• Israel kills American activist, terrorizes prisoners, as Biden admin shrugs – Day 335
    CNN reports: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday was as clear as he has ever been that he does not believe a ceasefire and hostage deal is likely in Gaza in a sharp rebuke to the Biden administration’s insistence it’s close at hand. “There’s not a deal in the making,” Netanyahu told Fox News. “Unfortunately, it’s not close.” His comments stand in stark contrast to the relentlessly hopeful messaging from the Biden administration over the past months. On Sunday, President Joe Biden claimed that the parties were on the verge of a deal, and on Wednesday, a senior administration official claimed 90% of the agreement had been completed. That, Netanyahu said, is “exactly inaccurate.” UN Humanitarian Affairs: Israel is blocking entrance of explosive ordnance disposal equipment OCHA reports: The ongoing escalation of hostilities is resulting in widespread contamination by Explosive Ordnance (EO). While the exact number of EO-related casualties is unknown, there have been cases of people who died due to the explosion of EO, according to humanitarian partners. On 3 September, a Palestinian girl was reportedly critically injured by the explosion of an EO in southwestern Khan Younis and succumbed to her wounds on 4 September. Children face a heightened risk of being exposed to EO, as they usually play outside, tend to search for scraps amongst rubbish and rubble, and lack an awareness on the dangers of EO. Despite ongoing efforts by humanitarian partners to conduct in-person and digital Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE) campaigns, educational material as well as minimum standard Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) equipment are refused entry into Gaza by Israeli authorities, therefore limiting the capacity of the mine action response. The Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Cluster is concerned with the staggering increase in the cost of basic hygiene items. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), in July, the price of soap has increased 1,177 per cent and shampoo has increased 490 per cent across the Strip, compared to July 2023. Israeli army kills Palestinian girl in West Bank: Health Ministry Al Jazeera reports: A 13-year-old girl succumbed to her wounds after being shot by Israeli forces in Qaryout, a village south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank. The village was reportedly attacked by Jewish settlers backed by Israeli forces when Bana Amjad Bakr was shot in the chest by an Israeli soldier. The Palestine Red Crescent Society said its teams dealt with the “serious” injury after confrontations broke out in the village. Amjad Bakr was shot while she was in her bedroom, her father said. She was taken to a nearby hospital where she died. Settler attacks are common in the West Bank and have increased in scale and intensity since October 7. The Israeli army and settlers have displaced more than 1,200 Palestinians and destroyed hundreds of structures, according to UN figures. Israel pulls out of Jenin, but denies end of West Bank offensive Middle East Eye reports: Israeli forces have pulled out of Jenin after a 10-day assault, but the military has denied it is ending its operation in the occupied West Bank. The offensive, which has so far left at least 39 Palestinians dead, saw soldiers backed by armored vehicles and bulldozers targeting the city and its adjacent refugee camp, forcing the flight of many of the residents. Palestinians started returning to their Jenin homes on Friday, while those who had been trapped by the offensive were able to venture outside for the first time in more than a week. Israel said on Friday that it would continue its operation in Jenin until its “objectives are achieved”. The Palestinian Ministry of Health says at least 40 people (6 of them youths) have been killed in the West Bank since August 28 when Israeli forces launched a large-scale incursion into several towns and cities: 21 Palestinians were killed in Jenin; 8 in Tubas; 8 in Tulkarem; and 3 in Hebron. Footage originally shared by Israel’s Channel 14 correspondent showed Israeli soldiers detaining Palestinian children, women and men in Jenin, occupied West Bank, and forcing them to walk in one line. This is not Gaza. This is in the West Bank Israeli soldiers share footage with Netenyahu’s channel 14 depicting them humiliating young Palestinian girls, women and elderly in Jenin during their invasion to the city pic.twitter.com/y2DZz1rImP — Younis Tirawi | يونس (@ytirawi) September 6, 2024 France arrests nurse who volunteered in Gaza Middle East Monitor reports: France yesterday arrested then released nurse Imane Maarifi who spent 15 days volunteering as a medic in the Gaza Strip. Notably, the arrest took place at a time when French soldiers who fight in Gaza enjoy total impunity. Thomas Portes, a lawmaker from the La France Insoumise, or France Unbowed (LFI) party, wrote that Maarifi has been released from custody. “The search of the home in front of the family leaves no doubt about the desire to intimidate the voices that are raised to support the Palestinian people and demand an immediate ceasefire,” he wrote on X. Maarifi attended pro-Palestinian rallies in France to share her testimony about the crippling situation in Gaza. She has also expressed her demand for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and a boycott of companies supporting Israel.
    [email protected] September 7, 2024 Ayşenur Eygi, btselem, ceasefire, international solidarity movement, israeli settler violence, palestinian prisoners, Tally Gotliv, unexploded ordnance, west bank death, white phosphorus, Yuli Novak
    Photos and videos obtained by Haaretz show dozens of detainees lying on their stomachs while handcuffed, some without clothes, as a guard dog barks over their heads. The Prison Service described this as a "routine exercise." (screenshot)
    Compilation of news reports – IAK staff

    Israeli army kills American International Solidarity Movement volunteer during demonstration in West Bank

    Various sources report:

    During the weekly demonstration in Beita, Palestine, on the morning of September 6th, 2024, the Israeli army intentionally shot and killed an International Solidarity Movement (ISM) human rights activist named Ayşenur Eygi. The demonstration, which primarily involved men and children praying, was met with force from the Israeli army stationed on a hill. Initially, the army fired a large amount of tear gas and then began using live ammunition.

    Ayşenur, who we (ISM) consider a martyr in the struggle, was the 18th demonstrator to be killed in Beita since 2020. She was an American citizen of Turkish descent.

    She was involved with the Faz’a campaign, an organization that aims to support and protect Palestinian farmers from violations by illegal Jewish settlers and military forces.

    The Israeli forces fired two rounds. One hit a Palestinian man in the leg, injuring him. The other round was fired at international human rights activists who were observing the demonstration from a distance, striking the human rights activist in the head.

    Neither Ezgi nor the other wounded person posed any threat to the soldiers stationed on the hills adjacent to the site of the weekly march.

    Eygi died shortly after being transported to a local hospital in Nablus.

    The Israeli military admitted to firing at the demonstrators and said it was looking into reports that a foreign national was killed. The Israel Defense Forces said it “responded with fire toward a main instigator of violent activity who hurled rocks at the forces and posed a threat to them”.

    The US has not said whether Eygi had been shot by Israeli troops. “We are urgently gathering more information about the circumstances of her death, and will have more to say as we learn more,” Matthew Miller, a state department spokesperson, said.

    Asked if the US would take action against Israel, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said: “First things first – let’s find out exactly what happened and we will draw the necessary conclusions and consequences from that.”

    Eygi’s family released a statement declaring, “A US citizen, Aysenur was peacefully standing for justice when she was killed by a bullet that video shows came from an Israeli military shooter,” adding, “Given the circumstances of Aysenur’s killing, an Israeli investigation is not adequate.”

    “We call on President Biden, Vice President Harris, and Secretary of State Blinken to order an independent investigation into the unlawful killing of a US citizen and to ensure full accountability.”

    Ayşenur Eygi, 26, ‘was not a naive traveler – this experience was, according to one of her professors, the culmination of all her years of activism. Her friends say she was a longtime activist “bearing witness to oppression.”

    She was remembered by friends and former professors as a dedicated organizer who felt a strong moral obligation to bring attention to the plight of Palestinians.

    Eygi, who is also a Turkish citizen and leaves behind her husband, graduated from UW earlier this year with a major in psychology and minor in Middle Eastern languages and culture, Fani said. She walked the stage with a large “Free Palestine” flag during the ceremony, Fani said.

    Ezgi is the third ISM volunteer to be killed by the Israeli forces in occupied Palestine. Rachel Corrie was killed in Gaza’s Rafah in 2003 after an Israeli soldier crushed her with a bulldozer. Tom Hurndall was killed in Gaza in 2004 by an Israeli sniper. An Israeli soldier shot Brian Avery in the face in Jenin in 2003. He survived the attack but was permanently maimed. The bullet ripped through his cheek and smashed his eye socket and jaw bones.

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    Israeli Prison Guards Filmed Abusing Detainees; Prison Service Says It’s a ‘Routine Exercise’

    Ha’aretz reports:

    Israeli Prison Service personnel in the security wing of Megiddo Prison handcuffed and humiliated detainees on Friday morning, despite no unusual incident occurring in the prison.

    Photos and videos obtained by Haaretz show dozens of detainees lying on their stomachs while handcuffed, some without clothes, as a guard dog barks over their heads. The Prison Service described this as a “routine exercise.”

    The Prison Service said in response that it “maintains an operational routine for the safety of the prison inmates and the public. In this case, too, in an operation that includes intelligence [gathering], soldiers of the ‘Nachshon’ unit…raided terrorist cells, searched them and seized assault weapons and prohibited materials.” The service failed to present any of the assault weapons allegedly seized.

    The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) has urged the United Nations to open an independent investigation.

    The group has also said that the Israeli authorities are “deliberately” leaking images and footage of the torture of Palestinian detainees, explaining in a statement that this was “part of the competition between the ministers of the current government over who tortures and kills Palestinians more”.


    UNICEF says Israelis refusing to facilitate polio vaccine campaign

    Al Jazeera reports:

    UNICEF says it is making every effort to distribute the polio vaccine in Gaza during the agreed-upon pauses in fighting.

    However, it reported that Israel continues to deny medical teams access to communities in certain areas of southern Gaza.

    Nearly 355,000 children have received the vaccine in spite of Israel’s lack of cooperation.

    Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary reports from Khan Younis:



    Israeli legislator calls on police to probe B’Tselem activist for ‘aiding the enemy’

    Middle East Monitor reports:

    Israel’s Likud Party Knesset Member Tally Gotliv called for the execution or life imprisonment of human rights activist Yuli Novak following her speech at the UN Security Council on Wednesday.

    Novak, the executive director or Israeli rights group B’Tselem, told the UNSC: “Since Israel was founded, its guiding logic has been to promote Jewish supremacy over the entire territory under its control.”

    She added that the far-right Israeli government has been “cynically exploiting” its citizens’ “collective trauma” since the 7 October 2023 infiltration of Israel by Palestinian resistance fighters.

    It is doing this, she explained, “to violently advance its project of cementing Israel[i] control over the entire land … committing war crimes almost daily.”

    Gotliv called for Novak to be probed by Israel Police “for the suspected serious crime of assistance to the enemy in war.”

    She said that such a crime was an offense under the penal law, “which carries the death penalty or a life sentence”.

    “Novak has shamefully put the state of Israel, currently engaged in a war for survival, at risk and assisted Israel’s enemies on various fronts,” the lawmaker wrote, accusing the activist of telling lies about Israel committing war crimes.

    Gotliv was among the legislators that joined Israeli crowds to protest the arrest of soldiers accused of gang-raping a Palestinian detainee from Gaza held in the Israeli Sde Teiman prison.

    NOTE: B’Tselem – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories strives for a future in which human rights, liberty and equality are guaranteed to all people, Palestinian and Jewish alike, living between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.

    Such a future will only be possible when the Israeli occupation and apartheid regime end. That is the future we are working towards.

    B’Tselem (in Hebrew literally: in the image of), the name chosen for the organization by the late Member of Knesset Yossi Sarid, is an allusion to Genesis 1:27: “And God created humankind in His image. In the image of God did He create them.” The name expresses the universal and Jewish moral edict to respect and uphold the human rights of all people.



    Netanyahu is unequivocal about ceasefire and hostage agreement with Hamas: ‘There’s not a deal in the making’


    Israel shells Lebanon with white phosphorus bombs, performs ground invasion drills

    The Cradle reports:

    According to Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA), Israel targeted southern Lebanon with white phosphorus on Friday. “The area between Tal Nahas and Al-Hamams towards the Marjayoun plain is being subjected to artillery shelling with phosphorus shells, which caused fires to break out,” NNA said.

    Israeli threats against Lebanon have escalated once again. The Israeli military said on 6 September that its Yiftah Brigade carried out drills this week simulating a ground invasion of Lebanon, moving along a “mountainous route” and “complex terrain.”

    NOTE: Use of white phosphorus in civilian areas is considered a war crime due to its extremely dangerous effects on the human body.

    White phosphorus ignites instantly when in contact with oxygen. It can burn through the human body, including through bone, causing severe, excruciating damage.

    It can also cause extreme harm when inhaled, with risks of suffocation, cardiovascular failure, coma, death, and other lifelong effects. The substance burns at temperatures of up to 1,500 degrees Fahrenheit.

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    STATISTICS OCTOBER 7 – SEPTEMBER 5:

    Palestinian death toll from October 7, 2023 – September 5, 2024: at least 41,546* (40,878 in Gaza* – 11,308 women (28%), 16,715 children (41%) as of September 5. [The Ministry’s figures have been contested by the Israeli authorities, although they have been accepted as accurate by Israeli intelligence services, the UN, and WHO. These data are supported by independent analyses, comparing changes in the number of deaths of UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) staff with those reported by the Ministry, which found claims of data fabrication implausible.]

    This is expected to be a significant undercount since thousands of those killed have yet to be identified – and at least 691 in the West Bank (~148 children). This does not include an estimated 10,000 more still buried under rubble (4,900 women and children). Euro-Med Monitor reports 49,032 Palestinian deaths.

    Lancet: “Applying a conservative estimate of four indirect deaths per one direct death9 to the 37,396 deaths reported, it is not implausible to estimate that up to 186 000 or even more deaths could be attributable to the current conflict in Gaza.

    Ralph Nader earlier estimated 200,000 Palestinians may have been killed in Gaza.

    At least 45 Palestinians have died in Israeli prisons (27 from Gaza, 23 from West Bank).
    At least 41 Palestinians have died due to malnutrition (at least 37 of them children)**.
    About 1.9 million of Gaza’s 2.3 million population are currently displaced.
    Almost 500,000 Gazans are currently experiencing catastrophic levels of food insecurity.
    Palestinian injuries from October 7 – September 5: at least 100,098 (including at least 94,454 in Gaza and 5,700 in the West Bank, including 830 children). [It remains unknown how man Americans are among the casualties in Gaza.]

    Reported Israeli death toll from October 7, 2023 – September 5, 2024: ~1,452 (~1,139 on October 7, 2023, of which ~32 were Americans, and ~36 were children); 288*** military forces since the ground invasion began in Gaza; 25 military and civilians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel) and~10,000 injured.

    NOTE: It is unknown at this time how many of the deaths and injuries of Israelis on October 7 were caused by Israeli soldiers.

    *Previously, IAK did not include 471 Gazans killed in the Al Ahli hospital blast since the source of the projectile was being disputed. However, given that much evidence points to Israel as the culprit, Israel had previously bombed the hospital and has attacked many others, Israel is prohibiting outside experts from investigating the scene, and since the UN and other agencies are including the deaths from the attack in their cumulative totals, if Americans knew is now also doing so.

    **Euro-Med Monitor reports that Gaza’s elderly are dying at an alarmingly high rate. The majority die at home and are buried either close to their residences or in makeshift graves dispersed across the Strip. There are currently more than 140 such cemeteries. Additionally, according to Euromed, thousands have died from starvation, malnourishment, and inadequate medical care; these are considered indirect victims as they were not registered in hospitals.

    ***Approximately ten of the deaths listed above were Israeli soldiers killed by Hezbollah in fighting at the Israel-Lebanon border. The figure does not include the reportedly 53 Israeli soldiers – nearly 16% of the total Israeli military deaths – killed due to friendly fire in Gaza and other military-related accidents.

    † For most of the conflict, women and children accounted for about 70% of deaths in Gaza, with children making up a little over 40% of those killed, according to official statistics.

    Find previous daily casualty figures and daily news updates here.

    Hover over each bar for exact numbers.
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    Israel kills American activist, terrorizes prisoners, as Biden admin shrugs – Day 335 CNN reports: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday was as clear as he has ever been that he does not believe a ceasefire and hostage deal is likely in Gaza in a sharp rebuke to the Biden administration’s insistence it’s close at hand. “There’s not a deal in the making,” Netanyahu told Fox News. “Unfortunately, it’s not close.” His comments stand in stark contrast to the relentlessly hopeful messaging from the Biden administration over the past months. On Sunday, President Joe Biden claimed that the parties were on the verge of a deal, and on Wednesday, a senior administration official claimed 90% of the agreement had been completed. That, Netanyahu said, is “exactly inaccurate.” UN Humanitarian Affairs: Israel is blocking entrance of explosive ordnance disposal equipment OCHA reports: The ongoing escalation of hostilities is resulting in widespread contamination by Explosive Ordnance (EO). While the exact number of EO-related casualties is unknown, there have been cases of people who died due to the explosion of EO, according to humanitarian partners. On 3 September, a Palestinian girl was reportedly critically injured by the explosion of an EO in southwestern Khan Younis and succumbed to her wounds on 4 September. Children face a heightened risk of being exposed to EO, as they usually play outside, tend to search for scraps amongst rubbish and rubble, and lack an awareness on the dangers of EO. Despite ongoing efforts by humanitarian partners to conduct in-person and digital Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE) campaigns, educational material as well as minimum standard Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) equipment are refused entry into Gaza by Israeli authorities, therefore limiting the capacity of the mine action response. The Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Cluster is concerned with the staggering increase in the cost of basic hygiene items. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), in July, the price of soap has increased 1,177 per cent and shampoo has increased 490 per cent across the Strip, compared to July 2023. Israeli army kills Palestinian girl in West Bank: Health Ministry Al Jazeera reports: A 13-year-old girl succumbed to her wounds after being shot by Israeli forces in Qaryout, a village south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank. The village was reportedly attacked by Jewish settlers backed by Israeli forces when Bana Amjad Bakr was shot in the chest by an Israeli soldier. The Palestine Red Crescent Society said its teams dealt with the “serious” injury after confrontations broke out in the village. Amjad Bakr was shot while she was in her bedroom, her father said. She was taken to a nearby hospital where she died. Settler attacks are common in the West Bank and have increased in scale and intensity since October 7. The Israeli army and settlers have displaced more than 1,200 Palestinians and destroyed hundreds of structures, according to UN figures. Israel pulls out of Jenin, but denies end of West Bank offensive Middle East Eye reports: Israeli forces have pulled out of Jenin after a 10-day assault, but the military has denied it is ending its operation in the occupied West Bank. The offensive, which has so far left at least 39 Palestinians dead, saw soldiers backed by armored vehicles and bulldozers targeting the city and its adjacent refugee camp, forcing the flight of many of the residents. Palestinians started returning to their Jenin homes on Friday, while those who had been trapped by the offensive were able to venture outside for the first time in more than a week. Israel said on Friday that it would continue its operation in Jenin until its “objectives are achieved”. The Palestinian Ministry of Health says at least 40 people (6 of them youths) have been killed in the West Bank since August 28 when Israeli forces launched a large-scale incursion into several towns and cities: 21 Palestinians were killed in Jenin; 8 in Tubas; 8 in Tulkarem; and 3 in Hebron. Footage originally shared by Israel’s Channel 14 correspondent showed Israeli soldiers detaining Palestinian children, women and men in Jenin, occupied West Bank, and forcing them to walk in one line. This is not Gaza. This is in the West Bank Israeli soldiers share footage with Netenyahu’s channel 14 depicting them humiliating young Palestinian girls, women and elderly in Jenin during their invasion to the city pic.twitter.com/y2DZz1rImP — Younis Tirawi | يونس (@ytirawi) September 6, 2024 France arrests nurse who volunteered in Gaza Middle East Monitor reports: France yesterday arrested then released nurse Imane Maarifi who spent 15 days volunteering as a medic in the Gaza Strip. Notably, the arrest took place at a time when French soldiers who fight in Gaza enjoy total impunity. Thomas Portes, a lawmaker from the La France Insoumise, or France Unbowed (LFI) party, wrote that Maarifi has been released from custody. “The search of the home in front of the family leaves no doubt about the desire to intimidate the voices that are raised to support the Palestinian people and demand an immediate ceasefire,” he wrote on X. Maarifi attended pro-Palestinian rallies in France to share her testimony about the crippling situation in Gaza. She has also expressed her demand for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and a boycott of companies supporting Israel. [email protected] September 7, 2024 Ayşenur Eygi, btselem, ceasefire, international solidarity movement, israeli settler violence, palestinian prisoners, Tally Gotliv, unexploded ordnance, west bank death, white phosphorus, Yuli Novak Photos and videos obtained by Haaretz show dozens of detainees lying on their stomachs while handcuffed, some without clothes, as a guard dog barks over their heads. The Prison Service described this as a "routine exercise." (screenshot) Compilation of news reports – IAK staff Israeli army kills American International Solidarity Movement volunteer during demonstration in West Bank Various sources report: During the weekly demonstration in Beita, Palestine, on the morning of September 6th, 2024, the Israeli army intentionally shot and killed an International Solidarity Movement (ISM) human rights activist named Ayşenur Eygi. The demonstration, which primarily involved men and children praying, was met with force from the Israeli army stationed on a hill. Initially, the army fired a large amount of tear gas and then began using live ammunition. Ayşenur, who we (ISM) consider a martyr in the struggle, was the 18th demonstrator to be killed in Beita since 2020. She was an American citizen of Turkish descent. She was involved with the Faz’a campaign, an organization that aims to support and protect Palestinian farmers from violations by illegal Jewish settlers and military forces. The Israeli forces fired two rounds. One hit a Palestinian man in the leg, injuring him. The other round was fired at international human rights activists who were observing the demonstration from a distance, striking the human rights activist in the head. Neither Ezgi nor the other wounded person posed any threat to the soldiers stationed on the hills adjacent to the site of the weekly march. Eygi died shortly after being transported to a local hospital in Nablus. The Israeli military admitted to firing at the demonstrators and said it was looking into reports that a foreign national was killed. The Israel Defense Forces said it “responded with fire toward a main instigator of violent activity who hurled rocks at the forces and posed a threat to them”. The US has not said whether Eygi had been shot by Israeli troops. “We are urgently gathering more information about the circumstances of her death, and will have more to say as we learn more,” Matthew Miller, a state department spokesperson, said. Asked if the US would take action against Israel, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said: “First things first – let’s find out exactly what happened and we will draw the necessary conclusions and consequences from that.” Eygi’s family released a statement declaring, “A US citizen, Aysenur was peacefully standing for justice when she was killed by a bullet that video shows came from an Israeli military shooter,” adding, “Given the circumstances of Aysenur’s killing, an Israeli investigation is not adequate.” “We call on President Biden, Vice President Harris, and Secretary of State Blinken to order an independent investigation into the unlawful killing of a US citizen and to ensure full accountability.” Ayşenur Eygi, 26, ‘was not a naive traveler – this experience was, according to one of her professors, the culmination of all her years of activism. Her friends say she was a longtime activist “bearing witness to oppression.” She was remembered by friends and former professors as a dedicated organizer who felt a strong moral obligation to bring attention to the plight of Palestinians. Eygi, who is also a Turkish citizen and leaves behind her husband, graduated from UW earlier this year with a major in psychology and minor in Middle Eastern languages and culture, Fani said. She walked the stage with a large “Free Palestine” flag during the ceremony, Fani said. Ezgi is the third ISM volunteer to be killed by the Israeli forces in occupied Palestine. Rachel Corrie was killed in Gaza’s Rafah in 2003 after an Israeli soldier crushed her with a bulldozer. Tom Hurndall was killed in Gaza in 2004 by an Israeli sniper. An Israeli soldier shot Brian Avery in the face in Jenin in 2003. He survived the attack but was permanently maimed. The bullet ripped through his cheek and smashed his eye socket and jaw bones. RECOMMENDED READING: Instead of Taylor Force Act, Congress should consider Rachel Corrie Act, Orwah Hammad Act Israeli Prison Guards Filmed Abusing Detainees; Prison Service Says It’s a ‘Routine Exercise’ Ha’aretz reports: Israeli Prison Service personnel in the security wing of Megiddo Prison handcuffed and humiliated detainees on Friday morning, despite no unusual incident occurring in the prison. Photos and videos obtained by Haaretz show dozens of detainees lying on their stomachs while handcuffed, some without clothes, as a guard dog barks over their heads. The Prison Service described this as a “routine exercise.” The Prison Service said in response that it “maintains an operational routine for the safety of the prison inmates and the public. In this case, too, in an operation that includes intelligence [gathering], soldiers of the ‘Nachshon’ unit…raided terrorist cells, searched them and seized assault weapons and prohibited materials.” The service failed to present any of the assault weapons allegedly seized. The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) has urged the United Nations to open an independent investigation. The group has also said that the Israeli authorities are “deliberately” leaking images and footage of the torture of Palestinian detainees, explaining in a statement that this was “part of the competition between the ministers of the current government over who tortures and kills Palestinians more”. UNICEF says Israelis refusing to facilitate polio vaccine campaign Al Jazeera reports: UNICEF says it is making every effort to distribute the polio vaccine in Gaza during the agreed-upon pauses in fighting. However, it reported that Israel continues to deny medical teams access to communities in certain areas of southern Gaza. Nearly 355,000 children have received the vaccine in spite of Israel’s lack of cooperation. Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary reports from Khan Younis: Israeli legislator calls on police to probe B’Tselem activist for ‘aiding the enemy’ Middle East Monitor reports: Israel’s Likud Party Knesset Member Tally Gotliv called for the execution or life imprisonment of human rights activist Yuli Novak following her speech at the UN Security Council on Wednesday. Novak, the executive director or Israeli rights group B’Tselem, told the UNSC: “Since Israel was founded, its guiding logic has been to promote Jewish supremacy over the entire territory under its control.” She added that the far-right Israeli government has been “cynically exploiting” its citizens’ “collective trauma” since the 7 October 2023 infiltration of Israel by Palestinian resistance fighters. It is doing this, she explained, “to violently advance its project of cementing Israel[i] control over the entire land … committing war crimes almost daily.” Gotliv called for Novak to be probed by Israel Police “for the suspected serious crime of assistance to the enemy in war.” She said that such a crime was an offense under the penal law, “which carries the death penalty or a life sentence”. “Novak has shamefully put the state of Israel, currently engaged in a war for survival, at risk and assisted Israel’s enemies on various fronts,” the lawmaker wrote, accusing the activist of telling lies about Israel committing war crimes. Gotliv was among the legislators that joined Israeli crowds to protest the arrest of soldiers accused of gang-raping a Palestinian detainee from Gaza held in the Israeli Sde Teiman prison. NOTE: B’Tselem – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories strives for a future in which human rights, liberty and equality are guaranteed to all people, Palestinian and Jewish alike, living between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. Such a future will only be possible when the Israeli occupation and apartheid regime end. That is the future we are working towards. B’Tselem (in Hebrew literally: in the image of), the name chosen for the organization by the late Member of Knesset Yossi Sarid, is an allusion to Genesis 1:27: “And God created humankind in His image. In the image of God did He create them.” The name expresses the universal and Jewish moral edict to respect and uphold the human rights of all people. Netanyahu is unequivocal about ceasefire and hostage agreement with Hamas: ‘There’s not a deal in the making’ Israel shells Lebanon with white phosphorus bombs, performs ground invasion drills The Cradle reports: According to Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA), Israel targeted southern Lebanon with white phosphorus on Friday. “The area between Tal Nahas and Al-Hamams towards the Marjayoun plain is being subjected to artillery shelling with phosphorus shells, which caused fires to break out,” NNA said. Israeli threats against Lebanon have escalated once again. The Israeli military said on 6 September that its Yiftah Brigade carried out drills this week simulating a ground invasion of Lebanon, moving along a “mountainous route” and “complex terrain.” NOTE: Use of white phosphorus in civilian areas is considered a war crime due to its extremely dangerous effects on the human body. White phosphorus ignites instantly when in contact with oxygen. It can burn through the human body, including through bone, causing severe, excruciating damage. It can also cause extreme harm when inhaled, with risks of suffocation, cardiovascular failure, coma, death, and other lifelong effects. The substance burns at temperatures of up to 1,500 degrees Fahrenheit. MORE NEWS: IMEMC Daily Reports. The Cradle: Israel’s energy insecurity: How blackouts could paralyze the occupation state +972 Magazine: Under cover of war, Israel is demolishing home after home in Silwan Middle East Monitor: ‘Game of demographics’: How Israel aims to wipe out Palestinians from Occupied East Jerusalem Middle East Eye: ‘I recognized her by her roller skate’: Israeli strike on Gaza kills children playing in the street The New Arab: Is Israel using Gaza’s ‘mowing the lawn’ strategy in the West Bank? STATISTICS OCTOBER 7 – SEPTEMBER 5: Palestinian death toll from October 7, 2023 – September 5, 2024: at least 41,546* (40,878 in Gaza* – 11,308 women (28%), 16,715 children (41%) as of September 5. [The Ministry’s figures have been contested by the Israeli authorities, although they have been accepted as accurate by Israeli intelligence services, the UN, and WHO. These data are supported by independent analyses, comparing changes in the number of deaths of UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) staff with those reported by the Ministry, which found claims of data fabrication implausible.] This is expected to be a significant undercount since thousands of those killed have yet to be identified – and at least 691 in the West Bank (~148 children). This does not include an estimated 10,000 more still buried under rubble (4,900 women and children). Euro-Med Monitor reports 49,032 Palestinian deaths. Lancet: “Applying a conservative estimate of four indirect deaths per one direct death9 to the 37,396 deaths reported, it is not implausible to estimate that up to 186 000 or even more deaths could be attributable to the current conflict in Gaza. Ralph Nader earlier estimated 200,000 Palestinians may have been killed in Gaza. At least 45 Palestinians have died in Israeli prisons (27 from Gaza, 23 from West Bank). At least 41 Palestinians have died due to malnutrition (at least 37 of them children)**. About 1.9 million of Gaza’s 2.3 million population are currently displaced. Almost 500,000 Gazans are currently experiencing catastrophic levels of food insecurity. Palestinian injuries from October 7 – September 5: at least 100,098 (including at least 94,454 in Gaza and 5,700 in the West Bank, including 830 children). [It remains unknown how man Americans are among the casualties in Gaza.] Reported Israeli death toll from October 7, 2023 – September 5, 2024: ~1,452 (~1,139 on October 7, 2023, of which ~32 were Americans, and ~36 were children); 288*** military forces since the ground invasion began in Gaza; 25 military and civilians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel) and~10,000 injured. NOTE: It is unknown at this time how many of the deaths and injuries of Israelis on October 7 were caused by Israeli soldiers. *Previously, IAK did not include 471 Gazans killed in the Al Ahli hospital blast since the source of the projectile was being disputed. However, given that much evidence points to Israel as the culprit, Israel had previously bombed the hospital and has attacked many others, Israel is prohibiting outside experts from investigating the scene, and since the UN and other agencies are including the deaths from the attack in their cumulative totals, if Americans knew is now also doing so. **Euro-Med Monitor reports that Gaza’s elderly are dying at an alarmingly high rate. The majority die at home and are buried either close to their residences or in makeshift graves dispersed across the Strip. There are currently more than 140 such cemeteries. Additionally, according to Euromed, thousands have died from starvation, malnourishment, and inadequate medical care; these are considered indirect victims as they were not registered in hospitals. ***Approximately ten of the deaths listed above were Israeli soldiers killed by Hezbollah in fighting at the Israel-Lebanon border. The figure does not include the reportedly 53 Israeli soldiers – nearly 16% of the total Israeli military deaths – killed due to friendly fire in Gaza and other military-related accidents. † For most of the conflict, women and children accounted for about 70% of deaths in Gaza, with children making up a little over 40% of those killed, according to official statistics. Find previous daily casualty figures and daily news updates here. Hover over each bar for exact numbers. Source: IsraelPalestineTimeline.org Human rights reports on Israel-Palestine (regularly updated) Alison Weir trending on social media – what the buzz is about Israeli media’s coverage of the rape of Palestinian detainees shows support for sexual violence in service of genocide Inside Israel’s torture, rape, and dehumanization centers I’m a pediatrician. The scars I saw on Gaza’s children will take generations to heal. What Harris’s Jewish outreach director said at a private DNC afterparty ‘Strong record of supporting the U.S.-Israel relationship’: a look at Tim Walz’s votes on Palestine as a member of Congress Nearly Two-Thirds of All Campaign Funds for Cori Bush Challenger Came From AIPAC Israeli army probe covered up “friendly fire” killings on October 7 Are US officials’ investments of public funds in Israeli bonds ethical? How much is too much? Honoring the memory of a Gazan Olympic hero: Majed Abu Maraheel An American was just shot in the West Bank. The American press can’t be bothered. Understanding what motivates ultra-orthodox Jewish attacks on West Bank Palestinians Palestinians’ harrowing stories of rape by Israeli soldiers (including female soldiers) A Palestinian journalist visited Ismail Haniyeh’s home in Gaza to report on his death. Israel assassinated him too. I reported a piece for the New York Times on antisemitism. I found a major error, but the Times didn’t care. How Israel plans to whitewash its war crimes in Gaza Why the West Bank is on the verge of economic collapse Netanyahu’s plan to involve US in regional war on its behalf Western media continue to withhold the truth about Israel and Gaza – 4 stories “Well What SHOULD Israel Have Done After October 7?” Welcome to Hell More dead children. More BBC ‘news’ channelling Israeli propaganda as its own U.S. media downplays and ignores ICJ ruling declaring Israeli occupation illegal Israeli soldiers tell story of savage cruelty in Gaza – one given blessing by the West Searching for Gaza’s missing children https://israelpalestinenews.org/israel-kills-american-activist-terrorizes-prisoners-as-biden-admin-shrugs-day-335/ https://donshafi911iamthefaceoftruth.blogspot.com/2024/09/israel-kills-american-activist.html
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  • Doctors Killed in Plane Crash Vowed To Release Evidence Linking Modified mRNA "Vaccines" to Turbo Cancer
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    The coverups must continue when it comes to all things slow kill bioweapon “vaccines,” with the latest assassination of doctors willing to expose the global PSYOP-19 eugenics project being yet another case in point; to wit:

