Palestine

Dr. Abu Safiya Reports Torture and Severe Abuses in Israeli Custody; Al Mezan Calls for His Immediate Release (Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, 2025-02-11)

https://mezan.org/public/en/post/46651
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"after 47 days of arbitrary detention—during which Israeli authorities repeatedly denied him access to legal counsel—Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya met his lawyer for the first time since his abduction from Gaza."

"Around 3 p.m. today, Al Mezan's lawyer visited Dr. Abu Safiya in Ofer Prison, located in the unlawfully occupied West Bank. During the visit, Dr. Abu Safiya detailed the various forms of torture and abuse to which he has been subjected both during his unlawful arrest and throughout his arbitrary detention by Israeli forces and authorities..."

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PHOTOS: Israel ravages West Bank refugee camps (+972 Magazine, 2025-02-12)

https://www.972mag.com/west-bank-refugee-camps-israel-iron-wall/
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“Israeli forces have displaced 40,000 Palestinians from four refugee camps in the largest military operation in the West Bank since the Second Intifada…”

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Prem Thakker February 11, 2025

[I found a paywall a few pages down in article, sorry. --PL]

Almost immediately after the Hamas attack on October 7, Weiss and the rest of the settler movement set their sights on Gaza. Against the backdrop of Israel’s massive bombardment and ethnic cleansing of the territory’s north, they ramped up their efforts to re-establish Jewish settlements there, broadcasting their intentions loudly and bluntly — and with the knowledge that they could count on significant support within the governing coalition.

This past December, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who leads the Religious Zionism party and functions as the overlord of the West Bank, declared (not for the first time) on Israeli public radio, “We must occupy Gaza, maintain a military presence there, and establish settlements.” Many in Smotrich’s camp wanted to prolong the war, reasoning that the longer Israel continued to brutalize Gaza, the greater the likelihood that settlers would succeed in installing an outpost — the germ of a settlement — in the Strip.

The announcement of a ceasefire agreement, which went into effect on Jan. 19, has slowed the Gaza resettlement movement’s momentum, but it has not stalled it.

The ceasefire is fragile, dangerously so: there is no guarantee that it will last beyond the initial six-week phase, which involves only a partial Israeli withdrawal from the territory. And there have already been reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to keep his hard-right government together, has conceded to Smotrich’s demand that Israel restart the war after the first phase ends and gradually assert full Israeli control over the Gaza Strip. Whether that happens will depend largely on the Trump administration’s willingness to exert continuous pressure on Netanyahu to carry out the subsequent stages of the ceasefire agreement — which would very likely jeopardize the survival of Netanyahu’s governing coalition.

Amid this uncertainty, the settler movement has continued to press its eliminationist vision of resettling Gaza. The night before the ceasefire went into effect, Nachala led several dozen activists back to the Black Arrow memorial to stage a protest against the agreement. The settlers are openly praying for its failure, while a handful of the more militant among them remain camped within sprinting distance of the separation barrier.

If and when the ceasefire collapses and Israeli ground troops return to the Strip in full force, the settlers will be prepared to renew their push, even more determined to establish new settlements there. In that scenario, there will be frighteningly little standing in their way.

Netanyahu Is Preparing to Sabotage the Gaza Ceasefire…Again (Drop Site News, 2025-02-10)

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/trump-netanyahu-sabotage-ceasefire-hamas-phase-2
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“From the moment Israel accepted the ceasefire deal, its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his aides have characterized it as a limited agreement aimed at securing the release of as many Israeli captives as possible and not a comprehensive plan to end the war. Now, emboldened by his recent meetings at the White House and riding a tsunami of giddiness over President Donald Trump’s proposal for the U.S. to seize control of Gaza, Netanyahu returned to Israel on Sunday ready to sabotage the already frangible agreement and expand his forces’ siege of the West Bank.”

“A recent poll shows the Israeli public overwhelmingly wants Phase 2 to move forward so that all the hostages are released. At the same time, an almost equal amount also support Trump's plan to empty Gaza of Palestinians.”

#EndOccupation #USPol
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Jessica Washington February 10 2025, 2:16 p.m

By Yasmine El-Sabawi in Washington
Published date: 10 February 2025 22:16 GMT

Video | Israel's all-war on the Palestinian people since 7 Oct. 2023 includes the West Bank (B’Tselem, 2025-02-02)

http://www.btselem.org/video/20250202/_israels/_all/_war/_on/_the/_palestinian/_people/_since/_7/_Oct/_2023/_includes/_the/_West/_Bank
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“Since the heinous attack led by Hamas on 7 October 2023, Israel declared all-out war on the Palestinian people in all the areas it controls. ... In the West Bank and in East Jerusalem, Israeli forces are operating with unchecked brutality, resulting in an unprecedented death toll. Meanwhile, settler violence is growing and entire Palestinian communities have been expelled from their homes. The outcome of all this is an unprecedented violation of the most basic human rights of Palestinians…”

#WestBank #EastJerusalem #BTselem
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The day Israel came for the booksellers: With a Palestinian coloring book as proof of 'incitement,' Israeli police raided East Jerusalem's world-famous Educational Bookshop and arrested its owners (+972 Magazine, 2025-02-11)

https://www.972mag.com/educational-bookshop-east-jerusalem-raid-arrests/
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“Since an arrest on suspicion of incitement requires prior approval from the State Prosecutor’s Office, the shop’s owner, Mahmoud Muna, and his nephew, Ahmad Muna, … were arrested on suspicion of ‘disturbing public order’ — a common practice in cases related to freedom of expression.”

