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Peut-on croire les déclarations (dénégations et affirmations) de l’armée de l’état sioniste ?

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Can the Israeli military be believed?

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#Palestine #Gaza #WestBank #Palestinians

Let’s start with Israel’s use of white phosphorus, which can cause horrific burns and injuries.

New videos, verified by @amnesty & @hrw, appear to show Israel using this weapon in civilian areas in #Gaza & #Lebanon:
amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
hrw.org/news/2023/10/1…
Evidence of Israel’s unlawful use of white phosphorus in southern Lebanon as cross-border hostilities escalate

The Israeli army fired artillery shells containing white phosphorus, an incendiary weapon, in military operations along Lebanon’s southern border between 10 and 16 October 2023.
▻https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/10/lebanon-evidence-of-israels-unlawful-use-of-white-phosphorus-in-southern-le

Israel: White Phosphorus Used in Gaza, Lebanon
Israel’s use of white phosphorus in military operations in Gaza and Lebanon puts civilians at risk of serious and long-term injuries, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing a question and answer d…
▻https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/10/12/israel-white-phosphorus-used-gaza-lebanon

The Israeli military denies using white phosphorus, but in the past Israel has lied about its use of this weapon.

theguardian.com/world/2023/oct…
Israel denies using white phosphorus munitions in Gaza
Human Rights Watch says verified videos show ‘multiple airbursts of artillery-fired white phosphorus’ from Israel’s military
▻https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/13/israel-military-white-phosphorus-gaza-lebanon

In 2009, reports emerged that the Israeli military had used white phosphorus in #Gaza.

At first, Israel categorically denied these reports. But then @thetimes published the evidence – and Israel was forced to admit: “Yes, phosphorus was used.”
web.archive.org/web/2021062310…

▻https://web.archive.org/web/20210623104248/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/israel-admits-using-white-phosphorous-in-attacks-on-gaza-3jngp502vh0

Now let’s look at Israeli air raids.

In 2019, Israel’s air force targeted the home of a family in #Gaza, killing eight #Palestinians.

Initially, Israel claimed that the building was a training facility of Palestinian militants.

aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/1Gaza: Eight family members killed, 12 critical in Israeli raids
Three adults and 5 children were killed in attacks while 12 other Palestinian family members in critical condition.
▻https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/14/gaza-eight-family-members-killed-12-critical-in-israeli-raids

After the truth was revealed by the media, the Israeli military had to confess:

haaretz.co.il/news/politics/…
תחקיר צה"ל על הרג המשפח בעזה: אם היה מוגדר נכון, המתחם לא היה מותקף
▻https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/politics/2019-12-24/ty-article/.premium/0000017f-da83-d938-a17f-feabc1d30000

Israel behaves in the same way whenever its soldiers assault, abuse, or kill Palestinians.

In 2016, an Israeli military medic killed a disarmed and injured Palestinian by shooting him in the head.

At first, the military decided not to press charges against the soldier.

Then, Israeli NGO @btselem published a video of the killing, which led to condemnations around the world.

Only at that point was the soldier taken to court. He was convicted and, after 9 months, was released from prison.
btselem.org/video/20160324…
▻https://www.btselem.org/video/20160324_soldier_executes_palestinian_attacker_in_hebron#full

Another Israeli soldier shot to death a 17-year-old Palestinian in 2014.

The soldier was prosecuted – and convicted – only after @CNN published a video of the killing.

He spent less than a year in prison:
edition.cnn.com/2018/04/25/mid…
Israeli police officer jailed for 9 months for killing Palestinian teen | CNN
▻https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/25/middleeast/israeli-police-officer-jailed-intl/index.html
In that case, both the military and the soldier claimed that he had used only rubber-coated bullets.

But the autopsy, which found three live bullets, refuted their claims.
haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

Border policeman who killed unarmed Palestinian teen released from prison after less than year
▻https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2019-01-03/ty-article/.premium/border-policeman-who-killed-unarmed-palestinian-teen-released-early-from-prison/0000017f-e3c1-df7c-a5ff-e3fb77470000

Similarly, in 2018, Palestinians in the West Bank accused the Israeli military of firing tear gas into their school.

Initially, the military denied these allegations. But it was forced to admit after a video surfaced:
web.archive.org/web/2022070521…

▻https://web.archive.org/web/20220705214724/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2018-12-06/ty-article/.premium/israeli-army-denied-throwing-tear-gas-into-hebron-school-then-a-video-surfaced/0000017f-f94d-ddde-abff-fd6db1780000

Last year, the Israeli military had to change its story about another incident: the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.

At first, Israel denied responsibility – and blamed Palestinian militants.
@AJEnglish @ShireenNasri

But then, the international media, the U.N., and the U.S. investigated the incident, and found that an Israeli soldier had killed Abu Akleh while she was wearing a blue press vest.

