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Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸

Israeli Policies and Settler Violence Are Driving Palestinians from the #JordanValley

In the occupied #WestBank, Israeli restrictions on movement for #Palestinians, denial of access to resources, and settlement expansion have all ramped up over the past 18 months.

From #DropSiteNews
Apr 14, 2025

'"We live in constant anxiety, day and night, due to #settler attacks," Bsharat told Drop Site. His family of 12 relies primarily on their flock of sheep for a living. In recent months, they have been repeatedly threatened by #Israeli settlers, who warn they will be shot if they cross onto the nearby land. "They raid our communities with tractors, provoke residents, and prevent us from accessing grazing areas. The army and settlers have seized the land for settler cattle farms."'

dropsitenews.com/p/west-bank-j

#AllEyesOnWestBank
#EndTheOccupation #SettlersOut
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #politics
#news #press @palestine

Drop Site News · Israeli Policies and Settler Violence Are Driving Palestinians from the Jordan ValleyBy Issam
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Ramesh #NotGoingBack

⬆️ @Thumper1964 @benroyce @gocu54 @deepmud

>>>> nobody is throwing themselves on the gears of the machinery to even slow it down.

>> Why or not can the same thinking be applied to rationalize events in #Gaza & #Palestine?

If we make a distinction between #McVeigh and #Mangione and say the latter deserves sympathy, we ought to make a distinction between #Hamas and #Palestinians, including children throwing rocks at #IDF.

It's not just the motive. The bias is towards who you empathize with.

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Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸

Leaked Data Reveals Massive Israeli Campaign to Remove Pro-#Palestine Posts on Facebook and Instagram

from #DropSiteNews
Waqas Ahmed, Nicholas Rodelo, Ryan Grim, and Murtaza Hussain
Apr 11, 2025

"A sweeping crackdown on posts on #Instagram and #Facebook that are critical of #Israel—or even vaguely supportive of #Palestinians—was directly orchestrated by the government of Israel, according to internal Meta data obtained by Drop Site News. The data show that #Meta has complied with 94% of takedown requests issued by Israel since October 7, 2023. Israel is the biggest originator of takedown requests globally by far, and #Meta has followed suit—widening the net of posts it automatically removes, and creating what can be called the largest mass #censorship operation in modern history."

dropsitenews.com/p/leaked-data

#Gaza #politics #Palestine #MiddleEast
#USA #US #USPolitics #Trump #SocialMedia #NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#news #press @palestine @israel

Drop Site News · Leaked Data Reveals Massive Israeli Campaign to Remove Pro-Palestine Posts on Facebook and InstagramBy Waqas Ahmed
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DB 🌱💦

Israel isn't only crushing Palestinians' homes and cities. It's intent on crushing all their hopes and dreams. This is a genocide of a people's the spirit.

"The contract we secured was a work agreement to produce music videos. I was the band’s sound engineer and music producer while Saadi was the director. We were finally going to be able to support ourselves by pursuing our passion; Saadi was overjoyed."

#Palestine #Gaza #Palestinians #Genocide #Israel #USA
electronicintifada.net/content

The Electronic Intifada · Where are you, Saadi?Israeli bombing turns a celebration into a house of mourning.
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Ramesh #NotGoingBack

⬆️ @theothersimo
>> if #Harris felt that her position as VP prevented her from criticizing her boss’s role in #genocide then she needed to resign.

No, you need to stop spreading disinfo. #KamalaHarris supported a #TwoStateSolution that #Trump will never support, even though many european nations already do, and #France is on the cusp of doing so.

Protesters who spoke for #Palestinians #inTheirName have hurt the #Palestinian cause more than anybody by reelecting Trump

@CindyWeinstein @Nonilex

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DoomsdaysCW

#SilencingDissent: The #Crackdown on #PeacefulProtest in #Europe

In our recently published Rule of Law report, Liberties’ members reported an increase in restrictions on the right to peaceful protest in all countries.

by Flore du Teilleul
April 10, 2025

Excerpt:
"The right to peaceful protest is essential to our democracies, allowing people to come together with a unified voice to support or oppose key issues. It serves as a powerful mechanism for individuals to hold their governments to account and is often the last resort when prior messages go unheard. However, politicians often perceive this right as a threat, especially when force of numbers demonstrates support for an issue.

"In our recently published Rule of Law report, Liberties’ members reported an increase in restrictions on the right to peaceful protest in all countries - from bans on individual protests to the disproportionate use of force by the police and legislative changes. A widespread trend emerged of restricted #ProPalestine protests and #EnvironmentalDefenders receiving particularly harsh penalties.

Bans on Protests

"Restrictions on various protest movements justified on public safety grounds were documented in many member states. In #Germany, the Berlin Assembly Authorities implemented a temporary blanket ban targeting pro-Palestine demonstrations. Initially, the ban targeted celebrations of the mass murder and pro-Hamas demonstrations but later extended to all pro-Palestinian protests. Similarly, in #Latvia, an unregistered #FreePalestine movement protest was banned after an assessment by the state security service that the event would, among other risks, harm the country’s international interests.

