Notices by AK (adachika192@hcommons.social), page 2

RE: Palestine Group (New) ＊pls Boost＊

TWIMC - As you may know, the fediverse group for #Palestine interested people "palestine(at)a.gup.pe" is now gone.

There are alternatives such as FediGroups or TagPush, already contacted, but no reaction till now. No wonder they're busy.

But we don't want to wait longer, and it turned out that a Japanese server "fedibird" kindly offered a group account for us:

@palestine

It functions almost like the late a.gup.pe group, only you need to follow it in order to be boosted, not only to receive the group post.

One other note: the account holder is @adachika192 (AK) and can moderate e.g. delete posts and block accounts if (strictly) needed. Better than 100% automated bot.

You know, it truly would "work" with a certain number of followers, and we hope you all to 1)consider following the new group, and 2)spread this info as broad as possible.

Sincerely

AK & Peter Link (@Peter_Link)

Israel’s Attacks on Seed Banks Destroy Millennia of Palestinian Cultural Heritage | Truthout (2025-09-03)

https://truthout.org/articles/israels-attacks-on-seed-banks-destroy-millenia-of-palestinian-cultural-heritage/
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>> This summer, Israeli bulldozers rolled through the West Bank city of Hebron with ruthless efficiency, targeting not soldiers or weapons caches, but something deeply vulnerable: Palestine’s only surviving national seed bank.

>> Within hours of the bulldozers’ arrival on July 31, 2025, the Union of Agricultural Work Committees’ seed multiplication facility lay in ruins — its propagation materials scattered, its infrastructure demolished, and with it, generations of Palestinian agricultural heritage reduced to rubble.

>> … #ecocide functions across temporal scales. The destruction of seed banks eliminates not just current agricultural capacity, but future possibilities for food sovereignty …

#WestBank #StopGenocide #UAWC

@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe

Anti-Israel protesters block Israeli cycling team in major Vuelta a España race | The Times of Israel (2025-08-27)

https://www.timesofisrael.com/pro-palestinian-protesters-block-israeli-cycling-team-in-major-vuelta-a-espana-race/
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>> Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters attempted to block riders from the Israel-Premier Tech team at the fifth stage of the Vuelta a España on Wednesday, forcing them to slow down in a race determined by differences of seconds.

>> The Israel-Premier Tech team was also targeted during the Tour de France.

>> On a video circulating on social media, three people can be seen holding a banner with the inscription “Neutrality is complicity. Boycott Israel” in Catalan, flanked by Palestinian flags, before being removed by race officials.

>> Although riders were forced to slow down, no accidents were reported. The team had been assigned police protection prior to the race, according to the Hebrew outlet Ynet...

#VueltaAEspaña
@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel

Global Sumud Flotilla (#GSF) - Official Site
https://globalsumudflotilla.org/

>> Coordinators, organizers, and participants from the Maghreb Sumud Flotilla, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, Global Movement to Gaza, and the Sumud Nusantara have united under a common goal: to break the illegal siege on Gaza by sea, open a humanitarian corridor, and end the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people. This Summer, dozens of boats will set sail from ports around the world, large and small, converging toward Gaza in the largest coordinated civilian flotilla in history.

• Maghreb Sumud Flotilla: Formerly known as Sumud Convoy.
• Freedom Flotilla Coalition (no need to explain...)
• Global Movement to Gaza: Formerly known as Global March to Gaza.
• Sumud Nusantara: A people-led convoy from Malaysia and 8 other countries...

#BreakTheSiege #GlobalSumudFlotilla
@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel

Sydney Harbour Bridge: Tens of thousands turn out for pro-Palestine march (BBC, 2025-08-03)

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clydnvw1dg5o
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w/ a short aerial footage.

>> WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was spotted among the protesters, with other notable attendees including federal MP Ed Husic and former NSW Premier Bob Carr.

>> Sydney-based activist organisation Palestine Action Group lodged a notice of intention for the march across the Sydney Harbour Bridge last Sunday, ...

