Agreed man the genocide Is so obvious with so much footage and yet nothing the world just watching just heart breaking 

Ron DeSantis, what a flog. If that what he truly believes about land claim, I hope some Native Americans took note of his words, rock up to his house, scalp the fuckwit, drag his body with a horse down the main road and take over his property in the name of traditional land rights.

Both groups have lived in that region for centuries under different rules. They both have genuine reasons to be there and only way to move forward is come up with a solution once and for all for a two state system. If the world truly believe the Palestinians don't deserve to be there, then stop fucking around with a war, and wipe them out with bombing, show your true colours and not pretend like you give a shit for them but think the war is justified.

As for many Palestinians joining Hamas, what did they think would happen when you invade their home? It only gives credit to their cause.

The language is getting more direct, yet so slowly and just keeps getting ignored anyway

UN special rapporteur says ‘genocide unfolding’ in Gaza

Secretary General: this is a watershed moment. With a genocide unfolding in Gaza, it's time to ask for justice for ALL. Hostages MUST be released immediately. And so the thousand Palestinian prisoners arbitrarily detained by Israel. Please do not forget them. https://t.co/8IEziy3JCN

— Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt (@FranceskAlbs) January 22, 2024

Report: EU ministers to discuss Netanyahu’s rejection of Palestinian statehood

Potential repercussions, hope it's not more useless stuff like travel bans for settlers

They're also the only ones slowing the onslaught of the IDF down. It's pretty clear the goal is to at least make Gaza unlivable next to making a dent in the population to put the 'numbers' back in the favor of the oppressors. Israel is literally bombing Gaza back to the stone age.


The tide is slowly starting to turn in Israel as well with the first anti-war protest yesterday since Oct 7

https://www.aljazeera.com/editorial/2024/1/21/reporters-notebook-covering-an-first-antiwar-protest-in-israel

This is the first anti-war protest to take place in Israel since it began its war on Gaza following the Hamas attacks of October 7.

Since, it hasn’t been easy for the anti-war voice to make itself heard. The organisers of this rally, Hadash, a left-wing socialist party that supports a two-state solution, were initially banned from gathering and had to take their request to the Supreme Court.

_{Protesters gather at the first anti-war protest in Israel since October 7}

For us, even finding the protest location proves difficult. As we near the square in Haifa, our GPS begins sending us in circles. We finally park at a mosque where a local explains that the Israeli army has scrambled the GPS signal in northern Israel due to security concerns.

The authorities were likely keen to let the protest go ahead on a Saturday when there’s no public transport, which would make it more difficult for people to reach the square. As we make our way to the square, we pass a large contingent of police in blue uniforms as well as what looks like border guards in dark green. They seem to be having a last-minute pep talk before the protest. No doubt they have concerns as to what might be about to happen. They are armed with rifles and pistols, and they have utility vehicles, the notorious “skunk water truck” and officers on horseback.


_{About 500 people showed up at the rally on Saturday}

It’s refreshing to hear an alternative message in Israel and to see Israelis and Palestinian Israelis standing together in hope for a peaceful future.

One of the speakers, Maoz Inon, whose parents were killed by Hamas fighters during Hamas’s attacks on October 7, speaks of forgiveness: “My father cultivated the land. He grew wheat and he also brought me up to believe in a good future.

“My message to the world is don’t choose a side, Israeli or Palestine, but please choose humanity.”

...

For now, those protesting here today are in the minority. According to recent polls, the majority of Israelis still support the war in Gaza.


Every movement has to start somewhere, hopefully it picks up steam. Hopefully the ICJ comes back soon ordering the cessation of hostilities to investigate genocidal actions taking place in Gaza. A clear message that will be hard to 'Hasbara' away.

And good that Israel isn't locked into a 2 party system like the US where the only choice is terrible or bad. However Hadash only has 5 seats in Israel's government, the religious Zionist part is nearly 3 times as big (14 seats) Netanyahu, Smotrich and Gantz hold 58 of the 120 seats. Likud is the second biggest party (24 seats) and Lapid wanted to promote a 2-state solution before in 2022.

