Sir Napsalot
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It's hard to pick a side when they both kinda suck
Desperation mounts for millions as aid into Gaza blocked Palestinians are trapped in the heavily bombarded enclave with little food or water.
AFP - 16 Oct 2023, 10:25pm
JERUSALEM: Israel said today there was no temporary truce to allow aid in or foreigners out of the Gaza Strip, where desperation was mounting among millions of Palestinians trapped in the heavily bombarded enclave with little food or water.
US secretary of state Antony Blinken returned to Israel today before a looming ground offensive to “destroy” the Hamas Islamist group that rules Gaza, and emphasised that “civilians should not have to suffer for Hamas’ atrocities”.
Stay up-to-date by following FMT's Telegram channel Israel declared war on Hamas a day after waves of its fighters broke through the heavily fortified border on Oct 7, shooting, stabbing and burning to death more than 1,400 people, most of them civilians.
Reeling from the deadliest attack in its history, Israel has unleashed a relentless bombing campaign of the Gaza Strip, flattening neighbourhoods and killing at least 2,750 people, mainly civilians.
But with Israeli troops massed along the border, its calculations to invade Gaza where Hamas has built a warren of tunnels are complicated by the presence of 199 hostages captured by the Islamists.
The entire region was “on the verge of the abyss”, warned UN chief Antonio Guterres, as cross-border fire also intensified between Israel and the Lebanese Iran-backed Hezbollah group, which has warned of retaliation if Israeli forces move into Gaza.
In Gaza, there were scenes of panic, anger and despair all around, as Palestinians heeded Israeli warnings to vacate the north before its major offensive.
But the arrival of hundreds of thousands of people in the south was putting severe pressure on a place which had little resources to begin with and from where it is impossible to leave.
“No electricity, no water, no internet. I feel like I’m losing my humanity,” said Mona Abdel Hamid, 55, who fled Gaza City to Rafah in the south, where she is staying with strangers.
Trapped
With Israeli-controlled crossings closed and Egypt also having shut the Rafah border in the south, Gazans are effectively trapped.
Any departure of Palestinians from Gaza is a sensitive issue, with Arab nations fearing that it could lead to permanent expulsion, something which Blinken has also categorically rejected.
Foreigners have flocked to Rafah in the hopes of being let out, after Blinken said he was confident the crossing “will be open” for aid into the strip.
Reports had suggested that Egypt was blocking the passage of Gazans with foreign passports until relief supplies are allowed in.
But Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office dashed hopes of a deal, saying in a statement today that “there is currently no ceasefire and humanitarian aid in Gaza in return for removing foreigners”.
German national Ahmed Al Qasas, who has been waiting at the border three days for a chance to cross said “people here are barely receiving water and food”.
“In Gaza, in general, you can’t say there is a safe zone for any person or for any animal or for even stones,” said Danish national Etaf Al Rai, also waiting at Rafah in the hope of leaving.
Lynn Hastings, the UN humanitarian coordinator for the Palestinian territories, accused Israel of linking humanitarian aid into Gaza with the release of hostages abducted by Hamas.
“Neither should be conditional,” she insisted in a video posted by the UN.
“They have said they want to destroy Hamas, but their current trajectory is going to destroy Gaza.”
They have not got the money yet. It is stuck in Qatar.Oh Iran thank for the 9 billion dollar donation to the humanitarian situation in Gaza...
i mean since your apart of it, it's only fitting.......right
i know, and thanks to Qatar, it can be used from Qatar to the people in Gaza......humanitarian aid onlyThey have not got the money yet. It is stuck in Qatar.
U.S. and Qatar agree to prevent disbursal of recently unfrozen Iranian funds
The U.S. and Qatar have reached an agreement that the Qataris will not act on any request from Tehran to access $6 billion in Iranian funds.www.latimes.com
There are pictures of the aftermath of the rave. From what I have seen it was not a place of safety. Not sure what that says about your source.The woman, a 44-year-old mother of three Yasmin Porat, alongside other civilians were been held hostage by the Palestinians for several hours, but treated "humanely" She had fled the nearby “Nova” rave.