>> The police … made an application to the NSW Supreme Court for a prohibition order for the event, which was declined just 24 hours before the protest was due to go ahead.

>> … Justice Belinda Rigg said safety concerns regarding the march were "well founded", but march organiser Josh Lees … had "compellingly" explained the reasons why he believed there is an urgency for a response to the humanitarian situation in Gaza…

#PalestineActionGroup #JulianAssange
@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe

Israel enforcing Gaza evacuations with grenade-firing drones: The Israeli army is weaponizing Chinese-made drones to police expulsion orders across Gaza, with soldiers saying they deliberately target civilians so others will ‘learn’ not to return ... (+972 Magazine, 2025-07-10)

https://www.972mag.com/drones-grenades-gaza-chinese-autel/
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>> According to interviews with seven soldiers and officers who served in the Strip, these drones are operated manually by troops on the ground, and are frequently used to bomb Palestinian civilians — including children — in an effort to force them to leave their homes or prevent them from returning to evacuated areas.

>> Soldiers most commonly use EVO drones, produced by the Chinese company Autel, which are primarily intended for photography ... However, with a military-issued attachment known internally as an “iron ball,” a hand grenade can be affixed to the drone and dropped with the push of a button to detonate on the ground...

@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel

Who’s Afraid Of Zohran Mamdani? (The Lever, 2025-06-27)

https://www.levernews.com/whos-afraid-of-zohran-mamdani/
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>> Mamdani won despite being vastly outspent and despite being targeted for defeat by both the Democratic machine and the elite liberal media megaphone. His victory is a “system defining” moment, not because a charismatic underdog was victorious in one race, but because it was the first time the oligarchy was unable to buy the political results it wanted in such a high-profile contest.

>> And that suggests a national political earthquake may be on the horizon…

#USPol #ZohranMamdani

Israel says Iran was racing toward a nuclear weapon. US intel says it was years away | CNN Politics (2025-06-17)

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/17/politics/israel-iran-nuclear-bomb-us-intelligence-years-away
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>> When Israel launched its series of strikes against Iran last week, it also issued a number of dire warnings about the country’s nuclear program, suggesting Iran was fast approaching a point of no return in its quest to obtain nuclear weapons and that the strikes were necessary to preempt that outcome.

>> But US intelligence assessments had reached a different conclusion – not only was Iran not actively pursuing a nuclear weapon, it was also up to three years away from being able to produce and deliver one to a target of its choosing, according to four people familiar with the assessment...

#StopIsrael #IsraelLiedAgain #USPol
@palestine @middleeast @israel

Valedictorian told to stay home after making pro-Palestinian remarks in grad speech | CBC News (2025-06-16)

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/valedictorian-told-to-stay-home-after-making-pro-palestinian-remarks-in-grad-speech-1.5758371
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h/t https://mastodon.social/@RealJournalism/114692813424144197

>> The valedictorian at a west #Ottawa high school says she's been told not to come to school Monday after she made pro-Palestinian remarks during a speech at her commencement ceremony.

>> Her comments on the war in Gaza came at the end...

>> "As a commitment to truth and reconciliation, I must acknowledge colonial and genocidal atrocities today, including the massacre of more than 17,000 Palestinian children in Gaza," ... the crowd cheered.

>> The next day, ... a call from her principal, who said her statements had "caused harm" and told her she shouldn't come to school on Monday.

>> That decision is being criticized by some as going against Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (#OCDSB) policy, and Yao said she stands by her speech.

#Canada
@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe

How six months in the West Bank undid a lifetime of Zionist indoctrination (Sam Stein | +972 Magazine, 2025-05-30)

https://www.972mag.com/how-six-months-in-the-west-bank-undid-my-zionist-indoctrination/
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>> Growing up in the American Orthodox Jewish world, spending a post-high school year studying Torah in Israel was simply what one did…

>> I finished that year with little understanding of Israel’s occupation…

>> The first time I recall hearing the word “occupation” was when my rabbi — a resident of the illegal settlement … — grumbled about … restricted access to the Temple Mount. “Israel,” he declared, “is occupied by Arabs.”

