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24.05.2025 - 16:15 [ Al Jazeera ]

LIVE: 5 killed in Israeli attack on Palestinians near aid truck in Gaza

At least five Palestinians killed, 50 wounded by an Israeli attack that targeted people gathering around a truck carrying flour in southern Gaza.
Witnesses to Israel’s bombing of a family home in Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp that left some 50 people dead or missing told Al Jazeera that “the Israeli military is killing civilians for fun”.

19.05.2025 - 11:25 [ Associated Press ]

Aid workers feel helpless as Israel’s blockade pushes Gaza towards famine

Some 170,000 metric tons of aid, including food, sits in trucks a few miles away, just inside Israel.

19.05.2025 - 11:21 [ Al Jazeera ]

‘A skeleton covered in skin’: Aid workers on Gaza’s malnourished children

Nutritionist Rana Soboh says she has been pushed to her wits’ end after seeing two extreme malnutrition cases in Gaza, which is on the brink of famine due to Israel’s aid blockade.

The first was a woman who was rushed to an emergency room after fainting while she breastfed her newborn, who had not eaten for days, the humanitarian worker with MedGlobal told the Associated Press news agency.

18.05.2025 - 23:48 [ Nullpunkt / Youtube ]

UN Rapporteur Francesca Albanese on Germany’s Role in Gaza Genocide – and Repression of Dissent

May 18, 2025 #Gaza #FrancescaAlbanese #Germany
Why were three of Francesca Albanese’s lectures canceled in Germany — including at LMU Munich and FU Berlin? In this exclusive interview, the UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories speaks out about increasing censorship in Germany, her work documenting what she calls Israel’s genocide in Gaza, and Germany’s complicity.

Albanese also discusses how the crackdown on dissent in Germany is tied to the country’s unwillingness to confront both its past and present.

18.05.2025 - 23:02 [ Communist Party of Israel ]

Anti-Government Protesters Were Attacked by Fascists Around Israel

Fascist assailants physically attacked Saturday evening, May 17, anti-government protesters demanding the end of the war in Gaza and a hostage deal during demonstrations in Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem, Rehovot, Kiryat Ono and Gomeh Junction in Upper Galilee.

In Tel-Aviv, a gang of Kahanists attacked former Hadash MK Dov Khenin, a leading member of the Communist Party of Israel, and his wife on their way to the anti-war protest at Begin Road in front of the Israeli army headquarters. In the central city of Rehovot the attackers yell, “King Bibi,” referring to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while other rips an Israeli flag carried by one of the protesters.

Following the assaults on former MK Khenin in Tel-Aviv and anti-government protesters in Rehovot by supporters of Netanyahu, a second group of protesters in Kiryat Ono were assaulted while taking part in a demonstration outside an event featuring Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar in the central town of Kiryat Ono. Videos posted by anti-government activists to social media appear to show a violent scuffle outside the event, as well as people identified as far-right government supporters clashing with police.

18.05.2025 - 22:33 [ @BreakThroughNews / Youtube ]

Berlin police violently attacked a demonstration for Nakba Day

(May 16, 2025)

18.05.2025 - 22:20 [ Wael Eskandar / Substack ]

Nakba 77 Berlin – Escalation of Fascism

On May 15, Police without badge numbers escalated violence in Berlin Südstern making numerous dubious arrests detaining journalists and protesters.

The escalation of state sponsored repression in Berlin is a worrying sign of the fascist policies and measure being built to repress opposition in Germany.

04.05.2025 - 10:46 [ Channel 13 - 13tv.co.il ]

ברק: נתניהו הכריז מלחמה על ישראל; צריך מרי אזרחי

רה“מ לשעבר אמר ל“מוריה וברקו“ כי צריך לעשות עסקה לשחרור החטופים גם במחיר של הפסקת המלחמה“. על נתניהו: „הכריז מלחמה על ישראל; קורא למרי אזרחי“. בליכוד תקפו: „לא נקבל הטפות מוסר ממי שעסוק בלקרוע את החברה הישראלית ונפגש למעלה מ-30 פעמים עם חברו הפדופיל ג׳פרי אפשטיין, גם אחרי שהורשע בשידול קטינה לזנות“

04.05.2025 - 10:44 [ Middle East Eye ]

Ex-Israeli PM Barak urges civil disobedience to topple Netanyahu

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has called for nationwide protests to remove Benjamin Netanyahu, telling Channel 13 the current leader has „declared war on Israel.“

Barak demanded Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara force Netanyahu‘s recusal, referencing a delayed High Court ruling from January that blocked legislation protecting the PM from removal.

