originally Poets, Essayists and Novelists but now inclusive of all literature) made its own spineless contribution to freedom of speech by expressing “sorrow and outrage” over the “humanitarian crisis in Israel and Gaza” war and “sharing the ongoing anguish of Israelis ” while not sharing the anguish of the relatives of the tens of thousands of Palestinians murdered by Israel. Despite its basic raison d’etre freedom of speech even as it organized a forum for an Israeli to justify the war on Gaza, PEN refused to hold Israel directly responsible for the killing of hundreds of Palestinian writers, poets and teachers and causing the large-scale destruction of hundreds of their schools, universities and libraries The head of PEN, Suzanne Nossel, is a former US government official and CEO of Amnesty International USA who was forced to resign from that position after criticism that she was using it to further US military aims in Afghanistan and other countries. Pained by the situation in Gaza, but nowhere near the point of condemning Israel, PEN has set up a $100,000 fund “to support writers affected by the war.” How this can be done when ‘affected’ writers are dead, PEN can explain. Digital platforms play a central role in monitoring, influencing and suppressing freedom of expression. A recent 51-page report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) – ‘Meta’s Broken Promises: Systematic Censorship of Palestinian Content on Instagram and Facebook’ – is of course only the tip of a much larger problem. Most recently Meta’s suppression includes The Cradle, a necessary source of information on the genocide. On August 16 Meta permanently banned The Cradle from its social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, for “praising terrorist organizations” and “inciting violence.” No appeal would be allowed and there would be no review. All Cradle content would be permanently deleted and no one would be able to see or find its account. Down the memory hole, it was all sent, wiped out as if it never existed in precise Orwellian fashion. Meta is only part of a broad framework of internet and social media surveillance and suppression. When dozens of Google workers came out in protest against the $1.2 billion ‘Project Nimbus’ contract signed between Google, Amazon and the Israeli military, providing Israel with Cloud computing and AI technology that further enables the genocide, they were sacked. Collaborating with governments, digital platforms have been assigned the task of controlling social media content. Governments will not intervene directly to correct ‘misinformation’ and suppress ‘fake news’: they are passing legislation so the digital platform goliaths will do the job for them and take the consequences if they don’t. Given their enormous revenue this should not cause too much pain. In the name of suppressing anti-semitism or hate mail, online surveillance by government agencies will further target anyone passing on social media views critical of Israel. The mainstream media, a major purveyor of misinformation by any measure, is not to be touched. Anyone not certain of the veracity of what they are reading on the internet is advised to turn to the ‘reliable’ mainstream media or one of the many ‘fact checkers’ set up by the media, sometimes in conjunction with universities. There is no provision for the ‘fact checkers’ themselves to be checked for their often slanted reading of ‘facts’ and of course governments are not interested in any examination of their own propaganda. The Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei has likened Gaza censorship to Mao’s China. In fact, the problem is now global. Gaza has triggered off a large-scale assault on human rights, rapidly no longer regarded as rights. ‘Liberal democracies’ are turning into openly authoritarian states. Human rights and civil society refer to an old-fashioned world. Nostalgia is out and the new world order, even more brutalist than the old, is in. The developing model is something along the lines of an authoritarian ‘democracy,’ consensual authoritarianism or ‘liberal’ authoritarianism, the Chinese model, in which the economics are ‘liberal’ but freedom of expression is not. Why governments, institutions, and corporations are protecting a genocidal state and enabling its crimes comes down to the power and influence that money can buy. Political parties and individual politicians everywhere live in bondage to Zionist lobbyists and the damage they can do if their wishes are not met. Defending genocide, they are overplaying their hand for all to see but the result is still government policies on the Middle East that turn a vicious, psychopathic state into the victim and its victims into the perpetrators of crimes unknown in history. This inversion of truth, this pandering to state mass murderers is grotesque and obscene but it is where the collective ‘west’ is ending up after 500 years of global domination maintained through its own invasions, occupations and genocides. Israel was created as a rampart of ‘western civilization’ in the barbarous east but now the rampart is at risk of being overwhelmed. There is a powerful mixture of identity of interests, collective histories and pathologies here. The ‘west’ cannot condemn what it created, cannot spurn its own love child and must protect it no matter what it does. If Israel is lost, the ‘west’ will be lost: that seems to be the attitude. Jeremy Salt taught at the University of Melbourne, at Bosporus University in Istanbul and Bilkent University in Ankara for many years, specializing in the modern history of the Middle East. Among his recent publications is his 2008 book, The Unmaking of the Middle East. A History of Western Disorder in Arab Lands (University of California Press) and The Last Ottoman Wars. The Human Cost 1877-1923 (University of Utah Press, 2019). He contributed this article to The Palestine Chronicle. The post A Wave of Censorship – Israel is the Last Collapsing Rampart of ‘Western Civilization’ appeared first on Palestine Chronicle.

