Israeli filmmaker says right-wing mob threatened family members
The Israeli journalist and filmmaker Yuval Abraham says he is facing death threats after giving a speech at a Berlin film festival calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to Israeli apartheid over the Palestinians, which Israeli media and German politicians called anti-Semitic.
Abraham said he has temporarily cancelled his planned return to Israel after a right-wing mob went to his family’s home to search for him, threatening his family members and forcing them to leave for another town in the middle of the night. He said his Palestinian co-director, Basel Adra, is more seriously endangered living “under a military occupation surrounded by violent settlements in Masafer Yatta”.
“This happened after Israeli media and German politicians absurdly labeled my Berlinale award speech – where I called for equality between Israelis and Palestinians, a ceasefire and an end to apartheid – as ‘antisemitic’,” Abraham said in a social media post.
“The appalling misuse of this word by Germans, not only to silence Palestinian critics of Israel, but also to silence Israelis like me who support a ceasefire that will end the killing in Gaza and allow the release of the Israeli hostages – empties the word antisemitism of meaning and thus endangers Jews all over the world,” he wrote.
A right-wing Israeli mob came to my family’s home yesterday to search for me, threatening close family members who fled to another town in the middle of the night. I am still getting death threats and had to cancel my flight home. This happened after Israeli media and German…
— Yuval Abraham יובל אברהם (@yuval_abraham) February 27, 2024
US says it does not want to see Israel-Hezbollah escalation
Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant says Israel will continue to attack Hezbollah positions even if a truce is reached in Gaza, but the State Department’s Miller says Washington is working to resolve the Lebanon-Israel crisis diplomatically.
“We do not want to see either side escalate the conflict in the north [of Israel],” Miller told reporters.
“And in fact, we’re going to continue to pursue a diplomatic resolution of that conflict. And while we saw the defense minister’s comments, we have also taken note that repeatedly the defense minister and other officials of the government of Israel, including the prime minister, have said publicly that they would prefer the situation to be resolved diplomatically.”
Israeli army chief: Hezbollah must pay for attacking Israel
Herzi Halevi has said that Hezbollah must pay a “very heavy price” for launching limited attacks on Israel following October 7. His comments came during a visit today to Israel’s northern border, near Lebanon, and represent the latest instance of sharpening rhetoric by Israeli officials that have hinted at a desire for escalation with the Lebanese group.
“We are not waiting for anything, we are saying the following – Hezbollah decided on October 7th in the evening that it is joining and it has to pay a very heavy price for it,” Halevi said.
Israeli army: Hezbollah fire damages airbase
In a statement on X, Israel’s army says that an anti-tank missile was detected crossing from Lebanon into Israeli territory towards the Miron area, where Israel has an airbase. “Damage was detected in the area of the Air Force’s air control unit. There is no damage to the facility’s competence,” it said.
It also said that the launches of about 20 rockets were detected in Israeli territory, and “a number were successfully intercepted by the air defense fighters”. The statement concluded by saying the army is “now attacking terrorist targets of the Hezbollah terrorist organisation in Lebanese territory”.
Strikes by Israel inside Lebanese territory have escalated over the past week, occurring further and further away from the Lebanon-Israel border, fueling fears of the breakout of full-scale war.
Netanyahu says he has been resisting pressure to end war ‘prematurely’
The Israeli prime minister has said that he has been “leading a diplomatic campaign” to secure strong support for Israel.
In a statement presented as a response to Biden, Netanyahu cited a recent poll showing that 82 percent of US respondents favour Israel over Hamas. “This will help us continue the campaign until total victory,” Netanyahu said.
It is not clear what the Israeli prime minister was responding to, but yesterday, Biden said the US is working to secure a temporary ceasefire in the conflict in the coming days. The US president has been a staunch defender of Israel. His administration has vetoed three UN Security Council resolution that would have called for a ceasefire in Gaza.