23.04.2025 - 00:00 [ Antiwar.com ]

Israel’s Smotrich Says ‘Gaza Problem Must Be Eliminated,’ Hostages Not Main Priority

“We need to eliminate the Gaza problem,” Smotrich said in a radio interview. “We have a tremendous opportunity, and the excuses are gone: there’s no Biden, no Gallant, Gantz or Eisenkot – we must storm Gaza and end the problem, and prove to the whole world and the people of Israel that there is a military solution to terror.”

Smotrich also criticized former IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi for letting some humanitarian aid into Gaza. Smotrich recently said that “not even a grain of wheat” will enter Gaza, which has been under a total Israeli blockade since March 2.

22.04.2025 - 23:37 [ Middle East Eye ]

Israel expects ‚significant crisis‘ in Gaza as it plans to continue total blockade

According to a report on Israeli news site Walla, the Israeli military is not concerned about the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza, which has been without any humanitarian aid for the last 51 days after Israel declared its total blockade.

Sources in Israel’s Southern Command, who spoke to Walla, estimated that “in two weeks, a significant crisis will begin in the Gaza Strip regarding food, medical equipment and medicines”.

05.04.2025 - 17:33 [ United Nations / Youtube ]

Palestinian Red Crescent Society on the recent deaths of members – Press Conference | United Nations

The President of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS), Dr. Younis Al-Khatib told reporters in New York that he had presented audiovisual evidence and had urged the Security Council “to support the call for an independent and thorough investigation” following the discovery of the bodies of eight missing medics from the PRCS in a mass grave in Gaza.

According to the he International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) an emergency medical team of nine disappeared along with their ambulances after they came under heavy fire in Al-Hashashin on 23 March. After seven days, the bodies of ambulance officers Mostafa Khufaga, Saleh Muamer and Ezzedine Shaath and first responder volunteers Mohammad Bahloul, Mohammed Al-Heila, Ashraf Abu Labda, Raed Al Sharif and Rifatt Radwan were retrieved. Ambulance officer Assad Al-Nassasra is still missing.

05.04.2025 - 16:29 [ United Nations ]

Gaza: Paramedic still missing after aid worker killings, Palestinian Red Crescent Society calls for answers

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) on Friday called for urgent answers over the whereabouts of a missing paramedic, coupled with a full independent investigation into the killing of 15 humanitarian workers in Gaza on 23 March.

02.04.2025 - 12:10 [ Middle East Eye ]

Red Crescent massacre: Palestinians are betrayed in a world ruled by outlaws

The cold-blooded killing of 15 Red Crescent and civil defence first responders has elicited no condemnation from major powers. This is the age of lawlessness

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Israeli anti-Zionist commentator Alon Mizrahi posted on X this week:

„As Israel and the US announce and begin to enact plans to ethnically cleanse Gaza of Palestinians, let‘s remember that the International Court of Justice has not even convened to discuss the genocide since 24 May 2024, when it was using very blurry language about the planned Rafah action….

14.03.2025 - 10:37 [ UN Human Rights Council / Youtube ]

Kifeya Khraim & Witness #3 | Public Hearings, COI Palestine, East Jerusalem & Israel, 11/03/2025

Mar 12, 2025
Kifeya Khraim, International Advocacy Officer, Women‘s Centre for Legal Aid and Counseling, and Witness #3, Women Human Rights Defender, give testimony during Public Hearings organized by the UN Commission of Inquiry Palestine, East Jerusalem & Israel, on 3 March 2025. The Commission of Inquiry held its third round of Public Hearings to gather testimony from victims of sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence committed by the Israeli Security Forces and Israeli settlers.

14.03.2025 - 09:52 [ UN Human Rights Council / Youtube ]

Mohamed Hassan Matar Matar | Public Hearings, COI Palestine, East Jerusalem & Israel, 11/03/2025

Mar 12, 2025
Mohamed Hassan Matar Matar, a resident of the West Bank, gives testimony during Public Hearings organized by the UN Commission of Inquiry Palestine, East Jerusalem & Israel, on 3 March 2025. The Commission of Inquiry held its third round of Public Hearings to gather testimony from victims of sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence committed by the Israeli Security Forces and Israeli settlers.