    In the recent airplane crash in São Paulo, Brazil, six prominent scientists were among the victims. The crash occurred on August 9, 2024, and involved a Voepass ATR 72 twin-engine plane carrying 61 (2SG: 62) people. Among those who perished were eight doctors heading to an oncology conference, which included the six scientists.

    The identified scientists include:

    1. Dr. José Roberto Leonel Ferreira, a senior radiologist who had a significant impact in the field of radiology, particularly in pediatric radiology.

    2. Dr. Mariana Belim, an intensivist in the Adult ICU at the Western Paraná University Hospital (Huop).

    3. Dr. Ariane Risso, also from the Uopeccan Cancer Hospital in Cascavel.

    4. Edilson Hobold, a professor of physical education.

    5. Deonir Secco, a professor of agricultural engineering.

    6. Raquel Ribeiro Moreira, a literature professor at the Cascavel campus.

    These individuals were respected professionals in their respective fields and were traveling to share their knowledge and expertise at the conference

    [oai_citation:1, Eight cancer doctors among dead in Brazil plane crash – as seven others changed flight at last minute | The Independent](https://independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/brazil-plane-crash-cancer-doctors-killed-cause-b2594898.html…)

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    [oai_citation: 5,Senior radiologist dies in Brazilian plane crash | AuntMinnie](https://auntminnie.com/clinical-news/article/15681548/senior-radiologist-dies-in-brazilian-plane-crash…).

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    Eight cancer doctors who dedicated their lives to saving others and blowing the whistle on the devastating turbo cancer epidemic sweeping the world have been found dead.

    The bodies of six world-leading oncologists and two resident medics were found on Friday in the wreckage of a plane that plunged from the sky in Brazil and exploded in a fireball, killing all 62 people on board.

    The doctors were on their way to an international conference in Sao Paolo where they were set to present their findings that mRNA and the COVID-19 vaccines are responsible for the explosion of turbo cancers and autoimmune disease wreaking havoc around the world today.

    Mainstream media are working overtime to brush this story under the carpet on behalf of Big Pharma, but the facts are damning and we are not going to let them cover up the truth.

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    Fenbendazole (300mg, 6 days a week) or in the case of severe turbo cancers up to 1 gram

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    Doctors Killed in Plane Crash Vowed To Release Evidence Linking Modified mRNA "Vaccines" to Turbo Cancer 2nd Smartest Guy in the World The coverups must continue when it comes to all things slow kill bioweapon “vaccines,” with the latest assassination of doctors willing to expose the global PSYOP-19 eugenics project being yet another case in point; to wit: In the recent airplane crash in São Paulo, Brazil, six prominent scientists were among the victims. The crash occurred on August 9, 2024, and involved a Voepass ATR 72 twin-engine plane carrying 61 (2SG: 62) people. Among those who perished were eight doctors heading to an oncology conference, which included the six scientists. The identified scientists include: 1. Dr. José Roberto Leonel Ferreira, a senior radiologist who had a significant impact in the field of radiology, particularly in pediatric radiology. 2. Dr. Mariana Belim, an intensivist in the Adult ICU at the Western Paraná University Hospital (Huop). 3. Dr. Ariane Risso, also from the Uopeccan Cancer Hospital in Cascavel. 4. Edilson Hobold, a professor of physical education. 5. Deonir Secco, a professor of agricultural engineering. 6. Raquel Ribeiro Moreira, a literature professor at the Cascavel campus. These individuals were respected professionals in their respective fields and were traveling to share their knowledge and expertise at the conference [oai_citation:1, Eight cancer doctors among dead in Brazil plane crash – as seven others changed flight at last minute | The Independent](https://independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/brazil-plane-crash-cancer-doctors-killed-cause-b2594898.html…) [oai_citation:2, What We Know About Victims of Brazil Plane Crash That Killed 61](https://people.com/8-cancer-doctors-2-kids-and-a-lawyer-what-we-know-about-victims-of-brazil-plane-crash-that-killed-61-8693883…) [oai_citation:3, Rescue workers recover bodies of all 62 Brazil plane crash victims - EFE Noticias](https://efe.com/en/latest-news/2024-08-11/rescue-workers-recover-bodies-of-all-62-brazil-plane-crash-victims/…) [oai_citation: ,Plane crashes in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, killing all 61 aboard](https://kcbx.org/npr-top-news/2024-08-09/plane-crashes-in-brazils-sao-paulo-state-killing-all-61-aboard…) [oai_citation: 5,Senior radiologist dies in Brazilian plane crash | AuntMinnie](https://auntminnie.com/clinical-news/article/15681548/senior-radiologist-dies-in-brazilian-plane-crash…). Source Additional information: Eight cancer doctors who dedicated their lives to saving others and blowing the whistle on the devastating turbo cancer epidemic sweeping the world have been found dead. The bodies of six world-leading oncologists and two resident medics were found on Friday in the wreckage of a plane that plunged from the sky in Brazil and exploded in a fireball, killing all 62 people on board. The doctors were on their way to an international conference in Sao Paolo where they were set to present their findings that mRNA and the COVID-19 vaccines are responsible for the explosion of turbo cancers and autoimmune disease wreaking havoc around the world today. Mainstream media are working overtime to brush this story under the carpet on behalf of Big Pharma, but the facts are damning and we are not going to let them cover up the truth. 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  • ‘Declaration of war’: Amman warns against displacement of Palestinians to Jordan
    Friday, 06 September 2024 6:54 AM [ Last Update: Friday, 06 September 2024 7:08 AM ]

    Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi has warned that any Israeli attempt to displace Palestinians from the occupied West Bank to Jordan will be considered a "declaration of war."

    Safadi’s remarks in a joint press conference with his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock in Amman came as the forcible displacement of Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza to Jordan and Egypt, respectively, has been an Israeli goal for decades.

    Referring to Israel’s largest incursion in the occupied West Bank in about two decades, Jordan’s top diplomat said “Israel is waging another war”, amid the regime's ongoing war on the Gaza Strip.

    He noted that the tensions in the West Bank could lead to a wider war in the region.

    The Israeli regime’s forces have killed and abused a 16-year-old Palestinian in the north of the occupied West Bank.
    Safadi noted that Amman is preparing a legal file regarding the Israeli incursions into holy sites in occupied al-Quds, describing such raids as “playing with fire that will burn the entire region.”

    On August 13, Israel’s hawkish minister Itamar Ben-Gvir led hundreds of settlers into al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied East al-Quds.

    During his recent provocative visit, Ben-Gvir said that it was his “policy” to allow Jewish prayers on the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Islam’s third-holiest site where only Muslims are allowed to pray under a status quo arrangement originally reached more than a century ago.

    Ben-Gvir later revealed his intention to build a Jewish synagogue inside the al-Aqsa Mosque compound. He said that if he could, he would build a synagogue on the al-Asqa Mosque complex.

    Elsewhere in his remarks, Safadi urged the international community to take action to stop the escalation of the situation in the West Bank and the region.

    The minister added that Israeli actions on the ground have killed all opportunities for achieving a just peace.

    “Stopping the aggression on Gaza and the escalation in the West Bank” is “the first step to prevent the situation in the region from worsening further.”

    Safadi emphasized Jordan’s support for a prisoner swap deal between Israel and the Palestinian resistance movement, blaming Netanyahu for obstructing its completion as he “changed his positions and backed out of his commitments”.

    US President Biden recently accused Netanyahu of not doing enough to secure ceasefire deal with Palestinian resistance groups in Gaza
    Since the start of Israel’s aggression on Gaza, the West Bank has also seen a rise in violence from Israeli forces and settlers that claimed the lives of hundreds of Palestinians.

    The Israeli army launched its largest incursion into the northern West Bank in two decades on August 28, killing dozens of Palestinians so far.

    According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, at least 691 Palestinians have been killed and more than 5,700 others injured by Israeli troops since October 7.

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    ‘Declaration of war’: Amman warns against displacement of Palestinians to Jordan Friday, 06 September 2024 6:54 AM [ Last Update: Friday, 06 September 2024 7:08 AM ] Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi has warned that any Israeli attempt to displace Palestinians from the occupied West Bank to Jordan will be considered a "declaration of war." Safadi’s remarks in a joint press conference with his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock in Amman came as the forcible displacement of Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza to Jordan and Egypt, respectively, has been an Israeli goal for decades. Referring to Israel’s largest incursion in the occupied West Bank in about two decades, Jordan’s top diplomat said “Israel is waging another war”, amid the regime's ongoing war on the Gaza Strip. He noted that the tensions in the West Bank could lead to a wider war in the region. The Israeli regime’s forces have killed and abused a 16-year-old Palestinian in the north of the occupied West Bank. Safadi noted that Amman is preparing a legal file regarding the Israeli incursions into holy sites in occupied al-Quds, describing such raids as “playing with fire that will burn the entire region.” On August 13, Israel’s hawkish minister Itamar Ben-Gvir led hundreds of settlers into al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied East al-Quds. During his recent provocative visit, Ben-Gvir said that it was his “policy” to allow Jewish prayers on the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Islam’s third-holiest site where only Muslims are allowed to pray under a status quo arrangement originally reached more than a century ago. Ben-Gvir later revealed his intention to build a Jewish synagogue inside the al-Aqsa Mosque compound. He said that if he could, he would build a synagogue on the al-Asqa Mosque complex. Elsewhere in his remarks, Safadi urged the international community to take action to stop the escalation of the situation in the West Bank and the region. The minister added that Israeli actions on the ground have killed all opportunities for achieving a just peace. “Stopping the aggression on Gaza and the escalation in the West Bank” is “the first step to prevent the situation in the region from worsening further.” Safadi emphasized Jordan’s support for a prisoner swap deal between Israel and the Palestinian resistance movement, blaming Netanyahu for obstructing its completion as he “changed his positions and backed out of his commitments”. US President Biden recently accused Netanyahu of not doing enough to secure ceasefire deal with Palestinian resistance groups in Gaza Since the start of Israel’s aggression on Gaza, the West Bank has also seen a rise in violence from Israeli forces and settlers that claimed the lives of hundreds of Palestinians. The Israeli army launched its largest incursion into the northern West Bank in two decades on August 28, killing dozens of Palestinians so far. According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, at least 691 Palestinians have been killed and more than 5,700 others injured by Israeli troops since October 7. https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/09/06/732763/Jordan-warns-against-Israeli-attempts-displace-Palestinians-
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  • ICC taunted with ‘atomic bomb’ analogy over Netanyahu arrest warrant
    Friday, 06 September 2024 9:40 AM [ Last Update: Friday, 06 September 2024 10:18 AM ]

    The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has defended his move to issue arrest warrants for Israeli officials over their war crimes in Gaza, saying that he had been "cautioned" by several leaders about the decision.

    Karim Khan said he had received warnings from several countries and authorities that arrest warrants for Israeli officials would be an “atomic bomb,” according to his interview with BBC, which was released on its website on Thursday and is also set to be broadcast on Saturday.

    He said that some world leaders had pressured him not to issue warrants to arrest Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and minister of military affairs Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

    “Several leaders and others told me and advised me and cautioned me,” he said in the interview which will be broadcast on Saturday.

    Back in May, Khan issued the warrants, saying there were reasonable grounds to believe Netanyahu and Gallant bear criminal responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.

    The pair, he added, were suspected of crimes including starvation of civilians as a method of warfare, murder, intentionally directing attacks against a civilian population, and extermination.

    However, the request for the warrants must yet be approved by ICC judges.

    US, UK, Germany striving to block ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu, says report
    US, UK, Germany striving to block ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu, says report
    The US, the UK, Germany, and dozens of organizations and countries are trying to block an ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu, a report says.
    Also in his interview, the ICC chief prosecutor stressed that it was necessary to show that all sides will be held to the same standard in relation to war crimes.

    “You can't have one approach for countries where there's support, whether it's NATO support, European support [and] powerful countries behind you, and a different approach where you have clear jurisdiction," he expounded.

    “We need to apply the law in a way that is equal, because if we don’t, and importantly if we’re not seen to, we’re going to lose all the architecture, not just the ICC, that has been built on human suffering since Nuremberg,” added Khan.

    Asked whether his move to issue arrest warrants for the Israeli officials was a political decision rather than a legal one, Khan responded, “What we’re doing is the antithesis of politics, it’s about the equal application of the law irrespective of whether one receives a round of applause from some quarters or a deafening din of condemnation from the other.”

    He further rejected the accusations of anti-Semitism leveled at him by Netanyahu, saying that “there’s not an ounce, not a jot, not a scintilla of truth in the charge.”

    “Our job is to apply the law and not to be dissuaded by these cheap shots or criticisms that manifestly are false,” he asserted.

    Israel launched its brutal Gaza onslaught on October 7, 2023, after the Hamas resistance group carried out a surprise operation against the usurping entity in retaliation for its intensified atrocities against the Palestinian people.

    So far, the occupying regime has killed at least 40,878 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured 94,454 others.

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    ICC taunted with ‘atomic bomb’ analogy over Netanyahu arrest warrant Friday, 06 September 2024 9:40 AM [ Last Update: Friday, 06 September 2024 10:18 AM ] The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has defended his move to issue arrest warrants for Israeli officials over their war crimes in Gaza, saying that he had been "cautioned" by several leaders about the decision. Karim Khan said he had received warnings from several countries and authorities that arrest warrants for Israeli officials would be an “atomic bomb,” according to his interview with BBC, which was released on its website on Thursday and is also set to be broadcast on Saturday. He said that some world leaders had pressured him not to issue warrants to arrest Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and minister of military affairs Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity. “Several leaders and others told me and advised me and cautioned me,” he said in the interview which will be broadcast on Saturday. Back in May, Khan issued the warrants, saying there were reasonable grounds to believe Netanyahu and Gallant bear criminal responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip. The pair, he added, were suspected of crimes including starvation of civilians as a method of warfare, murder, intentionally directing attacks against a civilian population, and extermination. However, the request for the warrants must yet be approved by ICC judges. US, UK, Germany striving to block ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu, says report US, UK, Germany striving to block ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu, says report The US, the UK, Germany, and dozens of organizations and countries are trying to block an ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu, a report says. Also in his interview, the ICC chief prosecutor stressed that it was necessary to show that all sides will be held to the same standard in relation to war crimes. “You can't have one approach for countries where there's support, whether it's NATO support, European support [and] powerful countries behind you, and a different approach where you have clear jurisdiction," he expounded. “We need to apply the law in a way that is equal, because if we don’t, and importantly if we’re not seen to, we’re going to lose all the architecture, not just the ICC, that has been built on human suffering since Nuremberg,” added Khan. Asked whether his move to issue arrest warrants for the Israeli officials was a political decision rather than a legal one, Khan responded, “What we’re doing is the antithesis of politics, it’s about the equal application of the law irrespective of whether one receives a round of applause from some quarters or a deafening din of condemnation from the other.” He further rejected the accusations of anti-Semitism leveled at him by Netanyahu, saying that “there’s not an ounce, not a jot, not a scintilla of truth in the charge.” “Our job is to apply the law and not to be dissuaded by these cheap shots or criticisms that manifestly are false,” he asserted. Israel launched its brutal Gaza onslaught on October 7, 2023, after the Hamas resistance group carried out a surprise operation against the usurping entity in retaliation for its intensified atrocities against the Palestinian people. So far, the occupying regime has killed at least 40,878 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured 94,454 others. https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/09/06/732768/ICC-Israel-Netanyahu-arrest-warrant-atomic-bomb
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  • Group urges US court to drop ‘unjust’ charges against pro-Gaza protesters
    Friday, 06 September 2024 11:22 AM [ Last Update: Friday, 06 September 2024 11:22 AM ]

    A group of protesters from the City University of New York (CUNY) Gaza Solidarity Encampment is demanding that the "unjust" heavy charges against eight of their members be dropped.

    The 28 protesters, known as the CUNY 28, made the call in a statement issued at their press conference outside Manhattan criminal court where eight of them pleaded not guilty to an array of charges on Thursday.

    The 28 protesters were among those arrested during a raid by New York Police Department on the CUNY Gaza solidarity encampment on April 30.

    “The CUNY 28, attempted to answer the call made by the steadfast Palestinian resistance to escalate from within the belly of the beast. We resist with Gaza,” the statement said.

    “The night of the CUNY raid, ‘public safety’ brutalized protesters. CUNY ‘public safety’ are the pigs! The pigs are the IOF! Anyone that chooses to play the role of a pig is the enemy,” it added.

    According to CUNY for Palestine, while the charges have been dropped for most of the hundreds of people arrested late in April, "Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, CUNY, and the NYPD continue to pursue the heaviest charges for 8 of the now CUNY 28.”

    The eight are accused of allegedly causing millions of dollars worth of damages.

    “We are fighting our charges, not only because we do not recognize the state’s claim to authority over our actions, but also because we believe that challenging these charges is a necessary stand against an unjust system that seeks to silence dissent and criminalize resistance. It is hypocritical of the state to criminalize property damage at a protest, while signing lucrative contracts to destroy entire communities,” the CUNY 28 said.

    “As the Zionist entity continues its destruction of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank—and as the United States maintains its genocidal hegemony from Palestine to Harlem—the working-class people of the world escalate. An encampment should not normalize the institution—it should disrupt it, dismantle it and abolish it.”

    The statement slammed CUNY administrations for remaining silent on Israel’s ongoing genocidal war on Gaza and “actively repressing and condemning” any support for the Palestinians.

    “The occupation of buildings by students and outside agitators symbolizes reclaiming space and disrupting normal operations to draw attention to injustices and to force institutions to address the demands of protesters.”

    The statement stressed “We are not just fighting for a Free Palestine but for the liberation of all. We fight for ourselves and our communities. Palestine is everywhere.”

    “Remember, 'we are all outside agitators.' Whether we are fighting in Atlanta, New York City, Sudan, or Palestine, the enemy remains the same. The Zionist entity escalates, so does the Palestinian Resistance. The pigs and institutions escalate, so do the agitators of the world!”

    The group stressed, “We will not be intimidated into silence by the state.”

    Pro-Palestinian activists urge Canada to halt all arms sales to Israel
    Pro-Palestinian activists urge Canada to halt all arms sales to Israel
    Pro-Palestinian activists have called on the Canadian government to adhere to its legal and humanitarian obligations and halt "all arms sales to Israel."
    Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network has voiced its “full” solidarity with the CUNY 28, urging the authorities to drop the charges.

    “Escalating to end a genocide is not a crime — indeed, it is a duty, particularly in the heart of the imperial core, at a moment when the resistance forces of the region, from Palestine to Yemen to Lebanon to Iraq and beyond, are on the front lines sacrificing and fighting for the protection and liberation of humanity.”

    The Pro-Palestine demonstrations began at Columbia University in New York City on April 17 and spread across other campuses in the US in a student movement unlike any other this century.

    The protesters, who demanded an end to the US-backed war, which has so far killed at least 40,878 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured 94,454 others, were met with brutal police violence.

    Israel launched the war on Gaza on October 7 after the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas waged the surprise Operation Al-Aqsa Storm against the occupying entity in response to the Israeli regime's decades-long campaign of bloodletting and devastation against Palestinians.

    Noting that “CUNY agitators spent more time in custody than Columbia protesters, and are still facing higher charges and continued backlash”, the CUNY 28 said, “The narrative of ‘good’ vs. ‘bad’ protester is a narrative pushed by the state to divide our efforts along class and racial contentions, but in reality the fight against the same enemy unites us.”

    https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/09/06/732773/Pro-Gaza-group-urges-US-drop-charges-protesters
    Group urges US court to drop ‘unjust’ charges against pro-Gaza protesters Friday, 06 September 2024 11:22 AM [ Last Update: Friday, 06 September 2024 11:22 AM ] A group of protesters from the City University of New York (CUNY) Gaza Solidarity Encampment is demanding that the "unjust" heavy charges against eight of their members be dropped. The 28 protesters, known as the CUNY 28, made the call in a statement issued at their press conference outside Manhattan criminal court where eight of them pleaded not guilty to an array of charges on Thursday. The 28 protesters were among those arrested during a raid by New York Police Department on the CUNY Gaza solidarity encampment on April 30. “The CUNY 28, attempted to answer the call made by the steadfast Palestinian resistance to escalate from within the belly of the beast. We resist with Gaza,” the statement said. “The night of the CUNY raid, ‘public safety’ brutalized protesters. CUNY ‘public safety’ are the pigs! The pigs are the IOF! Anyone that chooses to play the role of a pig is the enemy,” it added. According to CUNY for Palestine, while the charges have been dropped for most of the hundreds of people arrested late in April, "Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, CUNY, and the NYPD continue to pursue the heaviest charges for 8 of the now CUNY 28.” The eight are accused of allegedly causing millions of dollars worth of damages. “We are fighting our charges, not only because we do not recognize the state’s claim to authority over our actions, but also because we believe that challenging these charges is a necessary stand against an unjust system that seeks to silence dissent and criminalize resistance. It is hypocritical of the state to criminalize property damage at a protest, while signing lucrative contracts to destroy entire communities,” the CUNY 28 said. “As the Zionist entity continues its destruction of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank—and as the United States maintains its genocidal hegemony from Palestine to Harlem—the working-class people of the world escalate. An encampment should not normalize the institution—it should disrupt it, dismantle it and abolish it.” The statement slammed CUNY administrations for remaining silent on Israel’s ongoing genocidal war on Gaza and “actively repressing and condemning” any support for the Palestinians. “The occupation of buildings by students and outside agitators symbolizes reclaiming space and disrupting normal operations to draw attention to injustices and to force institutions to address the demands of protesters.” The statement stressed “We are not just fighting for a Free Palestine but for the liberation of all. We fight for ourselves and our communities. Palestine is everywhere.” “Remember, 'we are all outside agitators.' Whether we are fighting in Atlanta, New York City, Sudan, or Palestine, the enemy remains the same. The Zionist entity escalates, so does the Palestinian Resistance. The pigs and institutions escalate, so do the agitators of the world!” The group stressed, “We will not be intimidated into silence by the state.” Pro-Palestinian activists urge Canada to halt all arms sales to Israel Pro-Palestinian activists urge Canada to halt all arms sales to Israel Pro-Palestinian activists have called on the Canadian government to adhere to its legal and humanitarian obligations and halt "all arms sales to Israel." Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network has voiced its “full” solidarity with the CUNY 28, urging the authorities to drop the charges. “Escalating to end a genocide is not a crime — indeed, it is a duty, particularly in the heart of the imperial core, at a moment when the resistance forces of the region, from Palestine to Yemen to Lebanon to Iraq and beyond, are on the front lines sacrificing and fighting for the protection and liberation of humanity.” The Pro-Palestine demonstrations began at Columbia University in New York City on April 17 and spread across other campuses in the US in a student movement unlike any other this century. The protesters, who demanded an end to the US-backed war, which has so far killed at least 40,878 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured 94,454 others, were met with brutal police violence. Israel launched the war on Gaza on October 7 after the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas waged the surprise Operation Al-Aqsa Storm against the occupying entity in response to the Israeli regime's decades-long campaign of bloodletting and devastation against Palestinians. Noting that “CUNY agitators spent more time in custody than Columbia protesters, and are still facing higher charges and continued backlash”, the CUNY 28 said, “The narrative of ‘good’ vs. ‘bad’ protester is a narrative pushed by the state to divide our efforts along class and racial contentions, but in reality the fight against the same enemy unites us.” https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/09/06/732773/Pro-Gaza-group-urges-US-drop-charges-protesters
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  • Alison Weir trending on social media – what the buzz is about
    [email protected] August 31, 2024 Alison Weir, Boykin, council for the national interest, Religious Freedom Coalition, William J. Murray
    Alison Weir at National Press Club, May 2011 (screengrab)
    If Americans Knew founder Alison Weir experienced harassment and assault in 2011 for telling the truth about Palestine and Israel. The ideology behind the attack is alive and well today.

    A video has gone viral of an angry Israel partisan knocking Alison Weir’s phone out of her hand in 2011. Below is a longer video (three minutes) of what went on before that moment: Israel partisans were yelling outlandish, Islamophobic claims not based on fact. (The participants were not aware they were being filmed.)

    Alison was attempting to give important facts to a prominent general, who was listening attentively to what she was sharing – this seemed to be what drew the ire of the other people in the room.

    Below the video, find Alison’s account of the incident, written at the time, including who she was talking to and who hit her phone.

    Further down is more factual information about Christians and Muslims in Palestine.

    Alison Weir experienced this harassment and assault in 2011 – but the ideology behind it is alive and well today.



    “Israel Is Not Alone” member knocks phone out of my hand – Press TV films incident

    (from Alison Weir’s blog, May 2011)

    We had just completed a CNI press briefing at the National Press Club, when the next group scheduled to use the room, “Israel Is Not Alone,” began to enter. One of their members saw our signs and began a discussion with a member of the CNI group. The conversation was heated but within appropriate bounds. Another “Israel Is Not Alone” member, however, then approached the CNI man in a somewhat threatening posture and loudly began to berate him.

