goddess–cannibal:

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heritageposts:

heritageposts:

I’m reading again about the early days of the 1948 Nakba, and I’m just… at loss for words (cw: rape, child murder)

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The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, by Ilan Pappé (2006, p. 90)

And, continuing on p. 91:

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Ezra Yachin, that 95-year-old IDF reservist that Israel recently flaunted in the media as an ‘inspiration for the troops,’ participated in this very massacre.

And this is him now, 75+ years later…

“Be triumphant and finish them off and don’t leave anyone behind. Erase the memory of them,” Yachin said while addressing Israeli troops this week, in a video that has since gone viral.

“Erase them, their families, mothers and children. These animals can no longer live.”

“Every Jew with a weapon should go out and kill them. If you have an Arab neighbour, don’t wait, go to his home and shoot him.”

From Middleeasteye (video in article)

whilomm:

“doesnt israel have a right to exist too??” well its an apartheid ethnostate so no

“what about the people dont the PEOPLE have a right to exist??” yes! they do! however, they do not have a right to an apartheid ethnostate

“what about the holocaust survivors in israel dont they-” yes they have a right to exist too, however surviving one genocide does not give you the right to commit another, nor does it give you the right to an apartheid ethnostate

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exocean:

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nativenews:

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iphnh:

bloglikeanegyptian:

two palestinians from the west bank have died of torture within israeli custody. the number of palestinian prisoners in israeli prison, who are on administrative detention (which means they have not been charged with anything) in june 2023 was 1117, of which 18 were children. the number being held awaiting sentencing was 1158, of which 85 are children.

the number of overall prisoners in israeli prisons in june 2023 was 5,200 most of whom were held on political charges including just being in israel illegally. many are held on false grounds, in inhumane conditions, including minors. they are political prisoners—hostages. since october 7th, that number has doubled to 10,000. so far israel has notified that it has murdered two in its custody. in the west bank (which is not ruled by hamas) over 90 palestinians have been extra-judicially murdered by settlers and the IDF since october 7th.

israel also has a policy of withholding corpses of palestinians who die in its custody. it’s called “post-mortem detention.” israel says it only has this policy for hamas fighters, but it is not true. there are currently at least 80 corpses of palestinians withheld from families, and around 370 who were either buried in undisclosed locations or kept in the morgue. when they are released, families are given 30 minutes to bury their loved ones in the dead of night, supervised by israeli soldiers with a limited amount of family members in attendance.

For those who want to learn more: There’s an organization called Breaking the Silence which keeps detailed records of the human rights abuses and war crimes committed by the Israeli Defense Force (IDF).

Breaking the Silence was started by a group of ex-IDF soldiers who deserted the army out of shame for the atrocities they committed and witnessed. After deserting, they felt compelled to begin documenting the human rights abuses and war crimes they committed against the Palestinians. The hope is for their testimony to be used in front of the International Criminal Court.

For those who would like to read the testimonies of hundreds of ex-IDF soldiers about Gaza specifically, you can do so by clicking here. This particular collection concerns the massacres that happened in Gaza in 2014, but it paints a picture of what life is like in Gaza, and how the IDF soldiers see the people in Gaza.

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yugiohz:

music to my earssssss

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momo33me:

“Has anything like this happened in history before? A small piece of land, filled to the brim with people, 50% of them under 16, that cannot run anywhere or escape, that is, every few years, a human laboratory for new bombs and weapons? A human butchery. What is happening in Gaza will remain, for centuries to come, the most blatant imagery of what is so wrong with this world. The silence and the complicity of our media and most governments adding to what is one of the darkest, most sombre and inhuman act the world has ever seen.”

