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The never-ending US bias
“We do not believe what is happening in Gaza is a genocide,” U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan tells reporters as Israeli protesters block aid for Gaza. Israeli protesters blocked aid trucks headed for Gaza, strewing food packages on the road at Tarqumiya checkpoint, west of Hebron in the Israeli occupied West Bank. “The best…
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#OnThisDay(2018) Saudi-led, US/UK backed airstrikes on family with nine children in Saada
An unknown coalition aircraft released a single GBU-12 on the target, a 500-pound; American-made precision-guided bomb that was dropped at 9:56 p.m., less than 50 minutes after the Saudis first caught sight of the tents. U.S.-BACKED SAUDI AIRSTRIKE ON FAMILY WITH NINE CHILDREN SHOWS “CLEAR VIOLATIONS” OF THE LAWS OF WARMembers of the Saudi-led coalition…
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Collective American amnesia on the one-hundred-year war on the people of Palestine
This mayhem did not start on 7 Oct 2023! The Nakba, the First+Second Intifada, Operation Cast Lead, Operation Pillar of Defence, Operation Protective Edge, … Bernie Sanders must update his records and finally acknowledge that Hamas is the struggle of the deprived people of Palestine and that Hamas has been democratically elected. “Look, the facts…
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some 300,000 people have fled Rafah as Israel orders further evacuations
Two doctors (father&son) were killed in Israeli airstrikes.
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Over 520 Bodies Found in 7 Mass Graves – Gaza Health Ministry
Mass graves were found in Gaza following Israel’s withdrawal. Palestine Chronicle report
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#OnThisDay(2015) The Saudi-led, US/UK-backed coalition bombed a market & a lemon grove
An aircraft dropped at least five bombs on Zabid, killing at least 60 civilians, including 13 women and eight children, and wounding at least 155. The authorities gathered 66 unidentified body parts from the marketplace.[76] Three of the bombs had struck a three-story building in the middle of the Shagia market. The first bomb struck…
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#OnThisDay(2015) The Saudi-led, US/UK-backed coalition bombed the Abs/Kholan Prison and a family house
The strikes killed at least 25 civilians, including one woman and three children, and wounded at least 18 civilians. The bomb hit the prison’s mosque, at the corner of the prison compound, collapsing the structure. The second bomb struck minutes later, hitting the home of Omar Ali Farjain, about 50 meters (164 feet) from the…
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“In the Islamic holy book, the Qur’an a chapter is dedicated to the bee, called An-Nahl.”*
10 Israeli soldiers hospitalized for wasp stings after their tank ran over a swarm’s nest in Gaza. Even insects retaliate when threatened. * Bayt al Fann
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International Humanitarian Law: the duty to negotiate in good faith
Time and again, Israel is in breach of IHL. Without good faith, negotiation on the battlefield is both dangerous and of little use. The principle of good faith applies by definition in both international and non-international armed conflicts and implies that the white flag, which indicates a desire to communicate,[9] must be respected in both…
