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Do you pray for the hostages too?
Yes. I pray for the 110 or so israeli and immgrant hostages assumed to still be alive. And I also pray for the hundreds of Palestianian hostages arrested without charge in Israeli prisons assumed to be alive.
I pray for a ceasefire so that the Israeli hostages are released. I also pray for the end of Israeli apartheid government, so that Palestianians are liberated.
#i recommend reading some articles on the israeli hostages that were released#they each have individual perspectives but i notice online that people are refusing to hear many of their critiques of the israeli state#oftentimes dismissing the hostages of being ''irrationally traumatized'' or ''coerced'' into saying things#now i don't agree with all of them. especially since a lot are reformers. but i think it is important to hear their perspectives#also in general#the sheer number of palestians suffering compared to the israeli hostages is the reason why i think this ''whataboutism'' is ridiculous#you have 2 million people suffering and i am supposed to direct my primary attention to what like 100 of them specifically?#especially considering that there is one side that can end this whole thing: israel#hamas has already offered to release the hostages#in exchange for a ceasefire#and any attempt that the israeli military tried to ''liberate'' the hostages ended up in their deaths#what so far at least 3 israeli hostages were killed by israel (and there was probably more unconfirmed)
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#freeAhmadManasra
#i remember reading ab what theyve done to him in 2021 and it was so insane to me#they stole his childhood and his life#traumatized him in ways that he may never recover from#he was arrested when he was 13!!!! a child!!!!#we hear sm ab israeli hostages but nothing abou FIVE THOUSAND palestinian hostages who have been in israeli jails since before oct 7#u wanna bring them home? campaign for a ceasefire and a prisoner exchange#which is exactly what hamas offered btw#but israelis rejected bec they love killing palestinians more than they want to protect jews#free palestine#palestine#gaza#long live palestine#glory to the martyrs#from the river to the sea palestine will be free#long live the resistance#death to israel
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another crowd gathering around an aid convoy has been hit
at least 20 people have died with more than 100 injured. the Gazan Health Ministry accused the Israeli forces of purposefully targeting large crowds of civilians waiting for aid.
the Israeli military denied the allegations and blamed Palestinian gunmen were the causes. it’s impossible to immediately verify who is correct or incorrect.
in recent weeks, the demand for more aid has increased. the US recently built a port on sea to send food and conducted airdrops, but none of it is enough. some of the food were expired or not halal, and some aid attempts have turned deadly.
but ceasefire/hostage return hopes have increased since Hamas dropped its criteria of a permanent ceasefire and agreed to a hostage exchange. let’s hope this one goes through and a ceasefire follows, and for the hostages on both sides to return home safely.
free Palestine.
sources underneath the cut:
aid airdrop kills five people in Gaza after parachute fails - Al Jazeera
attack kills 20 and injured 155 at Gaza food aid point, as Israel denies responsibility - CNN
at least 5 killed after airdropped aid falls on them in Gaza - CNN
at least 20 awaiting food killed in attack, Gazan authorities say - New York Times
#politics#free gaza#palestine#free palestine#gaza#genocide#israel hamas conflict#ceasefire#hostage exchange#ceasefire NOW#stop the genocide#flour massacre#thecurrentevents
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I'm still a bit surprised CNN aired this. Nima Elbagir managed to express so much empathy in a very subtle way while reporting the facts. I have seen her before and knew she reported on important issues within Africa for example but definitely gonna look up more of her interviews where I can find them.
That mother embracing her daughter as they reunited brought tears to my eyes. I know the ceasefire is temporary and not the end goal but it's hard not to be happy at a moment like this.
#nima elbagir#cnn#journalism#hostage release#palestine#east jerusalem#free palestine#🍉#temporary ceasefire#reunion#hostage exchange#free gaza#free east jerusalem#free west bank#gaza#west bank
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As great as the exchange of hostages was, we need to remember a few things:
1. Palestinian prisoners are hostages. A lot of them children. False arrests with pretenses of committing violence backed with such poor evidence it’s a disgrace. Also, most of the ‘confessions’ are through brutal interrogation (cc: torture).
2. They arrested just as quick, if not quicker, than they released. They kidnapped people with no charges so they can force them to be part of the ‘exchange’ so that the hostages who WERE supposed to be part of it stay in jail.
3. The stories coming from freed Palestinians are fucking horrific. No food, no water, stripped, left naked, no blankets or pillows, barely a mattress to sleep on, bloodied, beaten, sexually assaulted, raped, humiliated, and straight up murdered. Some of the kids released are detailing how the IOF killed other hostages in front of them. Yeah.
