Agrarian #Jewish#socialists living in kibbutzim, many of whom for decades lived alongside #Gazans and were among the most active peace activists in #Israel were hit first and hardest on Oct 7th.
More evidence as to Netanyahu's complicity in #Oct7🚨:
In a 2018 letter, #Netanyahu asks Qatar to fund Hamas.
In letter seen by handful of people, PM urges Doha to deliver $30M to Gaza monthly, claiming funding Hamas would preserve regional stability & avert humanitarian crisis.
He explained: funding would reduce the motivation of terror groups there to carry out attacks, would prevent a humanitarian crisis & was vital for preserving regional stability.
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IL's MIL has repeatedly attacked the US-backed Lebanese army to the N over the past 2 months, prompting alarm in the Biden admin & sharp rebukes from top US officials to IL's leadership -struck Lebanese Armed Forces positions >34X since #OCt7.
The Biden admin has told IL -the strikes are unacceptable -believe some of those strikes have been accidental -the intention of other strikes has been less clear-.
#Trump Says Little on #Gaza, & Nothing About What He’d Do Differently
In the ~5 months since #Hamas invaded #Israel on #Oct7, igniting the most divisive #ForeignPolicy crisis of #Biden’s presidency, Trump has said noticeably little about the subj.
Looking increasingly like yes, #Netanyahu DID let #Oct7 happen to provide an excuse to bomb #Gaza (and also insulate him from being removed) Of course this means he betrayed his own people to protect himself and advance his own objectives. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkP8UiNiJBo#israel
~½ of the munitions #Israel has used in #Gaza since its #war on #Hamas began have been unguided bombs, a US intelligence assessment has found, a ratio that some arms experts say helps explain the conflict’s enormous #civilian death toll.
The #IDF has fired >29k air-to-ground munitions into Gaza since #Oct7, & only 55-60% of them have been precision-guided, acc/to a new assessment from the #ODNI. The rest were what are known as “#DumbBombs”
Technion is the premier science and tech university in Israel, and the only aerospace studies facility. They're working hard to develop ways to keep people safe and defend against terrorism, cyber-attacks, and learning to provide logistical planning for shelters and emergency supplies, and for defending strategic facilities.
Their Biomechanical Rehabilitation unit created personalized orthotic devices for victims of the Oct 7th massacre, including Neta Portal who was shot in her leg 7 times while escaping hamas.
Israeli forces have carried out at least 8 strikes on aid workers’ convoys & premises in Gaza since Oct 2023 *the aid groups had provided their coordinates to the IL authorities to ensure their protection. IL authorities didn't issue advance warnings to any of the aid orgs. before the strikes, which killed or injured ~31 aid workers +those with them. >250 aid workers: killed in Gaza since #Oct7.
There is still time to register to join Sheryl Sandberg and National Council of Jewish Women CEO Sheila Katz on Tuesday, May 28th, at 8:15pm ET, for a Jewish Community Conversation about the importance of bearing witness, lifting up the silenced voices of the October 7th attack, and demanding justice.
Screams Before Silence, led by Sheryl Sandberg, is a powerful documentary that captures first-person testimony from survivors, first responders, forensic experts, eyewitnesses, and released hostages from the attack by Hamas in Israel on October 7th. Their harrowing accounts reveal the uncompromising truth: Hamas used sexual assault as a weapon of war.
Al-Bursh is one of at least 493 PA MED WKRs -killed in Gaza since #Oct7, acc to the Min of Health. The IDF has systematically targeted hospitals from the north to the S of the strip, claiming that Hamas operates in the FACs. MED staff in Gaza’s hospitals have repeatedly denied this claim. This week, Israeli forces have launched new attacks on Kamal Adwan & Al-Awda Hospitals with reports on Wed & Thurs of MED staff being detained from Al Awda. https://theintercept.com/2024/05/24/gaza-palestinian-doctors-hospital-detained-missing-disappeared/