Former #Israeli spy chief admits government enforcing apartheid against #Palestinians

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/former-israeli-spy-chief-admits-government-enforcing-apartheid-against-palestinians/

Ooooo! The #IsraelLobby is really gonna be pissed off with this ⤵️ being published!

“#UN committee releases exhaustive study on the legality of #Israel’s occupation: ‘The study is the most comprehensive and persuasive analysis of why the Israel #occupation has now become illegal,’ says former UN Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk. ‘It will be the intellectual and political touchstone on #Palestine and international law for some time.’”

by Jeff Wright in @mondoweiss

“Last week, the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) issued a study two years in the making: ‘The Legality of the #Israeli #Occupation of the #OccupiedTerritories, Including East #Jerusalem.’”

“Following a finding of #illegality, the study concludes that, according to international law:

the consequences should be the immediate, unconditional and total withdrawal of Israel’s military forces; the withdrawal of colonial settlers; and the dismantling of the military administrative regime, with clear instructions that withdrawal of breach of an internationally wrongful act is not subject to negotiation. Full and commensurate reparations should be accorded to the affected Palestinian individuals, corporations and entities for the generational harm caused by Israel’s land and property appropriations, house demolitions, pillage of natural resources, denial of return, and other war crimes against humanity orchestrated for the colonialist, annexationists aims of an illegal occupant.”

#ApartheidIsrael #SettlerColonialism #IllegalOccupation #EthnicCleansing #Genocide #Racism #Fascism #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #ChildTorture #ChildMurder #SexualAbuse #FalseImprisonment #GazaConcentrationCamp #CollectivePunishment #FreePalestine

https://newsletters.mondoweiss.net/te/cl/eyJ2Ijoie1wiYVwiOjU5NzMwLFwibFwiOjk4NDc3MjU3ODI3Mjg4MjQzLFwiclwiOjk4NDc3NTI3MDI3MTU2NDg2fSIsInMiOiJkNTVhMDA2YjRiZjM1OTJjIn0

#Israeli Forces to Forcibly Displace 200,000 #Palestinian Bedouins in West Bank @israel @palestine

https://daysofpalestine.ps/israeli-forces-to-forcibly-displace-200000-palestinian-bedouins-in-west-bank/

“#Palestinians rebut #Israeli hysteria over #Princeton course teaching book on #Israel’s policy to #maim”

by Tareq S. Hajjaj in @mondoweiss

“Israel's Diaspora Minister cried "blood libel" after a Princeton University course included a book that exposes Israel's intentional maiming of Palestinians. But victims of this very policy in #Gaza say Israel's track record is clear.”

#Apartheid #ApartheidIsrael #ShootToMaimPolicy #ShootToKillPolicy #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #SettlerColonialism #CollectivePunishment

https://mondoweiss.net/2023/08/palestinians-rebut-israeli-hysteria-over-princeton-course-teaching-book-on-israels-policy-to-maim/?ml_recipient=98115330617902216&ml_link=98114872385996503&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=2023-09-01&utm_campaign=Daily+Headlines

“Open Letter to Sharon #Graham (General Secretary of #Unite the Union @unitetheunion)

via Tony #Greenstein’s blogpost

“How does support for the #Palestinians square with working with the #Israeli-state funded Campaign Against Anti-Semitism (#CAA)?”

“Why have your officials lied and lied about the banning of [the film]: ‘Jeremy #Corbyn – The Big Lie’?”

“Who has given you the right to decide what Unite members can or cannot see?”

“You Sharon Graham have banned an anti-racist film at the behest of an organisation [#CAA] whose Chair, Gideon Falter, is Vice-Chair of the Jewish National Fund (#JNF), an organisation which refuses to rent or lease [to #Palestinians] the 93% of land in #Israel that it owns or controls. It makes Unite party to the JNF’s continuing ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians.”

“#ElectronicIntifada has just revealed that the CAA is directly funded by JNF-UK. In 2018 and 2019 it received $450,000 from an Israeli para-state organisation. Far from upholding ‘a longstanding commitment to international solidarity’ you Sharon Graham have been holding hands with the practitioners of Israeli #apartheid”

https://azvsas.blogspot.com/2023/08/open-letter-to-sharon-graham-how-does.html?m=1

I’ve just started reading Hil #Aked's new book “Friends of #Israel: the Backlash Against Palestine Solidarity” (Verso, 2023) in order to get a better handle on what the #IsraelLobby in Britain today looks like and how it works to enable and sustain the regime of #Apartheid oppression by the Israeli state against Palestinians.

#Palestine solidarity activism globally, especially the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (#BDS) movement, is facing a major pro-Israel backlash. Aked’s book tells the story of this repression in #Britain with detail and nuance, explaining the role of the #Israeli and #British governments and the #Zionist movement.

