Palestine

By Brett Wilkins October 9, 2024

By Brett Wilkins October 9, 2024

Ed Pillington October 9, 2024

By Fayha Shalash in Ramallah, occupied Palestine
Published date: 6 October 2024 12:35 BST

Jake Johnson Oct 08, 2024

Jake Johnson
Oct 07, 2024

“That son of a removed, Bibi Netanyahu, he’s a bad guy,” said Biden privately, according to Woodward. “He’s a bad fucking guy!”

Reads like a bloody Onion article.

By Mairav Zonszein

[Insightful article on current events and moods in Israel. Dehumanization of Palestinians has deepened]

Ms. Zonszein is the senior Israel analyst with the International Crisis Group. She wrote from Tel Aviv.

Oct. 7, 2024

Based on interview withh International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan. Article also contains a link to actual transcript of interview

September 26, 2024 9:53 PM ET

Protest group Palestine Action has targeted 10 Allianz offices across the UK over the insurer’s alleged involvement with Israeli weapons firm Elbit Systems.

Offices in London, Manchester, Glasgow, Birmingham and other cities have seen windows smashed, Palestinian flags hung and red paint sprayed across facades by the protestors.

In a statement, the group also added that it was occupying the insurer’s Guildford-based headquarters.

Palestine Action have said the insurer is a major financial backer of Israel’s arms and weapons industry and described Allianz as one of Elbit System’s “principle institutional shareholders”.

Elbit Systems manufactures over 85% of Israel’s drones, including quadcopters used by the country’s military to perform targeted military operations.

The poll, conducted by Israel's national broadcaster KAN News and the Kantar Institute, interviewed a sample of 653 Israelis.

Only 27 percent of Israelis think their government has defeated Hamas in its onslaught on the Gaza Strip that started a year ago, according to a new survey. The results show that 35 percent think Israel has lost the war against Hamas, while the rest are unsure.

Asked if they would be willing to move to one of the communities in southern Israel close to Gaza after the war ends, only 14 percent said they would consider living there, while 86 percent said they were unwilling. Former and current Israeli military officials have also said they are losing the war on Gaza and Hamas is winning.

One year on, the evidence is overwhelming.

Open letter to the judges of the International Criminal Court - Yanis Varoufakis and Brian Eno
(Diem25, 2024-10-07)

https://diem25.org/open-letter-to-the-judges-of-the-international-criminal-court/
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"Today, on 7 October 2024, exactly one year after the start of the latest and most brutal phase of the 76-year-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict, we feel the need to address you directly..."

"... When can we expect indictments from your Court?"

"... Today humanity needs more than ever a court like yours, where impartial legal minds from around the world can reach consensus on standards of legal conduct in war and its aftermath. Your role is vital, and we implore you to act immediately."

(Appeal to the readers)
"Join us by endorsing this letter via [ https://i.diem25.org/en/answers/new?form_id=731 ]. You can also send the letter to the International Criminal Court. We need them to act as soon as possible."

@[email protected]
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@israel
#ICC #YanisVaroufakis #BrianEno #diem25

Gaza's health ministry said that 39 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on the enclave in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 41,909 since 7 October 2023.

Additionally, 97,303 have been wounded since the start of the war.

Secular Israelis who prioritise living in a liberal democracy are a shrinking portion of Israel’s population, said Uri Ram, professor of sociology and anthropology at Ben Gurion University of the Negev.

By 2015, only a minority – although, at 45%, a large one – of the Jewish population in Israel defined themselves as secular, and that is shrinking as religious and ultra-orthodox Jewish families, on average, have more children.

Data from the first class at elementary schools in 2023 showed that only 40% of children were in the secular stream, he said.

“There is a growing problem of ‘brain drain’, and it will increase, firstly, if the military risk is not reduced and, secondly, if the state does indeed turn more populist-autocratic,” said Ram, who has researched the struggle for Israel’s future between liberal, mostly secular Israelis like Noam and a group he describes as ethno-religious traditionalists.

“In these situations, the upper middle classes will send their young generations abroad. Jews are well networked in desired academic and professional markets abroad, and family and work connections will assist the integration of young, educated Israeli immigrants in the desired locations.”