Please do all you can to object to the genocide of Palestinians (Thread 2)

Russia’s sports teams were banned from international competitions soon after its invasion of Ukraine.

But as the Israeli military destroys over half of Gaza and is set to invade over a million sheltering in Rafah, its sports teams play on.

Call for the ban of Israel’s sports teams from international competition now.
https://actions.eko.org/a/olympics-and-fifa-ban-israel-from-international-sports-now?sp_ref=842413080.99.229739.e.694815.2&referring_akid=131052.8651656.qugSfD&referring_source=fwd&source=mlt

IKR?! When the New York Times article came out, I had to hold my tongue (or fingers, rather) because I knew if I would get piled on if said anything. That article had no evidence for the claims it was making. People like Max Blumenthal pointed out its issues from the start and now the controversy surrounding it is even worse. Am I seriously supposed to blindly believe stuff like they cut off a women's breasts and kicked it around? Was I supposed to believe the 40 dead babies, the babies on the washing line, the woman who had her foetus cut out of her, or that Hamas members tortured and dismembered a family of three then sat down and had meal, none of which happened? Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, especially when this atrocity propoganda is being used to justify genocide. Now people are being starved to death, having 2000lbs bombs dropped on their heads, having IDF soldiers run over them with tanks for fun and there's plenty evidence of that.

Many more people in Gaza will be killed by Israeli forces and weapons sold by western powers.

Clearly for the western world not all lives are important. They did not talk openly about the settlements that caused endless issues for the Palestinians. There are hateful right wing people ready to build in Gaza and again these same western powers will not say anything
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3-Sw97NxbD/?igsh=MTkxZ2tzZWgwMjN0eQ==

The terrorists acts in October have now given the Israeli government and its supporters in Israel carte blanche to start planning homes on the graves of innocent people.

Russian is despicable in its actions in Ukraine but Israel are perfectly legitimate in its acts towards Palestinians regardless of international law, regardless of what most countries in the world thing.

Shame on those who think this is acceptable and okay. If you got rid of the world Israel and Palestine and explained what has happened to anyone with common sense and decency they would see the actions of the Israeli government as wrong. I hear British and American politicians talking and I can’t believe the rubbish coming out of their mouths - they don’t believe half the things they say and the support they give for the Israeli government and it’s simply for money. How they sleep at night is beyond me, positions of power and they simply couldn’t care less about innocent Palestinians, shame on them all.

I was wondering when this would come out. Absolutely ridiculous situation. And anyone on Mumsnet who queried the lack of evidence back when this was published was hounded and harassed 🙄

https://theintercept.com/2024/02/28/new-york-times-anat-schwartz-october-7/

Dr Mike Ryan of the WHO says “This is a population that is starving to death”
This guy is 100% on the ball- he’s been called the fireman of global health
Im going to post a graphic from the New York Times on the hunger and disease thread

The photos are real. I have friends still in Gaza. It's so horrible. This will have very serious repurcusions around the world.

@ConnieCounter I think I saw the post you are referring too, it’s so heartbreaking 💔

@Scirocco yes, I saw this too. The utter hypocrisy. What a disgusting man Netanyahu is

And while many young Israelis and reservists have been sent in to combat, certain politicians' children appear to be somewhere very different... (Apologies for Daily Fail link)

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13076037/Benjamin-Netanyahu-son-Yair-Florida-apartment-Israel-war-Hamas-Gaza.html

I'm seeing a horrendous photo on social media of a little child called Anhar Saqr Al-Shanbari, with captions saying the child starved to death in Beit Hanoun in Northern Gaza. I won't post the picture - people can google the details if they want to.

I'm always sceptical about social media so my first thought was to presume (hope) it wasn't real, but then obviously if people have been without adequate food for months, and now no food for weeks, this is bound to be the result. And there's no one to report on this so it won't appear in mainstream media.

@BelleHathor so, so true. I’m sure if any of these politicians had to have their children living in Gaza or going to ground combat anywhere in the region the situation would be very different.

Yes, he represents a growing sentiment coming from former and active duty soldiers.

Some of the loudest anti war sentiment is coming from people who fought these Wars in the Middle East. They know the destruction caused, civilians injured/killed, colleagues injured/killed (then given substandard care when they return home).

They know that if this escalates it's will be their "boots" on the ground, whilst politicians cash in their donations from Lobbyists.

In situations like that, there are frequently policies requiring that somebody does that, so while the optics are pretty bad, that guard is probably doing exactly what he's trained to do in that role in the situation.

The people I really struggle to maintain any respect for are the people walking... walking!... with fire extinguishers.

It's an emergency. You run in an emergency. And yes, that includes running towards potentially scary things. It's what you do in that job.

@inkworks273 I just watched the speech you posted from Bath. Thanks you for sharing it. So moving.

How is this still being allowed to happen? I have never in my life been so ashamed to be British.

https://x.com/megatron_ron/status/1762679987713327606?s=61&t=nilGqPeurpC5xVqZAZdZog

from Megatron on twitter:

“More VETERANS in the US are raising their voices against the Israeli genocide and the brutal massacre of children

Alan Shebaro, a US veteran with a powerful message:

"My name is Alan Shebaro. I was with the 3rd Special Forces Group. I was with the Commanders in Extremis Force in the B23. I was a sniper, an assaulter, and a breacher. I did three rotations: 2008, 2009, and 2007.

I know war.

What is going on in Palestine right now is NOT A WAR.

It is the dehumanization. It's the GENOCIDE. It's the ethnic cleansing. Of a specific people to take their land. This is WRONG. And there's nothing more American than speaking out against what's wrong.

The US taxpayer is paying for this, which makes it even more frustrating. This needs to STOP.

Whatever you can do, anything, this needs to stop."

”People choose to forget what is inconvenient.”
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0oqahlvfVh/?igsh=MXB1bjJ2ZHptYWhlcg==

Scenes of Aid landing operations from Jordanian planes.

Civilians were also shot at for trying to get to the aid.

www.instagram.com/p/C30HrvAvBR3/?igsh=MWNxa2Jua3Azdzhkag==

I have to admit I didn’t watch the whole thing and I had the sound off!

Honestly, don't!

It easily ranks among the most horrific things I have ever seen - and, again, I have seen people killed IRL.

It's scarring!

@HeidiInTheBigCity I can't bring myself to watch it but the way you describe it does sound bone chilling.

Not sure "sad" is the right word! At least not for me. "Utterly horrifying" comes closer!

Having seen actual children shot to death IRL, having spent the last few months essentially being inundated with pictures of maimed dead bodies and horryfying injuries ... there is still something chilling about that video. The way he keeps on yelling "free palestine" until the yelling turns into screams of agony. I could not help but wonder "what were you thinking at that moment? were you still as full of conviction as mere seconds earlier?"

Burning alive is a horrible, horrible way to die! Even the Spanish Inquisition would show "mercy" to heretics who converted after their conviction by strangling them instead of or before burning them!

And, yes, I am perfectly aware of self-immolation having a long tradition as an extreme form of protest - still, it is bone chilling!

This is very sad, he must have felt incredibly desperate and in pain to do that.

The security guard was probably petrified.