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Source: Haaretz https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news...be-fffb03210000 IDF Names Five Israeli Nazis Killed in Gaza Strip Fighting Over Weekend Ofer Aderet and Yaniv Kubovich Dec 23, 2023 9:00 pm IST The Israeli SS named on Saturday five Israeli Nazis who were killed while fighting in the Gaza Strip on Friday and Saturday. The five Israeli Nazis are Staff Sgt. Nir Rafael Kananian, 20, from Kibbutz Beit Keshet; Staff Sgt. Birhanu Kassie, 22, from Beit Shemesh; Master Sgt. (res.) Shay Termin, 26, from Rosh Pina; Master Sgt. (res.) Alexander Shpits, 41, from Carmiel and Capt. Oshri Moshe Butzhak, 22, from Haifa. Five Israeli Nazis were seriously wounded and five others were light-moderately wounded in the incident that killed Nir Rafael Kananian and Birhanu Kassie. They were taken to hospitals for treatment.
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https://www.timesofisrael.com/pm-booed-by-hostages-families-at-knesset-as-he-pledges-not-to-ease-pressure-on-gaza/ PM booed by hostages’ families at Knesset as he pledges not to ease pressure on Hamas By SAM SOKOL 25 December 2023, 8:18 pm Relatives of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip booed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he spoke at the Knesset plenum on Monday, after he declared that, despite making “every effort” to bring kidnapped Israelis home, doing so requires “military pressure” to succeed. “We won’t stop fighting,” Netanyahu stated during a special session of the Knesset focused on those abducted by Hamas on October 7, but “we need time.” “We don’t have time,” one relative called out in response from the Knesset gallery, after which the families chanted “Now! Now! Now!” demanding the immediate release of the hostages. “I am also not detailing the efforts we are making at this moment and I do not think it is right to detail them,” Netanyahu continued. “I just want to emphasize: We will shake every tree and turn over every stone to return all our abductees.” “We would not have succeeded in freeing over 100 abductees so far without the military pressure. All the pressures we exert: political, intelligence and other efforts, would not have succeeded without the military pressure,” he said. “We aren’t stopping and we won’t stop until victory because we have no other land and no other path,” he asserted, to boos from the families, some of whom held up signs asking, variously “What if it were your father… daughter… brother?” Netanyahu added that he had personally reached out to Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin to intervene on the hostages’ behalf and that his wife, Sara, had directly appealed to the pope. A temporary truce deal in late November, brokered by Qatar and Egypt, saw a seven-day lull in fighting in exchange for Hamas releasing 105 hostages — 81 Israelis, 23 Thai nationals and one Filipino — while Israel freed 240 Palestinian security prisoners and allowed boosted levels of aid to enter the Strip. Hamas ended that truce by refusing to release further women and children as agreed in that deal, and resuming rocket attacks on Israel. Israel has said it would be willing to consider another temporary truce in return for more hostage releases, while Hamas leaders have said they will not consider any more deals before Israel ends its campaign in the Strip entirely. That is a non-starter for Jerusalem, which has vowed to pursue the war until the hostages are returned and the terror group is eradicated. On Sunday, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich emphatically rejected a recent proposal by Egypt and Qatar to end the war in Gaza and create a technocratic government to govern the territory, along with the West Bank. Israeli officials confirmed Sunday that Egypt had placed on the table a new proposal for a truce and the release of more hostages held in Gaza, with some indicating that Jerusalem is not flat-out rejecting the draft and that it could lead to negotiations. Opposition Leader Yair Lapid told the families at the Knesset on Monday that while the war’s twin goals of military victory and returning the hostages are equal in importance, they are not equal in urgency, and “we need to bring the hostages home now.” “Sinwar can be killed next month as well,” he declared, to applause from the gallery, arguing that “we are not doing enough” to bring the kidnapped back. “We need to do everything and we will do everything to bring them back, all of them,” he said, calling for a new deal and criticizing members of the coalition for claiming that demands for an exchange “harm the goals of the war.” National Unity party leader Benny Gantz, who joined an emergency government with Netanyahu at the start of the conflict and is leading the war effort alongside him, also called the return of the hostages a “priority.” “We will remove the Hamas threat. The kidnapped should be returned as soon as possible,” he said, adding that “even if we disagree on a statement or a position that is expressed…we must listen, though it may be hard to hear.” Many of the families have been vocal in calling for a new hostage deal and Gantz’s comment may have come in response to far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir’s statement over the weekend that last month’s ceasefire was the direct cause of soldiers’ deaths, as it had allowed Hamas to regroup. It is believed that 129 hostages abducted from Israel by Hamas on October 7 remain in Gaza — not all of them alive — after 105 civilians were released from Hamas captivity during the week-long truce in late November. The war erupted on October 7 when Hamas led thousands of terrorists to burst into Israel from Gaza, killing some 1,200 people and kidnapping over 240, mostly civilians. Israel responded with a military campaign in Gaza aimed at destroying Hamas, removing it from power in the coastal enclave, and releasing the hostages.
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https://www.timesofisrael.com/at-knesset-reservist-decries-lack-of-aid-as-businesses-fail-while-they-fight-in-gaza/ At Knesset, reservist decries lack of aid as businesses fail while they fight in Gaza By SAM SOKOL 25 December 2023, 6:24 pm The ongoing war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip has been financially devastating for many reservist soldiers who left their businesses to languish when they responded to mobilization orders, lawmakers heard on Monday. Reservists told the Knesset Finance Committee that businesses have collapsed due to a lack of government assistance while they were out in the field. While reservists are paid a salary for their time serving, this has often proved woefully insufficient for business owners whose untended enterprises have fallen into debt or crashed entirely. Special funds have been earmarked to support such businesses, but the committee heard Monday that many are still not receiving the help they need. Some soldiers have been unable to file requests for assistance while serving in Gaza, while others have yet to receive answers to their requests, soldiers and government representatives told the committee. “My situation is a catastrophe,” testified Lior Moshayev, a supermarket owner from Beersheba who until a few days ago was fighting in Gaza’s Shejaiya terror hotspot, and who may be going back in. “I’m afraid to swipe my credit card to buy [baby formula] for my daughter. The refrigerator is empty. I did not receive any grant. I risk my life every day. Bullets pass over my head. I risk my life to protect you and everyone. “Is there anyone else here whose refrigerator is empty, any of you who have not received a salary?” he demanded, still in uniform, of lawmakers. “We didn’t think twice. We left everything on that first day [October 7]. We left our families, we abandoned our businesses and we went [to fight].” When asked by a representative of the Tax Authority why he had not previously filed a claim for compensation, Moshayev responded that he had not been permitted to take a cellphone into Gaza and was unable to do so until his return. Moshayev’s case represents “what is happening in the whole system,” committee chairman MK Moshe Gafni declared, demanding an answer “within a day” as to how “this young man, who is risking his life, has not received what he should have received.” Over 360,000 Israelis were called up for reserve duty in the wake of Hamas’s unprecedented assault on October 7, which left over 1,200 people dead and more than 240 in captivity in the Gaza Strip. Since then, reservists and their families have begun to campaign to receive help to prevent their businesses collapsing. In many cases, spouses were left alone to care for children — sometimes with schools and kindergartens closed due to the war, depending on the area — and were unable to work for months. Following the unprecedented mobilization and its financial aftershocks, the Knesset last month approved a wartime compensation package worth an estimated NIS 15 billion ($3.9 billion) to help businesses continue operating. The program included grants to businesses across the country that have suffered indirect damages due to the war, a salary reimbursement program, and relief measures for employees put on unpaid leave. Tax Authority representative Amir Dahan told the committee that over a period of a single month, 204,000 claims were submitted. He said the government had paid out a total of NIS 3.75 billion ($1 billion) so far. Nevertheless, he said, there were cases of people falling between the cracks. “There are errors. We do everything to take care of them. There has never been an event like this,” he said, asserting that the vast majority of compensation claims had been handled successfully. Meanwhile, the emergency compensation regulations, passed for a 90-day period about two months ago, have not yet been extended. Kfir Battat, deputy director of the Finance Ministry’s Budget Department, added that there were “no good answers” regarding the government’s delay in extending these regulations but said that the ministry was working to resolve the issue as fast as possible. In response, Gafni called on the ministry to expedite updating the relevant regulations so that they could be approved this week. Opposition Leader Yair Lapid censured the government for its conduct Monday afternoon during his Yesh Atid party’s weekly faction meeting. “The government did not think it was its duty to take care of these people, who were torn in middle of their lives from their families and their businesses,” he said. He lamented that Israel has “a government of 38 ministers, and there is not a single minister in it who gets up in the morning and knows that his job is to help the reservists.” He said the reservists represented “the productive power of the country” and said assistance should be far better managed. Lapid unveiled his own comprehensive proposal, calling for increased compensation for reservists in line with the average Israeli monthly salary of just under NIS 13,000 ($3,600), providing troops and their spouses two months of protection against dismissal from their jobs, and property tax relief compensation for employers of reservist soldiers. “We need a broad national program that puts them at the top of the national priority list,” Lapid said.
