Palestine

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The first known Palestinian child to be killed in an Israeli prison, Walid Khalid Abdullah Ahmad, was starved, had untreated diseases, and was repeatedly beaten by guards before he died last month, his autopsy report shows.

The autopsy shows that Ahmad suffered from “extreme body muscle and fat wasting, evidenced by a sunken abdomen,” caused by “extreme, likely prolonged malnutrition,” reported Defense for Children International-Palestine (DCIP) on Thursday. His body also showed evidence that he had been beaten on his chest and abdomen while imprisoned, as shown by air collection, the group said.

At the time of his death, Ahmad also suffered from diseases like scabies and colitis, which likely caused diarrhea and dehydration. He had a number of abrasions and cuts, present on his nose, chest, hip and neck.

His autopsy was conducted in a facility in Tel Aviv. Israeli authorities are withholding his body from his family.

“Walid’s autopsy indicates that Israeli prison guards systematically starved and abused him for months until he finally collapsed, struck his head, and died,” said Ayed Abu Eqtaish, head of DCIP’s accountability program.

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By Nicholas Kristof
April 5, 2025

"Without attracting much notice or protest, Israel increasingly is using the tools of war familiar in Gaza — tanks, airstrikes and massive destruction and displacement — here in the West Bank. Human rights groups like B’Tselem call this the “Gazafication” of the West Bank."

https://archive.ph/Vk4Ia

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/28177585

By MEE staff Published date: 5 April 2025 15:08 BST

"New video evidence relating to the killing of 15 Palestinian rescue workers by Israeli forces has emerged, contradicting the Israeli account of the attack on a medical convoy in Rafah last week.

The footage, which was retrieved from a phone belonging to one of the medics who was killed, shows the Israeli army attacking clearly marked Red Crescent ambulances that had their emergency signal lights on, and emergency medical workers wearing reflective vests."

UN Extends Francesca Albanese’s Mandate despite Pro-Israel Pushback - Palestine Chronicle (2025-04-05)

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/un-extends-francesca-albaneses-mandate-despite-pro-israel-pushback/
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“The United Nations Human Rights Council has voted to extend Francesca Albanese’s mandate as Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories for another three years, despite sustained pressure from pro-Israel governments and advocacy groups, including the United States.

“The decision came on Friday, during the final session of the UNHRC’s 58th meeting in Geneva. Albanese will now continue in her role through 2028.”

“... Albanese has repeatedly accused Israel of ethnic cleansing and genocide in her reports and public statements, drawing praise from human rights advocates and ire from Israeli officials and their allies.”

“One of the most vocal campaigns against her has been led by UN Watch, … accusing her of promoting antisemitism and ‘terrorism’ in her capacity…”

#UNHRC #FrancescaAlbanese #FakeAntisemitism
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Kavitha Chekuru
Apr 04, 2025

"Amid what the United Nations has described as a “concerted policy to destroy Gaza’s healthcare system,” the Red Cross and Red Crescent said it was the single deadliest attack on their workers anywhere in the world since 2017. Gaza’s Civil Defense, likewise, called it “one of the most heinous massacres” they have witnessed."

Germany’s Deportation Crackdown: A Media Roundup (The Third Draft - Hanno Hauenstein, 2025-04-05)

https://hannohauenstein.substack.com/p/germanys-deportation-crackdown-a
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“Earlier this week, I broke an investigative story in The Intercept“

“The piece reveals how the #Berlin immigration authorities have ordered the deportation of four foreign nationals … (citizens of the U.S., Poland, and Ireland) – citing their involvement in pro-Palestinian protest actions.

“Crucially to the story, none of the four have been convicted of any crimes.”

“… what makes these four stand out is the reasoning: the authorities explicitly invoke #Germany’s Staatsräson – its “reason of state” – to justify the expulsions, pointing to the state’s proclaimed commitment to Israel’s security.”

