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„Top defense officials held urgent consultations the night before October 7 about a possible Hamas attack. But no one in the IDF notified the the Nova festival organizers or the party-goers, hundreds of whom were mown down….“ 2/2
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How Israeli forces trapped and killed ravers at the Nova Festival
(12.01.2024)
As Nova attendee Gilad Karplus, also a former Israeli soldier, told the BBC:
„We pretty much knew they would probably block the road. I‘m pretty sure a lot of people got killed on those roads…We drove into the field and tried to hide from them… afterwards we got a bit deeper into the fields and then they started firing sniper rifles on us from different places and also heavy artillery.“
Though Karplus and other partygoers were being fired on by the Border Police, they couldn’t make sense of this, and initially believed the shooting was from Hamas fighters disguised as police or soldiers. In other words, these witnesses actually saw Israeli forces firing on them.
For Hamas to have executed a plan involving elaborate disguises, the Nova operation would have had to be pre-planned, and the Israeli police investigation has already ruled that Hamas was unaware of the festival in advance. Moreover, no other site of clashes on 7 October reported sightings of Palestinian fighters donning Israeli uniforms – neither at the various breached settlements, nor at the Israeli military bases they entered.
42 survivors of the Nova rave massacre sue defense establishment for negligence
(01.01.2024)
The 42 plaintiffs filed the claim for NIS 200 million ($56 million) at the Tel Aviv District Court against the Shin Bet security service, the Israel Defense Forces, the Israel Police, and the Defense Ministry, alleging multiple instances in which they failed in their duties.
“A single phone call by IDF officials to the commander responsible for the party to disperse it immediately in view of the expected danger would have saved lives and prevented the physical and mental injuries of hundreds of partygoers, including the plaintiffs,” the lawsuit said. “The negligence and the gross oversight is beyond belief.”
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42 survivors of the Nova rave massacre sue defense establishment for negligence
The 42 plaintiffs filed the claim for NIS 200 million ($56 million) at the Tel Aviv District Court against the Shin Bet security service, the Israel Defense Forces, the Israel Police, and the Defense Ministry, alleging multiple instances in which they failed in their duties.
“A single phone call by IDF officials to the commander responsible for the party to disperse it immediately in view of the expected danger would have saved lives and prevented the physical and mental injuries of hundreds of partygoers, including the plaintiffs,” the lawsuit said. “The negligence and the gross oversight is beyond belief.”
JUST IN: FOOTAGE OF HAMAS AMBUSHING ISRAELI ESCAPING THE FESTIVAL ON THE DAY OF THE ATTACK The driver seems to slow down as he thints the armed men were Israeli Defense Force personnel, until they start shooting the car and seemingly killing the passenger(s)
Videos Show How Attack on Music Festival Began
Social media videos and closed-circuit TV footage verified by The New York Times reveal how armed men stormed a music festival in southern Israel, killing an estimated 260 people.
How a night of dancing and revelry in Israel turned into a massacre
“We heard sirens and rockets, tons of rockets,” said Millet Ben Haim, 27, who attended the festival with a group of friends, posing with one of them just minutes before the attack and sticking her tongue out for the camera.
Then the music stopped.
A voice boomed from the loudspeakers over the tented stages and the chill-out area that organizers described as a “playground for adults.”
“Guys, we have red alert,” the voice warned. “Red alert.”
Israeli Music Festival Death Toll Surpasses 260 Following Hamas Terrorist Attack — Music Industry Response Remains Muted
Approximately 3,500 individuals attended the Israel edition of Brazil-based Universo Paralello (Parallel Universe) over the weekend, per regional reports. Coinciding with the Sukkot holiday, the Re’im happening, dubbed “Supernova,” was billed by organizers as a “meaningful psy trance music festival.”
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Blueberry Hill is a popular song published in 1940. The music was written by Vincent Rose, the lyrics by Al Lewis and Larry Stock.
Parades: Join Team Kennedy in 4th of July parades all across the nation!