14.03.2025 - 08:42 [ Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) / Büro des Hohen Kommissars für Menschenrechte ]

“More than a human can bear”: Israel‘s systematic use of sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence since October 2023

“The evidence collected by the Commission reveals a deplorable increase in sexual and gender-based violence,” said Navi Pillay, Chair of the Commission. “There is no escape from the conclusion that Israel has employed sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinians to terrorise them and perpetuate a system of oppression that undermines their right to self-determination.”

The release of the report was accompanied by two days of public hearings held in Geneva on 11-12 March, during which the Commission heard from victims and witnesses of sexual and reproductive violence and medical personnel who assisted them, as well as representatives from civil society, academics, lawyers and medical experts.

The report found that sexual and gender-based violence – which has risen in frequency and severity – is being perpetrated across the Occupied Palestinian Territory as a strategy of war for Israel to dominate and destroy the Palestinian people.

Specific forms of sexual and gender-based violence – such as forced public stripping and nudity, sexual harassment including threats of rape, as well as sexual assault – comprise part of the Israeli Security Forces’ standard operating procedures toward Palestinians.

Other forms of sexual and gender-based violence, including rape and violence to the genitals, were committed either under explicit orders or with implicit encouragement by Israel’s top civilian and military leadership, the report said.

14.03.2025 - 08:33 [ Washington Post ]

U.N. report accuses Israel of sexual violence, ‘genocidal acts’ in Gaza

A U.N. report released Thursday accused Israel of carrying out “systematic” gender-based violence during its 17-month war in the Gaza Strip, including by shelling fertility clinics and hospital maternity wards, causing maternal deaths by blocking aid deliveries, and subjecting male and female detainees to sexual humiliation or abuse.

The 49-page report, by a U.N. Independent International Commission of Inquiry, said that “Israeli authorities have destroyed in part the reproductive capacity of the Palestinians in Gaza as a group, including by imposing measures intended to prevent births, one of the categories of genocidal acts in the Rome Statute and the Genocide Convention.”

11.03.2025 - 08:00 [ Gallup ]

Less Than Half in U.S. Now Sympathetic Toward Israelis

(Mqarch 6, 2025)

For years, a core tenet of Middle East peace proposals has been the so-called “two-state solution,” which would entail the creation of a Palestinian state. Gallup has measured Americans’ views on this since 1999. Since then, more Americans have supported than opposed the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, and that continues today. Currently, 55% are in favor and 31% opposed, while 14% do not have an opinion.

11.03.2025 - 07:29 [ Yahoo ]

Israeli protesters call Netanyahu ‚corrupt‘ outside his trial

(March 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM UTC)

„His corruption is connected with a straight line with the abandonment of our hostages, our families. And he thinks that this is not important. He wants war. He wants war. He wants war. All of us have kids that fought in the war in Gaza, in Gaza, in Lebanon. We don‘t want any more war. We want him out of government. He‘s corrupt. He‘s a danger for democracy. He‘s a danger to our people.“

06.03.2025 - 03:41 [ Search / Bluesky ]

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06.03.2025 - 03:31 [ Middle East Eye ]

Trump posts death threats to Hamas, residents of Gaza

In a post to his TruthSocial platform on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump threatened members of Hamas and residents of Gaza that they would be „DEAD“ if they don‘t do as he says: release all captives, and leave the enclave. (…)

„I have just met with your former Hostages whose lives you have destroyed. This is your last warning! For the leadership, now is the time to leave Gaza, while you still have a chance. Also, to the People of Gaza: A beautiful Future awaits, but not if you hold Hostages. If you do, you are DEAD! Make a SMART decision. RELEASE THE HOSTAGES NOW, OR THERE WILL BE HELL TO PAY LATER!“

06.03.2025 - 03:26 [ Reuters ]

Trump warns Hamas as US holds unprecedented talks for Gaza hostages

„I am sending Israel everything it needs to finish the job, not a single Hamas member will be safe if you don’t do as I say,“ he said. „Also, to the People of Gaza: A beautiful Future awaits, but not if you hold Hostages. If you do, you are DEAD! Make a SMART decision. RELEASE THE HOSTAGES NOW, OR THERE WILL BE HELL TO PAY LATER!“

Trump‘s warning echoed his „hell to pay“ threat before his January 20 return to the White House, which was followed by the ceasefire and hostages deal in mid-January that he claimed credit for before then-President Joe Biden left office.

