During the phone call, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan discussed “the latest developments in Palestine and the possibility of release of civilians” with the exiled Haniyeh, the foreign ministry says in a readout.
Daily Archives: 16. Oktober 2023
Israel has implemented an evacuation plan for the residents of 28 villages within 2 kilometres of the Lebanon border.
Joint Ministry of Defense and IDF announcement:
The National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA) of the Ministry of Defense and the IDF are announcing the implementation of a plan to evacuate residents of northern Israel who live in the area up to 2 kilometers from the Lebanese border to state-funded guesthouses.
The implementation of the plan was approved by Minister of Defense, Yoav Gallant. A short while ago, the Northern Command updated the heads of the local authorities on to the decision.
“If we were Israelis would this happen to us?” This Palestinian American man waiting at the Rafah crossing has a message for US Secretary Antony Blinken
Israel bombs Rafah crossing again even as US government is trying to get its citizens out of Gaza through there and WHILE BLINKEN IS MEETING WITH THEM!!!
Israel-Hamas war live updates: Gaza-Egypt border closed to crowds fleeing potential ground attack
Civilians and foreign nationals are fleeing Gaza as Israel prepares for a potential ground assault, but safe passage has not been guaranteed.
Still no progress on Rafah: „Cairo says….
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The Rafah crossing on the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip is still closed
Reuters writes that a small crowd has gathered there in the hope of getting out of Gaza. Arab media, in turn, report that on the Egyptian side there are a hundred trucks with humanitarian aid. Egyptian authorities assure that the crossing has not been closed – and the passage is impossible allegedly because of increased bombardment from Israel.
President Joe Biden: The 2023 60 Minutes interview transcript
Scott Pelley: Do you believe that Hamas must be eliminated entirely?
President Biden: Yes, I do. But there needs to be a Palestinian authority. There needs to be a path to a Palestinian state.
That path, called „the two state solution,“ has been U.S. policy for decades. It would create an independent nation next to Israel for 5 million Palestinians who live in Gaza and on the West Bank of the Jordan River.
Scott Pelley: And you believe Israel would pursue that after what‘s occurred–
President Biden: Not now. Not now. Not now, but– but I think Israel understands that a significant portion of Palestinian people do not share the views of Hamas and Hezbollah.
Biden stresses commitment to Israel but says there needs to be a path to a Palestinian state
He said Hamas, the terrorist organization behind the Oct. 7 attack in Israel, needs to be eliminated, but that there needs to be a Palestinian state. Given last weekend‘s terrorist attacks, President Biden says a two-state solution is not possible right now.
„But I think Israel understands that a significant portion of Palestinian people do not share the views of Hamas and Hezbollah,“ Mr. Biden said.
“Detestable! We‘ll turn Gaza to dust! Dust!” The Israeli police threatened & assaulted [@AhDarawsha], a highly respected journalist from [@AlarabyTV] while performing his work in Ashdod.
I am from Gaza and I am telling you this is a JOKE. Israel destroyed many water pipes. Also, without electricity we can NOT turn on the water pumps. Water in Gaza does not simply run into the taps. We have to fill water tanks about twice a week.
(16.10.2023)
Another Israeli trick:
While some parts of Gaza MAY get running water, many others won’t.
And it’s FRESH water we badly need now for drinking and cooking.
Over 95% of Gaza’s running water is not fit for human consumption.
Israeli officials confirm they turned on the water supply to the southern Gaza strip. It happens after strong U.S. pressure in the last 48 hours
(15.10.2023)
Israeli police released Frey by his car and allowed the lynch mob to chase him down at high speed. He drove to a hospital mistakenly believing he’d be protected there. Fascists shut down the hospital entrance for hours searching for him. He’s now in hiding
מוציא את השבת כדי לגלות שרק ב-24 שעות שהייתי מנותק, נהרגו ברצועת עזה 126 ילדים. בשבוע האחרון נהרגו שם 2215 אנשים, מתוכם 724 ילדים ו-458 נשים. תקשיבו לי טוב: לא צריך להיות שמאלן דגול כדי לבקש סטופ. תעצרו רגע. כמו שרצח עידו בבארי הוא פשע, כך רצח אחמד בעזה הוא פשע. חלאס, תעצרו.
Israeli police finally made an arrest – of @freyisrael1 the Jew who read the mourners’ prayer for everyone who has died – while his attackers yell at him “Nazi”.
