You need to hear this right now.
You need to hear this right now.
You totally need this in your earholes.
You want to pretend the UN Council on Human Rights is all just a buncha terrorist sympathizers, feel free, but your agenda is blatantly obvious, if you do.
Israeli snipers targeted medical aid personnel, disabled people and children, who, in no sane universe, presented any threat – and you know it. You’re just seeking to whitewash Israel’s long history of war crimes and human rights abuses.
But, of course, you’ve got anti-Hamas memes to argue your case, so with that kind of irrefutable evidence, I suppose we should all just pack up and go home.
From the report: The commission found that Israeli security forces used lethal force against children who did not pose an imminent threat of death or serious injury to its soldiers. Four of the children were shot as they walked or ran away from the fence.
Several children were recognizable as such when they were shot. The commission finds reasonable grounds to believe that Israeli snipers shot them intentionally, knowing that they were children.
On 14 May, Israeli forces killed Musa, who was wearing a high-visibility paramedic vest, with a shot to the chest approximately 300 m from the separation fence. Shortly beforehand, he had been treating wounded demonstrators near the Shuhada cemetery in North Gaza.
On 10 August, in Rafah, Israeli forces killed Abed, who was wearing a white paramedic jacket and carrying a red first-aid kit, with a shot to the chest as he was tending to a wounded demonstrator near the separation fence. He died that day.
Israeli forces also injured 40 health workers with live ammunition during the demonstrations. On 6 April, in Rafah, Israeli forces shot a paramedic in the back of the leg as he put a wounded demonstrator on a stretcher into the back of an ambulance…
(The report details various other incidents where snipers knowingly targeted non-protesters, including other medical aid personnel and journalists.)
Fadi, from Khan Younis, had had both legs amputated following an Israeli airstrike in 2008. On 14 May, Israeli snipers shot him in the chest at the Abasan Al-Jadida protest site, where he was sitting in his wheelchair with two friends approximately 300 m from the separation fence. He died immediately.
Ahmad, from the Jabaliya refugee camp, walked with crutches, having been injured by Israeli forces during a demonstration in 2017. On 20 April, Israeli forces shot him in the back of the head as he sat on a hill approximately 150 m from the separation fence. He died that day. (And again, the report details various other incidents where IDF knowingly targeted disabled protesters who posed no threat of violence or to the safety of IDF forces.)
https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/CoIOPT/Pages/Report2018OPT.aspx
Ilhan Omar did nothing wrong.
Nothing.
If being critical of the actions of the Israeli government, and the complicity of our own in those same actions makes me antisemitic in your eyes, so be it.
Being opposed to Netanyahu and the occupation is not the same as being anti-Semitic. I am grateful to the many Jewish allies who have spoken out and said the same.
You really need this in your earholes right now (you really do).
On the show this week, I’m covering the release of Palestinian legislator Khalida Jarrar, held for nearly two years by the Israeli government without charge or trial. Also, the UN Commission on Human Rights released a report last week on Israeli snipers knowingly targeting emergency medical workers, disabled people and children at the 2018 Palestinian Right of Return protest. Finally, several items covering the continued lead up to war in Venezuela.
Edit: I misspoke in the show. That should be two million people in Gaza facing food and medical care shortages, not twenty.
March 16, 2019 March on Washington: make your voice heard, #HandsOffVenezuela.
https://www.answercoalition.org/national_march_on_washington_hands_off_venezuela
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@UN Commission of Inquiry on the 2018 protests in #Palestine finds that “Israeli snipers shot at journalists, health workers, children and persons with disabilities, knowing they were clearly recognizable as such.
Full Report, UN Human Rights Council: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/CoIOPT/Pages/Report2018OPT.aspx
Palestinian MP Khalida Jarrar was released today from an Israeli prison where she was held for almost 2 years without charge or trial. Her case isn’t unique, it’s crucial to remember it is the norm for Israel to detain Palestinians for indefinite periods without being charged.
Khalida Jarrar leaves Israeli jail with “messages of freedom”
Counterpunch: Military and CIA interventions since World War II
It is no longer speculation that war criminal Elliot Abrams would again sneak military gear in “aid shipments”—that’s exactly what was found
Trojan horse: ‘Aid trucks’ carry nails & wire for barricades – Venezuelan Foreign Minister
Clinton Emails Reveal Direct US Sabotage of Venezuela
https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/12104
US-backed opposition caught on VIDEO throwing Molotov cocktails at aid truck on Venezuela border
https://www.rt.com/news/452326-venezuela-us-aid-truck-protesters/
U.S. hits Venezuela with sanctions for blocking humanitarian aid
https://www.thedailybeast.com/us-hits-venezuela-with-sanctions-for-blocking-humanitarian-aid
The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal toured open air markets in Caracas full of food and supplies subsidized by the Venezuelan government
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qlX3yfXNX_g
I went to a market this morning in Miranda state, Venezuela and I still couldn’t find the “humanitarian crisis” the US gov and corporate media keep talking about.
An Ocean of Lies on Venezuela (Empire Files)
Mar 16 March on Washington: Hands Off Venezuela
https://www.answercoalition.org/national_march_on_washington_hands_off_venezuela
You blocked our “aid” trucks… so to prove how much we’re about humanitarian aid, we’re going to saddle you with more sanctions.
U.S. hits Venezuela with sanctions for blocking humanitarian aid
https://www.thedailybeast.com/us-hits-venezuela-with-sanctions-for-blocking-humanitarian-aid
Ben Norton has been doing some amazing reporting on the ground in Venezuela, and he’s really worth following on Twitter.
I went to a market this morning in Miranda state, Venezuela and I still couldn’t find the “humanitarian crisis” the US gov and corporate media keep talking about.
And this is in a mostly pro-opposition neighborhood. Government-subsidized markets are even cheaper and more popular.
When we point out that the Democrats really wouldn’t be any better on progressive issues than Republicans, this is what we’re talking about.
While Hillary Clinton publicly welcomed improved relations with Venezuela as secretary of state, she privately ridiculed the country and continued to support destabilization efforts, revealed her emails leaked by WikiLeaks.
Venezuelanalysis: Clinton Emails Reveal Direct US Sabotage of Venezuela
https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/12104