🇮🇱🇵🇸 The Israel-Palestine Politics Thread II

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‘I’m coming to a place that looks like hell’: the long road home for Gaza’s displaced

After 15 months of war, many people in north Gaza know they are returning to a wasteland

www.theguardian.com

 

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Make no mistake: Israel’s far right is planning for a Gaza without Palestinians | Ben Reiff

Despite the ceasefire, Benjamin Netanyahu is capitulating to extremists who have no problem with ethnic cleansing. And they’ve found an ally in Donald Trump, says Ben Reiff of +972 magazine

www.theguardian.com

 

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Make no mistake: Israel’s far right is planning for a Gaza without Palestinians | Ben Reiff

Despite the ceasefire, Benjamin Netanyahu is capitulating to extremists who have no problem with ethnic cleansing. And they’ve found an ally in Donald Trump, says Ben Reiff of +972 magazine

www.theguardian.com

Oh, first chance they get Isreal will begin the killing again. They want the Palestinians gone for good.

 

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Trump invites Israel's Netanyahu to meet with him at the White House next week

President Donald Trump has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to meet with him at the White House on Feb. 4.

apnews.com

 

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‘It will devastate people’: Palestinians despair at looming Unrwa closure

Nobody knows what will happen when Israel’s ban on UN agency that provides vital services across Gaza, East Jerusalem and the West Bank comes into force on 1 February

www.theguardian.com

 

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Trump order targets pro-Palestinian activists to ‘combat antisemitism’

Order appears to target students and activists who engaged in pro-Palestinian protests after Hamas attack on 7 October

www.theguardian.com

 

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Israel and the delusions of Germany’s ‘memory culture’

Germany embraced Israel to atone for its wartime guilt. But was this in part a way to avoid truly confronting its past? By Pankaj Mishra

www.theguardian.com

 

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Unrwa closure imminent as last-bid attempts to stop Israeli ban fail

Palestinians in war-devastated Gaza and occupied West Bank expected to be hardest hit by ban on refugee agency

www.theguardian.com

 

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Fact or fiction? Trump repeats false claim that US sends condoms to Gaza

Claim was first made in press conference, prompting Fox host to say condoms were also being used to bomb Israel

www.theguardian.com

 

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Hamas frees 8 more hostages as Gaza truce holds. Israel is set to release 110 prisoners

Two Israelis and five Thai nationals were released as part of a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel that began Jan. 19.

apnews.com

 

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Gaza internal checkpoint to be staffed by US private armed contractors

Deployment of special forces veterans is unprecedented and poses risk that Americans could be drawn into fighting

www.theguardian.com

 

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Israel Is Still the Obstacle to a Permanent Gaza Cease-Fire

The Israeli government spent months obstructing a cease-fire deal in Gaza while the US refused to apply pressure. Israel’s leaders are keen to resume the onslaught while ramping up violence in the West Bank if Washington allows it.

jacobin.com

 

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Israel Is Still the Obstacle to a Permanent Gaza Cease-Fire

The Israeli government spent months obstructing a cease-fire deal in Gaza while the US refused to apply pressure. Israel’s leaders are keen to resume the onslaught while ramping up violence in the West Bank if Washington allows it.

jacobin.com

Of course Trump will allow it, any excuse to let Isreal push Palestinians out or murder them.

 

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WhatsApp says journalists and civil society members were targets of Israeli spyware

Messaging app said it had ‘high confidence’ some users were targeted and ‘possibly compromised’ by Paragon Solutions spyware

www.theguardian.com

 

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A pro-Israel group says it gave the Trump administration a list of students to deport

Betar, a self-described Zionist group, wants to help Trump curtail pro-Palestine speech

www.salon.com

 

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Israel’s ban on Unrwa in Gaza and the West Bank is inhumane | Letters

Letters: Stephen McCloskey condemns the ban, while Bernie Evans condemns western leaders for not standing up to protect Palestinians

www.theguardian.com

 

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Israel Frees Dozens Of Palestinian Prisoners, Hamas Releases 3 Hostages In Latest Swap

It's the fourth exchange of hostages for prisoners since the ceasefire began last month.

www.huffpost.com

 

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Even at an Anti-Racist Educators’ Summit, Decrying Genocide Proved Controversial

Two speakers at the People of Color Conference were accused of antisemitism for calling Israel’s war on Gaza genocide.

truthout.org

 

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Israel says she's a 'terrorist' — but after a year in prison, she still doesn't know why

Jenin Amro, 23, says Israeli authorities still have yet to tell her why she was detained for 13 months before being released as part of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

www.nbcnews.com