    At that point Lt. Col Karen Kwiatkowski, who had spoken on our panel, thought she recognized the man and he was asked his name. At first he only gave his first name, Jerry, but eventually also gave his last name: Boykin.

    Lt. Gen Boykin (three stars) is known for making offensive statements about Islam and supporting Israel.

    For some reason, I actually thought I might be able to convince him to rethink his positions. I told him I had been born at West Point and tried to tell him about Palestine. I was holding a booklet from our press conference, and asked him fervently to read it. He didn’t say anything.

    As I was trying to describe the facts, another man came up and began haranguing me. He was almost shaking with fury. He yelled that Muslims tear the fingernails off Christians and similar things. I tried to answer him, but he shouted over everything I tried to say. I got my phone out and tried to video what he was yelling at me. I then tried to resume my conversation with Boykin and tell him about my first trip to Palestine, but the man continued shouting at me, drowning out my words, so I again tried to video what he was yelling at me. He suddenly violently hit my hand and phone, knocking the phone across the room.

    I was stunned. A bit shaken, I asked someone to get security, which they did. Some of the “Israel Is Not Alone” group, probably realizing that their member had just crossed a serious line and was guilty of battery, brought me the pieces of my phone (fortunately, and surprisingly, it still works). The man (I haven’t yet learned his name) proffered an unconvincing apology.

    Some people have suggested that I file charges. It turns out that a Press TV crew apparently filmed the whole incident and led off with part of it on their broadcast about our conference. You can see the video and news report here.

    I’m undecided about filing charges. I know that if the situation were reversed, they would do so.

    I don’t know what’s behind this angry, disturbed man. Was he angry because he was spreading such venomous lies? Or is it that the people behind “Israel Is Not Alone” are exploiting a vulnerable man and intentionally creating or fueling his rage?

    Text of Press TV report:

    Tempers flared at the prestigious National Press Club in Washington, DC .

    A pro Israeli advocate knocked a camera out of the hands of Alison Weir, President of the Council for the National Interest Foundation. The group just finished their press conference on what they call unjustifiable US Aid to Israel.

    The two sides met when the Press Club scheduled a pro Israeli news conference to follow held in the same room. The altercation illustrates heightened tensions on differing views regarding America’s relationship with Israel.

    The Council for the National Interest Foundation wants Americans to know how much of their tax dollars are going to Israel.

    CNIF alleges Israel receives so much aid and special treatment because the US Congress is controlled by AIPAC, America’s pro Israel lobby. Executive director Phillip Giraldi says Israel spends a lot of money on U.S. elections.

    The Council for the National Interest Foundation says many members of Congress fear, if they don’t always side with Israel, that they will face retaliation in their own re-election campaigns.

    Giraldi is a former CIA counter terrorism expert. He questions why America gives aid to Israel when Israel conducts more espionage for profit against the US than any other US friendly country.

    Retired Lt. Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski worked at the Pentagon and says Israel receives preferential treatment.

    Kwiatkowski believes America is beginning to take more interest in US foreign policy in the Middle East in large part due to tough economic times. More and more Americans want to know where their hard earned tax dollars are going and why.

    Update on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 11:55AM by Alison Weir

    I’ve just learned that the furious man was William J. Murray, chair of the “Religious Freedom Coalition.”

    Update on Friday, January 31, 2014 at 05:50PM by Alison Weir

    I later learned the name of my assailant: William J. Murray.

    Murray is the head of something called The Religious Freedom Coalition, a fervently anti-Muslim organization. He is also, apparently, the son of infamous atheist proponent Madeline Murray O’Hare.

    I consulted an attorney about the incident, and he advised me to file a police report since Murray’s actions seemed to constitute “assault and battery.”

    I filed a police report and then waited and waited. Finally, the detective in charge of determining whether or not to prosecute Murray decided not to do so. The detective’s name is in another notebook somewhere. As I recall, it was Rosenbaum or something similar.

    What is the truth about Palestinian Christians?

    IN BRIEF: The loudest of Alison’s detractors in the video (and the one who assaulted her), William J. Murray, insisted that Muslims in Palestine have been persecuting Christians “since Israel ceded [Bethlehem] to Muslims.” He added that the drop in the Christian population of Bethlehem was proof of Muslim oppression.

    For starters, Israel did not “cede” Bethlehem to Muslims. Bethlehem is in the occupied Palestinian West Bank. It is governed by the Palestinian Authority – a Palestinian regime, not Muslim.

    In 1922, Christians made up about 85 percent of the population of Bethlehem (see Andrea Pacini’s Socio-Political and Community Dynamics of Arab Christians in Jordan, Israel, and the Autonomous Palestinian Territories. Clarendon Press, 1998).

    In 1945, Bethlehem’s population was 8,820 (6,430, or 73 percent Christians; 2,370 or 27% Muslims),

    By 1967, the Christian population had dropped slightly (6,231 vs. 6,430 in 1945), while the Muslim population had more than tripled (8,169 vs. 2,370 in 1945). The dramatic increase in the Muslim population was due mostly to Israel’s ethnic cleansing, both in 1948 and in 1967, during which a large Muslim population was forced into exile, thousands of whom ended up in refugee camps in Bethlehem.

    The Christian population has continued to dwindle, due not to persecution by Muslims, but to the intolerable life under Israeli occupation. Christians were more easily able to emigrate, as they on the whole were more liquid, while Muslims were more often tied to the land as farmers. Muslims have also been emigrating, in smaller numbers; those who stay tend to have larger families than Christians.

    Christians and Muslims – and Jews – have lived together in relative harmony throughout history. It was only with the beginning of Jewish colonialist pursuits that the trouble began. Indigenous Palestinians welcomed Jewish refugees, but did not approve of their aspiration to take over the land and create a Jewish state.

    Further reading about Christians in Palestine:

    VIDEO: Armenian Christians under siege by Israel
    Prominent Israeli Settler Says Spitting on Christians ‘Ancient Jewish Custom’
    Christians come under attack as Israeli leaders get more extreme
    Sacred Christian site Emmaus destroyed by Israel
    Israel severely restricts Orthodox Easter celebration in Jerusalem
    Does Israel Permit Freedom of Worship? Are Palestinian Christians Doomed?
    Hundreds of Israelis disrupt prayers in oldest Christian monastery In Palestine
    Israel is not as Christian-friendly as you think

    https://israelpalestinenews.org/alison-weir-trending-social-media-buzz/
    Alison Weir trending on social media – what the buzz is about [email protected] August 31, 2024 Alison Weir, Boykin, council for the national interest, Religious Freedom Coalition, William J. Murray Alison Weir at National Press Club, May 2011 (screengrab) If Americans Knew founder Alison Weir experienced harassment and assault in 2011 for telling the truth about Palestine and Israel. The ideology behind the attack is alive and well today. A video has gone viral of an angry Israel partisan knocking Alison Weir’s phone out of her hand in 2011. Below is a longer video (three minutes) of what went on before that moment: Israel partisans were yelling outlandish, Islamophobic claims not based on fact. (The participants were not aware they were being filmed.) Alison was attempting to give important facts to a prominent general, who was listening attentively to what she was sharing – this seemed to be what drew the ire of the other people in the room. Below the video, find Alison’s account of the incident, written at the time, including who she was talking to and who hit her phone. Further down is more factual information about Christians and Muslims in Palestine. Alison Weir experienced this harassment and assault in 2011 – but the ideology behind it is alive and well today. “Israel Is Not Alone” member knocks phone out of my hand – Press TV films incident (from Alison Weir’s blog, May 2011) We had just completed a CNI press briefing at the National Press Club, when the next group scheduled to use the room, “Israel Is Not Alone,” began to enter. One of their members saw our signs and began a discussion with a member of the CNI group. The conversation was heated but within appropriate bounds. Another “Israel Is Not Alone” member, however, then approached the CNI man in a somewhat threatening posture and loudly began to berate him. At that point Lt. Col Karen Kwiatkowski, who had spoken on our panel, thought she recognized the man and he was asked his name. At first he only gave his first name, Jerry, but eventually also gave his last name: Boykin. Lt. Gen Boykin (three stars) is known for making offensive statements about Islam and supporting Israel. For some reason, I actually thought I might be able to convince him to rethink his positions. I told him I had been born at West Point and tried to tell him about Palestine. I was holding a booklet from our press conference, and asked him fervently to read it. He didn’t say anything. As I was trying to describe the facts, another man came up and began haranguing me. He was almost shaking with fury. He yelled that Muslims tear the fingernails off Christians and similar things. I tried to answer him, but he shouted over everything I tried to say. I got my phone out and tried to video what he was yelling at me. I then tried to resume my conversation with Boykin and tell him about my first trip to Palestine, but the man continued shouting at me, drowning out my words, so I again tried to video what he was yelling at me. He suddenly violently hit my hand and phone, knocking the phone across the room. I was stunned. A bit shaken, I asked someone to get security, which they did. Some of the “Israel Is Not Alone” group, probably realizing that their member had just crossed a serious line and was guilty of battery, brought me the pieces of my phone (fortunately, and surprisingly, it still works). The man (I haven’t yet learned his name) proffered an unconvincing apology. Some people have suggested that I file charges. It turns out that a Press TV crew apparently filmed the whole incident and led off with part of it on their broadcast about our conference. You can see the video and news report here. I’m undecided about filing charges. I know that if the situation were reversed, they would do so. I don’t know what’s behind this angry, disturbed man. Was he angry because he was spreading such venomous lies? Or is it that the people behind “Israel Is Not Alone” are exploiting a vulnerable man and intentionally creating or fueling his rage? Text of Press TV report: Tempers flared at the prestigious National Press Club in Washington, DC . A pro Israeli advocate knocked a camera out of the hands of Alison Weir, President of the Council for the National Interest Foundation. The group just finished their press conference on what they call unjustifiable US Aid to Israel. The two sides met when the Press Club scheduled a pro Israeli news conference to follow held in the same room. The altercation illustrates heightened tensions on differing views regarding America’s relationship with Israel. The Council for the National Interest Foundation wants Americans to know how much of their tax dollars are going to Israel. CNIF alleges Israel receives so much aid and special treatment because the US Congress is controlled by AIPAC, America’s pro Israel lobby. Executive director Phillip Giraldi says Israel spends a lot of money on U.S. elections. The Council for the National Interest Foundation says many members of Congress fear, if they don’t always side with Israel, that they will face retaliation in their own re-election campaigns. Giraldi is a former CIA counter terrorism expert. He questions why America gives aid to Israel when Israel conducts more espionage for profit against the US than any other US friendly country. Retired Lt. Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski worked at the Pentagon and says Israel receives preferential treatment. Kwiatkowski believes America is beginning to take more interest in US foreign policy in the Middle East in large part due to tough economic times. More and more Americans want to know where their hard earned tax dollars are going and why. Update on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 11:55AM by Alison Weir I’ve just learned that the furious man was William J. Murray, chair of the “Religious Freedom Coalition.” Update on Friday, January 31, 2014 at 05:50PM by Alison Weir I later learned the name of my assailant: William J. Murray. Murray is the head of something called The Religious Freedom Coalition, a fervently anti-Muslim organization. He is also, apparently, the son of infamous atheist proponent Madeline Murray O’Hare. I consulted an attorney about the incident, and he advised me to file a police report since Murray’s actions seemed to constitute “assault and battery.” I filed a police report and then waited and waited. Finally, the detective in charge of determining whether or not to prosecute Murray decided not to do so. The detective’s name is in another notebook somewhere. As I recall, it was Rosenbaum or something similar. What is the truth about Palestinian Christians? IN BRIEF: The loudest of Alison’s detractors in the video (and the one who assaulted her), William J. Murray, insisted that Muslims in Palestine have been persecuting Christians “since Israel ceded [Bethlehem] to Muslims.” He added that the drop in the Christian population of Bethlehem was proof of Muslim oppression. For starters, Israel did not “cede” Bethlehem to Muslims. Bethlehem is in the occupied Palestinian West Bank. It is governed by the Palestinian Authority – a Palestinian regime, not Muslim. In 1922, Christians made up about 85 percent of the population of Bethlehem (see Andrea Pacini’s Socio-Political and Community Dynamics of Arab Christians in Jordan, Israel, and the Autonomous Palestinian Territories. Clarendon Press, 1998). In 1945, Bethlehem’s population was 8,820 (6,430, or 73 percent Christians; 2,370 or 27% Muslims), By 1967, the Christian population had dropped slightly (6,231 vs. 6,430 in 1945), while the Muslim population had more than tripled (8,169 vs. 2,370 in 1945). The dramatic increase in the Muslim population was due mostly to Israel’s ethnic cleansing, both in 1948 and in 1967, during which a large Muslim population was forced into exile, thousands of whom ended up in refugee camps in Bethlehem. The Christian population has continued to dwindle, due not to persecution by Muslims, but to the intolerable life under Israeli occupation. Christians were more easily able to emigrate, as they on the whole were more liquid, while Muslims were more often tied to the land as farmers. Muslims have also been emigrating, in smaller numbers; those who stay tend to have larger families than Christians. Christians and Muslims – and Jews – have lived together in relative harmony throughout history. It was only with the beginning of Jewish colonialist pursuits that the trouble began. Indigenous Palestinians welcomed Jewish refugees, but did not approve of their aspiration to take over the land and create a Jewish state. Further reading about Christians in Palestine: VIDEO: Armenian Christians under siege by Israel Prominent Israeli Settler Says Spitting on Christians ‘Ancient Jewish Custom’ Christians come under attack as Israeli leaders get more extreme Sacred Christian site Emmaus destroyed by Israel Israel severely restricts Orthodox Easter celebration in Jerusalem Does Israel Permit Freedom of Worship? Are Palestinian Christians Doomed? Hundreds of Israelis disrupt prayers in oldest Christian monastery In Palestine Israel is not as Christian-friendly as you think https://israelpalestinenews.org/alison-weir-trending-social-media-buzz/
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  • Doctors Killed in Plane Crash Vowed To Release Evidence Linking Modified mRNA "Vaccines" to Turbo Cancer
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    The coverups must continue when it comes to all things slow kill bioweapon “vaccines,” with the latest assassination of doctors willing to expose the global PSYOP-19 eugenics project being yet another case in point; to wit:

    In the recent airplane crash in São Paulo, Brazil, six prominent scientists were among the victims. The crash occurred on August 9, 2024, and involved a Voepass ATR 72 twin-engine plane carrying 61 (2SG: 62) people. Among those who perished were eight doctors heading to an oncology conference, which included the six scientists.

    The identified scientists include:

    1. Dr. José Roberto Leonel Ferreira, a senior radiologist who had a significant impact in the field of radiology, particularly in pediatric radiology.

    2. Dr. Mariana Belim, an intensivist in the Adult ICU at the Western Paraná University Hospital (Huop).

    3. Dr. Ariane Risso, also from the Uopeccan Cancer Hospital in Cascavel.

    4. Edilson Hobold, a professor of physical education.

    5. Deonir Secco, a professor of agricultural engineering.

    6. Raquel Ribeiro Moreira, a literature professor at the Cascavel campus.

    These individuals were respected professionals in their respective fields and were traveling to share their knowledge and expertise at the conference

    [oai_citation:1, Eight cancer doctors among dead in Brazil plane crash – as seven others changed flight at last minute | The Independent](https://independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/brazil-plane-crash-cancer-doctors-killed-cause-b2594898.html…)

    [oai_citation:2, What We Know About Victims of Brazil Plane Crash That Killed 61](https://people.com/8-cancer-doctors-2-kids-and-a-lawyer-what-we-know-about-victims-of-brazil-plane-crash-that-killed-61-8693883…)

    [oai_citation:3, Rescue workers recover bodies of all 62 Brazil plane crash victims - EFE Noticias](https://efe.com/en/latest-news/2024-08-11/rescue-workers-recover-bodies-of-all-62-brazil-plane-crash-victims/…)

    [oai_citation: ,Plane crashes in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, killing all 61 aboard](https://kcbx.org/npr-top-news/2024-08-09/plane-crashes-in-brazils-sao-paulo-state-killing-all-61-aboard…)

    [oai_citation: 5,Senior radiologist dies in Brazilian plane crash | AuntMinnie](https://auntminnie.com/clinical-news/article/15681548/senior-radiologist-dies-in-brazilian-plane-crash…).

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    Additional information:

    Eight cancer doctors who dedicated their lives to saving others and blowing the whistle on the devastating turbo cancer epidemic sweeping the world have been found dead.

    The bodies of six world-leading oncologists and two resident medics were found on Friday in the wreckage of a plane that plunged from the sky in Brazil and exploded in a fireball, killing all 62 people on board.

    The doctors were on their way to an international conference in Sao Paolo where they were set to present their findings that mRNA and the COVID-19 vaccines are responsible for the explosion of turbo cancers and autoimmune disease wreaking havoc around the world today.

    Mainstream media are working overtime to brush this story under the carpet on behalf of Big Pharma, but the facts are damning and we are not going to let them cover up the truth.

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    New & Improved Synergistic Joe Tippens Protocol

    Tocotrienol and Tocopherol forms (all 8) of Vitamin E (400-800mg per day, 7 days a week). A product called Gamma E by Life Extension or Perfect E are both great.

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  • Muslims and Jews Finally Agree on Something to Cause a Ceasefire in Gaza: Mass Vaccine Campaign Against Children in Fake Polio Outbreak
    Published on August 31, 2024

    Original image source.
    by Brian Shilhavy
    Editor, Health Impact News

    Hamas and Israeli forces have finally found mutual ground to order a ceasefire in the Gaza strip: a mass vaccination campaign against children to force them to receive the deadly oral polio vaccine that is banned in most Western countries, for a fake polio outbreak that is admittedly based on evidence of vaccine-induced polio found in sewage samples.

    There is still only 1 report of an actual case of someone having polio based on a laboratory PCR test, and no one has died.

    Deaths due to the new oral polio vaccine, however, which was given “emergency use authorization” (EUA), are currently about 25% of all vaccine injuries caused by the new oral polio vaccine, according to the U.S. government database of Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS). (Source.)

    3 days, 640,000 children, 1.3M doses. The plan to vaccinate Gaza’s young against polio

    JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.N. health agency and partners are launching a campaign starting Sunday to vaccinate 640,000 Palestinian children in Gaza against polio, an ambitious effort amid a devastating war that has destroyed the territory’s healthcare system.

    The campaign comes after the first polio case was reported in Gaza in 25 years — a 10-month-old boy, now paralyzed in the leg.

    The World Health Organization says the presence of a paralysis case indicates there could be hundreds more who have been infected but aren’t showing symptoms.

    Most people who have polio do not experience symptoms, and those who do usually recover in a week or so. (Source – emphasis mine.)

    This is clearly a population reduction campaign, as most childhood vaccines are, and I have yet to see any English news sites covering this story, and exposing that this is a fake polio outbreak that NOBODY is dying from, with an experimental and dangerous polio vaccine.

    Apparently some Israeli scientists have sounded the alarm, but I have not located who these scientists are, perhaps because their voices have only been reported in Hebrew.

    UN upholds safety and efficacy of Gaza polio vaccine

    The United Nations has upheld the safety of the polio vaccine that will be administered to more than half a million Palestinian children during an inoculation campaign in Gaza.

    Dire conditions brought on by the war have caused the disease to resurface after more than two decades. Last week, a case was confirmed in a 10-month-old.

    Countering vaccine misinformation

    During his daily media briefing from New York on Tuesday, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric noted that there had been misinformation surrounding the vaccine.

    “I want to make the following clear: the safest and most effective way to protect children against the polio virus, regardless of the variant, is to vaccinate them,” he said.

    Several news stories have appeared online in Israel and the United States, quoting two Israeli scientists falsely asserting that the polio vaccine due to be used in Gaza is “experimental” and a danger to citizens in both Palestine and Israel.

    The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, are preparing to launch the campaign, which will be conducted in two rounds.

    More than 640,000 children under the age of 10 will receive two drops of oral polio vaccine type 2.

    “This vaccine is safe, it is effective, and it offers top quality protection,” said Mr. Dujarric. “It is a vaccine globally recommended for variant type two polio virus outbreaks by the World Health Organization.” (Source.)

    As is common when discussing vaccines, those who are pro-vaccine injectors offer no evidence, no scientific studies, and no facts about vaccine side effects when making these pronouncements, just appeals to authority. (Trust us, because we are the experts, and don’t listen to those crazy anti-vaccine people.)

    I have already published one article on this issue, so let’s review the facts that are currently available publicly to anyone who takes the time to research this issue.

    ONE Case and NO Deaths = “Outbreak”? Polio Vaccines CAUSE Polio


    Practicing medicine without a license, Bill Gates administers an oral polio vaccine into a child in India.
    When you read articles about calls for mass-vaccination campaigns against children, the first thing to do is examine the actual facts that are being reported over any so-called “outbreak.”

    I went to the sources of the reporting over this “polio outbreak”, which is the UN, and specifically UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund), the largest purchaser and distributor of vaccines for children worldwide.

    Here is what they reported in their August 16th publication that everyone is now using as their source to write these articles about the Gaza “polio outbreak”:

    Humanitarian pauses vital for critical polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip

    JERUSALEM/CAIRO/AMMAN, 16 August 2024 – Two rounds of a polio vaccination campaign are expected to be launched at the end of August and September 2024 across the Gaza Strip to prevent the spread of circulating variant type 2 poliovirus (cVDPV2).

    WHO and UNICEF request all parties to the conflict to implement humanitarian pauses in the Gaza Strip for seven days to allow for two rounds of vaccination campaigns to take place. These pauses in fighting would allow children and families to safely reach health facilities and community outreach workers to get to children who cannot access health facilities for polio vaccination. Without the humanitarian pauses, the delivery of the campaign will not be possible.

    During each round of the campaign, the Palestinian Ministry of Health (MoH), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and partners, will provide two drops of novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) to more than 640 000 children under ten years of age.

    The poliovirus was detected in July 2024 in environmental samples from Khan Younis and Deir al-Balah. Worryingly, three children presenting with suspected acute flaccid paralysis (AFP), a common symptom of polio, have since been reported in the Gaza Strip. Their stool samples have been sent for testing to the Jordan National Polio Laboratory.

    Over 1.6 million doses of nOPV2, which is used to stop cVDPV2 transmission, will be delivered to the Gaza Strip.

    This followed a report published by the UN last month (July, 2024), which stated that the “virus” had been identified (using the infamous PCR test protocol) in 6 locations, NOT people, by testing sewage samples.

    Polio stalks Gazans as ‘anarchy’ spreads, humanitarians warn

    To add to the devastation of war and the complete breakdown of law and order, Gazans now have to contend with the threat of highly infectious polio disease linked to the disastrous sanitation situation created by the conflict, the UN health agency said on Friday.

    In a statement, Christian Lindmeier, spokesperson for the World Health Organization (WHO), said that vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (VDPV2) had been identified at six locations in sewage samples collected on 23 June from Khan Younis and Deir al Balah.

    To date, no one has been treated in Gaza for paralysis or other symptoms caused by polio virus infection.

    “It is important to note the virus has been isolated from the environment only at this time; no associated paralytic cases have been detected,” he told journalists in Geneva. As part of the response efforts, WHO in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is already working with the local health authority, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) and partners to assess how far poliovirus has spread.

    This work will determine the measures needed to stop any further spread, “including prompt vaccination campaigns”, the WHO spokesperson explained. (Source.)

    We can now summarize the facts from these two official news reports from the UN.

    In July, a total of 6 cases of a positive polio PCR test result were found in sewage samples (fecal matter) at 6 locations. It was admitted that these cases were “vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2″.

    This was the beginning of the “polio outbreak” that is now being reported, even though at the time these tests were conducted, there was not a single person being treated for polio, nor anyone showing any symptoms of polio.

    Nevertheless, it was declared an “outbreak” and plans were immediately put into effect to produce hundreds of thousands of doses of the oral polio vaccines.

    One month later, in August, “three children presenting with suspected acute flaccid paralysis (AFP), a common symptom of polio” was reported.

    That’s it, 3 children, who did not even have a positive polio PCR test diagnosis, but only “symptoms” of polio, was all that was needed to determine that this was a deadly “outbreak” of polio and kick into gear the production of 1.6 million doses of the oral polio vaccine to give to children in Gaza, along with now a single “confirmed case” of a 10-month-old child.

    What the Media is NOT Reporting about this Polio “Outbreak”


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    Sadly, I have seen this story before, many times, wherever disaster strikes and it is announced that “polio is back” after many years of having no “cases” of polio.

    What the media fails to report, however, is that these “cases” of polio came from the oral polio vaccines themselves!

    The last time I reported on this UN method of mass polio vaccination of children during times of crisis, was at the beginning of last year (2023), just after the massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria. See:

    UNICEF’s History of Using Disasters to Vaccinate Children with the Oral Polio Vaccine that Spreads Polio

    Even 10 years before that, back in 2013, I exposed the UN polio vaccine campaign agenda when polio allegedly broke out in the Syrian refugee camps due to the war in Syria. See:

    Are UNICEF Live Polio Vaccines Causing Polio Among Syrians? 1.7 Billion Polio Vaccines Purchased by UNICEF

    As I reported then, as well as multiple other times, in ALL of these cases the new “outbreak” of polio is caused by the oral polio vaccine itself.

    Here are some more articles I have published about this vaccine scam over the years:

    Polio Making a Comeback Due to Oral Polio Vaccine

    The Vaccine Myth of “Polio-free” Status – Polio Vaccine Caused 53,000 Paralysis Victims in India Last Year

    Polio Vaccine Causing Polio Outbreaks in Africa, WHO Admits

    No Polio in the Philippines Since 1993, But Mass Polio Vaccination Program Targeted for 500,000 Typhoon Victims Under Age 5

    The oral polio vaccine is notorious for “shedding” the so-called “live virus”, and its use has been banned in wealthier countries, such as the U.S. and Israel, because it was widely known that this oral polio vaccine actually causes polio.

    Even the corporate media has admitted this, since 2019.

    Big Pharma and Corporate Media Finally Admit the Oral Polio Vaccine is a Failure – Causes Polio Instead of Preventing It

    In the recent press release by UNICEF about this “outbreak” of polio in Gaza, they stated that prior to 2022 Palestinians were receiving the “inactivated polio vaccine”, the same polio vaccines used in the U.S. and Israel.

    The Gaza Strip had a high level of vaccination coverage across the population before the escalation of hostilities in October 2023. However, due to the impact of the conflict, routine immunization coverage (for the second dose of inactivated polio vaccine) dropped from 99 per cent in 2022 to less than 90 per cent in the first quarter of 2024, increasing the risk of vaccine-preventable diseases to children, including polio.  (Source.)

    Since the current war in Gaza started in October of 2023, I suspected that UNICEF had already distributed some of the oral polio vaccines, which cause polio.

    So I did some searching, and it did not take long to find out my suspicions were true, because as I wrote above, I have seen this script performed many times over the past decade.

    In a June 13, 2024 UNICEF report that covered a reporting period between May 16th through May 29th this year (2024), 10,000 doses of the oral polio vaccine were administered in Gaza.

    During the reporting period, UNICEF also managed to conduct a mission to the North Gaza governorate in order to deliver vaccines including 10,000 oral Polio vaccines, 5,000 Rotavirus vaccine drops, 6,000 Measles, Mumps, and Rubella vaccines, as well as Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis vaccines. (Source.)

    Bingo! Now we know the source of the current “outbreak” of polio in Gaza, which so far has officially has only been found in a single child, but nonetheless is being used as an excuse to vaccinate every single child still living in Gaza, 630,000, with the deadly oral polio vaccine.

    Shame on those of you in the Alternative Media for not reporting all the facts on this “outbreak” of polio! It is time for people to wake up and realize that ALL vaccines are a scam, and not just the COVID-19 ones.

    Please do your research and learn how the polio vaccines have ALL been scams to scare the public into mass vaccination campaigns, starting in the 1960s.

    I’ll give you some help by pointing to a summary article on this issue that I published back in 2022:

    The Polio Scam Makes a Comeback to Scare More Parents into Vaccinating Their Children – Vaccines NEVER Eradicated Polio: Vaccines CAUSE Polio

    And in case you are wondering how serious polio is worldwide, here are the official stats from WHO in this graph:

    Leading Causes of Death Worldwide
    Source: WHO
    Is the “New” Oral Polio Vaccine Better than the “Old” One?


    Police will only release parents once they have sworn that they will vaccinate their children. Image source.
    Because it was widely known that the oral polio vaccine was dangerous, and the cause of almost all “polio outbreaks” around the world, a new oral polio vaccine was developed, called the “novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2)”, which is the “updated” OPV being ordered to distribute in Gaza now.

    The first thing that one needs to know about this “novel” new oral polio vaccine, is that it was given “Emergency Use” authorization in November of 2020, during the height of the COVID Scam.

    On 13 November 2020, type 2 novel oral polio vaccine (nOPV2) became the first vaccine to be authorized for use under the WHO Emergency Use Listing (EUL) mechanism.

    The use of nOPV2 is restricted to outbreak response for type 2 circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV2). SAGE recommended that an independent nOPV2 safety monitoring group be established (the GACVS subcommittee on nOPV2) and that the GACVS should advise on nOPV2 safety monitoring during the entire period of the EUL. (Source: WHO)

    A study published in 2022 that was conducted in Panama, showed that this “new” oral polio vaccine also sheds, just like the older one did.

