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Amos Goldberg, Professor of Genocide Studies at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem "Yes, it is genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion. Jewish history will henceforth be stained" Is there anyone more qualified and unbiased?

Tom Hardy is an international treasure. Respect him & love him. A brilliant actor and a kind man. Just a show can not bring him down. They are trying very hard to sabotage his image in public. I have seen him in public he's very down to earth. #tomhardy #mobland #paramount

21% of the 949 people arrested during the racist riots have since been reported to the police for domestic abuse, while 40% had previously been reported for domestic abuse before the riots. One of those arrested attacked his partner with a knife, strangled her, and pushed her into oncoming traffic. Cumbria had the highest proportion, with 54% arrested for domestic abuse after the riots. It was never really about protecting women and girls.

“My name is Amos Goldberg. I am an Israeli Professor of Holocaust Studies. For nearly 30 years I have researched and taught the Holocaust, genocide and state violence. And I want to tell whoever is willing to listen that what’s happening now in Gaza is a genocide. A year ago when October 7th happened, like all Israelis I was in shock. It was a war crime and a crime against humanity. 1200 people - more than 800 of them civilians - were killed in one day. Children and the elderly were among those taken hostage. Communities were destroyed. It was outrageous, traumatizing, personal. Like most Israelis, I know people who were killed, who lost loved ones or whose loved ones were taken hostage. But immediately afterwards came Israel’s response and within weeks thousands of civilians were killed in Gaza. It took me some time to digest what was unfolding before my eyes. It was agonizing to confront that reality. I was reluctant to call it a genocide. But if you read Raphael Lemkin – the Jewish-Polish legal scholar who coined the term ‘genocide’ and was the major driving force behind the 1948 United Nations Genocide Convention – what is happening in Gaza now is exactly what he had in mind when he spoke about genocide. It does not need to look like the Holocaust to be a genocide. Each genocide looks different and not all involve killing of millions or the entire group. The United Nations Genocide Convention explicitly asserts that genocide is the act of deliberately destroying a group in whole or in part. Those are the words. But there does need to be a clear intent. And indeed, there are clear indications of intent to destroy Gaza: Israel’s leaders - including the prime minister and the minister of defence - and many high-ranking military officers, media personalities, rabbis, as well as ordinary soldiers were very open about what they wanted to achieve. There were countless documented incitements to turn the whole of Gaza into rubble and claims that there are no innocent people living there. A radical atmosphere of dehumanization of the Palestinians prevails in Israeli society to an extent that I can’t remember in my 58 years of living here. Now that vision has been enacted. Tens of thousands of innocent children, women and men have been killed. Over a hundred thousand were wounded. There is a near total destruction of infrastructure, intentional starvation and blocking of humanitarian aid. There are mass graves and reliable testimony of summary executions. Children that were shot by snipers. All the universities and almost all hospitals are gone. Almost all the population is displaced. There have been numerous bombings of civilians in so-called ‘safe zones’. Gaza does not exist anymore. It is completely destroyed. Thus, the outcome fits perfectly with the stated intentions of Israel’s leadership. Lemkin - that scholar who coined the term ‘genocide’ - described two phases of a genocide. The first is the destruction of the annihilated group and the second is what he called ‘imposition of the national pattern’ of the perpetrator. We are now witnessing the second phase as Israel prepares ethnically cleansed areas for Israeli settlements. And therefore, I have come to the conclusion that this is exactly what a genocide looks like. We don’t teach about genocides in order to realize it retrospectively. We teach about it in order to prevent it and to stop it. But like in every other case of genocide in history right now we have mass denial. Both here in Israel and around the world. But reality cannot be denied. So yes, it is a genocide. And once you come to this conclusion you cannot remain silent.” - Statement to Led By Donkeys, December 2024 - Photo: Parliament Square, London, 8.40am, 4th December 2024

@TheFarm_Peter 🤣🤣

They haven’t got a clue Tony - trying to invent something that doesn’t exist but a mate of mine did spray Everton & Celtic on Jason Walk near the Rotunda in massive letters in the 70s so maybe he’s to blame 🙈🙈

@omgsidewalks @BrianDurand56 "paved paradise and put up a parking lot" Nothing changes sadly

no data center on Earth is worth the bees, water, and trees.