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2022-09-21/ty-article/.premium/terror-state-lapids-plan-to-promote-two-state-solution-at-un-faces-domestic-backlash/00000183-6143-d533-a3b3-f5d7fdeb0000

However his ideas now are indoctrination and rewriting history to solve the conflict...

https://www.jns.org/edited-pub-fri-lapid-rules-out-handing-over-gaza-to-pa-after-the-war/

The poll’s findings “only strengthen the case for the deradicalization program I called for in my plan for the day after the end of this war,” said Lapid, who served as Israel’s prime minister for five months before Netanyahu was voted back into office late last year.

In a policy document shared on Facebook earlier this month, Lapid’s party called for Gaza’s civil administration to be temporarily managed by the U.S. and Arab countries, excluding Turkey and Qatar, as well as local Palestinian factors “not recognized by Hamas.”

“Israel will not agree to the P.A. playing a role in managing life in Gaza until a comprehensive de-radicalization program is implemented in the P.A., which would include education against incitement, stopping payment to terrorists and fighting corruption,” the document read.


Still there are options, there is a way to solve this 75 year old conflict. Otherwise it's just waiting for the next escalation.

I have little faith cause this conflict could have been solved a long time ago but the people In power don't want it to be solved mainly US and Israel.

Things might improve a bit once Netanyahu gets ousted. He's under pressure from all directions now, the opposition party has been calling for re-elections for over a month now, while the fights inside the war cabinet continue.

He can't please any body and his lies to all sides are getting exposed daily now

Netanyahu tells hostages' families Israel has an "initiative" to win release of those abducted

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told families of the remaining Israeli hostages in Gaza that Israel has an “initiative” to secure the release of those abducted – but there is “no real proposal” from Hamas that would advance their freedom.

According to the Prime Minister’s office, Netanyahu told representatives of the families of the hostages: "Contrary to what they say, There is no real proposal from Hamas - this is not true. I say this as clearly as I can because there are so many untrue things that must be tormenting you.” He added: “In contrast, there is an initiative of ours, and I will not elaborate."

On Sunday, Netanyahu said that in exchange for the release of the hostages Hamas had demanded an end of the war, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, and “the release of all the murderers and rapists” – Netanyahu’s words for Palestinian prisoners Hamas wants to be freed. “If we agree to this - our soldiers fell in vain. If we agree to this - we will not be able to guarantee the security of our citizens,” the prime minister said.

Even CNN isn't just printing his words as truth anymore. Certainly the hostage families aren't trusting him any longer either, still camped outside his house. Many Soldiers get wounded in Gaza and on average close to 2 IDF soldiers get killed per day. People are starting to realize there is no end game here.

Knesset to convene on no-confidence motion for Netanyahu

Israel’s parliament will convene soon to discuss a motion of no-confidence against Benjamin Netanyahu and his government. The motion was submitted by the Labour party in reaction to the government’s failure to bring back captives held in Gaza, N12 reports. A party statement said dozens of Israelis have been held for 108 days and their lives are in imminent danger.

“Under this government they were abandoned and kidnapped. It is this government that is not making the necessary decisions to save them and bring them all home now. “We expect all factions of the opposition to support the motion of no-confidence and to demand the government answers the questions that do not allow any citizen in the state of Israel to sleep in peace.”

Latest Israeli election poll spells more bad news for Netanyahu

Reservist protest video circulating online: Israeli military

Families of hostages disrupted a meeting of the finance committee in the Israeli parliament on Monday, demanding more be done to secure their release. "You will not sit here while they die there," read one of the placards as more than a dozen people forced their way into the committee’s meeting. Video of the scene showed security officers trying to remove the protesters. "It can't go on like this. You’d better know. It can't go on like this. You will not sit here while our children die there," one of the protesters shouted." 

