Speaking out for Palestine (13) Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 I Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9 | Page 10 | Page 11 | Page 12 | Page 13 Oxfam 4 Nov 2024: @warintel4u British commentator David Miller shared the following sentiment: ‘People no longer believe that Israel has the right to exist and defend itself while it occupies another people’s land and engages in collective extermination. Consequently, the shift in public opinion is not a temporary phenomenon. I believe this marks the beginning of the end for Israel.’ 5 Nov 2024: Marc Botenga, a member of the European Parliament, has documented his visit to the occupied West Bank, saying that “all signs of repression and occupation are evident there, even in the smallest details.” Colin Farell 5 Nov 2024: Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has announced 200 scholarships for PALESTINIANS to study medicine in Cuba. 8 Nov 2024: Spain refused docking permission to two U.S. cargo vessels carrying weapons for Israel. Ireland has passed a vote saying that Israel is committing Genocide in Gaza. 11 Nov 2024: After Spain denied docking permission to two ships carrying weapons bound for Israel. Now Spain says it will no longer allows US ships to use Spanish ports to carry weapons destined for Israel. 17 Nov 2024: Gary Lineker, an English sports broadcaster and former professional footballer, on what’s happening in Gaza: “I can’t think of anything that I’ve seen worse in my lifetime. The constant images of children losing their lives, day in day out” Dr. Mohammad Abu Rukba: Save Gaza Ken Loach: “The biggest weapon we have is solidarity” 19 Nov 2024: @ghelmyNo human being should be worth less than another based on which side of a checkpoint or crossing they live on. Perhaps if we keep that principle at the center of our approach, we can do better by the innocent people of Gaza and the West Bank who so desperately need our humanity. 19 Nov 2024: Fire Brigades Union@fbunational·Israeli authorities have impounded a fire engine donated by Scottish firefighters to aid Palestinian firefighters. Yesterday, we went to the Israeli Assembly to deliver a letter demanding the fire engine is released. Firefighters must be able to protect and save lives. Ken Loach: “The biggest weapon we have is solidarity” Nov 22024: At the Knesset 25 Nov 2024: Irish Lawyer Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh KC has won the Irish Tatler Woman of the Year award. She is known for her powerful statement when advising South Africa at the ICJ She dedicated the award to the women of Palestine, “who will rebuild Gaza again.” Lula: “In my life I have seen a lot of brutality and violence, but I have never seen such brutal and inhumane violence against innocent people. Israel is committing acts of terrorism. They’re not killing soldiers, they’re killing children. They’re destroying everything.” Lula: “What Israel is doing to women, children and men, to hospitals; pregnant women expecting a child, and because they are afraid of dying, doctors are performing caesarean sections to see if birth is possible while the women are still alive. This is in the 21st century!” 29 Nov 2024: Senegal announces it is closing all French military bases in the country. 29 Nov 2024: Lula: “What Israel is doing in Gaza to the Palestinian people is like what Hitler did to the Jews. How can we reduce this to the small issue of not allowing humanitarian aid? Who is going to give the life back to the children killed without knowing why?” in the first clip Lula talks about the Palestinian babies, girls, boys, children who were and are being killed without even knowing why they are being killed. Jennifer Lopez has donated $4.5 MILLION in food & medical aid to PALESTINE John Finucane MP@johnfinucaneNorth Belfast MP 26 Nov 2024: The brutal and deadly ISraeli displacement of 1,9 million humans in Gaza. Hypothermia (severe cooling of the body) can be fatal. The cold, wet and windy winter is extremely dangerous for children, the elderly and the sick – when forced to live without protection in tents and without heating. Dr. Mads world domination on a budget Max Blumenthal 3 Dec 2024: As an actor I speak out against the israeli genocide, while the world tries to justify it: don’t be bullied into silence | Juliet Stevenson via @CrispinShow From Zoteo: Amnesty International Investigation Concludes Israel Is Committing Genocide Belgium vs Israel Censoring speech on Palestine 16 Dec 2024: “She told me, ‘I saw maggots coming out my leg’. This is something no child should have to go through. The body of this 8 year old has been brutalised” Rosalia Bollen from @UNICEFdescribes what one 8 year old girl in Gaza has gone through. Israel closes its embassy in Ireland and calls Ireland anti-semitic 16 Dec 2024: “1srel kiIIs, men women and children and they don’t receive a single sanction. A single sanction to stop” —Australian politician Max Chandler-Mather 16 Dec 2024: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention@LemkinInstitute The @LemkinInstitutereminds the world that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu @IsraeliPMis a genocidaire. Israel is a genocidal state supported by a genocidal society. This means that the genocidal killing of Palestinian and now Lebanese people will continue to spread. It will not stop on its own. The world has a responsibility to protect life, including Arab life. Walking out of Netanyahu’s speech at the @UN is not enough. There must be action. The USA @POTUSis particularly to blame for this horrific state of affairs. It must act immediately and effectively to stop Israel. And it must stop with the pretense. The world knows exactly what is going on. 16 Dec 2024: Elaine Crowley Elaine ( Irish ) journalist with a powerful take on the crimes committed in Gaza by Israel Israel is killing the Killed Palestinians to do an ethic cleansing brain drain 16 Dec 2024: In Sept Israel dumped a lorry filled with over 80 decomposed bodies in Gaza As Mustafa Barghouti asked at the time “imagine these bodies, without names, decomposing, in a truck, were bodies of Jewish or Israeli or American people, what would’ve been the reaction of the world?” Dec 2024: HRW 20 Dec 2024: @HRWexplains how Israel has used water as a tool of genocide: – Turned off water supply – Then Israel cut electricity & fuel to desalination plants etc – Then, it bulldozed solar panels for these plants – Prevented any repair All aimed at killing the population 22 Dec 2024: @hrwSince October 2023, Israeli authorities have deliberately obstructed Palestinians’ access to the adequate amount of water required for survival in the Gaza Strip. This is extermination, a crime against humanity, and an act of genocide. https://bit.ly/4gDEPP0