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— Israel’s Backers – Why Would Six Israelis Receive More Attention than 41,000 Murdered Palestinians?

 

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By Jamal Kanj Surrounded by Sayanim, Joe Biden has been beguiled by Israels backers throughout his political career. This is one of the many reasons the “sanctified” 6 Israeli Jews count more than the lives of the 41,000 “dehumanized” Palestinians. September 1, 2024, twenty-seven Palestinian families woke up to mourn their loved ones, including at least 11 who were killed at a “safe” shelter, Safad School in the Zaytoun neighborhood east of Gaza City.  On the same day, the Israeli occupying army recovered the bodies of six Israeli captives, who died as a direct or indirect result of an Israeli incursion into a tunnel in Rafah. By the end of the day, the smiling faces and names of these six Israelis were prominently featured across digital and print media, while the murdered Palestinians, were reduced to mere statistics, nameless and faceless. Both groups, however, share one tragic commonality: their demise was caused by the same killer. Bombing without discrimination is a murder without distinction. Despite being warned of the risk of attempting to release the prisoners by force, Netanyahu opted to sacrifice the Israeli captives to eliminate a political burden that could be seen as an obstacle to achieving his “war goals.” Their disappearance by a deal or death would free Netanyahu’s hand and ease pressure from the public, who otherwise supports his war of genocide in Gaza. Inarguably, there is an inherent interest for the Palestinian Resistance in protecting the lives of the Israelis, simply to exchange them with Palestinian hostages held in Israeli jails. On the other hand, the Netanyahu coalition government has a political motive to reduce the value of Israeli prisoners in the hands of the Palestinians, and their death could be an option. The Israeli public protesting in the streets today, individually and collectively, is responsible for nurturing Netanyahu’s unrealistic war objectives. The findings in a Pew Research poll conducted last March and April revealed that 67% of Israelis supported Netanyahus “war goals.” In fact, a staggering 86 percent believed Gazans should not have self-governance, not even the Palestinian Authority. Less than half of Israelis supported prisoner exchange, and 60 percent opposed halting the war for any such exchange. In December 2023, support for Netanyahu’s war goals was even higher, between 76 and 84 percent. Its significant to mention that the support for the war among Israeli Jews mirrored that of Jewish Americans. In the U.S.  62% of American Jews approved of Israel’s war conduct, compared to 38 percent of the general American population. These statistics reflect a broader issue of deep-seated Israeli-Jewish dehumanization of Palestinians.  A bigotry germinated in the political Zionist culture, where in the Israeli religious and cultural plurality most Jews perceive themselves to be more equal than non-Jews. Before anyone from the professional victim pack cries out on October 7, this predominant attitude among Israeli Jews is neither an anomaly nor a new phenomenon. In a polling eight years ago, in 2016, an undisputed majority of Jewish Israelis (79%) believed that Jews are entitled to “preferential treatment” over non-Jews. When asked if Palestinians should be deported from their homes, the majority of Israelis agreed. Imagine, the American Jewish leadership protestation if 40 percent (1/2 of the Israeli percentage) of white or Christian Americans supported a preference over the other. In the meantime, progressive Americans can ruminate on their reaction if a similar percentage of Americans favored expelling Native Americans from their homes. Palestinians need not imagen, for this is what they face under the American-financed Israeli-Jewish apartheid. It is this Israeli public mindset that drove Netanyahu and his racist ministers to take a chance to recover the Israeli prisoners by force, calculating that success would yield significant political rewards from the same public who is protesting today. In case of failure, the retrieval of bodies reduces the value of the exchange for the Palestinian Resistance. In other words, the Netanyahu coalition favors playing the victim over dead Israelis rather than releasing Palestinian hostages from Israeli jails. Currently, there are approximately 97 held in Gaza, with 33 confirmed dead, most due to Israel’s indiscriminate bombings. Additionally, Netanyahu has “successfully” recovered the bodies of 37 dead settlers in the past eleven months. In spite of this blunder, Netanyahu capitalized on the innate anti-Palestinian Israeli Jewish bigotry to maintain strong support among Israelis, and American Jews for the war of genocide in Gaza. This time, however, the same public who supported Netanyahu’s “war goals,” amassed in the streets of Tel Aviv blaming him for choosing to save his government coalition at the expense of Israeli prisoners. Even US President Joe Biden broke his public silence blaming Netanyahu for not doing enough to reach a deal. Biden’s latest remarks contradicted his own government officials who falsely absolved the Israeli prime minister regarding the ceasefire negotiation. Last week, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken claimed Netanyahu had accepted the so-called “bridging proposal,” while CIA Deputy Director, David Cohen blamed the Palestinian Resistance for the breakdown in ceasefire talks. To contextualize the extent of the influence of Israels backers within the Biden administration, consider recent developments in Israel. During last week’s Israeli cabinet meeting, the Minister of War stormed out accusing Netanyahu of endangering the lives of Israeli prisoners. At the same time, hundreds of thousands of Israelis filled the streets protesting Netanyahu’s mercurial position on the ceasefire plan. This is while American officials and Israels supporters Sayanim, including Zionists like Blinken and Cohen, lie blatantly about Netanyahu’s acceptance of a ceasefire plan when in reality he added 11th-hour demands derailing the plan that was already agreed to by Palestinians. Western appeasement of Israel, based on the flawed belief that this would give them leverage over Israeli leaders, is rooted in a corrupt philosophy promoted by Israels backers, Sayanim. Israels supporters in the West use their positions to sanctify Israeli Jewish life while they demonize Palestinian life. In the media, the Sayanim excuse Israeli atrocities against Palestinians, and as government officials, they sanitize Israeli malevolency by forging government expert reports helping Israel escape accountability and avoid global scrutiny. Surrounded by Sayanim, Joe Biden has been beguiled by Israels backers throughout his political career. This is one of the many reasons the “sanctified” 6 Israeli Jews count more than the lives of the 41,000 “dehumanized” Palestinians. – Jamal Kanj is the author of “Children of Catastrophe,” Journey from a Palestinian Refugee Camp to America, and other books. He writes frequently on Arab world issues for various national and international commentaries. He contributed this article to The Palestine Chronicle The post Israels Backers Why Would Six Israelis Receive More Attention than 41,000 Murdered Palestinians? appeared first on Palestine Chronicle.

