"It is an ethical responsibility to bear witness and to write in militant form, no matter the consequences, since there is no other way to write about a genocide." Jairo I Fúnez-Flores in a terrific special issue co-edited by Nicola Perugini and Walaa Alqaisiya tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Gaza was the testing ground where Israel realized there is no red line, with the help of the US they’ve shred international law into irrelevance. Israel is expanding its war to the West Bank and Lebanon because they know they will face no consequences no matter what they do.

Wanton Annihilation in Rafah last night | Israeli soldiers from Company B of the 749 battalion blows up a neighborhood of 14 residential buildings last night in the city of Rafah.

NEWS: UN General Assembly adopts resolution demanding that Israel brings to an end its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory without delay and within the next 12 months. news.un.org/en/story/2024/…

🚨The UN just officially stripped Israel of any claim to a "right to self-defence" in the illegally occupied Gaza Strip, West Bank & East Jerusalem. The resolution demands Israel “brings to an end without delay its unlawful presence” in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

"What we see is a genocidal state that is completely out of control and supported by a Western world that is, in large measure, too racist and Islamophobic to care."

'the international court of justice (ICJ) ruling makes BDS “not only a moral imperative and constitutional and human right, but also an international legal obligation” ' theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Israel just bombed a residential area in Beirut, Lebanon and violated Security Council resolution SCR 1701 with absolutely no consequences. This is a war crime. Lebanon has the right to defend itself under international law.

It will only be called a war when Hizballah responds in kind to Israeli attacks. We know that Israel does not wage war. It practices self defense Against crazy bloodthirsty Arabs. Arabs do not & cannot practice self defense. All they do is wage war, whatever they do is terrorism

The Israeli army has started carpet bombing Southern Lebanon, issuing a mass expulsion order for Lebanese civilians, who are receiving texts “leave your homes if they are hiding weapons.” Like in Gaza, an entire population framed as human shields before total destruction.

As Israel extends its rampage into Lebanon, those inclined to pin it on Netanyahu and nothing else would do well to recall that a war against Lebanon has been a consistent demand of the Israeli opposition, and enjoys widespread support in the security establishment and across the

492 killed and 1645 wounded in one day in Lebanon. Killed by Israel

Remember that it is not, or at least has not, been considered normal for a state to slaughter 500 people in a day, to bomb ambulances, and to kill children and civilians so grotesquely. Then again, we have had a genocide live-streamed before our eyes involving the starvation and

Western diplomats: Have the decency to stop expressing sympathy and claiming to work for de-escalation. Israel can kill 500 and wound 1650 in 1 day in #Lebanon, while committing genocide in #Gaza and destroying the #West_Bank because you supply weapons and block accountability.

If you want to know why Palestine is the litmus test for the whole post WWII international human rights system, you should, and I cannot recommend this enough, read Dirk Moses magnum opus "The Problems of Genocide", especially pages 348-363: here are some highlights:

Those unfamiliar with Israel's Dahiya Doctrine might want do some research

Whatever happened in Beirut today, 3 things are sure: 1- Israelis are committing war crimes all over Lebanon, now hitting health facilities/ civilian infrastructure. 2- US will protect/arm Israel at all levels. Arab lives don’t matter. 3- West media will justify Israeli crimes

Israelische Kampflugzeuge bombardieren ein belebtes Wohnviertel Beiruts. Komplette Wohnblocks in Trümmern. Wahrscheinlich hunderte Opfer. Und das ist eure Meldung dazu, tagesschau? Was seid ihr noch anderes als das deutsche Propaganda-Outlet der israelischen Armee?

Watching the unhinged, genocidal attempt to eliminate entire neighborhoods/nations w/the active complicity of the 🇺🇸. Decades trying to introduce a more "nuanced" narrative about the MENA region just to witness the total disregard for Arab life. We've failed our 🇵🇸 + 🇱🇧 comrades

This is from the liveblog of Germanys biggest state television programme. Everything in red is more or less copied and pasted from Israeli sources, often without indicating it. Relativising and justifying the war in what looks like neutral reporting language. Disgusting.