Israel

[Balderdasha]

Quite.

The Gaza strip is officially 141 square miles big. Though a fair chunk of that territory is taken up with border and is continually being further encroached on.

For comparison, the UK's smallest county, Rutland, is 147.4 square miles.

Now, the United Kingdom itself is one of the most densely populated countries in the world (32nd according to this Wikipedia list: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List...lation_density)

Rutland has a population of 736,439 as of 2019. The population of the Gaza strip is nearly three times higher at 2,047,969 (2020 estimate). It has a population density of over 13,000 people per square mile. The only places in the world that are more densely populated are Hong Kong, Singapore, Monaco and Macau. That is why there are so many tower blocks. There is no space for anything else. Everywhere that is targeted is a civilian area.

[Balderdasha]

Also worth noting is that there is nowhere for civilians in the Gaza strip to flee to. It is surrounded by Israel on two sides, and the Mediterranean Sea on the third side. They are sitting ducks. There is a 12 mile border with Egypt on the fourth side which has periodically been completely closed. It was mostly closed last year during the pandemic, reopened in February. It was then closed for Eid but was opened up again on Wednesday to accept injured Palestinians from Gaza as the local hospitals are overwhelmed. As far as I can tell, only those with injuries are allowed through. If you are a family in Gaza who just wants to go somewhere without immediate risk of being bombed, there are no options, no escape.

[anton pulisov]

Yeah, and due to lack of money, they don't even have basements / bomb shelters. You just have to sit in your flat and hope it doesn't get blown up.

[ad hoc]

Really sorry to hear that ad hoc - and do send solidarity and let them know that many people are thinking of them.

If there are messages that you think people would like to have shared further do please post them here

I won't post pictures, and these are things that people (mostly friends of friends) have put on FB comments. There are hundreds more like this

I can't imagine that me and my family are probably gonna DIE in any moment .... i am frightening ... at least i want my family alive !

Tens of our school girls now we have no news about them. In Alattar area. The childern's houses were bobmed last night and they are under the ground now. I am shocked

My area has been getting bombed nonstop for over 40 minutes now, israel is randomly bombing civilian houses. What's happening in Gaza is a genocide and it's time to do something about it. I don't want to be Israel's next target

We are really not ok. It's the worst night ever. I think they went mad

No place in Gaza is safe right now. This is a genocide against civilians and no one cares.

This night's bombing is even more aggressive. They literally lost their minds! They are attaking civillians randomly.

The worst night ever, more than 200 explosions . WE ARE NOT OK

Am hiding in the first floor if the house.no safe place to go. Just we wait death/our turn

When someone in Gaza says "the worst night ever" you know how bad it must be

[ad hoc]

(the vast majority of those are written by women who are mothers or teachers (or in most cases both)). I just can't imagine. The images of their kids huddled with the hands over their ears with terror on their faces will be with me forever)

[Flynnie]

https://twitter.com/LahavHarkov/status/1393105527807385601?s=20

I'm guessing the original tweet is her whining about how her kids are scared, to which I say it must suck to leave the comforts of New Jersey to participate in a settler-colonialist project of unimaginable violence and occasionally have to doubt whether you made the right decision. Boo hoo.

[ursus arctos]

Yes, it was about her choice of playgrounds

[Nefertiti2]

I'm guessing the original tweet is her whining about how her kids are scared, to which I say it must suck to leave the comforts of New Jersey to participate in a settler-colonialist project of unimaginable violence and occasionally have to doubt whether you made the right decision. Boo hoo.

The original tweet

https://twitter.com/lahavharkov/status/1392744382965686273?s=21

Daniel Seidemann seems a very interesting guy an American Zionist in Jerusalem Who seems to become more to the left and more despairing as time goes on

[Nefertiti2]

Despite the slavish loyalty of the world media to the Israeli government they still fucking lie

https://twitter.com/mirabarhillel/status/1393224433964290048?s=21

[Nefertiti2]

Palestinian UNiversity in Jerusalem ablaze

https://twitter.com/mdlett/status/1393216647792664577?s=20

[Nefertiti2]

https://twitter.com/sunjeevbery/status/1393267295506419714?s=21

[Flynnie]

The original tweet

https://twitter.com/lahavharkov/status/1392744382965686273?s=21

Daniel Seidemann seems a very interesting guy an American Zionist in Jerusalem Who seems to become more to the left and more despairing as time goes on

that’s the tweet she went with? Obvious propagandistic crap? Just take the L from being called out and move on.

Seidemann does seem pretty interesting, definitely more so than this hack.

[Nefertiti2]

Despite the slavish loyalty of the world media to the Israeli government they still fucking lie

https://twitter.com/mirabarhillel/status/1393224433964290048?s=21

yes this deliberate misinformation was used to kill

https://twitter.com/MRSmithAP/status/1393322954574946306?s=20

[Nefertiti2]

https://twitter.com/HenrietteChacar/status/1393324476436291585?s=20

[Nefertiti2]

https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/1393320501674745857?s=20

"Mr. Sanders is a JEWISH senator from Vermont."

In the Middle East, where we provide nearly $4 billion a year in aid to Israel, we can no longer be apologists for the right-wing Netanyahu government and its undemocratic and racist behavior. We must change course and adopt an evenhanded approach, one that upholds and strengthens international law regarding the protection of civilians, as well as existing U.S. law holding that the provision of U.S. military aid must not enable human rights abuses.

This approach must recognize that Israel has the absolute right to live in peace and security, but so do the Palestinians. I strongly believe that the United States has a major role to play in helping Israelis and Palestinians to build that future. But if the United States is going to be a credible voice on human rights on the global stage, we must uphold international standards of human rights consistently, even when it’s politically difficult. We must recognize that Palestinian rights matter. Palestinian lives matter.

[ursus arctos]

https://twitter.com/sarahleah1/status/1393164408830971913

[Nefertiti2]

British military support for Israel

https://twitter.com/declassifieduk/status/1393463863295811584?s=21

[DCI Harry Batt]

Does anyone have a good recommendation for a introduction / primer on Palestine for a 15 year old who wants people to be nice to each other but doesn't have much of a developed political take on things and would like to understand what's going on?

[ad hoc]

Maybe this (more of historical background than the current situation)

https://jewishvoiceforpeace.org/isra...-conflict-101/

[Nefertiti2]

https://twitter.com/multiplebears/status/1393170468547538946?s=21

[Nefertiti2]

A(nother) war crime

https://twitter.com/saulstaniforth/status/1393527191498076164?s=21

[DCI Harry Batt]

Maybe this (more of historical background than the current situation)

https://jewishvoiceforpeace.org/isra...-conflict-101/

Ta.

Any other recommendations from anyone gratefully received.

[Levin]

I can't say they are for 15 yos but Saqi are offering 14 free ebooks about Palestine

[Nefertiti2]

https://twitter.com/sankarawasright/status/1393541969381662724?s=21

[ad hoc]

The tower that hosted AP and Al Jazeera which Israel bombed (very democratic, from a country which brags about its democracy) also was the home to Gaza's Internet provider. So they've cut everyone off from the outside world

Fucking cunts