03.03.2025 - 23:59 [ Communist Party of Israel ]

Hadash Lawmakers Against Netanyahu’s Decision to Stop Entry of Aid into Gaza

On Sunday evening, thousands of protesters broke down police barricades and lit flares during a sit-in outside Netanyahu’s house in Jerusalem, in protest of the government’s stalling the negotiations over a cease-fire deal with Hamas. One demonstrator was detained by police.

“Don’t you dare sabotage the deal,” the organizers wrote in a press statement before the gathering. “This evening proves that the public won’t stay quiet. While Netanyahu and [Finance Minister Bezalel] Smotrich care more about political calculations than human lives, thousands hit the streets to remind them of their main obligation – bringing all the hostages back home,” they wrote. During the demonstration Partnership for Peace protesters, among them Hadash activists, called “No transfer, no to starvation, refuse to serve in the war” and “No to massacres, we refuse to be criminals.” At the same hour and under the banner “Stop Gaza starvation”, Hadash activists’ demonstrated near the Israeli army headquarters in Tel-Aviv

03.03.2025 - 23:49 [ Firstpost / Youtube ]

Israeli Hostages LIVE: More Than 2,000 Protest in Jerusalem Calling for Deal to Release All Hostages

(11 hours ago)

Hundreds of Israeli protesters blocked the road outside the prime minister’s residence on Sunday (March 2) threatening to stay until the government agreed to a deal that would bring home all the remaining hostages. Israeli police set up barricades to prevent the protesters from getting too close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s private residence as protesters lit flares and bonfires.

03.03.2025 - 23:05 [ Pinnacle Gazette ]

Merz‘s Assurance For Netanyahu Visit Sparks Legal Controversy

(March 1, 2025)

Merz made headlines by stating, „We will find legally correct ways to continue receiving the Israeli Prime Minister in Germany,“ underscoring his commitment to maintaining the flow of diplomatic relations with Israel. He emphasized, „It is unimaginable for me for the democratically elected Prime Minister of the State of Israel not to be able to visit Germany.“ This sentiment appears to echo Germany’s long-standing dedication to supporting Israel, but has led to significant controversy.

02.03.2025 - 22:00 [ Nachdenkseiten ]

Merz-Einladung für Netanjahu nach Deutschland: Rechtsbeugung und Eingriff in die Gewaltenteilung?

Auszug aus dem Wortprotokoll der Regierungspressekonferenz vom 26. Februar 2025

Frage Jessen
Ich will ein Thema aufrufen, das vorhin in den Wartesaal verschoben wurde, Stichwort: Haftbefehl gegen Netanjahu.

Herr Kall, sind deutsche Polizeibehörden gehalten, internationale Haftbefehle umzusetzen, wenn die betreffende Person in den Geltungsbereich deutschen Rechts gerät?

Kall (BMI)
Was den IStGH und Haftbefehle des IStGH angeht, ist das eine völkerstrafrechtliche Frage und damit eine Frage an das BMJ oder das AA.

Dr. Strauß (BMJ)
Ich kann gern für das BMJ ergänzen. Die Zusammenarbeit Deutschlands mit dem Internationalen Strafgerichtshof folgt gesetzlichen Regeln. Sie sind im Einzelnen komplex. Sie können sie insbesondere im Gesetz über die Zusammenarbeit mit dem Internationalen Strafgerichtshof nachlesen….

27.02.2025 - 21:42 [ +972 Magazine ]

In its fight against fascism, Israeli academia remains blind to a basic truth

After leading the protest movement against the government’s planned judicial overhaul at the beginning of 2023, Israeli academia quickly fell into line after October 7. From militant speeches and op-eds defending a “just war” to the mass enlistment of Israeli students in the reserve service, the academy broadly supported the war in its first months.

What my academic colleagues fail to grasp, but what my activist friends understand clearly, is that the Israeli government’s ongoing assault on democratic norms and institutions cannot be separated from its genocidal oppression of the Palestinian people. They make up the two lobes of the same right-wing brain.

27.02.2025 - 20:48 [ Times of Israel ]

Faced with impeachment, far-left lawmaker slams attempts to silence him

(February 23, 2025)

And by the way, that [in no way] means that there is any justification for the war crimes and crimes against humanity of October 7 whatsoever. Not even the ongoing occupation and persecution and oppression of the Palestinian people. What happened on October 7 must be rejected 100%.