    Fecal Shedding of 2 Novel Live Attenuated Oral Poliovirus Type 2 Vaccine Candidates by Healthy Infants Administered Bivalent Oral Poliovirus Vaccine/Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine: 2 Randomized Clinical Trials

    Since this “new” oral polio vaccine is NOT used in the U.S., there is not much recorded on it in the U.S. CDC and FDA database of vaccine adverse events (VAERS).

    So I did a search for “oral polio vaccine” in VAERS after January 1, 2021, as almost all of those cases should be the new OPV vaccine.

    As is to be expected, since the vaccine is not distributed in the U.S., there are only 40 cases from the beginning of 2021 through today, all foreign cases reported.

    However, of those 40 cases recorded in VAERS, 10 of those cases of oral polio vaccine side effects resulted in DEATH (25%), with 30 hospitalizations. (Source.)

    And 65% of those cases were infants below the age of 6 months. (Source.)

    The deaths of these babies are recorded as “sudden infant death syndrome” (SIDS), because according to the CDC all vaccines are safe and effective, and never cause any deaths.

    Conclusion: More Children Will Die and be Crippled by the EUA Oral Polio Vaccine in Gaza



    Sadly, in the weeks and months ahead we will see babies and children die and become crippled in Gaza, not only due to the war, but also because of this mass vaccination campaign with the new Oral Polio Vaccine.

    In addition, vaccine-induced polio will spread, including throughout Israel where the OPV has been banned for years, and this will result in even MORE vaccines being distributed as they will claim that there is now a full-blown “Polio epidemic”, that possibly they will claim is spreading worldwide.

    Where have we seen this script play out before??

    NOTE: I am using DeepL to translate this article into Arabic, in the hopes that many Arabs will read this information and share it in places where Arabic-speaking people living in Palestine will see it and read it.

    I apologize in advance for any mistakes in the translation, but I, for one, am an American who cares about the murder of ALL babies and children around the world, irrespective to nationality, ethnic group, or religious group.

    Comment on this article at HealthImpactNews.com.

    المسلمون واليهود يتفقون أخيرًا على شيء لوقف إطلاق النار في غزة حملة تلقيح جماعية ضد الأطفال في حملة التطعيم ضد شلل الأطفال المزيف

    وجدت حماس والقوات الإسرائيلية أخيرًا أرضية مشتركة لإصدار أمر بوقف إطلاق النار في قطاع غزة: حملة تطعيم جماعية ضد الأطفال لإجبارهم على تلقي لقاح شلل الأطفال الفموي القاتل المحظور في معظم الدول الغربية، وذلك بسبب تفشي مرض شلل الأطفال المزيف الذي يستند باعترافهم إلى أدلة على وجود شلل أطفال ناجم عن اللقاح في عينات من مياه الصرف الصحي.

    لا يوجد حتى الآن تقرير واحد فقط عن حالة فعلية لشخص مصاب بشلل الأطفال استنادًا إلى اختبار تفاعل البوليميراز المتسلسل في المختبر، ولم يتوفى أحد.

    ومع ذلك، تبلغ نسبة الوفيات الناجمة عن لقاح شلل الأطفال الفموي الجديد، الذي حصل على ”تصريح استخدام طارئ“ (EUA)، حاليًا حوالي 25% من جميع إصابات اللقاح الناجمة عن لقاح شلل الأطفال الفموي الجديد، وفقًا لقاعدة بيانات الحكومة الأمريكية لنظام الإبلاغ عن الأحداث الضارة للقاحات (VAERS). (المصدر)

    3 أيام، 640,000 طفل، 1.3 مليون جرعة خطة لتطعيم صغار غزة ضد شلل الأطفال

    القدس (أسوشيتد برس) – تطلق وكالة الصحة التابعة للأمم المتحدة وشركاؤها حملة تبدأ يوم الأحد لتطعيم 640 ألف طفل فلسطيني في غزة ضد شلل الأطفال، في جهد طموح وسط حرب مدمرة دمرت نظام الرعاية الصحية في القطاع.

    وتأتي هذه الحملة بعد الإبلاغ عن أول حالة شلل أطفال في غزة منذ 25 عامًا – طفل يبلغ من العمر 10 أشهر، وهو الآن مشلول الساق.

    وتقول منظمة الصحة العالمية إن وجود حالة شلل تشير إلى احتمال وجود مئات آخرين أصيبوا بالعدوى ولكن لا تظهر عليهم الأعراض.

    لا يعاني معظم الأشخاص المصابين بشلل الأطفال من أعراض المرض، وعادةً ما يتعافى المصابون به في غضون أسبوع أو نحو ذلك. (المصدر)

    من الواضح أن هذه حملة لتخفيض عدد السكان، كما هو الحال في معظم لقاحات الأطفال، ولم أر حتى الآن أي موقع إخباري باللغة الإنجليزية يغطي هذه القصة، ويكشف أن هذا تفشي مزيف لشلل الأطفال الذي لا يموت منه أحد، بلقاح تجريبي وخطير لشلل الأطفال.

    من الواضح أن بعض العلماء الإسرائيليين الذين دقوا ناقوس الخطر، ولكنني لم أحدد من هم هؤلاء العلماء، ربما لأن أصواتهم لم تُنقل إلا باللغة العبرية.

    الأمم المتحدة تؤيد سلامة وفعالية لقاح شلل الأطفال في غزة

    أيدت الأمم المتحدة سلامة لقاح شلل الأطفال الذي سيتم إعطاؤه لأكثر من نصف مليون طفل فلسطيني خلال حملة تلقيح في غزة.

    وقد تسببت الظروف القاسية الناجمة عن الحرب في عودة المرض إلى الظهور من جديد بعد أكثر من عقدين من الزمن. في الأسبوع الماضي، تم تأكيد حالة إصابة طفل يبلغ من العمر 10 أشهر.

    مواجهة المعلومات المضللة حول اللقاح

    خلال إحاطته الإعلامية اليومية من نيويورك يوم الثلاثاء، أشار المتحدث باسم الأمم المتحدة ستيفان دوجاريك إلى وجود معلومات خاطئة حول اللقاح.

    وقال: ”أريد أن أوضح ما يلي: الطريقة الأكثر أمانًا وفعالية لحماية الأطفال من فيروس شلل الأطفال، بغض النظر عن نوعه، هي تطعيمهم“.

    ظهرت العديد من القصص الإخبارية على الإنترنت في إسرائيل والولايات المتحدة الأمريكية نقلاً عن عالمين إسرائيليين يؤكدان كذباً أن لقاح شلل الأطفال المقرر استخدامه في غزة ”تجريبي“ ويشكل خطراً على المواطنين في كل من فلسطين وإسرائيل.

    وتستعد منظمة الأمم المتحدة للطفولة (اليونيسف) ومنظمة الصحة العالمية ووكالة الأمم المتحدة التي تساعد اللاجئين الفلسطينيين ”الأونروا“ لإطلاق الحملة التي ستتم على جولتين.

    وسيتلقى أكثر من 640,000 طفل دون سن العاشرة قطرتين من لقاح شلل الأطفال الفموي من النوع الثاني.

    ”وقال السيد دوجاريك: ”إن هذا اللقاح آمن وفعال ويوفر حماية عالية الجودة. ”إنه لقاح موصى به عالميًا لتفشي فيروس شلل الأطفال من النوع الثاني من قبل منظمة الصحة العالمية.“ (المصدر)

    كما هو شائع عند مناقشة اللقاحات، لا يقدم المؤيدون للقاحات أي دليل أو دراسات علمية أو حقائق حول الآثار الجانبية للقاحات عند الإدلاء بهذه التصريحات، بل مجرد مناشدات للسلطة. (ثقوا بنا، لأننا نحن الخبراء، ولا تستمعوا إلى هؤلاء المجانين المناهضين للقاحات).

    لقد سبق لي أن نشرت مقالاً واحداً حول هذه المسألة، لذا دعونا نستعرض الحقائق المتاحة حالياً للجمهور لأي شخص يخصص وقتاً للبحث في هذه المسألة.

    حالة واحدة ولا وفيات = ”تفشي المرض“؟ لقاحات شلل الأطفال تسبب شلل الأطفال

    عندما تقرأ مقالات حول الدعوات لحملات التطعيم الجماعية ضد الأطفال، فإن أول ما يجب فعله هو فحص الحقائق الفعلية التي يتم الإبلاغ عنها بشأن أي ”تفشٍ“ مزعوم.

    لقد ذهبت إلى مصدر التقارير حول ”تفشي شلل الأطفال“، وهو الأمم المتحدة، وتحديداً منظمة الأمم المتحدة للطفولة (اليونيسف)، أكبر مشترٍ وموزع للقاحات الأطفال في جميع أنحاء العالم.

    إليكم ما ذكروه في منشورهم الصادر في 16 أغسطس/آب والذي يستخدمه الجميع الآن كمصدر لكتابة هذه المقالات حول ”تفشي شلل الأطفال“ في غزة:

    وقفات إنسانية ضرورية لحملة التطعيم ضد شلل الأطفال الحرجة في قطاع غزة

    القدس/القاهرة/عمان، 16 آب/أغسطس 2024 – من المتوقع إطلاق جولتين من حملة التطعيم ضد شلل الأطفال في نهاية آب/أغسطس وأيلول/سبتمبر 2024 في جميع أنحاء قطاع غزة لمنع انتشار فيروس شلل الأطفال من النوع الثاني الساري (cVDPV2).

    وتطلب منظمة الصحة العالمية واليونيسف من جميع أطراف النزاع تنفيذ هدنات إنسانية في قطاع غزة لمدة سبعة أيام للسماح بإجراء جولتين من حملات التطعيم. ومن شأن هذه التوقفات في القتال أن تسمح للأطفال والعائلات بالوصول بأمان إلى المرافق الصحية وللعاملين في مجال التوعية المجتمعية بالوصول إلى الأطفال الذين لا يستطيعون الوصول إلى المرافق الصحية للتطعيم ضد شلل الأطفال. وبدون هذه التوقفات الإنسانية، لن يكون تنفيذ الحملة ممكناً.

    وخلال كل جولة من الحملة، ستقدم وزارة الصحة الفلسطينية، بالتعاون مع منظمة الصحة العالمية ومنظمة الأمم المتحدة للطفولة (اليونيسف) ووكالة الأمم المتحدة لإغاثة وتشغيل اللاجئين الفلسطينيين (الأونروا) والشركاء، قطرتين من لقاح شلل الأطفال الفموي الجديد من النوع الثاني (nOPV2) لأكثر من 640,000 طفل دون سن العاشرة.

    تم اكتشاف فيروس شلل الأطفال في تموز/يوليو 2024 في عينات بيئية من خان يونس ودير البلح. ومما يثير القلق أنه تم الإبلاغ منذ ذلك الحين عن ثلاثة أطفال في قطاع غزة يشتبه في إصابتهم بالشلل الرخو الحاد، وهو أحد الأعراض الشائعة لشلل الأطفال. وقد تم إرسال عينات البراز الخاصة بهم لفحصها في المختبر الوطني الأردني لشلل الأطفال.

    وسيتم إيصال أكثر من 1.6 مليون جرعة من لقاح شلل الأطفال غير اللقاحي (nOPV2)، الذي يُستخدم لوقف انتقال فيروس شلل الأطفال الحاد الرخو الحاد (cVDP2) إلى قطاع غزة.

    جاء ذلك في أعقاب التقرير الذي نشرته الأمم المتحدة الشهر الماضي (يوليو 2024)، والذي ذكر أنه تم تحديد ”الفيروس“ (باستخدام بروتوكول اختبار تفاعل البوليميراز المتسلسل سيئ السمعة) في 6 مواقع، وليس في أشخاص، عن طريق فحص عينات من مياه الصرف الصحي.

    عاملون في المجال الإنساني يحذرون من أن شلل الأطفال يطارد سكان غزة مع انتشار ”الفوضى

    بالإضافة إلى الدمار الذي خلفته الحرب والانهيار الكامل للقانون والنظام، يتعين على سكان غزة الآن مواجهة خطر الإصابة بمرض شلل الأطفال شديد العدوى المرتبط بالوضع الصحي الكارثي الذي تسبب به الصراع، حسبما قالت منظمة الصحة العالمية التابعة للأمم المتحدة يوم الجمعة.

    وقال كريستيان ليندماير، المتحدث باسم منظمة الصحة العالمية، في بيان له، إنه تم تحديد فيروس شلل الأطفال من النوع الثاني المشتق من اللقاح في ستة مواقع في عينات من مياه الصرف الصحي التي تم جمعها في 23 حزيران/يونيو من خان يونس ودير البلح.

    وحتى الآن، لم يتم علاج أي شخص في غزة من الشلل أو الأعراض الأخرى الناجمة عن الإصابة بفيروس شلل الأطفال.

    وقال للصحفيين في جنيف: ”من المهم ملاحظة أن الفيروس قد تم عزله من البيئة فقط في هذا الوقت؛ ولم يتم اكتشاف أي حالات شلل مصاحبة له“. وكجزء من جهود الاستجابة، تعمل منظمة الصحة العالمية في الأرض الفلسطينية المحتلة بالفعل مع السلطة الصحية المحلية ومنظمة الأمم المتحدة للطفولة (اليونيسف) ووكالة الأمم المتحدة لإغاثة وتشغيل اللاجئين الفلسطينيين (الأونروا) والشركاء لتقييم مدى انتشار فيروس شلل الأطفال.

    وأوضح المتحدث باسم منظمة الصحة العالمية أن هذا العمل سيحدد التدابير اللازمة لوقف أي انتشار إضافي، ”بما في ذلك حملات التطعيم الفورية“. (المصدر)

    يمكننا الآن تلخيص الحقائق من هذين التقريرين الإخباريين الرسميين الصادرين عن الأمم المتحدة.

    في شهر تموز/يوليو، تم العثور على ما مجموعه 6 حالات إيجابية نتيجة اختبار PCR لشلل الأطفال في عينات من مياه الصرف الصحي (البراز) في 6 مواقع. وتم الاعتراف بأن هذه الحالات كانت ”فيروس شلل الأطفال من النوع 2“ المشتق من اللقاح.

    كانت هذه هي بداية ”تفشي شلل الأطفال“ الذي يتم الإبلاغ عنه الآن، على الرغم من أنه في الوقت الذي أجريت فيه هذه الاختبارات، لم يكن هناك شخص واحد يعالج من شلل الأطفال، ولم تظهر على أي شخص أي أعراض لشلل الأطفال.

    ومع ذلك، أُعلن عن ”تفشي المرض“ ووُضعت الخطط على الفور لإنتاج مئات الآلاف من جرعات لقاحات شلل الأطفال الفموية.

    بعد شهر واحد، في شهر أغسطس/آب، تم الإبلاغ عن ”ثلاثة أطفال مصابين بشلل رخو حاد مشتبه به، وهو أحد الأعراض الشائعة لشلل الأطفال“.

    هذا كل ما في الأمر، 3 أطفال، لم يكن لديهم حتى تشخيص إيجابي لاختبار PCR لشلل الأطفال، بل فقط ”أعراض“ شلل الأطفال، كان كل ما كان مطلوبًا لتحديد أن هذا ”تفشٍ“ مميت لشلل الأطفال والبدء في إنتاج 1.6 مليون جرعة من لقاح شلل الأطفال الفموي لإعطائها للأطفال في غزة، إلى جانب ”حالة مؤكدة“ واحدة لطفل عمره 10 أشهر.

    ما لم تنقله وسائل الإعلام عن ”تفشي شلل الأطفال“

    للأسف، لقد شاهدت هذه القصة من قبل، عدة مرات، حيثما تقع الكارثة ويُعلن عن ”عودة شلل الأطفال“ بعد سنوات عديدة من عدم وجود ”حالات“ لشلل الأطفال.

    لكن ما لا تنقله وسائل الإعلام هو أن ”حالات“ شلل الأطفال هذه جاءت من لقاحات شلل الأطفال الفموية نفسها!

    كانت المرة الأخيرة التي تحدثت فيها عن هذه الطريقة التي تتبعها الأمم المتحدة في التطعيم الجماعي للأطفال ضد شلل الأطفال في أوقات الأزمات، في بداية العام الماضي (2023)، بعد الزلزال الهائل الذي ضرب تركيا وسوريا مباشرة. انظر:

    تاريخ اليونيسف في استخدام الكوارث لتطعيم الأطفال بلقاح شلل الأطفال الفموي الذي ينشر شلل الأطفال

    حتى قبل 10 سنوات من ذلك، في عام 2013، كشفتُ عن أجندة حملة الأمم المتحدة للقاح شلل الأطفال عندما زُعم أن شلل الأطفال انتشر في مخيمات اللاجئين السوريين بسبب الحرب في سوريا. انظر:

    هل تتسبب لقاحات اليونيسف الحية ضد شلل الأطفال في إصابة السوريين بشلل الأطفال؟ 1.7 مليار لقاح لشلل الأطفال اشترتها اليونيسف

    وكما ذكرت في ذلك الحين، وكذلك عدة مرات أخرى، في جميع هذه الحالات، فإن ”تفشي“ شلل الأطفال الجديد في جميع هذه الحالات سببه لقاح شلل الأطفال الفموي نفسه.

    فيما يلي بعض المقالات الأخرى التي نشرتها حول عملية الاحتيال باللقاح هذه على مر السنين:

    شلل الأطفال يعود من جديد بسبب لقاح شلل الأطفال الفموي

    خرافة ”خلو اللقاح من شلل الأطفال“ – لقاح شلل الأطفال تسبب في إصابة 53,000 شخص بالشلل في الهند العام الماضي

    منظمة الصحة العالمية تعترف بتسبب لقاح شلل الأطفال في تفشي شلل الأطفال في أفريقيا

    لا يوجد شلل أطفال في الفلبين منذ عام 1993، لكن برنامج التطعيم الجماعي ضد شلل الأطفال يستهدف 500,000 من ضحايا الإعصار دون سن 5 سنوات

    لقاح شلل الأطفال الفموي سيء السمعة لأنه ”يفرز“ ما يسمى بـ ”الفيروس الحي“، وقد تم حظر استخدامه في البلدان الأكثر ثراءً، مثل الولايات المتحدة وإسرائيل، لأنه كان من المعروف على نطاق واسع أن لقاح شلل الأطفال الفموي يسبب بالفعل شلل الأطفال.

    حتى وسائل إعلام الشركات اعترفت بذلك، منذ عام 2019.

    شركات الأدوية الكبرى ووسائل إعلام الشركات تعترف أخيرًا بأن لقاح شلل الأطفال الفموي فاشل – يسبب شلل الأطفال بدلاً من الوقاية منه

    في البيان الصحفي الأخير الذي أصدرته اليونيسف حول ”تفشي“ شلل الأطفال في غزة، ذكروا أنه قبل عام 2022 كان الفلسطينيون يتلقون ”لقاح شلل الأطفال المعطل“، وهو نفس لقاحات شلل الأطفال المستخدمة في الولايات المتحدة وإسرائيل.

    كان قطاع غزة يتمتع بمستوى عالٍ من التغطية بالتطعيم بين السكان قبل تصاعد الأعمال القتالية في تشرين الأول/أكتوبر 2023. ومع ذلك، وبسبب تأثير الصراع، انخفضت التغطية بالتحصين الروتيني (للجرعة الثانية من لقاح شلل الأطفال المعطل) من 99 بالمائة في عام 2022 إلى أقل من 90 بالمائة في الربع الأول من عام 2024، مما زاد من خطر إصابة الأطفال بالأمراض التي يمكن الوقاية منها باللقاحات، بما فيها شلل الأطفال.  (المصدر)

    منذ أن بدأت الحرب الحالية في غزة في أكتوبر من عام 2023، اشتبهت في أن اليونيسف قد وزعت بالفعل بعض لقاحات شلل الأطفال الفموية التي تسبب شلل الأطفال.

    لذا قمتُ ببعض البحث، ولم يستغرق الأمر وقتاً طويلاً لأكتشف أن شكوكي كانت صحيحة، لأنني كما كتبتُ أعلاه، فقد رأيت هذا السيناريو يُنفذ عدة مرات على مدار العقد الماضي.

    في تقرير اليونيسف الصادر في 13 حزيران/يونيو 2024، والذي غطى الفترة المشمولة بالتقرير بين 16 أيار/مايو حتى 29 أيار/مايو من هذا العام (2024)، تم إعطاء 10,000 جرعة من لقاح شلل الأطفال الفموي في غزة.

    وخلال الفترة التي يشملها التقرير، تمكنت اليونيسف أيضًا من إيفاد بعثة إلى محافظة شمال غزة من أجل تقديم اللقاحات، بما في ذلك 10,000 لقاح فموي ضد شلل الأطفال، و5,000 قطرة لقاح ضد فيروس الروتافيروس، و6,000 لقاح ضد الحصبة والنكاف والحصبة الألمانية، بالإضافة إلى لقاح الدفتيريا والكزاز والسعال الديكي. (المصدر)

    وجدتها! لقد عرفنا الآن مصدر ”تفشي“ شلل الأطفال الحالي في غزة، والذي لم يتم حتى الآن اكتشافه رسميًا لدى طفل واحد حتى الآن، ولكن مع ذلك يتم استخدامه كذريعة لتطعيم كل طفل لا يزال يعيش في غزة، 630,000 طفل، بلقاح شلل الأطفال الفموي القاتل.

    عار على أولئك الذين يعملون في وسائل الإعلام البديلة لعدم نقلهم جميع الحقائق حول ”تفشي“ شلل الأطفال هذا! لقد حان الوقت لكي يستيقظ الناس ويدركوا أن جميع اللقاحات هي خدعة، وليس فقط لقاح كوفيد-19.

    من فضلك قم ببحثك وتعلم كيف أن جميع لقاحات شلل الأطفال كانت خدعة لتخويف الجمهور من أجل حملات التطعيم الجماعية، بدءًا من ستينيات القرن الماضي.

    سأقدم لك بعض المساعدة من خلال الإشارة إلى مقال موجز حول هذه المسألة نشرته في عام 2022:

    عملية الاحتيال المتعلقة بشلل الأطفال تعود من جديد لتخويف المزيد من الآباء والأمهات لتطعيم أطفالهم – اللقاحات لم تقضِ على شلل الأطفال أبدًا: اللقاحات تسبب شلل الأطفال

    وفي حال كنت تتساءل عن مدى خطورة مرض شلل الأطفال في جميع أنحاء العالم، إليك الإحصائيات الرسمية من منظمة الصحة العالمية في هذا الرسم البياني:

