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August 25, 2024
Palestine Open Thread 2024-204

News & views related to the war in Palestine …

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https://x.com/sabreenaGS/status/1828526486732648661
Dr. Sabreena Ghaffar-Siddiqui @sabreenaGS
I didn’t lose my job when I spoke about anti-Black racism.
I didn’t lose my job when I spoke about gender rights.
I didn’t lose my job when I spoke about Sudan, Congo, Afghanistan…
I lost my job ONLY when I spoke about Palestine.
You do the math.

Posted by: michaelj72 | Aug 27 2024 21:11 utc | 201

Posted by: morongobill | Aug 27 2024 17:38 utc | 197
Nah they are trying to start the battle of Gog and Magog…
It’s the Evangelical and Dominionist(like Biden) Cristian Zionists who are trying to start Armageddon.
The fun bit is they both think the others are going to be wiped out in the battle. Some alliance.

Posted by: badjoke | Aug 27 2024 21:32 utc | 202

“The AJ+ Arabic network produced the text below, which was published by the journalist in the northern Gaza Strip, Youssef Fares, in the distinguished “Birwaz” corner:
“Nothing explains the cases of sudden death in the tents of the displaced and shelter centers, of men who do not suffer medically from any organic diseases, except what a friend told me today, about… Arabian horses were stolen from the stables of the equestrian clubs in the north and center of the Gaza Strip, and they fell into the hands of those who did not give them their proper status: they tied carts on them, used them for transportation and carrying, insulted them by beating them, put them in dirty areas that were not worthy of their status… and they died..:
“It clicked… it clicked and it died.” My friend said!
People die suddenly, just like purebred horses, dear men who were oppressed by this war, who lost their sources of livelihood and their dignified and comfortable lifestyle, and the grief killed them, young men with the smell of jasmine and the elegance of movie stars, who today spend half their day collecting firewood, carrying water, and searching for food…
People vary in their their ability to bear the burdens. Some people hide from sight and cry, while others are unable to cry. “They collapse and die.”
This time will pass, my family…. my dearest, most generous, and honorable people.
“We are nothing but clouds that scatter the dust.”
Journalist Youssef Fares – Gaza ”
This reminds me of a true story from Africa, though I do not remember the tribe even. As colonial jails were introduced, local tribes people would simply die when jailed. It was not a cover up or similar, was an unexplained mystery. Sorry I have no better reference.
It also reminds me of a Dutch friend. He was unusual as far as dutchmen I know, very composed, pensive and enigmatic. Well he had a major shift of perception one day. He was walking through town and a horse drawing a passenger carriage through traffic collapsed right in front of him. He took it as a message, about the limits of his own ability to carry stress and burden. He changed his outlook and way after that.

Posted by: Ornot | Aug 27 2024 21:41 utc | 203

Re: Michaelj72 201
Agreed. Well summarized.

Posted by: abierno | Aug 27 2024 21:55 utc | 204

This piece from Seymour Hersh’s Substack appears to be unpaywalled.
https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/what-they-talk-about-when-they-talk?l

Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Aug 27 2024 22:09 utc | 205

“Urgent:
An official statement by the Israeli army announcing the start of a large-scale military operation in Jenin and Tulkarm that will continue for a long time.
Journalist Youssef Fares
According to the information received,the military operation will be the largest to destroy the resistance infrastructure in the entire northern West Bank and may include bombing targets.
Youssef Fares channel”
From right now.

Posted by: Ornot | Aug 27 2024 23:28 utc | 206

The channels listed previously are covering this, will drop in Youssef Fares link again to save searching
https://t-me.translate.goog/s/youseffares19?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en

Posted by: Ornot | Aug 27 2024 23:34 utc | 207

The resistance is not just in Gaza and Palestine. It is world-wide or must become so.
The fate of the Palestinian people is tied to the fate of all humanity who oppose tyranny.
PALESTINE, SOUL OF HUMANITY!