By pushing back against efforts to conflate criticism of Israel with #antisemitism and demystifying the #IsraelLobby actors defending Israeli apartheid, Aked carves out a space for an anti-racist discussion about the pro-Israel networks standing in the way of Palestine solidarity, situating them as part of the long history of British #complicity in Israeli #Apartheid.

Quoting briefly from an early section of the book entitled “Britain’s historic responsibility”:

“Britain’s historic and ongoing role on Palestinian oppression cannot be overstated. In the early years of Zionist settler colonialism, British imperialism had something of a symbiotic relationship with the Zionist movement; indeed, the former nurtured the latter in its formative years.

[..] The original foundation, then, of British support for the Zionist project was its usefulness to the British Empire, just as Israel’s ‘special relationship’ with North America today rests, to a very significant degree, on its utility to US imperialism.

This book therefore attempts to situate the birth and ongoing activities of the British Zionist movement within the broader history of British state racism which continues to this day. [..] The same racist political logic shaped Britain’s treatment of colonial populations, from Palestinians to the Windrush generation, and both groups continue to suffer the consequences today.”

“How the #PalestinianAuthority is part of the #Israeli occupation
And how #British military and intel infiltrate the #PA.”

by @asawinstanley

#Israel #Apartheid #Britain #Palestine #BritishComplicity #BritishResponsibility #ApartheidIsrael

#Genocide of #Palestinians: How close are we to that point?

https://thepalestineproject.medium.com/genocide-of-palestinians-how-close-are-we-to-that-point-a42a25366d43
"Until about a decade ago, I had been opposed to the use of the term genocide in the Palestinian-#Israeli context. But now, it’s time to ring the alarm bells"
#israel #palestine #Apartheid

#Palestinian #WestBank: Spike in #Israeli Killings of Palestinian #Children
https://www.juancole.com/2023/08/killings-palestinian-children.html
#palestine #apartheid #genocide #israel

@KraftTea @blamellors @substack

You talk about the ”socialist position” as if ALL Socialists (like me) are some unified bloc of opinion on #Ukraine or anything else!

Let me be very clear to you!

I believe Ukraine has an absolute right to defend itself from Russian aggression!

I believe Palestinians have an absolute right to defend themselves from #US/ #UK/ #EU-enabled #Israeli settler-colonial genocidal policies over the past 75 years!

I believe that any country/ group/ tribe subjected to external attack by anyone else has a right to self defence!

What I object to is the utter hypocrisy of the position that somehow the US/ #NATO/ West have the ‘god-given’ right to be the aggressors (viz invasion of #Iraq/ #Afghanistan as the best examples) & then claim that #Putin is a #WarCriminal (I agree that he is) for attacking Ukraine but Blair/ Bush/ Cheyney/ Powell / Rice et al are NOT war criminals who should be standing trial in The Hague for their war crimes vs the millions they murdered/ tortured/ starved to death!

I’m also entitled to hold the view that US/ NATO involvement in #Ukraine is not (as western propaganda would like us to believe) a case of ‘benevolent Uncle Sam’ riding to the rescue of ‘poor Ukraine’ but more a case of Ukraine being used as a pretext by warmongers in the US ‘permanent war complex’ to wage a proxy war vs US imperialism’s old rival - Russia!

Who *really* benefits from this US ‘permanent war’ extension if not the likes of Boeing/ Raytheon/ BaE Systems/ Elbit & all the other death merchants?

Is that all clear to you now?

This⤵️, from The American Conservative, is a good read by the way:

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/americas-permanent-war-complex/

Please join Palestine Action's webinar on Israeli interference in our court cases:

“A week ago, the #Guardian revealed that the #Israeli embassy are attempting to influence the prosecution of #PalestineAction cases. Freedom of Information responses show the Israeli embassy meeting with the #AttorneyGeneral to discuss setting precedents which reduce the scope of our defences, implementing anti-protest UK laws, sharing information and much more.

Join our webinar on Tuesday 29th August 7PM to hear from experts and actionists on the issue and the implications this has for the fight against #Elbit both at their factories and in the courts.

Register at:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZElduqvrTIoHNUVrBS8bWDAnake5ZssT3fK#/registration

Speakers include:

Raj Chada
One of the country's leading criminal lawyers and representative of actionists in court cases. Raj is also the head of the Criminal Defence, Financial Crime and Regulatory Department at Hodge, Jones and Allen.

Franck Magennis
Franck Magennis practises in public, civil and criminal defence. His work centres on challenging rights breaches by the British and other states, employers and landlords. He has expertise in legal claims connected to Palestinian emancipation from Israeli occupation.

Huda Ammori
Huda is a British activist with Palestinian and Iraqi descent and is a co-founder of Palestine Action. She has experience researching British complicity with Israeli apartheid.

