[thread] Israel, Palestine, Gaza, apartheid, genocide
Genocide: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113125466030441752

3 Palestinians killed as Israel raids West Bank
https://www.npr.org/2023/07/03/1185737592/at-least-3-palestinians-are-killed-as-israel-stages-a-large-raid-in-the-west-ban

* Jenin camp/flashpoint
* Israeli-Palestinian violence escalated Spring 2022
* Monday's deaths bring death toll of Palestinians killed 2023 in West Bank to 131
* Stone-throwing youths protesting incursions & also people not involved in confrontations also killed

#Israel #genocide #Palestine #Gaza #Palestine #apartheid #WarCrimes

cont'd

* Palestinians see intensifying Israeli military presence in area as entrenchment of Israel's 56-year open-ended occupation of the territory

Jenin refugee camp: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenin_refugee_camp
* Palestinian refugee camp located in the of Jenin in northern West Bank
* est. 1953 to house Palestinians who fled or were expelled f. homes during & aftermath of 1948 Palestine War

#JeninRefugeeCamp #Jenin #WestBank #Occupation #Israel #Palestine #apartheid #HumanRights #autonomy #SelfDetermination

Jenin refugee camp - Wikipedia

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@unrwa

* Jenin camp has a high population density, est. at 33,000/km2 by the UNRWA
* refugees in camp face difficult living conditions, caused in part by Israeli restrictions
* Jenin camp has high unemployment rate compared to rest of West Bank
* many refugees live in substandard shelters, with poor sewage networks
* common shortages in water & electricity

#JeninRefugeeCamp #Jenin #WestBank #Occupation #Israel #Palestine #apartheid #HumanRights #autonomy #SelfDetermination #UNRWA

Addendum 1

Thousands flee West Bank refugee camp after massive Israeli military raid kills 10
In Tel Aviv, Hamas claims responsibility for deliberate vehicle attack by Palestinian driver
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/thousands-flee-west-bank-refugee-camp-after-massive-israeli-military-raid-kills-10-1.6896228

* U.N. spokesperson: "We are alarmed at the scale of air & ground operations taking place in Jenin in the occupied West Bank, & airstrikes hitting a densely populated refugee camp"

#Jenin #WestBank #Occupation #Israel #Palestine #apartheid #HumanRights #autonomy #SelfDetermination

Thousands flee West Bank refugee camp after massive Israeli military raid kills 10 | CBC News

Thousands of people were evacuated from the Jenin refugee camp as one of Israel's biggest West Bank military operations in years continued for a second day on Tuesday and a car-ramming in Tel Aviv underlined the risk of violence spreading.

CBC

Addendum 2

United Nations: Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

Israeli Practices towards the Palestinian People and the Question of Apartheid
Palestine and the Israeli Occupation, Issue No. 1

https://oldwebsite.palestine-studies.org/sites/default/files/ESCWA%202017%20%28Richard%20Falk%29%2C%20Apartheid.pdf

Executive Summary

"This report concludes that Israel has established an apartheid regime that dominated the Palestinian people as a whole. ..."

#Jenin #WestBank #Occupation #Israel #Palestine #apartheid #HumanRights #autonomy #SelfDetermination

Addendum 3

Israeli Forces Withdraw From Refugee Camp, Leaving Widespread Destruction
https://truthout.org/video/israeli-forces-withdraw-from-refugee-camp-leaving-widespread-destruction

Israel attacked the Jenin refugee camp this weekend in what some are calling the largest military operation in the occupied West Bank in 20 years.
Palestinian health officials say the massive two-day military offensive killed 12 Palestinians and injured at least 140 more.

#Jenin #WestBank #Occupation #Israel #Palestine #apartheid #HumanRights #autonomy #SelfDetermination

Israeli Forces Withdraw From Refugee Camp, Leaving Widespread Destruction

Mustafa Sheta experienced the attack and describes it as an effort “to end … the idea of resistance in Palestine.”…

Truthout

Addendum 4

@socialistproject

Canada Must Take Action Following Israeli Assault on Jenin
https://socialistproject.ca/2023/07/canada-must-take-action-following-israels-assault-on-jenin

* Israeli forces pulled incursion into Jenin refugee camp leaving 12 Palestinians dead incl. 5 teenagers, 1 Israeli soldier (poss. by friendly fire)
* in the process, they attacked Jenin hospital, blocked ambulances f. reaching injured, ripped up roads, destroyed electricity & water infrastructure, shot at journalists