“While the stores are famous among an international audience, and within a close proximity to the Magistrate’s Court, they are almost unknown in Israel. The court officials, police officers, and guards were surprised by the amount of interest from the media and diplomats …”

#EastJerusalem #EducationalBookshop
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Our film is going to the Oscars. But in Masafer Yatta, we’re still being erased (Basel Adra | +972 Magazine, 2025-02-10)

https://www.972mag.com/no-other-land-oscars-masafer-yatta-erasure/
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"Despite the exciting success of the film [No Other Land] in festivals and among journalists and audiences around the world, however, the situation here on the ground is deteriorating rapidly and the future looks bleak. Over the past 16 months, Israeli settlers and the military have taken advantage of the atmosphere of the war to reshape reality ..., intensifying their efforts to displace us from our land. Even as I write this, the Israeli army is conducting a major demolition operation in the community of Khalet A-Daba, razing homes, toilets, solar panels, and trees.

"... I wanted to highlight some of the most notable incidents from the last few weeks to show that while we are gaining international recognition, our material reality remains a daily struggle against erasure..."

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cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/4461754

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said in a statement on Monday that the number of Palestinians Israel has displaced in the occupied West Bank since the beginning of its ongoing offensive has reached 40,000.

Dubbed “Operation Iron Wall,” the ongoing Israeli military invasion overtook the northern West Bank in mid-January, leading to the forcible displacement of thousands of residents. On February 10, UNRWA said that “the forced displacement of Palestinian communities in the northern West Bank is escalating at an alarming pace.”

According to UNRWA, the number refers to Palestinians displaced from the Tulkarem, Jenin, and al-Far’a refugee camps, where the Israeli offensive has expanded. This marks the longest-running Israeli military campaign in the West Bank since the Second Intifada.

“Forced displacement in the occupied West Bank is the result of an increasingly dangerous and coercive environment,” the UNRWA statement said. “The use of air strikes, armoured bulldozers, controlled detonations, and advanced weaponry by the Israeli Forces has become commonplace — a spillover of the war in Gaza.”

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The Inside Story of The Super Bowl Halftime Performer Who Raised a Palestine and Sudan Flag (The Intercept, 2025-02-10)

https://theintercept.com/2025/02/10/super-bowl-kendrick-lamar-gaza-sudan-protester/
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"With the world watching, [a New Orleans performer and designer Zül-Qarnain] Nantambu, 41, made his choice. As the rest of the 400 hired dancers moved in a coordinated rhythm to Lamar’s music, Nantambu reached into his clothes and unfurled a joint Palestinian and Sudanese flag. He took off running, waving a flag adorned with the words 'Sudan' and 'Gaza' in black ink. After roughly 30 seconds, he was wrestled to the ground by security as the crowd watched."

"Nantambu said that he couldn’t allow those who share his Muslim faith abroad to suffer without speaking out. 'I can’t live in America — live in a lap of luxury — while those are suffering, without trying to help or bring attention to it,' he said."

#SuperBowlProtest
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated 1:06 PM EST, February 10, 2025

By Alex MacDonald
Published date: 10 February 2025 16:44 GMT

by David Hearst
10 February 2025 11:03 GMT

{Hopefully, Trump and Netanyahu's arrogance is going to cost them big-time.]

"A covert relationship claimed by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Saudi Arabia, one that was years in the making, has been unraveling in a matter of days."

"Trump also bragged that Saudi Arabia would normalise with Israel without a Palestinian state. "So, Saudi Arabia is going to be very helpful. And they have been very helpful. They want peace in the Middle East. It's very simple," Trump said.

It took Riyadh just 45 minutes to reply in what has become known as the dawn statement.

It left little room for manoeuvre.

"His Royal Highness emphasised that Saudi Arabia will continue its relentless efforts to establish an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital and will not establish relations with Israel without that.""

Police said to raid leading bookstore in East Jerusalem, arrest owner, seize books | The Times of Israel (2025-02-10)

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog/_entry/police-said-to-raid-leading-bookstore-in-east-jerusalem-arrest-owner-seize-books/
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“According to Haaretz, the cops came to the Educational Bookshop’s two stores under a court-granted search warrant, arresting owner Mahmoud Muna and his nephew, Ahmad Muna, who will spend the night at the police headquarters…”

“Haaretz quotes the brother of one of the owners as claiming the officers used Google translate to determine which books — most of which are in Arabic — to confiscate.”

#EastJerusalem #EducationalBookshop
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