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    Muslims and Jews Finally Agree on Something to Cause a Ceasefire in Gaza: Mass Vaccine Campaign Against Children in Fake Polio Outbreak Published on August 31, 2024 Original image source. by Brian Shilhavy Editor, Health Impact News Hamas and Israeli forces have finally found mutual ground to order a ceasefire in the Gaza strip: a mass vaccination campaign against children to force them to receive the deadly oral polio vaccine that is banned in most Western countries, for a fake polio outbreak that is admittedly based on evidence of vaccine-induced polio found in sewage samples. There is still only 1 report of an actual case of someone having polio based on a laboratory PCR test, and no one has died. Deaths due to the new oral polio vaccine, however, which was given “emergency use authorization” (EUA), are currently about 25% of all vaccine injuries caused by the new oral polio vaccine, according to the U.S. government database of Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS). (Source.) 3 days, 640,000 children, 1.3M doses. The plan to vaccinate Gaza’s young against polio JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.N. health agency and partners are launching a campaign starting Sunday to vaccinate 640,000 Palestinian children in Gaza against polio, an ambitious effort amid a devastating war that has destroyed the territory’s healthcare system. The campaign comes after the first polio case was reported in Gaza in 25 years — a 10-month-old boy, now paralyzed in the leg. The World Health Organization says the presence of a paralysis case indicates there could be hundreds more who have been infected but aren’t showing symptoms. Most people who have polio do not experience symptoms, and those who do usually recover in a week or so. (Source – emphasis mine.) This is clearly a population reduction campaign, as most childhood vaccines are, and I have yet to see any English news sites covering this story, and exposing that this is a fake polio outbreak that NOBODY is dying from, with an experimental and dangerous polio vaccine. Apparently some Israeli scientists have sounded the alarm, but I have not located who these scientists are, perhaps because their voices have only been reported in Hebrew. UN upholds safety and efficacy of Gaza polio vaccine The United Nations has upheld the safety of the polio vaccine that will be administered to more than half a million Palestinian children during an inoculation campaign in Gaza. Dire conditions brought on by the war have caused the disease to resurface after more than two decades. Last week, a case was confirmed in a 10-month-old. Countering vaccine misinformation During his daily media briefing from New York on Tuesday, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric noted that there had been misinformation surrounding the vaccine. “I want to make the following clear: the safest and most effective way to protect children against the polio virus, regardless of the variant, is to vaccinate them,” he said. Several news stories have appeared online in Israel and the United States, quoting two Israeli scientists falsely asserting that the polio vaccine due to be used in Gaza is “experimental” and a danger to citizens in both Palestine and Israel. The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, are preparing to launch the campaign, which will be conducted in two rounds. More than 640,000 children under the age of 10 will receive two drops of oral polio vaccine type 2. “This vaccine is safe, it is effective, and it offers top quality protection,” said Mr. Dujarric. “It is a vaccine globally recommended for variant type two polio virus outbreaks by the World Health Organization.” (Source.) As is common when discussing vaccines, those who are pro-vaccine injectors offer no evidence, no scientific studies, and no facts about vaccine side effects when making these pronouncements, just appeals to authority. (Trust us, because we are the experts, and don’t listen to those crazy anti-vaccine people.) I have already published one article on this issue, so let’s review the facts that are currently available publicly to anyone who takes the time to research this issue. ONE Case and NO Deaths = “Outbreak”? Polio Vaccines CAUSE Polio Practicing medicine without a license, Bill Gates administers an oral polio vaccine into a child in India. When you read articles about calls for mass-vaccination campaigns against children, the first thing to do is examine the actual facts that are being reported over any so-called “outbreak.” I went to the sources of the reporting over this “polio outbreak”, which is the UN, and specifically UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund), the largest purchaser and distributor of vaccines for children worldwide. Here is what they reported in their August 16th publication that everyone is now using as their source to write these articles about the Gaza “polio outbreak”: Humanitarian pauses vital for critical polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip JERUSALEM/CAIRO/AMMAN, 16 August 2024 – Two rounds of a polio vaccination campaign are expected to be launched at the end of August and September 2024 across the Gaza Strip to prevent the spread of circulating variant type 2 poliovirus (cVDPV2). WHO and UNICEF request all parties to the conflict to implement humanitarian pauses in the Gaza Strip for seven days to allow for two rounds of vaccination campaigns to take place. These pauses in fighting would allow children and families to safely reach health facilities and community outreach workers to get to children who cannot access health facilities for polio vaccination. Without the humanitarian pauses, the delivery of the campaign will not be possible. During each round of the campaign, the Palestinian Ministry of Health (MoH), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and partners, will provide two drops of novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) to more than 640 000 children under ten years of age. The poliovirus was detected in July 2024 in environmental samples from Khan Younis and Deir al-Balah. Worryingly, three children presenting with suspected acute flaccid paralysis (AFP), a common symptom of polio, have since been reported in the Gaza Strip. Their stool samples have been sent for testing to the Jordan National Polio Laboratory. Over 1.6 million doses of nOPV2, which is used to stop cVDPV2 transmission, will be delivered to the Gaza Strip. This followed a report published by the UN last month (July, 2024), which stated that the “virus” had been identified (using the infamous PCR test protocol) in 6 locations, NOT people, by testing sewage samples. Polio stalks Gazans as ‘anarchy’ spreads, humanitarians warn To add to the devastation of war and the complete breakdown of law and order, Gazans now have to contend with the threat of highly infectious polio disease linked to the disastrous sanitation situation created by the conflict, the UN health agency said on Friday. In a statement, Christian Lindmeier, spokesperson for the World Health Organization (WHO), said that vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (VDPV2) had been identified at six locations in sewage samples collected on 23 June from Khan Younis and Deir al Balah. To date, no one has been treated in Gaza for paralysis or other symptoms caused by polio virus infection. “It is important to note the virus has been isolated from the environment only at this time; no associated paralytic cases have been detected,” he told journalists in Geneva. As part of the response efforts, WHO in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is already working with the local health authority, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) and partners to assess how far poliovirus has spread. This work will determine the measures needed to stop any further spread, “including prompt vaccination campaigns”, the WHO spokesperson explained. (Source.) We can now summarize the facts from these two official news reports from the UN. In July, a total of 6 cases of a positive polio PCR test result were found in sewage samples (fecal matter) at 6 locations. It was admitted that these cases were “vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2″. This was the beginning of the “polio outbreak” that is now being reported, even though at the time these tests were conducted, there was not a single person being treated for polio, nor anyone showing any symptoms of polio. Nevertheless, it was declared an “outbreak” and plans were immediately put into effect to produce hundreds of thousands of doses of the oral polio vaccines. One month later, in August, “three children presenting with suspected acute flaccid paralysis (AFP), a common symptom of polio” was reported. That’s it, 3 children, who did not even have a positive polio PCR test diagnosis, but only “symptoms” of polio, was all that was needed to determine that this was a deadly “outbreak” of polio and kick into gear the production of 1.6 million doses of the oral polio vaccine to give to children in Gaza, along with now a single “confirmed case” of a 10-month-old child. What the Media is NOT Reporting about this Polio “Outbreak” Original image source. Sadly, I have seen this story before, many times, wherever disaster strikes and it is announced that “polio is back” after many years of having no “cases” of polio. What the media fails to report, however, is that these “cases” of polio came from the oral polio vaccines themselves! The last time I reported on this UN method of mass polio vaccination of children during times of crisis, was at the beginning of last year (2023), just after the massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria. See: UNICEF’s History of Using Disasters to Vaccinate Children with the Oral Polio Vaccine that Spreads Polio Even 10 years before that, back in 2013, I exposed the UN polio vaccine campaign agenda when polio allegedly broke out in the Syrian refugee camps due to the war in Syria. See: Are UNICEF Live Polio Vaccines Causing Polio Among Syrians? 1.7 Billion Polio Vaccines Purchased by UNICEF As I reported then, as well as multiple other times, in ALL of these cases the new “outbreak” of polio is caused by the oral polio vaccine itself. Here are some more articles I have published about this vaccine scam over the years: Polio Making a Comeback Due to Oral Polio Vaccine The Vaccine Myth of “Polio-free” Status – Polio Vaccine Caused 53,000 Paralysis Victims in India Last Year Polio Vaccine Causing Polio Outbreaks in Africa, WHO Admits No Polio in the Philippines Since 1993, But Mass Polio Vaccination Program Targeted for 500,000 Typhoon Victims Under Age 5 The oral polio vaccine is notorious for “shedding” the so-called “live virus”, and its use has been banned in wealthier countries, such as the U.S. and Israel, because it was widely known that this oral polio vaccine actually causes polio. Even the corporate media has admitted this, since 2019. Big Pharma and Corporate Media Finally Admit the Oral Polio Vaccine is a Failure – Causes Polio Instead of Preventing It In the recent press release by UNICEF about this “outbreak” of polio in Gaza, they stated that prior to 2022 Palestinians were receiving the “inactivated polio vaccine”, the same polio vaccines used in the U.S. and Israel. The Gaza Strip had a high level of vaccination coverage across the population before the escalation of hostilities in October 2023. However, due to the impact of the conflict, routine immunization coverage (for the second dose of inactivated polio vaccine) dropped from 99 per cent in 2022 to less than 90 per cent in the first quarter of 2024, increasing the risk of vaccine-preventable diseases to children, including polio.  (Source.) Since the current war in Gaza started in October of 2023, I suspected that UNICEF had already distributed some of the oral polio vaccines, which cause polio. So I did some searching, and it did not take long to find out my suspicions were true, because as I wrote above, I have seen this script performed many times over the past decade. In a June 13, 2024 UNICEF report that covered a reporting period between May 16th through May 29th this year (2024), 10,000 doses of the oral polio vaccine were administered in Gaza. During the reporting period, UNICEF also managed to conduct a mission to the North Gaza governorate in order to deliver vaccines including 10,000 oral Polio vaccines, 5,000 Rotavirus vaccine drops, 6,000 Measles, Mumps, and Rubella vaccines, as well as Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis vaccines. (Source.) Bingo! Now we know the source of the current “outbreak” of polio in Gaza, which so far has officially has only been found in a single child, but nonetheless is being used as an excuse to vaccinate every single child still living in Gaza, 630,000, with the deadly oral polio vaccine. Shame on those of you in the Alternative Media for not reporting all the facts on this “outbreak” of polio! It is time for people to wake up and realize that ALL vaccines are a scam, and not just the COVID-19 ones. Please do your research and learn how the polio vaccines have ALL been scams to scare the public into mass vaccination campaigns, starting in the 1960s. I’ll give you some help by pointing to a summary article on this issue that I published back in 2022: The Polio Scam Makes a Comeback to Scare More Parents into Vaccinating Their Children – Vaccines NEVER Eradicated Polio: Vaccines CAUSE Polio And in case you are wondering how serious polio is worldwide, here are the official stats from WHO in this graph: Leading Causes of Death Worldwide Source: WHO Is the “New” Oral Polio Vaccine Better than the “Old” One? Police will only release parents once they have sworn that they will vaccinate their children. Image source. Because it was widely known that the oral polio vaccine was dangerous, and the cause of almost all “polio outbreaks” around the world, a new oral polio vaccine was developed, called the “novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2)”, which is the “updated” OPV being ordered to distribute in Gaza now. The first thing that one needs to know about this “novel” new oral polio vaccine, is that it was given “Emergency Use” authorization in November of 2020, during the height of the COVID Scam. On 13 November 2020, type 2 novel oral polio vaccine (nOPV2) became the first vaccine to be authorized for use under the WHO Emergency Use Listing (EUL) mechanism. The use of nOPV2 is restricted to outbreak response for type 2 circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV2). SAGE recommended that an independent nOPV2 safety monitoring group be established (the GACVS subcommittee on nOPV2) and that the GACVS should advise on nOPV2 safety monitoring during the entire period of the EUL. (Source: WHO) A study published in 2022 that was conducted in Panama, showed that this “new” oral polio vaccine also sheds, just like the older one did. Fecal Shedding of 2 Novel Live Attenuated Oral Poliovirus Type 2 Vaccine Candidates by Healthy Infants Administered Bivalent Oral Poliovirus Vaccine/Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine: 2 Randomized Clinical Trials Since this “new” oral polio vaccine is NOT used in the U.S., there is not much recorded on it in the U.S. CDC and FDA database of vaccine adverse events (VAERS). So I did a search for “oral polio vaccine” in VAERS after January 1, 2021, as almost all of those cases should be the new OPV vaccine. As is to be expected, since the vaccine is not distributed in the U.S., there are only 40 cases from the beginning of 2021 through today, all foreign cases reported. However, of those 40 cases recorded in VAERS, 10 of those cases of oral polio vaccine side effects resulted in DEATH (25%), with 30 hospitalizations. (Source.) And 65% of those cases were infants below the age of 6 months. (Source.) The deaths of these babies are recorded as “sudden infant death syndrome” (SIDS), because according to the CDC all vaccines are safe and effective, and never cause any deaths. Conclusion: More Children Will Die and be Crippled by the EUA Oral Polio Vaccine in Gaza Sadly, in the weeks and months ahead we will see babies and children die and become crippled in Gaza, not only due to the war, but also because of this mass vaccination campaign with the new Oral Polio Vaccine. In addition, vaccine-induced polio will spread, including throughout Israel where the OPV has been banned for years, and this will result in even MORE vaccines being distributed as they will claim that there is now a full-blown “Polio epidemic”, that possibly they will claim is spreading worldwide. Where have we seen this script play out before?? NOTE: I am using DeepL to translate this article into Arabic, in the hopes that many Arabs will read this information and share it in places where Arabic-speaking people living in Palestine will see it and read it. I apologize in advance for any mistakes in the translation, but I, for one, am an American who cares about the murder of ALL babies and children around the world, irrespective to nationality, ethnic group, or religious group. Comment on this article at HealthImpactNews.com. المسلمون واليهود يتفقون أخيرًا على شيء لوقف إطلاق النار في غزة حملة تلقيح جماعية ضد الأطفال في حملة التطعيم ضد شلل الأطفال المزيف وجدت حماس والقوات الإسرائيلية أخيرًا أرضية مشتركة لإصدار أمر بوقف إطلاق النار في قطاع غزة: حملة تطعيم جماعية ضد الأطفال لإجبارهم على تلقي لقاح شلل الأطفال الفموي القاتل المحظور في معظم الدول الغربية، وذلك بسبب تفشي مرض شلل الأطفال المزيف الذي يستند باعترافهم إلى أدلة على وجود شلل أطفال ناجم عن اللقاح في عينات من مياه الصرف الصحي. لا يوجد حتى الآن تقرير واحد فقط عن حالة فعلية لشخص مصاب بشلل الأطفال استنادًا إلى اختبار تفاعل البوليميراز المتسلسل في المختبر، ولم يتوفى أحد. ومع ذلك، تبلغ نسبة الوفيات الناجمة عن لقاح شلل الأطفال الفموي الجديد، الذي حصل على ”تصريح استخدام طارئ“ (EUA)، حاليًا حوالي 25% من جميع إصابات اللقاح الناجمة عن لقاح شلل الأطفال الفموي الجديد، وفقًا لقاعدة بيانات الحكومة الأمريكية لنظام الإبلاغ عن الأحداث الضارة للقاحات (VAERS). (المصدر) 3 أيام، 640,000 طفل، 1.3 مليون جرعة خطة لتطعيم صغار غزة ضد شلل الأطفال القدس (أسوشيتد برس) – تطلق وكالة الصحة التابعة للأمم المتحدة وشركاؤها حملة تبدأ يوم الأحد لتطعيم 640 ألف طفل فلسطيني في غزة ضد شلل الأطفال، في جهد طموح وسط حرب مدمرة دمرت نظام الرعاية الصحية في القطاع. وتأتي هذه الحملة بعد الإبلاغ عن أول حالة شلل أطفال في غزة منذ 25 عامًا – طفل يبلغ من العمر 10 أشهر، وهو الآن مشلول الساق. وتقول منظمة الصحة العالمية إن وجود حالة شلل تشير إلى احتمال وجود مئات آخرين أصيبوا بالعدوى ولكن لا تظهر عليهم الأعراض. لا يعاني معظم الأشخاص المصابين بشلل الأطفال من أعراض المرض، وعادةً ما يتعافى المصابون به في غضون أسبوع أو نحو ذلك. (المصدر) من الواضح أن هذه حملة لتخفيض عدد السكان، كما هو الحال في معظم لقاحات الأطفال، ولم أر حتى الآن أي موقع إخباري باللغة الإنجليزية يغطي هذه القصة، ويكشف أن هذا تفشي مزيف لشلل الأطفال الذي لا يموت منه أحد، بلقاح تجريبي وخطير لشلل الأطفال. من الواضح أن بعض العلماء الإسرائيليين الذين دقوا ناقوس الخطر، ولكنني لم أحدد من هم هؤلاء العلماء، ربما لأن أصواتهم لم تُنقل إلا باللغة العبرية. الأمم المتحدة تؤيد سلامة وفعالية لقاح شلل الأطفال في غزة أيدت الأمم المتحدة سلامة لقاح شلل الأطفال الذي سيتم إعطاؤه لأكثر من نصف مليون طفل فلسطيني خلال حملة تلقيح في غزة. وقد تسببت الظروف القاسية الناجمة عن الحرب في عودة المرض إلى الظهور من جديد بعد أكثر من عقدين من الزمن. في الأسبوع الماضي، تم تأكيد حالة إصابة طفل يبلغ من العمر 10 أشهر. مواجهة المعلومات المضللة حول اللقاح خلال إحاطته الإعلامية اليومية من نيويورك يوم الثلاثاء، أشار المتحدث باسم الأمم المتحدة ستيفان دوجاريك إلى وجود معلومات خاطئة حول اللقاح. وقال: ”أريد أن أوضح ما يلي: الطريقة الأكثر أمانًا وفعالية لحماية الأطفال من فيروس شلل الأطفال، بغض النظر عن نوعه، هي تطعيمهم“. ظهرت العديد من القصص الإخبارية على الإنترنت في إسرائيل والولايات المتحدة الأمريكية نقلاً عن عالمين إسرائيليين يؤكدان كذباً أن لقاح شلل الأطفال المقرر استخدامه في غزة ”تجريبي“ ويشكل خطراً على المواطنين في كل من فلسطين وإسرائيل. وتستعد منظمة الأمم المتحدة للطفولة (اليونيسف) ومنظمة الصحة العالمية ووكالة الأمم المتحدة التي تساعد اللاجئين الفلسطينيين ”الأونروا“ لإطلاق الحملة التي ستتم على جولتين. وسيتلقى أكثر من 640,000 طفل دون سن العاشرة قطرتين من لقاح شلل الأطفال الفموي من النوع الثاني. ”وقال السيد دوجاريك: ”إن هذا اللقاح آمن وفعال ويوفر حماية عالية الجودة. ”إنه لقاح موصى به عالميًا لتفشي فيروس شلل الأطفال من النوع الثاني من قبل منظمة الصحة العالمية.“ (المصدر) كما هو شائع عند مناقشة اللقاحات، لا يقدم المؤيدون للقاحات أي دليل أو دراسات علمية أو حقائق حول الآثار الجانبية للقاحات عند الإدلاء بهذه التصريحات، بل مجرد مناشدات للسلطة. (ثقوا بنا، لأننا نحن الخبراء، ولا تستمعوا إلى هؤلاء المجانين المناهضين للقاحات). لقد سبق لي أن نشرت مقالاً واحداً حول هذه المسألة، لذا دعونا نستعرض الحقائق المتاحة حالياً للجمهور لأي شخص يخصص وقتاً للبحث في هذه المسألة. حالة واحدة ولا وفيات = ”تفشي المرض“؟ لقاحات شلل الأطفال تسبب شلل الأطفال عندما تقرأ مقالات حول الدعوات لحملات التطعيم الجماعية ضد الأطفال، فإن أول ما يجب فعله هو فحص الحقائق الفعلية التي يتم الإبلاغ عنها بشأن أي ”تفشٍ“ مزعوم. لقد ذهبت إلى مصدر التقارير حول ”تفشي شلل الأطفال“، وهو الأمم المتحدة، وتحديداً منظمة الأمم المتحدة للطفولة (اليونيسف)، أكبر مشترٍ وموزع للقاحات الأطفال في جميع أنحاء العالم. إليكم ما ذكروه في منشورهم الصادر في 16 أغسطس/آب والذي يستخدمه الجميع الآن كمصدر لكتابة هذه المقالات حول ”تفشي شلل الأطفال“ في غزة: وقفات إنسانية ضرورية لحملة التطعيم ضد شلل الأطفال الحرجة في قطاع غزة القدس/القاهرة/عمان، 16 آب/أغسطس 2024 – من المتوقع إطلاق جولتين من حملة التطعيم ضد شلل الأطفال في نهاية آب/أغسطس وأيلول/سبتمبر 2024 في جميع أنحاء قطاع غزة لمنع انتشار فيروس شلل الأطفال من النوع الثاني الساري (cVDPV2). وتطلب منظمة الصحة العالمية واليونيسف من جميع أطراف النزاع تنفيذ هدنات إنسانية في قطاع غزة لمدة سبعة أيام للسماح بإجراء جولتين من حملات التطعيم. ومن شأن هذه التوقفات في القتال أن تسمح للأطفال والعائلات بالوصول بأمان إلى المرافق الصحية وللعاملين في مجال التوعية المجتمعية بالوصول إلى الأطفال الذين لا يستطيعون الوصول إلى المرافق الصحية للتطعيم ضد شلل الأطفال. وبدون هذه التوقفات الإنسانية، لن يكون تنفيذ الحملة ممكناً. وخلال كل جولة من الحملة، ستقدم وزارة الصحة الفلسطينية، بالتعاون مع منظمة الصحة العالمية ومنظمة الأمم المتحدة للطفولة (اليونيسف) ووكالة الأمم المتحدة لإغاثة وتشغيل اللاجئين الفلسطينيين (الأونروا) والشركاء، قطرتين من لقاح شلل الأطفال الفموي الجديد من النوع الثاني (nOPV2) لأكثر من 640,000 طفل دون سن العاشرة. تم اكتشاف فيروس شلل الأطفال في تموز/يوليو 2024 في عينات بيئية من خان يونس ودير البلح. ومما يثير القلق أنه تم الإبلاغ منذ ذلك الحين عن ثلاثة أطفال في قطاع غزة يشتبه في إصابتهم بالشلل الرخو الحاد، وهو أحد الأعراض الشائعة لشلل الأطفال. وقد تم إرسال عينات البراز الخاصة بهم لفحصها في المختبر الوطني الأردني لشلل الأطفال. وسيتم إيصال أكثر من 1.6 مليون جرعة من لقاح شلل الأطفال غير اللقاحي (nOPV2)، الذي يُستخدم لوقف انتقال فيروس شلل الأطفال الحاد الرخو الحاد (cVDP2) إلى قطاع غزة. جاء ذلك في أعقاب التقرير الذي نشرته الأمم المتحدة الشهر الماضي (يوليو 2024)، والذي ذكر أنه تم تحديد ”الفيروس“ (باستخدام بروتوكول اختبار تفاعل البوليميراز المتسلسل سيئ السمعة) في 6 مواقع، وليس في أشخاص، عن طريق فحص عينات من مياه الصرف الصحي. عاملون في المجال الإنساني يحذرون من أن شلل الأطفال يطارد سكان غزة مع انتشار ”الفوضى بالإضافة إلى الدمار الذي خلفته الحرب والانهيار الكامل للقانون والنظام، يتعين على سكان غزة الآن مواجهة خطر الإصابة بمرض شلل الأطفال شديد العدوى المرتبط بالوضع الصحي الكارثي الذي تسبب به الصراع، حسبما قالت منظمة الصحة العالمية التابعة للأمم المتحدة يوم الجمعة. وقال كريستيان ليندماير، المتحدث باسم منظمة الصحة العالمية، في بيان له، إنه تم تحديد فيروس شلل الأطفال من النوع الثاني المشتق من اللقاح في ستة مواقع في عينات من مياه الصرف الصحي التي تم جمعها في 23 حزيران/يونيو من خان يونس ودير البلح. وحتى الآن، لم يتم علاج أي شخص في غزة من الشلل أو الأعراض الأخرى الناجمة عن الإصابة بفيروس شلل الأطفال. وقال للصحفيين في جنيف: ”من المهم ملاحظة أن الفيروس قد تم عزله من البيئة فقط في هذا الوقت؛ ولم يتم اكتشاف أي حالات شلل مصاحبة له“. وكجزء من جهود الاستجابة، تعمل منظمة الصحة العالمية في الأرض الفلسطينية المحتلة بالفعل مع السلطة الصحية المحلية ومنظمة الأمم المتحدة للطفولة (اليونيسف) ووكالة الأمم المتحدة لإغاثة وتشغيل اللاجئين الفلسطينيين (الأونروا) والشركاء لتقييم مدى انتشار فيروس شلل الأطفال. وأوضح المتحدث باسم منظمة الصحة العالمية أن هذا العمل سيحدد التدابير اللازمة لوقف أي انتشار إضافي، ”بما في ذلك حملات التطعيم الفورية“. (المصدر) يمكننا الآن تلخيص الحقائق من هذين التقريرين الإخباريين الرسميين الصادرين عن الأمم المتحدة. في شهر تموز/يوليو، تم العثور على ما مجموعه 6 حالات إيجابية نتيجة اختبار PCR لشلل الأطفال في عينات من مياه الصرف الصحي (البراز) في 6 مواقع. وتم الاعتراف بأن هذه الحالات كانت ”فيروس شلل الأطفال من النوع 2“ المشتق من اللقاح. كانت هذه هي بداية ”تفشي شلل الأطفال“ الذي يتم الإبلاغ عنه الآن، على الرغم من أنه في الوقت الذي أجريت فيه هذه الاختبارات، لم يكن هناك شخص واحد يعالج من شلل الأطفال، ولم تظهر على أي شخص أي أعراض لشلل الأطفال. ومع ذلك، أُعلن عن ”تفشي المرض“ ووُضعت الخطط على الفور لإنتاج مئات الآلاف من جرعات لقاحات شلل الأطفال الفموية. بعد شهر واحد، في شهر أغسطس/آب، تم الإبلاغ عن ”ثلاثة أطفال مصابين بشلل رخو حاد مشتبه به، وهو أحد الأعراض الشائعة لشلل الأطفال“. هذا كل ما في الأمر، 3 أطفال، لم يكن لديهم حتى تشخيص إيجابي لاختبار PCR لشلل الأطفال، بل فقط ”أعراض“ شلل الأطفال، كان كل ما كان مطلوبًا لتحديد أن هذا ”تفشٍ“ مميت لشلل الأطفال والبدء في إنتاج 1.6 مليون جرعة من لقاح شلل الأطفال الفموي لإعطائها للأطفال في غزة، إلى جانب ”حالة مؤكدة“ واحدة لطفل عمره 10 أشهر. ما لم تنقله وسائل الإعلام عن ”تفشي شلل الأطفال“ للأسف، لقد شاهدت هذه القصة من قبل، عدة مرات، حيثما تقع الكارثة ويُعلن عن ”عودة شلل الأطفال“ بعد سنوات عديدة من عدم وجود ”حالات“ لشلل الأطفال. لكن ما لا تنقله وسائل الإعلام هو أن ”حالات“ شلل الأطفال هذه جاءت من لقاحات شلل الأطفال الفموية نفسها! كانت المرة الأخيرة التي تحدثت فيها عن هذه الطريقة التي تتبعها الأمم المتحدة في التطعيم الجماعي للأطفال ضد شلل الأطفال في أوقات الأزمات، في بداية العام الماضي (2023)، بعد الزلزال الهائل الذي ضرب تركيا وسوريا مباشرة. انظر: تاريخ اليونيسف في استخدام الكوارث لتطعيم الأطفال بلقاح شلل الأطفال الفموي الذي ينشر شلل الأطفال حتى قبل 10 سنوات من ذلك، في عام 2013، كشفتُ عن أجندة حملة الأمم المتحدة للقاح شلل الأطفال عندما زُعم أن شلل الأطفال انتشر في مخيمات اللاجئين السوريين بسبب الحرب في سوريا. انظر: هل تتسبب لقاحات اليونيسف الحية ضد شلل الأطفال في إصابة السوريين بشلل الأطفال؟ 1.7 مليار لقاح لشلل الأطفال اشترتها اليونيسف وكما ذكرت في ذلك الحين، وكذلك عدة مرات أخرى، في جميع هذه الحالات، فإن ”تفشي“ شلل الأطفال الجديد في جميع هذه الحالات سببه لقاح شلل الأطفال الفموي نفسه. فيما يلي بعض المقالات الأخرى التي نشرتها حول عملية الاحتيال باللقاح هذه على مر السنين: شلل الأطفال يعود من جديد بسبب لقاح شلل الأطفال الفموي خرافة ”خلو اللقاح من شلل الأطفال“ – لقاح شلل الأطفال تسبب في إصابة 53,000 شخص بالشلل في الهند العام الماضي منظمة الصحة العالمية تعترف بتسبب لقاح شلل الأطفال في تفشي شلل الأطفال في أفريقيا لا يوجد شلل أطفال في الفلبين منذ عام 1993، لكن برنامج التطعيم الجماعي ضد شلل الأطفال يستهدف 500,000 من ضحايا الإعصار دون سن 5 سنوات لقاح شلل الأطفال الفموي سيء السمعة لأنه ”يفرز“ ما يسمى بـ ”الفيروس الحي“، وقد تم حظر استخدامه في البلدان الأكثر ثراءً، مثل الولايات المتحدة وإسرائيل، لأنه كان من المعروف على نطاق واسع أن لقاح شلل الأطفال الفموي يسبب بالفعل شلل الأطفال. حتى وسائل إعلام الشركات اعترفت بذلك، منذ عام 2019. شركات الأدوية الكبرى ووسائل إعلام الشركات تعترف أخيرًا بأن لقاح شلل الأطفال الفموي فاشل – يسبب شلل الأطفال بدلاً من الوقاية منه في البيان الصحفي الأخير الذي أصدرته اليونيسف حول ”تفشي“ شلل الأطفال في غزة، ذكروا أنه قبل عام 2022 كان الفلسطينيون يتلقون ”لقاح شلل الأطفال المعطل“، وهو نفس لقاحات شلل الأطفال المستخدمة في الولايات المتحدة وإسرائيل. كان قطاع غزة يتمتع بمستوى عالٍ من التغطية بالتطعيم بين السكان قبل تصاعد الأعمال القتالية في تشرين الأول/أكتوبر 2023. ومع ذلك، وبسبب تأثير الصراع، انخفضت التغطية بالتحصين الروتيني (للجرعة الثانية من لقاح شلل الأطفال المعطل) من 99 بالمائة في عام 2022 إلى أقل من 90 بالمائة في الربع الأول من عام 2024، مما زاد من خطر إصابة الأطفال بالأمراض التي يمكن الوقاية منها باللقاحات، بما فيها شلل الأطفال.  (المصدر) منذ أن بدأت الحرب الحالية في غزة في أكتوبر من عام 2023، اشتبهت في أن اليونيسف قد وزعت بالفعل بعض لقاحات شلل الأطفال الفموية التي تسبب شلل الأطفال. لذا قمتُ ببعض البحث، ولم يستغرق الأمر وقتاً طويلاً لأكتشف أن شكوكي كانت صحيحة، لأنني كما كتبتُ أعلاه، فقد رأيت هذا السيناريو يُنفذ عدة مرات على مدار العقد الماضي. في تقرير اليونيسف الصادر في 13 حزيران/يونيو 2024، والذي غطى الفترة المشمولة بالتقرير بين 16 أيار/مايو حتى 29 أيار/مايو من هذا العام (2024)، تم إعطاء 10,000 جرعة من لقاح شلل الأطفال الفموي في غزة. وخلال الفترة التي يشملها التقرير، تمكنت اليونيسف أيضًا من إيفاد بعثة إلى محافظة شمال غزة من أجل تقديم اللقاحات، بما في ذلك 10,000 لقاح فموي ضد شلل الأطفال، و5,000 قطرة لقاح ضد فيروس الروتافيروس، و6,000 لقاح ضد الحصبة والنكاف والحصبة الألمانية، بالإضافة إلى لقاح الدفتيريا والكزاز والسعال الديكي. (المصدر) وجدتها! لقد عرفنا الآن مصدر ”تفشي“ شلل الأطفال الحالي في غزة، والذي لم يتم حتى الآن اكتشافه رسميًا لدى طفل واحد حتى الآن، ولكن مع ذلك يتم استخدامه كذريعة لتطعيم كل طفل لا يزال يعيش في غزة، 630,000 طفل، بلقاح شلل الأطفال الفموي القاتل. عار على أولئك الذين يعملون في وسائل الإعلام البديلة لعدم نقلهم جميع الحقائق حول ”تفشي“ شلل الأطفال هذا! لقد حان الوقت لكي يستيقظ الناس ويدركوا أن جميع اللقاحات هي خدعة، وليس فقط لقاح كوفيد-19. من فضلك قم ببحثك وتعلم كيف أن جميع لقاحات شلل الأطفال كانت خدعة لتخويف الجمهور من أجل حملات التطعيم الجماعية، بدءًا من ستينيات القرن الماضي. سأقدم لك بعض المساعدة من خلال الإشارة إلى مقال موجز حول هذه المسألة نشرته في عام 2022: عملية الاحتيال المتعلقة بشلل الأطفال تعود من جديد لتخويف المزيد من الآباء والأمهات لتطعيم أطفالهم – اللقاحات لم تقضِ على شلل الأطفال أبدًا: اللقاحات تسبب شلل الأطفال وفي حال كنت تتساءل عن مدى خطورة مرض شلل الأطفال في جميع أنحاء العالم، إليك الإحصائيات الرسمية من منظمة الصحة العالمية في هذا الرسم البياني: Leading Causes of Death Worldwide See Also: Understand the Times We are Currently Living Through American Christians are Biblically Illiterate Not Understanding the Difference Between The Old Covenant vs. The New Covenant Exposing the Christian Zionism Cult Jesus Would be Labeled as “Antisemitic” Today Because He Attacked the Jews and Warned His Followers About Their Evil Ways Insider Exposes Freemasonry as the World’s Oldest Secret Religion and the Luciferian Plans for The New World Order Identifying the Luciferian Globalists Implementing the New World Order – Who are the “Jews”? 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    Muslims and Jews Finally Agree on Something to Cause a Ceasefire in Gaza: Mass Vaccine Campaign Against Children in Fake Polio Outbreak
    Hamas and Israeli forces have finally found mutual ground to order a ceasefire in the Gaza strip: a mass vaccination campaign against children to force them to receive the deadly oral polio vaccine that is banned in most Western countries, for a fake polio outbreak that is admittedly based on evidence of vaccine-induced polio found in sewage samples. There is still only 1 report of an actual case of someone having polio based on a laboratory PCR test, and no one has died. Deaths due to the new oral polio vaccine, however, which was given "emergency use authorization" (EUA), are currently about 25% of all vaccine injuries caused by the new oral polio vaccine, according to the U.S. government database of Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS). Sadly, in the weeks and months ahead we will see babies and children die and become crippled in Gaza, not only due to the war, but also because of this mass vaccination campaign with the new Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV). In addition, vaccine-induced polio will spread, including throughout Israel where the OPV has been banned for years, and this will result in even MORE vaccines being distributed as they will claim that there is now a full-blown "Polio epidemic", that possibly they will claim is spreading worldwide. Where have we seen this script play out before??
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  • Gaza records first polio case in 25 years – Day 314
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    Smoke rises from the Hamad area following an Israeli attack, which came immediately after Israel issued an evacuation warning to the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis on August 16, 2024 [Doaa Albaz/Anadolu Agency] (photo)
    Polio epidemic begins; new flyers about Gaza to distribute; just 11 percent of Gaza for Gazans; Israeli settlers carry out pogrom in Palestinian town of Jit; Gaza Freedom Flotilla drawing near – will it break Israel’s blockade?; Israeli leaders mull how to dodge ICC arrest warrants; German courts grapple with the meaning of “from the river to the sea”; awaiting UC-Irvine’s fall policy on Palestine protest; Dems want ceasefire and arms embargo, but will Kamala listen?; senior UK diplomat resigns over Gaza; Australia’s classical music scene scuffle over Gaza; “Blue Vote Red Line” movement continues to gather signatures; more.

