Palestine

Palestine-Israel negotiations; Qatar, Egypt and US. the US is not a human rights organization. it is not a country that actually acts according to international law it acts according to what it perceives to be its interest. so those interests are going to need to be impacted if the US is going to move. Daniel Levy pres US Middle East Project NY usmep.us

"Reading the Middle East is difficult. ...Israel failed to understand properly how the economic hardship and internal political pressure exerted on Hamas might push conflict in Gaza."   Lessons Rand.org

Israel's indiscrimate bombing is a clear violation of international law.

a wider war in the Middle East could tip the world economy into recession.

"I oppose attacks and the targeting of civilians inside Israel, our future neighbor..." Marwan Barghouti.

Aaron David Miller Israel-Gaza war

Zionism

Zionism is the national ideology of Israel, with Judaism serving as both a nationality and religion.

Zionism is a nationalist movement that emerged in the 19th century (1800-1900) to enable the establishment of a homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine. Following the establishment of the state of Israel, Zionism became an ideology that supports the development and protection of the State of Israel as a Jewish state.

Israel displaces them and takes their land

the borders of 1967.

this is genocide. to confirm our solidarity with, and unwavering support for the Palestinian people, and our joint commitment to our responsibilities for supporting our central cause, the Cause of Palestine and Al-Quds Al-Sharif The Secretary-General called for an immediate, durable, and comprehensive cessation of the ongoing Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people, for opening humanitarian corridors to deliver aid and essential needs to the Gaza Strip in an adequate and sustainable manner; and for providing international protection for the Palestinian people. He underlined his absolute rejection of plans for the forced displacement of Palestinians, indicating that a just, lasting, and comprehensive solution to the Palestinian Cause requires the establishment of the independent State of Palestine on the borders of June 4, 1967, with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital, based on international legitimacy resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative.

Oct 7 2023 Hamas attack sparks Israeli missile attacks

the logic of Israel's military campaign is one of collective punishment and forcible population transfers.

US President Joe Biden warned Israel it is losing intl support because of its indiscriminate bombing of Gaza.

illegal Israeli settlements

the goal of the Israeli aggression is to expel Palestinians from Palestine. We must end the Israeli settlement enterprise. The continued expansion of Israeli settlements in Palestine is illegal under international law.

Palestinians protest Israeli aggression and continuing Israeli settlements on Palestinian land. during decades of oppression, Israel surveillance, Israel has devastated Palestinian infrastructure.

Israeli apartheid

the only solution is to bring an end to Israel's regime of apartheid, occupation, and seige and promote a future based on justice and equality.

Palestinians have been under a decades-long military occupation of the West Bank and Gaza.

history of Israeli aggression: Nakba massacres in Tantura

Hamas in Gaza, Fatah in West Bank

2023 Sat 7 Oct. Israel vs Palestinians, attack by Hamas in Gaza, Israel retaliation.

context: Israelis dessimating communities, Saturday's missile attack by Hamas into Israel from Gaza. Israel attacks Gaza, again. concern the conflict could spread. Iran supports Hamas. US supports Israel. Hezbollah opposes Israel. China is an advocate for an independent state of Palestine. Saudi Arabia sides with Palestine.

Netanyahu PM 2023

Netanyahu Israel democracy protests The Nation 24 Feb 2023

2023 Israeli raid at Al-Aqsa Mosque leaves Palestinians injured

April 4, 2023 Israeli police forces raid mosque. 400 arrested, during prayers. Islam's third-holiest site. During month of Ramadan, March 22 to April 20, 2023.

2022 Israeli raid at Al-Aqsa Mosque leaves Palestinians injured

April 22, 2022, Israeli police forces raid mosque. 42 injured. On the final Friday in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Haram al-Sharif, or Temple Mount. for Muslims, the area is the home of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the site from which Prophet Mohammed is believed to have ascended into heaven. the Al-Aqsa mosque, located on top of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, is the third holiest site in Islam.

Palestine and Israel

what has become clear is that Israel is committing the crime of apartheid.

Israel's prime minister wants more cover for apartheid and colonization.

there is growing dissent against Israel's violation of Palestinian rights. 
Palestine Legal. 
uscpr.org US Campaign for Palestinian Rights. 
Adalah Justice Project. 

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we categorically condem the Israeli government for using disproportionate force against Palestine. We express support for the pro-Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. The BDS campaign is against Israel's apartheid system.

there are unsurprising examples of the insidious campaign of free speech suppression targeting Palestine activists.

11-day war

the siege of Palestinian families resisting expulsion from Sheikh Jarrah in Jerusalem sparked the latest round of violence. Israel's excalation of violence in May 2021 and Israeli airstrikes, then a truce, then a new govt, and in 2 days there were new airstrikes.

sum1   Israel captured east Jerusalem, home to holy sites sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims, in the 1967 war and annexed it in a move not recognized internationally. Israel views the entire city as its capital, while the Palestinians want east Jerusalem as the capital of their future state. The settlers say the homes are built on land that was owned by Jews prior to the 1948 war surrounding Israel’s creation. Israeli law allows Jews to reclaim such property, a right denied to Palestinians who lost lands and homes in the same conflict.

sum2   mass violence has gripped Israel and Gaza since last week. Tensions kicked off amid Palestinian protests against planned evictions in occupied East Jerusalem to make way for Jewish settlers. Eventually, Israeli security forces stormed the Al Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's old city, one of the holiest sites in Islam. The Palestinian militant group Hamas responded with rocket fire aimed at Israel. Israel, in turn, unleashed massive aerial bombardments and artillery attacks against the occupied Palestinian Gaza Strip, reportedly leaving more than 120 people, including 20 children, dead. At least 900 Palestinians have been injured since Monday. Reports said that in Israel, seven people, including a soldier and a child, had died as a result of the violence, with more than 500 injured.

corruption

7 Jun 2021 corruption. In Israel Netanyahu denies 'incitement' and alleges election fraud, while he stands trial for corruption. And in the U.S. Trump denies 'incitement' and alleges election fraud, while the Trump organization is under criminal investigation by the NY State Attorney General Letitia James' office.

Lapid to unseat Netanyahu

2 Jun 2021 Israeli opposition parties agree to form new unity government. Israeli opposition leaders have reached an agreement with political allies to form a new coalition government of change. Lapid, of the centrist Yesh Atid party and Bennett, of the right-wing Yamina party, have reached a deal with Abbas, head of the United Arab List /UAL, to form a new government that would end Netanyahu's 12-year tenure as PM.

Israeli airstrike 15 May 2021

15 May 2021 Israeli airstrike destroyed a high-rise media building in Gaza. Prime Minister of Israel started a war to hold on to power. Palistinians had protested the eviction of 6 Arab families from the Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah.

history 1948 Palestine

the region was Palestine. Israelis came in and formed Israel in 1948, when they took their land.

Nakba, the forced displacement of Palestinians

Palestinians say multiple massacres of Palestinians by Zionist gangs took place in Palestinian villages during the 1948 war in a bid to forcefully expel at least 750,000 Palestinians from their homes and land, a tragedy Palestinians refer to as the Nakba, or catastrophe.

the Israeli massacres in Tantura is a historical account about Israel's forced displacement of Palestinians. Tantura was attacked and occupied by the Israeli Defense force's Brigade on 22 May, 1948. Following the surrender of Tantura, the women and children were forced to journey to Jordan, after the methodical shooting and burial in a communal grave of some 40-200 men in Tantura village.