14 months and counting, genocide and genocide denial continues
December 6, 2024 10:41 AM Subscribe
From the previous post: Amnesty International concludes Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians. Amnesty International's Israel branch distances itself from "genocide" claim".
In the meantime, Israeli military kills four doctors in raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital in north Gaza. Over 1,000 doctors and nurses have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza, according to local authorities.
Israel continues to bomb Lebanon despite a ceasefire deal. Lebanon closes all land border crossings with Syria.
IDF is bolstering forces on Israel's border with Syria. Turkey and Israel reaping rewards from chaos in Syria. Or is it bad news for Israel?
ICYMI: Norway's wealth fund divests from Israel's largest telecom over services to West Bank settlements.
Sen Tom Cotton introduces bill to eliminate federal use of the the term "West Bank" and instead refer to it as "Judea and Samaria", the preferred name of Israel.
US lawmakers are also working on a bipartisan bill that would yank federal financial aid from colleges that divest from Israel.
Israeli President Herzog called Elon Musk to discuss revival of hostage talks.
IDF said to warn dozens of soldiers against travel abroad over war crimes claims.
The most important thing you need in Gaza is a backpack: Around the world, backpacks represent freedom—school, work, adventure—but in Gaza, they have come to mean something entirely different. Backpacks are what we use to carry what’s left of our lives.
Our children sprint from place to place, not to learn, but to escape the very real threat of death that looms over us daily. The backpacks that once held books and lunches now hold meager rations like processed meats and beans—food that is hardly nourishing for growing children, barely enough to sustain us during these times of turmoil.
Oxford Union speeches - This House Believes Israel is an Apartheid State Responsible for Genocide - Susan Albuhawa, Mohammed El-Kurd.
The chef preserving Gaza's cuisine amid a genocide.
(Previously)
ICYMI: Norway's wealth fund divests from Israel's largest telecom over services to West Bank settlements.
Sen Tom Cotton introduces bill to eliminate federal use of the the term "West Bank" and instead refer to it as "Judea and Samaria", the preferred name of Israel.
US lawmakers are also working on a bipartisan bill that would yank federal financial aid from colleges that divest from Israel.
Israeli President Herzog called Elon Musk to discuss revival of hostage talks.
IDF said to warn dozens of soldiers against travel abroad over war crimes claims.
The most important thing you need in Gaza is a backpack: Around the world, backpacks represent freedom—school, work, adventure—but in Gaza, they have come to mean something entirely different. Backpacks are what we use to carry what’s left of our lives.
Our children sprint from place to place, not to learn, but to escape the very real threat of death that looms over us daily. The backpacks that once held books and lunches now hold meager rations like processed meats and beans—food that is hardly nourishing for growing children, barely enough to sustain us during these times of turmoil.
Oxford Union speeches - This House Believes Israel is an Apartheid State Responsible for Genocide - Susan Albuhawa, Mohammed El-Kurd.
The chef preserving Gaza's cuisine amid a genocide.
(Previously)
Israeli historian produces vast database of war crimes in Gaza: Lee Mordechai’s (Princeton) 124-page report Bearing Witness to the Israel-Gaza War
Meanwhile, motivations become transparent as Israeli court rejects Netanyahu’s request to limit how often he’ll testify. “His lawyers had requested that he testify fewer than three days a week, because of the demands of dealing with the Mideast wars and the fighting in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.”
posted by rubatan at 11:32 AM on December 6 [4 favorites]
Meanwhile, motivations become transparent as Israeli court rejects Netanyahu’s request to limit how often he’ll testify. “His lawyers had requested that he testify fewer than three days a week, because of the demands of dealing with the Mideast wars and the fighting in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.”
posted by rubatan at 11:32 AM on December 6 [4 favorites]
Sen Tom Cotton introduces bill to eliminate federal use of the the term "West Bank" and instead refer to it as "Judea and Samaria", the preferred name of Israel.
Rebecca Solnit quoting Fanny Howe
"I studied with Joseph Brodsky the great Russian poet and how do I say this, he thought we were lazy American students. We had to memorize 500 lines a week and come in and write them out for him. He said, you Americans are so naive. He said, you think that evil is going to come into your houses wearing big black boots and climb up the stairs–it begins in the language. Look to the language."
posted by lalochezia at 11:38 AM on December 6 [20 favorites]
Rebecca Solnit quoting Fanny Howe
"I studied with Joseph Brodsky the great Russian poet and how do I say this, he thought we were lazy American students. We had to memorize 500 lines a week and come in and write them out for him. He said, you Americans are so naive. He said, you think that evil is going to come into your houses wearing big black boots and climb up the stairs–it begins in the language. Look to the language."
