Jane Salmonson

@MalakaShwaikh What terrible news. I am so sorry Malaka🥲

My cousin’s husband and her son were on their way to get flour today. Israel killed them both. Our hearts are shattered…

"We're sorry that the killing of our children 'troubles' you." Palestinian ✝️ Pastor Munther Isaac points out western hypocrisy in Easter sermon.

After a visit to #AlArish last week, we have now published our new report on the health & humanitarian situation in #Gaza. Read our Chair @SarahChampionMP comments and the report here: bit.ly/3IixEfV

A clear and brave message from @navalny in case the regime should kill him.

@JoyceOnstad @LibDems Respect Joyce! People of principle so rare in politics and so important. Genocidal actions should always be called out. A call for ceasefire should be a shout, not a whisper. Hope to see lots more of you in public sphere in future. Don’t go away!

BREAKING NEWS Today I have decided to resign from my political party, the @LibDems, where I serve on the Federal Board. Certain people in the party have taken great offence at the vehemence and ferocity of my stance in the fight to end the genocide in Palestine and have conflated my anti-Zionist position with antisemitism, which is clearly absurd. (see my pinned post) That does not wash anymore. People are no longer intimidated and I will not be silenced. Being harassed for supporting justice for the long- suffering people of Palestine and advocating for peace in Ukraine is something I will wear as a badge of honour. You would think those people in my party would use their energy on trying to stop the massacres of children, women and innocent men in Palestine. I haven't taken this decision lightly. I am a current Federal Board member, representative to Liberal International and have run for Parliament and London Assembly. I was proud that the LibDems called for a ceasefire, unlike Labour and the Conservatives. I fought apartheid in South African until it was defeated. I put everything I had in that struggle. That was way before I joined any political party. I have been fighting for the freedom and dignity of the Palestinians for decades now and have redoubled my efforts since October 7th. What decent people should be angry about and offended by -- especially after the ICJ ruling -- is the slaughter taking place right now of innocent civilians, mostly women and children, and the brutal occupation and massacres that Palestinians have endured for decades. Israel has a duty under international law to protect and look after the welfare of the people it occupies, not to oppress, dehumanise, kill, starve and terrorise them as they have been doing for decades. Occupied people everywhere have a right to self defense under international law and while they should seek peaceful means to end conflicts, when that fails they cannot be expected to lie down and die. If politicians in the West had done their job and held the extremist government of Netanyahu to account in its treatment of Palestinians over many decades, October 7th might not have happened. Same goes for Ukraine. A peaceful solution was very possible as some of us pointed out before the invasion. Ordinary Ukranians, including some of my friends, would not have had to undergo so much needless pain and sorrow. #EndTheGenocide #EndTheOccupationNow #AntiZionismISNOTantisemitism #CEASEFIRE_NOW #PeaceforUkraine

Lord Purvis, "UNICEF have said that 600,000 children have been displaced in Rafah, that is comparable to the entire under 12 population of Scotland being displaced to one post code area.. Asking children to relocate to a place where there is no shelter, no water, no medicine, and no security guarantees, is a war crime" David Cameron, "The people who are in Rafah have moved 3, 4 or 5 times, it is not possible to move. They can't go north because homes have been destroyed. They can't go south because that would involved going into Egypt. That is why it is important the Israelis stop and think before going ahead with any operations in Rafah"

🧵 Just got off the phone to a relative in Israel. An update on the situation from their perspective. First off the bat, despite the Govt and it's client media's onslaught of propaganda the most success Israel has with the hasbara is largely abroad amongst media and politicians.

HAPPENING NOW: Hundreds of Jews are blockading the @POTUS motorcade as it attempts to reach a fundraiser on the Upper East Side, calling on the President — in his first New York City appearance since the crisis in Gaza began — to stop funding Israel’s genocide of Palestinians.

“We are shocked by the reckless decision to cut a lifeline for an entire population by some of the very countries that had called for aid in Gaza to be stepped up and for humanitarians to be protected while doing their job." - @oxfamgb #UNRWA #Gaza theguardian.com/world/2024/jan…

@LaylaMoran Well said Lyla!