Israel had no choice but to admit. No soldier has been prosecuted:
edition.cnn.com/2022/09/05/mid…

Israeli military admits Shireen Abu Akleh likely killed by Israeli fire​​​​, but won’t charge soldiers | CNN
▻https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/05/middleeast/idf-shireen-abu-akleh-investigation-intl/index.html

Although Israel’s armed forces killed 10,556 Palestinians between October 2001 and September 2023, soldiers who kill Palestinians are rarely prosecuted.

As we’ve seen, prosecutions usually occur when Israel is unable to deny what the soldiers did.
statistics.btselem.org/en/all-fatalit…

▻https://statistics.btselem.org/en/all-fatalities/by-date-of-incident?section=overall&tab=overview
More than 99% of complaints regarding harm caused to Palestinians by soldiers end without a trial, according to Israeli NGO @YeshDin.

And the few soldiers who are prosecuted and convicted - tend to receive extremely lenient sentences:
15/20 yesh-din.org/en/law-enforce…

Data sheet: Law enforcement against Israeli soldiers suspected of harming Palestinians and their property - Summary of figures for 2017-2021 - Yesh Din

Every year, Yesh Din publishes up-to-date figures on military law enforcement against Israeli soldiers suspected of harming Palestinians and their property in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The inf…
▻https://www.yesh-din.org/en/law-enforcement-against-israeli-soldiers-suspected-of-harming-palestinians

Again and again, the Israeli military denies allegations, and is forced to confess only when left with no other choice.

And even when the Israeli military admits to accusations, it makes up excuses: “we acted lawfully,” "these are just a few rotten apples"…

So, the military tries to deny the facts. When this doesn’t work, it denies the meaning of these facts.

Following sociologist Stanley Cohen, the former denial tactic of the Israeli military can be called “factual” (or “literal”) denial.

The latter can be called “interpretive” denial.
18/20 wiley.com/en-us/States+o…

States of Denial: Knowing about Atrocities and Suffering
Blocking out, turning a blind eye, shutting off, not wanting to know, wearing blinkers, seeing what we want to see ... these are all expressions of denial. Alcoholics who refuse to recognize their con…
▻https://www.wiley.com/en-us/States+of+Denial%3A+Knowing+about+Atrocities+and+Suffering-p-9780745623924

Even a retired major general in Israel has warned of the Israeli military’s “culture of lying and deceit.”

He describes military investigations as filled with “lies, cover-ups, cutting corners, hiding information, and coordinating testimonies”:
mida.org.il/2022/02/17/%D7…
צה"ל שבוי בתרבות ארגונית של שקרים והולכת שולל
מיוחד ל’מידה’: האלוף (במיל׳) יצחק בריק שימש בין היתר גם בתור נציב קבילות החיילים, חושף עדויות של מפקדים בצה"ל על תרבות והרגלים של שקרים וטיוחים. אם הנושא לא יטופל ומיד - זה עוד יעלה לנו ביוקר.
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Lastly, Israel hides unflattering documents, including previously public ones.

The aim (as revealed by @Akevot & @haaretzcom) is to protect Israel’s reputation, discredit critical scholars, and prevent Palestinian unrest:
web.archive.org/web/2022060220…
akevot.org.il/wp-content/upl…

▻https://web.archive.org/web/20220602201255/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2019-07-05/ty-article-magazine/.premium/how-israel-systematically-hides-evidence-of-1948-expulsion-of-arabs/0000017f-f303-d487-abff-f3ff69de0000
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Nearly half a million Israelis left occupied Palestine since October 7 | Al Mayadeen English
▻https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/nearly-half-a-million-israelis-left-occupied-palestine-since

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Une info bien attendue !

Israeli media reports on Wednesday revealed that a significant number of Israelis have departed from Palestine since the start of the war on Gaza on October 7th.

According to data from the Israeli Population and Immigration Authority, about half a million Israelis have left the occupied territories, Israeli news website Zman Yisrael pointed out.

During October (from October 7 to October 31), approximately 370,000 Israelis left Palestine, and during November, an additional 139,839 left Palestine.

The website noted that these figures do not include the tens of thousands of foreign workers and diplomats who have left Palestine after October 7th due to deteriorating conditions.

It has also been noted that migration to Palestine has diminished considerably this year as conditions have improved in Ethiopia and, to some extent, in Ukraine. Conditions of decline in the socioeconomic and political spheres are attributed to the Israeli regime’s policies.

Moreover, the number of immigrants decreased from around 20,000 in the first quarter of 2023 to about 11,000 in the third quarter. In the initial weeks of the war, migration nearly came to a halt, with the number of immigrants to Palestine since October 7th constituting less than 1% of the Israelis who left.

The website emphasized that several Israeli media outlets misinterpreted the return of 300,000 Israelis to Palestine as a significant wave of migration, overlooking the fact that the majority of returnees came back solely from holiday vacations.

