This is the reality of what Israel is doing (part 7)

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/19/killing-of-young-siblings-at-gaza-water-point-shows-seeking-lifes-essentials-now-a-deadly-peril

A continuation of https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/conflict-in-the-middle-east/5311075-this-is-the-reality-of-what-israel-is-doing-part-6?page=1

The Israeli army are using aid centres as target practice.

The Israeli government is proposing building a 'refugee' centre in Rafah with an extra special feature - no one is allowed to leave.

Hotel California?

Israel's Ben Gvir calls for abducting Lebanese 'women and youth' to pressure Hezbollah

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israels-ben-gvir-proposes-arresting-lebanese-women-and-youth-pressure-hezbollah

Hostages? Oh the irony!

It’s what they are doing in the West bank
I’m not surprised

Here’s some very telling words from
Israeli Minister of Culture and Sports Miki Zohar in a press conference
“We continue to shape the Middle East as it should be”
?!

Agreed. It 's obvious that they find taking hostages acceptable when they're ones doing it.

New footage has emerged in the killing of seven-month-old Palestinian Sam Abu Haikal in the occupied West Bank. The video, released by Israeli human rights group B’Tselem, appears to show the family's car slowing to a stop before an Israeli soldier opens fire.

https://news.sky.com/video/new-footage-emerges-of-the-killing-of-seven-month-old-palestinian-sam-abu-haikal-in-the-west-bank-13552777

Israel getting caught in their lies again

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRcH5nF3/

From ITV News on TikTok.

Israel laying waste to Lebanon. Nothing to do with Hezbollah/proxies/Iran. Just destruction and a land grab.

Won't be long until some Hollywood celebrity will be advertising luxury Israeli apartments on the stolen land.

Yeah, I read about Gwenny. Delightful.

Sundays land sale in London even ! ?

. 'Another Gaza': Israel is destroying entire villages in southern Lebanon
WORLD
LEBANON
MIDDLE EAST
ISRAEL
Friday 12 June 2026 at 10:57am

James Mates
Europe Editor

ITV News' James Mates speaks to people from southern Lebanon who say that what Israel is repeating what it has done in Gaza in their communities
Additional reporting by ITV News Content Editor Jessica Omari
What we saw in southern Lebanon did not look like acts of war, carried out in the heat of battle.
This was the deliberate, systematic destruction of whole Lebanese villages in the name of fighting Hezbollah

With each passing week, more and more of southern Lebanon is left looking like a desolate landscape.
A white wall marks the border: on one side we saw pristine and untouched Israeli homes; on the other, just rubble.
What Israel has done in Gaza, it proudly says it is doing in Lebanon.

Homes have been reduced to rubble along Lebanon's border with Israel.Credit: ITV News
Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz summed up his plans in March by saying: “All the houses in the villages close to the border would be demolished, according to the model of Beit Hanoun and Rafah in Gaza strip.”

We travelled as far south as we could safely go in Lebanon, to the Abbasiyah Intersection in Tyre - anything travelling further south is subject to attack.

The world is not allowed to see anything the Israeli military is doing further south, exactly as happened in Gaza.

So, the evidence we have is what we can collect from phone footage and eyewitness accounts.
In the village of Mays al Jabal not a house remains standing.

Lubnan told us there was no fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in the house or in the area. But he said the house was still detonated.
“There were bombs put there and then the explosion happened,” he told us,
Now a refugee in Beirut, the next time she saw it was on a video sent to her phone, surrounded by Israeli troops.
A satellite picture now reveals all that is left of her village of Beit Lif. A moonscape. The homes of 7,000 people bulldozed out of existence – 7,000 stories, each as painful as Sara’s.

“None of the houses are still standing, even the hospital, the school and the municipal buildings,” she said, “as soon as this started, I asked myself, is this another Gaza happening here in Lebanon?”

How can people return to this?

There are powerful voices in Israel urging that 600,000 people never be allowed back to live here.
That is the abiding dread of the three who told us their story, three voices who speak for so many.’