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— ‘Supporting a Murderous Military’ – Momentum Grows to Stop Canada’s Tax Breaks for Genocide

 

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By Yves Engler Have all Canadians underwritten $180 million of a billionaire power couples donations to a charity assisting a murderous military in violation of Canada Revenue Agency rules? How long until the CRA finally shutters a charity it never should have registered? On August 10, the CRA revoked the charitable status of the Jewish National Fund of Canada and Ne’eman Foundation, which have raised a combined $350 million over the past decade. The news has sent shockwaves through the network of 200+ charities raising over a quarter billion dollars a year for projects in Israel, prompting open conflict between the JNF and Canadian Jewish News. While most attention has focused on the far more influential JNF, the CRA’s rationale for revoking the Ne’eman Foundation’s charitable status threatens multiple Zionist charities, notably Gerry Schwartz and Heather Reisman’s HESEG Foundation for Lone Soldiers. In its rationale for revoking Ne’eman, the CRA states clearly that it considers assisting the Israeli military and specifically “lone soldiers” a violation of charity rules. The revocation letter notes, “We further stated that increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), which is further discussed in section 2.b), is not a charitable purpose.” It repeats that point on multiple occasions and identifies assistance for “lone soldiers” as assistance for the Israeli military. Referring to “lone soldiers” more than a dozen times, the CRA letter notes, “The Lone Solider Centre’s website also clearly defines the term lone solider as ‘an IDF solider with no family in Israel to support him or her’ As such, we are unable to accept the Organizations representations that this agent does not support the IDF and that lone soldiers are simply immigrants without a family in Israel.” In 2005 Reisman and Schwartz established the HESEG Foundation for Lone Soldiers. Established to “recognize and honor the contribution of Lone Soldiers to Israel”, HESEG provides scholarships and other forms of support to Torontonians, New Yorkers, and other non-Israelis (Lone Soldiers) who join an occupation force brutalizing Palestinians. The HESEG Board has included a handful of top military officials and Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz spoke at the first HESEG Foundation Grants Awards Ceremony. After the IOF killed 1,400 Palestinians in Gaza during Operation Cast Lead in 2009, HESEG delivered $160,000 in gifts to Israeli soldiers who took part in the violence. More recently, HESEG has funded scholarships for members of the Duvdevan, an undercover commando unit known for disguising itself and blending in with Palestinians in the Occupied Territories to carry out operations. The Duvdevan scholarships are partly based on “excellence during army service”, which in the context of the Israeli occupation likely means kidnapping or killing Palestinians. Since 2005 Reisman and Schwartz have given nearly $200 million to assist “lone soldiers”. Up to “90%” of wealthy people’s donations to registered charities are covered by all taxpayers, explained charity law expert Mark Blumberg in a recent Canadian Jewish News interview on the revocation of the Jewish National Fund’s charitable status. “There’s a lot of wealthy people getting 80 or 90 cents on the dollar when they donate”, explained Blumberg. “What that means is their money is going to Israel, for very good stuff in Israel, but it’s only 10 cents their money 90 percent [is] federal and provincial money.” Have all Canadians covered 90% of Schwartz and Reisman’s donations to a charity assisting the Israeli military in violation of Canada Revenue Agency rules? That would mean taxpayers covered $180 million of the billionaire couples’ donations to a military brutalizing Palestinians. Whatever the exact sum, it’s outrageous Canadians are subsidizing even one cent of a billionaire couple’s funding for a brutal foreign military. How could an organization “for Lone Soldiers” ever have been registered as a charity? Before it became a charity the court upheld the revocation of Canadian Magen David Adom’s charitable status, which was partly due to its support for the Israeli military. HESEG may even violate Canada’s Foreign Enlistment Act, which states: “Any person who, within Canada, recruits or otherwise induces any person or body of persons to enlist or to accept any commission or engagement in the armed forces of any foreign state or other armed forces operating in that state is guilty of an offense.” Fortunately, the CRA’s decision against the Ne’eman Foundation lays the ground to revoke the charitable status of the much-criticized HESEG Foundation for Lone Soldiers. But HESEG isn’t the only charity that should be worried about the CRA’s rationale for revoking the Ne’eman Foundation’s charitable status. The Canadian Zionist Cultural Association also assists the Israeli military in clear violation of CRA rules. Until a formal complaint was instigated, CZCA was listed on an Israeli military website as one of six international organizations “authorized to raise donations for the IDF.” CZCA has allocated multiple millions of dollars to YAHAD, which says its “aim is raising funds for IDF soldiers”. Over a decade ago the CRA flagged CZCA’s assistance to illegal West Bank colonies. Mizrachi Canada must also be immediately revoked. It has assisted the Duvdevan Foundation, which supports the murderous Duvdevan Unit. Mizrachi Canada has also assisted organizations helping block aid trucks to Gaza and racist settler organization Ir David, which is also cited in Ne’eman’s revocation letters. Dozens of other Israel-focused charities assist the Israeli military, racist organizations, and West Bank colonies in violation of CRA rules. In the first-ever coordinated day of action on the subject, protesters descended on 20 CRA offices across the country Thursday to demand the revenue agency apply the law towards Israel-focused charities. The International Day of Charity protests were covered by CTV London, CFAX 1070 Victoria, Muslim Link, Jacobin, Niagra’s Pelham, and other media. There’s growing momentum for Canada to stop subsidizing genocide.  – Yves Engler is the author of Canada and Israel: Building Apartheid and a number of other books. He contributed this article to The Palestine Chronicle. Visit his website: yvesengler.com. The post Supporting a Murderous Military Momentum Grows to Stop Canada’s Tax Breaks for Genocide appeared first on Palestine Chronicle.