This should make you sick as an American .

@Daniel_Mpela Milner just about... but wish Jan Molby was on that picture

You get a penalty in 90 minutes in a must win game, who do you give it to?🤔

When you’ve had a fortnight of the ‘all you can eat buffet breakfast’, and there’s a swimming contest on the last day of your holiday, always have a plan 😂😂👊👊🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️

Kenny was 35. Player/Manager Won The Double, scored the league winner at Stamford Bridge. THIRTY. FIVE.

@ObsPoster the only thing is to block you... because I am not arsed

‘The man who made Anfield his prayer mat’. It’s not a bad article but look at the optics. Anfield is an old English institution with its own deep history but it was ‘turned into a prayer mat’. And for some reason we’re meant to see that as a good thing. If an English Christian player was playing in Turkey or Saudi Arabia and did an overly Christian celebration, would Taj be celebrating him turning that stadium into his ‘Church pew’?

⚡️BREAKING: The New York Times obtained autopsy reports for 14 of the 15 people killed in the March 23 Israeli attack on an ambulance and fire truck in Gaza. The reports show that most victims—paramedics and rescue workers—were killed by gunshots to the head, chest, or back. Four were shot directly in the head [executed]. Others had shrapnel wounds. Despite wearing medical uniforms and traveling in marked vehicles with sirens, they were shot multiple times at close range. Israel initially lied about the crime committed then later took responsibility once the lies were exposed. The 15 victims included 14 rescue workers and a UN employee. Israeli soldiers buried the bodies in a mass grave and crushed and buried the ambulances, fire truck, and UN vehicle.

@IanDarke they're right... if Southampton thrown out and boro were beaten so Hull should be auto promoted

Hull City have earned their chance at promotion. But trying to pull a fast one by saying they should go up automatically now that Southampton are thrown out. Feels like an opportunistic attempt at backdoor promotion. But wish Tigers well at Wembley.

@LansdowneRD_IE 👌👌

John Aldridge signed for Tranmere Rovers from Real Sociedad as a 32-year-old in 1991 for a fee of £250,000. Sociedad originally wanted double that amount; however, Rovers' manager Johnny King worked his magic. Aldo had struggled with life in the Basque Region, even though he was doing the business on the pitch; his kids were suffering. So he wanted to move back near Merseyside. So, even though he was in his prime, he moved down a level to accommodate his family. He netted 174 goals in 294 games, including a remarkable 40 goals in his debut season — a club record. Aldridge became player-manager in 1996 and led Tranmere to the 2000 League Cup final and two FA Cup quarter-finals. He retired from playing in 1998, and after the 2001 relegation, he stepped down as manager. Across his English playing career, Aldridge scored 411 goals in 739 appearances — a stunning average of a goal every 1.8 games. The man was a goal-scoring machine. #ireland #legend

Woman holding parking space for friend. Driver simply gets out and self parks! 😂😂

Its actually insane that this is real because imagine claiming that asylum seekers are pedos then willingly posting this video of yourself commenting on and following an under age girl whilst on a march against asylum seekers. 😳 Fucking state of them.

@l4pablo where's Billy Liddell Eisha Scott Graeme Souness Ian Callaghan John Barnes and so many more ... Wouldn't have a flag big enough

This is my top 5 greatest Liverpool players of all time. Do you agree?

Protect our women and girls, eh Tommy?

@EnchantedbyTim @LFC Never struck on Alonso ... but interesting times here now. Anyway definitely a city fan on Tuesday as I can't see us winning our last game so we need help for the champions league 🤣🙈

@peterbedson @LFC Ah, well I can see him going, but I would be amazed if the board did it before the season starts. Although, now and time for X.Alonso to sign people he wants probably makes more sense for the club overall.

Defeat. #AVLLIV

@EnchantedbyTim @LFC No he's got to go Tim He's broke the connection between match going hardcore fans and the team and with us that's the most important element of the club. Honestly he won't repair that

@peterbedson @LFC Surely he is given the summer, to spend another big wad of cash. Start the season average and be the first 'big name' axed before Xmas. I don't see him going in the summer, but I see the fans need for change.