Batch Geo map of all Parades in America that the Kennedy Team has indexed.
Peshawar celebrating
Stop Persecuting Palestinian Rapper, Tamer Nafar
On Saturday, police in Haifa detained for questioning three Arab protesters who waved Palestinian flags and, on the same day, other police stopped a performance by the Palestinian rapper Tamer Nafar in the Christmas Market in the village of Kafr Yasif, claiming that his songs incite the state (See page 3).
These events are serious. They signal a change for the worse in the attitude, bad to begin with, toward the Palestinian minority, and they seem to be an attempt to criminalize Palestinian identity. The song that led police to stop Nafar’s show was “Salam Ya Sakhbi” – about violence in Arab society.
Parade and pageant highlights final day of Queen‘s Platinum Jubilee
The fourth and final day of the Queen‘s Jubilee is underway in London.
TODAY: Europe #FreeAssange Rally & Concert! SAT, 23rd April, 2pm CET Place De La Monnaie, #Brussels
with @StellaMoris1
@jeremycorbyn
@SwaziJAF
@deepa_driver
Ögmundur Jónasson, @AndrejHunko
@davide_dormino
Music: @chicksonspeed
@drovics
Jack O‘Shea
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3 Brussels Events – Europe Free Assange
Hacking Justice – Documentary Film Screening
The documentary “Hacking Justice: Julian Assange” has been broadcast on several European television outlets and shown at Film Festivals around the world.
The screening will follow with live discussion and Q&A with film’s director Clara Lopez, Deepa Driver and Davide Dormino.
Date & Time: Sat, April 23, 2022, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM CEST
Location: Cinéma Vendôme, 18 Chaussée de Wavre, 1050 Ixelles, Belgium
Register here.
EU Free Assange Concert Rally
On 23rd of April the EU Free Assange Concert/Rally in Brussels, on the Place de la Monnaie is arranged so the people of Europe can voice their support for freeing Julian Assange.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy‘s impassioned plea at 64th Annual Grammy Awards 2022
#PutinsWar #нетвойне
No passport, no problem! Clubbers enjoy end of Plan B restrictions by hitting the dancefloors in England without needing Covid passes or masks for first time
– Thousands of clubbers make the most of the end of Plan B restrictions in England for wild Friday night parties
Denmark returns to pre-pandemic life with a huge pop concert
About 52,000 people flocked to Copenhagen’s Parken stadium a day after Denmark abolished coronavirus restrictions.
Fantastic Festivals In London: Autumn 2021
GREENWICH + DOCKLANDS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL: The ever-creative (and, even better, free!) GDIF returns, with family-friendly outdoor events including a recreation of the Northern Lights, a riverside fire garden, and a giant birdcage roaming the streets at dusk, with video projections of birds released onto the streets. Greenwich and surrounds, 27 August-11 September
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Liam Gallagher hello Leeds festival 2021
Liam Gallagher live hello Leeds festival 2021
Stormzy Set Highlights Reading Festival 2021
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Warm and sunny weather forecast for Reading and Leeds festivals over Bank Holiday Weekend
Music fans are returning to Reading and Leeds for the first time in two years after last year’s festivals were cancelled
Denmark to lift all remaining Covid restrictions on 10 September
Danish restaurants, bars, cinemas, gyms, sports stadiums and hairdressing salons have been open since that date for anyone who can prove that they are fully vaccinated, have a negative test result less than 72 hours old or contracted Covid within the past two to 12 weeks.
That requirement, already lifted from 1 August for some venues such as museums, will disappear for most others from 1 September, although a coronapas will still be needed for nightclubs and large events including football matches until 10 September.
NYC Homecoming Concert Canceled Due to Hurricane
The remainder of We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert has been canceled due to severe weather caused by Hurricane Henri.