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— ‘If I Don’t Win this Election, Israel is Doomed’ – Donald Trump 

 

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By Palestine Chronicle Staff   I better win, I better win, or youre going to have problems like weve never had. We may have no country left.” US Presidential candidate Donald Trump has vowed that if he does not win the upcoming election, “Israel is doomed.” If I dont win this election, Israel, with comrade Kamala Harris at the helm of the United States, is doomed. Israel is doomed,” Trump told an election rally in Wisconsin on Saturday. He stated, Israel will be gone. One year, two years. Israel will no longer exist.” ‘END THE CHAOS’: Former President Trump vows to “prevent World War III,” says Israel is “doomed” if VP Harris is elected president of the United States. pic.twitter.com/kF3OKQuwjt — Fox News (@FoxNews) September 8, 2024 Acknowledging that it was a “tough statement,” Trump said I better win, I better win, or youre going to have problems like weve never had. We may have no country left. It may be our last election.” He said he “hates to be right” but “if you look at the record, it’s true, Trump is always right.” The former president also said he would “end the chaos in the Middle East” and “prevent World War III,” claiming “I am the only one who can do it.” Trump and Harris are gearing up for their first presidential debate in Philadelphia on Tuesday. Defend Israel Last month, Trump told a ‘Fighting Antisemitism’ event in New Jersey that “I’m the candidate of those who want to defend Western Civilization, defend Israel and defend the United States of America.” He also said that when I’m back in the Oval Office I will support Israel’s right to win its war on terror, they have a right to win the war and I will give Israel the support that it needs to win,” adding “but I do want them to win fast, wouldn’t it be nice if they could win fast and we have to let them win fast.” ‘Defend Israel’ Trump Questions Strength of Israel Lobby in US (VIDEO) Ongoing Genocide Israel has flouted a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire and has faced international condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza. Tel Aviv is currently on trial before the International Court of Justice for genocide against Palestinians, due to its ongoing devastating war on Gaza since October 7. According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 40,939 Palestinians have been killed, to date, have been killed, and and 94,616, wounded. Moreover, at least 11,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the enclave. Palestinian and international organizations say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children. Largest Displacement Israel says that 1,200 soldiers and civilians were killed during the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation on October 7. Israeli media published reports suggesting that many Israelis were killed on that day by ‘friendly fire’. Israel’s Assault on Gaza Could Exterminate Almost Entire Population’ UN Special Rapporteur The Israeli war has resulted in an acute famine, mostly in northern Gaza, resulting in the death of many Palestinians, mostly children. Israel’s aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafah near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba. Later in the war, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians began moving from the south to central Gaza in a constant search for safety. (The Palestine Chronicle) The post ‘If I Don’t Win this Election, Israel is Doomed’ Donald Trump  appeared first on Palestine Chronicle.

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— ‘We Are All Aysenur’ – Seattle Marches for American Activist Demanding Justice

 