4. They went around terrorizing the families of the hostages meant to be released threatening them & even beating them as a warning to not celebrate.
5. They shot a teenager for celebrating someone’s freedom. The IOF lady said it like it was a perfectly good reason to end a life.
6. They’ve announced Jenin as part of the war zone now and they’re encroaching on more of the West Bank. Ramallah being one of them. Neither are next to Gaza.
7. They’ve killed several Palestinians during this ‘ceasefire’. November 29, 2023: a teenager and a 9-year-old were killed.
8. They are not honoring the ‘ceasefire’. Dozens of Palestinians in Gaza have either been abducted or killed for attempting to go back North.
Not a single hostage held by Hamas has spoken of any mistreatment. These people are leaving happy, smiling, literally shaking hands, laughing with, & dapping with Hamas soldiers. Zionists are losing their minds trying to push forward the ‘“their loved ones are being held hostage obviously they’re doing it so they won’t get hurt” narrative, but considering the hostages released have been reported to be in good health, that seems extremely doubtful.
Take the time to look up some of those statements. One hostage wrote them a thank you note because her daughter felt like a queen with how well they treated her. They gave the kids candy, they allowed the hostages to see & talk to each other, played with the kids if the kids asked. Compared to the ones being given by Palestinian hostages & then watching more get kidnapped is just… and now merciless bombing across Gaza with threats telling people in Gaza to evacuate even more South. There’s no more South left. Don’t quiet down now, you need to be screaming louder than ever. Free Palestine 🇵🇸
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Timestamp: 20:31pm on the 23rd of November 2023
A recap of the latest events
#free gaza#free palestine#gaza strip#irish solidarity with palestine#palestine#gaza#news on gaza#al jazeera#boycott israel#israel#Qatar#Captive release#Captive exchange#temporary ceasefire#temporary truce#Indonesian Hospital#Al-Shifa Hospital#Hamas#Ashraf al-Qudra#Disease outbreak#Haaretz#West Bank#west bank palestinians#Mohammed Ibrahim Fuad Edely#Say his name#Recap#Summary#Latest events#Current events#Latest news
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100+ days of genocide and I'm still seeing idiots go "ok but hamas is bad too" girl what abt the country dickriding america
#while you were asking 'is hamas a terrorist group and does israel have the right to collectively punish#2m ppl on the off chance they kill them' children in gaza were dying of heart attacks and fear and the idf was shooting little kids lol....#and the israeli war cabinet was pulling their hair bcs netanyahu rejected hamas' conditions for a permanent ceasefire in exchange for#all of their hostages....but ok i guess we're only going to dogpile on hamas#when theres a whole other government backed by rich countries whose whole interest is to wipe out a small strip of land#like .... ok i guess
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#hostage exchange#free palestine#gaza#genocide#war crimes#palestine#gaza strip#west bank#ceasefire#israeli war crimes#us war crimes#Joe biden#benjamin netanyahu#israeli occupation forces#Israel#jerusalem#occupation#Instagram#Alnaqab prison
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love the colors
#also. this is a survey about whether people support a ceasefire and hostage exchange#the green part is the ones who voted yes#that's actually. huh#let me read more on this#anyway great unintentional color choice
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why do you as a western leftist gentile feel the need to clarify/emphasize that the (largely child) hostages being released as part of the deal are "non-military civilians". quickly now
#and why do you not feel the same need to clarify that the prisoners they're being exchanged for 3 to 1#are convicted murderers and attempted murderers#quickly now!#also the people who insist on saying 'it's not REALLY a ceasefire' are correct but in the wrong way of course#you are welcome and encouraged of course to prove me wrong here but#are you cheering/campaigning for an end to the barrage of rockets fired at israeli civilians from hamas too?#or rather do you genuinely expect that to be an outcome of this deal (or at all)?#because i certainly don't. not exactly a good track record to rely on here
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This is Hamas' response to the proposal the Israeli occupation government sent them
In other words, Hamas made a counter offer the other Resistance factions are happy with. The terms that must be met before a prisoner exchange are:
Permanent ceasefire
the complete withdrawal of the IDF from Gaza
Lifting the blockade and allowing aid to enter the strip
Reconstruction of Gaza
The Palestinian resistance has the upper hand. Remember the last time Hamas sent a proposal in November that included a pause in the fighting, Israel immediately dismissed it before crawling back and accepting. This time they are willing to consider it from the start. In fact Netanyahu has gone from saying the war will last a year to just months
I trust that all the conditions for the prisoner exchange will be met.
