International News Roundup 24 July 2024
Solutions Part 2: "Protests and BDS" and News Updates
Part 2 of things we can do for Palestine instead of feeling disempowered, as requested. Protest and Boycott!
BDS
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) is a Palestinian-led movement for freedom, justice and equality. BDS upholds the simple principle that Palestinians are entitled to the same rights as the rest of humanity.
Get Involved!
The Palestinian people’s struggle for freedom, justice and equality needs your support. It's simple to get involved with the BDS movement today.
Discover How to Get Involved Here 🔗
Just a few hints on protesting and/or organizing a protest:
I have added links to resources to help guide you. These are general guidelines you must check locally on laws for holding protests. Check locally for organizations that are experienced in protests and join them or get guidance from them. Cover your face, first to protect your identity, second to protect from teargas etc.. I suggest wearing boots, glasses to protect your eyes and loose clothing. Bring water not just to drink but to wash your eyes if needed.
Do not engage with hostile agitators or police if possible. You may have every intent of protesting peacefully but the fascist police state does not really allow that and you might want to think about bringing children to such an event for their own safety. Even if going with an organization to a planned protest use the buddy system and do not go alone. Take a ghost phone or remove whatever data you would not want the police to have from your phone before going and backup your phone. If you take videos or photos at the protest you may want to remove metadata before sharing.
What do we want? Justice, When do we want it? Now
Palestine: Resource and Activism Guide 🔗
ToolKit and Guide for Organizing a Protest 🔗
Amnesty International Toolkit and Safety Tips for Protesting 🔗
Preparing for, Protecting Against, and Treating Tear Gas and Other Chemical Irritant Exposure: A Protestor’s Guide 🔗
Other ways to help Palestine, talk about it to anyone that is willing to listen! Share information about Palestine on your social media platforms. Hang a Palestinian flag from your home. Wear an original Kufiya 🇵🇸 DO NOT VOTE FOR ANY POLITICIAN THAT SUPPORTS ISRAEL AND GENOCIDE!!!
The Original Kufiya
FROM PALESTINE. FOR PALESTINE.
About Us
The Hirbawi factory and its artisans have woven the authentic Kufiya since 1961. We promote local and ethical Palestinian trade in a step towards the self-determination and liberation of our People.
all articles can be read in full at corresponding link
Palestine
Live Updates Uncensored
In Arabic (translation available) Direct Uncensored Updates from Gaza
just a side note this a Palestinian who was kidnapped and used as bait in the tunnels by israel
Day 292: 39,145 martyrs, 90,257 injured
"Israel" has committed three "massacres" against families in the Gaza Strip within 24 hours, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
The occupation forces killed more than 55 people and injured 110, bringing the death toll to 39,145 and the number of wounded Palestinians to 90,257 since October 7.
Many people are still trapped under rubble and on the roads as rescuers are unable to reach them, the ministry said.
GAZA LIVE BLOG: Trapped in Khan Yunis | Netanyahu to Address US Congress | China: Palestine is Core Issue – Day 292
The Civil Defense in Gaza said they are receiving many appeals from citizens trapped in the town of Bani Suhaila, east of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, demanding that they be evacuated from the area, with some of them being wounded and sick.
US Senator Bernie Sanders said that Netanyahu will be the first time a war criminal will be given the honor of addressing Congress.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that Palestine is the core of the issues in the Middle East.
According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 39,090 Palestinians have been killed, and 90,147 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
Wednesday, July 24, 2:00 pm (GMT+2)
AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We destroyed an Israeli troop carrier with a “Shawaz” explosive device, which caused it to catch fire in the middle of the town of Bani Suhaila, east of Khan Yunis.
ICC: The International Criminal Court has decided to postpone the issuance of arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on charges of war crimes in Gaza, to give a chance for further legal opinions. 🤡
TELEGRAPH: The decision of US Vice President Kamala Harris not to attend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress, during a difficult war, is disappointing and not a good way to treat an ally.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Two Palestinians, including a child, were killed by Israeli snipers at Bani Suhaila roundabout, east of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.
