Most of @gwb-trading posts on this thread are links to Israel propaganda, they are links to Israel racism and discrimination.
There is not going to be an anti-war movement in Israel when terrorist missiles are raining down on their heads. Why No Real Antiwar Movement Has Developed in Israel Even many of Benjamin Netanyahu’s harshest critics have supported the military campaign in Gaza. “We are seeing a different war than you are seeing,” the writer Yossi Klein Halevi says. https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/why-no-real-antiwar-movement-has-developed-in-israel
Some further progress... we will see how things go. Noting that the things that Hamas is demanding are not part of the three part agreement internationally-brokered cease-fire deal. Hamas official says ready to stop fighting if Israel accepts Gaza truce Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said he welcomed Egypt’s willingness to advance a deal for the release of hostages in Gaza https://www.scmp.com/news/world/mid...dy-stop-fighting-if-israel-accepts-gaza-truce An Egyptian security delegation met Hamas leaders in Cairo on Thursday as part of efforts to resume Gaza ceasefire negotiations, Egypt’s state-affiliated Al Qahera News TV said, citing an unnamed official source. Egypt and Qatar have acted as mediators between Israel and Hamas in months of talks that broke down in August without an agreement to end fighting that began when the Palestinian militant group launched attacks on southern Israel on October 7, 2023. Hamas-run Al Aqsa TV, citing sources, said later on Thursday that a Hamas delegation, headed by chief negotiator and deputy Hamas Gaza chief Khalil Al-Hayya, arrived in Cairo to meet the head of general intelligence agency, Hassan Mahmoud Rashad.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he welcomed Egypt’s willingness to advance a deal for the release of hostages in Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he welcomed Egypt’s willingness to advance a deal for the release of hostages in Gaza. Earlier in the day, Qatar and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said US and Israeli negotiators would gather in Doha in coming days to try to restart talks towards a deal for a ceasefire and the release of hostages in Gaza. Also on Thursday, the Israeli army said five of its soldiers were killed fighting in southern Lebanon, where the military has been battling Hezbollah forces for weeks. The Israeli army provided the names of four soldiers in a statement, saying the troops “fell during combat in southern Lebanon” on Wednesday. A separate statement issued later said another soldier was killed in southern Lebanon on Thursday. The death toll among Israeli troops fighting in southern Lebanon has risen to 27 since the military launched a ground operation in late September, according to an Agence France-Presse tally based on official military figures. Meanwhile, Gaza’s civil defence agency said on Thursday it can no longer provide first responder services in the north of the territory, accusing Israeli forces of threatening to “bomb and kill” its crews. Since October 6, the Israeli military has mounted a sweeping air and land assault on northern Gaza, initially focused on the Jabilia area, describing it as an operation aimed at preventing Hamas militants from regrouping. “We are unable to provide humanitarian services to citizens in the northern governorate of the Gaza Strip due to threats from Israeli occupation forces, who have threatened to kill and bomb our teams if they remain inside Jabilia camp,” said Mahmud Bassal, the agency’s spokesman. First responders had been “targeted” on several occasions, leaving “several members injured, and others are left bleeding on the streets with no one able to rescue them”, he said. (More at above url)
Again and again and again, Israel (the victors) attempting to silence the truth about the war... Which is one reason I believe zero of media reports coming out from Israel, I view them as lying bastards. Israeli strike kills three journalists in south Lebanon By Maya Gebeily and Amina Ismail October 25, 2024 https://www.reuters.com/world/middl...lebanon-after-hamas-leaders-death-2024-10-20/ Item 1 of 7 A view shows a damaged Press vehicle at the site of an Israeli strike that killed few media staff staying at a guesthouse where several other reporters were staying, Lebanese media said, in Hasbaya, Lebanon October 25, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer [1/7]A view shows a damaged Press vehicle at the site of an Israeli strike that killed few media staff staying at a guesthouse where several other reporters were staying, Lebanese media said, in Hasbaya, Lebanon October 25, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer Summary LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: Three journalists killed in Israeli strike in southern Lebanon, minister says Journalists killed while sleeping, witnesses said Strike was direct hit on journalists' bungalow, according to witnesses BEIRUT, Oct 25 (Reuters) - An Israeli strike early on Friday morning killed at least three journalists and wounded several others as they slept in guesthouses used by media in Hasbaya in southern Lebanon, Lebanon's health ministry and local media reported. Those killed were camera operator Ghassan Najjar and engineer Mohamed Reda of the pro-Iranian news outlet Al-Mayadeen and camera operator Wissam Qassem, who worked for Hezbollah's Al-Manar, the outlets said in separate statements. The strikes made it the deadliest day for media in a year of hostilities between the Israeli military and the Lebanese Hezbollah militia. There was no immediate comment from Israel, which in general denies deliberately attacking journalists. Five journalists had been killed in previous Israeli strikes in Lebanon during the conflict, including Reuters visual journalist Issam Abdallah. Hasbaya is a town inhabited by both Muslims and Christians. There have been attacks on its outskirts in recent weeks, but Friday's, at around 3 a.m. (midnight GMT), was the first on the town itself. "This is a war crime," Lebanese Information Minister Ziad Makary said. At least 18 journalists from six media outlets, including Sky News, Al-Jazeera and Lebanese broadcasters, were staying at the guesthouses. "We