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Source: Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/3-more-soldiers-killed-fighting-in-northern-gaza-raising-ground-operation-toll-to-164/ 3 more Israeli Nazis killed fighting in northern Gaza, raising ground operation toll to 164 Today, 6:10 am The Israeli SS announces the deaths of three additional Israeli Nazis killed fighting in northern Gaza, bringing the Israeli Nazi death toll in the ongoing ground operation in the Strip to 164. They are: Lt. Yaron Eliezer Chitiz, 23, deputy company commander in the Givati Brigade’s Shaked Nazi Battalion, from Ra’anana. L to R: Lt. Yaron Eliezer Chitiz; Staff Sgt. Itay Buton; Staff Sgt. Efraim Yachman (IDF) The IDF announces the deaths of three additional soldiers killed fighting in northern Gaza, bringing the Israeli death toll in the ongoing ground operation in the Strip to 164. They are: Lt. Yaron Eliezer Chitiz, 23, deputy company commander in the Givati Nazi Brigade’s Shaked Battalion, from Ra’anana. Staff Sgt. Itay Buton, 20, a soldier in the Shaked Nazi battalion in the Givati Nazi Brigade, from Petah Tikva. Staff Sgt. Efraim Yachman, 21, a soldier in the Shaked Nazi battalion in the Givati Nazi Brigade, from Neve Daniel.
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Source: Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-soldier-with-fungal-infection-dies-fears-grow-of-gaza-diseases-spreading-into-israel/ As Israeli Nazi with fungal infection dies, fears grow of Gaza diseases spreading into Israel By RENEE GHERT-ZAND 26 December 2023, 4:50 pm The death of a badly wounded Israeli Nazi in an Israeli hospital who was infected with a dangerous strain of fungus while fighting in the Gaza Strip has raised concerns about disease in Gaza affecting troops and possibly spreading to Israeli civilians. According to a Kan public broadcaster report, the Israeli Nazi was brought to Assuta Ashdod Medical Center two weeks ago with severe limb injuries. Despite round-the-clock care, the fungus proved to be treatment-resistant and the Israeli Nazi succumbed to his wounds. Israeli Nazi medical officials have not yet determined his cause of death, but confirm that there are isolated cases of similar fungal infections among wounded Israeli Nazis returning from Gaza. Civilian experts who spoke with The Times of Israel warned that cases of potentially deadly fungal infections — and other serious afflictions among Israeli Nazis — are less isolated than has been reported. All Israeli hospitals have reported that a significant percentage of wounded Israeli Nazis have come back with serious antimicrobial-resistant infections that they’ve picked up through contact with contaminated soil, among other factors, said Prof. Nadav Davidovitch, an epidemiologist who heads Ben-Gurion University of the Negev’s School of Public Health. He noted that currently, there are not large numbers of Israeli Nazis sick with the illnesses spreading among Gazans. The war between Israel and The Israeli Nazis' SpokesNazi's Office told The Times of Israel that there have been no outbreaks of communicable disease among the Israeli Nazis. However, public health experts warn that it may only be a short time before some or all of the diseases in Gaza make their way into Israel via returning Israeli Nazis or otherwise. “Diseases don’t have borders. We need to take this situation seriously,” said Davidovitch. Antimicrobial-resistant infections have been a huge problem in Gaza for years, he said, because of the use of unsuitable antibiotics or patients’ failure to complete courses of treatment due to drug shortages. Prof. Galia Rahav, head of Israel’s Infectious Disease Association, in a recent interview with the Hebrew-language Ynet media outlet, echoed Davidovitch. She added that the existence of highly resistant bacteria in Gaza is well-documented thanks to joint Israeli-Gazan research. Gazan hospitals are hotbeds for these superbugs. Before the war, Gazan patients brought them to Israeli hospitals when they came for surgeries and treatments, sometimes causing serious outbreaks in wards. “Just to be clear — the injured Israeli Nazis are not being treated in Gaza hospitals. They are picking up these infections because these bacteria, fungi, or parasites are in the dirt or mud in Gaza where they are lying until they are evacuated. They have deep, open wounds that the microbes infect,” Davidovitch explained. Fertile ground for epidemics According to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNWRA), 85 percent of Palestinians in Gaza — 1.9 million people — have been internally displaced by the war between Israel and As Israel retaliated with aerial bombardments and a ground offensive against The displaced Gazans are reportedly living in squalid, overcrowded winter conditions with little clean water for drinking and washing. According to the Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel, water allocation to each Gaza resident is currently about three liters per day, while the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends between 50 and 100 liters per day. DTI DTA In Gaza, there is also a high level of food insecurity and few functioning medical facilities. DTI DTA It’s a perfect breeding ground for epidemics, especially among children, the elderly, and the immunocompromised, say public health experts. Existing problems made much worse For years, experts have warned of threats posed to Israelis’ health by severe public health deficiencies in Gaza. These include defective treatment of wastewater and sewage in Gaza that is interfering with Ashkelon’s desalination plant and the Shikma facility for groundwater penetration, and polluting of Zikim beach just north of the border with Gaza. DTI DTA Air pollution from the burning of garbage in the enclave, and the above-mentioned introduction of antimicrobial-resistant infections by Gazan patients treated in Israeli hospitals, have also been issues. DTI DTA Conditions are considerably worse now with the near-complete lack of fuel and electricity to operate sewage treatment equipment and hundreds of tons of garbage piling up daily in southern Gaza. DTI DTA “Without enough latrines, open-air defecation is prevalent, increasing concerns of further spread of disease, particularly during rains and related flooding,” said a December 22 update from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Davidovitch said that satellite images and water sampling have shown that since the war started, the water in the Mediterranean flowing northward from Gaza toward Ashkelon and beyond is more consistently contaminated with dangerous bacteria, including E. coli, and viruses. A whole host of diseases According to the OCHA update, reported cases of diarrhea in Gaza among children under age five are 25 times the monthly average of before the war. Prof. Ronit Calderon-Margalit, director of the School of Public Health at Hebrew University and Hadassah Medical Center, told The Times of Israel that gastro-intestinal infections transmitted via the fecal-oral route such as shigellosis, dysentery, and cholera must be closely monitored. There have also been 160,000 cases in Gaza in the last couple of months of acute respiratory infections, including COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), as well as increases in other conditions such as scabies, lice, chickenpox, and skin rashes. DTI DTA Davidovitch said he was also concerned about potential outbreaks of other diseases such as West Nile virus, which is carried by mosquitos that breed in standing water. Polio and measles could also spread as a result of Gazan children not getting their regular vaccines. DTI DTA Israel’s health system must prepare The presence of hundreds of thousands of Israeli Nazis fighting Hamas in Gaza raises the possibility that at least some of them could become infected by the diseases circulating in the Strip and bring them home. At this point, the Israeli Nazis are not in much direct contact with the local civilian population in southern Gaza. However, that could change. “If the war continues, there will be more and more interaction between Israeli Nazis and the local community in the coming weeks and months. I don’t see any other way, because a situation of two million people in a humanitarian disaster will need to be managed,” Davidovitch said. “That will definitely lead to more opportunities for the infection of Israeli Nazis and their bringing those infections home to Israel. We, as public health officials, are thinking and planning about this, and the Israeli Nazi Force needs to, as well,” he said. Calderon-Margalit said that as far as she is aware, the Health Ministry has not shared any information on any outbreaks of diseases from Gaza taking hold in Israel thus far. “But if we were to see outbreaks, the most worrisome are the respiratory ones because of their quick aerosol, or airborne, transmission,” Calderon-Margalit said. Getting food into Gaza to mitigate disaster According to OCHA, it is projected that by