#Jenin #WestBank #Israel #Palestine #apartheid #HumanRights

Canada Must Take Action Following Israel’s Assault on Jenin - The Bullet

Israeli forces have “pulled out” of their recent incursion into the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, leaving at least 12 Palestinians dead, including

Socialist Project

Addendum 5

The Meaning of Jenin
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/07/07/the-meaning-of-jenin
@counterpunch

* Benjamin Netanyahu labeled attack on one of world’s most defenseless & impoverished areas a “special operation" (targeted raid against alleged terrorists)
* language similar to Putin’s description of Russian invasion of Ukraine
* most brutal assault on West Bank in decades
* IDF targeted Jenin’s entire population & fragile infrastructure the camp depends on for survival

#Jenin #WestBank #Israel #apartheid #HumanRights

The Meaning of Jenin

The target seems to have been Jenin itself and not just its people and physical structures, but what Jenin represents to the world, the image it depicts about the nature of the Israeli occupation and the enduring Palestinian resistance against it. Jenin exists; therefore it must be destroyed. Yet it persists and its persistence aggravates its occupiers. Who better than the Israelis to understand what their policies have inflicted and the kind of resentment it has inculcated over the decades?

CounterPunch.org

Addendum 6

Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians
A Look Into Decades Of Oppression And Domination
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2022/02/israels-system-of-apartheid

[report] Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians: Cruel system of domination and crime against humanity
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde15/5141/2022/en

#Jenin #WestBank #Occupation #Israel #Palestine #apartheid #HumanRights #autonomy #SelfDetermination #CrimesAgainstHumanity

Israel's apartheid against Palestinians

Palestinians are systematically subjected to home demolitions and forced evictions, and live in constant fear of losing their homes.  For more than 73 years, Israel has been forcibly displacing entire Palestinian communities. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians’ homes have been demolished, causing terrible trauma & suffering. More than 6 million Palestinians remain refugees, the vast […]

Amnesty International

1/3 Killed in Israeli Assault Since October 7 Are Children
The current death toll in Gaza is close to 42,000, but experts believe that figure is likely a gross undercount
https://truthout.org/articles/one-third-of-those-killed-in-israeli-assault-since-october-7-are-children

* Gaza Health Ministry’s statistics considered credible by independent watchdogs
* cited internally by U.S. officials notwithstanding President Joe Biden’s public questioning of the data

#Israel #apartheid #genocide #WarCrimes #Netanyahu #Biden #ICJ #DefundIsrael #WestBank #Palestine#HumanRights

One-Third of Those Killed in Israeli Assault Since October 7 Are Children

The current death toll in Gaza is close to 42,000, but experts believe that figure is likely a gross undercount.

Truthout

Israel Deliberately Blocked Humanitarian Aid to Gaza, 2 Government Bodies Concluded. Antony Blinken Rejected Them
https://www.propublica.org/article/gaza-palestine-israel-blocked-humanitarian-aid-blinken

* Blinken to US Congress: Israeli government not prohibiting/restricting aid
* h/e U.S. Agency for International Development, others determined Israel had broken the law

Antony Blinken: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken

#Israel #genocide #Palestine #Gaza #Palestine #apartheid #WarCrimes #Netanyahu #Biden #AntonyBlinken #MIC #MilitaryIndustrialComplex #MIC

Israel Deliberately Blocked Humanitarian Aid to Gaza, Two Government Bodies Concluded. Antony Blinken Rejected Them.

Blinken told Congress, “We do not currently assess that the Israeli government is prohibiting or otherwise restricting” aid, even though the U.S. Agency for International Development and others had determined that Israel had broken the law.

ProPublica

Israel Extends Genocidal War to Lebanon
https://jacobin.com/2024/09/israel-lebanon-genocide-regional-war/

* U.S. arms flow to Israel as Israel slaughtered 500+ people in Lebanon in 1 day
* waves of Israeli air strikes killed 558 people in Lebanon, incl. women, children
* 1,835+ civilians wounded
* Benjamin Netanyahu has few qualms about igniting a full-blown regional war

#Israel #genocide #Lebanon #MiddleEast #Palestine #Gaza #apartheid #WarCrimes #Netanyahu #ICJ #BidenAdministration #MIC #MilitaryIndustrialComplex #MIC

Israel Is Extending Its Genocidal War to Lebanon

With US arms continuing to flow to Israel as it slaughtered more than 500 people in Lebanon since yesterday, Benjamin Netanyahu seems to have few qualms about igniting a full-blown regional war — and US officials aren’t stopping him.

@persagen Hezbollah extended the Gaza war into Lebanon, by firing at Israeli towns and civilians.

Israel responded by killing Hezbollah's brass with extreme precision.