Intercepted: Judith Butler Will Not Co-Sign Israel’s Alibi for #Genocide
▻https://theintercept.com/2024/05/01/judith-butler-israel-hamas-freedom-speech
Intercepted: Judith Butler Will Not Co-Sign Israel’s Alibi for #Genocide
▻https://theintercept.com/2024/05/01/judith-butler-israel-hamas-freedom-speech
Leaked NYT Gaza Memo Tells Journalists to Avoid Words “Genocide,” “Ethnic Cleansing,” and “Occupied Territory”
▻https://theintercept.com/2024/04/15/nyt-israel-gaza-genocide-palestine-coverage
THE NEW YORK TIMES instructed journalists covering Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip to restrict the use of the terms “genocide” and “ethnic cleansing” and to “avoid” using the phrase “occupied territory” when describing Palestinian land, according to a copy of an internal memo obtained by The Intercept.
The memo also instructs reporters not to use the word Palestine “except in very rare cases” and to steer clear of the term “refugee camps” to describe areas of Gaza historically settled by displaced Palestinians expelled from other parts of Palestine during previous Israeli–Arab wars. The areas are recognized by the United Nations as refugee camps and house hundreds of thousands of registered refugees.
The memo — written by Times standards editor Susan Wessling, international editor Philip Pan, and their deputies — “offers guidance about some terms and other issues we have grappled with since the start of the conflict in October.”
Al Jazeera English sur X :
▻https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/status/1770206417078919221
A UN expert says the US is complicit in the ‘political act’ to starve Gaza, after a new report predicted famine is imminent in the north.
Il s’agit de Michael Fakhri, Rapporteur spécial de l’ONU sur le droit à l’alimentation.
▻https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1770200648321015808/vid/avc1/720x720/CcFL4Rz0rk9T7xeN.mp4?tag=14
Michael Fakhri sur X :
My remarks a few weeks ago to the UN_HRC on Gaza. The international community has done nothing to prevent Israel’s campaign on genocide and starvation. The world’s governments are complicit. It is time to sanction Israel to ensure an immediate ceasefire.
▻https://twitter.com/MichaelFakhri/status/1770219987728494963
▻https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1770219865124773888/pu/vid/avc1/720x1280/n120-dERZChcIdp5.mp4?tag=12
Traduction en français ici
Gintoki Sama sur X : "“Les images de famine à Gaza sont insupportables, et vous ne faites rien. Vous parlez, parlez… nous donnez de jolis mots [creux]. Comment se fait-il que le conseil des droits de l’homme [ONU] ne s’attaque pas à cette situation. C’est du jamais vu dans l’histoire contemporaine”" / X
▻https://twitter.com/Sht_dono/status/1770984667409256503
▻https://theintercept.com/2024/03/23/biden-israel-gaza-aid-ethnic-cleansing
Biden’s aid efforts implicitly accept Israel’s decision to deny the passage of food into Gaza through more efficient land crossings.
Sans compter la prolongation de l’arrêt du financement de l’UNRWA jusqu’en 2025
Honduras Ratchets Up Battle With Crypto-Libertarian Investors
▻https://theintercept.com/2024/03/19/honduras-crypto-investors-world-bank-prospera
A group of prominent international economists is applauding the recent move by Honduran President Xiomara Castro to push back against American crypto investors attempting to seize billions in public money from the Central American nation.
The crypto crew is exploiting a dispute mechanism nested inside the World Bank, created by an obscure provision of the Central America Free Trade Agreement. Castro has deemed the forum, called the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, or ICSID, to be an illegitimate usurpation of Honduran sovereignty and has hit upon an elegant solution: She has taken steps to withdraw Honduras from ICSID. The crypto crowd is crying foul.
The spectacular battle playing out in Honduras and inside global financial institutions blends the 19th-century American legacy of gunboat diplomacy and banana republicanism with a contemporary twist: The lead group of investors battling Honduras by exploiting international financial institutions is made up of a band of crypto-libertarians.
The fight presents an almost-impossible-to-believe scenario: A group of libertarian investors teamed up with a former Honduran government — which was tied at the hip with narco-traffickers and came to power after a U.S.-backed military coup — in order to implement the world’s most radical libertarian policy, which turned over significant portions of the country to those investors through so-called special economic zones. The Honduran public, in a backlash, ousted the narco-backed regime, and the new government repealed the libertarian legislation. The crypto investors are now using the World Bank to force Honduras to honor the narco-government’s policies.