The second thing is that the Palestinian people didn’t launch a war against Israel. Those who are guilty of the crimes of October 7 are Hamas and some other elements of course. That’s not the Palestinian people. The Israelis, in general, are innocents, and the Palestinians, in general are innocents. There are those who are guilty of war crimes here and there and everywhere. In my view, [they] should be caught and brought to justice in The Hague.

The Times of Israel: Does that include Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant?

Ofer Cassif: Yes.

27.02.2025 - 20:46 [ Communist Party of Israel ]

MK Cassif: There’s a Fascist Atmosphere in Israel

(February 24, 2025)

“There are attempts to silence us and to pursue and to create an atmosphere of chilling effect to terrorize us. There are attempts, again, to silence us, to prevent us from raising our political voice. We were not elected to represent those who disagree with us. It’s our right and obligation to represent as firmly as possible our values for which we were elected. Since October 7, people have been arrested because of tweets [in which] they simply expressed sympathy for the children of Gaza, not for Hamas, perish the thought…There’s a fascist atmosphere,” Cassif said to The Times of Israel. Above excerpts from the interview.

25.02.2025 - 08:10 [ theCradle.co ]

Future German chancellor vows to shield Netanyahu from ICC arrest warrant

Under the statute, countries that are part of the ICC are legally bound to enforce its arrest warrants, but several European allies of Israel and the US are now refusing to do so, including formerly strong backers of the ICC, such as Germany.

Israel‘s war on Gaza has killed at least 48,000 Palestinians, the majority women and children, primarily through the mass bombings of civilian areas.

24.02.2025 - 20:59 [ Al Jazeera ]

Merz says Netanyahu will be able to visit Germany despite ICC warrant

“I think it’s a really absurd idea that an Israeli prime minister can’t visit the Federal Republic of Germany. He will be able to visit Germany,” he added.

In an earlier statement, Netanyahu’s office said Merz had invited the Israeli prime minister “to make an official visit to Germany, in overt defiance of the scandalous International Criminal Court decision to label the Prime Minister a war criminal”.

24.02.2025 - 20:41 [ Nau.ch ]

Netanjahu: Merz hat mich trotz Haftbefehls eingeladen

Merz‘ Partei CDU bestätigte das Telefonat, äusserte sich aber nicht zu dem Inhalt. Gegen Netanjahu sowie gegen den damaligen israelischen Verteidigungsminister Joav Galant waren vergangenes Jahr wegen mutmasslicher Kriegsverbrechen im Gaza-Krieg internationale Haftbefehle erlassen worden.

Merz hatte der deutschen Zeitung «Jüdische Allgemeine» dazu vor knapp zwei Wochen gesagt: «Unter meiner Führung wird der israelische Ministerpräsident unbehelligt nach Deutschland reisen können. Ich werde Mittel und Wege finden, das zu ermöglichen.»

14.01.2025 - 01:47 [ International Court of Justice ]

Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) – Cuba files a declaration of intervention in the proceedings under Article 63 of the Statute

THE HAGUE, 13 January 2025. On Friday 10 January 2025, Cuba, invoking Article 63 of the Statute of the Court, filed in the Registry of the Court a declaration of intervention in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel).

Pursuant to Article 63 of the Statute, whenever the construction of a convention to which States other than those concerned in the case are parties is in question, each of these States has the right to intervene in the proceedings. In this case, the construction given by the judgment of the Court will be equally binding upon them.

14.01.2025 - 01:25 [ Anadolu ]

Cuba files to join South Africa’s genocide case at ICJ against Israel

Cuba has filed a declaration that it will join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, the court announced on Monday.

09.01.2025 - 12:00 [ Lee Mordechai / Witnessing-the-Gaza-War.com ]

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09.01.2025 - 12:00 [ Lee Mordechai / Witnessing-the-Gaza-War.com ]

Bearing Witness to the Israel-Gaza War

Last updated:1 November 29, 2024

I, Lee Mordechai, a historian by profession and an Israeli citizen, bear witness in this document to the situation in Gaza as events are unfolding. The enormous amount of evidence I have seen, much of it referenced later in this document, has been enough for me to believe that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian population in Gaza. I explain why I chose to use the term below. Israel’s campaign is ostensibly its reaction to the Hamas massacre of Oct. 7, 2023, in which war crimes and crimes against humanity were committed within the context of the longstanding conflict between Israelis and Palestinians that can be dated back to 1917 or 1948 (or other dates). In all cases, historical grievances and atrocities do not justify additional atrocities in the present. Therefore, I consider Israel’s response to Hamas’ actions on Oct. 7 utterly disproportionate and criminal.