#yemen#jerusalem#tel aviv#current events#palestine#free palestine#gaza#free gaza#news on gaza#palestine news#news update#war news#war on gaza#palestinian resistance#ceasefire now#ceasefire deal
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We are very close to a temporary 5 day ceasefire in order to exchange women and children hostages and allow aid into Gaza.
I hope everyone continues to put pressure on their local representatives and urge them to call for a ceasefire to ensure the Israeli government allows this to happen. If you’re from the UK, US, Canada or Australia here is a linktree with resources on how you can call/email your local reps
#sorry the first link is behind a paywall but I use that website that gets around them#and I first heard this news from aljazeera but I know how you all feel about them apparently so I didn’t link it 🤍#even if it is only temporary it is something and it is a step in the right direction#it is definitely one of those things that I will have to see to believe though#palestine#🦢
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Quick context about the 150 Palestinians that Israel will release from its prisons in exchange for 50 hostages held by Hamas as part of the 2023 "ceasefire" agreement:
Among the ones who will be released today will be 24 Palestinian women and 14 Palestinian children.
There are currently 7,200 Palestinians held by Israel, this number does not include prisoners from Gaza like day workers who were kidnapped by Israel.
2,300 of the Palestinian prisoners are administrative detainees, which means they are held indefinitely without charges.
Since October 7, Israel had imprisoned 3,145 Palestinians in the West Bank alone, 250 of whom are children, a number which is unprecedented since 1967.
Remember that israel will continue to hold about 250 Palestinian children in its prisons under brutal conditions.
While Israel has been sloppily playing the victim part and desperately trying to make this about ~Khamas~, it is crucial to note that all of the above numbers are from the West Bank alone, where Hamas does not operate. This is a reminder that Israel is routinely aggressive against Palestinians regardless of their age, where they are, political affiliations, etc...
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Israel doesn't want to repopulate Gaza, you loveable dummy
Seriously, find one Israeli on this site who'll say otherwise. And no, quoting Ben Gvir doesn't count (assuming you even know who that is) anymore than quoting, say, Rudy Giuliani would count for anything, even though he supposedly spoke for the president of the USA for a time.
Hamas has 136 hostages. Including women, and actual literal babies, assuming they're still alive, that is. This could all have ended weeks ago if they'd fucking returned them. Israeli society would physically march on Benjamin Netanyahu's home and remove him in a coup if the hostages were returned tonight. But as long as they have Israeli people, and are unwilling to negotiate their return, that's an ongoing war crime. Is Israel evil for being a bull in a China shop trying to get back a "mere" 136 innocent civilians? Maybe. But Hamas started this and they can end it, they just don't want to. Please, justify that.
Hello, since you asked for one Israeli, here, I'll give you multiple statements:
Hundreds of activists at an Ashdod gathering in late November called for the reestablishing of Jewish settlements. “Let it be known that you support the appeal to renew Jewish settlement throughout all of the Gaza Strip. The nation is waiting for you”— Yossi Dagan, head of the Samaria Regional Council.
Israel “should fully occupy the Gaza Strip”— Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu, of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party.
An Israeli real estate firm pushes to build settlements for Israelis in Gaza. “Wake up, a beach house is not a dream” reads the ad.
Israeli Knesset member Limor Son Har Melech posted a video of herself in a boat with other settlers off the coast of Gaza. “Settlement in every part of the Gaza Strip … A large, extensive settlement without fear, without hesitation, without humiliation. This land is the land that the creator of the world gave to us.”
Israeli Settler, Daniella Weiss says Palestinians who live in Gaza, have no right to stay in Gaza.
An Israeli soldier saying that Israelis should start “investing” in Khan Younis.
Also why would the words of Ben Gvir not count? He is an elected minister, his words hold weight and they expose Israel’s clear intent to make Gaza inhabitable for Palestinians so that Israelis could settle in there— by destroying the infrastructures, making the health system collapse entirely, bombing entire residential neighborhood, Israel is trying to ensure that Palestinians wouldn't be able to return back to their land, because there is nothing livable left there.
And I'm glad you bring up all of this ending if the hostages were returned— Hamas tried to strike up a deal for the return of ALL the hostages, in exchange of the release of all Palestinian prisoners. Israel refused. You know why? Because this has never been about hostages and their safety for Israel.
