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blepharon

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#@blepharon Retired UK Baptist pastor. Ran a f/bank 5yrs, joined #Labour cos of #Corbyn. #Socialist. Joined Project for Peace & Justice. Left Labour 2021. Interested in intersection of #faith & civic society & #politics. #ignatianspirituality. #socialism @blepharon on #RIPTwitter.

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GeriatricGardener , to palestine group
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“DAVID LAMMY’S BIG IDEA: NOTHING WILL CHANGE UNDER LABOUR: The man who wants to be foreign secretary is reassuring elite audiences that UK foreign policy will not seriously change under a Keir Starmer government - a strategy confirmed in Labour’s election manifesto.”

by Mark Curtis in Declassified UK @Declassified_UK

@palestine @israel

“Why are Lammy and Labour so supportive of Israel, despite the extent of its atrocities and British public opposition to the attacks on Gaza?

One reason is that Lammy is Washington’s man in Labour and cannot be seen to upset policy-makers in the US who consistently facilitate Israel’s onslaught on Palestinians.

Lammy has constantly signalled that Labour foreign policy under his leadership will deviate little from Washington’s priorities, and he has been a regular visitor to a string of elite, establishment fora in the US.

The other reason is that Lammy is, like 20 percent of his fellow Labour MPs, a recipient of funds from the Israel lobby. Since becoming an MP in 2000, he has accepted donations from the Israel lobby on numerous occasions, the value amounting to £32,550, Declassified has found.”

https://www.declassifieduk.org/david-lammys-big-idea-nothing-will-change-under-labour/

blepharon ,
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@GeriatricGardener @Declassified_UK @palestine @israel

How Orwellian!
Vote for "Change" so that nothing will change.

susurros , to palestine group
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'Happy Holidays': Right-wing Israeli Journalists Celebrate Rafah Attack, Likening It to Lag Ba'Omer Bonfire

"Two right-wing journalists reacted to the death of scores of Palestinians killed in Gaza on Sunday night by making a joke likening footage of the fires caused by the Israeli airstrike that killed them to the traditional bonfires lit on the Jewish holiday of Lag Ba'Omer, which also took place Sunday night.

Journalist Yinon Magal – who hosts the popular panel show The Patriots on Israel's pro-government news outlet Channel 14 – and news columnist and frequent Channel 12 panelist, Naveh Dromi, tweeted two versions of the same reaction to the unfolding tragedy in Rafah to their social media accounts. Magal posted a video of fires blazing in Rafah as emergency personnel and civilians worked to rescue the injured under the caption, 'The central bonfire this year in Rafah.' Dromi retweeted another user's post which also showed a fire in Rafah, adding her own 'Happy Holidays.'"

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-05-27/ty-article/.premium/right-wing-israeli-journalists-celebrate-rafah-attack-likening-it-to-lag-baomer-bonfire/0000018f-b983-dca9-a5cf-bd832e6e0000

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blepharon ,
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@susurros @palestine
As the Hebrew scriptures say, "lights to the world"....

If you support Israel, even by your silence, this is on you.

oatmeal , to israel group
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/ Neo-Zionism’s Dirty Laundry

Regarding the brief comment about demographic engineering in , this issue is not a secret, though it is rarely discussed so blatantly in Israeli media, albeit Channel 14. One thing is certain: when you become comfortable demonizing Palestinians, it won't take long before you start demonizing other sectors in your society as well.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Original title of this report was: “Everything is kosher for the sake of Netanyahu: The disgusting statement of Channel 14 host against former Soviet Union immigrants”

Content:

Channel 14 host Boaz Golan criticized former minister Avigdor Lieberman: "He is constantly working to bring more and more gentiles here...another Ukrainian. They brought gentiles here and it's screwing up our demographics."

Harsh statements made last week on Channel 14 against immigrants from the former Soviet Union are causing an uproar in the sector, considered the largest in Israel. The comments were made by channel 14 host Boaz Golan, on the "Open Studio" program, referring to criticism of former minister Avigdor Lieberman, one of Prime Minister Netanyahu's fiercest critics.

Golan claimed that Lieberman acted to bring non-Jewish immigrants to Israel because he needed votes.

Among other things, Golan said, "He is constantly working to bring more and more gentiles here...another Ukrainian..." Later Golan said, "They brought gentiles here and it's screwing up our demographics...we need to act so that gentiles don't enter here and this remains a strong Jewish state."​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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blepharon ,
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@oatmeal @israel @palestine

I understand that for years, esp post 1980, a significant number of ethnically Jewish but credal Christians, made aliyah from former USSR, and that as a consequence, when doing Nat.Service in IDF, were sworn in on New Testaments.
This is a Wikipedia link, but my original source was Christian press, but can't remember where.
Like everything in Israel (xc Netanyahu), it's complicated.