>> Seven years after …, I returned to Israel-Palestine — this time with a working understanding of the West Bank’s occupation and the responsibility that came with stepping onto this land. … I came to join All That’s Left, a grassroots, non-hierarchical collective of diaspora Jews committed to direct action against the occupation…

#AllThatsLeft #AmericanOrthodoxJew #EndOccupation
@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel

‘Render it unusable’: Israel’s mission of total urban destruction (+972 Magazine, 2025-05-15)

https://www.972mag.com/israel-gaza-total-urban-destruction/
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>> While airstrikes account for mass casualties, bulldozers and explosives are flattening Gaza from the ground — what soldiers say is a systematic campaign to make the Strip unlivable, a joint investigation reveals.

>> Y., a soldier who recently returned from reserve duty in Rafah, described the army’s demolition methods to +972 Magazine and Local Call. “I secured four or five bulldozers [from another unit], and they demolished 60 houses per day. A one or two story house, they take down within an hour; a three or four-story house takes a bit longer,” he said. “The official mission was to open a logistical route for maneuvering, but in practice, the bulldozers were simply destroying homes. The southeastern part of Rafah is completely destroyed. The horizon is flat. There is no city.”

#StopGenocide
@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel

Joint Statement on Palestine - signed by PMs of Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Slovenia, Spain (May 16th, 2025)

PDF Link, via Luxembourg Government site:
https://gouvernement.lu/dam-assets/images-documents/actualites/2025/05/16-frieden-joint-statement/joint-statement-on-palestine.pdf
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It's short, and focused.

I appreciate they "also condemn the further escalation in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, with increased settler violence, the expansion of illegal settlements and intensified Israel military operations...", being a statement truely "on Palestine".

#StopGenocide #EndOccupation
@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel
@faab64

'I got it wrong': [UK] Conservative MP 'withdraws' support for Israel over war in Gaza - Politics.co.uk (2025-05-06)

https://www.politics.co.uk/parliament/i-got-it-wrong-conservative-mp-withdraws-support-for-israel-over-war-in-gaza/
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>> Mark Pritchard, the MP for The Wrekin since 2005, noted that over twenty years as a parliamentarian he had supported Israel “pretty much at all costs.”

>> “But today, I want to say that I got it wrong and I condemn Israel for what it is doing to the Palestinian people in Gaza and indeed in the West Bank, and I’d like to withdraw my support right now for the actions of Israel, what they are doing right now in Gaza…

>> “Can the minister stand up to our friends and allies in the United States and make a strong stand for humanity? ...”

>> The minister on duty commended Pritchard for his “very powerful intervention”, adding: “I hear his words and I feel their force”.

#UKPol #MarkPritchard
@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel

Israeli threatens to expel 970 pilots over Gaza war protest – Middle East Monitor (2025-04-09)

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250409-israeli-threatens-to-expel-970-pilots-over-gaza-war-protest/
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"Israeli daily Haaretz reported that 'about 970 aircrew members, some in active reserve service, signed the letter opposing the war but not calling for refusal to serve.'

"In recent days, senior Air Force leaders made personal phone calls to reservists who endorsed the message, urging them to retract their support, ... they face dismissal if they refuse to comply..."

"Following the threat, only 25 signatories withdrew their names, while eight others requested to add their signatures.

"The letter’s signatories, including senior Air Force officers and pilots, argue that 'the fighting in Gaza serves political interests, not security ones.'”

#IsraeliOpposition
@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel

Must a Palestinian have an Oscar for the world to care when he’s attacked? (Sleman Altehe | +972 Magazine, 2025-03-25)

https://www.972mag.com/hamdan-ballal-attack-arrest-oscar/
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"When news broke of the settler ambush [on the Palestinian village of Susiya], the headlines focused almost exclusively on one thing: [Hamdan] Ballal’s Oscar win."