posted by lalochezia at 11:38 AM on December 6 [20 favorites]
B'Tselem: UNLEASHED: Abuse of Palestinians By Israeli Soldiers in the Centre of Hebron
For over a year, Israel has been waging an unrestrained war against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and within the State of Israel. The violence that has always characterized the Israeli apartheid regime’s treatment of Palestinians is now appearing in its most direct and exposed form. This report focuses on one facet of this violence: recurring instances of severe abuse of Palestinians by Israeli soldiers in the center of Hebron throughout the summer of 2024.
posted by lalochezia at 11:44 AM on December 6 [5 favorites]
For over a year, Israel has been waging an unrestrained war against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and within the State of Israel. The violence that has always characterized the Israeli apartheid regime’s treatment of Palestinians is now appearing in its most direct and exposed form. This report focuses on one facet of this violence: recurring instances of severe abuse of Palestinians by Israeli soldiers in the center of Hebron throughout the summer of 2024.
posted by lalochezia at 11:44 AM on December 6 [5 favorites]
Toward an Intellectual History of Genocide in Gaza
posted by chavenet at 11:49 AM on December 6 [3 favorites]
posted by chavenet at 11:49 AM on December 6 [3 favorites]
Mod note: Couple of comments removed, please avoid bringing the US election into threads where it doesn't belong, thanks.
posted by Brandon Blatcher (staff) at 12:35 PM on December 6
posted by Brandon Blatcher (staff) at 12:35 PM on December 6
A measure of the mental disconnect that is going on in Establishment heads right now is how it appears there's going to be a schism in Amnesty International over it.
For the record I was one of those annoyed oldsters back in October-December '23 who kept trying to tell people that it wasn't genocide, that it didn't have to be genocide to be crimes against humanity, and you didn't have to be tooting the "genocide" horn to be making a real stink about Israeli behavior. I was ready to drop those objections months ago if anybody had cared.
"Israel is a vital American ally in the Middle East" is such a baked-in assumption of consensus reality in the US that even the observation "Israel is clearly requesting these munitions from the US for the express purpose of using them to commit war crimes and it is illegal under US law for us to provide them under those circumstances" could not budge literally anybody with any decision-making authority in the US.
I think the people in power in America who conceivably care about war crimes are stuck in a "it can't happen here, therefore it's not happening here" state, to avoid having to call into question something so unquestionably basic as "the strategic importance to the US of Israeli territorial integrity." Which, at least with respect to the Democratic Party fraction of them, would seem like another good reason why it might have been a good idea to pick a President who was born after the invention of jet airplane travel in 2020. And is a good argument for the retirement of a lot of the other oldsters with power in their respective parts of government.
posted by Aardvark Cheeselog at 12:45 PM on December 6 [8 favorites]
For the record I was one of those annoyed oldsters back in October-December '23 who kept trying to tell people that it wasn't genocide, that it didn't have to be genocide to be crimes against humanity, and you didn't have to be tooting the "genocide" horn to be making a real stink about Israeli behavior. I was ready to drop those objections months ago if anybody had cared.
"Israel is a vital American ally in the Middle East" is such a baked-in assumption of consensus reality in the US that even the observation "Israel is clearly requesting these munitions from the US for the express purpose of using them to commit war crimes and it is illegal under US law for us to provide them under those circumstances" could not budge literally anybody with any decision-making authority in the US.
I think the people in power in America who conceivably care about war crimes are stuck in a "it can't happen here, therefore it's not happening here" state, to avoid having to call into question something so unquestionably basic as "the strategic importance to the US of Israeli territorial integrity." Which, at least with respect to the Democratic Party fraction of them, would seem like another good reason why it might have been a good idea to pick a President who was born after the invention of jet airplane travel in 2020. And is a good argument for the retirement of a lot of the other oldsters with power in their respective parts of government.
posted by Aardvark Cheeselog at 12:45 PM on December 6 [8 favorites]
I don't know, man: I think the US election is absolutely relevant here.
posted by outgrown_hobnail at 1:12 PM on December 6 [6 favorites]
posted by outgrown_hobnail at 1:12 PM on December 6 [6 favorites]
Think what you will of genocide allegations; what’s inarguable is that the divide between Israel and the world is growing
posted by robbyrobs at 1:19 PM on December 6 [6 favorites]
posted by robbyrobs at 1:19 PM on December 6 [6 favorites]
If you're in Alameda County, please message your supervisor before Tuesday!
posted by latkes at 2:19 PM on December 6 [3 favorites]
posted by latkes at 2:19 PM on December 6 [3 favorites]
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