Israel’s Genocide in Gaza Is Provoking Tax Resistance in the US (Truthout, 2024-04-09)
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“In light of the United States’ continued financial support for Israel amid its ongoing genocide in Gaza, antiwar organizations say they’ve received a surge of interest from U.S. taxpayers considering tax resistance as a form of protest...”
“NDA (National Defense Academy of #Japan) Graduates Against Genocide” calls for action in front of the Defence Ministry demanding to cancel buying Israeli weapons.👍
Opinion | I’m Jewish, and I’ve covered wars. I know war crimes when I see them. (Peter Maass | Washington Post, 2024-04-09) Gift article link
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“I covered the genocide in Bosnia for The Post,… and reported from Iraq and Afghanistan, among other conflict-ridden countries. Also, my ancestors were key funders of Jewish immigration to British-controlled Palestine…”
“When Israel bombs and shoots civilians, blocks food aid, attacks hospitals and cuts off water supplies, I remember the same outrages in Bosnia. When people in a Gaza flour line were attacked, I thought of the Sarajevans killed waiting in line for bread, and the perpetrators who in each case insisted the victims were slaughtered by their own side.
Why we won't accept the narrative of regrettable incidents in Gaza (Médecins Sans Frontières, 2024-04-05)
Christopher Lockyear, Secretary General of #MSF remarked:
"Since the beginning of the war, nearly 200 humanitarian workers have been killed,.. Many of these humanitarians were killed while providing care for patients or sheltering with their families."
"... this pattern of attacks is either intentional or indicative of reckless incompetence."
"... That these attacks on humanitarian workers are allowed to happen is a political choice. Israel faces no political cost. Instead, its allies enable this brutality with impunity, and provide even more weapons that maim and kill civilians indiscriminately.
"The number of aid workers killed in Gaza is extraordinary, yet it is but a fraction of the total number of people killed so far. Now, nearly 33,000 men, women and children..."
German civil servants demand ‘immediate’ end to Israeli arms supplies (Al Jazeera, 2024-04-07)
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"A group of German civil servants have written to Chancellor Olaf Scholz and other senior ministers calling on the government to 'cease arm deliveries to the Israeli government with immediate effect'."
"According to the organisers of the five-page statement, around 600 civil servants have voiced support for the initiative, which has slowly been gathering traction for months through professional networks and word-of-mouth across a range of ministries."
"The civil servants sent the statement via email to ministries last week, with the disclaimer that 'due to the sensitive content and the excessive state repression that criticism in this area is met with, we want to remain anonymous'."
Gegen deutsche Waffen in Gaza: Hunderte Bundesbeschäftigte fordern in offenem Brief Stopp von Rüstungsexporten aus BRD an Israel (Junge Welt, 2024-04-09)
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And now a German medium covered the story, after Al Jazeera.
"There is so much love in Palestine " the Makdisi brothers talk with Dr. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian
An impressive podcast with Dr. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian talking about the colonisation of Palestine, the crimes of IL, the body and body parts, power, necrocapitalism, and the life and affirmation of Palestinian life that grows out of all this.
Krieg in Gaza: Israels Antwort auf den 7. Oktober war maßlos (Mathieu von Rohr | Spiegel, 2024-04-07)
An opinion article in Spiegel (😢 with paywall) titled
"War in Gaza: Israel's answer to the 7th of October was excessive"
claims
"Six months after the Hamas massacres of October 7th, it is becoming increasingly clear that Israel's partners should have pushed for compliance with international law in the war in Gaza much earlier and more decisively."
It sounds too moderate and too slow, but for the public discourse within #Germany, I'd cherish anything in the (right) direction. ✊
Rights lawyers go to court to stop German arms deliveries to Israel (Reuters, 2024-04-05)
"The Berlin case, brought by several organisations including the European Legal Support Center (ELSC), Law for Palestine and the Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy, was filed in an administrative court on behalf of Palestinians in Gaza.
"In a statement, the lawyers said the arms deliveries and support #Germany has provided to Israel violated the country's obligations under the War Weapons Control Act.
"They cited a January order from the International Court of Justice (#ICJ) for Israel to take action to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza, which it has subjected to siege and invasion since Hamas' Oct. 7 attack. Israel denies genocide allegations..."
Jewish Voice for Peace‘s call for action - Tell Congress: Stop funding the Israeli military.
“While Biden continues his support for Israel's genocide, broader political support for U.S. complicity in these atrocities is cracking and buckling under the pressure of our movements. More and more Senators and Representatives are starting to call for accountability. We need action now. Call your members of Congress and demand an end to the flow of U.S. military funding and weapons to Israel.”
We strongly urge all members of the parliament to move to make the Israeli government stop this inhumane and international law violating act and to ensure that no more lives of people living in Palestine are taken.