“The investigation sparked more reactions than I could have ever anticipated…”

> some links in the next toot

#deportation #ProPalestineProtests #HannoHauenstein
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Microsoft employee disrupts 50th anniversary and calls AI boss 'war profiteer' - YouTube (The Verge, 2025-04-04)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7BoTBy1aHVM
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>> A Microsoft employee disrupted the company’s 50th anniversary event to protest its use of AI. “Shame on you,” said Microsoft employee Ibtihal Aboussad, speaking directly to Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman. “You are a war profiteer. Stop using AI for genocide. Stop using AI for genocide in our region. You have blood on your hands. All of Microsoft has blood on its hands. How dare you all celebrate when Microsoft is killing children. Shame on you all.”..

Read:
https://www.theverge.com/news/643670/microsoft-employee-protest-50th-annivesary-ai

#Microsoft #StopGenocide
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/28125709

A Microsoft employee disrupted the company’s 50th anniversary event to protest its use of AI.

“Shame on you,” said Microsoft employee Ibtihal Aboussad, speaking directly to Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman. “You are a war profiteer. Stop using AI for genocide. Stop using AI for genocide in our region. You have blood on your hands. All of Microsoft has blood on its hands. How dare you all celebrate when Microsoft is killing children. Shame on you all.”

Sources at Microsoft tell The Verge that shortly after Aboussad was ushered out of Microsoft’s event, she sent an email to a number of email distribution lists that contain hundreds or thousands of Microsoft employees. Here is Aboussad’s email in full

Rasha Abou Jalal
Apr 4, 2025

"Days after the closure began, Abadleh tried to get her hands on heparin injections in public hospitals and private pharmacies but found none. "Everyone told me the medicine wasn’t available,” she said. “I asked them, ‘What should I do now? ...

Abadleh’s condition deteriorated, when she began experiencing abdominal cramps. The next day, she woke up to a sharp pain and feared the worst... Her husband rushed her to a private clinic nearby, but it was too late: she had suffered a miscarriage."

SEIU Launches $100,000 Ad Campaign & Holds 18 Rallies to Release Immigrant Activist (Payday Report, 2025-04-03)

https://paydayreport.com/seiu-launches-100-000-ad-campaign-holds-18-rallies-to-release-immigrant-activist/
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"This week, SEIU launched a major six-figure ad campaign to demand the release of a Turkish national, Tufts University Ph.D. student Rumeysa Ozturk, a member of SEIU 509, who had been involved in Palestinian protests

"Such a large ad buy by a union to protest the detention by #ICE of one union member is unprecedented. Not only did #SEIU buy the ads, but they organized 18 protests nationwide demanding her release."

"As immigrants are illegally deported and detained, more and more unions are stepping up to protest these detentions."

#USPol #Union #RumeysaOzturk
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17-year-old Palestinian child prisoner starved to death by Israeli prison guards | Defense for Children Palestine (2025-04-03)

https://www.dci-palestine.org/17/_year/_old/_palestinian/_child/_prisoner/_starved/_to/_death/_by/_israeli/_prison/_guards
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"Walid Khalid Abdullah Ahmad, 17, died while held in Israeli custody in Megiddo prison in northern Israel on the morning of March 22 after collapsing in the prison yard, according to documentation collected by Defense for Children International - Palestine. Post-mortem examination indicates Walid suffered from extreme body muscle and fat wasting, evidenced by a sunken abdomen, according to a doctor who attended the autopsy on behalf of Walid’s family..."

"'Walid’s autopsy indicates that Israeli prison guards systematically starved and abused him for months until he finally collapsed, struck his head, and died,' said Ayed Abu Eqtaish, accountability program director at DCIP."

#dciPalestine
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Draft resolution A/HRC/58/L.30/Rev.1 (as orally revised) on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the obligation to ensure accountability and justice, was ADOPTED.
(2025-04-02)

https://x.com/UN/_HRC/status/1907435194623123665

YES = 27; NO = 4*; ABST = 16
*) Chechia, Ethiopia, #Germany, North Macedonia.