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By Palestine Chronicle Staff   The protestors, who gathered at Westlake Park in downtown Seattle to pay tribute to the activist, chanted and held banners demanding justice for the 26-year-old woman. Hundreds of protesters gathered in Seattle in Washington State on Saturday in memory of American activist of Turkish descent Aysenur Ezgi who was killed by Israeli occupation forces on September 6 in Beita, in the Nablus district in the West Bank. The protestors, who gathered at Westlake Park in downtown Seattle to pay tribute to the activist, chanted and held banners demanding justice for the 26-year-old woman. The gathering kicked off with a moment of silence in memory of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi and speeches that paid tribute to the young woman and condemned the Israeli crime, according to KING TV (channel 5), a television station in Seattle, Washington, affiliated with NBC. Seattle, Washington Massive crowds joined a pro-Palestine march in Seattle to condemn the Israeli crimes in Gaza and the West Bank, demanding justice for Aysenur Eygi, an American solidarity activist shot dead by the IOF. Via: PSL Seattle pic.twitter.com/KHwczlMNNL — PALESTINE ONLINE (@OnlinePalEng) September 8, 2024 “Today is all about her because we all loved her,” Aziz Junejo told KING TV. Junejo told the TV channel that Ezgi was active in the movement for a free Palestine and was part of the University of Washington protest earlier in the spring, expressing the grief the whole community is feeling and devastation over her loss. “For them just to shoot her in the head, it’s a targeted kill, it’s murder and we are deeply saddened by this, Junejo told KING TV. During the memorial gathering protesters held the young activists pictures and signs that read: “Aysenur Ezgi Martyred For Palestine Rest in Power”, “Justice 4 Aysenur”, “Today We Are All Aysenur”, “Resistance is Not Terrorism! Free Palestine!” Taylor Young who is with the ‘Shut it Down Coalition for Palestine’ told KING TV that the absence of Ezgi is deeply felt by the community. “We all got to know her through the encampments, through the various actions the community has organized for Palestine so if you’ve been to them, you probably know her,” Taylor Young who is with the ‘Shut it Down Coalition for Palestine’, said to KING TV. According to the TV channel, the protesters marched from Fourth Avenue along Pine Street to Pike Place Market in downtown Seattle. “We will not stop showing up until we see a totally liberated Palestine,” Young vowed while speaking to KING TV. “What she is, is an embodiment of what so many of us are trying to do which is to endlessly and ceaselessly do everything you can to fight for the liberation of people,” she added. The young woman stressed that they are gathered in memory of  Aysenur Ezgi and to “demand an end to the occupation, demand and arms embargo, demand the release of all Palestinian political prisoners.”   Biden Urged to Order Independent Probe World Reacts to Israels Killing of US Citizen Ausenurs Murder Aysenur Ezgi died on Friday from critical head injuries after being shot by Israeli occupation forces in Beita, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank. The activist an American of Turkish descent was shot in the head with live ammunition while participating in the weekly protest against illegal Israeli settlement expansion, the Palestine Chronicle correspondent from the West Bank reported. Medical sources confirmed that she was immediately transported to Rafidia Hospital in Nablus, where she was admitted to the intensive care unit. Despite extensive efforts by medical staff, she succumbed to her severe injuries. The American activist’s murder was condemned worldwide. The family of the Turkish-American activist has urged the US government to order an independent investigation into her death. “A U.S. citizen, Aysenur was peacefully standing for justice when she was killed by a bullet that video shows came from an Israeli military shooter. We welcome the White House’s statement of condolences, but given the circumstances of Aysenur’s killing, an Israeli investigation is not adequate,” Ezgi’s family said in a statement. “We call on President Biden, Vice President Harris, and Secretary of State Blinken to order an independent investigation into the unlawful killing of a U.S. citizen and to ensure full accountability for the guilty parties,” they added. The United Nations reiterated the family’s request demanding an independent investigation into the killing. The UN spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, said at a news conference on Friday: “I can tell you that we would want to see a full investigation of the circumstances and that people should be held accountable.” (PC, Anadolu) The post ‘We Are All Aysenur’ Seattle Marches for American Activist Demanding Justice appeared first on Palestine Chronicle.