GottaLaff , to random
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💥” militant group says it has accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal to halt seven-month war with .

It issued a statement Monday saying its supreme leader, Ismail Haniyeh, had delivered the news in a phone call with Qatar’s prime minister and Egypt’s intelligence minister.”
https://apnews.com/article/8659eae6e0a7362504f0aa4aa4be53e0

blepharon ,
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@GottaLaff
Netanyahu doesn't want a deal.
He has NEVER wanted peace.
He will always sabotage a deal.
He has said so publicly more than once.
He has consistently worked to prevent peace.

Miro_Collas , to palestine group
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Israel tells Hamas to accept ceasefire terms or risk new onslaught ‘in near future’ | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/05/israel-tells-hamas-to-accept-ceasefire-terms-or-risk-new-onslaught-in-near-future


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blepharon ,
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@Miro_Collas @palestine

NEVER AGAIN....

for Jews
for Sabra & Shatila Palestinians & Lebanese Shia
for Palestinians
for Rohingyans
for Ukrainians
for Armenians
for Irish
for Iraquis
for Turkmen
for Cambodians
for Chileans
for Rwandans
for Bengalis
for Rwandans
for Sudanese
for Yazidis
for Congolese
for Bosnians
for Isaaqis
for Anfalis
for Ndebele
for East Timorese
for Ugandan Acholi & Lango
for Burundians
for Zanzibar Arabs

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_genocides

and many many more.

QasimRashid , to random
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Given that Israel refuses to recognize Palestine, what will the world (ahem, USA) do to ensure justice before the next 34K Palestinians are killed, the next 600K illegal settlements are built, & the hope of a Palestinian state is lost forever?

My latest: https://qasimrashid.substack.com/p/does-israel-recognize-palestines-a99

blepharon ,
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@QasimRashid

Do Palestinians under illegal occupation, suffering illegal attacks and illegal destruction of infrastructure, have the right under International Humanitarian Law, to defend themselves, their families, their homes, their land, against unlawful violence, unlawful seizure, unlawful destruction?
If yes, then how?
If no, then why not?


mondoweiss , to palestine group
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Columbia University's president told a GOP-led congressional committee that the school had disciplined multiple professors over their views on Gaza. The hearing came as campuses across the country has been escalating attacks on Palestine activism.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/04/columbia-university-president-tells-congress-school-has-disciplined-professors-over-views-on-gaza/


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blepharon ,
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@mondoweiss @palestine @israel

Israel is beginning to look like the "Barbara Streisand" of the United Nations, when it comes to protecting their reputation.

Their behaviour has put their entire future at risk (and possibly ours too).

MikeDunnAuthor , to random
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If Israel is not seeking war with Iran, why is its war cabinet meeting and vowing that they will "exact a price"?

blepharon ,
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@MikeDunnAuthor

Because Netanyahu is totally focused on avoiding conviction for corruption (& therefore jail), and his cabinet henchmen & henchwomen are totally focused on genocide (according to their own repeated on-the-record public statements). Then the Gaza oil & gas can be drilled & maybe a canal built, & some beachside real estate sold to rich settlers. So everyone wins (except Palestinians, but they were abandoned by the global powers somewhere around 1917).
Anything else is just PR.

blepharon , to random
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Bellingcat investigation concludes IDF attack on WCK aid convoy was deliberate, not accidental.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israels-intentional-killing-of-7-aid-workers-confirmed-by-bellingcat-watchdog-report/3181886







Miro_Collas , to palestine group
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UK government lawyers say Israel is breaking international law, claims top Tory in leaked recording | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/30/uk-government-lawyers-say-israel-is-breaking-international-law-claims-top-tory-in-leaked-recording

"The revelation will place Lord Cameron and prime minister Rishi Sunak under intense pressure because any such legal advice would mean the UK had to cease all arms sales to Israel without delay."


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blepharon ,
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Maybe Lord Goldsmith could share HIS opinion? If anyone can find a legal loophole to justify bombing Arabs, he can. After all, he helped provide a legal figleaf for Tony Blair to go to war against Iraq, and help destabilise the Middle East for a generation, costing millions of lives and livelihoods.

blepharon ,
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@Lassielmr @Miro_Collas @palestine

He's worth keeping an eye on.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/russia-ukraine-goldsmith-sberbank-b2026882.html

blepharon , to random
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We shouldn't accuse Israel of carelessness re. civilian deaths in Gaza.
The killing is calculated, & gov't policy.
Who says so?
Israel.
https://www.972mag.com/mass-assassination-factory-israel-calculated-bombing-gaza/

One goal of this AI controlled slaughter is to exert "civil pressure" on Hamas by targeting significant civil infrastructure. (ie: Israeli terrorism)

Their AI murder software is called "Habsora" (The Gospel).