It’s vital that all parties including Hamas should be held to account, where international crimes have taken place. That’s why the UK should support the ICJ in its further investigations, as well as backing the ICC too. 4/4

On the ICJ ruling: @libdems been calling for an immediate bilateral ceasefire for months now - today’s ruling is the clearest sign yet that this is the course which must be followed. 1/4

Happy to report that this video garnered more than 100,000 views within the first couple of hours on IG. Over the last 111 days, since October 7, Isræl has consistently denied targeting civilians. Well, in this video, I am going to show you that in the history of its occupation, not only does Isræl actively target civilians, but they specifically target children. More importantly, I explain why they do it. We all have been collectively forced to observe the core of unmitigated and unbounded state terrorism carried out by Isræl, shielded by the sponsorship of the wide majority of the Global North, their governments, and their media. The institutionalized Isræli policies that involve the actions of killing, maiming, abducting, abusing, jailing, and r@p!ng children has yet to be brought to the forefront of Western consciousness. I hope this video helps create said consciousness. Thank you for interacting with and sharing this video widely; thank you for working towards a world where such crimes are not only morally condemned but also carry tangible penalties. Onwards. PS: Thank you to @Patrick_Baz for the inspiration and the permission to share his extraordinary photos

@DalrympleWill I agree with you Will. Me too

I have rarely felt more ashamed of my country, both government and opposition, not just for tolerating but for actively enabling this daily mass-murder of terrified, trapped, unarmed civilians, shot down in cold blood because our politicians are either massively ignorant or actively hostile to the Palestinians and their cause. Shame on you @RishiSunak, @Keir_Starmer, @grantshapps & the rest of you who have so badly lost your moral bearings.

@ShoumanMansour HOPE AT LAST!!? Is an end to this horror story in sight?

Jan 21 - Live from Gaza: IDF has withdrawn their troops and vehicles from the South and resorted back to striking civilian targets from the land, sea and air. We are in Negotiations Under Fire as we get closer to the Permanent Ceasefire Agreement. History is being made here not only for Palestine but for all the Free World! We Love You - Keep Up the Great Work! 🇵🇸☝️

One of the hardest @CommonsIDC sessions I've ever chaired. Link to the full session on healthcare in Gaza. An important watch, if you can face it: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/21… Thank you @rohantalbot @MedicalAidPal, @FarsakhNebal @PalestineRCS & Dr Ghada Al Jadba ⁦@UNRWA⁩

As anti-Zionist Jews, we’re doing everything we can to stop the Israeli government’s genocide in Gaza and stand in solidarity with Palestinians struggling for their freedom. We all have a part to play when it comes to ending Israeli apartheid and oppression. 🧵

@LaylaMoran Same feelings but nevertheless let’s give it a go…may 2024 be happy, if not today then very very soon into our new year 🙏

Happy New Year, wherever you are. A bit like Christmas, I am finding this one a tad difficult. Sincerely hope 2024 brings some peace in our tumultuous world and good things to you and your family. With love x

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ISRAEL EXPOSED BY MEDIA Mainstream media coverage of the litany of horrors in #Gaza reached a turning point this week, with major outlets finally revealing the scope of Israel's genocidal barbarity and dehumanizing propaganda. These pull quotes are from articles in the past 48 hours: ◼️ NYT: Israel’s war in Gaza is killing women and children at a faster pace than in almost any other conflict in the world this century. ◼️ NYT: During the first six weeks of the war in Gaza, Israel routinely used one of its biggest and most destructive bombs in areas it designated safe for civilians. ◼️ CNN: U.S. intelligence sources told CNN that 40-45% of the 29,000 air-to-surface munitions dropped on Gaza were so-called dumb bombs, unguided munitions that can pose a greater threat to civilians. ◼️ AP: More than half a million people in Gaza — a quarter of the population — are starving, according to a report Thursday by the United Nations and other agencies. ◼️ AP: The report released by 23 U.N. and nongovernmental agencies found that the entire population in Gaza is in food crisis, with 576,600 at catastrophic or starvation levels. ◼️ AP: "It doesn’t get any worse," said Arif Husain, chief economist for the U.N.’s World Food Program. "I have never seen something at the scale that is happening in Gaza. And at this speed." ◼️ CNN: Marc Garlasco a former US defense intelligence analyst and former UN war crimes investigator, said the density of Israel’s first month of bombardment in Gaza had "not been seen since Vietnam." ◼️ NYT: Civilians have virtually no safe places to hide or ways to escape ... family trees dismembered, whole branches of them obliterated. ◼️ WAPO: "Some 1.9 million people, 85 percent of the Gaza population, have been forced from their homes," Guterres said. He added that the dead have included 136 U.N. aid workers. ◼️ WAPO: The evidence presented by the Israeli government falls short of showing that Hamas had been using the al-Shifa hospital as a command and control center ◼️ AP: WHO relief workers reported "unbearable" scenes in two hospitals: Bedridden patients with untreated wounds crying out for water, the few remaining doctors and nurses having no supplies, and bodies being lined up in the courtyard. ◼️ CNN: CNN partnered with US AI company Synthetaic to detect craters, smoke plumes and damaged buildings. The findings “reveal and emphasize the sheer intensity of the bombardment over a very short period of time." ◼️ CNN: Weapons and warfare experts blame the extensive use of heavy weaponry, such as the 2,000-pound bomb for the soaring death toll ... Most of the dead are women and children.