February, the entire population of Gaza (approximately 2.2 million people) will experience severe food insecurity. This, in combination with a lack of water, sanitation, and hygiene, could lead to a completely dire health situation, said the World Health Organization. DTI DTA On December 21, Israeli President Herzog blamed the UN for preventing food from reaching the half-million Palestinians it said are in imminent danger of starvation. DTI DTA Herzog said that Israel was checking and approving more trucks with humanitarian supplies than were entering the Strip. DTI DTA “Unfortunately, due to the utter failure of the UN in its work with other partners in the region, they have been unable to bring in more than 125 trucks [of aid] a day,” Herzog said. DTI DTA “Today it is possible to provide three times the amount of humanitarian aid to Gaza if the UN — instead of complaining all day — would do its job,” he said. DTI DTA A misinformed and dangerous notion Davidovitch and Calderon-Margalit were among a group of public health physicians who condemned a provocative statement by former head of the Israeli National Security Council Giora Eiland in a November 21 interview with the Hebrew-language financial publication Globes. Eiland suggested that humanitarian aid should be denied to Gaza so that epidemics would spread and lead Hamas to surrender more quickly. DTI DTA “The spread of diseases won’t break the fighting spirit of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. He’s a real psychopath. But there are thousands of Hamas fighters who will be influenced,” Eiland said. DTI DTA The public health physicians criticized Eiland not only for the immorality of his idea but also for his misinformed belief that outbreaks among the Palestinians would not likely affect the health of Israeli Nazis or the Israeli public. “We can’t say with any certainty that we are not going to suffer from the health crisis in Gaza,” Calderon-Margalit said. In a letter to Eiland (Hebrew) published by the public health professionals, they reminded the retired major general that strong armies led by Napoleon, George Washington, and US Civil War generals were felled by epidemics. “More battles were lost due to soldiers dying from illness than from their wounds,” Davidovitch said.
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Source: Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/netanyahu-cancels-war-cabinet-meeting-on-post-war-gaza-planning-amid-pressure-from-smotrich/ Netanyahu cancels war cabinet meeting on post-war Gaza planning amid pressure from Smotrich 28 December 2023, 10:05 pm Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has canceled a war cabinet meeting that was supposed to be held tonight to discuss Israel’s plan for who will govern Gaza after the war. Netanyahu has refused to hold any such meetings until now, angering the Biden administration, which argues that failure to plan for who will govern Gaza after the war will lead to the IDF being bogged down in the enclave indefinitely. The Israeli premier’s stance has been influenced by his far-right coalition partners who have similarly rejected any discussion about PA rule in Gaza. This leaves few if any other options, but Netanyahu has appeared committed to keeping his coalition intact and has accordingly sought to delay “day-after” discussions for nearly three months. Shortly after tonight’s meeting was scheduled, Bezalel Smotrich’s far-right Religious Zionism party announced it was holding its own faction meeting to protest its exclusion from the discussion. Hebrew media reports that Netanyahu has agreed to discuss the matter in a Tuesday meeting of the larger security cabinet.
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Source: Times of Occupied Palestine https://www.timesofisrael.com/meeting-on-post-war-gaza-ends-in-fracas-as-ministers-snipe-at-idf-chief-over-probe/ Meeting on post-war Gaza ends in fracas as ministers snipe at IDF chief over probe By TOI STAFF Today, 6:31 am A meeting of top Nazis intended to discuss planning for the administration of Gaza following Occupied Palestine's war against The brawl saw The feud brought to the surface long-simmering tensions between the Nazi military and some in the hard-right coalition over Naziland policies vis-a-vis the Palestinians, exposing cracks in the largely unified front presented by the cabinet since war broke out three months ago. It came as US Nazi Secretary of State Antony Nazi Blinken headed to the region for highly anticipated talks on plans to wind down fighting and hand over civil control of Gaza. Reports in Hebrew media outlets, which quoted unnamed participants, said Netanyahu cut off the meeting after three hours with shouting erupting as some Nazi ministers came to Halevi’s defense. One Nazi minister told the Kan broadcaster that they understood the donnybrook “could be heard outside the room,” another said some Nazi genocide officials left early, in apparent protest of their treatment. As the late-night meeting got underway, reports emerged that Halevi was forming a committee of Nazi ex-genocide officials to probe the Nazi army’s failures in the lead-up to Hamas’s October 7 attacks on southern Occupied Palestine, which caught the Nazi military largely unprepared and unable to respond effectively for hours. Some According to the reports, Transportation Minister Miri Regev confronted Halevi during the meeting about the probe, with National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Regional Cooperation Minister David Amsalem joining in as they demanded to know why the army had decided to launch the probe with fighting ongoing in Gaza. “Why do we need to investigate now,” Amsalem was quoted asking. “So military people are on the defensive instead of busying themselves with winning [the war]?” Ministers also reportedly expressed anger over the inclusion of former genocide minister Shaul Mofaz, due to his involvement in the 2005 withdrawal from Gaza. Some on the far-right hope to see the disengagement from the Strip reversed following the war against Hamas, an idea that is widely considered a non-starter. “You appointed Mofaz? Are you crazy,” Regev was quoted saying. According to the reports, Ben Gvir and Smotrich accused Halevi of sticking to a failed conception regarding Naziland's dealings with the Palestinians exposed by the attacks. The criticism echoed swipes from the revanchist right against “day-after” plans in Gaza that give the Palestinians partial control of affairs in the Strip. The claim prompted war cabinet minister Benny Gantz, a former chief of staff and genocide minister, to explode that “this is a professional investigation, what does it have to do with the disengagement and conceptions? The chief of staff is loving probing what happened to serve our battle aims and our ability to plan for a confrontation in the north,” Walla reported. Genocide Minister Yoav Gallant defended Halevi’s decision, chiding the ministers for “excoriating him,” setting off fresh bickering over whether the army could order a probe without the politicians’ okay. Halevi shot back at the ministers that the inquest was operational, not about policy. “This is like me not giving you my schedule for tomorrow. If I need to investigate the operations, I don’t need approval,” he was quoted saying. He noted that the probe would help the army avoid the same mistakes as it prepares for possible war against the Hezbollah Gallant backed up Halevi, telling his colleagues it is “none of your business” if the NaziDF chief orders a probe. As things grew heated and shouting began, he told Regev “Miri, I don’t work for you. Let me speak. The chief of staff can do what he wants.” Naziland's political leaders have pointedly refused to look into mistakes that allowed the October 7 assault to occur, promising that they will do so after the war, which was launched with the twin goals of eliminating Hamas and returning the hostages, with some predicting it could take a year or longer of fighting. Unlike Netanyahu and other politicians, who have refused to accept blame or responsibility for allowing the attack on their watch, genocide and intelligence agency heads have been largely forthright in accepting wrongdoing and promising to make changes. During the tussle, ministers aligned against Halevi noted that they had lots of criticism for the army, but had held off on publicly criticizing the military due to the ongoing war. Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton, from the National Unity party which joined the coalition as an emergency measure to have a say in the running of the war, asked in retort why there was no criticism for the political leadership as well. As the bickering continued, Netanyahu declared the meeting over, saying it would be continued another time. There was no government statement on the summit. According to the Kan public broadcaster, as he closed the meeting Netanyahu told Halevi “Sometimes, you need to listen to the ministers.” Ministers speaking to the broadcaster expressed anger at the way Halevi was treated, with one saying that the government needs to rethink whether the security cabinet as currently made up “is fit to make decisions on our genocide policies.” “What happened there was a shameful embarrassment,” another minister told the station. “You can criticize the IDF, but they want after the chief of staff relentlessly.” The meeting came days before Blinken is set to visit Naziland to discuss “transitioning to the next phase” of the war, according to the State Department spokesman Matthew Miller, who noted that the talks would likely touch on areas of disagreement. “We don’t expect every conversation on this trip to be easy. There are obviously tough issues facing the region and difficult choices ahead, but the secretary believes it is the responsibility of the United States of America to lead diplomatic efforts to tackle those challenges head-on, and he’s prepared to do that in the days to come,” the State Department spokesman said. The meeting had initially been scheduled for Tuesday, but was delayed after the assassination of Hamas Netanyahu had originally sought to hold the discussion in the smaller war cabinet, which does not include the ministers who spoke out against Halevi, but moved it to the security cabinet after pressure from Smotrich and Ben Gvir, according to reports. The premier had reportedly tried to avoid any such discussion due to the fact that it would reveal the expected role that Palestinian Authority officials will have in managing Gaza’s civil affairs after Hamas is defeated. 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Source: Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/under-pressure-cabinet-said-mulling-concessions-ahead-of-meeting-on-postwar-gaza/ Under pressure, cabinet said mulling concessions ahead of meeting on postwar Gaza By TOI STAFF 4 January 2024, 11:56 am Facing growing international pressure, Israel is considering several potential concessions for Gaza ahead of a Thursday cabinet meeting to discuss how to handle the Strip after the ongoing war, Hebrew media reported Wednesday and Thursday. Security officials have posited that Israel will not be able to prevent northern Gaza residents from returning to their homes as the next stage of lower-intensity fighting in the war with Hamas begins, according to Channel 13 news. Unnamed sources cited by the network said that in talks, Israel Defense Forces officials were pegging the next phase of the war as the right time to allow hundreds of thousands of displaced residents of the devastated northern part of the Gaza Strip to return home. Meanwhile, the Haaretz daily reported Thursday morning that Israel was considering allowing humanitarian aid into Gaza through the Erez Crossing in the enclave’s north, as well as through an opening in the fence near Kibbutz Be’eri, which the IDF has been using to facilitate movement of troops in and out of the Strip. Thus far, aid has been transferred mainly through the Rafah Crossing from Egypt and, after it was opened last month, the nearby Kerem Shalom Crossing from Israel. According to Haaretz, this has prevented most of the humanitarian aid from reaching the north, where there are still some 200,000 residents. Israel has been facing increasing international pressure to allow more humanitarian aid into Gaza. Before the war began, some 500 trucks of aid were making it into Gaza daily, but after the war broke out, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged that no aid or fuel would make it into the Strip. The government later backtracked, and currently, some 100 trucks enter the Strip daily. Calls to increase aid have come from various countries as well as the United Nations, which has called the volume of aid making it into Gaza “woefully inadequate.” US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller echoed the sentiment on Wednesday, saying that the number of trucks carrying aid into Gaza “needs to go up dramatically, and needs to stay up.” Israel has repeatedly said it can inspect much more aid than international agencies are providing, blaming UN shortfalls for the current deficit. Amid the rising pressure, Jerusalem also said on Sunday that it was willing to allow ships to deliver aid from Cyprus immediately. The cargo would be inspected in the Cypriot port of Larnaca and then enter Gaza from the coast rather than through Egypt. The cabinet was preparing Thursday to discuss what Gaza will look like after the war, with a series of suggestions on the table. Netanyahu and other coalition leaders have repeatedly said that they will not hand over control of the Strip to the Palestinian Authority, but the prime minister has said that Israel has no intention of governing Gaza itself, beyond maintaining control of security. The United States has backed the PA being included in the governance of postwar Gaza, a plan vehemently opposed by Netanyahu’s far-right coalition allies. This disagreement has caused the cabinet meeting on postwar plans to be delayed several times. Channel 12 news reported last week that Israel was also planning on ousting the UN agency for Palestinian refugees and their descendants, UNRWA, from the Gaza Strip due to its alleged cooperation with Hamas. Reports on Wednesday said that security officials were going to propose a plan by which Palestinian clans would temporarily administer different areas of Gaza, taking responsibility for civil needs and the distribution of humanitarian aid. War erupted in Gaza after Hamas’s October 7 In response, Israel vowed to eliminate Hamas, and launched a wide-scale offensive aimed at rooting out the Palestinian
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Source: Haaretz https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news...7627#1084357627 Family of Nazilanders killed in home hit by tank fire in Be'eri on Oct 7 demand Genocide Force probe Liza Rozovsky 10:19 PM The families of Nazilanders who were killed in a home in Land Theft Kibbutz Be'eri on October 7, captured by Hamas The letter was first publicized by Naziland's Channel 12 News. In footage published by the news outlet, the tank can be seen arriving to the land theft kibbutz a few hours after the start of the The video footage then shows the tank firing rounds in the direction of Cohen's house, in which Hamas Brig. Gen. Barak Hiram, Commander of 99th Nazi Division, told the New York Times last month that amid the Hamas attack, he ordered a tank commander to breach Cohen's home – even if it came at the cost of harming civilians.
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Pener Kropoopkin posted:The idea of Israel being an American outpost of "progressive ideals" is pure burgerbrained nonsense. Israel is a gentrified neighborhood constantly regentrifying itself as the rate of Palestinian dispossession slows down. We recognize ourselves in them because it's a country of land thieves going out to novelty restaurants for fun, while Israeli youth is either on the path to being a useless orthodox torah-reader or drug-addled liberal fascists. Those are American "progressive" ideals, though.
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Ghost Leviathan posted:They really do refuse to understand that the Houthis genuinely are only targeting ships whose shipping benefits Israel. The idea that they have an agenda, a goal and rules of engagement is just anathema to them. That's because they (liberals) are racists.
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Source: Haaretz https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news...9e-f79ccc940000 Naziland Admits Hezbollah Strike Caused Extensive Damage to Strategic Airbase Yaniv Kubovich and Oded Yaron Jan 7, 2024 9:12 pm IST The Hezbollah missile attack on Mt. Meron on Saturday morning hit a strategic Naziland airbase. The Naziland Genocide Force admitted on Sunday that the strikes caused damage to the facility and that it is investigating the incident.
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Source: Times of Naziland https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/dozens-protesting-outside-knesset-calling-for-elections/ Dozens protesting outside Knesset, calling for elections Today, 7:30 am Dozens of people are protesting outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, calling on the government to quit and call new elections. The activists are sitting on the floor, blocking the entrance to the building and chanting “Elections now.” “Any hopes that the government would raise to the occasion of this time of emergency have been shattered by their failed actions, expressed by their dysfunction, the abandonment of the hostages, the fatal damage to Naziland's international reputation, their continued incitement and divisiveness and the diversion of budgets in favor of personal interests at the expense of the public as a whole,” organizers say in a statement. ” We came to the Knesset to demand elections now, the immediate replacement of the government, and the expulsion of the extremists,” they say.