Meanwhile in Gaza news of bombs and the killing of more and more Palestinians every day

with a report a few days ago of the Israeli line being moved again

Israeli military kills six in Gaza and expands control zone, locals say
By Nidal Al-Mughrabi
June 8, 202611:45 AM GMT+1Updated June 8, 2026
…
Netanyahu told Israeli forces to expand Gaza control
Most of Gazans now live in tiny sliver of land

More settler violence Reuters etc confirmed the attack on This significant Christian area

TAYBEH BURNING: ISRAELI SETTLERS SET CHRISTIAN VILLAGE ALIGHT, IMPEDE FIREFIGHTERS
12 June 2026
By Fr. Bashar Fawadleh, parish priest, Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Taybeh, Palestine
(from Development and Peace Caritas Canada )

Across the illegally occupied West Bank, Israeli settlers invade villages, grab land, disrupt livelihoods and assault Palestinians with impunity, usually with state support. Settlers and soldiers have killed more Palestinians over the past three years than over the preceding 17 combined. Just since January 2025, they have conducted over 2,500 attacks; razed more than 2,100 structures, including over 600 homes; and displaced nearly 40,000 people.

Earlier this week, they came for Taybeh. It was not the first time they targeted this last remaining all-Christian settlement of Palestine. In July 2025, Israeli settlers had similarly spread terror in the town, prompting the priests of its three churches to release a statement that was republished on our website. Fr. Bashar Fawadleh had also during a webinar that Development and Peace ― Caritas Canadahad organized last year.

Fr. Bashar’s statement on this latest attack highlights how ineffective Canada’s response to West Bank settler expansionism has been. Content to join peer countries in issuing the occasional mild condemnation or some very limited sanctions,

TAYBEH UNDER ATTACK: LIVE FIRE AND ASSAULTS AMID EFFORTS TO CONTAIN AN ARSON BLAZE
2026-06-10
Yesterday evening, Tuesday at approximately 8:30 p.m., we were subjected to yet another attack―one that was complex, alarming, and difficult to comprehend or justify.
The events began with a fire being deliberately set across a large area of Jabal Al-Masis, opposite the fuel station. Palestinian firefighting crews were initially prevented from reaching the site due to the absence of the necessary security coordination, allowing the fire to spread and threaten surrounding land and property.

In response to this danger, a group of young men from the town volunteered to assist in extinguishing the fire by bringing a water tanker to the area. Instead of being allowed to carry out this humanitarian effort, they were surrounded and obstructed by settlers.
The situation then escalated further when another group of young men was attacked.
Several individuals were physically assaulted, two vehicles were damaged, and a mobile phone was stolen.
Most alarming of all, live fire was directed at us on three separate occasions during these events.

Such actions represent a grave escalation that endangered civilian lives and spread fear among the residents of our community.
The fire was eventually brought under control only after the required coordination procedures were completed, enabling Palestinian firefighters to access the area, and with the arrival of the Israeli police, preventing the blaze from spreading further.

What we are experiencing is not a series of isolated incidents, but an ongoing pattern of intimidation and unjustified violence that undermines our fundamental right to safety, security, and dignity. The people of Taybeh, like all people everywhere, seek only to live peacefully on their land, free from fear and repeated attacks.

We therefore call upon the international community, friendly nations, human rights organizations, churches, and humanitarian institutions to assume their moral and legal responsibilities and take meaningful action to stop the escalating attacks against Taybeh and its residents.

Taybeh, a town of profound historical and spiritual significance, known as the only remaining entirely Christian Palestinian town in the West Bank and home to the descendants of the first believers in Christ’s message, deserves protection, dignity, and peace—not fear, intimidation, and recurring violence.
Our message is simple and clear: we want to live in peace. We want our children to grow up in safety and our families to enjoy a normal life, just like people everywhere else in the world. This is a basic human right that must be respected and protected.’

The West Bank and Jerusalem are home to around 50,000 Palestinian Christians, members of a religious community there stretching back to antiquity in a region that is home to many of the faith's most important holy sites.
Taybeh is one of the only Christian villages remaining in the West Bank and was visited last year by the Greek Orthodox patriarch and the Roman Catholic cardinal of Jerusalem.