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— Former Israeli Captive – Shin Bet Clueless about Gaza’s Underground Tunnel Network

 

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By Palestine Chronicle Staff   Moshe recounted how the Shin Bet investigator asked her to describe the appearance, structure, and layout of the Gaza tunnels.  Former Israeli captive Adina Moshe revealed that Israels internal security service, the Shin Bet had asked her to sketch a map of the tunnels in Gaza, admitting they had little knowledge about them, Israeli media reported. Moshe, who was released in a prisoner exchange, shared that after her release, a Shin Bet investigator visited her, asking for information about Gaza’s tunnel network.  She described the tunnels as “a vast, intricate maze extending underground throughout the Gaza Strip,” adding that military force alone would not be enough to recover Israeli prisoners. The New Tunnels of Gaza On the Latest Resistance Video from Tal Al-Sultan Moshe reportedly criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing him and the Israeli military of being clueless about the extensive tunnel system used by the Palestinian Resistance in Gaza. During a protest advocating for a new prisoner exchange deal with Gaza, Moshe recounted how the Shin Bet investigator asked her to describe the appearance, structure, and layout of the Gaza tunnels.  According to the reports, this request made it evident to her that Israeli security services lacked significant knowledge about the tunnel system. Moshe reportedly told the investigator that the tunnels are “a massive underground maze (), not just a single tunnel, but a complex network of countless passages.” Tunnel Warfare From China and Vietnam to the Gaza Strip  When asked to draw a map of the tunnels, she responded by saying she was not an artist, further underscoring her belief that the Israeli authorities had no substantial understanding of the tunnel network, the reports stated. The New York Times recently reported that Gaza’s tunnels pose a significant challenge to the Israeli military, calling them the core of Hamas’s survival strategy.  Israeli intelligence officials estimate that approximately 160 kilometers of tunnels are located beneath Khan Yunis, Gazas second-largest city in the south. Ongoing Genocide Flouting a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire, Israel has faced international condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza.  Currently on trial before the International Court of Justice for genocide against Palestinians, Israel has been waging a devastating war on Gaza since October 7.  According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 40,939 Palestinians have been killed, and 94,616 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7. GAZA LIVE BLOG: Three Killed at Karameh Crossing | 100 Rockets in 24 Hours | Massacre in Jabaliya Day 338 Moreover, at least 11,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.  Israel says that 1,200 soldiers and civilians were killed during the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation on October 7. Israeli media published reports suggesting that many Israelis were killed on that day by ‘friendly fire’.  Palestinian and international organizations say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children. The Israeli war has resulted in an acute famine, mostly in northern Gaza, resulting in the death of many Palestinians, mostly children.   The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafah near the border with Egypt in what has become Palestines largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba. Later in the war, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians began moving from the south to central Gaza in a constant search for safety. (PC, AJA) The post Former Israeli Captive Shin Bet Clueless about Gazas Underground Tunnel Network appeared first on Palestine Chronicle.

