I keep thinking how crazy it would be if an Arab country kept 2.3 million Jewish people in a cage, half children, cut off their electricity & water then indiscriminately bombed them. Beyond comprehension the anti-Muslim bigotry that makes the world applaud this as justified
No Palestinian rocket can cause the carnage & mass death we saw in that hospital. Israel warned evacuation before bombing it. Officials gloated about it before denying. Shame on all media stenographers repeating Israel’s lies to deflect the perpetrator of this egregious war crime
Two Columbia University students, both IOF soldiers, sprayed a chemical weapon on peaceful protesters. Skunk spray is used on Palestinians in the West Bank by the Israeli occupation. It is known to cause nausea, abdominal pain, and vomiting.
@Columbia
must take action.
Israel didn’t just bomb hospitals and ambulance convoys several times yesterday. They also bombed the main generator for the Al-Shifa hospital as well as all the solar energy cells on the buildings surrounding the hospital to ensure the hospital could no longer function. Barbaric
Israel just bombed a major hospital in Gaza City filled with patients, doctors, nurses, medical staff, and people taking shelter.
The Ministry of Health estimates the death toll at 500. In a single attack. A hospital.
After 3 weeks of carpet bombing a caged population of millions while cutting off water, electricity, food & medicine, Israel has severed all telecommunications. Now they can commit genocide without the annoyance of their victims telling the world about it
Now that Israeli & US officials have pivoted from sheer retaliation to their old “human shields” excuse, I debunk that argument in 5 points [published during last Gaza onslaught].
Point 1: Israel provides no evidence
In most US states there are laws that require you sign an Israel loyalty oath to work as a contractor. I sued Georgia over this free speech violation & after I won, actual Israeli gov’t officials intervened to reinstate the law
Israel is now bombing bus convoys of Palestinians they told to flee to the south of Gaza. 70 killed so far. Thousands aimlessly walk while bombs drop around them. My friend said internet will be cut off in a few hours w/no more contact: “I hope these are not my last words to you”
Watching Israel methodically commit daily war crimes on camera is like watching a mass shooter live-streaming themselves killing people nonstop for months… and the police never come.
Aaron Bushnell is the second person to self immolate over the Gaza genocide. The first was a woman whose name we do not know because her story was buried. Our monstrous rulers are forcing people to engage in the most extreme, desperate act of political protest just to be heard
YouTube just banned almost 600 episodes of my old show Breaking The Set. Years-long censorship campaign culminated in tech giants purging thousands of my critical interviews and reports about US empire. Gutted
“I’m puzzled at the concern the world keeps showing for the Palestinian people, they are horrible inhuman animals” Imagine if this was said by an Arab leader about Jewish citizens of Israel
I’ve been crippled with anxiety since Israel’s genocide began, I can’t eat or sleep without thinking of the souls trapped there waiting to die. And as soon as I want to step away I remember that I can’t. No American can. This is on us. We have to channel our helplessness & anger…
Bum-rushing the border is a CHOICE and has consequences. Watching the USA FINALLY defend our borders was the HIGHLIGHT of my Thanksgiving weekend. 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
The assassins targeted, went after and killed the voice of Gaza, one of its best academics, a human, my dear and precious friend dr. Refaat al-Ar’eer
@itranslate123
@GazaWritesBack
The most horrific targeted attacks in the last few days have been on Gaza’s densely populated refugee camps. Hundreds feared dead in just one massacre. This is an apocalyptic nightmare. Ceasefire NOW
“Even if there was a humanitarian crisis, it’s my right and my duty to prioritize life of Israelis over any Gazan baby.” Fanatical settlers blocking aid cheer on starving infants
Israeli TV running a counter of fatalities in Gaza – most of whom are civilians and many of whom are children – under the heading “terrorists we eliminated”. And for those too lazy to drive to Sderot to watch the genocide, they’ve got you covered with a livestream of the bombing
My friend in Gaza went dark five days ago. I feared the worst every day trying to get ahold of him. Today he responded. Israel bombed his home and killed his brother. This is his second sibling US bombs have killed in the last month.
Update from a friend in Gaza: “It seems like they are about to invade. Nowhere is safe, they could hit anywhere at any time. But we cannot do anything. We don’t know if we can live anymore. You hear my young son beside me laughing, he is not aware of our situation. Pray for us.”
“57.5% of Israeli Jews said that they believed the IDF was using too little firepower in Gaza, 36.6% said the IDF was using an appropriate amount of firepower, while just 1.8% said they believed the IDF was using too much fire power”
My friend in Gaza who is only able to talk to me with an Israeli SIM card from a border area made the critical observation that with all comms cut, Palestinians who are bombed can’t call for help and will die in darkness
My friend in Gaza’s brother-in-law was shot in the head by an Israeli sniper while carrying gallons to fill water and bring them back to his family. The war crimes happening on the ground are innumerable.
