"Viral photos of a group of Israeli soldiers holding up the Israeli flag while standing on the Saudi Arabian flag have sparked anger among social media users"
The publication was not able to verify the image
"Several accounts...suggested that the flag was actually a Hamas flag, or that the image was edited or AI-generated, and intended to create backlash against Saudi Arabia"
A brutal clip is included in the article. Warning burnt children
The question we have to ask ourselves is not whether we condemn Hamas, but whether we condemn a settler colonial regime that makes armed struggle necessary for survival.
"Israel has long relied on its much-vaunted hasbara — propaganda — to obscure the brutal reality of its colonial occupation of Palestine"
"Former Minister Gilad Erdan envisioned Concert as a “PR Commando Unit” capable of launching social media attacks against celebrities who criticise Israel. The programme has since evolved and expanded its scope since 7 October"
What this article describes is mccarthyism on steroids...
American war journalist Arwa Damon, reporting from Gaza, provides a glimpse into neighborhoods devastated by Israeli airstrikes, underscoring the dire living conditions faced by Palestinians who are now homeless.
Dozens of Israeli reservists object return to Gaza citing atrocities against civilians
"Forty-two reserve soldiers signed a letter saying they would not fight in Gaza again if called up"
One of soldiers interviewed by Haaretz:
“You feel that you are doing something that does not make any military sense, with a risk of very serious injury to people who are undoubtedly innocent, just because you have to show an achievement,”
Israel looks to expand gas exports to ease economic pain
"A potential escalation with Lebanon’s Hezbollah could pose an unprecedented threat to the Israeli energy sector"
"Partners in Israel’s Leviathan gas field said on 26 June that they plan to invest up to $500 million to expand the project’s capacity, coinciding with Tel Aviv’s decision to more than double its natural gas exports"
In a speech after his sister and her family got slaughtered by IOF, Haniyeh touched upon ceasefire: "The movement has provided all possible flexibility and agreed without hesitation to all the projects that were proposed, provided that the result of this is a cessation of crimes, an end to the aggression, and a complete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip."
Hamas leader Haniyeh vows resistance after Israel killed his relatives
"Hamas has said an Israeli air strike early on Tuesday killed 10 family members of its Qatar-based chief Ismail Haniyeh"
"If the criminal enemy thinks that targeting my family will make us change our position and affect our resistance, then he is deluding himself because every martyr in Gaza and Palestine is from my family," Haniyeh said.
"Smotrich...was recently caught on audio tape telling supporters that his “life’s mission is to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state.”...Smotrich explained that a “separate civilian system” is being formed to administer the West Bank while the Israeli military remains in charge on paper“
"...the plan will allow settlers to bypass the central government and legalize Israeli outposts in disputed territory..."
Starvation as policy - no matter the size of the prison.
Israel Reduces Food for Palestinian Security Prisoners, Conceals Data, Sources Say
"Israeli security sources say that the Israel Prison Service has been concealing information about the amount of food given to security prisoners since the start of the war, Haaretz has learned.
"The petition was filed following the dozens of testimonies from security prisoners and detainees who are not connected with Hamas that the Prison Service has significantly reduced their food rations, to the point of starvation, causing them to shed dozens of kilograms. Some of the testimonies are from people who were arrested but have not been tried, and also from administrative detainees."
George Latimer used $15 million from AIPAC to defeat Jamaal Bowman in New York's 16th district. "We should be outraged when a super PAC of dark money can spend $20 million to brainwash people into believing something that isn’t true," Bowman said.
Wafa: Horrifying footage shows Israeli occupation forces attacking an elderly woman with their police dog when she refused to leave her house in Gaza @palestine@israel
Palestinians are being treated by Israel the same way African-Americans were treated in the Jim Crow Era in the South. Siccing a dog on a peaceful person is straight out of Bull Connor's playbook. One people subjugating another, denying their humanity. Fortunately, with all the increased military aid being sent by the Biden Administration to the IDF, the attack dog's handler will be able to reward it with a steak for biting this grandmother. #Palestine