Normally, when sharing an article, I try to pick one or two quotes that I feel are worth highlighting.

This article simply contains too many. I can only implore everyone to read this.

It doesn't stop. It is mind boggling. And it is unforgivable.

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-06-27/ty-article-magazine/.premium/idf-soldiers-ordered-to-shoot-deliberately-at-unarmed-gazans-waiting-for-humanitarian-aid/00000197-ad8e-de01-a39f-ffbe33780000

https://archive.is/37RtH

#Israel#Genocide #unforgiveable

Best wel een aardig stuk. Diversiteit van strategie is super belangrijk! Al deze groepen hebben inderdaad zo hun functie binnen het actiewezen (mooi archaïsch woord is dat toch 😉). Grote groepen fungeren als instap, en de kleinere zorgen ervoor dat het Overtom-venster radicaal naar links wordt getrokken. Zo werkt dat ook in de partijpolitiek. Je ziet dat aan het Gaza-standpunt van GL/PvdA, die door activistische leden naar links is getrokken. Daarom is het ook belangrijk dat er zo meteen ook een radicaal linkse partij in de Kamer (terug) komt, om GL/PvdA links te houden.

NRC, Dorine Booij: Door nieuwe, radicalere, actiegroepen kan XR zich onderscheiden als de ‘redelijke activisten’

"Actiegroep Geef Tegengas gaat radicaler te werk dan voorgangers, in een mix van klimaatrebellie en solidariteit met Palestina. Bij sommige acties schuren ze bewust langs de grenzen van de wet. En ze trekken op met andere actiegroepen. „We willen het systeem raken waar het pijn doet.” …"

📰 https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/06/26/door-nieuwe-radicalere-actiegroepen-kan-xr-zich-onderscheiden-als-de-redelijke-activisten-a4898504

🆓 https://archive.ph/A1bYa#selection-1217.1-1217.286

#activisme #ExtinctionRebellion #XR#GeefTegengas#GLPvdA #BIJ1#PvdD#Gaza#Palestina#Israël

Donald Trump’s bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites may have delayed, but not destroyed, its program — and only diplomacy, not force, offers a sustainable path to prevent a wider war. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2025/06/27/iran-diplomacy-begins/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #editorials #donaldtrump #iran #us #nuclearweapons #internationalatomicenergyagency #defense #israel

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that terror victims can sue the Palestinian Authority and PLO in U.S. courts, a decision likely to impact future cases and the law. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/06/27/world/foreign-terror-us-courts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #ussupremecourt #palestinianauthority #plo #hamas #gaza #israel #terrorism

Framing global conflicts as battles between democracy and autocracy distorts the meaning of democracy, alienates the Global South and enables authoritarian regimes like China to exploit the narrative. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/06/26/world/democracy-not-an-ideological-weapon/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #unitenations #democracy #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #israel #gaza #iran #war

The recent U.S. attacks on nuclear facilities in Iran have put Japan in a dilemma over how to balance its principle of upholding the rule of law and its alliance with the United States amid the Iran-Israel conflict. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/26/japan/politics/japan-dilemma-over-us-attacks-iran/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #usjapanrelations #donaldtrump #iran #israel #shigeruishiba

Zohran Mamdani's victory over Andrew Cuomo is a historic turning point for Palestine in U.S. politics. It reflects a growing fatigue with Israel’s role in American life and the slow implosion of Zionism under the weight of its own excess.

https://mondoweiss.net/2025/06/zohran-mamdanis-victory-marks-the-end-of-israels-central-place-in-u-s-politics/

#Palestine#Israel#Gaza
@palestine @israel

Trump’s strike on Iran has reached a fragile ceasefire, but without diplomacy, the conflict risks becoming an unwinnable, prolonged war — the kind he once vowed to avoid. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/06/25/world/trump-abandons-america-first/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #israel #us #donaldtrump #benjaminnetanyahu #iran #nuclearweapons

The Israeli and U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities delivered a short-term win, but lasting peace is unlikely, and without renewed diplomacy, the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran remains. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/06/25/world/no-one-and-done-on-iran/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #israel #us #donaldtrump #benjaminnetanyahu #iran #nuclearweapons

First, let me say that what #Israel is doing in the #Gaza strip is wrong.

But if we truly want peace in the Middle East - not just a temporary ceasefire, but for generations to come - then we must understand the primary fear that drive so many Israeli Jews to support #Zionism . And that fear is that if they ever give up any amount of control, if they trust anyone else with guaranteeing their security, if they let go for even an instant - then they will be killed.

That fear is very real, and can we really argue that this fear is unwarranted?

It's not just the Holocaust and the many, many other pogroms in Europe - the Islamic world has had quite a few pogroms as well. In 1947, Egypt was home to 50,000 Jews. In the 1950s, about 300,000 Jews lived in Morocco. Now there are almost none. Zionism will have meaning for a large portion of Israeli Jews as long as Jews cannot feel truly safe elsewhere.

None of this excuses the actions of the Israeli government, but we need to understand the context in which we act if we ever want to find peace.

Netanyahu sees redemption in Iran war, but Gaza looms large https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/25/world/politics/netanyahu-redemption-iran-gaza/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #iran #nuclearweapons

The United States is giving $30 million to a controversial humanitarian group delivering aid in war-torn Gaza despite concern over violence near the distribution sites. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/25/world/politics/us-30-million-gaza-aid-operation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #us #usaid

President Donald Trump on Tuesday appeared to undermine years of U.S. sanctions on Iran, giving its biggest customer China the green light to carry on buying its oil as he seeks to bolster a ceasefire with Israel. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/25/world/politics/trump-china-buy-iranian-oil/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #iran #middleeast #israel #us #donaldtrump #oil #china

Israel and Iran appeared to honor a ceasefire brokered by Donald Trump after the U.S. leader lashed out at both sides for breaches, while the U.N. nuclear watchdog pushed for resumed inspections at Iranian atomic sites. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/25/world/politics/trump-truce-iran-israel/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #iran #israel #us #usmilitary #donaldtrump #nuclearweapons #middleeast

A preliminary classified U.S. report says the American bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites set back Iran’s nuclear program by only a few months, with much of its stockpile of enriched uranium moved beforehand. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/25/world/us-iran-strikes-failure/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #iran #us #usmilitary #defense #nuclearweapons #donaldtrump #middleeast #israel