Lest we forget: Any #Israeli attack on #Gaza, where 40% of people are aged 14 or younger, is an attack on children! In #UK, such atrocities are endorsed by the @UKLabour #Zionist clique! But if you mention it you will be accused of '#AntiSemitism'

via @mondoweiss

#ApartheidIsrael #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #LabourFriendsOfApartheid

https://mondoweiss.net/2021/08/israels-war-on-children-in-gaza/?utm_source=mailpoet&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-email-mailpoet

#Libya suspends foreign minister after meeting with #Israeli foreign minister. As if she didn’t report back, which surely she did. @libya @israel

https://www.reuters.com/world/israeli-fm-met-with-libyan-fm-discuss-possibilities-cooperation-ministry-says-2023-08-27/

As a result of an #Israeli air strike in #Syria, a runway was damaged and the international airport in #Aleppo was disabled, writes Associated Press.

A Top #Israeli Official Finally Admitted the #Truth About #Justice in #Israel
https://newrepublic.com/post/175170/israeli-official-ben-gvir-rights-outweigh-palestinians
#palestinians #palestine #apartheid

@therightarticle

“Firstly, those facing trial for protests have increasingly been banned from explaining their motivations and beliefs to the jury.

Relevant evidence and witnesses – including expert testimony as to the Government’s failure to act on the scientific advice – has been disallowed or ignored.”

This ⤴️ happened recently to a group of #PalestineAction
protesters who are now awaiting sentence after having been convicted of ‘intent to cause criminal damage without lawful excuse’ to the Shenstone #Elbit factory of Israeli arms manufacturer, #ElbitSystems!

According to one of the defendants, Tony #Greenstein, “the Judge ruled out all lawful excuses holding that there were no lawful excuses, thus leading inevitably to our convictions.”

All five Defendants, including one whom the jury was deadlocked on, have issued a powerful statement which you can read here ⤵️:

https://azvsas.blogspot.com/2023/07/free-all-palestine-action-protesters.html?m=1

“Palestine Action to date have shut down two #Israeli weapons factories and cost Elbit hundreds of million pounds in lost contracts.

By imprisoning activists, the British state is demonstrating that it prioritises protecting the military supply chain of a foreign #Apartheid state over the freedom of its own citizens.”

3 small #Palestinian villages emptied out this summer. Residents blame attacks by #Israeli settlers (the IDF will not defend Palestinians from such attacks despite their obligations under internat’l law as an occupying force) @israel @palestine

https://apnews.com/article/israel-settlers-bedouin-palestinians-displacement-shepherds-9207aa17efcaf9fda58793a847f7e560

'#UK ‘seeking to block #ICJ ruling’ on #Israeli occupation of #Palestine

Dismay over UK statement that opposes hearing altogether and is accused of ignoring significant facts'
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/24/uk-seeking-block-icj-ruling-israeli-occupation-palestine #Israel #ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryInhumanity

@therightarticle

I prefer to call #Starmer a #Quisling! His #ShadowCabinet is a fetid nest full of Quislings! The #NEC & #PLP are full of #RightWing #Blairite #LabourFriendsOfIsrael and #JewishLabourMovement Quislings! They *all* collaborate with the #Tory #Establishment enemy & with the #Israeli #Apartheid state in undermining #British democracy!

#LabourFiles #LabourLies #LabourRacism #LabourUnfitToGovern #StarmerLies #ItWasAScam #TrilateralCommission #AssangeProsecution #StopStarmer #LabourFriendsOfApartheid

The #Overton window of acceptable debate in respect of #ApartheidIsrael is moving fast!

“Liberal #Zionists hit rock bottom on faith that #Israel will redeem itself” by Philip #Weiss in @mondoweiss

“For years the liberal Zionist position was, We stand with the better angels of Israel’s nature, Israel will redeem itself. And all they’ve gotten for that good faith is militant #JewishSupremacy.

Now that’s changing. American liberal Zionists are turning on Israel, thanks to the arrogance and extremism of the #Netanyahu government. They are denouncing #Israeli “#apartheid” and calling for boycotts and sanctions against Israel for its human rights abuses.”

[Rhetorical question: If even liberal Zionists are starting to acknowledge that Israel is an #Apartheid state & to call for Boycott Disinvestment & Sanctions (#BDS) to be enforced by the #US against #Netanyahu’s #NeoFascist regime, will the #IHRA definition of #AntiSemitism now quickly be revised to remove ‘criticism of the state of Israel’ from that definition?]

https://mondoweiss.net/2023/08/liberal-zionists-hit-rock-bottom-on-faith-that-israel-will-redeem-itself/?ml_recipient=97299762391287085&ml_link=97299502103266411&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=2023-08-23&utm_campaign=Daily+Headlines