"#Forensic Architecture has documented the mass displacement of Palestinian civilians being carried out by the Israeli #military [… which] has repeatedly abused the humanitarian measures of evacuation orders, ‘safe routes’, and ‘safe zones’, and failed to comply with the laws governing their application within a wartime context. These patterns of systematic violence and destruction have forced Palestinian civilians from one unsafe area to the next." https://forensic-architecture.org/investigation/humanitarian-violence-in-gaza@israel
"An estimated 90,000 Kenyans were slaughtered in the Kikuyu uprising while just over a thousand were hanged on a portable gibbet. Some 160,000 were detained in internment camps where torture was routine.
"One of Britain’s victims was US President Barack Obama’s paternal grandfather, Hussein Onyango Obama, who was arrested in 1949, and tortured by having pins inserted under his fingernails."
Kitson brought to Belfast his experiences in Kenya, fighting the Kikuyu Land and Freedom Army (exotically dubbed the “Mau Mau” by the British) in the early 1950s where he honed a practice of using “turned” or “converted” rebels into “counter-gangs”.
#Israel on trial?
This is not what the #ICJ organises. Its role is to establish the law.
A halt of invasion?
In 2022, the ICJ issued a condemnation on the #Russia invasion, to no consequence.
Kate Ferguson: “Will it be enough to stem the tide of atrocity crimes? No, of course not.” https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/dr-kate-ferguson@israel
As the attacks in Gaza are becoming more vicious and indiscriminate, Srugim, a news site serving the religious right in #Israel, is showing its readers a video it claims was shared on Palestinian social media, in which bombing of a building in #Gaza is visible in great detail and up close.
WARNING: some might find the video disturbing. It shows a direct hit and includes an audio of the blast and the aftermath.
Israel to pass law allowing state to kill its own citizens. Police officers will only require permission from their commander to shoot at protesters, the broadcaster Kan has reported.
@KimPerales There's a lot of mis- & disinformation out there, that some folks may all to easily fall for.
"newarab[dot]com" does definitely not appear to be reliable source of information, but seems to be affiliated with Iranian sponsors & directors of Hamas-terrorism destabilizing the Arab world.
Info on that site found:
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Daily Visitors by Keyword
Which search keywords send traffic to the website Newarab.com? Through the chart below, you will know that there are a lot of visitors to this site by searching the keyword "iran", about 500 visitors per day. Top 1 keywords are displayed here.
“Israeli long-range missiles and exploding drones known as loitering munitions have made up for Azerbaijan’s small air force, even at times striking deep within #Armenia itself. Meanwhile, #Israel Barak-8 surface-to-air #missiles have protected #Azerbaijan’s airspace in shooting down missiles and #drones,” said Pieter Wezeman, senior researcher at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, which tracks #arms sales.
"With Egypt reportedly preparing for an influx of refugees and UNRWA on the brink of collapse, Israel’s second Nakba fantasies could soon become reality."
"With Egypt reportedly preparing for an influx of refugees and UNRWA on the brink of collapse, Israel’s second Nakba fantasies could soon become reality."
"This includes analysis of the political forces that have brought Israel to the brink of annihilating the last remnants of Gazan habitability, while also touching upon the ways in which our own moral and political entanglements remain complicit in unfolding events" https://vashtimedia.com/2024/02/23/formats/editorial/rafah-reader-gaza-israel/@palestine