There is a reason why Israel shot its own hostages when it mistook them for Palestinian civilians, waving a white cloth. There is a reason why the IDF called to shoot indiscriminately on Oct. 7, knowing that it could kill some of the hostages too. Because Israel wants to kill Palestinians, to "thin out its population" (or maybe we shouldn't take into account the says and actions of Netanyahu too ://). This is why it targets schools and mosques and hospitals and ambulances and refugee camps. Israel knows that if it does get all its hostages back, then there would be nothing to “justify” its genocide in Gaza (although, as UN Secretary-General said : "Nothing can justify the collective punishment of the Palestinian people. The humanitarian situation in Gaza is beyond words")
Israel is the only reason why the hostages aren't fred yet. THEY are unwilling to negotiate the return because they don't want to stop this genocide. What good is a five days ceasefire only for the bombings to return? Do you even realize how psychologically traumatizing it is to have a countdown of when your massacre would resume? The only acceptable deal is for Israel to establish a permanent ceasefire, something that it refuses to do. The only one to blame is Israel.
And you say Israelis would instigate a coup to oust Netanyahu, that's nice, then what? Will you return the land to its rightful people? Will you give back Palestinians their rights unequivocally? Will you call for the dismantlement of Israel that was built on massacres? The reason why Israelis are angry at Netanyahu is rooted in the unresolved hostage situation. Just because you don't support Netanyahu doesn't mean that you aren't a zionist who finds the murder of more than twenty thousands Palestinians justifiable. A young girl had her leg amputated with no anesthesia on the kitchen counter of her home and you talk about “Israel being a bull in a China shop”? You consider the targeted attacks on civilians as careless actions by Israel? It actually astonishes me how inhumane some of you can be.
And here is what Dr. Refaat, who was targeted and murdered by the IDF btw, had to say about this matter:
Whether it's Netanyahu or someone else, it does not matter because Israel as a whole is an occupation, one built on the bloodshed of palestinians.
And it is funny how you choose to distort history whichever way you like it, to regard October 7th as an isolated instance that happened out of the blue. Hamas didn't start anything, Hamas was created in response to the indiscriminate and careless shooting of palestinian civilians in the first Intifada, that was decades ago. October 7th was a resistance to an ongoing colonization, Israel started this when it displaced and murdered palestinians on 1948. None of this would've happened if Israel did not colonize Palestine. It has been 100 days of this ongoing genocide, wake up and stop deluding yourself into a reality where Israel is the victim.
#dismissing Ben Gvir's statements#(yes i know who it is thank you for your concern)#then diluting this genocide into a mere matter of “hamas should return the hostages”#it must feel nice to change up the narrative so you'd be able to sleep nicely at night#and not take into account the statements that disturb you#but thanks for thinking im loveable! you are right on that point#maybe there is still hope left for you then#free palestine#palestine#gaza#free gaza
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March 28. Taleed El-Sabawi, JD, PhD writes: "Jordan should be trending right now. Protests have been blocking traffic; men have flooded the streets in such large numbers that even the repressive military force in Jordan can’t beat them into submission (something they frequently do); Protesters are chanting for Jordan to open its borders so they can march to Al-Aqsa. The political unrest in Jordan has been at a boiling point for years now.
High rates of unemployment particularly among young men; significant inflation; high housing costs; low wages; skyrocketing gas prices, electricity, groceries…hardly any industry. Repressive import taxes.
And a monarchy that pockets millions of US government aid in exchange for US military access. The monarchy is now holding on by a thread.
Expect the Jordanian forces to increase their violence against protestors. Expect the U.S. to send in reinforcements in some shape or form—If the monarchy falls, it will not be a U.S. co-opted government that will organically take its place. It will not be an Israel friendly government. Expect the U.S. to meddle as they always have & to do everything they can to keep the monarchy in place.
Even a UN Ceasefire isn’t enough to make Israel ceasefire or the U.S. to call for Israel to ceasefire. The calculus has changed. The people are reminded yet again how the governments of the world have failed them. Expect more of this around the world.
Every time there are protests in Jordan, I call my family in Amman to get a sense of how serious it is, because my grandparents are in Amman. Since October, every time I call they have brushed it off as young men being young men. Skirmishes with the armed guard as usual. But today was different. They spoke about not being able to drive in the streets, of the chaos, of the sheer number of human bodies, of the determination to do something to help Gaza—something has changed. This time, it feels different.
Additional important context: Jordan was created in 1946. When Britain divided up the Arab World into nation states. Before that there was free movement & a greater degree of one-ness. So when Jordanians say they there is no difference between us and the Palestinian people or that we are the same people , it is because the British creation of nation states was a Western government forcing the Arab people into its Western constructs.
[about further protests in Jordan] There are already plans to start again —at Maghreb tomorrow (sunset)—at the Israeli embassy and doing a sit-in again until dawn, interspersed with prayers. Tomorrow will mark day 5 of protests in Amman."
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