‘Ambushes of Death’ – Resistance Roundup – Day 291
West Bank confrontations force IOF to withdraw from raided cities
Israeli occupation forces raided the Qalandiya refugee camp, north of al-Quds, early Wednesday morning before they were forced to withdraw due to heavy confrontations with the local Palestinian Resistance which inflicted on them heavy losses.
The Palestinian Red Crescent confirmed the martyrdom of Palestinian local Ahmed Nidal Aslan this morning, who succumbed to severe injuries inflicted by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) gunfire during the raid.
‘Never Seen Anything like This’ – American Doctor Details Gaza Horrors
An American doctor, who volunteered at a hospital in Gaza, said upon his return that what he saw in the war-torn Strip was “unspeakable” and that the Israeli army deliberately killed children with sniper fire.
'Israel' blocking physicians with Palestinian heritage from Gaza 🔗
Israeli media: Netanyahu plans to establish a new war cabinet with Ben Gvir's participation (AR)
The Israeli "Makan" channel website revealed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning to form a new "war cabinet" with the participation of the Minister of "National Security", Itamar Ben Gvir.
The website explained that Netanyahu intends to take this step in order to allow the Shas party's religious services law to be approved in the Israeli Knesset.
Breaching Israel's security
Knesset member and one of the leaders of the Israeli opposition, Benny Gantz, stressed that conducting negotiations to preserve this coalition (the current government coalition) is evidence that politics has penetrated Israel's security.
Commenting on the plan to establish a war cabinet with Ben Gvir's participation, Gantz addressed the settlers, saying, "You should be very concerned about Israel's security today, and upset with Netanyahu's administration."
Gantz then turned to Netanyahu, saying: “You know Ben Gvir better than anyone else, do not harm Israel’s security.”
In turn, MK and opposition leader Yair Lapid described the cabinet he is planning to establish as a “trick,” saying, “They will establish a puppet forum for Ben Gvir without any powers, and they will not allow him to decide anything.”
An Israeli plan to rule Gaza after the war ends... tampering with society and then the camps (translated in full)
Israeli security officials have praised an academic paper drafted by four of the most prominent Zionist experts at a number of “elite Zionist universities,” which recommended eliminating Hamas rule in Gaza and reshaping Gazan society into a “moderate Islamic society.” 🤡
An Israeli writer revealed an Israeli plan to rule Gaza in cooperation with the United Arab Emirates, after the end of the Israeli aggression on Gaza.
In an interview with an Israeli channel, Yaniv Kogan, a writer based in Tel Aviv, who recently published the book “Flood: Gaza and Israel from Crisis to Disaster,” published by OR Books, revealed that “Israel is reviewing a proposal to establish a ‘moderate Muslim’ regime in Gaza.”
The plan, which Israeli officials have described as “fantastic,” calls for re-educating and shaping the consciousness of Palestinians, while simultaneously destroying UNRWA and removing Palestinian refugee camps from the map in Gaza in order to rebuild the Strip according to a civil planning system that is easy for the occupation authorities to control without the need for soldiers on the ground. This is one of the reasons for the systematic destruction of all buildings and residential complexes that coincided with the Israeli massacres, especially in the refugee camps in Gaza.
"Moderate" Gazan society
Israeli security officials have praised a 28-page academic paper written by four of the most prominent Zionist doctors and experts at a number of “elite Zionist universities,” which recommended eliminating the rule of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas in Gaza and reshaping Gazan society into a “moderate Islamic society,” similar to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, according to the report.
The plan includes demolishing refugee camps, banning “all existing school books,” and imposing complete control over the media, in parallel with eliminating the role of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), closing social and humanitarian programs run by Hamas, and replacing them with alternative social bodies under the guise of civil society organizations and non-governmental organizations, in which “Israel” has control.
The head of the Israeli National Security Council, Tzachi Hanegbi, explicitly praised the academic document in a television interview, and confirmed its adoption by decision-makers in the Zionist government. This plan comes as an alternative to the direct Israeli military occupation of the Strip, which could be very costly in terms of money and human resources for the occupation forces.