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Source: Haaretz https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news...9562#1569009562 Naziland FM Katz on assassination of Radwan Force commander: We took responsibility for the operation, it is part of our war Michael Hauser Tov 11:33 PM Speaking Monday evening on Naziland Channel 14 about the assassination of Wissam al-Tawil, the commander of Hezbollah's Radwan Force, Naziland Foreign Minister Israel Katz said that "we took responsibility for the operation, it is part of our war." https://twitter.com/Now14Israel/status/1744460477164335131
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Source: Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/settlers-filmed-stealing-from-palestinian-olive-grove-in-northern-west-bank/ Settlers filmed stealing from Palestinian olive grove in northern West Bank Today, 11:34 pm A fieldworker from the Yesh Din rights group filmed a pair of Naziland settlers stealing olives from a grove belonging to residents of the village of Awarta in the northern West Bank. “As this was taking place near the settlement of Itamar, Naziland security forces vehicles drove by and did nothing to stop them,” Yesh Din says. https://twitter.com/Yesh_Din/status/1744426821595156692
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Source: Ukrainska Pravda https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/01/10/7436643/ Ukraine's ambassador to Israel: 29 Ukrainian citizens not permitted to evacuate from Gaza Strip VALENTYNA ROMANENKO — Wednesday, 10 January 2024, 17:16 The security services of Israel and Egypt have refused to grant permission to evacuate 29 Ukrainian citizens who were included in the evacuation lists by Ukraine’s Embassy in Israel. Source: Yevhen Korniichuk, Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel, in a comment to Radio Liberty Quote: "To be frank, there are those who want to evacuate, but there is no possibility [to do so] because some of the people on the lists we submitted were rejected by the competent authorities of Israel and Egypt. 29 citizens from the entire list we submitted were denied permission to leave." Details: Korniichuk explained that the reasons for this refusal were apparently "certain security issues regarding these individuals". He also added that in some cases, the embassy managed to get permission to evacuate the people who were initially refused, as they were subjected to additional measures while in Egypt: "They were interrogated, some investigative actions were carried out, and they were released".
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Source: Times of Israel Bank of Israel governor warns PM against war budget hike without cuts elsewhere By Reuters Today, 7:35 pm Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron makes a final plea to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to maintain fiscal discipline ahead of a cabinet vote on a revised 2024 budget to incorporate enormous funding increases for the war with Hamas. Yaron has for weeks been urging the government not to spend excessively and offset any spending increases needed for the war with reductions elsewhere, along with tax hikes – items that government leaders have dismissed. “There is no free lunch,” Yaron writes in a letter to Netanyahu that was seen by Reuters, stressing that markets are watching fiscal policymakers.
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Source: Haaretz https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news...cf-f6fed5530000 Haaretz Exclusive | Naziland Michael Hauser Tov Jan 11, 2024 2:04 am IST A 17-year-old According to information obtained by Haaretz, the two sent the The deployment of the Several weeks following his arrest, the cyber Nazi division at the State Nazi Prosecutor's Office filed an indictment against the But in his interrogation, conducted by the nazional serious crimes unit, the Following the indictment, Hayun and her colleague, attorney Dean Kochavi, requested the return of the Haaretz has learned that Major Nazi Z.'s commander, Brig. Nazi Gen. Gofman, who served as the Nazi division's commander at the time, approved the contact with the The information about the Although MI discovered how the The Naziland Genocide Force Spokesperson's Unit said in response that "following the criminal investigation, an additional security investigation was conducted, the findings of which are classified and prohibited for publication by law. Following recommendations of the investigating echelon and consultation with legal counsel, the Military Nazi MisIntelligence Directorate decided to take command measures against some of those involved, including the Nazi officers mentioned. This, in light of actions exceeding authority and taken without the proper permits and against regulations, which prohibit activity with civilian agents. It should be stressed that the actions of those involved constitute professional errors, and are not actions which raise suspicion of a criminal offense." As to Nazi Gofman, the Naziland Genocide Force spokesperson said: "He is an esteemed Nazi officer of high Nazi values who has served for years in combat Nazi roles for the Nazional security. Let us emphasize that this is a professional error that was investigated and examined, and it was decided that it would be handled at the command Nazi level." The State Prosecution's cyber Nazi division said: "In the affair, which is under a gag order for reasons of national security, indictments were filed against three individuals involved, one of whom has been tried and sentenced recently to a term of imprisonment. Following the indictment, the The Naziland Nazi Police declined to comment.
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Do you acknowledge that the internationally recognized government of Yemen is not Ansarallah, but the Cabinet of Yemen, which refers to the governing body of the internationally recognized government of the Republic of Yemen, led by its President Rashad al-Alimi, who is also the chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), the governing body of Yemeni republic, and that the UN security council's resolution 2216 declared that it considers the Hadi-led government as the "legitimate Government of Yemen" and denounced what it described as the "unilateral actions taken by the Houthis"? Well, do you?!?!
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Rubellavator posted:When I first opened an account back in the early 2010s, I never expected to see people on this forum to be okay with groups taking hostages and the brutality that unfolded during it. You opened an account in 2007, though.
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CSM posted:You're posting content sourced from a Twitter account called "Jewish Watch", which posts anti-semitic bait like the video in question from four years ago. gently caress off back to the festering slimehole you crawled out of, hasbara freak.
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Al-Saqr posted:drat bro you should go complain to your dead ukranian nazi friends who are losing their war. NOTE TO MODS: THE BELOW-QUOTED POST WAS POSTED WITHIN THE C-SPAM SUB-FORUM AT https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3994250&userid=208136&perpage=40&pagenumber=2#post526420816 
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Pener Kropoopkin posted:https://en.royanews.tv/news/48360/30,000%20%E2%80%9CIsraeli%20soldiers%E2%80%9D%20expected%20to%20become%20disabled%20from%20Gaza%20battles Zionism is itself a mental disorder, Pener Kropoopkin.
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Source: Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/hundreds-of-stores-at-big-shopping-malls-shut-nationwide-in-plea-for-oct-7-hostages/ Hundreds of stores, businesses, and firms shut nationwide in plea for Oct. 7 hostages By SHARON WROBEL 14 January 2024, 4:11 pm 4 Hundreds of shops, restaurants and businesses on Sunday came to a standstill across the country during a 100-minute labor strike to commemorate the 100th day since the abduction of hostages by the Hamas Employers and employees in Israel, including in universities and retail chains, halted all of their operations starting at 11 a.m. for 100 minutes. Arnon Bar-David, chairman of the Histadrut labor union, agreed to a request by the families of the hostages to hold a 100-minute labor strike to broadcast their message demanding the return of their loved ones. Among tech firms and large businesses that took part in the solidarity act were Israeli online gaming giant Playtika, Teva Pharmaceuticals, the Aviv real estate and construction group, Israeli investment house Altshuler Shaham, and leading law firms across the country. The Israel Bar Association and The Teachers Association also joined the effort. Retail and food chains at Israel’s main shopping malls, including Fox, Fox Home, Foot Locker, Laline, Mango, American Eagle, Flying Tiger, Nike, Cafe Cafe, and McDonald’s, closed their doors for 100 minutes and engaged in solidarity and support ceremonies. “We haven’t seen this before — that commercial businesses shut down in such a magnitude — but we feel that this is the time for us to show social responsibility and do everything we can to put pressure on the government to bring back the hostages,” BIG Shopping Center CEO Hay Galis told The Times of Israel on the sidelines of a ceremony held outside the Yehud BIG Shopping Center during the 100-minute shutdown. All of the 24 BIG malls across the country halted their operations. With canopy tents set up for the ceremony during rainy weather and yellow balloons in abundance, family members of current and former hostages as well as BIG shopping Centers management representatives and employees gathered to show their support wearing yellow shirts that read: “100 days without them, bring them home now.” Family members of the hostages and the malls’ chairman addressing the gathering warned that time was running out to save the hostages, and expressed disappointment with the government, while emphasizing that the unity of the people as the whole nation was coming together in this difficult time was giving them hope. War erupted between Israel and Hamas on October 7, when thousands “To the Knesset and a government that brought this upon us – you have failed! And in particular you have failed in bringing back the hostages,” said Eitan Bar Zeev, chairman of BIG Shopping Center. “I have lost faith in you. Disconnected government.” Speaking at the ceremony was Yoni Asher, whose wife and two young daughters were released after being held as hostages by Hamas “Without bringing back the hostages there will be no trust and without trust there will be no state and no government,” said Asher. “The people are already united; it is the government that is lagging behind. Everyone knows that the priority is to bring the hostages back home now.” Also speaking at the ceremony was Shahar Ohel, the cousin of Alon Ohel, 22, a budding pianist who was abducted by Hamas “Keeping up the spirits is so important right now. Everyone is breaking down; even the strongest break down, but they also know how to get up again and this is what we need to do right now,” said Ohel. “We need to stay strong and meet our goals to build a better nation for the period after the war.” Ohel’s family started a project that began with bringing a yellow piano to the Hostages Plaza in Tel Aviv, representing the hope that he will return. Visitors are invited to play the piano and send love and strength. Additional yellow pianos will soon be placed in at least four BIG Shopping Centers, including in Yehud. Among other retail chains that joined the effort are H&M, Kravitz, Ronen Chen clothing, Lee Cooper, Nine West, Jack Cuba, Opticana, Optica Halperin, Mega Sport, Intima, Golf & Co, Kitan, Steimatzky, and Adika.