Israeli police reported that dozens of protesters had blocked the entrance to the Knesset, “violating public order.” After they refused to leave, a police officer announced a dispersal order. Those disrupting public order were moved back to the protest area in order to allow the protest to continue lawfully, according to a police statement.

Netanyahu under fire for opposition to creation of Palestinian state.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s opposition to a two-state solution has sparked criticism from officials in Brussels and Washington, as divisions deepen between Israel and its allies and within its own government.

Netanyahu has made clear his opposition to a Palestinian state, but last week set alarm bells ringing when he said Israel “must control security of all the land which is west of the Jordan River.” Ahead of a meeting in Brussels on Monday, European Union foreign ministers criticized Netanyahu’s comments, with Josep Borrell, the EU’s foreign policy chief, calling them “unacceptable.”

No state of Palestine, no normalisation with Israel: Saudi Arabia

Israel’s opposition to a two-state solution is "unacceptable," says EU’s top diplomat

The Israeli government’s opposition to a two-state solution is “unacceptable” and Israel cannot expect countries to drop the issue, the European Union’s foreign policy chief said Monday. “It’s unacceptable [for Israel] to say I don’t want this solution,” Josep Borrell told reporters ahead of a meeting of EU and Middle East foreign ministers in Brussels, adding, “the whole international community is behind" a two-state solution.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly rejected calls from the international community for a two-state solution, but Borrell questioned what alternatives remain. “Which are the other solutions they have in mind? To make all the Palestinians leave? To kill off them?” Borrell asked. He said a two-state solution with an independent Palestinian state is the ultimate goal of the 27 members of the EU."

Borrell said that Hamas is part of the problem but that the way Israel has been trying to destroy the militant group was “certainly” wrong and was seeding hate “for generations.” Israel Foreign Minister Israel Katz and his Palestinian Authority counterpart are attending the meeting in Brussels.

Yet far more pressure from outside is needed as well as aid, as there is no time to waste

Overcrowding, inadequate water and poor sanitation are fueling Hepatitis A cases in Gaza, UN agency says

Hepatitis A infections have increased in Gaza due to overcrowding, lack of clean water and poor sanitation, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said citing the Gaza Ministry of Health, run by Hamas.

UNRWA cited the health ministry saying suspected cases have increased 16 times in January more than the entire month of November last year. Thousands of displaced people are sharing toilets and shower areas, UNRWA said on Facebook.

The WHO chief last week said that 24 Hepatitis A cases in Gaza were confirmed through test kits and warned of “inhumane living conditions” contributing to the spread of the disease. “The capacity to diagnose diseases remains extremely limited. There is no functioning laboratory. The capacity to respond remains limited too,” the WHO director general Tedros Ghebreyesus said on X on Thursday.

As of last week, no deaths were reported in Gaza from Hepatitis A, as per the WHO, but several thousand people with jaundice were recorded “presumably also due to Hepatitis A,” Ghebreyusus said. Some background: According to the CDC, symptoms of hepatitis A can include yellow skin or eyes, not wanting to eat, an upset stomach, vomiting, stomach pain, fever, dark urine or light colored stools, diarrhea, joint pain and feeling tired. Adults are more likely than children to have symptoms if they are infected.


Meanwhile Netanyahu is only trying to escalate the war with Hezbollah to stay in power

Israel carries out air raids, launches artillery fire in southern Lebanon

The ICJ needs to hurry up, daily atrocities continue

Israel targets 30,000 displaced people in 5 shelters: Gaza authorities

Medical facilities in Khan Younis battered during Israeli assault, Palestinian officials in Gaza say


_{Smoke billowing over Khan Younis in southern Gaza during Israeli bombardment on January 22}

Medical facilities in Khan Younis in southern Gaza were battered amid an Israeli assault in the area Monday, Palestinian health officials said.

The Hamas-controlled health ministry in Gaza said dozens of people were killed and wounded in the latest offensive in western Khan Younis, where medical facilities including the Nasser Medical Complex, Al Amal Hospital and the Palestine Red Crescent Society headquarters are located.