That is some AAA spin doctoring
https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-poll-of-us-voters-finds-overwhelming-support-for-israel-over-hamas-in-gaza-war/
Looking at the poll https://harvardharrispoll.com/
Approval rating of Biden on Israel-Hamas conflict, from 44% in October, down to 38% feb 24.
I guess they spun the '82 percent' from this slide
Note the segments of never heard of them for Hamas and the PA, how is that even possible after 4 months of live streaming genocide.
Yet fucking Facebook is trending higher than Israel, Israel pares with Fox News...
In typical American fashion, Israel-Hamas conflict is only 6% on the priority list, next to income inequality, while immigration sits at the top at 36% next to price increase / inflation. Also the biggest complaint against Biden is not the Gaza nor Ukraine wars by far (both at 9%) but creating a historic flood of immigrants with his open border policy (44%)
Interestingly 62% of respondents agree the country needs another choice than Biden or Trump. (With the democrats leading on that)
56% say they would consider a moderate independent candidate for the 2024 election (Again democrats leading on that)
Meanwhile Trump maintains the lead if elections were held now (53% vs 47%)
Voters are split on sending money to Ukraine 50/50, while still more in favor of sending money to Israel 55/45
Ah here is the slide, propaganda machine at work.
What kind of question is that anyway? Where is the neither option.
67% favor getting the hostages killed "Ceasefire should only happen after all hostages have been freed and Hamas has been removed from power"
63% support invasion of Rafah
If I didn't know how terribly biased and incomplete the US news coverage was, I would say Americans have no empathy, blood thirsty MFs. Yet 68% think Israel is actually trying to avoid civilian casualties despite daily reports of children getting shot by Israeli snipers.
67% also want the US to strike back at Iran-backed terrorist groups (I assume they mean the Houthis and Iraq resistance groups) and say Biden isn't doing enough bombing (54%).
70 pages of questions and the word ceasefire is never mentioned....
No mention of the suspension of UNWRA, no mention of the humanitarian crisis.
Ukraine is even worse off, hardly mentioned at all. It's all about Immigrants, Iran, Terrorists.
Harvard is firmly in the pocket of Aipac.
Meanwhile other polls, Dec 5 already the majority of Americans wanted a permanent ceasefire
https://www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2023/12/5/voters-want-the-us-to-call-for-a-permanent-ceasefire-in-gaza-and-to-prioritize-diplomacy
Which has only been going up, and early Februari
https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-poll-biden-war-gaza-4159b28d313c6c37abdb7f14162bcdd1
Half of U.S. adults say Israel’s 15-week-old military campaign in Gaza has “gone too far,” a finding driven mainly by growing disapproval among Republicans and political independents, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
New US poll finds strong support for Gaza ceasefire
A poll released by the progressive data firm Data for Progress has found that 67 percent of US voters support a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, including 77 percent of Democratic Party voters. The Biden administration has consistently rejected calls for a permanent ceasefire.
“Around two-thirds of voters (67 percent) – including majorities of Democrats (77 percent), Independents (69 percent), and Republicans (56 percent) – support the US calling for a permanent ceasefire and a de-escalation of violence in Gaza,” the group said in a memo.
“This represents a 6-point increase in support for the US calling for a permanent ceasefire since Data for Progress last polled this question in November, with a 12-point increase among Independents.”
The poll also found that substantial majorities of voters support making continued aid to Israel conditional on requirements such as allowing displaced Palestinians to return to their homes in northern Gaza, committing to peace talks with the Palestinians and halting indiscriminate bombings to protect civilians.
NEW POLL: Voters continue to support the U.S. calling for a permanent ceasefire and de-escalation of violence in Gaza.
This includes 77% of Democrats, 69% of Independents, and 56% of Republicans.https://t.co/g5LXpjLqrz pic.twitter.com/JUsuiuHJRW
— Data for Progress (@DataProgress) February 27, 2024