As an aside
I believe this thread is a good way to document whats going on in real time
A historical narrative that can’t be denied if we produce the source
because

Israel Co ordinates its public messaging and narratives regarding operations in Gaza, Iran and Lebanon through multiple government and military bodies. The primary apparatuses responsible for this official diplomacy include
The IDF spokespersons unit
The National Public spokespersons unit
The Ministry of foreign affairs

from wiki

‘These communications—often collectively referred to by the Hebrew term hasbara (meaning "explanation" or "public diplomacy")—aim to justify military actions, deflect allegations of misconduct, and highlight security threats to the Israeli public.

However, these institutional efforts are a subject of intense debate. International bodies, human rights organizations, and various foreign governments frequently dispute these narratives, accusing Israel of utilizing misinformation to deflect from the humanitarian crisis. Detailed accounts of these differing perspectives can be found in Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International reports regarding the conflict ‘

So just in case you were wondering why I’m using this thread so much to update on
‘The reality of what Israel is doing’

This site, now at 7 threads, is documenting what is actually happening. So we don’t forget and aren’t misguided by propaganda, wherever that may come from.

Completely agree with you @Stirabout . Because there is not a huge amount of commentary and no arguments or toxic behavior on this thread and the previous ones it has become a safe space for the frightening but truthful account if the actions of the actions of the Israeli government.

It is so important to be able to read information from yourself and other valuable contributers.

Thanks and agree
luckily we aren’t seeing derails either !

I totally agree @Stirabout and @Martymcfly24.

I read daily reports but don’t often have time to repost and also miss things so very grateful for the updates on here.

Also very glad it’s peaceful - no arguments or derails, just info.

Agree @Ellen2shoes @Stirabout @Martymcfly24

Saw some great footage of Bosnian Herzegovina fans in Toronto chanting in solidarity with Palestinians. They understand a genocide when they see one

The Great Israeli land sale

Looking for updates on this in the news There's very little at the moment
Perhaps there will be a mention later by UK news outlets. At the moment the only news outlet is
The New Arab so whether people have a problem with this news agency or not I’m afraid it’s the only one bothering to update us

Protesters attacked, arrested in London demo against Great Israeli Real Estate event

Oliver Mizzi
London
14 June, 2026

Pro-Palestine protesters against the 'Great Israeli Real Estate Event' in north London were attacked by counter demonstrators, with Met police intervening.

Scores protest outside the Great Israeli Real Estate event in northwest London on Sunday [PYM]

Pro-Palestine protesters demonstrating against the 'Great Israeli Real Estate Event' on Sunday have been attacked by counterprotesters in Northwest London's Edgware, with police arresting activists.

Protesters were attacked while they were on their way to the demonstration, according to The New Arab's journalist Kitty Grant, who was present at the scene and described scenes of chaos.

Grant said counterprotesters went up to the activists after crossing over Edgware road, where the protest was being held, and began shouting, shoving and hitting the demonstrators.
"The pro-Palestine protesters were completely peaceful, just walking. They came up to them [and] started attacking them," she said, noting the counterprotesters appeared to be targeting pro-Palestine visibly Jewish men.

She also noted that London's MET police carried out a wave of arrests, of both pro-Palestine activists and counterprotesters.

The Met police later said on X that six protesters have been arrested for public order offences, and that Edgware rd was being temporarily closed.

Footage of the protest seen by The New Arab shows police pinning peaceful protesters to the ground while some held posters that read "thou shall not steal" and waved the Palestinian flag.
'Apartheid and annexation'

The protest comes following mass condemnation of the event's links to illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.

The real estate event is one of a series of international conferences of its kind, marketing property in the occupied West Bank, and has been described as "apartheid and annexation with a sales pitch" by Amnesty International UK.

The event was held at the Edgware United Synagogue at midday and called on attendees to find their "dream home" and register interest in the Gush Etzion Israeli settlement, which the UK government considers to be illegal.
Jeanine Hourani from the Palestinian Youth Movement, one of the groups participating in the protest, told The New Arab that the protest took place because the event has not been cancelled, despite widespread calls to do so within the UK.
This includes demands for cancellation from over 100 MPs, who said in a letter to Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper that allowing the event to go ahead would be inconsistent with government policy and run counter to the country's international legal obligations.
"Over the last three years, Israel has attempted to make genocide the new normal and people of conscience around the world refused," Hourani said.
"Today, they are trying to make the selling of our homeland normal, and so we must also refuse," she added.