He is the only ultra-Orthodox journalist in the country who considers non-Jews to be human, hence he must be silenced
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זה סרטון מתוך דירתו של העיתונאי ישראל פריי ב 1:59 לפנות בוקר. בריונים אלימים באו לתקוף אותו, ירו זיקוקים, רדפו אחריו, המשטרה לא סיפקה הגנה נאותה. כן, לפריי יש דעות נוקבות, לא קלות לעיכול לחלק מאיתנו. יש טעם לכתוב שזה לא מספק רבע הצדקה למשטרה לא לספק לו הגנה הרמטית??? המטח שאתם רואים פגע בדירה מתחתיו ושבר את כל הזכוכיות בחזית.
When a mob of dozens organized by an activist from @Netanyahu‘s ruling @Likud_Party attacked left-wing ultra-Orthodox journalist @freyisrael1 at his flat with his young children, @israelpolice spat at Frey, who then spent all night fleeing the lynch mob
Many Israeli civilians in Kibbutz Be‘eri were killed by Israeli forces, survivor Yasmin Porat told Israeli state radio in a now censored interview. Here it is with translation.
Many Israeli civilians in Kibbutz Be‘eri were killed by Israeli forces, survivor Yasmin Porat told Israeli state radio in a now censored interview. Here it is with translation.
My latest for EI with @AliAbunimah: Israeli forces shot their own civilians, kibbutz survivor says
Likud Minister Formulates Emergency Regulations to Imprison Citizens Who ‚Harm National Morale‘
Communications Minister Karhi is promoting regulations that would allow him to direct police to arrest civilians, remove them from their homes, or seize their property if he believes they have spread information that could harm national morale or served as the basis for enemy propaganda
Israel at War: Moral Red Lines
As we enter into week two of this horrifying war, Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi struggle with the question of if there are moral red lines when responding to absolute evil and if there are, how do we define them. Noting that Israelis are entering this discussion wounded, grieving, enraged, and scared, they acknowledge our need to fight the war fully while grappling with who we want to be not just who we are at this moment.
A testimony from a young journalist in Gaza named Bisan. Please watch. This is heartbreaking and terrifying and no mainstream media outlet will report it.
We have now managed to speak to my Dad who is in the south of Gaza near Rafah. He reports the medical situation is beyond imagining. Bombing has continued even in Rafah.
There are thousands in the streets with nowhere to go. Medics can no longer reach many. 1/3
There are no facilities and no medications to treat those who can be reached. Al Shifa hospital in North is flooded with wounded people who can‘t flee. Ppl in Gaza have been told by IDF to go to Khan Younis but everything in Khan Younis has already been bombed. 2/3
A friend of ours, a nurse, stayed at Al Shifa. Her family fled to the South as they were told to do. They were struck by an airstrike in the South.
Mass grave for the Gazans. But they won’t let you see it. Because they are Palestinians.
Evacuation orders by Israel to hospitals in northern Gaza are a death sentence for the sick and injured
(14 October 2023)
As the United Nation’s agency responsible for public health, the World Health Organization (WHO) strongly condemns Israel‘s repeated orders for the evacuation of 22 hospitals treating more than 2000 inpatients in northern Gaza. The forced evacuation of patients and health workers will further worsen the current humanitarian and public health catastrophe.
Gaza’s Hospitals Face ‘Impossible’ Choices With Israel Evacuation Order
“There is nowhere in Gaza that can accept the number of patients in our intensive care unit or neonatal intensive care unit or even the operating rooms.”
“If someone doesn’t die from the bombardment, then he’ll die from the lack of medical service,” he said.
At Al Shifa Hospital, patients included 70 people on ventilators, 200 receiving dialysis and many babies in incubators. Moving them elsewhere is logistically impossible, said. Dr. Abu Salima.
I cannot believe I have to beg my country and colleagues to value every human life, no matter their faith or ethnicity.
(14.10.2023)
Dad of Palestinian Boy Stabbed 26 Times in Chicago Reveals Last Words
Oday, who has been communicating with his wife in the aftermath of the attack, said that his son never yelled out during the stabbing. His last words to his mother, according to the father, were “I’m fine.”
Speaking of when he first learned of the attack, Oday told The Daily Beast that, “The way I found out wasn’t the right way to tell a parent. I got a call from the police department, and they gave me three sentences exactly: ‘Are you Oday El-Fayoume? Are you Wadea’s father? He has been killed.’ That’s how I found out.”
6-Year-Old Boy Fatally Stabbed in Anti-Muslim Attack, Authorities Say
The killing in Illinois alarmed Muslim leaders, who called on American politicians and journalists to more fully reflect the humanity of Palestinian people as they address the conflict overseas.
“This was directly connected to dehumanizing of Palestinians,” said Abdelnasser Rashid, a Democratic Illinois state representative who is Palestinian American.