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— ‘Blatant Attack’ – Israel Targets Lebanese Civil Defense Paramedics Killing Three

 

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By Palestine Chronicle Staff   The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health condemned the “blatant Israeli attack” that claimed the lives of three paramedics and injured two others. An Israeli airstrike killed on Saturday three paramedics and injured two others in the town of Froun, in the Nabatieh District, south of Lebanon, Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported. The Israeli attack targeted a Lebanese Civil Defense fire truck on a mission to extinguish fires caused by earlier Israeli airstrikes on the town of Froun. The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) condemned the “blatant Israeli attack” that claimed the lives of three paramedics and injured two others, one of whom is in critical condition, according to a statement issued by the ministry.    MOPH added that the attack “targeted a team in an official apparatus affiliated with the Lebanese state”, emphasizing that this is the second attack of its kind against an ambulance team in less than twelve hours, stressing that these attacks are in violation of international law. ISRAEL IS KILLING CIVILIANS IN LEBANON Since October 2023, 27 paramedics and health workers have been killed, and 94 wounded by israeli bombing in southern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health. Additionally, two hospitals and 21 health centers were targeted,… pic.twitter.com/ks88s4LzRN — Sulaiman Ahmed (@ShaykhSulaiman) September 7, 2024 The General Directorate of the Lebanese Civil Defense on its part, mourned the three men; Qassem Bazzi, Mohammad Hashem, and Abbas Hammoud.   It clarified that the three men were killed when an Israeli raid hit a firefighting vehicle after it completed a firefighting mission at 6:15 pm in the town of Froun in Nabatieh District, in the south of the country.     The Director General of Lebanese Civil Defense, Brigadier General Raymond Khattar, revealed that Mohammad Amasha, who sustained critical injuries due to the Israeli raid, was transferred to Tebnine Governmental Hospital where he was undergoing surgery. The Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati also condemned the Israeli attack on the paramedics. “This new aggression against Lebanon constitutes a flagrant violation of international laws and a blatant aggression against human values. This is not strange for the Israeli enemy, as we are witnessing its successive crimes in Lebanese regions and in the Palestinian territories as well,” Mikati said. The Prime Minister added that in view of Israel’s total disregard for international law and norms, he contacted the ambassadors of Western countries and representatives of international organizations in the country for an emergency meeting on Monday to hold all parties responsible for stopping the Israeli aggression against Lebanon. BREAKING NORTHERN ISRAEL IS ON FIRE! 790 fires and counting, with 189,000 dunams already gone. More destruction than the Second Lebanon War. Israel is losing agricultural land and income. Hezbollah is attacking everywhere.#Israel #Palestine #Hezbollah #Iran #Yemen pic.twitter.com/WKEggCtiHC — Conlustro Research (@ConlustroR) September 6, 2024 Border War Since the start of the Israeli war on Gaza, on October 7, the Lebanese movement Hezbollah has engaged directly, but relatively in a limited way in the war against the Israeli occupation. In recent weeks, however, the intensity of the fighting has increased, leading to concerns that an all-out war between Hezbollah and the Israeli army is imminent. Israel has occupied parts of Lebanon for decades and has only left the country in 2000, following stiff Lebanese resistance under Hezbollah’s leadership. Israel attempted to re-occupy Lebanon in 2006 but failed in what Lebanon considers a major victory against Israel. Israel, however, continues to occupy parts of Lebanon, namely the Sheeba Farms region. Hezbollah has vowed to recover every inch of Lebanon that has been occupied by Israel contrary to international law. (PC, Anadolu) The post ‘Blatant Attack’ Israel Targets Lebanese Civil Defense Paramedics Killing Three appeared first on Palestine Chronicle.