UNRWA sur X : "
▻https://twitter.com/UNRWA/status/1728355182323601817

“The reality is that there is no part of the #WestBank that is not touched & controlled by Israel”

@BouloukosUN tells @trtworld
settler violence & Israeli military incursions have increased enormously over the last month & there has been a near total lockdown in the #WestBank

#UNRWA: Israël contrôle presque toute la #Cisjordanie occupée | Moyen-Orient
▻https://www.yenisafak.com/fr/international/unrwa-israel-controle-presque-toute-la-cisjordanie-occupee-16529

Bouloukos a ajouté, dans des déclarations à la chaîne d’information turque TRT World, qu’avec l’augmentation significative de la violence des colons et des incursions militaires israéliennes au cours du mois d’octobre dernier, la Cisjordanie est presque sous #blocus complet.

Source:

Is the Gaza conflict enabling a surge in illegal settler attacks in the occupied West Bank?
▻https://www.trtworld.com/video/the-newsmakers/is-the-gaza-conflict-enabling-a-surge-in-illegal-settler-attacks-in-the-oc

The intensifying settler aggression in the occupied West Bank, which has always been deemed illegal under international law, is garnering less attention compared to the destruction unfolding in Gaza. Could the conflict in Gaza be inadvertently providing a shield for illegal settlers to escalate their attacks? Guests: Adam Bouloukos Director of UNRWA Affairs in the West Bank Mustafa Barghouti Secretary General of Palestinian National Initiative Jeff Halper Director of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions

Palestine-based Radio Alhara is organising a three-day worldwide protest starting on the 8th of July, in response to the proposed annexation of the West Bank. The three-day lineup of international artists is being mirrored by radio stations around the world. Tune in on their website to listen.

#palestine #westbank #protest #radio #contemporaryart #activism #solidarity #music #soundart #radiostation #radioalhara #annexation

Radio Alhara emerges in a time of isolation and boredom, a time where the future of the world as we know it remains unknown.

The project is inspired by Radio il Hai Beirut and Radio Alhuma Tunis, which were in turn inspired by Radio Quartiere Milano.

This is a communal radio station/program/project, it begins in Bethlehem and Ramallah, and aims to extend to other places in Palestine and throughout the world, an open platform for listening, adding, discussing, and chatting. So we can all go through this time of solitude while communicating and reminding each other of each other. We hope this is the beginning of a collective space that will continue once this worldwide crisis is over.

We won’t know all the ones who are listening, nor the ones who will be adding and broadcasting, such is this digital situation we are living in now. But we send hope and courage to everyone, and we tell you: See you soon!

▻https://yamakan.place/palestine

La solution à deux États, seule voie pour la paix au Moyen-Orient | Actualité | Parlement européen
▻http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/fr/news-room/20170509IPR73944/la-solution-%C3%A0-deux-%C3%A9tats-seule-voie-pour-la-paix-au-moyen-

La solution à deux États est la seule voie pour la paix au Moyen-Orient, selon les députés
Session plénière Communiqué de presse - Relations extérieures − 18-05-2017 - 12:31

La construction et l’expansion des colonies israéliennes en Cisjordanie doivent cesser pour permettre des perspectives d’une solution à deux États viable, pressent les députés.

La solution à deux États est le seul moyen de mettre fin au conflit israélo-palestinien
La construction de nouvelles colonies israéliennes en Cisjordanie doit cesser
Une initiative de paix de l’Union européenne est nécessaire pour résoudre le conflit

La « solution à deux États sur base des frontières de 1967, avec Jérusalem comme capitale des deux États », est le seul moyen de parvenir à une paix durable entre Israéliens et Palestiniens, affirment les députés dans une résolution adoptée jeudi.

La construction des colonies israéliennes doit cesser immédiatement et complètement car elles sont « illégales en vertu du droit international, compromettent la solution à deux États et constituent un obstacle majeur aux efforts de paix », ajoutent-ils dans le texte clôturant le débat qui a eu lieu en novembre avec la chef de la politique étrangère de l’UE, Federica Mogherini.

Une initiative de paix de l’Union européenne visant à obtenir des résultats concrets dans une période déterminée et à se concentrer sur la solution à deux États doit être lancée pour résoudre le conflit israélo-palestinien, demandent les députés. Ils condamnent tous les actes de violence et de terrorisme qui attaquent ou mettent en danger les civils, ainsi que tous les actes de provocation et d’incitation.

#WestBank #Palestine #Israel @FedericaMog

#Un_certain_temps

Israeli settler kills Palestinian after opening fire on solidarity march in Nablus
May 18, 2017
▻http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?ID=777141

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NABLUS (Ma’an) — An Israeli settler shot and killed a 23-year-old Palestinian and injured another near the village of Huwwara in the northern occupied West Bank district of Nablus on Thursday after stepping out of his car and opening live ammunition on Palestinians after clashes broke out with Israeli forces during a march held in solidarity with hunger strikers.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed that Mutaz Hussien Hilal Bani Shamsa , 23, from the Nablus-area village of Beita succumbed to his wounds shortly after sustaining bullet wounds when witnesses said an Israeli settler opened live ammunition on him after a solidarity march in the village that erupted into clashes with Israeli forces.

#Palestine_assassinée