Location: In front of the 2nd Diet Members' Building of the House of Representatives (Metro: Kokkai-gijidou-mae, Nagatacho, and Tameike-sanno Stations)
Date: Tuesday, April 2 and Thursday, April 4
Time: 18:00-20:00
What the hell is happening in Germany? The brutal attack on pro-Palestinian voices (DiEM25 | YouTube, 2024-04-02)
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“As Israel’s genocide in Gaza rages on, #Germany is leading efforts to silence criticism of Israel's actions.”
“… German politicians are trying to ban the Palestine Congress, a vital event planned for the 12-14 April in Berlin, to unite activists for a ceasefire in Gaza.”
“Our panel, including Yanis Varoufakis, and Karin De Rigo and Lucas Febraro from Berlin, investigate. “
What the hell is happening in Germany? The brutal attack on pro-Palestinian voices (DiEM25 | YouTube, 2024-04-02)
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“As Israel’s genocide in Gaza rages on, Germany is leading efforts to silence criticism of Israel's actions.”
“… German politicians are trying to ban the Palestine Congress, a vital event planned for the 12-14 April in Berlin, to unite activists for a ceasefire in Gaza.”
“Our panel, including Yanis Varoufakis, and Karin De Rigo and Lucas Febraro from Berlin, investigate. “
Three British aid workers in Gaza killed in Israel airstrike (Channel 4 News | YouTube, 2024-04-02)
First 6:30 mins., report about the attack on #WCK with a series of former bombings upon humanitarian workers and facilities such as MSF (Doctors without Borders), Medical Aid for Palestinians and co.
🔥 @palestine #WarCrime#StopGenocide
Relistening to this Millennials Are Killing Capitalism after having seen the images coming out of Al-Shifa hospital after the IOF massacred 100s of people there. Don't @ me about "battle" when IL soldiers have documented their own war crimes.
Mental Health Check: Unpacking Affect and Resisting Psychic Intrusion with Lara Sheehi
"Many people are feeling burnt out and struggling a lot mentally, amid the constant mobilizations to stop the genocide being enacted in Gaza. And many people are experiencing incalculable trauma through the loss of family, friends, comrades and more. Dr. Lara Sheehi will join MAKC Live! for a discussion on mental health.
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Lara's work takes up decolonial and anti-oppressive approaches to psychoanalysis, with a focus on liberation struggles in the Global South. She is co-author [...] of Psychoanalysis Under Occupation: Practicing Resistance in Palestine which won the Middle East Monitor's 2022 Palestine Book Award for Best Academic Book. Lara is the author of the forthcoming book, From the Clinic to the Street: Psychoanalysis for Revolutionary Futures (Pluto Press, 2025)"
Active-Duty U.S. Airman, Inspired by Aaron Bushnell, on Hunger Strike Outside White House over Gaza (Democracy Now!, 2024-04-02)
An interview video; transcription to be provided later, as always ✊
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“Democracy Now! speaks with an active-duty soldier in the U.S. Air Force on hunger strike to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Senior Airman Larry Hebert is on day three of his hunger strike outside the White House, where he has been holding a sign that reads «Active Duty Airman Refuses to Eat While Gaza Starves.» ‘It’s just completely wrong and immoral for civilians to be starved and bombed and targeted in any manner,’ says Hebert.”
Relistening to this Millennials Are Killing Capitalism after having seen the images coming out of Al-Shifa hospital after the IOF massacred more than 400 people there. Don't @ me about "battle" when IL soldiers have documented their own war crimes.
Mental Health Check: Unpacking Affect and Resisting Psychic Intrusion with Lara Sheehi
"Many people are feeling burnt out and struggling a lot mentally, amid the constant mobilizations to stop the genocide being enacted in Gaza. And many people are experiencing incalculable trauma through the loss of family, friends, comrades and more. Dr. Lara Sheehi will join MAKC Live! for a discussion on mental health.
[...]
Lara's work takes up decolonial and anti-oppressive approaches to psychoanalysis, with a focus on liberation struggles in the Global South. She is co-author [...] of Psychoanalysis Under Occupation: Practicing Resistance in Palestine which won the Middle East Monitor's 2022 Palestine Book Award for Best Academic Book. Lara is the author of the forthcoming book, From the Clinic to the Street: Psychoanalysis for Revolutionary Futures (Pluto Press, 2025)"
#Anera Suspends Gaza Operations Amid Rising Threats and Attack on #WCK
(Press release | April 2, 2024)
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“The killing of WCK humanitarians, occurring less than a month after the still-unexplained killing of Anera staff member Mousa Shawwa, alongside the loss of numerous other aid workers and their families, has led our team to conclude that delivering aid safely is no longer feasible. For the safety of our staff and their families, we are suspending Anera’s work in Gaza.”
“... While we understand the severe consequences this suspension will have on the Palestinian population, the escalating risks associated with aid delivery leave us with no choice but to halt operations until our staff regain confidence that they can do their work without undue risk…”