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Meni se ništa nije razlupalo jer o 'međunarodnom poretku', Americi i Zapadu ni prije nisam imao velikih iluzija, pa se nije ni imalo bogzna šta razlupati.

BREAKING: @instagram permanently deletes @301arm for reporting on the attacks and encroachments pertaining to the Armenian Quarter in Jerusalem.

From day one, @301arm has been by our side, consistently reporting and sharing our story.

They were the first media outlet to cover… https://t.co/Zg7Mmrl3jB

— SaveTheArQ (@SavetheArQ) December 30, 2023

BREAKING: @instagram permanently deletes @301arm for reporting on the attacks and encroachments pertaining to the Armenian Quarter in Jerusalem.

From day one, @301arm has been by our side, consistently reporting and sharing our story.

They were the first media outlet to cover… https://t.co/Zg7Mmrl3jB

— SaveTheArQ (@SavetheArQ) December 30, 2023

The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday that 70% of all Gaza homes and about half of all its buildings have been either damaged or destroyed due to Israeli airstrikes during its war with the Hamas terror organization.
The report states that Gaza contained about 439 thousand homes. (...)
Buildings destroyed, the WSJ claims, include "Byzantine churches and ancient mosques, factories and apartment buildings, shopping malls and luxury hotels, theaters and schools." Furthermore, the infrastructure used for water, healthcare, electricity, and healthcare is "beyond repair."
The WSJ's extensive report also mentioned the health services in the Gaza Strip and claimed that most of the hospitals in the Gaza Strip are closed, with only 8 out of 36 hospitals receiving patients. It also stated that more than two-thirds of the schools in Gaza were damaged, and many orchards, greenhouses, and agricultural areas were "completely wiped out."

“According to analysis of satellite data by remote-sensing experts… as many as 80% of the buildings in northern Gaza, where the bombing has been most severe, are damaged or destroyed, a higher percentage than in Dresden.” https://t.co/StHnoGnWLp

— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) December 30, 2023

Tovar wrote:

One Eyed Bob wrote:meni su neki stavovi toliko temeljno razlupani (a neki od njih na ružan i opasan način) da izbegavam da govorim o tim temama dok o svemu jako dobro ne razmislim, što će verovatno potrajati dosta dugo.

Meni se ništa nije razlupalo jer o 'međunarodnom poretku', Americi i Zapadu ni prije nisam imao velikih iluzija, pa se nije ni imalo bogzna šta razlupati. Ali dogodilo se to da sam postao prilično ravnodušan na vijesti tipa 'u najjačem ruskom bombardiranju dosad ubijen 31 civil, ranjeno njih 150.' Pomislio sam, 'pih, u Gazi ubiju toliko djece u mirnijem popodnevu.' A to nije dobra pomisao. Eto, toliko je Izrael digao letvicu zločinometrije. Kad čujem američke osude ruskih napada skoro da se grohotom nasmijem. Pogotovo na dan kad je Blinken odobrio slanje novih 150 milijuna dolara pomoći u granatama Izraelu. Opet zaobilazeći Kongres jer, jebi ga, stanje je hitno, nestašica velika. Američki pritisak na Izrael je stvarno... strašan.

Harari, Oct 13: "Sure, it is difficult to build a Singapore under a partial blockade. But an honest attempt could still have been made."

Friedman, Dec 29: "What is the essential ingredient that Dubai has and Gaza lacks?" https://t.co/DaepZ9bW4r

— Quinn Slobodian (@zeithistoriker) December 30, 2023

Israeli soldiers are mocking and destroying a mosque in Gaza, disrespecting religious feelings. Their insistence on insulting religious sentiments is sowing seeds for future generations without any mercy towards them. The madness and brutality of Israel must come to an end. pic.twitter.com/ImqKmopdpg

— Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده (@RamAbdu) December 30, 2023

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said Israel displayed unparalleled "morality" in the Gaza war and rejected South Africa's charge that it was committing "genocidal" acts in the Palestinian territory.

Israel should discuss the revival of civilian settlements within the Gaza Strip as part of its planning for the enclave once Hamas rule is toppled, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Saturday night, while denying that any of Gaza’s approximately 2 million residents were innocent and calling for Israel to “encourage voluntary emigration” from the territory.
Speaking to Channel 12 news, the leader of the hard-right Religious Zionism party also doubled down on his refusal to transfer tax payments to the Palestinian Authority over concerns that the  money will find its way to Gaza, sloughing off reported pressure from the United States on the matter and pushing back against insinuations that he and others had propped up Hamas as a convenient foil.
“We will be in security control, and we will need there to be civil [control],” Smotrich said. “I’m for completely changing the reality in Gaza, having a conversation about settlements in the Gaza Strip… We’ll need to rule there for a long time… If we want to be there militarily, we need to be there in a civilian fashion.”
Under pressure from Smotrich, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday canceled a scheduled war cabinet debate on shaping post-war Gaza, and said he would hold the discussion instead in the larger security cabinet. Smotrich is not a member of the tight-knit war cabinet, but he and fellow far-right leader Itamar Ben Gvir, minister of national security, do sit in the security cabinet.

