Palestine

Iranian-German Photographer Asked to Apologize for Saying “Free Palestine”: The German Photographic Society called Shirin Abedi’s award acceptance speech “dogmatic fanaticism” and “anti-Israeli agitation.”
(Hyperallergic, 2024-19-23)

https://hyperallergic.com/960502/iranian-german-shirin-abedi-photographer-asked-to-apologize-for-saying-free-palestine/
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＊With a short video of her giving speech in kufiya＊

“At its October 12 gala, the organization presented the laureates of this year’s awards, including Iranian-German photographer Shirin Abedi, ... Upon receiving her award, Abedi made a minute-long statement that ended with a call to ‘free Palestine.’”

“A few days after the ceremony, German photojournalist Thomas Gerwers, the chairman of DGPh’s Art, Market, and Law Section, sent Abedi a letter asking the artist to issue an apology and accusing her of ‘political propaganda.‘”

“‘… we have a special responsibility for the right of the State of Israel to exist. Without ifs and buts,’ he continued. ‘We have been abused by you …’”

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October 18, 2024

‘Copy-paste the West Bank to Gaza’: Hundreds join Gaza resettlement event
(+972 Magazine, 2024-10-22)

https://www.972mag.com/gaza-israeli-resettlement-event-sukkot/
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“‘We came here with one clear purpose: to settle the entire Gaza Strip.’ That was the declaration of Israeli settler leader Daniella Weiss at a gathering of hundreds of right-wing Israelis near Gaza on Monday, where they celebrated the Jewish festival of #Sukkot by calling to erect settlements inside the besieged enclave.”

“…this well-organized, calm, and joyous gathering — which was approved and held against all logic in a closed military zone near the border, and was attended by several senior figures in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party — marked a new step in the effort to mainstream the idea of resettling Gaza with Jewish Israelis.”

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[an interview with former U.S. ambassador Ryan Crocker]
Story by Michael Hirsh
October 19, 2024

October 22, 2024

[For anyone who cares about Palestine, this article is very hard to read.]

Schlecht gespielte Wut: Vorwürfe an Özoğuz (junge Welt, 2024-10-23)

https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/486256.schlecht-gespielte-wut.html
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“Bundestagsvizepräsidentin Aydan Özoğuz (SPD) … soll sich nach Ansicht der üblichen Ankläger des Antisemitismus und des Israel-Hasses schuldig gemacht haben, auf die als Mindeststrafe der Rücktritt stehen sollte. Der ihr angelastete Fauxpas: Sie hatte am vorigen Mittwoch einen Post der US-amerikanischen Gruppe »Jewish Voice for Peace« auf Instagram geteilt, also billigend weiterverbreitet. Zu sehen war eine Flammenwand mit dem Text »This is Zionism«. Entstanden war die Aufnahme am Montag voriger Woche bei einem israelischen Luftangriff auf ein Zeltlager von Flüchtlingen im Gazastreifen, durch den vier Menschen lebend verbrannten und Dutzende andere Verletzungen, zum Teil Verbrennungen von 60 bis 80 Prozent, erlitten…”

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Younis Tirawi and Sami Vanderlip
Oct 22, 2024

By world-outlook.com on October 19, 2024

[part 2 of an interview originally published in Jacobin, along with an introduction, additional links, photos, and endnotes]

[gift article - expires in 30 days] By Bilal Shbair and Erika Solomon

Bilal Shbair reported from central Gaza, visiting the site of the fire at Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital compound and speaking to several members of the Dalou family.