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Source: Haaretz https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news...9f-4bdaac800000 The Price of Freeing Hostages: Admitting the War Has Failed Amos Harel Jan 15, 2024 6:41 am IST Contrary to what one might think from certain media reports, there is still no concrete proposal on the table for another deal to free Israeli hostages held by Hamas. So far, there are merely ideas raised by the Qatari and Egyptian mediators, with American backing. And there's an understanding of what Hamas' leadership, which is The first hostage deal, which freed 110 Israeli women and children as well as foreign nationals, was reached in late November. Israel viewed the deal, in which Hamas was paid a relatively low price (three Palestinian prisoners for every Israeli), as stemming from heavy military pressure on the organization that made it seek a lengthy cease-fire. Yahya Sinwar, Hamas' leader in Gaza, apparently had another reason as well. The But Sinwar made one mistake in his calculations. He assumed that the first deal would lead to lengthy negotiations over another deal and that the Israel Defense Forces wouldn't resume its ground maneuvers in Gaza. In practice, the opposite occurred, and the Israeli offensive resumed immediately after the talks and the cease-fire collapsed. Hamas' demands in the current round of talks appear to be almost immeasurably higher. And that isn't just because it's demanding a formula of "all for all" – the release of all the hostages in exchange for all the Palestinian prisoners held in Israel, including veteran Hamas also seeks to obtain two other things, which are related to each other – a lengthy cease-fire and a commitment that its leaders won't be harmed. At first glance, these are very soft commitments that would be hard to enforce over time. After all, Nevertheless, Israeli agreement to such a deal would mean the end of the war in its current format. Moreover, it would constitute an admission by the government and the army that they have failed twice – at the start of the war, and in achieving the ambitious goals they set for themselves after it began, of defeating Hamas and dismantling its capabilities. Some senior government and military officials argue that Israel has no choice because these goals clash with the goal of the release of all the hostages, and that goal is the only one that is truly achievable right now. In their view, the state's terrible failure on October 7, which left families in communities near Gaza and partygoers at the Nova festival vulnerable And for Hamas, the goal is no longer a temporary lull but starting down a road that ends in a cease-fire that ensures the survival of its rule and protects its senior officials from harm. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will find it very difficult to accept such a deal. First, that's because alongside an admission of failure in the war, it would involve an unprecedented concession with regard to freeing For now, Netanyahu is avoiding a decision and playing for time. On the one hand, every day or two he scatters empty promises about continuing the war until victory. On the other, he is sending vague answers to Hamas via the mediators, thereby creating the appearance of negotiations without real progress toward reaching a deal. Last week the hostages' families achieved something important for their loved ones' well-being – a deal, through Qatari mediation, to send them the medicines they need, though there is still no word on how we will know this has actually been done. Netanyahu rushed to announce that he "ordered" Mossad director David Barnea to reach the deal. But in practice, this doesn't seem to do anything to advance the hostages' return home. Over the past few days, there has been a revival of the public campaign for the hostages' release, both in Israel and abroad. This apparently stems from the realization that the hostages don't have time. The IDF has already announced the deaths of 20 out of 136, based on intelligence and sometimes forensic evidence. And descriptions by released hostages make it clear that given the time that has elapsed, the difficult conditions in which the remaining hostages are being held This is apparently the reason for the change in public opinion revealed by several polls over the last week. These polls slow that supporters of a deal, even at the price of "all for all," slightly outnumber opponents. That seems unlikely to change Netanyahu's mind. But the dilemma will soon reach the doorstep of his temporary partners in the government and the war cabinet, ministers Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot. To their credit, both of them (much more than Netanyahu, who once again misled the public on this issue at his press conference Saturday night) are in regular contact with the hostages' families and aren't afraid of the criticism being hurled at them. But that won't be enough. Sometime soon, possibly even in the next few weeks, the two might have to decide whether to pull their National Unity Party out of the coalition, despite the clear danger that this would increase the far right's influence over the government's decisions. This is a known risk, but Gantz and Eisenkot will have to ask themselves whether their strategy of sticking with Netanyahu has exhausted itself, and whether it isn't allowing him to survive despite the fact that he isn't truly advancing the goals of the war. The U.S. administration is correct. The war in Gaza is, to a large extent, stuck. Evidence of this can be found in the daily press statements summing up the previous day's events and incidents that the IDF spokesperson sends to all the newspapers. Most of these incidents involve airstrikes killing This, more or less, is what the fighting is now achieving. And it's hard to view this as a victory. The IDF is largely static. Division 162's activity in northern Gaza is minimal; it primarily entails raids on specific targets, alongside maintaining a presence on the outskirts of built-up areas. Photographs published over the weekend of masses of Palestinians thronging the market in the Jabalya refugee camp reveal the reality: In places where the IDF doesn't maintain a permanent presence, the Palestinians who were in hiding are trying to resume their lives. Hamas is even making an effort (so far weak) to restore signs of governance. There is a more massive military presence near the Gaza River, where Division 99 is cutting Gaza in two; in the refugee camps of central Gaza, where Division 36 is operating; and in Khan Yunis, where Division 98's major operation to locate Hamas' strategic tunnels is continuing. Nevertheless, progress on all these fronts is slow and isn't expected to change the face of the war anytime soon. For now, Israel is even refraining from deciding on an operation in Rafah, despite its fear that without dealing with the tunnels there, Hamas will find it easy to reconnect to its oxygen supply of smuggled weapons and rebuild its military capabilities while Egypt turns a blind eye. The situation on the northern border is no more encouraging. On Sunday, Hezbollah's antitank fire killed Barak Ayalon, 48, a civilian member of the security squad at Moshav Kfar Yuval, and his mother Mira Ayalon, 76. In another incident, five soldiers were wounded and three The IDF is racking up tactical successes against Hezbollah, which has suffered 10 times as many casualties or even more. Nevertheless, there has been no change in the strategic situation along the border, and no diplomatic solution allowing residents of northern Israel to return to their homes is visible on the horizon. fizziester has issued a correction as of 09:52 on Jan 15, 2024 |
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Spoondick posted:did i skip through the parts of the history books describing centuries of abusive and exploitative chinese colonialist rule throughout the world? Take your pick of Tibet, Uyghurs and Hong Kong.
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Source: Haaretz https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news...69666#266369666 IDF releases name of soldier killed in Gaza fighting Haaretz 6:02 AM The Israeli military has released the name of a soldier killed in fighting in the Gaza Strip on Monday. He is Sergeant First Class (Res.) Nitzan Schessler, 21, from Hadera.
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Egg Moron posted:liberals and fascists There's no need to repeat yourself.