We are complicit if we remain silent or give support or fail to prevent Genocide.




OlivetreeLighthouse , to palestine group
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An undercover investigation by Al Jazeera in how the Israeli Lobby interferes & influences the Politics in
@palestine @PalestineNews

blepharon ,
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@OlivetreeLighthouse @palestine @PalestineNews

Link?
Is this a new one?
Or this one from the Corbyn era, when no one was listening to us? How things change.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ceCOhdgRBoc

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/investigations/2017/1/10/the-lobby-young-friends-of-israel-part-1/

oatmeal , to palestine group
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#WestBank (occupied) / Blinken says Israel's new settlements in West Bank "inconsistent" with international law

[…] Speaking at a news conference during a trip to Buenos Aires, #Blinken said the United States was disappointed in Israel's announcement of plans for building new housing in the occupied West Bank, saying they were counterproductive to reaching an enduring peace.
[…] "They're also inconsistent with international law. Our administration maintains a firm opposition to settlement expansion, and in our judgment this only weakens, doesn't strengthen Israel's security," Blinken said.

#Reuters https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/blinken-says-israels-new-settlements-west-bank-inconsistent-with-international-2024-02-23/

@israel
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#USA
#Palestine
#Israel #IsraelOccupation

blepharon ,
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@oatmeal @israel @palestine

Why couldn't he say words like:
illegal
unlawful
break international law
or even, after taking a deep breath...
war crime?

blepharon ,
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@oatmeal @ogalachowski @israel @palestine

Israell quite openly now DENIES the occupation. Their line (even if it is wartime rhetoric) is that it is THEIR land. They say it is all eretz Israel. They claim sovereignty from "the river Jordan to the Mediterranean" (or "from the river to the sea" to put it another way). That's why Netanyahu calls the enemy "Amalek".
And their allies don't challenge that language or those claims. Which makes my country complicit in war crimes and genocide.

Miro_Collas , to palestine group
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Israel’s war on Gaza live: Over 100 Palestinians killed in 24 hours | Israel War on Gaza News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/23/israels-war-on-gaza-live-local-authorities-report-central-gaza-massacre

  • Blinken says US ‘disappointed’ in announcement of new Israeli settlements
  • Fighting rages in Gaza City neighbourhood
  • Hunger, lack of medicine cause Palestinians in Gaza to face ‘death every moment’: Hamas



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blepharon ,
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@Miro_Collas @palestine

How many Palestinian deaths will it take before Israel's allies start using the same sort of language about Israel's war crimes as they use about the deaths caused by Hamas on Oct 7th?

Does the death toll need to be 50,000 or 100,000 before Blinken will speak of horrific atrocities or war crimes? or use words like murder, massacre, unspeakable violence? Or even genocide? Will me feel merely "uncomfortable" at 200,000 Palestinian deaths?

blepharon ,
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@harriettmb @Miro_Collas @palestine

I'm reasonably sure, VERY sure actually, that Sisi does not WANT that camp in the Sinai. It would disturb the power balance in his own country, just like it complicated things for Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.
Is his hand being forced? If so, who by?
And why? I can guess, but I have no idea.
Certainly Israel's war-leaders have given every indication of planning for expulsion or extermination, and I don't hear Israel's allies trying seriously to stop that crime.

cam , to random
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I'm fasting for every Thursday until

Since last Thursday

  • Israelis have made Nasser hospital inoperable
  • Israeli/US bombs massacre hundreds of civilians in Rafah, the last refuge in Gaza
  • Biden vetos a security council resolution for a permanent ceasefire and the release of all
  • Smotrich (Israeli finance minister) says is not important
  • Israel does not allow aid to enter and the UN has given up on North Gaza aid

https://bit.ly/fastforgaza

blepharon ,
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@cam @palestine

One state, one vassal?

blepharon , to random
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Text of the SNP ceasefire motion for UK parliament this week:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/feb/19/kemi-badenoch-post-office-scandal-alexei-navalny-uk-politics-live?page=with:block-65d31dc78f08dfb189f50058#block-65d31dc78f08dfb189f50058

Labour will squirm and wriggle about that word "immediate" - as if 28000+ deaths, of mostly women and children, ought to go on for a bit longer.