“The situation here is completely catastrophic. We didn’t sleep last night. The hospital is entirely besieged,” Ahmad Al Moghrabi, a doctor at the Nasser Medical Complex said in a video shared to his Instagram page Monday. “There is no way for us to escape the hospital and no way for evacuation. The troops are all around, and the only roads for evacuation are filled with dead bodies,” he said.

The Nasser Medical Complex is receiving more serious injuries than it can accommodate, the health ministry said, adding that intensive care units are currently at capacity. Health officials also said that Israeli forces Monday stormed the Al Khair Hospital, west of Khan Younis, and detained a number of its medical staff, amid an ongoing “siege” of the area.

The IDF told CNN, when asked to comment on the storming of the hospital, that they “cannot comment on ongoing activities.”

Israeli military says ‘operations’ in Khan Younis to last several days

Israel must increase intensity of war, despite US pressure: Smotrich

What are the US and UK concerned about:

UK imposes new sanctions on key individuals linked to Hamas

The United Kingdom announced new sanctions on individuals linked to Hamas on Monday, in its third round of such sanctions since October 7. It made the announcement alongside the US and Australia.

Five “key figures” linked to the leadership and financial networks of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) were sanctioned, as well as one currency exchange entity called Al Mutahadun for Exchange. British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said that the move was a “clear message” to Hamas that the UK is “committed to ensuring there is no hiding place for those financing terrorist activities.”

US issues additional sanctions on groups facilitating Iran's funding of Hamas

The US has sanctioned several "Hamas-affiliated" financial groups in Gaza, alleged to have facilitated the transfer of funds, including cryptocurrency, from Iran to Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. “Hamas has sought to leverage a variety of financial transfer mechanisms, including the exploitation of cryptocurrency, to channel funds to support the group’s terrorist activities,” Brian Nelson from the Treasury of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence said in a press release.

Those sanctioned include members of the Gaza-based Shamlakh family, who used several companies to facilitate funds transfers from Iran to Hamas, and the Hezrallah Exchange, which allegedly "worked with Hamas to facilitate transactions, including through the use of cryptocurrencies," according to the Treasury Department. The US imposed sanctions alongside the UK and Australia, who are also sanctioning "key Hamas officials and facilitators," according to the State Department. 

"We remain committed to working with our allies and partners to dismantle the financial infrastructure that supports Hamas operations," said State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller in a statement. 

US sanctions Kataib Hezbollah leaders, Iraqi airline

Living in an upside down world. US and UK are directly complicit in the unfolding genocide. Keep the focus on Hamas and everything else. Nothing to see in Gaza.

They are litterly acting like nazi germany. Just saw a video of then stripping men naked a beating them, they so proud of that and taping it.

Nah don't believe your own eyes, believe in the IDF

Separately, it [the IDF]said it is deepening ground operations to the west of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, “while adhering to the principles of combat and international law." “The IDF is fighting a terrorist organization that embeds itself in the civilian population, and skilled and experienced units are working to dismantle the Hamas military framework, while staying aware of the complexity of the task, given that Hamas systematically embeds itself in sites such as hospitals and schools,” the IDF said.

CNN only reminds us daily about the IDF adhering to international law. With also daily updates of accidental? war crimes, but since the IDF never responds to questions from CNN, it can't be them committing war crimes...

All this footage from the war and not one single piece of evidence of Hamas embedding themselves in hospitals or schools. No fire recorded from any schools nor hospitals, just empty claims and some pictures and video from the IDF showing 'evidence', most of which has already been debunked.

Biden is already walking back his 'demands' to Netanyahu, groveling at hit feet.

Biden maintains "open mind" on what a two-state solution would look like, White House official says

US President Joe Biden is maintaining an “open mind” about what form a two-state solution with Israel would ultimately take, the White House said Monday, adding the president acknowledges that it won't be an easy road.

National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby told reporters that the president understands “the need for some flexibility" when it comes to the format of an independent Palestinian state.