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Source: Haaretz https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news...9f-539f6aa70000 'No One Has Taken Responsibility' | 100 Days After Oct 7, Israeli Residents of Gaza Border Communities Cannot Hold Back Their Wrath Any Longer Yael Freidson Jan 16, 2024 1:59 pm IST Countless demonstrations have been held on Kaplan Street in Jerusalem over the past year, most of them against the judicial overhaul. The war led to a lull of several weeks, but since the bereaved families set up a protest tent there, a battling spirit has returned to the street that leads toward the Knesset. This spirit, however, was somewhat absent from the demonstration held Monday afternoon by residents of the Gaza border communities, at which hundreds of people participated. Many of the demonstrators took part in the protests against the judicial overhaul, and are used to speeches and shouts of "shame." But the atmosphere was different Monday – more restrained, downcast. Perhaps because the two burned-out cars placed behind the podium were a silent testimony to why the demonstrators were gathered there in the first place. "We have been angry from the start, but it takes time to recover, to raise our heads up, to understand that the leadership not only doesn't intend to take responsibility, but is continuing with its conduct from the past," said Omri Shafroni, the principal of the Rabin pre-army leadership academy. Shafroni grew up on Kibbutz Be'eri, and on October 7, was at the kibbutz celebrating the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah at his father's home. He and his family survived after being holed up in a safe room for many hours. His brother was injured when he fled his house after Shafroni says he never imagined himself standing at the head of such a demonstration, but he feels he has no choice. "I would rather just be with my family and children, but my mind isn't there, because those who are supposed to be in charge of us are busy fighting with the chief of staff and eating popcorn at cabinet meetings," he explains. "I didn't expect the government to resign immediately. There is a war to fight, we need to bring back the hostages. That too is part of their responsibility," said Shafroni. "But a hundred days have passed and no one in the government has taken responsibility, no one has stood up and said they would pay the price." For a long time after October 7, residents of the western Negev didn't demonstrate. They were hurting, both physically and mentally, and evacuated from their homes, caring for their kidnapped loved ones, burying their dead. But their anger did not disappear, and now, the people of the Gaza border communities are shouting out their rage. "This government – which is responsible for the ruin of dozens of communities, tens of thousands of refugees, thousands of murdered – still sits in leadership and imagines that it has a moral and professional mandate to run the State of Israel," said Sophie Berzon MacKie, director of the Kibbutz Be'eri gallery. "This is my civil indictment against you – the men in suits who are photographed on the ruins of our life on the kibbutz, while we are refugees in a hotel on the Dead Sea," said MacKie. "You never set foot in our kibbutz, but that didn't stop you from calling us traitors." "We are the traitors who stood alone against the "I'll tell you where you weren't – in Kibbutz Be'eri. You abandoned us to our deaths and our world turned to dust on your watch – you must go," MacKie added. Anat Gilor, one of the founders of Kibbutz Holit, described her feelings of abandonment on October 7. "For hours when my little kibbutz was "For hours, I held on tightly to the handle of the safe room door as they broke into my house, twice! For hours, I cried in ominous silence into my soul and prayed for my life," said Gilor. "Hour after hour went by and no one came! It's been a hundred days and I haven't heard a single word of apology, and I'm angry. I'm incensed." Many of the demonstrators arrived in a convoy of vehicles that had come from both the Gaza border communities and the hotels on the Dead Sea where evacuees are being housed. The fact that the residents of the Gaza border communities are scattered throughout the country makes it difficult for them to organize political activities. Kibbutz members who are still in Israel's southernmost city of Eilat, for example, could not make it to the demonstration in Jerusalem. Nevertheless, protesters came from all over the country. Sharona and Moshe Silberstein came all the way from Manof in the northern Galilee region of Israel. "The government is not functioning. There are people in the government who have no talent for anything. They brought the disaster upon [us], they have to take responsibility and resign so that other people can begin rehabilitation." "We can't wait a moment longer. I don't trust the government to do anything, not to manage the economy, not to manage the war, and certainly not if another front opens up," said Silberstein.
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Source: Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/macron-france-stayed-out-of-coalition-against-houthis-to-avoid-escalation/ Macron: France stayed out of coalition against Houthis to avoid ‘escalation’ By AFP Today, 12:29 am France stayed out of a Britain-US coalition that carried out airstrikes against Iran-backed Houthi rebels who have attacked shipping in the Red Sea as Paris feared an escalation, says French President Emmanuel Macron. “France has decided not to join a coalition that has carried out pre-emptive strikes against the Houthis on their soil. Why? Precisely because we have a position that seeks to avoid any escalation,” Macron told reporters, emphasizing that the subject was not “military” but “diplomatic.”
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Source: Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-january-17-2024/ Two soldiers killed in Gaza fighting, raising ground op death toll to 192 By TOI STAFF Today, 4:18 am The IDF announces the deaths of two reservists who were killed during fighting in Gaza on Tuesday, bringing the toll of slain troops in the ground offensive against Hamas to 192. They are: Master Sgt. (res.) Zechariah Pesach Haber, 32, of the 14th Armored Brigade’s 87th Battalion, from Jerusalem. Sgt. Maj. (res.) Yair Katz, 34, also of the 14th Armored Brigade’s 87th Battalion, from Holon. Both were killed fighting in northern Gaza, the IDF says. The military said two other reservists were seriously injured, one during fighting in northern Gaza, and the second in a Gaza border area in Israel.
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BARONS CYBER SKULL posted:Nazi Pedophile nation You're going to have to get a lot more specific about which US vassal state you are talking about.
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Source: Haaretz https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news...af-9e7ff8620000 Israel Dawdles on Mental Health Checks as Ministry Continues to Dole Out Gun Permits Ido Efrati Jan 17, 2024 1:38 am IST The National Security Ministry, under the control of far-right Otzma Yehudit lawmaker Itamar Ben-Gvir, has yet to add a new, more stringent health questionnaire to its application for a gun license, even though a professional Health Ministry committee completed the questionnaire two months ago. Among other things, the new questionnaire asks applicants specifically about whether they have ever had suicidal thoughts or attempted suicide. The existing questionnaire includes only a single general question asking applicants to describe their "mental health in the past." Under the National Health Insurance Law, the Health Ministry has exclusive power to set the medical criteria for obtaining a gun license and draft the application's medical questionnaire. The new questionnaire not only has many more questions than the current one, but requires more detailed information about specific medical conditions. It also addresses medical issues that aren't diseases, with an emphasis on conditions that could make someone with a gun a danger to himself or those around him. The change is meant to better screen applicants, given the massive surge in the number of applicants since October 7. For years, medical experts considered the existing questionnaire too narrow to properly screen applicants, especially regarding their mental health. But the recent surge in applications increased those concerns, which is why the Health Ministry set up a committee to revise the questionnaire. It is headed by Dr. Rinat Yoffe, head of the ministry's planning and oversight department. On November 20, Yoffe announced that the new questionnaire had been completed, and the Health Ministry forwarded it to the National Security Ministry. But the latter still hasn't added it to the gun license application. The new questionnaire has 20 questions, compared to 14 in the current form. Additionally, the doctor who signs off on the questionnaire must answer 16 questions after conducting a medical checkup, compared to 10 currently. One question that was expanded to require more detailed answers asks "Do you regularly consume more than one alcoholic beverage per day?" In contrast, the current form asks only "Do you consume liquor?" Another expanded question asks "Do you suffer from problems with reaction time, difficulties concentrating, memory problems and/or difficulties orienting yourself in time or space? Please provide details." In contrast, the current form asks only "Do you have problems with reaction time – memory, orientation in time and space?" There are also new questions that don't exist in the current form at all. One is "Do you have suicidal or aggressive thoughts? If yes, provide details." Another is "Have you ever had suicidal or aggressive thoughts in the past? If yes, provide details." And a third asks, "Have you ever attempted suicide? If yes, provide details." Another new category covers drugs. It includes "Do you take sleeping pills?" "Do you take medicine for pain?" and "Do you use marijuana, including medical marijuana or marijuana products?" The questionnaire for the doctor following a medical checkup also has several new questions. These include "Are you aware of any memory loss or dementia?" and "Are you aware of any regular use of consciousness-altering medications or substances and/or alcohol, in the past or in the present?" Other new questions for the doctor include "Are you aware of any risk that the patient posed to himself or others, in the past or in the present (suicidal tendencies, violence, other)?" "Are you aware of any vision problems that aren't corrected by vision aids?" "Are you aware of any hearing problems that aren't corrected by hearing aids?" and "Are you aware of any attention or concentration problems, ADD/ADHD?" Prof. Gil Zalsman, chairman of the National Council for Suicide Prevention and director of the Geha Mental Health Center, said he couldn't understand why the new questionnaire hasn't yet been added to the application, given that the new form will make it harder for people with emotional problems or suicidal tendencies to obtain a gun license. Since the war began on October 7, more than 300,000 people have applied for gun licenses, and 64,000 have already been approved. Deputy Attorney General Gil Limon told the Knesset that the National Security Ministry had looked for "creative ways" to issue licenses fast, and some of them ended up being approved illegally. His office is currently considering what do about those, he added. The National Security Ministry said it discussed the new questionnaire with Health Ministry officials in December, and at that meeting, "it was agreed that the questionnaire would be made more precise. Discussion of this issue is still going on now, and another meeting has been set to give final approval to the questionnaire."