This plan also comes as an alternative to the calls of Zionist extremists, such as Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, who demand the deportation of Palestinians to the Sinai Peninsula or even northern Cyprus, which causes tensions with both Cairo on the one hand and Nicosia on the other.
The document, titled “From a Murderous Regime to a Moderate Society,” had a major impact in the corridors of power in the Zionist entity, and was welcomed by decision-makers in the United States, including one of the pillars of the neoconservative team, Dan Senor, who was previously the former spokesman for the American military occupation regime in Iraq.
Senor, who was in charge of the "de-Baathification of Iraq" mission when he was an advisor to the military governor of Iraq, Paul Bremer, stressed that the effort that went into drafting the academic paper was extraordinary, and that it was met with positive response from many members of the American political elite.
The paper was distributed to senior officials in the Israeli national security establishment, including staff at the National Security Council and senior levels in the IDF and the Shin Bet intelligence agency, beginning in February 2024, but the Israeli media did not report on it until June 2024.
Complete restructuring of society
Danny Orbach, a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and one of the four academics who drafted the document, explained that research into the plan remained limited in scope, because they were waiting for officials' comments and proposed amendments to the plan before announcing it in its final form.
The document was based on reading the experiences of reformulating the regimes of four countries after they were defeated to ensure that anti-Western regimes would not emerge. These countries are Japan and Germany after World War II, and Afghanistan and Iraq after their occupation by the United States in 2002 and 2003.
The four academics argue that the social order before October 7 facilitated the emergence of a “socio-political structure that Hamas was able to exploit to accumulate elements of its power.”
A second academic who participated in preparing the document, Dr. Harel Horev of Tel Aviv University, believes that Israel’s destruction of Gaza was a positive factor in achieving the goal of eliminating Hamas. He believes that this systematic destruction of the Strip would clearly show Palestinian public opinion that “Hamas did not achieve victory, but rather caused a terrible catastrophe for the civilian population,” which would make them turn against it and show their willingness to cooperate with any future regime in Gaza that would be established on the ruins of Hamas’ rule.
This statement by the Israeli academic finds an echo in the statements of Israeli field commanders to justify their crimes against civilians in the Gaza Strip, as they declare that the destruction in Gaza serves the goal of eliminating Hamas by turning the civilian population against it, as these civilians “will blame Hamas for the killing of their loved ones and the destruction of their homes.”
Another co-author of the document, Nathaniel Palmer of Bar-Ilan University, sees the damage the war has done to the Palestinian population as a whole as a positive factor in determining who should feel defeated, Hamas or the average Palestinian, emphasizing that “it should be the average Palestinian who feels defeated.”
Demolishing the camps is the basis for the plan's success
The document emphasizes that refugee camps should be demolished and replaced with “organized” housing, according to a plan drawn up by “Israel.” According to the document, the camps constitute a large part of Hamas’s social base.
Therefore, the document recommends destroying the infrastructure of refugee camps and razing them to the ground and building organized neighborhoods in their place that guarantee suitable living conditions, for Palestinian families to return to.”
The document also focuses on imposing a system of control over the education system, media broadcasting, and youth movements, and dismissing “particularly extremist teachers,” as well as imposing an immediate ban on “every textbook currently in use,” and proposing to replace them with alternative textbooks based on the curricula used in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
The paper also proposes imposing a censorship system on media broadcasting, higher education institutions, and youth movements, with the committees supervising the censorship to be formed by “moderate Palestinians,” so that they are not seen as an arm of the Israeli occupation.
The document also proposes distributing materials to Palestinians in Gaza on “Israeli history and culture” aimed at “developing empathy and encouraging peace and tolerance.”
The document calls for the establishment of a local government in Gaza under the threat of continued Israeli occupation, with local administration to be undertaken by a group of local leaders subject to the Israeli agenda, with Arab deterrent forces deployed in the Strip to help maintain security, and the local government to be continually threatened with the deportation of Palestinians from the Strip if they violate the conditions imposed on them according to the document.