At the ICJ the irrefutable legal arguments about the occupation are being made. But they don't seem to convince Labour.



Here is the text of the SNP motion for debate on Wednesday. "That this house calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Israel; notes with shock and distress that the death toll has now risen beyond 28,000, the vast majority of whom were women and children; further notes that there are currently 1.5 million Palestinians sheltering in Rafah, 610,000 of whom are children; also notes that they have nowhere else to go; condemns any military assault on what is now the largest refugee camp in the world; further calls for the immediate release of all hostages taken by Hamas and an end to the collective punishment of the Palestinian people; and recognises that the only way to stop the slaughter of innocent civilians is to press for a ceasefire now."
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    RichardJMurphy , to random
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    Labour’s tribalism makes it a profoundly small minded party. And small-mindedness is the enemy of most things of value, including peace. https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/02/19/labours-tribalism-makes-it-a-profoundly-small-minded-party-and-small-mindedness-is-the-enemy-of-most-things-of-value-including-peace/. Will Starmer finally let his party join the SNP in voting for a ceasefire in Gaza this week? Despite his words at the weekend, don’t bank on it.

    blepharon ,
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    @harriettmb @RichardJMurphy

    Mid March may be what Israel is saying, but people are being killed by the IDF right now, in Rafah, the "safe zone". Starmer's credibility as a leader and potential statesman diminishes daily (from a v low starting point). He a cross between a puppet and a follower.

    mondoweiss , to israel group
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    ‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 133: Israel cuts electricity to critical Nasser Hospital patients, forces staff to evacuate

    Medicins Sans Frontiers reports “an unknown number of dead and wounded” following Israel’s attack on Nasser Hospital. UNRWA says 84% of Gaza health facilities have been impacted by Israeli attacks, and 70% of civilian infrastructure has been damaged.

    https://mondoweiss.net/2024/02/operation-al-aqsa-flood-day-133-israel-cuts-electricity-to-critical-nasser-hospital-patients-forces-staff-to-evacuate/


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    ariadne , to random
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    Excellent piece by Nesrine Malik in today's about and reprehensible, unwavering support of 's genocide against -
    "Something odd is happening. A sort of glitch or malfunction. politicians who refuse to call for a in or halt support for Israel’s assault are no longer making sense, and increasingly seem as though they are going through a crisis. Garbled language and contradictory statements are becoming common among establishment figures. When was asked if cutting off water and supplies are actions that fall within international law, he said on live radio that “does have that right”. Then, his party claimed he never said this at all. When Starmer said that would not recognise unilaterally, his own shadow foreign secretary, David Lammy, told the Financial Times that Labour would consider it ... Meanwhile, said he was “worried” that Israel may have broken international law, but that this did not change the UK’s stance on exporting weapons to Israel. Riddle me that ... You might call this tendency Schrödinger’s policy. The US secretary of state, Antony , said that 7 October could not be taken as licence to “dehumanise” others, but his government chose twice to invoke the right to bypass Congress and provide more weapons to Israel ... This dissonance is a product of attempting to reconcile an irreconcilable position. The facts are simply too stark for anyone to confront them while plausibly continuing to support Israel’s actions in Gaza. So politicians instead resort to contradictory and sometimes wild explanations to avoid calling out these actions or demanding that anything should be done about them."

    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/12/israel-gaza-liberal-politicians-starmer-biden

    blepharon ,
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    @ariadne An eg of "Liberal" politicians not making sense - Starmer & Shadow For Sec Lammy issue panicky simultaneous word for word posts on Xitter calling for a "sustainable " ceasefire, 4 months too late. We were always going to end up here (forced expulsion or extermination - what Israeli gov't ministers had been boasting about) it was soooo predictable - & predicted. Even by ignoramus like me. Weeks ago). When Israelis talk about "river to sea", that's not a slogan, its a policy.

    mondoweiss , to palestine group
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    Zionism’s promise to give Jews freedom in their own land has utterly failed. Jews are more insecure in Israel than ever, while American Jews’ promise to support Israel blindly has allowed Israel to paint itself into a fascistic supremacist corner.

    https://mondoweiss.net/2024/01/the-failure-of-zionism-and-the-triumph-of-the-israel-lobby/?utm_content=bufferb1128&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer


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    blepharon ,
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    @mondoweiss @palestine @israel

    And diaspora Jews are at more risk than any time since 2007.

    Which doesn't seem to concern any of those who campaign about antisemitism (the real kind and the weaponised kind).

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