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Cases in which the IDF kills civilians almost never make the news in Israel and the United States. An exception happened in early April, when the IDF killed 7 workers of the international NGO World Central Kitchen (all foreign citizens) within their clearly marked vehicles operating in full coordination with the IDF. A source from the IDF stated that a drone attacked the convoy of three vehicles because a Hamas person was thought to be in it (later investigation stated this was uncertain and the person simply appeared armed). After the first vehicle was bombed, some NGO workers left their vehicle and evacuated to a second vehicle, immediately notifying the IDF. Despite this, the second vehicle was bombed as well, and the survivors evacuated it to a third vehicle that was also bombed, killing them all.

09.01.2025 - 12:00 [ Nachdenkseiten ]

Dokumentation der Hölle, des Genozids an der palästinensischen Bevölkerung in Gaza

Selbst wenn Gaza jetzt in deutschen Medien so gut wie keine Rolle mehr spielt … Der israelische Historiker Lee Mordechai hat die Abgründe dieser Hölle in einer ausführlichen Dokumentation bis inkl. Ende 2024 zusammengestellt. Dieses Grauen ist nicht zu ertragen. Aber es ist notwendig, dies zu dokumentieren. Siehe hier. Zu Ihrer Information unter Teil A. die Zusammenfassung des Textes, übersetzt von Susanne Hofmann, und unter Teil B. eine Dokumentation von Haaretz.

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“Ich garantiere nicht, dass jede einzelne Zeugenaussage absolut zuverlässig ist. In der Tat weiß niemand genau, was in Gaza passiert – nicht die internationalen Medien, sicherlich nicht die Israelis und nicht einmal die IDF. In ‘Bearing Witness’ behaupte ich, dass das Verstummen der Stimmen aus dem Gazastreifen – die Einschränkung der Informationen, die von dort kommen – Teil der Arbeitsmethode ist, die den Krieg möglich macht. Ich stehe hinter der Synthese, die ich verwende, und ich wünschte, ich läge falsch. Aber von israelischer Seite gibt es nichts. Ich spreche von Beweisen – bringt mir Beweise!”

Ein Fall, der in dem Dokument beschrieben wird, auch wenn es vielen Israelis schwer fallen wird, dies zu glauben, bezieht sich auf den Einsatz einer Drohne durch die IDF, die Geräusche eines weinenden Säuglings abgab, um festzustellen, wo sich Zivilisten aufhielten und sie vielleicht aus ihrem Schutzraum herauszulocken. In dem Video, auf das Mordechai verweist, ist ein Weinen zu hören und die Lichter einer Drohne zu sehen.

“Wir wissen, dass es Drohnen mit Lautsprechern gibt, vielleicht macht sich ein gelangweilter Soldat einen Spaß daraus und die Palästinenser empfinden es als schrecklich”, sagt er. “Aber ist es wirklich so weit hergeholt, dass ein Soldat, anstatt sich mit Höschen und BHs filmen zu lassen oder die Sprengung einer Straße seiner Frau zu widmen, so etwas tut? Es mag erfunden sein, aber es passt zu dem, was ich sehe.” Diese Woche strahlte Al Jazeera einen investigativen Bericht über die so genannten weinenden Drohnen aus und behauptete, ihr Einsatz sei von einer Reihe von Augenzeugen bestätigt worden, die alle die gleiche Geschichte erzählten.

“Wir können immer noch über solche anekdotischen Berichte streiten, aber es ist schwieriger, dies zu tun, wenn wir mit Bergen von fundierteren Berichten konfrontiert werden”, bemerkt Mordechai. “Dutzende amerikanischer Ärzte, die als Freiwillige in Gaza arbeiteten, berichteten zum Beispiel, dass sie fast jeden Tag Kinder sahen, denen in den Kopf geschossen worden war – wie ist das zu erklären? Versuchen wir überhaupt, das zu erklären oder zu verkraften?”