Thread by zei_squirrel on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App
▻https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1765877735111454941.html
▻https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2024/03/05/israel-hamas-oct7-report-gaza
Claims of Mass Rape by Hamas Unravel Upon Investigation
Sujet devenu plus «mainstream» depuis l’enquête de The Intercept (articles déjà référencés par Kassem).
The Story Behind the New York Times October 7 Exposé (28 février 2024)
►https://theintercept.com/2024/02/28/new-york-times-anat-schwartz-october-7
A narrative-defining Times investigation claimed to uncover Hamas’s systemic weaponization of sexual violence. The story and its authors are under fire.
Kibbutz Be’eri Rejects Story in New York Times October 7 Exposé: “They Were Not Sexually Abused” (4 mars 2024)
►https://theintercept.com/2024/03/04/nyt-october-7-sexual-violence-kibbutz-beeri
“It’s not true,” said the kibbutz spokesperson, of one of the stories featured in the paper’s controversial article.
Israel’s War on Gaza
Israel’s Ruthless Propaganda Campaign to Dehumanize Palestinians (7 février 2024)
►https://theintercept.com/2024/02/07/gaza-israel-netanyahu-propaganda-lies-palestinians
Since October 7, Israel has systematically flooded the public discourse on Gaza with a stream of false, unsubstantiated, and unverifiable allegations.
Amanpour Confronts #CNN Brass About “Double Standards” on Israel Coverage
▻https://theintercept.com/2024/03/01/cnn-christiane-amanpour-israel-gaza-coverage
Amanpour expressed “real distress” over Israel stories being changed, while other staffers described a climate that is hostile to Arab journalists.
moonbee sur X : « Grosses divisions sur Gaza et réunion interne à #CNN ! La journaliste star de la chaîne amanpour confronte la direction sur la partialité pro 🇮🇱 de CNN et le racisme en interne qui la met profondément mal à l’aise. @theintercept a obtenu l’enregistrement de cette réunion. 🧵👇 » / X
▻https://twitter.com/BMoon_bee/status/1763653194679247252
The Story Behind the New York Times October 7 Exposé
►https://theintercept.com/2024/02/28/new-york-times-anat-schwartz-october-7
Un article méticuleux et rigoureux qui met en pièces les allégations du New York Times sur les soit-disant viols ;
La seule et unique motivation du NYT est la #hasbara,
The woman who filmed Abdush on October 7 told the Israeli site YNet that Schwartz and Sella had pressured her into giving the paper access to her photos and videos for the purposes of serving Israeli propaganda. “They called me again and again and explained how important it is to Israeli #hasbara,” she recalled, using the term for public diplomacy, which in practice refers to Israeli propaganda efforts directed at international audiences.
Kibbutz Be’eri on New York Times Sexual Assault Story : “Not True”
►https://theintercept.com/2024/03/04/nyt-october-7-sexual-violence-kibbutz-beeri
Viols inventés, suite
Israeli Soldier’s Video Undercuts Medic’s Account of Sexual Assault - The New York Times
▻https://seenthis.net/messages/1047420
Democracy Now ! sur X :
According to theintercept’s @jeremyscahill, only one infant was killed in the October 7 attacks on Israel, despite widespread stories of beheaded babies shared by top Israeli and U.S. officials.
Scahill describes a “propaganda campaign to sell…a scorched earth war," on Gaza.
▻https://twitter.com/democracynow/status/1755238359780270159
▻https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1755228163460767744/vid/avc1/480x270/VRgA5W0MtnWl-HwM.mp4?tag=16
Israel’s Ruthless Propaganda Campaign to Dehumanize Palestinians
►https://theintercept.com/2024/02/07/gaza-israel-netanyahu-propaganda-lies-palestinians
U.S. Military Personnel on Standby for Israel Ground Involvement in Gaza
▻https://theintercept.com/2024/01/30/us-military-ground-israel-hamas-gaza
A January U.S. Air Force personnel memo obtained by The Intercept describes military orders to be “on standby to forward deploy to support troops in the case of on ground US involvement in the Israel Hamas war.” According to a separate personnel document, the standby order related to personnel deployed last year to Iraq.
