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The forgotten history of Jewish anti-Zionism — Palestine Nexus (Zachary Foster, 2025-05-13)

https://palestinenexus.com/articles/jewish-antizionism
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>> #Zionism was unpopular among most Jews for the first six decades of its Jewish existence, from the 1870s-1930s. It went mainstream in the 1940s with the annihilation of Europe’s Jews and the conversion of American and Arab Jews from non-Zionist to Zionist. For the next six decades, Zionism flourished, transforming the religious affiliation of Jewish institutions around the world from #Judaism to #Israelism. Over the past two decades, though, and especially the past two years, world Jewry has bifurcated: while Zionism has entrenched itself among Jews in Israel, it has retreated among Jews in the US, where 70% of Jews outside of Israel reside, and where support for Zionism is collapsing at its fastest rate in history. This is the story of the rise, fall and rise again of Jewish anti-Zionism…

#JewishAntiZionism
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More than 350 stars condemn Gaza ‘genocide’ in open letter in time for Cannes opening | Euronews (2025-05-13)

https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/05/13/more-than-350-stars-condemn-gaza-genocide-in-open-letter-in-time-for-cannes-opening
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>> The stars and creatives have signed a letter about the killing of the Palestinian protagonist of a #Cannes-premiering documentary [Fatma Hassona]: “We are ashamed of such passivity” - they wrote regarding the silence of the industry.

>> The signatories - which include Pedro Almodóvar, Ruben Östlund, Guy Pierce, Ralph Fiennes, Melissa Barrera, Yórgos Lánthimos, Susan Sarandon, Alfonso Cuarón and David Cronenberg – denounce genocide in Gaza: "We cannot remain silent while genocide is taking place in Gaza," read the letter initiated by several pro-Palestinian activist groups and published in French newspaper Libération and US magazine Variety.

#FatmaHassona #StopGenocide
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In Private, Some Israeli Officers Admit That Gaza Is on the Brink of Starvation (New York Times, 2025-05-13)

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/world/middleeast/gaza-famine-starvation-israel.html?unlocked%5C_article%5C_code=1.G08.ROcd.oSuRSMX2bp54
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>> Some Israeli military officials have privately concluded that Palestinians in Gaza face widespread starvation unless aid deliveries are restored within weeks, ...

>> … Israeli military officers who monitor humanitarian conditions in Gaza have warned their commanders in recent days that unless the blockade is lifted quickly, many areas of the enclave will likely run out of enough food to meet minimum daily nutritional needs, ... They spoke on the condition of anonymity to share sensitive details.

>> The military officials’ analysis has exposed a gulf between Israel’s public stance on the aid blockade and its private deliberations. It reveals that parts of the Israeli security establishment have reached the same conclusions as leading aid groups…

#CrimeAgainstHumanity #StopGenocide
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Scope and Patterns of Anti-Palestinian Repression in Germany Revealed: repression is systematic, institutional and undeniable‌ ‌ - The European Legal Support Center (#ELSC) (2025-05-13)

https://elsc.support/scope-and-patterns-of-anti-palestinian-repression-in-germany-revealed-repression-is-systematic-institutional-and-undeniable/
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>> The European Legal Support Center (ELSC), in collaboration with Forensic Architecture and Forensis, launched its first publicly available groundbreaking database on anti-Palestinian repression in #Germany, which will be followed by other countries across Europe…

Link to the database ⬇️
https://index-of-suppression.vercel.app/

#AntiPalestinianRepression #StopGenocide
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German FM visits Israel, doubts military solution for Gaza – DW (2025-05-11)

https://www.dw.com/en/german-fm-visits-israel-doubts-military-solution-for-gaza/a-72508606
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>> [On his debut visit to Israel, Johann] #Wadephul said Berlin would hold its commitment to guarantee Israel's security, reminding that it was Germany's "reason of state."

>> He nevertheless noted that there is still room for criticism among friends, adding that this "must not lead to antisemitism."

>> "I am not sure whether all of Israel's strategic goals can be achieved in this way [through a military campaign] and whether this will serve Israel's security in the long term," ...

>> "That is why we are appealing for a return to serious negotiations on a ceasefire."

#Germany #Staatsrason
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Israel, Germany mark 60 years of relations with state visits - Jewish News Syndicate (2025-05-06)

https://www.jns.org/israel-germany-mark-60-years-of-relations-with-state-visits/
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>> To mark 60 years of diplomatic relations between their nations, President Isaac Herzog will travel to Berlin on May 12 for a one-day state visit, followed by a reciprocal visit to Israel by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

>> Discussions between the two presidents are expected to cover a range of pressing topics, including ongoing efforts to secure the release of hostages held in Gaza, ...

