This is the reality of what Israel is doing (part 2)

Israel with US support is a strategic danger to world interests.

Where did you see/here the interview with JM, I've really appreciated his analysis. Alistair Crooke has also been very interesting to listen to.

Not many amusing things in this business but couldn't help but smile seeing that Netanyahu is sooo cross that he's told the Israeli embassy in DC not to accommodate Gantz during his stay

Apparently, we'll be seeing Gantz in the UK later this week so maybe he'll be onto the Israeli embassy here too

So petty

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Remember that Gantz is America's preferred replacement for Netanyahu. He is infinitely more "manageable".

During an interview that Professor John Mearsheimer gave last week he emphasised that a growing group in the American security apparatus see Israel as a strategic danger to American interests in the region.

So heartbreaking 💔 I saw a photo of him and he literally was just skin and bones :(

It's on Al Jazeera's Instagram page @Babyboomtastic

www.instagram.com/p/C4Fe7rvshjH/?igsh=a2FreWZqeTZib2xx

@Efacsen definitely unusual especially during the war, if it is true.

Yazan Kafarnah has died out of malnutrition this morning in Gaza. His pic has been released in the last few days to proof what kids are currently going through

This is where I read it - so an unofficial Israeli source @Babyboomtastic

Top members of Israeli military’s Spokesperson’s Unit resign: Report

Senior members of the Israeli military’s Spokesperson’s Unit have resigned, including high-ranking spokesperson Daniel Hagari, according to Israel’s Channel 14.

Also among the resignations are Richard Hecht, the international spokesperson for the Israeli military.

It has not been announced how many officials have left the unit, formerly led by Hagari, but Channel 14 described the large number of resignations at once during wartime as “unusual”.

Is there any confirmation of this? I've seen it on twitter and Instagram, but nothing more than that. It's v interesting if it is true though.

No idea @anotherlevel

Do you know why they have resigned?

Yep Daniel Hagari and half his team

Plus Benny Gantz in DC schmoozing with the Biden administration without Netanyahu's permission

What a mess

Indeed

Off topic but look who has apparently resigned...

www.instagram.com/p/C4FP9u5NqLw/?igsh=YWlwdG12bHltY2M3

She might be trying to save her arse

Even Kamala Harris speaking up for the starving in Gaza

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/04/kamala-harris-israel-idf-gaza-catastrophe-ceasefire-hamas-hostage-deal

Further evidence that the Israeli army has no regard whatsoever for Palestinian life. It's a long thread - see it all.

This is both sad and worrying from UNICEF [15 babies have now died of starvation in hospital]

‘Child deaths we feared’ in Gaza are here: UNICEF

The UN’s children fund has warned that many more children in Gaza will die of dehydration and malnutrition unless there is direct intervention to provide assistance.

“Now, the child deaths we feared are here and are likely to rapidly increase unless the war ends and obstacles to humanitarian relief are immediately resolved,” said Adele Khodr, UNICEF regional director for MENA, in a statement.

“The sense of helplessness and despair among parents and doctors in realising that lifesaving aid, just a few kilometres away, is being kept out of reach, must be as unbearable, but worse still are the anguished cries of those babies slowly perishing under the world’s gaze. The lives of thousands more babies and children depend on urgent action being taken now.”

Another one to add to the list

At least nine killed after Israeli air strike hits aid truck in Deir el-Balah

Terrible situation is an understatement, you have the collective punishment of the people of Gaza.

I agree with you if only Hamas had not done what it did - it was disgusting and wrong. Full stop.

Would you support me in saying if only these political leaders in Israel did not take the stance they did and do and have no intention of recognising Palestinians and their rights:

• Finance Minister who is an illegal settler Bezalel Smotrich in March 2023 said he wanted to wipe of the Palestinian town of Huwara.

Hamas actions cannot be justified. They have no place in the solution to what I naively hope would be a two state solution. With these right wing hateful individuals in power in Israel who clearly hate Palestinians, who don’t want to acknowledge their right to existence on par to them it will not be happening.

You cannot be completely blind to the history of the region, to the settlements, to organisations like Breaking the Silence where IDF soldiers give testimony of their regretful actions….

My first thought on reading the post too.

Are you being sarcastic?

Michael Fakhri, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food.

‘Israel has been intentionally starving the Palestinian people in Gaza since October 8. Now famine may very well be already occurring. The only way to end/prevent this famine is an immediate ceasefire. And the only way to get a ceasefire is to sanction Israel.’

Looks like a ceasefire might be coming in the next couple of days, but if that doesn’t happen I can’t see any other way.

The state of Israel purports to be the state for all the Jewish people. Any Jew, from anywhere, has a right to become a citizen there. Of course, this doesn't mean that all Jews are on board with this state or it's actions (and many are not). However, the Israeli government and Zionist sympathisers contribute to this misconception every time they label criticism of Israel as anti-Semitism.

Someone upthread was asking what kind of medical aid was being refused passage by Israel - CNN have investigated

Maternity kits, anaesthetics, sleeping bags among items banned by Israel to enter Gaza: CNN report

A CNN investigation has found that Israel is obstructing the entrance of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, as some parts of the territory faces famine.

Interviewing more than two dozen humanitarian and government officials, the report says that Israel has imposed “arbitrary and contradictory criteria” regarding access to vital aid.

The items most frequently rejected by the Israelis include anesthetics and anesthesia machines, oxygen cylinders, ventilators and water filtration systems. Other products such as dates, sleeping bags, medicines to treat cancer, water purification tablets and maternity kits have also been denied entry.

According to Janti Soeripto, the US president and chief executive of Save the Children who was interviewed by CNN, she has “never seen anything like the level of barriers being put in place to hamper humanitarian assistance”.