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Israel — “Nation of murderers and murder victims” By: Prof Rima Najjar “Holding on to the occupied territories will turn us into a nation of murderers and murder victims.” Declaration published in Haaretz in 1967 signed by a minority of Israelis who were against Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories after the 1967 war. I don’t see them much anymore — I mean the “Israeli public.” In the first few weeks after al-Aqsa Flood, their images and voices were all over the live coverage on Al Jazeera Arabic and al-Mayadeen. The hope was that the pressure the families of the hostages was exerting on the Israeli government would succeed in making their release a priority for the Israeli cabinet over the impulse of vengeance. That obviously did not happen and most of them continu...

By: John Phoenix The Ugly 'Israeli' Denounced By: Prof Rima Najjar Frame captured from a De-Colonizer 1948 video titled “Une conversation en hébreu sur le génocide” Even before Israel exposed its heart of darkness to the world in the aftermath of Oct 7, the term “the ugly Israeli” was already a thing. According to many reports, Israelis traveling internationally have developed a reputation for unruliness, rudeness, and assertiveness; observed instances of Israelis arguing, yelling, and disregarding rules have led to negative perceptions by airline staff and other travelers abroad, and even to a Ynet news report that wonders, “Are Israel’s tourists the worst in the world?” But such characterizations of a national stereotype are just the tip of the iceberg. The “hea...

Posted by: John Phoenix Gaza Nazi Holocaust Day 375 October 17, 2024   Palestinians search under piles of concrete for survivors and bodies after an Israeli attack on the Nassr neighbourhood of Gaza City on Wednesday (Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu) Compilation of news reports – IAK staff  Israeli attacks killed at least 65 more Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, and injured 140, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Wednesday. A Lebanese ministry statement said that 27 people were killed and 185 others injured in Israeli attacks in the last 24 hours. FLASHBACK: Gaza Genocide DAY 11 (OCT 17, 2023) If Americans Knew wrote: ONE YEAR AGO TODAY, Gaza’s death toll was 5,087, with more than 1,000 missing and presumed to be under rubble. ...

Posted by: John Phoenix  contact@ifamericansknew.org  September 12, 2024   Israel worries that Iran might retaliate for Israel’s unprovoked attack on Tehran by striking a military target near an Israeli population center – but it’s fine for Israel to go after Hamas fighters in populated areas. Read the rest of this entry Does Any Other Country besides Israel have the Right to Defend Itself?  contact@ifamericansknew.org  September 11, 2024  The narrative has finally begun to shift on Palestine. Voices have grown increasingly louder demanding that Palestinians have a right to defend themselves. Read the rest of this entry ‘Raped by female soldiers’: Palestinian in leaked Sde Teiman photo speaks out  contact@ifamericansknew.org  September 11, 2024   ...

Posted by: John Phoenix  contact@ifamericansknew.org   October 7, 2024   Israel’s onslaught against the Palestinian people has systematically targeted children in both Gaza and the West Bank. The result is a war against an entire generation. Read the rest of this entry How Israel killed hundreds of its own people on October 7  Alison Weir  October 7, 2024   A year’s worth of The Electronic Intifada’s investigative reporting, extensive monitoring and translation of the Hebrew-language Israeli media, and more has revealed that during the 7th offensive, Israel expanded the use of its murderous “Hannibal Directive” – designed to prevent soldiers from being taken alive as prisoners of war – by killing many of its own civilians… In fact, “Hannibal” began less t...

Posted by: John Phoenix Claims about October 7th that turned out to be untrue. How Israel killed hundreds of its own people on October 7 October 17, 2024   A year’s worth of The Electronic Intifada’s investigative reporting, extensive monitoring and translation of the Hebrew-language Israeli media, and more has revealed that during the 7th offensive, Israel expanded the use of its murderous “Hannibal Directive” – designed to prevent soldiers from being taken alive as prisoners of war – by killing many of its own civilians… In fact, “Hannibal” began less than an hour after the Palestinian offensive began… Read the rest of this entry Americans are always the last to know…about Israel’s crimes  contact@ifamericansknew.org  September 12, 2024   This Octobe...

Posted by: John Phoenix  Oct 17, 2024 Nazi army shot a Palestinian child, on Wednesday night, after invading the city of Salfit, and injured two citizens in the Al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of Ramallah, in the central West Bank. Media sources said that on Wednesday night, Nazi occupation forces stormed the central West Bank city of Salfit, and fired live rounds, concussion grenades, and tear gas canisters at citizens, shooting a child. Video Player The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said that its ambulance crews rushed a 14-year-old child to the hospital after Nazi soldiers shot him in the thigh with live ammunition, the severity of his wounds was not known at the time of writing this report. Video Player Meanwhile, north of Ramallah, Nazi forces invad...

Posted by: John Phoenix  Oct 16, 2024 Nazi army shot Palestinian man near Tulkarem in the northwestern part of the West Bank, and injured others near Bethlehem in the southern part. On Wednesday, Nazi army shot a 58-year-old man, near the Apartheid wall, built on Palestinian lands, north of Tulkarem in the northwestern part of the Nazi occupied West Bank. Media sources said that Nazi occupation forces shot a Palestinian citizen with live ammunition while he was near the Apartheid wall in Baqa al-Sharqiya town, north of Tulkarem city. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS), told the WAFA News Agency that a 58-year-old man sustained a live gunshot wound to the knee, and was transported to the Martyr Thabet Thabet Hospital in Tulkarem for treatment. Meanwhile, in t...