>> The visit underscores the strategic alliance and growing friendship between Israel and #Germany, as well as their shared commitment to remembrance, democracy and peace…

#CrimeAgainstHumanity
#GermanComplicity

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Gaza Fights For Freedom (2019) | Full Documentary | Directed by Abby Martin - YouTube (2021-05-10)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnZSaKYmP2s
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“… a #documentary about the historic Great March Of Return protests, which occurred every week from March 2018 until December 2019, but covers so much more.

“It tells the story of Gaza past and present, showing rare archival footage that explains the history never acknowledged by mass media…”

h/t https://mastodon.world/@DavidBruchmann/114487489978831880

#GreatMarchOfReturn #FreePalestine

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‘Targeted for refusing to cooperate’: Disturbing testimonies detail Israeli army’s harassment, killing of civilian in Gaza (Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, 2025-05-07)

https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6710/%E2%80%98Targeted-for-refusing-to-cooperate%E2%80%99:-Disturbing-testimonies-detail-Israeli-army%E2%80%99s-harassment,-killing-of-civilian-in-Gaza
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>> ... testimonies documented by Euro-Med Monitor indicate that the Israeli army killed a young civilian in the Gaza Strip for refusing to cooperate with the Israeli intelligence service.

>> The Israeli army directly targeted ... Tabasi, a 24-year-old sanitary worker at a field hospital in the central Gaza town of Az-Zawayda, was targeted with a drone strike near the displacement camp where he was staying. ... for nearly a month before his targeting, Israeli intelligence contacted Tabasi several times, requesting that he cooperate with them.

>> Euro-Med Monitor emphasises that this incident is not isolated ...

#CrimeAgainstHumanity
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Israelis and Palestinians mark 20th joint Memorial Day ceremony (+972 Magazine, 2025-04-29)

https://www.972mag.com/20th-joint-memorial-day-ceremony/
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“This year marks the 20th Joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Ceremony, held annually on the eve of Israel’s Memorial Day. Organized by Combatants for Peace and the Parents Circle – Families Forum, the ceremony brings together bereaved Israeli and Palestinian families who have lost loved ones to mourn together — and to call for an end to bloodshed, war, and occupation.

“What began as a small, contentious gathering in 2006 has grown into one of the most important and largest grassroots joint peace initiatives. Yet over the years, the event has faced growing resistance...”

“This year, organizers opted not to disclose the location of the main event held inside Israel ... A parallel ceremony was held in Beit Jala in the West Bank …, and the event was broadcast live at dozens of locations across Israel.”

#PCFF #CombatantsForPeace
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Why was a Gaza-bound aid ship attacked near Malta? - Here’s what we know so far (Times of Malta, 2025-05-06)

https://timesofmalta.com/article/why-gazabound-aid-ship-attacked-near-malta.1109225
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>> This question [who was behind the attack] remains at the heart of the incident but concrete information remains scarce.

>> Activists were quick to point to possible Israeli involvement, particularly after it emerged that an Israeli military aircraft circled #Malta at low altitude just hours before the incident.

>> Online flight tracker ADS-B Exchange shows that the aircraft spent three hours in Malta’s airspace on Thursday before returning to Israel.

>> However, the Maltese government reported otherwise, insisting that “at no point in time” did any aircraft or vessel enter Maltese airspace or territorial waters...

#FreedomFlotilla
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World Central Kitchen | #WCK Forced to Halt Cooking in Gaza as Supplies Run Out (2025-05-07)

https://wck.org/news/gaza-update-5-7
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>> ... we have now reached the limits of what is possible.
• Large-scale WCK Field Kitchens have run out of the ingredients needed to prepare daily meals.
• Our mobile bakery—recently the last working bakery in Gaza—has no flour left.
• More than 80% of community kitchens have run out of WCK-provided stock. Without ingredients or fuel, these kitchens cannot feed families who rely on them.

>> We are still supporting Palestinian families by distributing critically needed potable water where possible.

#StarvationAsWeapon #CrimeAgainstHumanity
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Revealed: Britain’s Labour Government Sent 8,000 “Munitions of War” to Israel After Saying It Had Stopped (Drop Site News, 2025-05-07)

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/uk-israel-munitions-shipments-palestine
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So, so.

>> After the #UK adopted a new policy that it would not allow any weapons shipments that could be used in Gaza, Britain’s Labour government allowed the export of 8,630 separate munitions to Israel.

>> The information is revealed in a new report, based on Israeli Tax Authority data, conducted by the Palestinian Youth Movement, Progressive International, and Workers for a Free Palestine ...

>> The report reveals four separate shipments from the UK to Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv between September 2024 and February 2025.

>> The Department for Business and Trade, which oversees British arms exports, refused to specify what the deliveries contained…

#PalestinianYouthMovement #PYM #ProgressiveInternational #WorkersForAFreePalestine
#StopArmingIsrael

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