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Johann Spischak

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Apr 23

Since 1967, no Palestinian has entered through Bab Al-Magharbeh (the Moroccan gate) which worshippers used to enter into Al-Aqsa Mosque, passing through the Al-Magharbeh neighborhood. Today, it became a gate for settlers’ intrusions into Al-Aqsa. Do you know the story behind it?

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Johann Spischak

@SDGMasterglass

Apr 22

“Current estimates put the population of Old City around 35,000 or slightly more, over 90% of whom are Palestinian. Around 2/3 are under the age of 30. Israel’s occupation exacerbates poverty, poor mental health, alcohol & drug abuse & other social ills, not least overcrowding….

even though ideologically-driven Jewish Israeli settler organisations harry Old City residents with offers of millions of dollars (often via deceptively sympathetic middlemen) for any property, large or small, by which to expand their presence, most people are determined to stay

put.

‘There was a time, you know, when anything happened, it happened here.’ Bookseller and literary impresario Mahmoud Muna leans over his till….’This city has lost its charm.’ He talks about the Nakba (Arabic: catastrophe), the dispossession and loss that accompanied war and

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Johann Spischak

@SDGMasterglass

Apr 20

middleeasteye: Activists from Palestine Action shut down the London headquarters of Israeli arms company Elbit Systems on Wednesday, with some being arrested following a protest staged outside the building.

Elbit has encountered strong resistance from anti-war and Palestinian solidarity groups in the UK. Following an 18-month protest campaign by activists, the arms company earlier this year announced that it will vacate its Elbit Ferranti factory in Oldham, a town in northwest

England.

The privately owned Elbit Systems, the largest Israeli arms company, is known primarily for its military drones, specifically the Hermes, which have been used repeatedly in Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip.

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Johann Spischak

@SDGMasterglass

Apr 20

Mondoweiss: Israeli ethnic cleansing is troubling, but everybody does it-- J Street rabbi explains at Passover

Rabbi Seymour Rosenbloom does the right thing for J Street at Passover by admitting that the Tantura massacre of Palestinians took place in the early days of Israel's

existence. But he cannot acknowledge that Israel was then and is now an apartheid state that continues to push Palestinians out of their homes. The rabbi's view that "Israel’s challenge is to reclaim the 'child we prayed for'" is simply a delusion,

especially in light of rightwing governments that are all committed to maintaining military occupation.

Read more at the link in Mondoweiss website.

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Johann Spischak

@SDGMasterglass

Apr 18

Read my story, but, please don't cry cuz I love life.
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I am Muhammad Zakarneh, a Palestinian child, aged 16. I have a kiosk on the sidewalk where I sell tea and coffee to passersby in the industrial area of Jenin, and because we are in Ramadan and

we are fasting, the kiosk was closed. I went wandering around on a bicycle, in order to pass the time until breakfast came.
Suddenly, an hour before breakfast, a special force stormed the city of Jenin with the aim of assassinating the brother of the martyr Raa'd Hazem.

And when they failed to achieve their goal of committing their crime, they decided not to leave Jenin without committing a crime. I was in the face of them, so they hit me with their car while I was on my bike, and they fired a dumdum bullet at me from the pistol of one of the

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Johann Spischak

@SDGMasterglass

Apr 18

Colonial Violence ls the Norm": lsrael Raids
Al-Aqsa Mosque, Injuring 160+, Arresting
Hundreds

At least 19 were injured around occupied Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque on Sunday after a violent crackdown by lsraeli police cleared out worshipers from the compound. It was the second raid since Friday, when Israeli police used rubber bullets, stun grenades and tear gas on unarmed

Palestinians, resulting in the arrest of more than 300 and at least 1 58 injuries. This latest violence in Jerusalem comes as the holy days of Ramadan and Passover overlap. Meanwhile, Western media has been describing the attacks as "clashes" and using other obfuscatory language

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