As a historian who has researched and studied genocide in places like Indonesia and Timor Leste, I am deeply aware of the difficulties of determining when it seems clear that genocidal violence is unfolding. The Israeli annihilation of Gaza clearly meets that threshold.

— Brad Simpson (bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social) (@bradleyrsimpson) December 31, 2023

Smotrich agrees with @mashagessen that Gaza is a ghetto: "If we act strategically they will emigrate and we will live there. We won't let 2 million stay. With 100-200K in Gaza, the 'day after' debate will be diff. They want to leave, they've been living in a ghetto for 75 years." https://t.co/jbUaFBClMF

— Mairav Zonszein מרב זונשיין (@MairavZ) December 31, 2023

Thomas MacManus, Senior Lecturer in State Crime, School of Law, Queen Mary University of London

Feature: Palestinians in Gaza hope to return to normal life in new year
(Xinhua) 09:30, January 02, 2024
GAZA, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict and the dire humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, Palestinians in the enclave still hold out the hope of returning to normal life in the new year 2024.
Shaimaa al-Yazgi, a 26-year-old mother of four, was forced to move 11 times with her family from one place to another for a narrow escape from death amid the persistent Israeli airstrikes.
"Sometimes, we were forced to run in the streets and hide ourselves in strangers' houses just to protect ourselves from the Israeli missiles," the Palestinian woman told Xinhua.
Keeping thinking positively about her family's risky journeys of displacement, al-Yazgi said, "When we survived each Israeli attack, I felt that we have golden luck, and this is what pushed me to keep my optimism that we will survive the current crazy war."
Currently, al-Yazgi lives in a temporary tent established in the western part of Rafah city in southern Gaza, facing an acute lack of water, food and electricity.
"I am only looking forward to resuming my life even if I still do not know what my fate would be," she said.
Not far away from her tent, Mohammed Abu Hamda, a displaced man from northern Gaza's Beit Lahia, sat on a chair and heard news broadcast through his mobile radio.
"All day, I am looking forward to catching good news about the ceasefire reached between Hamas and Israel," the 59-year-old father of nine told Xinhua.
"On such night," the elderly man recalled, "my daughters, sons, and grandsons used to visit me and celebrate the new year ... We used to eat cake and some sweets, wishing all of us a happy New Year."
Although being grieved that his life was turned upside down, as he lost his house, work, and everything in Gaza, the Palestinian man still hopes to return to his hometown and reunite with his family soon.
Mariam al-Jamali, a young Palestinian woman, also longed for the festive atmosphere she used to witness during the last day of each year.
"In previous years, I used to enjoy with my family the celebrations in the streets," the 25-year-old woman told Xinhua, complaining that "the general atmosphere is sad now. There are no lights on the streets, and people are only busy dealing with their daily suffering."
She expressed hope that a breakthrough would be made in talks to reach a truce that would allow all Gazans to resume their lives.
The Palestinian enclave has been under massive Israeli bombardment since Oct. 7, which has so far killed more than 21,800 Palestinians, according to Gaza-based Health Ministry.
The Israeli escalation came in retaliation for a surprise attack by Hamas on Oct. 7, during which Hamas militants killed about 1,200 in Israel and took away more than 200 as hostages, according to Israeli tallies.
The United Nations (UN) estimates that approximately 1.9 million people in Gaza, or approximately 85 percent of the total population of the strip, have been displaced since the conflict broke out, while some of them were displaced several times to escape Israeli attacks and search for safe refuge.
"Almost half of the population are starving and spending full days without eating," the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees said in a press statement, warning that more people could die from famine if the conflict continues.
The UN agency called on the international community to pressure Israel to stop its military operations against Gaza and allow humanitarian aid to reach those trapped in the besieged coastal enclave.


A girl tries to get food relief in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on Dec. 31, 2023. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

http://en.people.cn/n3/2024/0102/c90000-20117220.html

No genocidal intent, they say... Just folkloristic stuff by minor figures.
Intent very difficult to prove, they say...

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— Luigi Daniele (@luigidaniele10) January 1, 2024