heard the airplane flying very low - that's what woke us up - and then we heard the two missiles," Muhammad Farhat, a reporter with the Lebanese outlet Al-Jadeed, told Reuters. He said several bungalows had been damaged. His footage showed overturned and damaged cars, some marked "Press". "We had been reporting from there for about a month without anything happening. I don't even know how I climbed out from under the rubble," Farhat said. Ghassan bin Jiddo, the director of Al-Mayadeen, said on the channel's X account that the attack was "deliberate". "We hold the occupation (Israel) fully responsible for this war crime, in which journalist crews including the Al-Mayadeen team were targeted," bin Jiddo said. ISRAEL ATTACKS LEBANESE MEDIA AND SOLDIERS A day earlier, Israel had struck an office used by Al-Mayadeen in Beirut's southern suburbs. Lebanon’s health ministry said one person had been killed and five others, including a child, wounded. Beirut authorities say the Israeli military campaign has killed more than 2,500 people and displaced more than 1.2 million people, creating a humanitarian crisis. On Thursday, an Israeli strike killed three Lebanese soldiers as they tried to evacuate wounded people from the border village of Yater, the Lebanese army said. There was no comment from the Israeli military. The U.S. has said Israel should take steps to avoid civilian casualties and not endanger U.N. peacekeepers or Lebanese army troops in its attacks in Gaza and Lebanon. Israel, which has been criticised for shelling hospitals and schools, has said it targets Hamas and Hezbollah militants precisely, accusing them of using civilians as shields. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said that, as of Oct. 24, its preliminary investigations showed at least 128 media workers had been killed since the start of the Gaza war, making it the deadliest period for journalists since CPJ began gathering data in 1992. Of those, 123 were Palestinian, two Israeli and three Lebanese. A month into Israel's military operation against the Iran-backed Hezbollah, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned in Doha that "this cannot lead, should not lead, to a protracted campaign". Blinken also said he hoped Iran was getting the message that further attacks on Israel would put its own interests at risk. Israel has vowed retaliation for an Iranian missile barrage on Oct. 1.
What is being done effectively, Jewish and American reputations are daily getting trashed by themselves! Then these same idiots blame their enemies and the devil for their woes.
Of course the terrorist commander is on the UNRWA payroll. Nearly all of them are. Naturally this terrorist was photographed at the Reim bomb shelter near the Tribe of Nova music festival, where attendees ran for cover as Hamas terrorists attacked. Removing all doubt about whether he is a terrorist or not. Israel confirms death of Hamas elite commander who was also a UN aid worker https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/...rms-death-hamas-commander-also-un-aid-worker/ IDF kills Hamas terrorist it says worked for UNRWA, led charge on Reim bomb shelter massacre American Hersh Goldberg-Polin was in the 'shelter of death' before being taken hostage and later murdered by Hamas terrorists https://www.foxnews.com/world/idf-k...d-unrwa-led-charge-reim-bomb-shelter-massacre
How impunity fuels Israel’s attacks on journalists in Gaza and Lebanon Israel continues to target journalists because of the global failure to hold it accountable for abuses, advocates say. A damaged vehicle marked with 'Press' at the site of an Israeli strike that killed three journalists and wounded several others in Hasbaiyya in southern Lebanon, October 25 [Reuters] By Alice Speri 25 Oct 2024 The apparent targeted killing of three media workers in an Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon on Friday has renewed calls for ending impunity for Israel’s abuses. Advocates say the mounting death toll of journalists killed by the Israeli military in the expanding conflict is a result of the failure of the international community – particularly the United States, Israel’s top backer – to hold the country accountable. The killing of media workers in Lebanon came days after Israel baselessly accused several Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza of being members of Palestinian armed groups, raising concerns about their safety. “The events of recent days are alarming, and should serve as a wake-up call for the US government and other states that have the power to hold the Israeli government to account and put a stop to this violence,” said Rebecca Vincent, campaign director at Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Friday’s deadly attack in Lebanon targeted a compound where several journalists and media workers were staying – in an area removed from fighting. There was no warning before the strike, which destroyed several buildings and left cars marked “press” covered in rubble. “This is an assassination, after monitoring and tracking, with premeditation and planning, as there were 18 journalists present at the location representing seven media institutions,” Lebanon’s Information Minister Ziad Makary wrote on social media. The killings add to one of the deadliest records for journalists covering a conflict in years. At least 128 journalists and media workers are among the tens of thousands of people Israel has killed in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon over the past year — the deadliest time for journalists since the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) began to track the killings more than four decades ago. According to Palestinian officials, the death toll is even higher with 176 journalists killed in Gaza alone. “CPJ is deeply outraged by yet another deadly Israeli airstrike on journalists, this time hitting a compound hosting 18 members of the press in south Lebanon,” CPJ Programme Director Carlos Martinez de la Serna said in a statement to Al Jazeera. “Deliberately targeting journalists is a war crime under international law. This attack must be independently investigated and the perpetrators must be held to account.” Labeling journalists ‘terrorists’ Israeli officials have regularly smeared the journalists slain in