Official Document:
https://www.un.org/unispal/document/human-rights-council-draft-resolution-human-rights-situation-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory-including-east-jerusalem-and-the-obligation-to-ensure-accountability-and-justice-a-hrc-58-l-30-re/

#UNHRC #OPT #HRC58
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On Friday March 21, eight israeli human rights organizations* published a call in Haaretz daily newspaper to oppose the Israeli government’s policy
(original as attached).

English translation from B’Tselem:

No to the Israeli government’s policy of death

Tens of thousands killed, entire cities destroyed, millions of people starving, hostages abandoned to suffering and death — all this has not satisfied the bloodlust and urge for destruction of Netanyahu and Ben Gvir’s government.

For the sake of political survival, and in the name of its all-out war on the Palestinian people, the Israeli government is willing to continue committing the gravest of crimes.

This is what a dictatorship looks like: a leader willing to trade in human lives for his own personal interests.

Now is the time to say loudly and clearly: we will not follow him into the abyss.

We must oppose the death policy led by the Netanyahu–Ben Gvir government.

#IsraeliOpposition
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cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/4507353

During the Eid el-Fitr, the holiday at the end of Ramadan, Muin Abu Al-Mehza, 58, would usually celebrate together with his family and go visit relatives, as per tradition.

Muin has two sons and two daughters. One daughter moved to Kuwait with her husband. But his other children live close by, and his oldest son, Sami, 31, built an apartment for his family above Muin’s home.

The holidays were always a time for celebration for the family, as it generally is for everyone in Gaza.

But the past two festive seasons have been anything but joyous in the besieged and devastated coastal territory, home to 2.3 million people now facing starvation and Israel’s genocidal military violence again.

Last Ramadan, Muin’s family was struggling with an acute shortage of food. They had been displaced from their home and were struggling for shelter, warmth and water.

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By MEE staff
Published date: 3 April 2025 12:15 BST

"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Wednesday the capture of an area that he referred to as the "Morag axis" in the southern Gaza Strip.

This area consists mainly of agricultural land located between Khan Younis and Rafah, stretching from east to west across the Gaza Strip."

By Lorenzo Tondo and Malak A Tantesh in Jerusalem, and Julian Borger. Videos and graphics by Bryony Moore and Tural Ahmedzade
Thu 3 Apr 2025 07.32 EDT

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/28056146

By Ahmed Aziz in Khan Younis, occupied Palestine Published date: 2 April 2025 16:09 BST

"An Israeli air strike on Khan Younis has killed at least 12 displaced Palestinians from the same family, relatives told Middle East Eye, as Israel expanded its offensive on Wednesday to seize "large areas" of Gaza.

“They were hanging out at our place, and wanted to wish their mother a happy Eid,” Basma al-Qaoud, a relative of the victims, told MEE.

“They left, and an hour or two later, we receive a call telling us the Bari family home was bombed, which was the home they were renting.”"

UK says ‘does not support’ Israel’s expansion of Gaza offensive (AlArabiya, 2025-04-02)

https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2025/04/02/uk-says-does-not-support-israel-s-expansion-of-gaza-offensive-
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“‘... The #UK does not support an expansion of Israel’s military operations,’ junior foreign office minister Hamish Falconer, told parliament.

“There is a ‘serious risk Israel is not simply acting in its own legitimate self defense,’ he added.”

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/28035952

Israel’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) in its ongoing assault on the Gaza Strip – aided by tech giants such as Google, Microsoft, and Amazon – is fueling concerns over the normalization of mass civilian casualties and raising serious questions about the complicity of these firms in potential war crimes, according to a leading AI expert.

Multiple reports have confirmed that Israel has deployed AI models such as Lavender, Gospel, and Where’s Daddy? to conduct mass surveillance, identify targets, and direct strikes against tens of thousands of individuals in Gaza – often in their own homes – all with minimal human oversight.

Rights groups and experts say these systems have played a critical role in Israel’s incessant and apparently indiscriminate attacks, which have laid to waste massive swaths of the besieged enclave and killed more than 50,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children.