Showing posts with label Occupation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Occupation. Show all posts
Friday, August 21, 2026

"59 years of predatory occupation. 1,049 days of genocide. 7 governments. One statement. Zero sanctions. And it even misses the international law obligation: per the ICJ 2024 Advisory Opinion, it's the occupation itself -not just the E1 plans- that must end. So: Cut trade now. " Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt, Int'l Lawyer | Scholar | Former UN Official | Sen.Adviser"

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              Int'l Lawyer | Scholar | Former UN Official | Sen.Adviser  @ARDD @ar_renaissance   #Ahimsa : non-violence toward all bein...
Monday, June 1, 2026

NPR: Israel seizes medieval castle as it expands major offensive in southern Lebanon... "Israel must know that its scorched earth policy, collective punishment and expropriation of villages and towns will not achieve security and stability but will instead deepen the divide with the Lebanese people"

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Israeli troops patrol at the 900-year-old Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon. Israel said Sund...
Sunday, June 29, 2025

In the West Bank, Israel has demolished 1,000 Palestinian homes and killed at least 55 people since January 2025... Since the start of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023, at least 986 Palestinians have been killed and more than 7,000 injured in the West Bank by Israeli forces and settlers.

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Israeli army demolishes several Palestinian-owned buildings claiming that they were “unlicensed” in Hebron, West Bank on May 05, 2025. [Mam...
Friday, June 27, 2025

Deadly Israeli-US supply distribution scheme in Gaza must be dismantled and siege lifted : "With over 500 people killed and nearly 4,000 wounded while seeking food, this scheme is slaughter masquerading as humanitarian aid and must be immediately dismantled…"

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Crowds of people at the aid centre of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation on the Coastal Road, in the Sudaniya area of northern Gaza City on ...
Friday, June 20, 2025

"Now, with the genocide in Palestine, we’re faced with a reality in which tens of thousands of Americans are actively involved in war crimes. They are part of an army responsible for the murder of more than 20,000 children in Gaza, where the Economist estimates that Israeli soldiers have killed between 77,000 and 109,000 people, or 4-5% of the territory’s population in 2023."

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‘We’re faced with a reality in which tens of thousands of Americans are actively involved in war crimes.’ Photograph: Mahmoud Issa/Reuters ...

"The West Bank is on lockdown. This means that the gates Israel spent the last ten years erecting at every village and town entrance are closed— effectively caging Palestinians in their own homes. For years Palestinians protested these practices, non violently, and yet nothing changed. The world still normalized Israel and told Palestinians “it’s not a big deal.” As Palestinians are caged in, Israel has also spent the past two years ensuring agricultural destruction. This means in the West Bank, people don’t have access to lands or farms. It means Palestinians must purchase food from Israel, and everything has become more expensive. Palestinian homes are being rampaged, ransacked, and turned to military bases. Israel has also mass destroyed and demolished thousands of Palestinian homes, and displaced tens of thousands of Palestinians in the last few years. Meanwhile, Israeli settlements are expanding deeper into Palestinian towns and cities, drying water sources, destroying lands, killing & maiming people. What is happening to Palestinians as a whole population is extermination." Mariam Barghouti

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  Mariam Barghouti مريم البرغوثي @MariamBarghouti   The only reason, Palestinians in the West Bank seem to be enduring is because there is G...
Monday, April 21, 2025

When Pope Francis stopped, touched the wall, and said a prayer, it was truly a monumental moment that made waves in world news. Pope Francis couldn’t help but notice the ugliness of this concrete structure at the heart of Bethlehem. This wall should make us all uncomfortable. To this discomfort, the Pope couldn’t help but react and reach out. By responding in this manner, the Pope touched more than the wall. He touched the ugliness of the occupation and war. He touched the depth of our suffering. With humility and weakness, he looked injustice in the eyes, and challenged it." The Other Side of the Wall by Pastor Munther Isaac

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  Pope Francis in Bethlehem, Palestine Munther Isaac t e p d S n o s r o 0 h m t 9 u 0 g 3 f 6 f h m f t g 4 1 0 a 3 8 f a u 1 3 8 6 t a 3 t...
Sunday, April 20, 2025

"On Easter, the story of Jesus — born in Bethlehem, living under occupation, crucified by empire — echoes the Palestinian experience: a people who face oppression, loss, and injustice, yet refuse to be erased..."

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The Nazarene (الناصري), oil on canvas, 1993 artist Sliman Mansour   sliman.mansour On Easter, the story of Jesus — born in Bethlehem, livin...