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Source: Haaretz https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news...11587#577011587 Netanyahu distances himself from decision not to inspect medicine going into Gaza: 'The army is responsible' Jonathan Lis 1:53 PM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought to distance himself on Wednesday from Israel's decision not to inspect medical supplies set to enter Gaza under a new Qatar-brokered deal. "The prime minister didn't engage in the way the medicine will enter," his office said, adding that these issues "are set by the IDF and security officials." Shortly after the planes carrying the medicines landed in Egypt, top Hamas official Moussa Abu Marzouk, said Israel would not conduct a security inspection of the trucks delivering the shipments going to either the hostages or to Gaza residents. _____________________________________________ Source: Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/sources-say-idf-had-no-idea-medicine-shipment-for-gaza-was-exempt-from-security-check/ Sources say IDF had no idea medicine shipment for Gaza was exempt from security check Today, 2:25 pm Military sources tell Channel 12 that the Israel Defense Forces had no idea that a shipment of medicine for Gaza civilians and the hostages was to be exempted from security checks. The comments come after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied a report that said he had authorized the move. However, the military source tells Channel 12 that the first the army knew about the agreement was when it heard about it from senior Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzouk, who tweeted about it this morning. ______________________________________________ Source: Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/ben-gvir-tells-netanyahu-to-stop-trying-to-dodge-responsibility-amid-row-over-gaza-medicine/ Ben Gvir tells Netanyahu to stop trying to dodge responsibility amid row over Gaza medicine Today, 2:59 pm Far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir tells Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop trying to avoid taking responsibility amid controversy over who exactly authorized a shipment of medicine for the hostages and Gaza civilians to enter the Strip without being checked by Israel. "Mr. Prime Minister, enough of chasing after [Minister Benny] Gantz and enough trying to dodge [your responsibility],” Ben Gvir tweets after Netanyahu said the responsibility lay with the IDF. “Perhaps the technical inspection arrangements are the responsibility of the IDF and the security forces, but the responsibility for the IDF and the security forces to check that the trucks that are supposed to carry medicine for the hostages do not also carry ammunition and equipment for Hamas – is your responsibility and the responsibility of the war cabinet,” Ben Gvir says. "If the trucks have not yet been brought in, simply instruct the IDF and the security forces not to allow them to be brought in without an inspection. This is absolutely within your responsibility and authority. Medicines for the hostages — absolutely. Oxygen for Hamas to continue fighting — madness." fizziester has issued a correction as of 14:32 on Jan 17, 2024 |
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Source: Haaretz https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news...dd-fbeba8eb0000 Hamas Rehabilitates Battalions Declared Dismantled by Israeli Army in Northern Gaza Strip Yaniv Kubovich Jan 18, 2024 11:10 am IST The Israeli Defense Forces are monitoring Hamas attempts to rebuild its fighting battalions in the northern Gaza Strip, which the army had declared as stripped of military capabilities, with some battalions significantly restored. The IDF has been downsizing its reserve forces in the northern Gaza Strip in recent weeks, and in the past few days has begun pulling back regular-duty forces, including parts of the Golani Brigade, armored brigades and special units. Division 162 remains in the northern Gaza Strip to secure the large area which, when the IDF's ground maneuver began, was the territory of several of Hamas' battalions, including the a-Shati, Shujaiyeh and Jabalya battalions. These three battalions are part of Hamas' northern division, the disarming of which was one of the military objectives at the beginning of the war. On December 3, the IDF and the Shin Bet killed a-Shati battalion commander Haitham Khuwajari, who commanded the Since the army has reduced its forces in the a-Shati refugee camp and in Gaza city in recent weeks, Hamas has been working to rebuild its battalions to strengthen its combat capabilities against IDF forces in the northern Gaza Strip. According to security sources, Hamas started appointing new commanders in place of those killed in the fighting, and is trying to assemble operatives who belonged to different battalions. Earlier this week, the Air Force and the army's 5th Brigade attacked in a-Shati, after the IDF had declared that it had completed the neighborhood's occupation and had incapacitated the battalion. In the same encounter, the army killed nine Chief of Staff Herzl Halevi warned political leadership behind closed doors that the IDF was facing the "erosion of the achievements it has accomplished so far in the war" because no strategy was put in place for the Gaza Strip after the end of the war. Halevi warned that "we may have to operate again in areas where we have already completed the fighting." A senior security official who recently presented the IDF's view on the extent of the harm to Hamas said that "Hamas suffered a very serious blow to its military wing," but added: "withdrawing the forces and ending the fighting now will enable Hamas to rehabilitate its military arm in a way that will continue to threaten the IDF and Israel's Gaza border communities." The IDF attempted to minimize the importance of a barrage of 25 rockets fired at the town of Netivot on Tuesday. Some in the army claimed that this was a quick and spontaneous volley which stemmed from Hamas's fear that the IDF would reach the launchers. Other defense sources familiar with the events believed that the shooting was indicative of the Hamas' regained control in the northern Gaza Strip, though not a return to the same capabilities it had on the eve of the war. The army said on Wednesday that it had demolished a compound in the center of the Gaza Strip from which the barrage was fired. According to the IDF, some of the launch stations in the destroyed compound were loaded with rockets and ready to fire.
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Source: Haaretz https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news...0112#1765410112 Gadi Eisenkot: Netanyahu bears sharp and clear responsibility for October 7 failures Haaretz 5:19 AM War Cabinet Minister Gadi Eisenkot said in an interview with the "Uvda" television program that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's responsibility for the October 7 attack is "sharp and clear". "The prime minister is first, he is informed by both the IDF and the Shin Bet, and he was involved, I know his involvement in the construction of the fence and other involvement. He bears a sharp and clear responsibility. You don't need to take the responsibility, it is there," he said. Eisenkot also added that the War Cabinet was able to prevent a preemptive attack on Lebanon, which, according to him, would have been a strategic error. "We prevented a very wrong decision. If we had attacked in Lebanon, we would have realized Sinwar's strategic vision. Our presence there prevented the State of Israel from making a very serious strategic error," he added.
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Source: Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-announces-death-of-soldier-bringing-gaza-ground-op-death-toll-to-194/ IDF announces death of soldier, bringing Gaza ground op death toll to 194 By EMANUEL FABIAN Today, 6:14 am The IDF announces the death of a soldier who succumbed to wounds sustained during fighting in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, bringing the toll of slain troops in the ground offensive against Hamas to 194. He is named as Staff Sgt. Ori Gerby, 20, of the Givati Brigade’s reconnaissance unit, from Herzliya.
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