"... the emphasis was clear: the assault and detention of a Palestinian is notable because he holds international acclaim."

"Why must a Palestinian’s intellectual recognition be the basis for solidarity? Why does the global media insist on highlighting that Ballal is an Oscar-winning filmmaker?

"This kind of solidarity, grounded in fame or intellectual achievement, dangerously aligns with colonial patterns of recognition. It reproduces the logic that some lives — those legible to Western audiences — are more grievable, more shocking to violate, and more worthy of defense."

#WestBank #HamdanBallal
@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe

Miami Beach mayor proposes ending O Cinema’s lease over showing Oscar winner ‘No Other Land,’ calling it antisemitic - WSVN 7News (2025-03-12)

https://wsvn.com/entertainment/miami-beach-mayor-proposes-ending-o-cinemas-lease-over-showing-oscar-winner-no-other-land-calling-it-antisemitic/
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“Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner is taking issue with the documentary, demanding late last week that it not be shown in the theater, which leases its space from the city.”

“In a resolution put forth by the mayor, the city states its ‘desire to identify a new tenant/grantee to operate the movie theater located on the Premises that more accurately reflects the City’s values.’”

“Meiner plans to host a virtual town hall next Tuesday to discuss the matter. He hopes to put the resolution up for a vote on Wednesday.”

#NoOtherLand #FakeAntisemitism
@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel

Japanese agency seeks to replace USAID in some Ukrainian projects | Ukrainska Pravda (2025-03-05)

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/03/5/7501418/
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“Source: a statement by Hideki Matsunaga, Head of the JICA [= The Japan International Cooperation Agency] Ukraine Office, at the 5th Ukrainian-Japanese Forum, as reported by Ukrinform”

[Quote] “… we would like to identify the gaps that have emerged in the energy sector and try to fill them as much as possible.

“Of course, we have certain budgetary constraints, but we would like to do more. We must seriously consider the energy and infrastructure sectors, and we will be looking into them." 🤔

#Japan #Ukraine #usaid

Israel's Bombs May Have Stopped, But the Genocide Is Not Over (Zoteo, 2025-01-30)

https://zeteo.com/p/israel-bombs-gaza-stop-genocide-not-over-unrwa
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“Yes, Israel’s bombs have stopped, but the genocide is not over. With a destroyed and collapsed healthcare system, we will continue to see more Palestinians die, as they are unable to get the treatment necessary to be able to survive the devastation that Israel (with US bombs and help, of course) meted out against them.”

“… Israeli leaders made it clear throughout their bombing campaign that they intended to make Gaza unlivable…”

== paywall ==

#StopGenocide #NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
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Statement on the destruction of the Edward Said Public Library in Gaza - January 22, 2025 🧵 1/4

copied from https://x.com/MosabAbuToha/status/1882233920856731726
@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe @libraries
#EdwardSaidPublicLibrary

"My name is Mosab Abu Toha and I’m a Palestinian poet and writer from Gaza.
Today morning with a heavy heart I received the news of the destruction of the Edward Said Public Library in Beit Lahia, north Gaza. The news and pictures came through just three days after Gazans were allowed to return to north Gaza.
Starting 2016, I started collecting books from around the world to build Gaza’s first English language library. With the endorsement and support of authors and intellectuals around the world, I raised the needed funds to open the library in the summer of 2017.

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Zionist occupation orders 85 Palestinians to detention without charge or trial（Samidoun, 2025-01-20）

https://samidoun.net/2025/01/zionist-occupation-orders-85-palestinians-to-detention-without-charge-or-trial/
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We knew. 👿

"On 20 January 2025, one day after the start of the Toufan al-Ahrar prisoner exchange which saw the liberation of 90 Palestinian women and youth ... the Zionist occupation issued 85 orders of administrative detention..."

#AdministrativeDetention #EndOccupation #NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
@palestine @israel