Proletarian Rage
@prolrage@todon.nl  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports that Israeli parliamentarian Ofer Cassif, from the left-wing Hadash-Ta’al party, was forcibly removed from the Knesset podium on Monday night during a plenary session after quoting renowned Israeli writer and novelist David Grossman, who acknowledged in an interview with the Italian daily La Repubblica last week that, with “immense pain and a broken heart”, Israel is currently committing “ #genocide” in #Gaza.
“‘For years I refused to use the term genocide, but now, after the images I’ve seen and after speaking to people who were there, I can no longer avoid it,'” Cassif said in his speech.
Haaretz said the session was chaired by deputy Knesset Speaker Nissim Vaturi, who interrupted Cassif, saying “That’s not a quote – that’s made up,” and demanded Cassif be removed from the podium, followed by Likud member Tali Gottlieb who shouted: “He will not say ‘genocide’ in here!” before Knesset ushers physically removed Cassif from the podium.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMVLt_ncn7E

#communist #internationalism #anticolonialism#TheOnlyDemocracyInTheMiddleEast#MiddleEast #IsraelApartheid #colonialism #democracy #gazagenocide
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Lebanon is working on plans to disarm Hezbollah by year-end, an unprecedented step that forms part of a November ceasefire between the militant group and Israel following months of hostilities. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/06/world/politics/lebanon-disarm-hezbollah-year-end/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #iran #lebanon #hezbollah
Proletarian Rage
@prolrage@todon.nl  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports that Israeli parliamentarian Ofer Cassif, from the left-wing Hadash-Ta’al party, was forcibly removed from the Knesset podium on Monday night during a plenary session after quoting renowned Israeli writer and novelist David Grossman, who acknowledged in an interview with the Italian daily La Repubblica last week that, with “immense pain and a broken heart”, Israel is currently committing “ #genocide” in #Gaza.
“‘For years I refused to use the term genocide, but now, after the images I’ve seen and after speaking to people who were there, I can no longer avoid it,'” Cassif said in his speech.
Haaretz said the session was chaired by deputy Knesset Speaker Nissim Vaturi, who interrupted Cassif, saying “That’s not a quote – that’s made up,” and demanded Cassif be removed from the podium, followed by Likud member Tali Gottlieb who shouted: “He will not say ‘genocide’ in here!” before Knesset ushers physically removed Cassif from the podium.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMVLt_ncn7E

#communist #internationalism #anticolonialism#TheOnlyDemocracyInTheMiddleEast#MiddleEast #IsraelApartheid #colonialism #democracy #gazagenocide
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

At least 40 Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire and airstrikes on Gaza, including 10 seeking aid while another five died of starvation in what humanitarian agencies say may be an unfolding famine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/05/world/gazans-aid-hunger-burial-shrouds/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #hunger #starvation #famine
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

The trickle of food aid Israel is allowing to enter the Gaza Strip is seized by Palestinians risking their lives under fire, looted by gangs or diverted in chaotic circumstances rather than reaching those most in need. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/04/world/gangs-gaza-aid-most-needy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #us #un #hunger #famine
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Hamas said it was prepared to coordinate with the Red Cross to deliver aid to hostages it holds in the Gaza Strip if Israel permanently opens humanitarian corridors and halts airstrikes during the distribution of aid. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/04/world/hamas-hostages-israel-airstrikes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff met anguished relatives of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza on Saturday, as fears for the captives' survival mounted almost 22 months into the war sparked by Hamas' October 2023 attack. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/03/world/politics/us-envoy-israeli-hostage-families/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #israel #israelhamaswar #hamas #us #gaza #middleeast #donaldtrump
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

Humiliated by the Hamas attack in 2023, the country’s military intelligence agency is reviving an Arabic-language recruitment program for high school students and training all troops in Arabic and Islam. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/02/world/israel-spy-training/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israel #israelhamaswar #espionage #hamas #arabic #middleeast
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

Despite Britain, France and Canada's plans to recognize Palestine as a state, fellow G7 member Japan is reluctant to follow suit, mainly out of consideration for the United States, a key backer of Israel. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/02/japan/politics/japan-reluctant-palestinian-statehood/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #israel #palestinians #us #uk #middleeast
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Videos posted to social media provide some of the most detailed depictions yet of bloodshed that erupted Syria this month, initially between local Druze militia and Bedouin tribal fighters and later government forces. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/30/world/syrian-attackers-gun-camera/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #syria #druze