The New Arab reached out to Edgware United Synagogue for comment, but did not receive a response by the time of publication.

London mayor slams event
London Mayor Sadiq Khan, alongside human rights groups, also condemned the event. During Mayor's Question Time on Friday, he decried Israeli settlements as "unjustifiable and illegal under international law".
The International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network will also protest the event, set to be held at the crossroads of Broadhurst Avenue and Edgware Way.

Earlier this week, the CEO of one of the event's main sponsors, the Emanuel Group, revealed a list of the companies participating in the event in a post on Facebook. The list includes several real estate companies involved in illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.
This includes Harey Zahav, which advertises property in the settlement of Negohot, the Meshulam Levinstein Group, which has built residential and commercial projects in the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem, and Tivuch Shelly real estate agency, which advertises property in the settlement of Ma'ale Adunim.

The synagogue has been issued a legal notice by the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP), which said on X: "Our letter warns the venue of several legal and reputational risks and calls on them to cancel the event immediately."

The ICJP warned that though the synagogue may not be involved in the event's organisation, "hosting the event would inevitably facilitate its operation and confer legitimacy upon it."
The ICJP also said that there are both legal and commercial risks if businesses engage in activity related to illegal settlements, based on UK government guidance.
Israeli settlements are illegal under international law, as is Israel's occupation of the West Bank, according to the International Court of Justice.
The UK, Australia, Canada, France and Norway issued sanctionsagainst "networks" financing and facilitating violent settler attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on 9 June, though many rights groups say the sanctions don't go far enough.’

Saw some footage of extremely offensive chants from those in support of the event
"Palestine doesn't exist we squashed it" "There is no Palestine we've flattened it"
Grim to see adults on London streets taking such delight in the result of ethnic cleansing.

Edited to add, I guess as a positive it demonstrates their real view on things which is a greater Israel and no Palestine. The pretence is slipping

I just saw it there too @Boolabus . I was genuinely shocked by the venom and vitriol these people had in their faces and their words. They were literally the very definition of a hate march.

If " from the river to the sea" is considered a genocidal chant I wonder what posters would make of "Palestine doesn't exist we squashed it" "There is no Palestine we've flattened it"

I can’t think why this event was allowed to proceed. The hypocrisy is evident in its conception, and following in the footsteps of recent terrorist settler sanctions, was made glaringly so. Unwise, to put it mildly.

Whereas from the river to the sea has been chanted by many as a slogan to end occupation, rather than an end to the existence of Israel, there was no ambiguity to those chants today.

(Worth adding that thankfully the chanters were a minority and of course they are by no means representative of the Jewish community in the UK, most of whom oppose settler policy and see it as an obstacle to peace).

"Protesting at a synagogue based on false pretences seems to be little more than an excuse to harass and intimidate members of the Jewish community.”
(Board of Deputies of British Jews)

What a way to twist the narrative. Unbelievable.

Completely twisting the narrative and not even attempting to address the reason for the protest. I would actually suggest it is gaslighting. From stirabouts post above

The synagogue has been issued a legal notice by the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP), which said on X: "Our letter warns the venue of several legal and reputational risks and calls on them to cancel the event immediately."
The ICJP warned that though the synagogue may not be involved in the event's organisation, "hosting the event would inevitably facilitate its operation and confer legitimacy upon it."

Maybe the Board of Deputies of British Jews should be advising Synagogues not to host such events to ensure there will be no protests outside them which could result in British Jews getting harassed which, as we are lead to believe, the majority do not support illegal settlements.

Agree

If an auction house was selling off stolen art the police would stop it and make arrests

No sign of police stopping the sale of stolen property today in fact quite the opposite
I see online the police were lined up protecting the sale and hence allowing it to go ahead … the U.K. are complicit !!!

Meanwhile the London Mayor was spotted releasing some wildlife somewhere
I mean I’m a vegetarian so well done him but there’s a time and a place and he’s in the wrong one !

I wish it had been cancelled. Aside from the premise, it created a difficult situation for the community and venue was upsettingly divisive.