Published Oct. 20, 2024 Updated Oct. 21, 2024, 7:51 a.m. ET

12 issues of Free Palestine, an underground newspaper about the Palestinian liberation movement, from 1970. Published by Friends of Free Palestine in Washington D.C. and edited by Abdeen Jabara. Scanned from microfilm, with readability prioritized over aesthetics. Available at the Enoch Pratt Free Library's Periodicals department in Cabinet 145, Roll 54 of the Underground Newspapers collection

Summary by Brave AI :

• Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has called for the "voluntary transfer" of Palestinians out of Gaza.
• Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has previously suggested that not only Gaza, but also parts of Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Iraq should become part of a Jewish state.
• Ten of the 32 lawmakers from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party are participating in a conference discussing building Jewish settlements in Gaza.
• The Israeli government and Likud Party members have openly discussed their desire to ethnically cleanse Gaza and establish Jewish settlements on the ruins of Palestinian cities.
• Israeli forces have been implementing a plan to forcibly expel all Palestinians from northern Gaza and starve and kill anyone who refuses to leave.
• Over 41,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed by Israel in the past year, the majority being women and children.

‘The state killed Shirel [Golan]’: Nova festival survivor found dead at home on her 22 birthday
(Jerusalem Post, 2024-10-21)

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-825400#825400
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“Shirel Golan, a survivor of the massacre at the Nova Music Festival, was found dead in her apartment on her 22nd birthday.”

“According to her family, Golan suffered from post-trauma due to the horrific events she experienced at the festival on October 7, ...”

“Her family said they did not receive adequate assistance from state authorities to get her the necessary treatment … to deal with her experiences.”

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She Exposed a Prestigious Medical Journal’s Silence on the Holocaust. Now She’s Asking about Gaza:
A historian who exposed the New England Journal of Medicine's silence on Nazi atrocities confronted the journal’s treatment of Gaza during a Harvard symposium. (The Intercept, 2024-10-17)

https://theintercept.com/2024/10/17/new-england-journal-medicine-israel-gaza-hospitals/
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“Earlier this year, two Harvard medical historians published an article … found that the New England Journal of Medicine, … either chose not to cover the Nazi regime’s racist and antisemitic health policies, mass killings, and medical experimentation, or, in one case, praised the Nazi health care system for its approach to public health.

“The New England Journal of Medicine convened a symposium on Wednesday where the authors, Joelle M. Abi-Rached and Allan M. Brandt, could present their findings — and Abi-Rached took the opportunity to call the journal out for repeating its mistakes today.”

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By MEE staff
Published date: 19 October 2024 22:08 BST

By Reuters
October 18, 2024 8:53 AM EDT

Pro-Palestine protesters shut down London's Tower Bridge
(Jerusalem Post, 2024-10-20)

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-825262#825262
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“Pro-Palestine protesters shut down Tower Bridge in #London on Saturday, shortly after thousands attended a mass protest in Trafalgar Square and Whitehall.”

“… the Met Police stated that the groups had been dispersed and several arrests had been made.”

“A group named Youth Demand claimed to have been part of a coalition that organized the event and shut down the bridge.
“Youth Demand said it demanded that the UK government stop arming Israel…”

“The other groups involved were the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Prayers4Gaza, Palestine Pulse, Thanet 4 Palestine, and Ealing Friends of Palestine.”

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By world-outlook.com on October 19, 2024

[part 1 of an interview originally published in Jacobin, along with an introduction, additional links, photos, and endnotes]

Oxfam condemns killing of water engineers in Gaza
(2024-10-19)

https://www.oxfam.org/node/24899
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“Oxfam condemns in the strongest terms the killing in Gaza today of four water engineers and workers from the Khuzaa municipality who were working with our strategic partner the Coastal Municipalities Water Utility (CMWU).

“The four men were killed on their way to conduct repairs to water infrastructure in Khuzaa, east of Khan Younis. Despite prior coordination with Israeli authorities their clearly-marked vehicle was bombed...”

“Attacks on civilian infrastructure and those who maintain it are clear violations of international humanitarian law. Those responsible must be held to account. Such attacks are part of the crime of using starvation as a weapon of war.

“Oxfam demands an independent investigation into this and other attacks on essential workers…”

How many more violations should we need? #StopGenocide

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By Nidal Al-Mughrabi. October 18, 20245:49 PM EDT