While the documents do not suggest that U.S. military ground involvement in the war is forthcoming, the January memo is the latest intimation of the Pentagon’s preparations to support Israel in the wake of Hamas’s October 7 attack. Days after the attack, the U.S. military reportedlyOpens in a new tab put 2,000 troops on prepare-to-deploy orders for potential support to Israel, though from neighboring countries — orders that were confirmed by a procurement document obtained by The Intercept.
The Department of Defense did not respond to a request for comment on the personnel memo about preparing for ground involvement, but in the past the White House has stressed that its support for Israel in the Gaza war would not include boots on the ground.
Columbia Scolds Students for “Unsanctioned” Gaza Rally Where They Were Attacked With Chemicals
▻https://theintercept.com/2024/01/22/columbia-university-palestine-protest-skunk
Des étudiants dénoncent une « attaque chimique » à Columbia lors d’une manifestation pro-palestinienne | Arab News FR
▻https://www.arabnews.fr/node/465366/international
L’université Columbia est actuellement sous les feux des projecteurs suite à un incident choquant lors d’une manifestation en faveur de Gaza.
Des étudiants participant à ce rassemblement auraient été victimes d’une attaque chimique, où deux individus ont aspergé une substance appelée "skunk", provoquant des symptômes tels que des brûlures aux yeux, des nausées, des maux de tête et des douleurs thoraciques.
La manifestation, organisée par le chapitre de l’Université Columbia du groupe Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), visait à protester contre l’interdiction de SJP et de Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) sur le campus.
En réponse à l’incident, les administrateurs de l’université ont critiqué les étudiants pour avoir organisé une protestation non autorisée, soulignant que l’événement violait les politiques de l’université.
Bien que le département de la sécurité publique de l’établissement enquête sur l’incident, les étudiants affirment que les administrateurs ne les ont pas directement contactés, et certains ont dû chercher des soins médicaux pour leurs blessures.
Cet incident s’inscrit dans une tendance plus large de répression contre les étudiants qui militent pour les droits des Palestiniens à l’Université Columbia. Au semestre précédent, le groupe SJP et JVP avait été suspendu pour avoir organisé un événement non autorisé.
Suite à la publication de l’article, le proviseur intérimaire de Columbia, Dennis Mitchell, a envoyé un courriel à l’ensemble du campus reconnaissant l’incident et indiquant que les autorités enquêtaient sur la possibilité de crimes de haine. Les présumés coupables ont été interdits du campus pendant la durée de l’enquête.
Parmi eux, le média Stop Arab Hate a identifié un certain Menajem Peres comme faisant partie des agresseurs.
« L’un des hommes qui auraient agressé des étudiants de Columbia sur le campus avec des armes chimiques a été identifié comme étant Menajem Peres, un ancien soldat israélien », peut on lire sur le tweet.
rapport inclut des témoignages d’étudiants ayant été harcelés lors de la manifestation, avec des individus supposément liés à l’attaque chimique.
Le « Skunk » est connue pour ses effets secondaires intenses.
Cette substance « est susceptible de causer des dommages physiques, tels que des nausées intenses, des vomissements et des éruptions cutanées, en plus de toute blessure résultant de la force puissante du spray », a rapporté un jour le journal israélien Haaretz.
Des examens effectués par la police et par les équipes médicales de l’armée dans le passé ont également indiqué que la toux excessive provoquée par l’exposition peut entraîner une suffocation.
Certains étudiants expriment leur insatisfaction à l’égard de la réponse de l’université et du NYPD, soulignant des inquiétudes concernant la sécurité et l’absence d’arrestations.
U.S. Deployed Air Targeting Team to Israel, Document Suggests
▻https://theintercept.com/2024/01/11/israel-air-force-targeting-intelligence
Guidance for officers deployed to Israel appears to show the U.S. military providing intelligence for airstrikes in Gaza.
Biden Secretly Giving Targeting Support to Israel Amid Genocide Case
▻https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/biden-secretly-giving-targeting-support
Officially, the Biden administration has only admitted to providing intelligence to Israel for hostage rescue operations, which are obviously less controversial politically than offensive targeting.
Il se passe très probablement la même chose pour le Liban
#CNN Runs Gaza Coverage Past Jerusalem Team Subject to IDF Censor
▻https://theintercept.com/2024/01/04/cnn-israel-gaza-idf-reporting
The Jerusalem bureau has long reviewed all CNN stories relating to Israel and Palestine. Now, it’s helping shape the network’s coverage of the war.
#MSM