— Frank Barat (via momo33me)

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crabanarchy:

the internal tension between being a prickly judgemental cunt and someone who loves people to the point of tears has resulted in a maxim i like to call Everyone Is Beautiful and I Hate Them So Much

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sketiana:

im sorry but none of us get to look away from currently ongoing genocide if we are to claim we give a shit about the sanctity of human life. the only people that will benefit from that ignorance are the perpetrators of the genocide that is, again, currently happening. no its not a complex topic. yes it is a heavy one. but knowing even the basics about this situation will go a long way in not helping spread propaganda and inevitable genocide denial bullshit rhetoric the groundworks already been laid for. theres a lot that we owe to those two million palestinian civillians trapped in the gaza strip, their deaths practically signed off by every government that declared solidarity with israel’s ceaselessly ongoing ethnic cleansing efforts. and simply knowing general facts on what is going on is the bare minimum all of us should readily give them.

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dunyun-rings:

Madonna and Child 🍑🍄

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lesbianhallieparker:

bad case of wanting a girlfriend. also have chronic fear of dating disease

heritageposts:

if you support israel right now, you’re supporting the extermination of the palestinian people.

it really is that simple.

this isn’t a ‘complicated conflict,’ it isn’t a situation that 'requires nuance,’ it’s not a 'geopolitical event’ that requires us to condemn the 'bad actors’ on 'both sides.’

it’s a genocide.

there is no 'nuance’ to be had here. it’s a genocide, committed by the israeli state against the palestinian people, and it’s happening right now as we speak. you don’t have to infer anything: israel has openly, with next to no pushback from so-called liberal democracies, cut off gaza’s access to water, food and electricity. that’s more than two million palestinians denied even the basic necessities for life. a million of them, children.

what is that, if not a genocide?

and that’s only the latest escalation. we could go all day, listing the atrocities the palestinian people have been subjected to. the killings, the beatings, the children sexually abused in detention center, all the hospitals and ambulances being blown up, videos of palestinians being heckled by settlers as they’re driven from their homes, israelis gathering on hilltops to cheer as their military drops bombs on gaza…

but all westerns want to talk about, is hamas.

because the murder of palestinians by the IDF is status quo; it doesn’t affect them. what’s one more dead palestinian but a statistic? but if hamas has killed a handful of israelis — if they’ve go as far as to even kill babies — then that justifies the extermination of two million palestinians, children and infants included.

westerns will even say that the palestinians brought it on themselves; that they should have know that a drop of israeli blood requires a river in return.

and just so we’re clear, you don’t have to like hamas. but when you equate hamas with the IDF, when you derail every conversation by demanding a condemnation of 'both sides,’ or when you, god forbid, agree that israel is justified in dismantling hamas — which, as israel themselves have outlined, will involve the complete destruction of gaza and the murder of hundreds of thousands of civilians — then either wake up, or own up to the fact that you’re a participant in the extermination of the palestinian people.

do you think i’m being harsh? then imagine how it’s like living under constant aerial bombardment. with no food, no water, no electricity. constant air-raid sirens. a bomb, dropping every minute. never knowing a moment a peace, always wondering if today is going to be your last day, if you and your family are still going to be here tomorrow.

could you stomach living in gaza, for even a day? i doubt it.

and still, now, on the eve of what might be the ground invasion of gaza — with one million palestinians being told to flee, with nowhere to go — i’m getting messages from people who demand my sympathy… for israel.

well, you’re not getting it.

i’m not even humoring your hand-wringing.

if you live in israel, and you’re one of the ones who’ve turned a blind-eye to the suffering of the palestinian people, if you’ve fought for the IDF or tacitly supported them, if you’ve callously called upon the memory of the holocaust thinking the death and suffering of your ancestors would wash the blood of your own hands….

then yeah, i think you deserve every single hamas rocket lobbed at you and so much more.

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jezabatlovesbats:

editoress:

It’s very possible that the only way to ensure you don’t become a conservative old person is to keep checking whether you’re wrong. Every time. Genuinely mull over the opposing viewpoint even and especially when it’s uncomfortable. You absolutely cannot a) consider yourself safely incapable of terrible principles because you’re a good person, or b) treat a your disgust reaction to something as a moral truth. You can’t get comfortable. Tiring! But you’d rather be tired and choose the right path, you know?

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