A timeline of genocide: thread
2 Nov 1917 Balfour issues declaration supporting “a national home for Jewish people in Palestine”
29 Nov 1947 UN votes to divide Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab States
56% of the land is given to the Palestinians, although they have twice the population
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1948 The Nakba, unhindered Israeli military and paramilitary forces commit massacres and multiple rapes, looting, and ultimately force 750,000 Palestinians out of their homes
By the end, 78% of the land previously occupied by Palestine is now controlled by Israel.
11 December 1948
UN Affirms Right of Return
Resolution 194 states that Palestinian refugees should be allowed to return to their homes and receive compensation. Israel refuses to implement it.
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1993
Oslo Accords Raise – and Dash – Hopes
Palestinians were promised a process towards the creation of a Palestinian state, but the Israeli government never honoured the accord.
June 2002
Israel Announces Decision to Build a Separation Wall
Israel begins building a wall through the West Bank. The International Court of Justice ruled it illegal in 2004.
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2005
Israeli Blockade of Gaza Begins
The blockade Restricts movement of people and goods.
The blockade imposes economic hardship, restricting access to essential supplies, turning Gaza into ‘an open-air prison
In December 2008, Israel invades Gaza.
Operation Cast Lead uses white phosphorus munitions which kill more than a thousand Palestinian citizens.
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2009
Israel Seizes Palestinian Gas Fields
Gaza’s gas fields are taken under Israeli control — cutting Palestinians off from vital energy resources.
The UN concludes: “in the wake of the operation, palestinian natural gas fields were effectively brought under israeli control without regard for international law.”
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2011
Israel Passes ‘Nakba Law’ to Erase Palestinian History
The law denies government funding to institutions which commemorate the Nakba, attempting to erase Palestinian history and memory.
7 October 2023
Hamas-Led Attack on Israel
1,195 Israelis are killed, including 364 civilians attending the Nova music festival.
251 Israeli civilians and soldiers are taken hostage.
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My thoughts about this
My country (the UK) has supplied Israel with arms, surveillance tech, and diplomatic cover.
They have criminalised opposition to genocide while enabling those who profit from it.
We have been led by a Prime Minister who has some 'mysterious' interest in Israel's benefit, even at the sufferance of 2 million other souls.
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark
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