    By IAK staff, from reports.

    Gaza records first polio case as UN calls for truce to tackle virus

    Al Jazeera reports: The Health Ministry in Gaza has said that it detected the first polio case in the besieged enclave, hours after United Nations officials called for a pause in the fighting to enable a vaccination campaign for children against the virus.

    In a statement on Friday, the Health Ministry blamed the “difficult” conditions in Gaza – including the spread of sewage water in the streets, shortages of medical supplies and lack of personal hygiene products due to the Israeli blockade – for the emergence of the virus in the territory.

    Hours earlier, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had called for humanitarian pauses in the war in Gaza to conduct a polio vaccine campaign.

    “It is impossible to conduct a polio vaccination campaign with war raging all over,” he told reporters at the UN headquarters in New York.

    Guterres appealed for assurances of humanitarian pauses to be provided immediately from the warring parties as he warned that preventing and containing the spread of polio in Gaza would take a massive coordinated and urgent effort.

    “Let’s be clear: The ultimate vaccine for polio is peace and an immediate humanitarian ceasefire,” Guterres said. “But in any case, a polio pause is a must.”

    (Read the full article here.)

    Details of the proposed vaccination campaign are here.

    After Israel destroyed Gaza's water and sewage systems, filthy water runs or stands stagnant all over the enclave, carrying polio and other diseases.
    After Israel destroyed Gaza’s water and sewage systems, filthy water runs or stands stagnant all over the enclave, carrying polio and other diseases. (collage)
    New fact sheets about Gaza to be distributed in Chicago and around the country

    If Americans knew has produced two new flyers printed front and back with facts about Gaza for educating Americans.

    These will be available in Chicago at the demonstrations at the Democratic National Convention for everyone to distribute widely. To obtain these, email [email protected]. Below is one of the flyers:


    Front and back sides of one of the new factsheets about Gaza. (IAK)
    Latest evacuation order leaves just 11 percent of Gaza for Gazans; food kitchens in crisis

    OCHA reports: The Israeli military issued an order on 16 August that affects six blocs in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis, including two within the Israeli-designated zone in Al Mawasi in western Khan Younis.

    This is one of the largest evacuation orders affecting the zone to date, and it shrinks the size of the so-called “humanitarian area” to about 41 square kilometers, or 11 per cent of the total area of the Gaza Strip.

    Initial mapping indicates that this order affects 122 internally displaced persons sites, makeshift shelters, and collective centers that are collectively hosting over 170,000 people.

    There is an urgent need for increased hot meal capacity in Gaza due to recurrent waves of displacement, the World Food Programme (WFP) reported on 12 August. Many community kitchens in central and southern Gaza struggle due to unstable supplies of humanitarian cargo and the lack of food and fuel.

    The situation has worsened since 22 July following the issuance of multiple evacuation orders in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis, which forced the relocation of four kitchens and the closure of 19 food delivery points.

    Moreover, in Deir al Balah, about 1,400 metric tons of food stocks in one of the warehouses became inaccessible and only one WFP warehouse with about 3,000 metric tons of commodities is currently accessible but is insufficient to meet the August cycle requirements.

    In July, 70 community kitchens in Gaza supported by WFP provided around 11.5 million hot meals to more than 200,000 people, the majority in central Gaza.

    Of the total food cargo entering through Kerem Shalom Crossing in July, only eight per cent was humanitarian aid and the rest were commercial trucks. There was reportedly a slight improvement in food availability and diversity in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis, but a deterioration in other governorates, and persistent challenges to market functionality including high food prices, lack of liquidity and the emergence of “thieves markets.”



    Israeli settlers rampage across Palestinian town in latest West Bank pogrom

    The Cradle reports: More than 70 armed Jewish settlers invaded the Palestinian town of Jit in the occupied West Bank on 15 August, firing bullets and tear gas at residents and setting several homes and cars and other property on fire, CNN reported.

    Settlers killed 23-year-old Rashid Sedda during the pogrom. The Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Health confirmed the 23-year-old Palestinian died due to a gunshot wound to the chest.

    “We have attacks but nothing to this level,” the head of Jit’s village council, Nasser Sedda, told CNN. “We haven’t seen anything like this before, and without a prior warning. They caught the people off guard – women, children, and elders were there.”

    “Dozens of Israeli civilians, some of them masked, entered the town of Jit and set fire to vehicles and structures in the area, hurled rocks and Molotov cocktails,” the Israeli military said in a statement.

    Haaretz reported that the only person arrested after the settler raid on the village of Jit was suspected of interfering with a policeman and was released. No arrests have yet been made for those involved in the pogrom.


    New film from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition:



    And as this IAK video reported eight years ago, Israeli blockades of Gaza began years before Hamas came to power:



    Gaza Freedom Flotilla: Activists prepare to defy Israel naval blockade of Gaza

    Reuters reports: Peace activists from several countries are setting out on a converted trawler to defy an Israeli blockade and deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

    “The purpose of this mission is to send a message that civil society is not OK with what’s happening in Gaza,” said Fellipe Lopes, the Portuguese media coordinator of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition on board the ship, “Handala” during a stopover in Malta.

    It will be a trip fraught with danger. Another coalition ship on a similar mission to Gaza in 2010 was stopped and boarded by Israeli troops, and nine activists died. Other ships were similarly stopped and boarded, without loss of life.

    “We expect to encounter resistance throughout our mission,” said Australian activist, Michael Coleman.

    “Ours is not an illegal activity in any shape or form. The International Court of Justice has asked them to grant unfettered access to aid into Gaza and I implore them to let us and other aids through immediately,” he said.

    The “Handala” was visited in Malta by 78-year-old retired US Army Colonel and diplomat, Ann Wright, who was on board another coalition ship boarded by Israeli troops in 2010, in the incident in which nine activists died.

    “These people are very brave, because we don’t know what’s going to happen. If the Israelis stop them, we know it’ll be brutal,” Wright said.

    The brightly colored “Handala” carries activists from Italy, France, Norway, Australia, the Netherlands, Syria and a number of Palestinians. It has made several port calls around Scandinavia and the Mediterranean to raise awareness about the situation in Gaza.

    Its hull carries slogans reading: “Free Palestine”, “Gaza you are not alone” and “Stop the Genocide”, while its humanitarian aid cargo consists mostly of medicines.

    The trip along the Eastern Mediterranean to Gaza will take a week but organizers said they might stop over in another harbor on the way.

    NOTE: The flotilla movement was begun by activists Greta Berlin, Paul Larudee and associates.

    The ship named Handala, belonging to the Freedom Flotilla (Ship to Gaza), which set sail from the capital of Norway, Oslo, on May 1st with the aim of delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza arrives in Rotterdam, Netherlands on 25 May, 2024 [ Abdullah Asiran/Anadolu via Getty Images]
    The ship named Handala, belonging to the Freedom Flotilla (Ship to Gaza), which set sail from the capital of Norway, Oslo, on May 1st with the aim of delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza arrives in Rotterdam, Netherlands on 25 May, 2024 [ Abdullah Asiran/Anadolu via Getty Images] (photo)
    Israeli leaders strategize about how to dodge ICC arrest warrants

    Andalou Agency reports: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant met with other officials Thursday to discuss efforts by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue arrest warrants against them.

    “The Attorney General reiterated her position regarding the establishment of a State Commission of Inquiry to examine the humanitarian situation in Gaza even though, according to the view of the Attorney General herself, there is no certainty that establishing this commission would lead to the cancellation of the request to issue the warrants,” Netanyahu’s office said in a statement.



    ‘From the river to the sea’: six words that are testing freedom of speech in Germany

    The Guardian reports: Is it legal to say the words “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” in Germany? The answer appears to be yes: you can shout them from the rooftops in German, English, Arabic or Hebrew, so long as a court accepts that you are not doing so to indicate support for Hamas or its murderous assault of 7 October.

    This distinction came to bear on the activist Ava Moayeri last week, when she was convicted of “condoning a crime” for leading a chant of the slogan at a Berlin rally on 11 October. If the speaker of the phrase is understood to mean, for instance, that they support the peaceful liberation of Palestinians, then the utterance would be protected.

    But the presiding judge, Birgit Balzer, didn’t think that was possible in this case, citing the date of the protest in her decision. Moayeri is expected to challenge the verdict in a higher court.

    The slogan has come to symbolize a rift running through German society amid Israel’s war in Gaza. For some people, the expression is implicitly genocidal, especially because of its long history of use by Hamas and other terrorist organizations. The judge reportedly said that it was clear to her that it “denied the right of the state of Israel to exist”, while Germany’s interior minister, Nancy Faeser, has declared it to be a Hamas slogan.

    (Read the full article here.)



    Student protesters at UC Irvine were suspended with no chance to defend themselves. Will courts return them to campus?

    The Intercept reports: Amid the brutal police crackdowns at more than 100 campus protests against the war in Gaza the spring, one university in California stood out for its especially harsh treatment of student protesters. The school effectively eliminated any due process for the students by suspending them without making specific allegations of misconduct or allowing the students to respond to vague charges.

    Last month, student protesters at University of California, Irvine sued the school regents and chancellor for suspending them without any notice or a chance to present evidence in their defense. On Tuesday, plaintiffs in the suit filed a motion to ask the Superior Court of California to step in.

    The five students are asking the court to force the school to halt the suspensions and allow students to resume their studies, register for fall classes, go back to campus jobs, and regain access to campus housing.

    More than 3,000 people were arrested during brutal police crackdowns on campus protests this year, according to a protest tracker developed by The Appeal. UCI is still an outlier — it’s one of the only schools in the country that issued interim suspensions banning students from campus before they had a chance to respond. The university’s approach was, a representative for the students said, unprecedented.

    (Read the full article here.)

    Are these people Hamas? Photo by Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images
    Are these people Hamas? Photo by Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images (photo)
    ‘Not Another Bomb’ to Israel Demand Grows Ahead of Democratic Convention

    Common Dreams reports: Leading up to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago next week, calls for the U.S. government to stop arming Israel’s devastating assault on the Gaza Strip—widely denounced around the world as genocide—continued to mount on Friday.

    “We join the millions of people who’ve taken action the last 10 months, taxpayers who don’t want to pay for genocide and are demanding an immediate arms embargo on Israel,” U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR) executive director Ahmad Abuznaid said in a statement Friday.

    “We know that politicians won’t change their unjust policies until it’s in their own self-interest to do so,” he continued. “We must double down on our demands ahead of the DNC, where we’ll be marching in the streets for the liberation of all.”

    Pro-Palestine protests in Chicago are set to start Sunday, a day before the DNC officially begins. They will continue throughout the week, according to a schedule shared Friday by the Chicago Sun-Times. The March on the DNC is planned for Monday afternoon.

    (Read the full article here.)

    NOTE: If Americans Knew has created fact sheets about Gaza that will be distributed at the protests shown above. IAK will also have a digital billboard truck in Chicago during the convention and large posters about Gaza will be plastered around the city.

    Protesters in Atlanta, Georgia, demand a ceasefire in Gaza on June 27, 2024. Photo by Octavio Jones/Getty Images
    Protesters in Atlanta, Georgia, demand a ceasefire in Gaza on June 27, 2024. Photo by Octavio Jones/Getty Images (photo)
    New Poll Suggests Gaza Ceasefire and Arms Embargo Would Help Dems with Swing State Voters

    A new poll, just released Wednesday by YouGov and the Institute for Mideast Understanding (IMEU) showed that in three key battleground states, “About a quarter of those surveyed across these states say the violence in Gaza will sway how they vote,” and that “60% or more disapprove of more weapons to Israel.”

    Even more stunning, the number of Democratic and Independent voters who would be less likely to vote for Harris if she vowed to stop arming Israel is minuscule. In Pennsylvania, only 7% said they would be less likely to vote for Harris if she pledged to stop sending weapons to Israel; in both Arizona and Georgia, that figure was just 5%.

    The gaps are huge. In those same states, the numbers saying they would be more likely to vote for Harris if she pledged to stop arming Israel were 34% in Pennsylvania, 39% in Georgia, and 35% in Arizona. The rest said it wouldn’t affect their vote.

    “This polling clearly shows that if the Democrats want Vice President Harris to be the strongest nominee possible going into November, then they should be demanding that President Biden stop the flow of weapons to Israel and secure a permanent ceasefire immediately,” IMEU Policy Project Executive Director Margaret DeReus said in a statement. “Not only are these policies popular, but they actually move voters from the ‘undecided’ or ‘not voting’ column and into the Democrats’ column in the states Democrats will need to win.”

    It is clear that the idea that forcing Israel into a ceasefire by withholding weapons would be beneficial to Harris, and all the more so if Israel then stops its genocide, and Iran and the rest of the Axis of Resistance stand down, as has been promised, and is the overwhelmingly likely result.

    Harris leads Trump in Pennsylvania by 2.1%, Arizona by 0.7%, and Georgia by 0.1%, according to the data-driven news site FiveThirtyEight’s polling averages as of Aug. 14.

    An Israeli soldier carries a 155mm artillery shell near a self-propelled howitzer deployed at a position near the border with Lebanon in the upper Galilee region of northern Israel on October 18, 2023. (Photo: Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images)
    An Israeli soldier carries a 155mm artillery shell near a self-propelled howitzer deployed at a position near the border with Lebanon in the upper Galilee region of northern Israel on October 18, 2023. (Photo: Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images) (photo)
    Senior diplomat resigns over UK’s complicity in ‘war crimes’ in Gaza

    Middle East Monitor reports: A senior British diplomat has resigned from the Foreign Office over the UK’s continued arms sales to Israel, which he said have “no justification”.

    Mark Smith, the head of Africa Programmes and Expertise Department and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, submitted a resignation letter entitled “FCDO complicity in War Crimes” reports revealed yesterday.

    “It is with sadness that I resign after a long career in the diplomatic service,” he wrote, “however I can no longer carry out my duties in the knowledge that this Department may be complicit in War Crimes. ”

    “Each day we witness clear and unquestionable examples of War Crimes and breaches of International Humanitarian Law in Gaza perpetrated by the State of Israel,” he continued.

    He went on to highlight how “senior members of the Israeli government and militar have expressed open genocidal intent, Isralei soldiers take videos, deliberately burning destroying, and looting civilian property and openly admit to the rape and torture of prisoners.”

    Melbourne orchestra leaders voted out for removing pianist over Gaza tribute

    Middle East Eye reports: Musicians at the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) have passed a vote of no confidence in its board after it cancelled a show by a pianist who had dedicated a performance to Palestinian journalists killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.

    In a letter to the management, the musicians said, “We believe it is the duty of senior management to lead and manage in accordance with the MSO’s values and behaviors, however, it has become apparent that these values no longer appear to be aligned with those of the orchestra and staff.”

    On Sunday, British-Australian pianist Jayson Gillham premiered a five-minute piece called Witness, which he performed after a brief comment on Israel’s killing of journalists in Gaza, which he referred to as a war crime.

    Following the concert, MSO announced that it had cancelled Gillham’s upcoming performance, which was to take place on Thursday, due to “a series of introductory remarks” he made.

    It said that it had sought “independent security advice” following Sunday’s concert, and in light of the advice, “had no option but to cancel” Gillham’s next show.

    AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW ADDS: After a litany of protest from its staff, some subscribers and members of the public, the MSO had by Thursday relented and released a statement admitting its cancellation of Gillham had been “an error”, and that it was working to program a new concert with him shortly.

    The backdown has in turn upset some Jewish stakeholders.

    “The MSO got it right the first time,” said the co-chief executive of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, Peter Wertheim.

    Jayson Gillham has been involved in the Palestinian issue in the past.

    “Blue Vote Red Line” movement continues to gather signatures

    The “Blue Vote Red Line” movement seeks to collect 1 million voters to pledge a vote for the Democratic ticket if, and only if, it commits to 1) enforce an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, as ordered by the World Court and UN Security Council Resolution 2735 or 2) end all military aid to Israel.

    Their goal is to “force the Democratic Party to listen to its voters and not just its donors. The pledge can be viewed and signed here.

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    STATISTICS OCTOBER 7 – AUGUST 16:

    Palestinian death toll from October 7 – August 16: at least 40,706* (40,074 in Gaza* – 11,445 women (30%), 16,251 children as of July 22. [The Ministry’s figures have been contested by the Israeli authorities, although they have been accepted as accurate by Israeli intelligence services, the UN, and WHO. These data are supported by independent analyses, comparing changes in the number of deaths of UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) staff with those reported by the Ministry, which found claims of data fabrication implausible.]

    This is expected to be a significant undercount since thousands of those killed have yet to be identified – and at least 632 in the West Bank (~145 children). This does not include an estimated 10,000 more still buried under rubble (4,900 women and children). Euro-Med Monitor reports 46,848 Palestinian deaths.

    Lancet: “Applying a conservative estimate of four indirect deaths per one direct death9 to the 37,396 deaths reported, it is not implausible to estimate that up to 186 000 or even more deaths could be attributable to the current conflict in Gaza.

    Ralph Nader earlier estimated 200,000 Palestinians may have been killed in Gaza.

    At least 45 Palestinians have died in Israeli prisons (27 from Gaza, 18 from West Bank).
    At least 41 Palestinians have died due to malnutrition**.
    About 1.9 million of Gaza’s 2.3 million population are currently displaced.
    Almost 500,000 Gazans are currently experiencing catastrophic levels of food insecurity.
    Palestinian injuries from October 7 – August 16: at least 97,957 (including at least 92,537 in Gaza and 5,420 in the West Bank, including 830 children). [It remains unknown how man Americans are among the casualties in Gaza.]

    Reported Israeli death toll from October 7 – August 16: ~1,454 (~1,139 on October 7, 2023, of which ~32 were Americans, and ~36 were children); 290*** military forces since the ground invasion began in Gaza; 25 military and civilians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel) and~10,000 injured.

    NOTE: It is unknown at this time how many of the deaths and injuries in Israel on October 7 were caused by Israeli soldiers.

    *Previously, IAK did not include 471 Gazans killed in the Al Ahli hospital blast since the source of the projectile was being disputed. However, given that much evidence points to Israel as the culprit, Israel had previously bombed the hospital and has attacked many others, Israel is prohibiting outside experts from investigating the scene, and since the UN and other agencies are including the deaths from the attack in their cumulative totals, if Americans knew is now also doing so.

    **Euro-Med Monitor reports that Gaza’s elderly are dying at an alarmingly high rate. The majority die at home and are buried either close to their residences or in makeshift graves dispersed across the Strip. There are currently more than 140 such cemeteries. Additionally, according to Euromed, thousands have died from starvation, malnourishment, and inadequate medical care; these are considered indirect victims as they were not registered in hospitals.

    ***Approximately ten of the deaths listed above were Israeli soldiers killed by Hezbollah in fighting at the Israel-Lebanon border. The figure does not include the reportedly 41 Israeli soldiers – nearly 16% of the total Israeli military deaths – killed due to friendly fire in Gaza and other military-related accidents.

    † For most of the conflict, women and children accounted for about 70% of deaths in Gaza, with children making up a little over 40% of those killed, according to official statistics.

    Find previous daily casualty figures and daily news updates here.