No10 refuses to rule out making people prove they are double-jabbed to get into PUBS as Tories vow to fight PM‘s ‚disgusting‘ restriction on entry to nightclubs – but warn any Commons revolt will be ‚pointless‘ unless Labour opposes the move
Another senior lockdown-sceptic told MailOnline there are ‚likely‘ to be enough Tory rebels. But they stressed a revolt would be ‚pointless‘ unless Labour lines up against the measures.
‚It‘s all about Keir Starmer… unless Labour go through the division lobbies in opposition it will happen,‘ the MP said.
The MP said the PM‘s was using a ‚disgusting‘ tactic to pressure young people to get jabs. ‚I am profoundly disgusted that a Conservative government is manipulating the public like this… it is awful,‘ they said.
‚OUR Freedom Day lasted 17 HOURS‘: Nightclub bosses blast Boris over plan for compulsory vaccine passports… in ‚another chaotic U-turn‘ a week after saying revellers would NOT need them
At a Downing Street press conference last night, Mr Johnson – who is self-isolating in Chequers after he was ‚pinged‘ by the NHS Covid app – said that proof of double-vaccination will be a ‚condition of entry‘ at clubs just hours after they reopened for the first time in 16 months.
He declined to specify which other venues will be targeted and even failed to rule out extending the scheme to other hospitality venues, including pubs. The policy is a major U-turn, with Cabinet ministers Michael Gove and Nadhim Zahawi previously denying there were plans to introduce so-called ‚Covid status certification‘ and Downing Street calling such a move ‚discriminatory‘.
Excited ravers pack into nightclubs from midnight as ‚Freedom Day‘ begins
(19.07.2021)
There were countdowns to midnight at dozens of nightclubs in England as young people celebrated a return to clubbing after 16 months
Excited revellers called it a “special night“ as they queued up ready to dance for the first time since the start of the pandemic #FreedomDay
(19.07.2021)
Coronavirus latest news: Vaccine passport plan ‚will be fourth lockdown‘ for pubs
“You would be putting door control on every pub, bar, restaurant, coffee shop, hotel, nightclub and music venue in the country [to check certificates] and that’s simply not happening at the moment,“ she told Sky News.
“You would see high levels of business failure, high levels of business closure unless there was substantive Government support.”
Boris Johnson may tone down ‘freedom’ rhetoric amid reopening jitters
The final decision about 19 July will be taken on Monday morning, based on modelling from the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) about Covid cases and pressures on the NHS.
Covid passports ‚WILL be compulsory in pubs‘: Ministers ‚plan to force bars, clubs and restaurants to demand proof of two jabs or negative test from autumn‘ to help tackle fourth wave of the virus
The government had decided not to enforce Covid passports now because it would discriminate against younger people who have not been able to receive their second vaccination yet, The Times reported.
There are also fears it could damage the economy with people being turned away from the struggling hospitality industry.
But ministers believe that all over 18s will have been offered both doses by September and therefore vaccine passports can be enforced in venues where social distancing is not possible.
Now for the historic hangovers! England fans party into the night as they celebrate the nerve-shredding semi-final win with beers, cheers and tears of delight
Scores of supporters prepared to call in sick for work today following a night of booze-fuelled partying after the Three Lions defeated Denmark 2-1 during a nail-biting showdown in front of 60,000 spectators at the Wembley Stadium.
‚The state won‘t be telling you what to do‘: Robert Jenrick confirms face masks will no longer be compulsory after ‚freedom day‘ as Sajid Javid goes full speed ahead towards lifting ALL lockdown restrictions on July 19
The Mail on Sunday can reveal that under ‚freedom day‘ plans expected to be signed off by the Cabinet tomorrow:
Delighted fans party into the night as they hurl half-drunk beers into the air and hug complete strangers after England beat old enemy Germany in Euro 2020 showdown
The elation spilled into fan zones across England – including in Manchester and Birmingham – with Britons proudly draping the St George‘s flag over their shoulders when the squad‘s first knockout tournament win against Germany in 55 years was secured.