My colleague in Gaza whose brother was just killed by Israel’s bombs says the hardest choice is to stay as a group so everyone will die together, or split up so there’s a chance someone from the family can live to carry on their name & tell their stories. Devastating
Just had a repair man over. He is Palestinian. He started shaking when he saw my Gaza poster, bc "most Americans don't know the suffering we've endured." His uncle was executed in front of their family in `48, his family forcibly expelled from their 10 acres of orange groves.
After cementing the lie that Hamas decapitated 40 babies, Israel cemented the lie that Palestinians blew up their own hospital, with media stenographers eager to whitewash their war crimes. They’re accomplices in genocide
An Al Jazeera digital investigation found no grounds for the Israeli army's claim that the strike on the al-Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza was caused by a failed rocket launch.
Incredibly powerful moment to witness in Portland, where a dozen Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, including my husband
@MikePrysner
, burned their uniforms in honor of Aaron Bushnell’s sacrifice & called for active-duty soldiers to protest and resist. FREE PALESTINE!
“My journalistic coverage ends here, as the search for safety with my family is a thousand times better than searching for news to convey to a world that does not know the meaning of empathy or humanity” 💔
Journalist Anas Al-Najar delivers a powerful message to the world, announcing his decision to cease reporting in Gaza and prioritize relocating what remains of his family to a secure area.
BREAKING: After reviewing Israel’s official evidence regarding claims UNRWA staff were involved in the 7/10 attack, Channel 4 have concluded that “Israel provides NO evidence to support this claim”
An investigation by the French organization Reporters Without Borders into the killing in October of a Reuters cameraman, Issam Abdallah, concluded that Abdallah and his co-workers, several of whom were injured, were “explicitly targeted.”
The term “human shield” is nothing more than a racist lie that’s been used by the US throughout history to justify its mass slaughter of innocent civilians.
Another 50 Palestinians were just massacred while awaiting aid in Gaza. Is there anything more depraved than deliberately starving millions of people, then opening fire on the desperate crowds amassing to seek food?
BREAKING From my friend in Gaza: More than 170 people have been killed and more than 1000 got wounded after Israeli tanks opened fire at people receiving aid from the arriving trucks on the Rashid Road in Gaza city.
Horrific crime discovered in Al Rantisi Hospital. After invading israeli forces forced all doctors & staff to evacuate,
@ICRC
promised NICU babies would be taken to a safe place. Parents returned to the hospital today to find their preemie babies dead & decomposed in their cots.
The Ministry of Health just published the names of 7028 Palestinians, including 2913 children killed in
#Gaza
.
Scrolling over this is so painful. The first 88 names are from the same family! The next 72 from one family! And the undescribable pain goes on. No words.
The most horrific act imaginable, throwing babies out of incubators, was told about Saddam to gin up support for the Gulf War. Now it is actually being done by Israel with full US backing & support while the world watches.
On top of massacring hundreds of sheltering Palestinians at a school last night, Israeli forces also bombed multiple residential buildings killing hundreds more. Death toll could be 1,000 overnight. Has barely made the news
Update now from Gaza: “The situation is the same, they massacre people all day, bombing buildings w/ residents inside killing dozens. Still no food, water, electricity, fuel allowed in. The night is like hell, they choose night to conduct carpet bombings. They are starting now.”
Imagine for one second what the US would do if Iran just launched a drone strike to assassinate a top US general. This imperial arrogance and bloodlust for war is horrific and must be stopped before it’s too late.
#NoWarWithIran
#USoutofIraq
“It will be impossible to win the war if we do not destroy UNRWA, and this destruction must begin immediately" - Noga Arbell, former Israeli official, January 4th 2024.
Are you getting it now? Every accusation, is a confession.
The humanitarian situation in Gaza is dire, and getting worse by the minute. Israel must obey international law and allow innocent men, women, and children the food, water, medical supplies, and fuel that is desperately needed. NOW.
After decades of occupation, bombing, settler terror & killing kids w/ impunity, Israel flips the script w/ uncritical media in tow, creating genocidal bloodlust to green light their crimes. We’ve learned nothing from the Iraq war. The blood is on so many hands. We won’t forget.
The last footage captured by two of aid workers affiliated with The World Central Kitchen, diligently preparing meals for displaced Palestinians in Gaza.
Tragically, these two volunteers were among those killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted their convoy in Deir al-Balah…
Marco Rubio just posted photos of Gaddafi being lynched in an open death threat to Maduro. Libya is now a slave state thanks to US. Fuck you Marco, you’re a deranged piece of shit who should immediately resign
Organizer of the great march protests Ahmed Artema sent me this from Gaza: “Israel is not targeting fighters. They’re targeting children. They’re bombing houses while families are sleeping. This is the Israeli strategy. This is genocide. Please stand on the right side of history”
On Sky news ex Israeli PM Naftali Bennett was asked-
"What about the babies in incubators in Gaza who's life support has been turned off because the Israelis have cut off the power"
His answer - Are you serious asking about Palestinian civilians? What's wrong with you?
“50 buildings and their residents are gone.”
Israeli warplanes levelled 50 residential buildings and houses in the Shujaiya neighbourhood east of Gaza City.