Gaza, accusing them without evidence of being members of Hamas and other groups. This week, Israel accused six Al Jazeera journalists of being Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad “operatives” — sparking fear that it may be pre-emptively justifying their targeting. Al Jazeera categorically rejected the Israeli allegations. Israel has killed several Al Jazeera journalists and their family members in Gaza since the war began, including the network’s correspondent Ismail al-Ghoul and cameraman Samer Abudaqa. Critics accuse Israel – which banned foreign reporters from entering Gaza – targets journalists in the Palestinian territory to obscure the truth about its war crimes there. CPJ has repeatedly documented Israel’s “pattern of smearing of Palestinian journalists with unsubstantiated ‘terrorist’ labels following their killings”. The latest threat against Al Jazeera journalists comes as calls have mounted for Israel to allow foreign journalists into Gaza. Earlier this year, more than 70 media and civil society organisations signed an open letter calling on Israel to grant journalists access, a demand recently echoed by dozens of US lawmakers. Diana Buttu, a Palestinian lawyer and analyst, said Israel does not want the world to see what is happening in Gaza. “On the one hand, they’re not allowing international journalists, and on the other hand, they’re assassinating those journalists who are there,” Buttu told Al Jazeera. “And then, they’re smearing those journalists who are there and somehow labelling them as targets.” Buttu stressed that, under international law, people can only be considered legitimate targets in war if they are combatants who engage in fighting – accusing someone of being affiliated with an armed group, whether true or not, does not make them a legitimate target. She added that Israel is “turning international law on its head” by labelling people as members of Hezbollah and Hamas to justify their killing. Raed Jarrar, advocacy director at the US-based rights group DAWN said Israel’s accusations against Al Jazeera’s journalists is a “deliberate tactic to intimidate and silence those exposing its ongoing ethnic cleansing and forced displacement in northern Gaza”. “This campaign against journalists reporting on the atrocities only further proves Israel’s desperation to cover up its war crimes and systematic genocide against Palestinians,” Jarrar added. Impunity breeding impunity While Israel has targeted journalists at an unprecedented rate during the ongoing war, it killed dozens more in the years preceding it. But there was no consequence for those killings and this impunity has paved the way for the current escalation, analysts say. Zaha Hassan, a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, told Al Jazeera that “the deadliest place to work these days for journalists is where Israel is waging war.” The think tank published a video earlier this year, documenting the lives of Palestinian journalists in Gaza. Just before its release, one of the journalists it features, Sami Shehadeh, lost a leg in an Israeli attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp, where he was filming. Hassan said the lack of accountability for the killing of Al Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh – who was a US citizen – by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank in 2022 was a “harbinger of things to come”. For months after Abu Akleh’s killing, US legislators and advocates called for an independent US investigation into the incident. While US and Israeli media outlets have reported that the US Department of Justice opened a probe into the shooting, American officials never publicly confirmed it, and any findings have not been released. No one has been punished for killing Abu Akleh. “If justice could be denied to Shireen by her own government, how can we expect justice for Palestinian journalists in Gaza or any other journalists working in the killing fields of Palestine and Lebanon?” said Hassan. “The US State Department and the White House recognise the critically important role journalists play in truth-telling. Unfortunately, they don’t put the same emphasis or value on truth or civil life when the truth is exposing Israeli war crimes or the civilian target is a Palestinian or Arab journalist.” The US often stresses the so-called “rules-based order” when criticising policies by Russia and China, but has maintained its unconditional support for Israel despite well-documented abuses, including the killing of journalists. Washington provides at least $3.8bn in military aid to Israel annually, and President Joe Biden has approved an additional $14bn in assistance to the US ally to help fund the current war. No media outrage While the US and other countries have failed to curb Israel’s attacks on journalists, advocates have also criticised the world’s mainstream media for inadequate attention and anger over Israeli attacks against the press. “There are a lot of people who are complicit in this. It’s not just the governments, which are definitely complicit, but it’s also the fact that we haven’t heard international outrage from other journalists,” said Buttu, a close friend of Abu Akleh. “These Palestinian journalists, these Lebanese journalists, their lives are no less worthy than those of international journalists, and the fact that we haven’t seen any sort of outrage is incredible.” But some alternative media outlets have been outspoken in condemning the attacks against journalists by Israel. This week, the US-based progressive publication Jewish Currents issued a statement in support of the six Al Jazeera journalists targeted by Israel. “As a journalistic institution, we generally refrain from putting out statements or calling on others to take action, but our position as media workers compels us to stand in solidarity with our colleagues in Gaza,” it said. “The normalization of Israel’s flagrant targeting of journalists has implications for reporters around the world.” The publication added that the targeting of Palestinian journalists “should be treated as a crisis for the international media”. Source: Al Jazeera
Israel and America, winning the battle but losing the war. Expect the next few years of mayhem especially if the hypocritical religious nutters remain in power.