Crowds in Three Lions jerseys later emerged from pubs and tore through the streets of London, Leeds and Newcastle, with hundreds who gathered in Leicester Square and Wembley spraying beers over onlookers and setting off colourful smoke bombs.
Complete euphoria / / / / / @DownloadFest #DownloadPilot
I’m at @DownloadFest today. It’s difficult to explain how emotional it is being back at a festival site. The vibe is insane.
Download Festival is ‚100 per cent evidence‘ that big music events can take place safely says organiser after 10,000 rock fans enjoyed three-day party
Crowds, who had to provide a negative PCR test before arrival, were allowed to mosh and hug at the camping-only festival as they were freed from strict Covid regulations while onsite.
But the rock and metal event‘s capacity was reduced by 90 per cent from 111,000 to around 10,000 as it was allowed to run as a smaller pilot event rather than being cancelled for the second year running.
Celebrations erupt in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square after Naftali Bennett was sworn in as Israel’s new prime minister, unseating Netanyahu after 12 years in office
(13.06.2021)
Yesterday at Rabin Square. As we danced I had to visit PM Rabin memorial. Bibi‘s incitement led to Rabin‘s murder 26 years ago at the city quare and I can‘t think of a better place to celebrate the end of Bibi‘s era and a fresh era of leadership.
Absolutely blown away by @DillonFrancis at his FIRST SHOW BACK! Thank you for coming to my town Texas! Completely made my night. #SaveTheRave
Just 15 people out of 60,000 tested positive for covid after mass gathering trial
The pilot events included 21,000 people at the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium, plus two other matches at the venue.
There was a rave with 3,000 clubbers at the Circus nightclub in Liverpool, which saw partygoers not having to wear a mask.
Others included the Brit Awards, which hosted 4,000 people at London‘s 02 Arena, and the snooker world championships at Sheffield‘s Crucible Theatre
Así está ahora mismo la Puerta del Sol. Gente saltando, abrazándose, unos haciendo la conga… No tengo palabras.
Outdoor parties erupt across Spain as state of alarm ends
The first night without the state of alarm saw an atmosphere of partying in many parts of Spain on Saturday night, as revelers took to the street from midnight onward when the emergency measures that had been in place for six months in a bid to control the spread of the coronavirus expired. The festivities took place on the streets of the country despite the fact that the epidemiological data is far from good.
Our epidemic is over, so why are we slower to unlock than countries with higher infection rates?
The BBC has worked out that 44 per cent of local authority areas in England, and more than half in Scotland, did not record a single Covid fatality in April. Hardly surprising given the low incidence of the virus. According to the ONS, around one person in a thousand was infected in the week up to 24 April – down from one in 50 in January.
Why, then, are we being so slow to open up?
Ready to rock… and not a mask in sight! Thousands of music fans head to live gig in Liverpool headlined by indie band Blossoms in latest government Covid test event
Ticketholders had to take a Lateral Flow Test at a community testing site 24 hours before the event and had to produce a negative result to gain entry.
Attendees will then have to take another test five days after the event as part of the ERP‘s research.
Ahead of the event, Festival Republic Managing Director Melvin Benn said: ‚This event is not about pushing vaccines or passports, we do not want to limit attendance to our events in any way.
It‘s party time again! 6,000 clubbers in Liverpool return to dancefloor for Britain‘s first post-lockdown rave (but doors open at 2pm and pre-drinks are replaced by Covid tests)
– Thousands of revellers are returning to the dancefloor at the UK‘s first post-lockdown ‚nightclub‘ rave today
– But there will be tent of scientists outside the venue monitoring their behaviour at the two-day mini festival
Clubbers return to the dancefloor in Liverpool as 3,000 attend pilot event
Clubbers have been able to return to the dancefloor at a pilot event for 3,000 people.
Club night Circus hosted The First Dance in Liverpool, where revellers – who all had to produce negative Covid tests – did not have to wear face coverings or socially distance for the first time since before lockdown began.