Posted by: simon crow | Aug 28 2024 0:00 utc | 208

This piece from Seymour Hersh’s Substack appears to be unpaywalled.
https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/what-they-talk-about-when-they-talk?l
Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Aug 27 2024 22:09 utc | 205
The article is an old (2006) one, but the torpedoes he send towards Harris and budensvbabysitters…
Very good

Posted by: Newbie | Aug 28 2024 1:26 utc | 209

The Bedouin POW who escaped yesterday was a paramilitary on a kibbutz
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/israeli-captive-freed-in-gaza-what-we-know-so-far/

Posted by: Exile | Aug 28 2024 1:28 utc | 210

fyi,
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/namibia-blocks-docking-of-ship-carrying-explosive-material-t
Namibia blocks docking of ship carrying explosive material to ‘Israel’
Namibian Justice Minister says the ship was transporting explosive material to “Israel” and thus prohibited from entering Namibian waters.
….Citing a police investigation, she said MV Kathrin was “indeed carrying explosive material destined for Israel, and was therefore prohibited from entering Namibian waters”.
“Namibia complies with our obligation not to support or be complicit in Israeli war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, as well as its unlawful occupation of Palestine.”…..
The ship, which departed from Vietnam….”

Posted by: michaelj72 | Aug 28 2024 2:14 utc | 211

meanwhile back at the genocide ranch
https://x.com/DrHananAshrawi/status/1828441650307199298
Hanan Ashrawi @DrHananAshrawi
Nothing can be more bizarre than the US showering Israel with $billions, supplying its genocidal army with unlimited lethal weapons & munitions, deploying its own warships, submarines, & fighter planes to the region in readiness to fight Israel’s wars of “self defence,” manipulating a charade of “negotiations” to buy Israel more time to pursue its carnage & ethnic cleansing in Gaza & the West Bank, then clutching its pearls & claiming that it’s doing everything to prevent the escalation & expansion of the “conflict,” while threatening Israel’s victims should they dare retaliate. Enough!

Posted by: michaelj72 | Aug 28 2024 2:36 utc | 212

No daily SITREP published today, a shorter version appears in Live Feed.
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/gaza-live-blog-renewed-raids-in-deir-al-balah-four-injured-in-lebanon-west-bank-under-attack-day-326/
Comment – West Bank ; dramatic escalation.
Merkava tally remains at 210 ( note this has happened previously when the IDF pulls its MBT out of Gaza , TBD )

Posted by: Exile | Aug 28 2024 5:23 utc | 213

Michaelj72 211
Yes , but …
We must not judge. The Pilgrim Fathers detested the British tyranny and proceeded to found the most comprehensively tyranny itself.
In the power struggles of the elites many small countries are destroyed .
Life is but a test. The Palestinians are magnificently passing their test. Principled military tactics, endless patience. Tunnels that will defeat the trash of USUKIS ” civilisation “which is a Piratical thief.
The eschatological totems of Zionism from 10 millennia old revelations can never prevail over those of Jesus AS and Muhammad SAW. Judaism will indeed die when Eesa / Jesus AS comes back as a Muslim in Damascus.
Nova Khazaria delenda est

Posted by: Giyane | Aug 28 2024 5:44 utc | 214

Exile 212, yes, I just heard the same thing. Major escalation in the West Bank.

Posted by: Immaculate deception | Aug 28 2024 6:00 utc | 215

@ Exile | Aug 28 2024 1:28 utc | 210
Exile,
I read a statement from Hamas yesterday on Youssef Fares’ channel that Hamas had captured Farhan al-Qadi by mistake, not realizing he was an Israeli citizen with Palestinian origins. They therefore released him. The IDF did not “rescue” him.
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Palestinian reports say that the Israeli army did not liberate Farhan al-Qadi, but rather he was liberated by Hamas and was captured by mistake.
The Palestinian resistance released prisoner Farhan Al-Qadi, who holds an Israeli passport of Palestinian and Muslim origins, and took him outside the southern borders of the Gaza Strip to return to his family inside our occupied Palestinian territories, because he was detained by mistake. 
This is the correct story. – Youssef Fare
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Posted by: teri | Aug 28 2024 12:02 utc | 216

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Posted by: George | Aug 28 2024 14:25 utc | 217

211. So Vietnam is supplying Israel with weapons?

Posted by: Lysias | Aug 28 2024 17:30 utc | 218

211. So Vietnam is supplying Israel with weapons?

Posted by: Lysias | Aug 28 2024 17:30 utc | 219

Posted by: teri | Aug 28 2024 12:02 utc | 216 “The Palestinian resistance released prisoner Farhan Al-Qadi”
What made them decide to release him after all these months?

Posted by: Ed4 | Aug 28 2024 21:30 utc | 220