"The Estonian police banned a protest in support of #Palestinians, which was later declared unlawful by the administrative court. In #Hungary, Prime Minister #ViktorOrbán publicly prejudiced support for Palestinians by linking it with terrorism, equating solidarity with civilians victims to threats to the public order. As the fifteen attempts to organise protests were successively banned, the government and the Prime Minister re-asserted their power by deciding what can be demonstrated for, namely, topics in line with their political interests. Following the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, the Hungarian government has repeatedly declared and extended the state of danger, allowing for the adoption of emergency decrees restricting, among other rights, the freedom to assemble. Both the Hungarian Supreme Court and Constitutional Court upheld the protest bans on the basis of public safety and security, legalising the practice of police-authorised restrictions in times of conflict.

"Further restrictions, including bans on #slogans and #signs during #demonstrations, sought to criminalise protesters. Several individuals were arrested or fined for displaying signs or slogans related to Palestine. In #Belgium, activists faced administrative sanctions for carrying a #PalestinianFlag or the #keffiyeh. Similarly, in the #Netherlands, attendees of an #ExtinctionRebellion demonstration were prohibited from mentioning the conflict in the Middle East. The enforcement of restrictions went as far as arrests, as Croatian activists were charged with misdemeanor after projecting a message in support of Palestine on a building across from the Israeli Embassy in Zagreb.

"In Hungary, a demonstrator faced criminal charges after wearing a gas mask and removing it after being asked by the police. In a worrying trend of criminalising protest activities, several activists were arrested and charged with sedition before an Extinction Rebellion demonstration in the Netherlands.

Disproportionate use of force by the police

"The criminalisation of environmental and pro-Palestine protesters was worsened by the violent repression of the police through excessive use of force. This was particularly notable in Sweden, where student encampments in support of Palestinians were forcibly displaced and participants were charged with criminal offenses. #PainGrips, water guns and #WaterCannons were used against environmental activists, pro-Palestinian and anti-immigration demonstrators in Germany, the #Netherlands and #Ireland.

"Environmental activists faced similar fates, The NGO ‘#FranceNatureEnvironnement’ reported concerns to the UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders following the violent repression of protesters during a demonstration against the A69 highway. In #Sweden, a woman was dismissed from her job at the Swedish Energy Agency for participating in an environmental demonstration and a growing number of #EcoActivists were fined for participating in peaceful protests."

Read more:
liberties.eu/en/stories/rule-o

Liberties.euSilencing Dissent: The Crackdown on Peaceful Protest in Europe | LibertiesEUIn our recently published Rule of Law report, Liberties’ members reported an increase in restrictions on the right to peaceful protest in all countries - from bans on individual protests to the disproportionate use of force by the police and legislative changes.
#RightToProtest#AntiProtestLaws#EuropeanLaws
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DoomsdaysCW

THIS IS BULLSHIT! (AND ILLEGAL!!!)

Pressed for evidence against #MahmoudKhalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs

By Jake Offenhartz, April 10, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — "Facing a deadline from an immigration judge to turn over evidence for its attempted deportation of Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil, the federal government has instead submitted a brief memo, signed by Secretary of State #MarcoRubio, citing the Trump administration’s authority to expel #noncitizens whose presence in the country damages U.S. foreign policy interests.

"The two-page memo, which was obtained by The Associated Press, does not allege any criminal conduct by Khalil, a legal permanent U.S. resident and graduate student who served as spokesperson for campus activists last year during large demonstrations against #Israel’s treatment of #Palestinians and the war in #Gaza.

"Rather, Rubio wrote Khalil could be expelled for his beliefs.

"He said that while Khalil’s activities were 'otherwise lawful,' letting him remain in the country would undermine 'U.S. policy to combat #AntiSemitism [sez the folks who do the #Nazi salute] around the world and in the United States, in addition to efforts to protect Jewish students from harassment and violence in the United States.'

"'Condoning anti-Semitic conduct and disruptive protests in the United States would severely undermine that significant foreign policy objective,' Rubio wrote in the undated memo.

"The submission was filed Wednesday after Judge Jamee Comans ordered the government to produce its evidence against Khalil ahead of a hearing Friday on whether it can continue detaining him during immigration proceedings.

"Attorneys for Khalil said the memo proved the Trump administration was 'targeting Mahmoud’s #FreeSpeech rights about #Palestine.'

"'After a month of hiding the ball since Mahmoud’s late-night unjust arrest in New York and taking him away to a remote detention center in Louisiana, immigration authorities have finally admitted that they have no case whatsoever against him,' the attorneys, Marc Van Der Hout and Johnny Sinodis, said in a joint statement. "

apnews.com/article/mahmoud-kha
#TrumpIsABully #FreeMahmoudKhalil #IllegalDeportations #CharacteristicsOfFascism #Fascism #Authoritarianism #BibiIsAWarCriminal

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