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— ‘Seal the Deal’ – Thousands Protest across Israel Demanding Prisoner Swap Agreement

 

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By Palestine Chronicle Staff   Thousands of protesters blocked main roads in Tel Aviv and Haifa on Saturday night, leading to clashes with police, as they demanded a prisoner swap agreement between the Israeli government and the Palestinian Resistance. According to the Times of Israel, five protesters were detained, citing a police statement. The statement also reportedly called on “protesters to stop the riots that endanger the police and the rest of the protesters.” The paper reported that organizers said 500,000 people had attended the mass rally in Tel Aviv, “which would make it the largest in Israel’s history.” Speakers at the rally accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of “insisting Israel remain on the Philadelphi Corridor, separating Gaza from Egypt, as a way to thwart a hostage deal and keep his right-wing government intact,” the report said. It quoted one protester who interrupted a speaker, yelling” “Netanyahu is a murderer!” which drew some applause. Protesters also lit a bonfire on Tel Aviv’s Begin Road, the report said. ‘Largest Protests since Oct 7’ The Anadolu news agency cited Israeli Channel 12 as noting that Saturday’s demonstrations were among the largest protests the country has seen since October 7, 2023. The Bring Them Home Now movement posted on X that the “largest rally in Israel’s history is taking place right now, with more than half a million supporters, calling for a deal that will bring all 101 hostages back home. In addition, a quarter of a million people are demonstrating all over Israel.” The largest rally in Israel’s history is taking place right now, with more than half a million supporters, calling for a deal that will bring all 101 hostages back home.In addition, a quarter of a million people are demonstrating all over Israel. After a week when we buried 6… pic.twitter.com/YMmGDXBT71 — Bring Them Home Now (@bringhomenow) September 7, 2024 Following the recent recovery of six captives’ bodies in a Gaza tunnel, the movement said the “people of Israel have had enough.” “The people of Israel are calling ‘Seal the Deal’,” it said. Tens of thousands took to the streets last Saturday as well, shouting “Action is Needed Now!” Organizers estimated that “300,000 people” gathered in Tel Aviv and “an additional 200,000” participated in protests elsewhere across the country, The Times of Israel reported. General Strike A one-day general strike, called by Israel’s largest and most influential trade union, was held last Monday further aimed at pressuring the government to reach a ceasefire deal. Mobilization and General Strike What Do Protests in Israel Reveal about Netanyahus Regime? Israel estimates more than 100 captives are still being held by Hamas in Gaza, some of whom are believed to have already been killed. Hamas, in a statement, blamed Israel for the deaths of the captives, citing Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza and accused the US of supporting the aggression. For months, the US, Qatar and Egypt have been trying to reach an agreement between Israel and Hamas to ensure a prisoner exchange and a ceasefire deal. But mediation efforts have been stalled due to Netanyahu’s refusal to meet Hamas’ demands to stop the war. Ongoing Genocide Israel has flouted a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire and has faced international condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza. Tel Aviv is currently on trial before the International Court of Justice for genocide against Palestinians, due to its ongoing devastating war on Gaza since October 7. The Genocide in Palestine How to Prevent the Next Stage from Happening ILAN PAPPE According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 40,939 Palestinians have been killed, to date, have been killed, and and 94,616, wounded. Moreover, at least 11,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the enclave. Palestinian and international organizations say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children. Israel says that 1,200 soldiers and civilians were killed during the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation on October 7. Israeli media published reports suggesting that many Israelis were killed on that day by ‘friendly fire’. The Israeli war has resulted in an acute famine, mostly in northern Gaza, resulting in the death of many Palestinians, mostly children. Israel’s aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafah near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba. Later in the war, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians began moving from the south to central Gaza in a constant search for safety. (PC, Anadolu) The post ‘Seal the Deal’ Thousands Protest across Israel Demanding Prisoner Swap Agreement appeared first on Palestine Chronicle.

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