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    Gaza records first polio case in 25 years – Day 314 [email protected] August 17, 2024 arms embargo, ceasefire, DNC, freedom flotilla, from the river to the sea, humanitarian aid, icc arrest warrant, Jayson Gillham, Mark Smith FCDO, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, pogrom, polio, safe zone, UC Irvine, uncommitted movement Smoke rises from the Hamad area following an Israeli attack, which came immediately after Israel issued an evacuation warning to the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis on August 16, 2024 [Doaa Albaz/Anadolu Agency] (photo) Polio epidemic begins; new flyers about Gaza to distribute; just 11 percent of Gaza for Gazans; Israeli settlers carry out pogrom in Palestinian town of Jit; Gaza Freedom Flotilla drawing near – will it break Israel’s blockade?; Israeli leaders mull how to dodge ICC arrest warrants; German courts grapple with the meaning of “from the river to the sea”; awaiting UC-Irvine’s fall policy on Palestine protest; Dems want ceasefire and arms embargo, but will Kamala listen?; senior UK diplomat resigns over Gaza; Australia’s classical music scene scuffle over Gaza; “Blue Vote Red Line” movement continues to gather signatures; more. By IAK staff, from reports. Gaza records first polio case as UN calls for truce to tackle virus Al Jazeera reports: The Health Ministry in Gaza has said that it detected the first polio case in the besieged enclave, hours after United Nations officials called for a pause in the fighting to enable a vaccination campaign for children against the virus. In a statement on Friday, the Health Ministry blamed the “difficult” conditions in Gaza – including the spread of sewage water in the streets, shortages of medical supplies and lack of personal hygiene products due to the Israeli blockade – for the emergence of the virus in the territory. Hours earlier, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had called for humanitarian pauses in the war in Gaza to conduct a polio vaccine campaign. “It is impossible to conduct a polio vaccination campaign with war raging all over,” he told reporters at the UN headquarters in New York. Guterres appealed for assurances of humanitarian pauses to be provided immediately from the warring parties as he warned that preventing and containing the spread of polio in Gaza would take a massive coordinated and urgent effort. “Let’s be clear: The ultimate vaccine for polio is peace and an immediate humanitarian ceasefire,” Guterres said. “But in any case, a polio pause is a must.” (Read the full article here.) Details of the proposed vaccination campaign are here. After Israel destroyed Gaza's water and sewage systems, filthy water runs or stands stagnant all over the enclave, carrying polio and other diseases. After Israel destroyed Gaza’s water and sewage systems, filthy water runs or stands stagnant all over the enclave, carrying polio and other diseases. (collage) New fact sheets about Gaza to be distributed in Chicago and around the country If Americans knew has produced two new flyers printed front and back with facts about Gaza for educating Americans. These will be available in Chicago at the demonstrations at the Democratic National Convention for everyone to distribute widely. To obtain these, email [email protected]. Below is one of the flyers: Front and back sides of one of the new factsheets about Gaza. (IAK) Latest evacuation order leaves just 11 percent of Gaza for Gazans; food kitchens in crisis OCHA reports: The Israeli military issued an order on 16 August that affects six blocs in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis, including two within the Israeli-designated zone in Al Mawasi in western Khan Younis. This is one of the largest evacuation orders affecting the zone to date, and it shrinks the size of the so-called “humanitarian area” to about 41 square kilometers, or 11 per cent of the total area of the Gaza Strip. Initial mapping indicates that this order affects 122 internally displaced persons sites, makeshift shelters, and collective centers that are collectively hosting over 170,000 people. There is an urgent need for increased hot meal capacity in Gaza due to recurrent waves of displacement, the World Food Programme (WFP) reported on 12 August. Many community kitchens in central and southern Gaza struggle due to unstable supplies of humanitarian cargo and the lack of food and fuel. The situation has worsened since 22 July following the issuance of multiple evacuation orders in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis, which forced the relocation of four kitchens and the closure of 19 food delivery points. Moreover, in Deir al Balah, about 1,400 metric tons of food stocks in one of the warehouses became inaccessible and only one WFP warehouse with about 3,000 metric tons of commodities is currently accessible but is insufficient to meet the August cycle requirements. In July, 70 community kitchens in Gaza supported by WFP provided around 11.5 million hot meals to more than 200,000 people, the majority in central Gaza. Of the total food cargo entering through Kerem Shalom Crossing in July, only eight per cent was humanitarian aid and the rest were commercial trucks. There was reportedly a slight improvement in food availability and diversity in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis, but a deterioration in other governorates, and persistent challenges to market functionality including high food prices, lack of liquidity and the emergence of “thieves markets.” Israeli settlers rampage across Palestinian town in latest West Bank pogrom The Cradle reports: More than 70 armed Jewish settlers invaded the Palestinian town of Jit in the occupied West Bank on 15 August, firing bullets and tear gas at residents and setting several homes and cars and other property on fire, CNN reported. Settlers killed 23-year-old Rashid Sedda during the pogrom. The Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Health confirmed the 23-year-old Palestinian died due to a gunshot wound to the chest. “We have attacks but nothing to this level,” the head of Jit’s village council, Nasser Sedda, told CNN. “We haven’t seen anything like this before, and without a prior warning. They caught the people off guard – women, children, and elders were there.” “Dozens of Israeli civilians, some of them masked, entered the town of Jit and set fire to vehicles and structures in the area, hurled rocks and Molotov cocktails,” the Israeli military said in a statement. Haaretz reported that the only person arrested after the settler raid on the village of Jit was suspected of interfering with a policeman and was released. No arrests have yet been made for those involved in the pogrom. New film from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition: And as this IAK video reported eight years ago, Israeli blockades of Gaza began years before Hamas came to power: Gaza Freedom Flotilla: Activists prepare to defy Israel naval blockade of Gaza Reuters reports: Peace activists from several countries are setting out on a converted trawler to defy an Israeli blockade and deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. “The purpose of this mission is to send a message that civil society is not OK with what’s happening in Gaza,” said Fellipe Lopes, the Portuguese media coordinator of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition on board the ship, “Handala” during a stopover in Malta. It will be a trip fraught with danger. Another coalition ship on a similar mission to Gaza in 2010 was stopped and boarded by Israeli troops, and nine activists died. Other ships were similarly stopped and boarded, without loss of life. “We expect to encounter resistance throughout our mission,” said Australian activist, Michael Coleman. “Ours is not an illegal activity in any shape or form. The International Court of Justice has asked them to grant unfettered access to aid into Gaza and I implore them to let us and other aids through immediately,” he said. The “Handala” was visited in Malta by 78-year-old retired US Army Colonel and diplomat, Ann Wright, who was on board another coalition ship boarded by Israeli troops in 2010, in the incident in which nine activists died. “These people are very brave, because we don’t know what’s going to happen. If the Israelis stop them, we know it’ll be brutal,” Wright said. The brightly colored “Handala” carries activists from Italy, France, Norway, Australia, the Netherlands, Syria and a number of Palestinians. It has made several port calls around Scandinavia and the Mediterranean to raise awareness about the situation in Gaza. Its hull carries slogans reading: “Free Palestine”, “Gaza you are not alone” and “Stop the Genocide”, while its humanitarian aid cargo consists mostly of medicines. The trip along the Eastern Mediterranean to Gaza will take a week but organizers said they might stop over in another harbor on the way. NOTE: The flotilla movement was begun by activists Greta Berlin, Paul Larudee and associates. The ship named Handala, belonging to the Freedom Flotilla (Ship to Gaza), which set sail from the capital of Norway, Oslo, on May 1st with the aim of delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza arrives in Rotterdam, Netherlands on 25 May, 2024 [ Abdullah Asiran/Anadolu via Getty Images] The ship named Handala, belonging to the Freedom Flotilla (Ship to Gaza), which set sail from the capital of Norway, Oslo, on May 1st with the aim of delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza arrives in Rotterdam, Netherlands on 25 May, 2024 [ Abdullah Asiran/Anadolu via Getty Images] (photo) Israeli leaders strategize about how to dodge ICC arrest warrants Andalou Agency reports: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant met with other officials Thursday to discuss efforts by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue arrest warrants against them. “The Attorney General reiterated her position regarding the establishment of a State Commission of Inquiry to examine the humanitarian situation in Gaza even though, according to the view of the Attorney General herself, there is no certainty that establishing this commission would lead to the cancellation of the request to issue the warrants,” Netanyahu’s office said in a statement. ‘From the river to the sea’: six words that are testing freedom of speech in Germany The Guardian reports: Is it legal to say the words “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” in Germany? The answer appears to be yes: you can shout them from the rooftops in German, English, Arabic or Hebrew, so long as a court accepts that you are not doing so to indicate support for Hamas or its murderous assault of 7 October. This distinction came to bear on the activist Ava Moayeri last week, when she was convicted of “condoning a crime” for leading a chant of the slogan at a Berlin rally on 11 October. If the speaker of the phrase is understood to mean, for instance, that they support the peaceful liberation of Palestinians, then the utterance would be protected. But the presiding judge, Birgit Balzer, didn’t think that was possible in this case, citing the date of the protest in her decision. Moayeri is expected to challenge the verdict in a higher court. The slogan has come to symbolize a rift running through German society amid Israel’s war in Gaza. For some people, the expression is implicitly genocidal, especially because of its long history of use by Hamas and other terrorist organizations. The judge reportedly said that it was clear to her that it “denied the right of the state of Israel to exist”, while Germany’s interior minister, Nancy Faeser, has declared it to be a Hamas slogan. (Read the full article here.) Student protesters at UC Irvine were suspended with no chance to defend themselves. Will courts return them to campus? The Intercept reports: Amid the brutal police crackdowns at more than 100 campus protests against the war in Gaza the spring, one university in California stood out for its especially harsh treatment of student protesters. The school effectively eliminated any due process for the students by suspending them without making specific allegations of misconduct or allowing the students to respond to vague charges. Last month, student protesters at University of California, Irvine sued the school regents and chancellor for suspending them without any notice or a chance to present evidence in their defense. On Tuesday, plaintiffs in the suit filed a motion to ask the Superior Court of California to step in. The five students are asking the court to force the school to halt the suspensions and allow students to resume their studies, register for fall classes, go back to campus jobs, and regain access to campus housing. More than 3,000 people were arrested during brutal police crackdowns on campus protests this year, according to a protest tracker developed by The Appeal. UCI is still an outlier — it’s one of the only schools in the country that issued interim suspensions banning students from campus before they had a chance to respond. The university’s approach was, a representative for the students said, unprecedented. (Read the full article here.) Are these people Hamas? Photo by Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images Are these people Hamas? Photo by Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images (photo) ‘Not Another Bomb’ to Israel Demand Grows Ahead of Democratic Convention Common Dreams reports: Leading up to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago next week, calls for the U.S. government to stop arming Israel’s devastating assault on the Gaza Strip—widely denounced around the world as genocide—continued to mount on Friday. “We join the millions of people who’ve taken action the last 10 months, taxpayers who don’t want to pay for genocide and are demanding an immediate arms embargo on Israel,” U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR) executive director Ahmad Abuznaid said in a statement Friday. “We know that politicians won’t change their unjust policies until it’s in their own self-interest to do so,” he continued. “We must double down on our demands ahead of the DNC, where we’ll be marching in the streets for the liberation of all.” Pro-Palestine protests in Chicago are set to start Sunday, a day before the DNC officially begins. They will continue throughout the week, according to a schedule shared Friday by the Chicago Sun-Times. The March on the DNC is planned for Monday afternoon. (Read the full article here.) NOTE: If Americans Knew has created fact sheets about Gaza that will be distributed at the protests shown above. IAK will also have a digital billboard truck in Chicago during the convention and large posters about Gaza will be plastered around the city. Protesters in Atlanta, Georgia, demand a ceasefire in Gaza on June 27, 2024. Photo by Octavio Jones/Getty Images Protesters in Atlanta, Georgia, demand a ceasefire in Gaza on June 27, 2024. Photo by Octavio Jones/Getty Images (photo) New Poll Suggests Gaza Ceasefire and Arms Embargo Would Help Dems with Swing State Voters A new poll, just released Wednesday by YouGov and the Institute for Mideast Understanding (IMEU) showed that in three key battleground states, “About a quarter of those surveyed across these states say the violence in Gaza will sway how they vote,” and that “60% or more disapprove of more weapons to Israel.” Even more stunning, the number of Democratic and Independent voters who would be less likely to vote for Harris if she vowed to stop arming Israel is minuscule. In Pennsylvania, only 7% said they would be less likely to vote for Harris if she pledged to stop sending weapons to Israel; in both Arizona and Georgia, that figure was just 5%. The gaps are huge. In those same states, the numbers saying they would be more likely to vote for Harris if she pledged to stop arming Israel were 34% in Pennsylvania, 39% in Georgia, and 35% in Arizona. The rest said it wouldn’t affect their vote. “This polling clearly shows that if the Democrats want Vice President Harris to be the strongest nominee possible going into November, then they should be demanding that President Biden stop the flow of weapons to Israel and secure a permanent ceasefire immediately,” IMEU Policy Project Executive Director Margaret DeReus said in a statement. “Not only are these policies popular, but they actually move voters from the ‘undecided’ or ‘not voting’ column and into the Democrats’ column in the states Democrats will need to win.” It is clear that the idea that forcing Israel into a ceasefire by withholding weapons would be beneficial to Harris, and all the more so if Israel then stops its genocide, and Iran and the rest of the Axis of Resistance stand down, as has been promised, and is the overwhelmingly likely result. Harris leads Trump in Pennsylvania by 2.1%, Arizona by 0.7%, and Georgia by 0.1%, according to the data-driven news site FiveThirtyEight’s polling averages as of Aug. 14. An Israeli soldier carries a 155mm artillery shell near a self-propelled howitzer deployed at a position near the border with Lebanon in the upper Galilee region of northern Israel on October 18, 2023. (Photo: Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images) An Israeli soldier carries a 155mm artillery shell near a self-propelled howitzer deployed at a position near the border with Lebanon in the upper Galilee region of northern Israel on October 18, 2023. (Photo: Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images) (photo) Senior diplomat resigns over UK’s complicity in ‘war crimes’ in Gaza Middle East Monitor reports: A senior British diplomat has resigned from the Foreign Office over the UK’s continued arms sales to Israel, which he said have “no justification”. Mark Smith, the head of Africa Programmes and Expertise Department and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, submitted a resignation letter entitled “FCDO complicity in War Crimes” reports revealed yesterday. “It is with sadness that I resign after a long career in the diplomatic service,” he wrote, “however I can no longer carry out my duties in the knowledge that this Department may be complicit in War Crimes. ” “Each day we witness clear and unquestionable examples of War Crimes and breaches of International Humanitarian Law in Gaza perpetrated by the State of Israel,” he continued. He went on to highlight how “senior members of the Israeli government and militar have expressed open genocidal intent, Isralei soldiers take videos, deliberately burning destroying, and looting civilian property and openly admit to the rape and torture of prisoners.” Melbourne orchestra leaders voted out for removing pianist over Gaza tribute Middle East Eye reports: Musicians at the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) have passed a vote of no confidence in its board after it cancelled a show by a pianist who had dedicated a performance to Palestinian journalists killed by Israeli forces in Gaza. In a letter to the management, the musicians said, “We believe it is the duty of senior management to lead and manage in accordance with the MSO’s values and behaviors, however, it has become apparent that these values no longer appear to be aligned with those of the orchestra and staff.” On Sunday, British-Australian pianist Jayson Gillham premiered a five-minute piece called Witness, which he performed after a brief comment on Israel’s killing of journalists in Gaza, which he referred to as a war crime. Following the concert, MSO announced that it had cancelled Gillham’s upcoming performance, which was to take place on Thursday, due to “a series of introductory remarks” he made. It said that it had sought “independent security advice” following Sunday’s concert, and in light of the advice, “had no option but to cancel” Gillham’s next show. AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW ADDS: After a litany of protest from its staff, some subscribers and members of the public, the MSO had by Thursday relented and released a statement admitting its cancellation of Gillham had been “an error”, and that it was working to program a new concert with him shortly. The backdown has in turn upset some Jewish stakeholders. “The MSO got it right the first time,” said the co-chief executive of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, Peter Wertheim. Jayson Gillham has been involved in the Palestinian issue in the past. “Blue Vote Red Line” movement continues to gather signatures The “Blue Vote Red Line” movement seeks to collect 1 million voters to pledge a vote for the Democratic ticket if, and only if, it commits to 1) enforce an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, as ordered by the World Court and UN Security Council Resolution 2735 or 2) end all military aid to Israel. Their goal is to “force the Democratic Party to listen to its voters and not just its donors. The pledge can be viewed and signed here. MORE NEWS: IMEMC Daily Reports. BBC: ‘On verge of an explosion’: Policeman’s killing part of spiraling West Bank violence The Cradle: Canada violates UN arms treaty with ‘unofficial’ shipments to Israel via US DropSite News: While Elon Musk battles the UK and EU over social media censorship, Israel is jailing citizens for Instagram posts Palestine Chronicle: Deceptive Optimism – What is really happening at the Gaza ceasefire talks (analysis) STATISTICS OCTOBER 7 – AUGUST 16: Palestinian death toll from October 7 – August 16: at least 40,706* (40,074 in Gaza* – 11,445 women (30%), 16,251 children as of July 22. [The Ministry’s figures have been contested by the Israeli authorities, although they have been accepted as accurate by Israeli intelligence services, the UN, and WHO. These data are supported by independent analyses, comparing changes in the number of deaths of UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) staff with those reported by the Ministry, which found claims of data fabrication implausible.] This is expected to be a significant undercount since thousands of those killed have yet to be identified – and at least 632 in the West Bank (~145 children). This does not include an estimated 10,000 more still buried under rubble (4,900 women and children). Euro-Med Monitor reports 46,848 Palestinian deaths. Lancet: “Applying a conservative estimate of four indirect deaths per one direct death9 to the 37,396 deaths reported, it is not implausible to estimate that up to 186 000 or even more deaths could be attributable to the current conflict in Gaza. Ralph Nader earlier estimated 200,000 Palestinians may have been killed in Gaza. At least 45 Palestinians have died in Israeli prisons (27 from Gaza, 18 from West Bank). At least 41 Palestinians have died due to malnutrition**. About 1.9 million of Gaza’s 2.3 million population are currently displaced. Almost 500,000 Gazans are currently experiencing catastrophic levels of food insecurity. Palestinian injuries from October 7 – August 16: at least 97,957 (including at least 92,537 in Gaza and 5,420 in the West Bank, including 830 children). [It remains unknown how man Americans are among the casualties in Gaza.] Reported Israeli death toll from October 7 – August 16: ~1,454 (~1,139 on October 7, 2023, of which ~32 were Americans, and ~36 were children); 290*** military forces since the ground invasion began in Gaza; 25 military and civilians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel) and~10,000 injured. NOTE: It is unknown at this time how many of the deaths and injuries in Israel on October 7 were caused by Israeli soldiers. *Previously, IAK did not include 471 Gazans killed in the Al Ahli hospital blast since the source of the projectile was being disputed. However, given that much evidence points to Israel as the culprit, Israel had previously bombed the hospital and has attacked many others, Israel is prohibiting outside experts from investigating the scene, and since the UN and other agencies are including the deaths from the attack in their cumulative totals, if Americans knew is now also doing so. **Euro-Med Monitor reports that Gaza’s elderly are dying at an alarmingly high rate. The majority die at home and are buried either close to their residences or in makeshift graves dispersed across the Strip. There are currently more than 140 such cemeteries. Additionally, according to Euromed, thousands have died from starvation, malnourishment, and inadequate medical care; these are considered indirect victims as they were not registered in hospitals. ***Approximately ten of the deaths listed above were Israeli soldiers killed by Hezbollah in fighting at the Israel-Lebanon border. The figure does not include the reportedly 41 Israeli soldiers – nearly 16% of the total Israeli military deaths – killed due to friendly fire in Gaza and other military-related accidents. † For most of the conflict, women and children accounted for about 70% of deaths in Gaza, with children making up a little over 40% of those killed, according to official statistics. Find previous daily casualty figures and daily news updates here. Hover over each bar for exact numbers. Source: IsraelPalestineTimeline.org Human rights reports on Israel-Palestine (regularly updated) Understanding what motivates ultra-orthodox Jewish attacks on West Bank Palestinians Palestinians’ harrowing stories of rape by Israeli soldiers (including female soldiers) A Palestinian journalist visited Ismail Haniyeh’s home in Gaza to report on his death. Israel assassinated him too. I reported a piece for the New York Times on antisemitism. I found a major error, but the Times didn’t care. How Israel plans to whitewash its war crimes in Gaza Why the West Bank is on the verge of economic collapse Netanyahu’s plan to involve US in regional war on its behalf Western media continue to withhold the truth about Israel and Gaza – 4 stories “Well What SHOULD Israel Have Done After October 7?” Welcome to Hell More dead children. More BBC ‘news’ channelling Israeli propaganda as its own U.S. media downplays and ignores ICJ ruling declaring Israeli occupation illegal Israeli soldiers tell story of savage cruelty in Gaza – one given blessing by the West Searching for Gaza’s missing children What Would You Do With An Extra $320 Million? Assassination of Haniyeh an intentional, dangerous escalation – Parsi, Macgregor When Israel Burned Refugees Alive, Establishment Media Called It a ‘Tragic Accident’ Israel has turbocharged West Bank housing demolitions under the cover of war Western media ignores Israeli confirmation of Hannibal Directive on 7 Oct US Should Arrest Benjamin Netanyahu When He’s in Washington Airwars investigation: Israeli airstrikes uniquely lethal (video) Hesen Jabr paid the price of conscience Gaza genocide denial Why the news media’s job is to groom us ‘Disappeared, buried, detained’: The horrors of Gaza’s missing children https://israelpalestinenews.org/gaza-records-first-polio-case-in-25-years-day-314/
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    Palestinian Reverend Munther Isaac to U.S. Faith Leaders: JI You Are Silent, You Approve of Genocide

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    Nearly 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's war on Gaza, according to the official death toll, though the true casualty figure is likely far higher with thousands of the dead unaccounted for. Meanwhile, Israeli forces have raided towns and villages across the occupied West Bank, and settlers under military protection have repeatedly stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in recent days. This all comes as the State Department on Tuesday announced the approval of $20 billion in new arms sales to Israel, including scores of fighter jets. We speak with the Reverend Munther Isaac, pastor at the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem, who joins us in our New York studio for an in-depth conversation. He is in the United States on a speaking tour to encourage faith leaders to oppose U.S. support for Israel's onslaught. "We're still calling for a ceasefire, and it feels like we're still calling for the world to humanize the people of Gaza, to humanize Palestinians," says Isaac. "If you're silent, knowing how your money is being spent, that means you approve."

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  • She Wrote an Op-Ed Criticizing Biden on Gaza. The Justice Department Accused Her of Breaking the Law.
    A federal watchdog ruled that a Department of Justice employee’s article did not violate the Hatch Act.

    August 14 2024, 3:11 p.m.
    President Joe Biden, right, shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 25, 2024.
    In March, after a Justice Department employee wrote an op-ed criticizing the Biden administration over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, her supervisors accused her of violating federal law. Last week, the Office of Special Counsel squarely rejected that allegation, but the investigation sent a chilling message to other federal employees organizing around Israel and Gaza.

    Emma West Rasmus, a longtime Justice Department employee, wrote an op-ed in early March for The Hill about a recent visit to Palestine with her church. “I decided in November, and am surer than ever in March: Unless the Democratic Party and its leaders call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza and a lasting end to the Israeli occupation of Palestine, I will not vote for Biden or any Democrat,” she wrote.

    The article, which published on a Friday, initially included a note stating West Rasmus “works at the Department of Justice and is a member of the Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church.”

    The following Monday, West Rasmus was accused by senior Justice Department attorneys and ethics officials of violating the Hatch Act, according to records reviewed by The Intercept. The Hatch Act prohibits federal employees from using their “official authority” to engage in certain political activity, especially advocating for or against a particular candidate or political party.

    “When you start your federal government service,” West Rasmus told The Intercept, “on your very first day you learn about the Hatch Act.”

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    In November, the Office of Special Counsel, which investigates Hatch Act violations, put out guidance explaining that federal employees could express their views on Israel and Gaza without running afoul of the law. OSC also clarified that the Hatch Act only limits partisan political speech “while on duty or in the federal workplace.”

    In recent months, agency employees have organized letters, rallies, and protest art urging the Biden administration to change course on Gaza. Organizers have been careful to follow the law, but they were still “worried about the threat of being accused of Hatch Act violations,” said a State Department employee who spoke with The Intercept on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation. “Even though we know senior [political appointees] have rarely been held accountable, we know it has been wielded or threatened against junior staff.”

    West Rasmus said she is the only federal employee she is aware of who has been formally accused under the Hatch Act over Gaza dissent actions.

    The Justice Department suggested West Rasmus violated the Hatch Act by listing her federal employment in the article. Two DOJ attorneys recommended that she ask The Hill to remove these references, which West Rasmus did. The current version of the article does not indicate she is a federal employee at all.

    The Justice Department also suggested that West Rasmus violated the Hatch Act by sharing the article on LinkedIn, and the DOJ attorneys recommended that she remove her own social media posts and even ask others to stop sharing it.

    They suggested that by taking these “mitigating steps,” OSC might go easy on her.

    Five months later, however, OSC determined there was no Hatch Act violation in the first place.

    “Although you engaged in political activity while referencing that you work for the federal government in the op-ed, and specifically the Department of Justice in the byline, these references do not constitute a use of official authority rising to the level of a Hatch Act violation,” reads an August 8 determination letter from OSC.

    West Rasmus, who still works for the Justice Department, says this decision lifted a huge weight off her shoulders, but that the investigation itself “absolutely had a chilling effect” on her and other federal employees trying to galvanize internal dissent on Gaza policy.

    “I always felt like putting the op-ed out there in the way that I did was worth the risk,” she said. “That speaks to how urgently I and other federal employees feel about the need to take actions that we wouldn’t otherwise take.”

    The Justice Department did not respond to The Intercept’s request for comment.

    https://theintercept.com/2024/08/14/gaza-justice-department-hatch-act/
    She Wrote an Op-Ed Criticizing Biden on Gaza. The Justice Department Accused Her of Breaking the Law. A federal watchdog ruled that a Department of Justice employee’s article did not violate the Hatch Act. August 14 2024, 3:11 p.m. President Joe Biden, right, shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 25, 2024. In March, after a Justice Department employee wrote an op-ed criticizing the Biden administration over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, her supervisors accused her of violating federal law. Last week, the Office of Special Counsel squarely rejected that allegation, but the investigation sent a chilling message to other federal employees organizing around Israel and Gaza. Emma West Rasmus, a longtime Justice Department employee, wrote an op-ed in early March for The Hill about a recent visit to Palestine with her church. “I decided in November, and am surer than ever in March: Unless the Democratic Party and its leaders call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza and a lasting end to the Israeli occupation of Palestine, I will not vote for Biden or any Democrat,” she wrote. The article, which published on a Friday, initially included a note stating West Rasmus “works at the Department of Justice and is a member of the Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church.” The following Monday, West Rasmus was accused by senior Justice Department attorneys and ethics officials of violating the Hatch Act, according to records reviewed by The Intercept. The Hatch Act prohibits federal employees from using their “official authority” to engage in certain political activity, especially advocating for or against a particular candidate or political party. “When you start your federal government service,” West Rasmus told The Intercept, “on your very first day you learn about the Hatch Act.” Most Read In November, the Office of Special Counsel, which investigates Hatch Act violations, put out guidance explaining that federal employees could express their views on Israel and Gaza without running afoul of the law. OSC also clarified that the Hatch Act only limits partisan political speech “while on duty or in the federal workplace.” In recent months, agency employees have organized letters, rallies, and protest art urging the Biden administration to change course on Gaza. Organizers have been careful to follow the law, but they were still “worried about the threat of being accused of Hatch Act violations,” said a State Department employee who spoke with The Intercept on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation. “Even though we know senior [political appointees] have rarely been held accountable, we know it has been wielded or threatened against junior staff.” West Rasmus said she is the only federal employee she is aware of who has been formally accused under the Hatch Act over Gaza dissent actions. The Justice Department suggested West Rasmus violated the Hatch Act by listing her federal employment in the article. Two DOJ attorneys recommended that she ask The Hill to remove these references, which West Rasmus did. The current version of the article does not indicate she is a federal employee at all. The Justice Department also suggested that West Rasmus violated the Hatch Act by sharing the article on LinkedIn, and the DOJ attorneys recommended that she remove her own social media posts and even ask others to stop sharing it. They suggested that by taking these “mitigating steps,” OSC might go easy on her. Five months later, however, OSC determined there was no Hatch Act violation in the first place. “Although you engaged in political activity while referencing that you work for the federal government in the op-ed, and specifically the Department of Justice in the byline, these references do not constitute a use of official authority rising to the level of a Hatch Act violation,” reads an August 8 determination letter from OSC. West Rasmus, who still works for the Justice Department, says this decision lifted a huge weight off her shoulders, but that the investigation itself “absolutely had a chilling effect” on her and other federal employees trying to galvanize internal dissent on Gaza policy. “I always felt like putting the op-ed out there in the way that I did was worth the risk,” she said. “That speaks to how urgently I and other federal employees feel about the need to take actions that we wouldn’t otherwise take.” The Justice Department did not respond to The Intercept’s request for comment. https://theintercept.com/2024/08/14/gaza-justice-department-hatch-act/
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  • Israeli settlers hold gun to 3-year-old Palestinian girl’s head
    The New Arab Staff11 August, 2024
    Israeli settlers raise Israel's flag outside Shamasna home [AFP]
    Violent Israeli settlers held a gun to a three-year-old Palestinian girl’s head, pelted the family with stones and burned their car after the family made a wrong turn into a settlement in the occupied West Bank on Friday.

    According to Israeli media, the Al-Jaar family were travelling to the occupied West Bank city of Nablus when they made a wrong turn into the Giva’at Ronen settlement.

    Nofa, the mother, told the Israeli news site Ynet that the navigation system they were using in the car misled them, taking them off the main road into a side route that went into the Israeli settlement.

    "They [settlers] started running after us. We turned [the car] around because we wanted to escape from the scene, but there was no way out. You can’t go back, you can’t move forward…" she said.

    "Many people ran in our direction, two had guns. After they broke all the windows, one raised a gun and our little girl started screaming. They asked, ‘are you from the territories? Did you come from Gaza? Do you have anyone from Gaza? ‘We want to kill you’ they told us," she added.

    The report states the settlers then sprayed the family with tear gas, chasing them away and pelted their car with stones.

    "We called the police, but there was no sense of urgency," the family told Ynet.

    "…What did we do? We saw death before our eyes. They wanted to kill us. After that, they burned our car before the police arrived. They put a gun to my three year-old girls’ head," Nofa continued.

    The Israeli N12 News reported the family members had suffered from burns and bruises after being attacked by settlers and had to be transferred to the Rabin Medical Centre-Beilinson Campus for treatment.

    Israeli security forces told the Israeli Maariv News that the attack was a "serious escalation in the activity of right-wing activists," and an investigation was launched by the Shin Bet Israeli security agency.

    Israeli media also reported that police had opened an investigation into the attack.

    Since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza on 7 October, there has been an uptick in violence, raids and arrests against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

    According to Amnesty International, since October, Israel has carried out "unlawful killings, including by using lethal force without necessity or disproportionately during protests and arrest raids, denying medical assistance to those injured."

    Israelis have killed over 500 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since 7 October and arrested at least 10,000 others.

    Peace Now, a non profit organisation said that Israel has seized 23.7sq km of Palestinian land while the ongoing war on Gaza rages on, making this year the highest in Israeli land seizures over the past three decades.

    Last month, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Israel’s occupation of Palestine is illegal.

    The UN’s top court found that Israeli policies and practices amounted to "annexation of large parts of the occupied Palestinian territory".

    https://www.newarab.com/news/israeli-settlers-hold-gun-3-year-old-palestinian-girls-head
    Israeli settlers hold gun to 3-year-old Palestinian girl’s head The New Arab Staff11 August, 2024 Israeli settlers raise Israel's flag outside Shamasna home [AFP] Violent Israeli settlers held a gun to a three-year-old Palestinian girl’s head, pelted the family with stones and burned their car after the family made a wrong turn into a settlement in the occupied West Bank on Friday. According to Israeli media, the Al-Jaar family were travelling to the occupied West Bank city of Nablus when they made a wrong turn into the Giva’at Ronen settlement. Nofa, the mother, told the Israeli news site Ynet that the navigation system they were using in the car misled them, taking them off the main road into a side route that went into the Israeli settlement. "They [settlers] started running after us. We turned [the car] around because we wanted to escape from the scene, but there was no way out. You can’t go back, you can’t move forward…" she said. "Many people ran in our direction, two had guns. After they broke all the windows, one raised a gun and our little girl started screaming. They asked, ‘are you from the territories? Did you come from Gaza? Do you have anyone from Gaza? ‘We want to kill you’ they told us," she added. The report states the settlers then sprayed the family with tear gas, chasing them away and pelted their car with stones. "We called the police, but there was no sense of urgency," the family told Ynet. "…What did we do? We saw death before our eyes. They wanted to kill us. After that, they burned our car before the police arrived. They put a gun to my three year-old girls’ head," Nofa continued. The Israeli N12 News reported the family members had suffered from burns and bruises after being attacked by settlers and had to be transferred to the Rabin Medical Centre-Beilinson Campus for treatment. Israeli security forces told the Israeli Maariv News that the attack was a "serious escalation in the activity of right-wing activists," and an investigation was launched by the Shin Bet Israeli security agency. Israeli media also reported that police had opened an investigation into the attack. Since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza on 7 October, there has been an uptick in violence, raids and arrests against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. According to Amnesty International, since October, Israel has carried out "unlawful killings, including by using lethal force without necessity or disproportionately during protests and arrest raids, denying medical assistance to those injured." Israelis have killed over 500 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since 7 October and arrested at least 10,000 others. Peace Now, a non profit organisation said that Israel has seized 23.7sq km of Palestinian land while the ongoing war on Gaza rages on, making this year the highest in Israeli land seizures over the past three decades. Last month, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Israel’s occupation of Palestine is illegal. The UN’s top court found that Israeli policies and practices amounted to "annexation of large parts of the occupied Palestinian territory". https://www.newarab.com/news/israeli-settlers-hold-gun-3-year-old-palestinian-girls-head
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    Violent settlers also attacked the Palestinian family, burning their car and pelting them, when they made a wrong turn into a settlement on their way to Nablus.
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  • Eight cancer doctors 'who dedicated their lives to saving others' among the 62 passengers and crew dead on doomed Brazil flight that plunged from the sky and exploded in a fireball when they were on their way to conference
    20:55 BST 10 Aug 2024, updated 21:31 BST 10 Aug 2024 By Caroline Graham In Los Angeles

    Eight cancer doctors were among the 62 passengers and crew who died when a Brazilian airliner plunged dramatically from the sky and exploded in a fireball.

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    Six leading oncologists and two resident medics, in their final year of training, were on their way from their home city of Cascavel to a cancer conference in Sao Paulo when the twin-engine turboprop ATR 72-500 VoePass Airline flight crashed into a gated community killing all on board on Friday.

    Eduardo Baptistella of the Regional Medical Council said: 'Unfortunately we received very sad news and were able to confirm the death of eight doctors. The doctors were going to an oncology conference. These were people who dedicated their lives to saving others.'

    Some of the doctors' names began to emerge last night including radiologist Leonel Ferreira, pediatric cancer expert Sarah Stella and Silvia Osaki.

    Mr Baptistella said 15 doctors had been scheduled to take the two-hour doomed flight but seven had taken an earlier plane.

    This photo shows an aerial view of the wreckage of an airplane that crashed with 61 people on board in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo State, Brazil, on August 10, 2024
    This photo shows an aerial view of the wreckage of an airplane that crashed with 61 people on board in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo State, Brazil, on August 10, 2024
    Six leading oncologists and two resident medics, in their final year of training, were on their way from their home city of Cascavel to a cancer conference in Sao Paulo when the plane crashed
    Six leading oncologists and two resident medics, in their final year of training, were on their way from their home city of Cascavel to a cancer conference in Sao Paulo when the plane crashed

    Moment plane FALLS from the sky and crashes in Brazil's Sao Paulo

    The plane can be seen in a 'death spiral' before it crashed into a residential area on Friday
    The plane can be seen in a 'death spiral' before it crashed into a residential area on Friday
    A spokesman for Uopeccan Cancer Hospital in Cascavel confirmed two final-year resident oncology doctors, Arianne Risso, 28, and Mariana Belim, 29, had perished, adding: 'It is with immense pain we can confirm the death of the clinical oncology residents.

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    'There are no words to express the sadness we feel in the face of this great tragedy.'

    VoePass flight 2283 crashed 50 miles north-west of Sao Paulo en route to the city's Guarulhos International Airport.

    The plane was at an altitude of 16,000ft when it went into a 'death spiral' and plummeted to the ground in fifty seconds.

    Eyewitnesses who videoed the crash said it appeared to stall before circling to the ground and bursting into flames at around 1.30pm local time (5.30pm BST).

    Last night the airline confirmed ten people who were waiting at the wrong boarding gate in Cascavel miraculously missed the flight.

    The plane was on its way from Cascavel to Guarulhos cruising at 17,000 feet when it began the sudden descent
    The plane was on its way from Cascavel to Guarulhos cruising at 17,000 feet when it began the sudden descent

    Eyewitness video shows destruction at plane crash site in Brazil

    Pictured: The wreckage of the Voepass Airlines plane that crashed in Brazil
    Pictured: The wreckage of the Voepass Airlines plane that crashed in Brazil

    Aerial view of the crash site of plane that fell in Brazil

    Debris is pictured as emergency personnel work at the site of a plane crash on Friday
    Debris is pictured as emergency personnel work at the site of a plane crash on Friday
    A dramatic video from the scene on Friday showed a Voepass plane falling from the sky as it plummeted behind a cluster of trees near houses, followed by a large plume of black smoke
    A dramatic video from the scene on Friday showed a Voepass plane falling from the sky as it plummeted behind a cluster of trees near houses, followed by a large plume of black smoke
    Captain Danilo Santos Romano was named today as the first victim of the horror crash in the city of Vinhedo
    Captain Danilo Santos Romano was named today as the first victim of the horror crash in the city of Vinhedo
    Mr Romano worked as a pilot for more than a decade and joined Voepass Airlines in 2022, his LinkedIn profile shows
    Mr Romano worked as a pilot for more than a decade and joined Voepass Airlines in 2022, his LinkedIn profile shows
    One man, who did not give his name, told news channel CNN: 'The monitor was showing the wrong gate and there were ten of us sitting there and we realised we were in the wrong place.

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    'We ran to the right gate and I asked one of the agents, "Girl, put me on this plane, I have to go, I have to go", but she said: "No, you are too late and I can only reschedule your flight".'

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    Friends of the pilot Danilo Romano, 35, who had ten years flying experience, described him as 'an amazing professional' who was 'always smiling and willing to help'.

    While the pilot made no mayday call, aviation experts say the plane may have experienced sudden icing on its wings.

    The flight's black box has been recovered in good condition.