In May 2023, the Committee to Protect Journalists published “Deadly Pattern,” which documented how nobody has been held accountable for nearly two dozen journalist deaths prior to this week. The Gaza Strip and the West Bank are among the most dangerous zones on the planet for working journalists. In the last decade, 22 journalists have died there. A fourth of those deaths occurred this week. The committee’s investigation found a pattern of Israeli responses to calls for investigations into the deaths of journalists:On Friday afternoon, Reuters reported that videographer Issam Abdallah had been killed. Reuters journalists Thaer Al-Sudani and Maher Nazeh “also sustained injuries and are seeking medical care.”
Three journalists died from an airstrike in Gaza on Oct. 10. Reporters Without Borders says the journalists killed were:
Mohammed Soboh, a photojournalist with the Palestinian news agency Khabar
Said al-Tawil, the editor of the independent Palestinian TV news channel Al Khamissa
Hisham al-Nawajha, an Al Khamissa photojournalist
At least two other journalists were killed in Israeli airstrikes:
Ahmed Shehab, a journalist for Sowt Al-Asra Radio (Radio Voice of the Prisoners), died an Israeli airstrike that struck his house in the northern Gaza Strip, the Committee to Protect Journalists reported. His wife and three children were also killed.
Mohamed Fayez Abu Matara, a freelance photojournalist, was killed during an Israeli airstrike, according to The Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate.
Reporters Without Borders and the Committee to Protect Journalists have identified more journalists who have died from gunshots in the opening days of this war:
Ibrahim Lafi, a Palestinian photojournalist with the Ain Media production company
Mohammad al-Salihi, a freelance photojournalist reporting for the Palestinian news agency al-Sulta al-Rabia
Mohammad Jarghoun, a journalist with Smart Media. Jarghoun was shot while reporting on the conflict in an area to the east of Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian press freedom group MADA and the JSC.
Ibrahim Mohammad Lafi, a photographer for Ain Media, was shot and killed at the Gaza Strip’s Erez Crossing into Israel, according to MADA and JSC.
Yaniv Zohar, “An Israeli photographer working for the Israeli Hebrew-language daily newspaper Israel Hayom, was killed during a Hamas attack on Kibbutz Nahal Oz in southern Israel,” the Committee to Protect Journalists reports. ”Israel Hayom and Israel National News reported that his wife and two daughters also died in the attack. Israel Hayom editor-in-chief Omer Lachmanovitch told CPJ that Yaniv was working on that day.”
Two more journalists, Ain Media’s Haitham Abdelwahid and Nidal Al-Wahidi, are missing and may have been captured by Israeli forces.
Local media offices in Gaza have experienced gunfire and worse. An Israeli airstrike destroyed the independent newspaper Al-Ayyam, located in the Palestine Tower in Gaza, but the news organization is still publishing online.
Another video shows Israeli police threatening press on camera saying, "Gaza will turn to dust."In an interview with Reuters, Fatima Kanso, Abdallah's mother, blamed Israel for the death of her son.
"Israel deliberately killed my son. They were all wearing journalists' gear and the word 'press' was visible. Israel cannot deny this crime," she added.
Shortly before Abdallah was killed, he posted on social media a photograph of himself wearing a helmet and a flak jacket with the word "press" visible on it.
The Israel Defense Forces did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Kanso's remarks.
"We always try to mitigate and avoid civilian casualties," Erdan, Israel's UN envoy, said to reporters in a briefing.
“We regret them. We feel sorry. And we will investigate it. Right now, it's too early to call what happened there," he said.
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, a peacekeeping unit that patrols Lebanon's border with Israel, said it was saddened by the news and called for the firing to stop.
