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Peter Beinart: Jewish leaders encase Israel’s actions in Gaza in euphemism and lies

[email protected] April 30, 2018 Gaza, Peter Beinart, Return March, The Forward

How can American Jews endorse the strangulation of 2 million human beings in Gaza? Because Jewish leaders, in both Israel and the United States, encase Israel’s actions in a fog of euphemism and lies.The organized American Jewish community doesn’t only conceal the truth about Gaza from itself. It lobbies American politicians to do the same. The three main talking points: that Israel “withdrew” from Gaza, that its actions are decreed by a need for “security,” and that “Hamas” is to blame. Let’s look at the real facts:

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Facts & latest news on Gaza Great March of Return (periodically updated)

[email protected] April 29, 2018 casualties, Gaza, Great March of Return, IDF, Return March, sniper

Since March 30, 2018 Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip–including families, women, and children–have gathered along the Israeli border to highlight their dispossession in 1948 and protest the growing humanitarian catastrophe. From that time through December 16th, 2019, Israeli forces have killed 364 Gazans and injured over 35,000, including women, children, disabled individuals, medics, and journalists. Many have been shot in the back, nearly all were unarmed and posed no risk to the heavily armed Israeli soldiers. During the same period, Gazan resistance forces killed 9 Israelis.

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Join the “Tent Campaign” for solidarity with Gaza and truth-sharing

[email protected] April 27, 2018 Gaza, Return March, tent

All hands on deck: the Global Campaign to Return to Palestine needs our help to help the people in Gaza educating Americans about the Great March of Return. They propose a “tent campaign,” a rich metaphor for refugees and demolished homes. Here are instructions, plus an offer from If Americans Knew for free materials to hand out.

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Multiple sources report “devastating injuries” from “exploding bullets” among Gaza protesters

[email protected] April 22, 2018 doctors without borders, exploding bullet, fahad zuhd, gaza march, Great March of Return, Médecins Sans Frontières, yasser murtaja

Doctors Without Borders teams in Gaza report “devastating injuries of an unusual severity” and likely “serious, long-term physical disabilities” for most victims. According to Gaza Health Ministry, Israel’s new bullets are “the deadliest” ever; they explode inside the victim’s body, “frequently resulting in death.”

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Understanding the Gaza Uprising: Gaza’s Hopeless Generation Expresses Their Despair

[email protected] April 22, 2018 Gaza, Nakba, Return March

Palestinian journalist Yousef Alhelou’s vivid description of the situation at the Gaza-Israel border brings us up close, where we can see the images and understand the motivations on both sides.

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Leahy Law would cut aid to Israel, but no one wants to enforce it

[email protected] April 19, 2018 abduction, detention, ehud barak, Elor Azaria, extrajudicial killing, Great March, leahy law, Lieberman, Netanyahu, rape, torture, un watch

Killing of Palestinians is not new. It has been going on for decades, unabated, uncriticized, and bankrolled by the US. The Leahy Laws enable us to withhold aid to countries that commit human such rights abuses, but in spite of overwhelming proof of abuse by Israel, our politicians refuse to cut off military support.

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Media’s Linguistic Gymnastics Mislead on Gaza Protests

[email protected] April 16, 2018 Associated Press, FAIR, freedom march, gaza march, nyt, Return March, reuters, yasser muraja

Reuters, the Associated Press, the New York Times can’t seem to say “Palestinians protest nonviolently; Israeli soldiers kill them.” Headlines from the region consistently misrepresent the situation as two equal sides – or worse, as Palestinian aggressors inciting Israel to return fire. Words matter.

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Five House Democrats issue statement against Israeli military shooting unarmed Gaza protesters

[email protected] April 13, 2018 Ellis, Gaza, Jayapal, Johnson, Lee, Pocan, Return March

Statement calls on Israeli soldiers to refrain from shooting live ammunition at unarmed Palestinian protesters… calls on Palestinians to exercise their rights nonviolently, says the vast majority are doing so… By Mark Pocan (WI-02), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Keith Ellison (MN-05), Barbara Lee (CA-13), and Henry C. “Hank” Johnson Jr. (GA-04)

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Killing Mosquitoes: The Gaza Massacres, Pro-Israel Media Bias, & the Weapon Of ‘Antisemitism’

[email protected] April 10, 2018 bbc, chomsky, Corbyn, jewdas, jewish board of deputies, jewish labour movement, Jewish Leadership Council, mainstream, Return March, snipers, yasser murtaja

Imagine if Russian or Syrian troops had shot dead almost 30 civilians, and injured thousands, during peaceful protests. Mainstream media headlines and airwaves would be filled with condemnations from senior UK and US politicians and prominent commentators. But not so when it is Israel doing the killing, and the BBC & Guardian provide Israel spin…

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Ha’aretz: ‘I Was Just Following Orders.’ What Will You Tell Your Children?

[email protected] April 10, 2018 Amira Hass, apartheid, Haaretz, Return March

Amira Hass writes in Ha’aretz: ‘How did you destroy villages?’ one daughter will ask. ‘How did you agree to imprison two million people?’ another will whisper. The answers will only make their weeping louder.

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