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    Eight cancer doctors 'who dedicated their lives to saving others' among the 62 passengers and crew dead on doomed Brazil flight that plunged from the sky and exploded in a fireball when they were on their way to conference 20:55 BST 10 Aug 2024, updated 21:31 BST 10 Aug 2024 By Caroline Graham In Los Angeles Eight cancer doctors were among the 62 passengers and crew who died when a Brazilian airliner plunged dramatically from the sky and exploded in a fireball. Advertisement Six leading oncologists and two resident medics, in their final year of training, were on their way from their home city of Cascavel to a cancer conference in Sao Paulo when the twin-engine turboprop ATR 72-500 VoePass Airline flight crashed into a gated community killing all on board on Friday. Eduardo Baptistella of the Regional Medical Council said: 'Unfortunately we received very sad news and were able to confirm the death of eight doctors. The doctors were going to an oncology conference. These were people who dedicated their lives to saving others.' Some of the doctors' names began to emerge last night including radiologist Leonel Ferreira, pediatric cancer expert Sarah Stella and Silvia Osaki. Mr Baptistella said 15 doctors had been scheduled to take the two-hour doomed flight but seven had taken an earlier plane. This photo shows an aerial view of the wreckage of an airplane that crashed with 61 people on board in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo State, Brazil, on August 10, 2024 This photo shows an aerial view of the wreckage of an airplane that crashed with 61 people on board in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo State, Brazil, on August 10, 2024 Six leading oncologists and two resident medics, in their final year of training, were on their way from their home city of Cascavel to a cancer conference in Sao Paulo when the plane crashed Six leading oncologists and two resident medics, in their final year of training, were on their way from their home city of Cascavel to a cancer conference in Sao Paulo when the plane crashed Moment plane FALLS from the sky and crashes in Brazil's Sao Paulo The plane can be seen in a 'death spiral' before it crashed into a residential area on Friday The plane can be seen in a 'death spiral' before it crashed into a residential area on Friday A spokesman for Uopeccan Cancer Hospital in Cascavel confirmed two final-year resident oncology doctors, Arianne Risso, 28, and Mariana Belim, 29, had perished, adding: 'It is with immense pain we can confirm the death of the clinical oncology residents. Read More Top aviation expert reveals likely cause of 'death spiral' that brought down Brazil plane article image 'There are no words to express the sadness we feel in the face of this great tragedy.' VoePass flight 2283 crashed 50 miles north-west of Sao Paulo en route to the city's Guarulhos International Airport. The plane was at an altitude of 16,000ft when it went into a 'death spiral' and plummeted to the ground in fifty seconds. Eyewitnesses who videoed the crash said it appeared to stall before circling to the ground and bursting into flames at around 1.30pm local time (5.30pm BST). Last night the airline confirmed ten people who were waiting at the wrong boarding gate in Cascavel miraculously missed the flight. The plane was on its way from Cascavel to Guarulhos cruising at 17,000 feet when it began the sudden descent The plane was on its way from Cascavel to Guarulhos cruising at 17,000 feet when it began the sudden descent Eyewitness video shows destruction at plane crash site in Brazil Pictured: The wreckage of the Voepass Airlines plane that crashed in Brazil Pictured: The wreckage of the Voepass Airlines plane that crashed in Brazil Aerial view of the crash site of plane that fell in Brazil Debris is pictured as emergency personnel work at the site of a plane crash on Friday Debris is pictured as emergency personnel work at the site of a plane crash on Friday A dramatic video from the scene on Friday showed a Voepass plane falling from the sky as it plummeted behind a cluster of trees near houses, followed by a large plume of black smoke A dramatic video from the scene on Friday showed a Voepass plane falling from the sky as it plummeted behind a cluster of trees near houses, followed by a large plume of black smoke Captain Danilo Santos Romano was named today as the first victim of the horror crash in the city of Vinhedo Captain Danilo Santos Romano was named today as the first victim of the horror crash in the city of Vinhedo Mr Romano worked as a pilot for more than a decade and joined Voepass Airlines in 2022, his LinkedIn profile shows Mr Romano worked as a pilot for more than a decade and joined Voepass Airlines in 2022, his LinkedIn profile shows One man, who did not give his name, told news channel CNN: 'The monitor was showing the wrong gate and there were ten of us sitting there and we realised we were in the wrong place. Read More Pictured: Experienced pilot killed in Brazilian plane crash which left 61 others dead article image 'We ran to the right gate and I asked one of the agents, "Girl, put me on this plane, I have to go, I have to go", but she said: "No, you are too late and I can only reschedule your flight".' Advertisement Friends of the pilot Danilo Romano, 35, who had ten years flying experience, described him as 'an amazing professional' who was 'always smiling and willing to help'. While the pilot made no mayday call, aviation experts say the plane may have experienced sudden icing on its wings. The flight's black box has been recovered in good condition. Brazil https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13731431/Eight-cancer-doctors-dedicated-lives-passengers-crew-dead-doomed-Brazil-flight-plunged-sky-exploded.html
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  • US approves “historic” $20B arms sale to Israel, as Gazans die – Day 311
    [email protected] August 14, 2024 ben gvir, Bezalel Smotrich, ceasefire, free speech on campus, Iran, israeli gang rape, Josep Borrell, palestine olympics head, twins in gaza, weapons to israel
    Destroyed buildings last month in Beit Lahia, one of the northernmost cities in the Gaza Strip.Credit...Omar Al-Qattaa/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images (photo)
    More weapons for Israel; newborn twins killed in Gaza; Israel shoots American activist; two Palestinians killed in West Bank; Israel detains Palestine Olympic head; California mulls anti-free speech on campus bill; Ben Gvir leads provocative march on Temple Mount; EU leader calls for sanctions against Israeli Smotrich for calls to starve Gazans; house arrest for gang-rape suspects; yes, Netanyahu has been messing with ceasefire details;

    Iran says Europe’s silence on “inhumane crimes” in Gaza encouraged Israel to continue atrocities while threatening global peace; more.

    By IAK staff, from reports.

    US State Department Approves Over $20 Billion Arms Package for Israel

    AntiWar reports: On Tuesday, the State Department approved a series of potential weapons sales to Israel worth over $20 billion that includes F-15 fighter jets and tank munitions. The approval comes as Israeli airstrikes continue to slaughter civilians in Gaza, including newborn twins who were killed hours before the State Department announced the new support for Israel.

    Ha’aretz reports the transaction as “among the most significant arms sales to Israel in American history.”

    In total, the US announced five new arms deals for Israel. The biggest is for 50 F-15 fighter jets and related equipment, worth $18.8 billion. Israel will also receive $102.5 million in advanced air-to-air missiles, about 33,000 120mm tank cartridges worth $774 million, 50,000 high-explosive 120mm mortar rounds worth $61.1 million, and $583.1 million worth of medium tactical vehicles.

    It’s unclear how much of the massive weapons sale will be funded by US military aid. The announcement came a few days after the State Department said it was releasing $3.5 billion in military assistance for Israel in the form of Foreign Military Financing, a program that gives foreign governments money to buy US weapons.

    It will take years before the F-15s and other weapons will be delivered to Israel, although, according to Reuters, the tank rounds would be almost immediately available for delivery. The notification begins a period where Congress could potentially block the sales, but it’s expected to breeze through since only a few dozen progressive Democrats are opposed to arming Israel.

    The U.S. has sent Israel more than 10,000 highly destructive 2,000-pound bombs and thousands of Hellfire missiles since the start of the Gaza war in October, U.S. officials told Reuters in June.

    RECOMMENDED READING: Rafah attack: Netanyahu’s lies expose the truth about Israel

    An Israeli soldier carries a 155mm artillery shell near a self-propelled howitzer deployed at a position near the border with Lebanon in the upper Galilee region of northern Israel on October 18, 2023. (Photo: Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images)
    An Israeli soldier carries a 155mm artillery shell near a self-propelled howitzer deployed at a position near the border with Lebanon in the upper Galilee region of northern Israel on October 18, 2023. (Photo: Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images) (photo)
    Newborn twins killed in Israeli strike in Gaza as father collects their birth certificates

    Andalou Agency reports: Newborn twins were killed in an Israeli airstrike in the central Gaza Strip on Tuesday as their father went to collect their birth certificates.

    The two babies were born on Saturday in the city of Deir al-Balah, but an Israeli strike on their apartment shattered the family’s joy of their newborns.

    “I have just obtained the birth certificates for my newborn babies Aysel and Asser,” their father Mohammad Abu al-Qumsan told Anadolu as tears rolled down his cheeks.

    “They were born on August 10. I was outside the house, finalizing the paperwork, and then I got the call… I didn’t expect to find them all gone.”



    Israeli hardliner Ben-Gvir “put lives at risk” with Jerusalem prayer call

    Reuters reports: Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Tuesday visited the Al-Aqsa mosque compound known to Jews as Temple Mount, and said Jews should be allowed to pray there, freshly challenging rules covering one of the most sensitive sites in the Middle East.

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quickly denied there would be any change to rules prohibiting Jews from praying at the site, which is holy to Muslims as well.

    The Al-Aqsa compound, revered by Jews as a vestige of their two ancient temples, is administered by a Jordanian religious foundation and under rules dating back decades, Jews are allowed to visit, but may not pray there.

    “Our policy is to allow prayer,” Ben-Gvir said as he passed a line of Jewish visitors who prostrated themselves on the ground, while others sang and clapped their hands in celebration. The Waqf, the foundation that administers the site, said around 2,250 Jews entered the site on Tuesday.

    The spokesperson for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas denounced Ben-Gvir’s visit as a “provocation” and called on the U.S. to intervene “if it wants to prevent the region from exploding in an uncontrollable manner”.

    HA’ARETZ ADDS: What happened on the Temple Mount Tuesday categorically puts lives at risk, and is further evidence of the chaos being caused by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and his irresponsible leadership.

    National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and another minister ascended the Temple Mount (known as Al-Aqsa to Muslims), and dozens of Jewish visitors prayed on the compound in violation of the status quo. All this happened in front of the police who were stationed there, but they refrained from enforcing the ban on Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount.

    The fact that Ben-Gvir oversees the police doubles the threat he poses, because the police exist in part to deal with criminals like him. But when the criminal is the very minister in charge of the police, who can you turn to? When the person endangering national security is the minister in charge of preserving it, what do you do?

    And the helplessness becomes absolute when you realize the prime minister can’t be relied upon in this situation, since Netanyahu is the one who appointed Ben-Gvir despite very well knowing that he is dangerous.


    An American was just shot in the West Bank. The American press can’t be bothered.

    DropSite News reports: Last Friday, Amado Sison, an activist from New Jersey with the solidarity group Faz3a, joined fellow demonstrators near the West Bank village of Beita. In an interview with Drop Site after being discharged from the hospital, Sison said he was taking part in a “protective presence” exercise aimed at defending Palestinian citizens living in the West Bank from settler and military violence.

    “The Palestinians were holding a rally and doing chants, when Israeli soldiers at a nearby outpost started shooting tear gas and aiming weapons at us,” said Sison. “

    This was only my second demonstration, but some of the more experienced demonstrators shouted that live rounds were being fired and everyone began to run.”

    Sison and others ran from the gunfire into a nearby olive grove. It was then that he felt a “blunt impact” in the back of his leg. He initially thought he had been hit by a tear gas canister.

    It turned out to have been a live bullet, which entered his thigh and exited from the front of his leg.

    In video of the incident taken by Anthony C., an activist with Faz3a, and provided to Drop Site, a group of protesters and local Palestinians can be seen screaming as they attempt to carry a wounded Sison to safety after the shooting.

    (Read the full article here.)

    West Bank: Two Palestinian young men killed by Israeli forces

    WAFA reports: A Palestinian teenager succumbed to serious wounds he sustained earlier Tuesday after being shot by Israeli occupation forces in the town of Anata, east of occupied Jerusalem.

    The Jerusalem Governorate Media Department said in a statement that Shadi Wisam Shehada, 17, was shot by the Israeli occupation in the town of Anata while he was working at his privately-owned car wash shop in the area, for allegedly throwing stones at the occupation soldiers.

    Another Palestinian young man, Moataz Sarsour, was shot and killed by Israeli occupation forces during a raid on the cities of Ramallah and Al-Bireh at Tuesday dawn.

    Shadi Wisam Shehada and Moataz Sarsour, killed by Israeli forces
    Shadi Wisam Shehada and Moataz Sarsour, killed by Israeli forces (photo)
    Israeli authorities detain head of the Palestine Olympic Committee

    Middle East Eye reports: Jibril Rajoub, who is also a member of Fatah’s Central Committee, was reportedly detained by Israeli authorities upon his return from the Paris Olympics while en route to the occupied West Bank.

    The 71-year-old was searched, had his passport confiscated, and was summoned for questioning at the Ofer military compound near Ramallah on Tuesday.

    Rajoub has previously faced threats of imprisonment from some members of the Israeli government due to his efforts to have Israel barred from the Olympics and the football World Cup, citing violations of the Olympic Charter and FIFA regulations against apartheid in sports.

    In May, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz threatened to revoke Rajoub’s travel pass.

    “We will work to thwart his plans, and if he doesn’t stop, we will imprison him in the Muqataa [presidential compound in Ramallah], where he will be left to play stanga by himself between the walls,” Katz said, referring to a popular Israeli street game involving a football.

    Anti-free speech California bill inspired by opposition to pro-Palestine campus protest

    The Intercept reports: A bill making its way through the California legislature would stifle free speech on public university and college campuses, specifically around protests against Israel’s war in Gaza and its occupation of Palestine, according to civil rights advocates.

    The American Civil Liberties Union in California is ringing the alarm bell on Senate Bill 1287, saying that it will “set a dangerous precedent of chilling speech on campuses across the state.”

    The bill, introduced in February by Democratic state Sen. Steve Glazer, would require schools to adopt and enforce rules against harassment, discrimination, or any behavior that “creates a hostile environment on campus.”

    The bill’s supporters include a host of pro-Israel advocacy groups. [Glazer has made many trips to Israel and lived in Israel for six months working on a kibbutz.]

    Among the bill’s most vocal detractors has been ACLU California Action, which said in a letter sent last week to Glazer’s office that the bill would suppress free speech. In the letter, obtained by The Intercept, the ACLU highlighted areas of the bill that are “overly broad” and vague, such as leaving terms like “harassment,” “discrimination,” and “hostile environment” with no clear definitions that may allow institutions to apply them in ways that prohibit students’ free speech.

    Across the U.S., lawmakers on the state and federal level have introduced bills cracking down on campus protests. In Congress, Republican lawmakers proposed a slate of bills, including measures that would revoke visas and deport any international student convicted of a crime related to protests on campus; bar students convicted of a protest-related crime from receiving financial aid; make federal accreditation and funding for schools contingent on their policies toward protests; barring a student of faculty member from student loan forgiveness if they are expelled or fired due to protests; and withholding federal funds from schools that don’t clear encampments.

    Rep. Andy Ogles, a Republican from Tennessee who is behind several of the bills, also introduced one that would require a student convicted of a protest-related offense to do community service in Gaza for six months.

    (Read the full article here.)

    RECOMMENDED READING: Unmasking counterprotesters who attacked UCLA’s pro-Palestine encampment

    In early May, police arrested around 200 protesters from the anti-war encampment at UCLA, with the campus police restricting access to the area, and police helicopters hovering overhead.
    In early May, police arrested around 200 protesters from the anti-war encampment at UCLA, with the campus police restricting access to the area, and police helicopters hovering overhead. (photo)
    Iran says silence of UK, France, Germany on “inhumane crimes” in Gaza encouraged Israel to continue atrocities while threatening global peace

    The Cradle reports: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in a phone call that the silence of the international community in the face of Israel’s “unprecedented and inhumane crimes” in Gaza encouraged it to continue committing atrocities while threatening regional and global peace and security, IRNA reported on 13 August.

    Pezeshkian added that war in any part of the world is not in the interest of any country while emphasizing that a “punitive response to an aggressor is a legal right of states and a way to stop crime and aggression.”

    Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani issued a similar message Tuesday, saying the Islamic Republic will defend its national security and sovereignty and does not ask for permission to exercise its rights.

    Kanaani made the statement in response to a letter published by the UK, France, and Germany, urging Iran not to retaliate for the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on 1 August.

    The Foreign Ministry spokesman added that the three European countries have been indifferent to Israel’s continued “genocidal acts and war crimes against defenseless Palestinians.”

    He stated that the European nations’ request that Iran not respond to the Hamas leader’s assassination would “encourage the criminals to continue massacre, genocide, and crime against humanity.”

    The spokesman said if those mentioned countries were really after peace and stability in the region, they should stand against Israel and seek to end the war on Gaza and the killing of children and women.

    Israeli troops accused of gang raping Palestinian detainee released on house arrest

    The Cradle reports: The Israeli military attorney’s office and defense lawyers agreed on the release to house arrest of the five soldiers accused of raping a Palestinian man in the notorious Sde Teiman detention camp, Haaretz reported in Hebrew on 13 August.

    The Israeli army spokesman said the five soldiers will be released to house arrest for 10 days during the investigation.

    On 8 August, a leaked surveillance video from Sde Teiman was broadcast on Israeli news network Channel 12, showing the Israeli soldiers gang-raping the Palestinian man.

    Members of the Knesset and Hebrew media have strongly criticized the military for detaining the soldiers, arguing that it is morally acceptable to do anything to Hamas fighters, including rape.

    Military police officers who arrested the soldiers have faced death threats.

    Israel’s military advocate general, Major General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi responded to criticism over the arrests by saying they were crucial for shielding Israel from war crimes charges in international courts and ensuring continued weapons deliveries from the US and European nations.

    RECOMMENDED READING: Hostages of Israeli revenge in the Gaza Strip: Testimonies of 100 released Palestinian detainees reveal crimes of torture, cruel treatment.



    Documents confirm Netanyahu responsible for obstructing Gaza ceasefire

    New York Times reports: For weeks, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has denied that he is trying to block a cease-fire deal in Gaza by hardening Israel’s negotiating position.

    Mr. Netanyahu has consistently placed all blame for the deadlocked negotiations on Hamas, even as senior members of the Israeli security establishment accused him of slowing the process himself.

    But in private, Mr. Netanyahu has, in fact, added new conditions to Israel’s demands, additions that his own negotiators fear have created extra obstacles to a deal.

    According to unpublished documents reviewed by The New York Times that detail Israel’s negotiating positions, Israel relayed a list of new stipulations in late July to American, Egyptian and Qatari mediators that added less flexible conditions to a set of principles it had made in late May.

    The documents reviewed by The Times make clear that the behind-the-scenes maneuvering by the Netanyahu government has been extensive — and suggest that agreement may be elusive at the talks set to begin this week.

    (Read more here.)

    Israel defense ministry expects 100,000 disabled veterans by 2030, half to be related to mental health

    Ha’aretz reports: A recent forecast by the rehabilitation division of Israel’s Defense Ministry expects there to be 100,000 disabled IDF veterans by the year 2030, with half being related to mental health.

    According to the data, since October 7 the rehabilitation division has seen 10,056 wounded individuals. The Defense Ministry is now discussing a strategy to absorb and treat those wounded in the war, on top of approximately 62,000 disabled IDF veterans already being treated by the division before the war.

    NOTE: Over 92,000 Gazans have been injured in just ten months – at least 3,000 children have had a limb amputated. Mental health issues are widespread, including nearly every child in Gaza.

    Josep Borrell calls for sanctions against Israeli ministers for ‘incitement to war crimes’

    The Cradle reports: EU Foreign Policy chief Josep Borrell [from Spain] said on 11 August that the bloc must consider imposing sanctions against Israeli far-right ministers Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich for “incitement to war crimes.”

    Borrell urged the Israeli government to clearly dissociate itself from individuals who incite war crimes and to work seriously towards a ceasefire deal.

    The high-ranking EU official also denounced Ben Gvir for urging Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to halt all humanitarian aid and fuel to the Gaza Strip amidst the ongoing genocide.

    Finance Minister Smotrich’s comments about starving two million Gazans by withholding aid in exchange for Israeli captives as “sinister,” in stark contrast to the Israeli minister’s assertion that the approach is “justified and moral.”

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    STATISTICS OCTOBER 7 – AUGUST 13:

    Palestinian death toll from October 7 – August 13: at least 40,590* (39,965 in Gaza* – 11,445 women (30%), 16,251 children as of July 22. [The Ministry’s figures have been contested by the Israeli authorities, although they have been accepted as accurate by Israeli intelligence services, the UN, and WHO. These data are supported by independent analyses, comparing changes in the number of deaths of UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) staff with those reported by the Ministry, which found claims of data fabrication implausible.]

    This is expected to be a significant undercount since thousands of those killed have yet to be identified – and at least 625 in the West Bank (~145 children). This does not include an estimated 10,000 more still buried under rubble (4,900 women and children). Euro-Med Monitor reports 46,848 Palestinian deaths.

    Lancet: “Applying a conservative estimate of four indirect deaths per one direct death9 to the 37,396 deaths reported, it is not implausible to estimate that up to 186 000 or even more deaths could be attributable to the current conflict in Gaza.

    Ralph Nader earlier estimated 200,000 Palestinians may have been killed in Gaza.

    At least 45 Palestinians have died in Israeli prisons (27 from Gaza, 18 from West Bank).
    At least 41 Palestinians have died due to malnutrition**.
    About 1.7 million, or 75% of Gaza’s population are currently displaced.
    2.15 million (out of total population of 2.3 million) are projected to face Crisis or worse levels of food insecurity.
    Palestinian injuries from October 7 – August 13: at least 97,714 (including at least 92,294 in Gaza and 5,420 in the West Bank, including 830 children). [It remains unknown how man Americans are among the casualties in Gaza.]

    Reported Israeli death toll from October 7 – August 13: ~1,486 (~1,139 on October 7, 2023, of which ~32 were Americans, and ~36 were children); 331 military forces since the ground invasion began in Gaza; 16 in the West Bank) and~8,730 injured.

    Times of Israel reports: The IDF listed 41 soldiers killed due to friendly fire in Gaza and other military-related accidents – nearly 16%.

    NOTE: It is unknown at this time how many of the deaths and injuries in Israel on October 7 were caused by Israeli soldiers.

    *Previously, IAK did not include 471 Gazans killed in the Al Ahli hospital blast since the source of the projectile was being disputed. However, given that much evidence points to Israel as the culprit, Israel had previously bombed the hospital and has attacked many others, Israel is prohibiting outside experts from investigating the scene, and since the UN and other agencies are including the deaths from the attack in their cumulative totals, if Americans knew is now also doing so.**

    Euro-Med Monitor reports that Gaza’s elderly are dying at an alarmingly high rate. The majority die at home and are buried either close to their residences or in makeshift graves dispersed across the Strip. There are currently more than 140 such cemeteries. Additionally, according to Euromed, thousands have died from starvation, malnourishment, and inadequate medical care; these are considered indirect victims as they were not registered in hospitals.

    † For most of the conflict, women and children accounted for about 70% of deaths in Gaza, with children making up a little over 40% of those killed, according to official statistics.

    Find previous daily casualty figures and daily news updates here.

    Hover over each bar for exact numbers.
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    US approves “historic” $20B arms sale to Israel, as Gazans die – Day 311 [email protected] August 14, 2024 ben gvir, Bezalel Smotrich, ceasefire, free speech on campus, Iran, israeli gang rape, Josep Borrell, palestine olympics head, twins in gaza, weapons to israel Destroyed buildings last month in Beit Lahia, one of the northernmost cities in the Gaza Strip.Credit...Omar Al-Qattaa/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images (photo) More weapons for Israel; newborn twins killed in Gaza; Israel shoots American activist; two Palestinians killed in West Bank; Israel detains Palestine Olympic head; California mulls anti-free speech on campus bill; Ben Gvir leads provocative march on Temple Mount; EU leader calls for sanctions against Israeli Smotrich for calls to starve Gazans; house arrest for gang-rape suspects; yes, Netanyahu has been messing with ceasefire details; Iran says Europe’s silence on “inhumane crimes” in Gaza encouraged Israel to continue atrocities while threatening global peace; more. By IAK staff, from reports. US State Department Approves Over $20 Billion Arms Package for Israel AntiWar reports: On Tuesday, the State Department approved a series of potential weapons sales to Israel worth over $20 billion that includes F-15 fighter jets and tank munitions. The approval comes as Israeli airstrikes continue to slaughter civilians in Gaza, including newborn twins who were killed hours before the State Department announced the new support for Israel. Ha’aretz reports the transaction as “among the most significant arms sales to Israel in American history.” In total, the US announced five new arms deals for Israel. The biggest is for 50 F-15 fighter jets and related equipment, worth $18.8 billion. Israel will also receive $102.5 million in advanced air-to-air missiles, about 33,000 120mm tank cartridges worth $774 million, 50,000 high-explosive 120mm mortar rounds worth $61.1 million, and $583.1 million worth of medium tactical vehicles. It’s unclear how much of the massive weapons sale will be funded by US military aid. The announcement came a few days after the State Department said it was releasing $3.5 billion in military assistance for Israel in the form of Foreign Military Financing, a program that gives foreign governments money to buy US weapons. It will take years before the F-15s and other weapons will be delivered to Israel, although, according to Reuters, the tank rounds would be almost immediately available for delivery. The notification begins a period where Congress could potentially block the sales, but it’s expected to breeze through since only a few dozen progressive Democrats are opposed to arming Israel. The U.S. has sent Israel more than 10,000 highly destructive 2,000-pound bombs and thousands of Hellfire missiles since the start of the Gaza war in October, U.S. officials told Reuters in June. 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The Defense Ministry is now discussing a strategy to absorb and treat those wounded in the war, on top of approximately 62,000 disabled IDF veterans already being treated by the division before the war. NOTE: Over 92,000 Gazans have been injured in just ten months – at least 3,000 children have had a limb amputated. Mental health issues are widespread, including nearly every child in Gaza. Josep Borrell calls for sanctions against Israeli ministers for ‘incitement to war crimes’ The Cradle reports: EU Foreign Policy chief Josep Borrell [from Spain] said on 11 August that the bloc must consider imposing sanctions against Israeli far-right ministers Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich for “incitement to war crimes.” Borrell urged the Israeli government to clearly dissociate itself from individuals who incite war crimes and to work seriously towards a ceasefire deal. The high-ranking EU official also denounced Ben Gvir for urging Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to halt all humanitarian aid and fuel to the Gaza Strip amidst the ongoing genocide. Finance Minister Smotrich’s comments about starving two million Gazans by withholding aid in exchange for Israeli captives as “sinister,” in stark contrast to the Israeli minister’s assertion that the approach is “justified and moral.” MORE NEWS: IMEMC Daily Reports. The Guardian: Why should US troops pay the price for Biden’s failure to rein in Netanyahu? Mondoweiss: The ICJ finds that BDS is not merely a right, but an obligation +972 Magazine: In Jenin and Tulkarem, Israel’s war on Palestinian armed resistance is failing CNN: Rep. Ilhan Omar will win primary in Minnesota, CNN projects, breaking ‘squad’ losing streak STATISTICS OCTOBER 7 – AUGUST 13: Palestinian death toll from October 7 – August 13: at least 40,590* (39,965 in Gaza* – 11,445 women (30%), 16,251 children as of July 22. [The Ministry’s figures have been contested by the Israeli authorities, although they have been accepted as accurate by Israeli intelligence services, the UN, and WHO. These data are supported by independent analyses, comparing changes in the number of deaths of UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) staff with those reported by the Ministry, which found claims of data fabrication implausible.] This is expected to be a significant undercount since thousands of those killed have yet to be identified – and at least 625 in the West Bank (~145 children). This does not include an estimated 10,000 more still buried under rubble (4,900 women and children). Euro-Med Monitor reports 46,848 Palestinian deaths. Lancet: “Applying a conservative estimate of four indirect deaths per one direct death9 to the 37,396 deaths reported, it is not implausible to estimate that up to 186 000 or even more deaths could be attributable to the current conflict in Gaza. Ralph Nader earlier estimated 200,000 Palestinians may have been killed in Gaza. At least 45 Palestinians have died in Israeli prisons (27 from Gaza, 18 from West Bank). At least 41 Palestinians have died due to malnutrition**. About 1.7 million, or 75% of Gaza’s population are currently displaced. 2.15 million (out of total population of 2.3 million) are projected to face Crisis or worse levels of food insecurity. Palestinian injuries from October 7 – August 13: at least 97,714 (including at least 92,294 in Gaza and 5,420 in the West Bank, including 830 children). [It remains unknown how man Americans are among the casualties in Gaza.] Reported Israeli death toll from October 7 – August 13: ~1,486 (~1,139 on October 7, 2023, of which ~32 were Americans, and ~36 were children); 331 military forces since the ground invasion began in Gaza; 16 in the West Bank) and~8,730 injured. Times of Israel reports: The IDF listed 41 soldiers killed due to friendly fire in Gaza and other military-related accidents – nearly 16%. NOTE: It is unknown at this time how many of the deaths and injuries in Israel on October 7 were caused by Israeli soldiers. *Previously, IAK did not include 471 Gazans killed in the Al Ahli hospital blast since the source of the projectile was being disputed. However, given that much evidence points to Israel as the culprit, Israel had previously bombed the hospital and has attacked many others, Israel is prohibiting outside experts from investigating the scene, and since the UN and other agencies are including the deaths from the attack in their cumulative totals, if Americans knew is now also doing so.** Euro-Med Monitor reports that Gaza’s elderly are dying at an alarmingly high rate. The majority die at home and are buried either close to their residences or in makeshift graves dispersed across the Strip. 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