Reuters Journalist Killed, 6 Reporters Injured As Israel Strikes Lebanon
A Reuters video journalist was killed and six other journalists injured in southern Lebanon on Friday when missiles fired from the direction of Israel struck them, according to a Reuters videographer who was at the scene.www.ndtv.com
Another interesting note to mention are the Freemasons who helped establish Israel, not sure if you've seen this but..governments are not institutes of justice, but rather systems of oppression upholding the rule of the powerful over the weak
On November 2, 1917, BalfourHarry S. Truman, Grand Master
President 1945-1953 / Master Mason 1909
Master Mason 1909, EA Feb. 9, 1909, Belton Lodge No. 450, Grandview, Missouri, MM 1909. In 1911, Truman was the 1st WM of the new Grandview Lodge No. 618. Grand Master of Missouri 1940-1941. Very active and supportive of Freemasonry, Master of Missouri Lodge of Research while U.S. President, Masonic Ritualist, district lecturer and deputy Grand Master for several years, buried with Masonic rites in Independence, MO, in televised ceremony.
Harry S. Truman was Grand Master of Missouri, an enthusiastic Masonic ritualist, and Master of lodges while an active politician. He attended Masonic lodge meetings while campaigning, and while he was President of the U.S., and he wrote, “The greatest honor that has ever come to me, and that can ever come to me in my life, is to be Grand Master of Masons in Missouri”
Masonic Presidents of the United States | Freemason Information
A collection of past U.S. Masonic Presidentsfreemasoninformation.com
Hunch? Hey, might as well post it on X where it will become the truth.Another interesting note to mention are the Freemasons who helped establish Israel, not sure if you've seen this but..
U.S. President Harry Truman was the first world leader to officially recognize Israel as a legitimate Jewish state on May 14, 1948, only eleven minutes after its creation. His decision came after much discussion and advice from the White House staff who had differing viewpoints. Some advisors felt that creating a Jewish state was the only proper response to the holocaust and would benefit American interests. Others took the opposite view, concerned about that the creation of a Jewish state would create more conflict in an already tumultuous region.
View attachment 5336285Recognition of Israel | Harry S. Truman
www.trumanlibrary.gov
On November 2, 1917, Balfour
wrote a momentous letter to the
most influential Jewish leader in
Britain, Lord Walter Rothschild.
This letter which began, "His
Majesty's Government views with
favor the establishment in
Palestine of a national home for
the Jewish people," became the
legal basis for the partition of
Palestine and establishment of a
Jewish state.
On November 19,1947, right
before an important vote in the
United Nations on the partition of
Palestine, Weizmann flew to
Washington, D.C. to lobby
American President Harry
Truman. After a brief meeting,
Weizmann persuaded a
conflicted Truman to support the
establishment of a Jewish state,
and Truman proceeded to pull
out all the stops, and heavily
lobbied numerous delegates to
ensure that the resolution
fayoring partition received
enough votes to pass.
On November 29, 1947, with a
vote of 33 in favor, 10 against,
and 13 abstentions, UN
Resolution 181 became the
international basis for the
establishment of the modern
state of Israel.
On May 14, 1948, the Jewish
Agency for Palestine led by David
Ben Gurion declared the
establishment of the state of
Israel, and Truman recognized
the new country within minutes
of the announcement. The next
day, the British Mandate expired
and modern Israel was born.
Against all odds and despite
more threats on its life than any
country in modern history, Israel
survives and thrives into its
seventh decade
David Ben Gurion became its
first prime minister and Chaim
Weizmann its first president. The
men pictured on this slide played
a pivotal role in the history of
modern Israel; all save one were Freemasons.
A Remarkable Connection of Freemasonry and Israel | Conejo Valley Lodge 807
<p>Howard Bliman, MD<br><span style="font-size: 1.3rem;">22 February 2018</span></p><p>In May of 1915, First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill asked a wo…conejomasons.org
If fr33masons were so involved in what we know of as modern day Israel, hunch is they'd still be involved today.