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This attempt to assign responsibility for the actions of the Israeli military to Hamas is a distraction on two counts. The first is that even though the march was supported by Hamas, it was organized primarily by independent activists who were largely non-violent and unarmed. Although Hamas officials have claimed that many of its members were killed during the demonstration, it is beside the point: Israel chose to shoot these unarmed protesters by the dozen anyway.
The second count is that even Israel’s own military leadership has long predicted that a day like Monday would arrive. “The economy in the Strip is on the verge of total collapse, like from zero to below zero,” a senior Israeli official told Haaretz this past January, warning of an imminent “uncontrollable blow-up.”
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i was at a protest today in support of the palestinian great march of return. a woman from gaza spoke about growing up under israeli occupation and the importance of standing in solidarity with the people marching there today. literally only 20 minutes after she spoke she found out that one of her childhood friends in gaza, a journalist who was at the march, was just murdered by the idf. we all took a moment of silence for him while the jdl marched around the protest with israeli flags, chanting in support of the idf who had just murdered this womans friend. and like honestly its beyond me how anyone could still try to frame the conflict as “equally bad/violent on both sides” or support the israeli state and the idf as they murder innocent people or do anything but give unwavering support for palestinians & palestinian liberation
Not very fond of Haaretz but they’re the only ones covering the topic.
Anywho, just moments ago before posting this, Israeli planes dropped flyers over Gaza warning all residents to not protest this Friday, March 30th, in remembrance of Land Day (Source in Hebrew)
Picture of the flyer dropped on Gaza earlier:
Translation: “To the people of the [Gaza] Strip: The Israeli army warns again that it’s prohibited to come near the border fence within a distance of 300 meters, anyone who approaches is exposing themselves to danger since the Israeli army will take necessary procedures to remove them [from being near the fence] which include the usage of live ammunition when necessary. You have been warned. – IDF command.”
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