The necessity of destroying UNRWA
In order for the local authority to be at the complete mercy of the Israeli occupation, the document recommends removing UNRWA from Gaza, because since 1949 it has sought to help the Palestinians remain in their land by sponsoring humanitarian and educational programs in Gaza.
This explains why Israel has been accusing UNRWA of being subservient to Hamas, and why it has continued to bomb its facilities and kill its employees, in addition to convincing the United States and other major Western powers to suspend funding for UNRWA on the pretext that its employees participated in the attack launched by Hamas against the settlements and Zionist bases on October 7, 2024.
The document's authors believe that UNRWA uses its schools to spread "terrorist education" and that it publishes reports that distort data about living conditions in Gaza and the occupied territories, which harms "Israel's" image in the world.
The alternative for "Israel", according to the document, lies in establishing civil society organizations funded by international bodies under indirect Israeli supervision, which would make the occupation authorities directly control every detail of the Palestinians' lives, making them unable to take any initiative to shake the grip of the "soft" occupation on them.
But there is one major factor that prevents Israel from taking the recommendations of the “academic” document, which has been the subject of tremendous effort. This factor is that if the four academics have relied on the experiences of countries such as Japan and Germany, then in all previous cases, the process of reshaping the structure of society and the system of government had already taken place after the defeat of these countries, but in the case of Gaza, the Palestinian resistance is still steadfast and achieving victories, which makes it impossible to implement the plan.
Yemen
Jaffa drone - ( Flash demonstration with the moment of launch and arrival) 1446 AH
Enemy Poison - Issa Al-Laith 1446 AH (Yemeni Nasheed)
(warning some distressing images)
Saudi Arabia Reverses Decisions Strangling Yemenis: New Victory for Sana'a
Yemen: Sana'a has achieved a new milestone in its confrontation with the axis of evil and its regional tools by forcing the Saudi regime to cease its hostile economic and humanitarian escalation against the Yemeni people. A new agreement has been reached to cancel decisions targeting commercial banks and reopen Sana'a Airport with new destinations and flights, representing a collapse of US-Saudi attempts at blackmail in the face of the steadfastness of the Yemeni leadership, supported by full popular backing. This reaffirms the inevitable failure of all attempts to obstruct the active role of the Yemeni front in supporting the Palestinian people and underscores the impossibility of bypassing the Yemeni people's entitlements in the peace process.
Yemeni Parliament Condemns Ongoing Zionist Atrocities Against Palestinians, Calls for International Action 🔗
Russia's UN Security Council Representative: Main Reason for Operations in the Red Sea Is Israeli Brutal Actions in Gaza 🔗
Syria/Lebanon
Special Hoopoe ep.; only Israeli airbase in North under Hezbollah eye
The Military Media of the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah released on Wednesday aerial footage of the Israeli military airbase captured by its drones north of occupied Palestine on Tuesday, marking the third video of the series that it named, "This is what the Hoopoe came back with."
The special episode showed the Ramat David Airbase, the only Israeli military airbase in northern occupied Palestine, which is 46 kilometers from the Lebanese border.
The video captured by the Hoopoe drone, which successfully evaded Israeli surveillance and interception systems for the third time, showed all the facilities associated with the Ramat David airbase.
Source decodes messages in Hezbollah Hoopoe special episode: Exclusive 🔗
Lavrov reiterates Russia’s support for Syria sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity
“The Russian Federation has always supported the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of the Syrian Arab Republic, and we firmly support the right of the Syrian people to decide their own destiny without any interference from outside, as stipulated by the UN Security Council resolutions,” the head of Russian diplomacy said.
Lavrov added that “Moscow and Damascus closely coordinate their actions on all basic issues of the international agenda.”
Iran/Iraq
Islamic Resistance in Iraq strikes vital occupation targets in Eilat
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq announced on Wednesday that it had launched a drone strike against a "vital target for the occupation" north of the occupied Palestinian city of Umm al-Rashrash [Eilat].