Hours after getting off the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Friday, Biden referenced the possibility of a demilitarized Palestinian state when speaking to reporters at the White House, saying he believed “there are a number of types of two-state solutions.”

“There’s a number of countries that are members of the UN that … don’t have their own military, a number of states that have limitations, and so I think there’s ways in which this can work,” Biden said.

While the world watches 2+ million people slowly starve to death

Palestinian civilians in Gaza need much more aid to survive, UN data shows

Nearly the entire population of the Gaza Strip faces a humanitarian crisis, aid organizations say. Millions of people have been displaced since October 7 and they are struggling to stay dry and warm as winter temperatures and rains set in.

Less than a week into the Israel-Gaza war, the United Nations appealed to the world asking for nearly $300 million in aid to assist Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Within a month, the figure nearly quadrupled as the entire Gaza Strip plunged into a humanitarian catastrophe.

Three months into the war, international donors, mostly governments, have provided just over half of the requested funds through the UN’s plan, according to data from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs’ (OCHA) Financial Tracking Service.

The figures reveal that only four-fifths of the emergency funding needed to ensure food security and roughly a quarter of what’s needed for shelter, water and sanitation have been provided.

Israel’s siege of the Palestinian enclave has collapsed waste collection and disposal services, according to the United Nations relief agency UNRWA, and the scarcity of clean drinking water and toilets has created an “explosively dangerous” environment for the spread of disease, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned on Thursday. 

“Everywhere in Rafah, if you walk, you will see a lot of solid waste and a lot of water sewage building up on the street,” said Salwa Tibi, 53, who works at the humanitarian agency CARE International. “You will find a lot of diseases in the shelters.”

Despite the hazards, children in desperate search of food can be seen picking scraps from rubbish piles, Tibi said.

Gazans also describe air pollution caused by smoke from people burning wood instead of fuel, supplies of which have been largely cut off from the territory. “My father is sick because of air pollution, smoke and gas,” a displaced civilian in Rafah, who wished to remain anonymous, told CNN. “Influenza diseases are widespread due to the weather and the lack of facilities in the tents and rooms of the displaced."

This is not a threat, but can we keep it as a promise...

Israel's security minister threatens to quit government if war against Hamas stops

Israel's national security minister is threatening to quit his position and "not be part of the government" if Israel decides to end the war against Hamas in Gaza.

"If there is no war, there is no government. I've said it all long. There is a war going on, we know it, but if, God forbid, it is decided to stop the war, I will not be part of the government," Itamar Ben Gvir said, speaking at a meeting of his far-right party, Jewish Power. "I would like to say to you that our being part of the government has an impact on our small divine plot of land," Ben Gvir also told members of his party at the meeting, touting some of their policies. 

Ben Gvir has a history of making threats like this. In late November, during a negotiated pause in the fighting to allow an exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners — Ben Gvir threatened to quit Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu's government if the attacks on the Gaza Strip were not resumed as soon as the humanitarian truce came to an end.

A video of his comments was posted on social media by CNN affiliate KAN News, an Israeli public broadcaster.

Aljazeera has the reason for his new threats

Israel proposes up to two-month ceasefire in return for release of captives: Axios

US names campaign to target Houthis in Yemen "Operation Poseidon Archer"

The United States has named the ongoing operation to target Houthi assets in Yemen “Operation Poseidon Archer,” according to two US officials. The named operation suggests a more organized, formal and potentially long-term approach to the operations in Yemen, where the US has been hitting Houthi infrastructure as the Iran-backed rebel group has vowed to keep targeting commercial vessels in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. 

The US has struck Houthi targets in Yemen seven times since carrying out its first set of attacks together with the UK military on January 11. The first wave of strikes, in which the two countries hit approximately 30 sites across Houthi-controlled Yemen, marked the beginning of Operation Poseidon Archer, one official said.

Israel also does not want peace

Israeli defence minister says attacks against Hezbollah will continue