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Spain’s Deputy PM declares “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” as European nations increasingly reject Israel’s actions in Gaza.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/european-recognition-of-palestine-signals-major-shift-in-global-discourse/287516/
A US soldier in Gaza is wrapped with Tefillin straps by an Israeli soldier in preparation for prayer during their war on the strip.
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An online fact-checking organization at the center of attacks on UK rapper Lowkey is likely an Israeli intelligence cut-out operation with ties to controversial IDF spying organization, Unit 8200, MintPress can reveal.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/gaza-to-google-cyabra-war-pro-palestine-advocacy/287487/
"They must be brainwashed!"
Actor Michael Douglas expresses shock at university students protesting against Israel.
A British diplomat reportedly informed Lebanon that Israel is readying a major attack in mid-June, amidst ongoing border tensions
According to Al-Akhbar News, multiple foreign delegates have warned Beirut of the seriousness of Israeli threats of war. Britain in particular gave the most specific warning the Lebanese government of the necessity of preparing “supply measures” and that Israel has “set a date”.
Speaking to Channel 13, Colonel Kobi Marom asserted that the Israeli War Cabinet has been defeated in the north of occupied Palestine, citing the difficulty in bringing back the 70,000 "displaced" Israelis in the region due to Hezbollah's ongoing operations.
"Hezbollah is a learning organisation," the Israeli Reserve continued, "and the price of a comprehensive war with Lebanon will be very harsh."
Israel targets land in southern Lebanon with White Phosphorus artillery munitions, deliberately setting fires
According to Human Rights Watch the incendiary munitions have been used on 17 Lebanese municipalities and in violation of international law against 5 civilian populated municipal areas.
A US soldier in Gaza is wrapped with Tefillin straps by an Israeli soldier in preparation for prayer during their war on the strip.
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A report by @DeclassifiedUK revealed that 180 of Britain’s 650 MPs accepted funding from pro-Israel lobby groups or individuals.
Donations from pro-Israel sources total over one million pounds, funding 240 trips to Israel worth over half a million pounds.
Notably, fifteen MPs received funding to visit Israel amid the Gaza genocide.
Hezbollah strikes a key Israeli military base in the occupied Galilee
The Lebanese resistance force responded to Netanyahu's threats today by striking the Hurfesh military base in western Galilee. The drone strike killed two Israeli soldiers and injured 20 others, leaving at least four in critical condition.
"We are prepared for extremely powerful action in the North."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated he is ready to deploy extreme force in the northern region of occupied Palestine against Lebanon.
"You're like the ni***s of the Middle East."
During a protest outside Anthony Blinken's DC house, a racist man verbally abuses an Arab, calling them the "ni***s of the Middle East" and remarking that "a good Palestinian is a dead Palestinian."
"They are all children!"
A Palestinian man takes the body of his child to be buried following an Israeli strike on a centre for displaced people.
Video footage shows a protester throwing a milkshake in the direction of Nigel Farrage at his election campaign launch in Clacton, Essex.
Footage: harry_horton
Palestine Action strikes company that handles waste disposal for Elbit Systems
Palestine Action targets the Scottish facility of PHS Group, a waste disposal company that works in conjunction with Elbit System's drone production sites across Britain.
Former Israeli soldier Louis Har, who was held captive in Gaza, told Haaretz that the captives' biggest fear was Israeli warplanes.
"The fear that they would bomb the building we were in...was very scary and very stressful," he said. Despite this, he described a "respectful relationship" with the resistance fighters in Gaza.
As international condemnation builds and ceasefire negotiations continue, Netanyahu threatens to widen the conflict by targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon, increasing the stakes in the Middle East.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/imminent-attack-israel-lebanon-war/287503/
Law to penalise ICC over Gaza warrants bid is passed by the US House.
Once the ICC's prosecutor requested arrest warrants for Israeli leaders, the US House of Representatives voted to approve legislation that would penalise the court.
The majority of young Britons agree that “the state of Israel should not exist”.
According to a new poll conducted by Focaldata, 54% of Britons aged 18-24 years old agreed that Israel should not exist, while only 21% said they disagreed. This represents a sizeable change in the attitudes of young people towards Israel in the United Kingdom.
US policy makers propose legislation to condition aid to the Maldives, in order to stop the country’s ban on Israeli citizens travelling there
Representative Josh Gottheimer who is drafting the legislation has allegedly received over 1.6 million in AIPAC lobby linked contributions. If passed, tens of millions in US financial aid to the Maldives could be severed.
A report by @DeclassifiedUK revealed that 180 of Britain’s 650 MPs accepted funding from pro-Israel lobby groups or individuals.
Donations from pro-Israel sources total over one million pounds, funding 240 trips to Israel worth over half a million pounds.
Notably, fifteen MPs received funding to visit Israel amid the Gaza genocide.
A report by the New York Times revealed that Israel's Ministry of Diaspora Affairs funded a $2 million covert influence campaign to target U.S. lawmakers and the public during the Gaza conflict.
The campaign, executed by Tel Aviv-based Stoic, a political marketing firm, targeted the American public and members of Congress through hundreds of fake accounts on X, Facebook, and Instagram to advocate for continued military funding.
In the process, three fake English-language news sites were set up to support the campaign and bolster support for Israel's actions in Gaza.
The Israeli army raises reservist call up number by 50,000, as the Gaza war threatens expansion
Israel can now summon 350,000 reservist soldiers, in what it stresses is required for its continued attack on Gaza’s Rafah city. This comes at a time of rising tensions with Lebanon, despite Tel Aviv denying the move is to do with their recent escalation with Hezbollah.
Palestine Action strikes in Manchester
Palestine Action members spray Barclays with red paint, highlighting the bank's complicity in genocide through investments in arms companies vital to the Israeli war machine.
Columbia Law School pulls down its website to censor a Palestinian academic
The academic journal’s board of directors pulled their entire website to stifle Palestinian human rights lawyer Rabea Eghbariah’s publication on the Nakba, sparking backlash over similar censorship to when Harvard Law Review censored a fully edited essay last November.
In Gaza, east of Rafah, Yossi Levi, of the Netzah Yehuda Unit, records himself hoisting the Israeli flag atop a water tower.
The soldier claimed that this was being done as a memorial to the other soldiers who lost their lives there.
Turkish exports to Israel are down 99%
Turkey's exports to Israel nearly ceased in May, following President Erdogan's directive to halt trade. While ships have still moved between the two countries, it is unclear if Turkey will follow through with a full halt of trade.
The decapitated child in Rafah has been named Ahmed Al-Najjar
The decapitated child in a viral video from Rafah has been identified as Ahmad Al-Najjar. He was only one and a half years old when he was killed alongside 40 other Palestinians, including his mother and his two sisters, Houda and Arkan, in an Israeli airstrike on their tents.
Zionist kills a woman in South Africa due to her support for Palestine
Grayson Beare appeared in Durban Magistrate's Court this morning, charged with the murder of Halima Hoosen-Preston and the critical injury of her husband, Shaun, and their 14-year-old son. The attack was allegedly motivated by their support for Palestine.
Footage: 5 Pillars
Israel has dropped over 70,000 tons of bombs on Gaza
The NGO Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has estimated that over 70,000 tons of bombs were dropped on Gaza by Israel between October 7 and April 24.