In a statement, the Resistance confirmed that this operation comes in support of the Gaza Strip and in response to the ongoing massacres committed by the Israeli occupation against Palestinians, including children, women, and the elderly.
Iran slams outgoing UN special rapporteur's report
The spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry has strongly dismissed the latest report by the outgoing UN special rapporteur on human rights in Iran, Javaid Rehman, calling it an attempt by adversaries to tarnish the image of the Islamic Republic.
In a statement on Wednesday, Nasser Kanaani criticized Rehman, accusing him of misusing his position to further the agenda of the terrorist group, Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO). He asserted that Rehman was following the MKO's policies during the final days of his tenure, adding that the allegations raised by Rehman lack credibility and are entirely condemned.
The Iranian diplomat stressed that Rehman has abused his UN position to spread false stories.
ICYMI
MKO/MEK America 💡 Another U.S. sponsored Terrorist Proxy
US State Department Hands Terror-Cult US Base in Iraq 🔗
Delisting the MKO. America: A State Sponsor of Terrorism against Iran 🔗
How Iranian MEK went from US terror list to halls of Congress 🔗
MKO’s supporters throw party in U.S. Congress 🔗
Africa
Death toll from Ethiopia landslide rises to 229: Local official
A local official reported on Tuesday that the death toll from a landslide in southern Ethiopia has increased to at least 229, with concerns that the number may continue to rise. This constitutes the deadliest such disaster recorded in the Horn of Africa nation.
The landslide occurred on Monday around 10:00 am (0700 GMT) following heavy rains in a mountainous area of the South Ethiopia regional state. Previously, the reported death toll was 55.
So far, 148 men and 81 women are confirmed to have lost their lives after the disaster struck in the Kencho-Shacha locality in the Gofa Zone on Monday, the local Communications Affairs Department said in a statement.
Kenya says US-based Ford Foundation funding anti-government protests
The Ford Foundation has been placed on notice after President Ruto's government accused it of backing the deadly protests that swept the country throughout June and July.
North America
Arrest' message projected onto Israeli Premier Netanyahu's hotel in Washington
So let me get this straight. Today, 18:00 GMT, a genocidal Zionist war criminal, will take the podium in the Empire's Congress after he washes his hands of #Gaza blood to get applaud from a bunch of racist, supremacist warmongering elite, while any dignified lawmaker who dares "interrupt" the war criminal's speech is threatened to be "arrested" by House Speaker?
Dictatorship: Noun; an autocratic form of government which is characterized by a leader, or a group of leaders, who hold governmental powers with few to no limitations.
US Capitol Police arrest 200 people protesting aid for 'Israel' 🔗
The fall of the US empire and Israel
US official Matthew Miller reacts angrily to Chinese peace initiative on Gaza | Janta Ka Reporter 🤡
Bro-mance
A 36-year-old black woman was killed by the police in her home in Illinois, US (she called 911 for possible intruder)
Do not call the police in the USA or let them in your house !!!
Kamala the cop now calling for police reform in the USA 🤔 did they shoot some poor woman just for Kamala’s campaign? These people are all lunatics
Distressing Content and Police Brutality USA
Central/South America
No one will be able to distort the elections: Maduro
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro emphasized that no one will be able to tarnish his country's reputation or the electoral process set for July 28.
Speaking from San Carlos in Cojedes state, Maduro vowed to recognize and defend the results announced by the National Electoral Council, asserting that "peace will prevail," also declaring his independence, stating that he "will never be a puppet in anyone's hands."
Nicaragua condemns Israel, says USA should disappear if Palestine can't have a state
Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega blasted Western support for Israel in its war on Gaza and asked, if a state of Palestine is not allowed to exist, why should the US be allowed to exist? He was joined at the 45th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution by Palestinian ex guerrilla Leila Khaled, who denounced imperialism and neocolonialism. Ben Norton reports.
US legally owes Nicaragua reparations, but still refuses to honor 1986 Int’l Court of Justice ruling 🔗
Europe
Pro-Palestinian protesters block entrances to Foreign Office in London
Hundreds of activists have blocked the entrances to the Foreign Office in London, demanding that the new Labour government suspend the sale of UK arms to "Israel".