The raids are believed to have resulted in hundreds of deaths, according to the government press office in Gaza
.
@AbbyMartin
confronts Nancy Pelosi at
#COP26
for overseeing massive increases in the Pentagon budget—a bigger polluter than 140 countries combined—while touting "historic" leadership on climate change
Israel divides the Gaza Strip into blocks... a new phase of the Israeli genocide. Via
@Yasser_Gaza
:
- The Israeli army has released a map dividing the Gaza Strip into over 2300 small blocks.
- The army has requested Gaza residents to identify the block number they reside in…
It took four years in Syria to destroy as much as has been destroyed in Gaza in one month. The bombing destruction in the 25 mile strip is the equivalent of dropping two nuclear bombs.
My friends in Gaza have been displaced four times now. They sleep under rubble and tarps. Wait in food lines all day & leave with nothing. With Israel bombing every "safe" area, they know every night could be their last. And they know the world has abandoned them. "We are living…
Everyone denounced Israel’s hospital bombing that killed 500 civilians, that’s why they lied to blame Palestinians. But since they bomb refugee camps, hospitals & schools w/ hundreds killed every day. Israel’s massacres are now normalized. A friend in Gaza says this is the policy
Friends in Gaza telling me Israel is threatening to attack and invade the south after the truce ends. Meanwhile, those who try to return to the north, even just to retrieve the dead, are shot by snipers. “The future looks very dark”
It’s not just Palestinians showing us the horrors of genocide on camera—Israeli soldiers are proudly filming their unending depravity as they loot their victims
Israeli soldier rummages through a woman's lingerie and personal belongings in Gaza
"I always said Arab women are the sluttiest"
"Look what they're wearing under the hijabs"
Is Hamas hiding in women's underwear,
@netanyahu
?
Pete had more than triple the amount of delegates than Warren, but he's dropping out to consolidate the centrist vote. Warren says she will stay in to the convention with zero path to victory, just to split the progressive vote.
Israel is conducting nightly bombings of homes in Rafah, where 1.3 million Palestinians have been displaced to, killing dozens every day. Barely any mention of this because of how normalized Israel’s mass murder has become.
Israel is so worried social media is building sympathy with Palestinians, they want young people to delete all their apps so they don’t question bombing Gaza into oblivion
I just spoke to Great March of Return organizer Ahmed Artema. Israel bombed his home & killed 5 in his family including his 10 year old son. He is in the hospital with 2nd degree burns. He urged Americans to continue to protest. We must stay in the streets until Palestine is free
Proud to announce that we have officially won our lawsuit against the state of Georgia’s anti-BDS law, which has been struck down as a result of our case!
BREAKING: Huge Victory in our BDS Free Speech case in Georgia on behalf of
@AbbyMartin
. Federal Court rules Georgia's anti-BDS law unconstitutional, violates Abby's First Amendment & Due Process rights by demanding she renounce support for BDS. Co-counsel are
@CAIRNational
& PCJF
Bush passed a law known as the “Hague Invasion Act” which says US can invade the Netherlands to prevent American personnel from being charged with war crimes
A group of South African lawyers have written to the US President warning his government that they intend instituting proceedings against them for being complicit in ongoing international crimes perpetrated by Israel against the people of Palestine.
Gutted to learn I lost my friend Michael Brooks today. He was not only an amazing journalist & passionate fighter for justice, he was funny, genuine & selfless. Please tell people how much they are loved & supported because you might not get another chance. My heart hurts so much
Be wary of Western media repeating unverified & outrageous claims to justify Israel’s ongoing massacre of Gaza’s civilians (remember lies re Saddam throwing babies out of incubators & viagra-induced mass rape by Gaddafi soldiers)
UNRWA says that Israel tortured some of its employees "to make false statements against the Agency, including that the Agency has affiliations with Hamas and that UNRWA staff members took part in the 7 October 2023 atrocities.”
@YehudaKrohn
You just said in a very long winded way that you do wish for me to be raped but you won’t come out and explicitly say it. Do you think that gives you the moral high ground here?
Our videographer for Gaza Fights For Freedom woke up to devastating news his brother was killed last night in an Israeli airstrike alongside 30 people, mostly women & children, in the house they were sheltering. He left behind 2 children, the youngest 4 months old.
Nancy Pelosi: Protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza "is Mr. Putin's message... Make no mistake, this is directly connected to what he would like to see...
"I think some of these protesters are spontaneous and organic and sincere. Some I think are connected to Russia."
The shuttering of RT America is devastating news. It was one of the only alternatives to US centric corporate domination of our airwaves & it gave unmatched platforms to consistent anti-war voices like Lee Camp, Chris Hedges & myself.
Those running the editorial line at the NYT, Washington Post and any other “paper of record” running cover for Israel’s crimes are accomplices in genocide, plain and simple.
Another colleague in Gaza who didn’t evacuate the north says people are now drinking contaminated water, the humanitarian disaster is more deadly than the bombing. Hundreds of victims trapped under rubble for days because rescue workers are bombed trying to get to them.