Ukraine prepared to hold peace talks with Russia: Foreign Ministry
Ukraine is prepared to hold peace talks with Russia to end their “two-year war”, (US started this in 2014) Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmyto Kuleba told his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on his first visit to China since the outbreak of the conflict.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning provided reporters with a summarized account of the discussed topics between the ministers on Wednesday, including the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
“Ukraine is ready and willing to engage in dialogue and negotiations with Russia," Kuleba said, as quoted by Mao.
“Of course, the negotiations should be rational and substantive, aimed at achieving a just and lasting peace,” he added.
ICYMI
Obama’s Ukrainian Power Grab, Sanctions and the Boomerang Effect 11 March 2014 🔗
UK chief of staff says West should be ready for war in three years 🤡 🔗
Asia/Australia/Oceania
China: Beijing declaration brings precious hope for Palestinian people
Russia rejects use of force to influence Yemeni parties: UN envoy
Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzya, criticized on Tuesday the role of certain countries, particularly the United States and its allies, in fueling the situation instead of calming the tensions in Yemen.
Nebenzya said during a UN Security Council meeting that the United States and its allies preferred to use force first, adding that the coalition led by the US and Britain, which carried out aggression against Yemen, has been exposed.
"Some States — instead of working to calm the situation — are trying to put out the fire with fuel and prioritizing the use of force," he said, stressing that these Western countries should focus on ending the war on Gaza and promoting an intra-Yemeni settlement.
China slams US arms sales to Taiwan, says the island is not a chess piece for US to contain China
No, israel Does Not Have the Right to Self-Defense In International Law Against Occupied Palestinian Territory
By : Noura Erakat A state cannot simultaneously exercise control over territory it occupies and militarily attack that territory on the claim that it is “foreign” and poses an exogenous national security threat. In doing precisely that, Israel is asserting rights that may be consistent with colonial domination but simply do not exist under international …
Zionism the destroyer of israel
Thank you for your work Carina, I polished a little the ending.
Just wrote this
Unfolding horror and devastation, blind hate and rage, against a nation.
Of apartheid, the proclamation, stealing more land, called annexation.
Killing the owners, of looted nations, called ethnocide, the confirmation.
Water as weapon, to starve a nation, for to exploit, its population.
Of hate the cult, to frighten Nations,, blood death and gore, its rule of action..
Genocide blamed, on victim nation, media control, for of the truth, manipulation.
Deceiving all, false information, to feed the wars, kill populations.
Hiding the corps, in confirmation, its biggest fear, of truth and facts, the denunciation.
Monsters by ways, of indoctrination, blinded by lies, and mutilation.
A trauma bonding, indoctrination, blood ritual trauma, the cult foundation.
Of horror born, for domination, of Genocide, normalization.
Sick from its birth, the born dead nation, crashed by the weight, of its illegal, prolonged belligerent, bloody occupation.
Chosen it self, above all nation, apartheid roads, manifestation.
Braking the laws, of all the nations, war crimes and deals, the apartheid nation
Time is to end, its occupation, end apartheid, and forced starvation.
Ending the fear, and domination, imposed by those, conspiring nations.
Time is to end, the abomination, time to face Genocide, United Nations.
Peace, dignity, freedom and Justice for Palestine is no longer just a slogan, it is a must.
Is Civil War 2.0 coming to the USA? Will they put Biden to sleep like they did with king George V in 1936 when they were brewing up WWII? – Alex Sasha Kreiner – Jul 24 – OUTSTANDING
A timely masterpiece — it should be widely distributed, supported by donations and advertised.
After 10+ days we still don’t have any (daily) updates from FBI and other security agencies (esp. from odious Mayorka’s) on Trump assassination attempt — nor even about bomb assassination attempt on Kamala Harris four years ago!?!?
Once again — a seminal and timely article. Let’s hope that Trump (as well as RFK Jr. and Stein) organization is more competent this time and well prepared for what is likely coming.
https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/is-civil-war-20-coming-to-the-usa