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Apr 17

"Blood and limbs and corpses were strewn everywhere, mixed with the flour and spilled oil. Even for the Red Cross team on the site, fresh from the agonies of the Second World War, this was too much. The team described it as "unbelievable horror.""

No, this is not a description from one of the recent atrocities in Gaza, but rather from the original "flour massacre", 75 years ago:
In January 1949 Israel's so-called "War of Independence" was almost over. The artificially-made "Gaza Strip" was already full of refugees expelled from the territory that became known as "Israel".
In the first days of the year, just before the armistice talks between Israel and Egypt began, the newly-founded Israeli air force launched a series of aerial strikes in the towns of Deir al-Balah, Khan Younis and Rafah. Some of those strikes resulted in the first aerial massacres perpetrated by Zionist forces. The worst one was at the main square in Deir al-Balah, where the Israelis bombed a food distribution center, during peak time, killing more than 100 and up to 250 Palestinian refugees who were queuing for their food rations. These people who were just recently expelled from their homes, were now being murdered by the same people who uprooted them.
The excerpt attached here was taken from a book by Palestinian historian Salman Abu-Sitta, back then an infant refugee, who lost his uncle in the massacre.

For some reason, even though this is one of the largest massacres in the 1947-49 war, it is never talked about, and it's not easy to find info about it. If anyone has good sources of information regarding the incident(s), please share. Also, if you have access to the book about the massacre that came out a few years ago, "نزيف دير البلح - صيف ١٩٤٨", please let me know!

And here's an excerpt from an article by @AlnaouqA

Thanks @yanivcogan for the info!

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B.M.

@ireallyhateyou

Apr 1

(I originally posted this thread in December, in Hebrew. I thought it deserves an English version)
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Mujahid Nimr al-Faroukh, 31 years old from the city of Sa'ir near Hebron, used to work as a construction worker in Sderot. On October 7 he was besieged in Sderot along with the residents of the city. On October 8 at 13:25 he spoke to his family on the phone, said he was at the central station in Sderot, trying to get out of the city, and fearfully told of a large presence of residents and police around him.

2/12
The call was disconnected, and five minutes later the family called Mujahid again, but this time they were answered by an Israeli, who told them that their son had been killed.
From that moment on, communication with Mujahid was severed. The family turned to the Red Cross, B'Tselem organization and other human rights organizations, but due to the state of war and the chaos that prevailed in those days in Israel, they were unable to receive assistance from anyone.

3/12
After 3 weeks of desperate search attempts, the family received a call from the police, who asked them to come to the Lod (al-Lydd) station, to check if their son was among the bodies of unidentified Palestinian workers. Mujahid was unrecognizable, following severe abuse of his body. The family members left a DNA sample, and the next day they received confirmation that their son was no longer alive.

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B.M.

@ireallyhateyou

Mar 23

*Genocidal incitement for kids*
In recent days, schools around the country held Purim celebrations. Some of the more wealthy ones brought well-known artists to entertain the school kids. A highschool in the town of Be'er Ya'akov brought local hiphop duo Ness & Stilla to come play their genocidal anthem "Harbu Darbu". Stilla even included the extra-genocidal, extra racist shelved verse.
Reading the comments on TikTok, I realized there were also other schools who featured the duo in their Purim celebrations.

Harbu Darbu is everywhere this Purim. Some kids dress up as Ness & Stilla and perform a karaoke version of the hit:

Some parents film their kids in militaristic costumes to the sound of "Tfi! You sons of Amalek"

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B.M.

@ireallyhateyou

Mar 14

🧵If you think the phenomena of IDF soldiers documenting their crimes & sharing them online is new, or that it's somehow caused by Netanyahu's right wing government or Oct 7 events, I've got news for you: it's not.
In 2010, ex-soldier Eden Abergel posted these photos on Facebook:

Abergel named the album "Army... The most beautiful time of my life :)"
The images went viral and caused an international outrage. In interviews with different media outlets, Abergel said she sees nothing wrong with her actions.

IDF spokesperson commented that the photos are "blatant and ugly behavior that will be investigated", but ultimately Abergel wasn't punished in any way, supposedly because her actions demanded only an in-house disciplinary hearing, and she was already out of the army at the time.

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B.M.

@ireallyhateyou

Mar 13

https://twitter.com/ireallyhateyou/status/1723066508085964912

🧵"We're burning their village. It's good that we're burning their village"
Channel 14's panel member asks singer Kobi Peretz why he sings "May your village burn" in front of soldiers, while ICJ case still pending. He's met with ridicule from the panel members and Peretz himself.

https://twitter.com/ireallyhateyou/status/1723066508085964912

Peretz, a very popular singer, was kicked out of an army base where he was scheduled to perform. He says it was because of a "bad apple" officer who didn't like him regularly singing "May your village burn" & handing out Tefilin in performances in front of soldiers.
The incident:

Peretz came on Channel 14's talk show "HaPatriotim" to speak about the whole ordeal. At the end of the segment he is asked which song's the most popular among soldiers, and turns out it's actually "May your village burn". He sings it also on his regular shows, including weddings.

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B.M.

@ireallyhateyou

Mar 12

🧵"Until Gaza is erased"
I'm sure many of you heard of genocidal hit song Harbu Darbu (20M views on YT), but I haven't seen almost any mention of another contemporary Israeli hit song, not as popular as HD ("only" 1.8M views), but the lyrics are actually worse: "Shager" (launch)

The word "Shager" (launch), comes from the phrase "2, 3, Shager". It refers to the countdown before a drone's missile launch. Phrase was popularized in Israel after a video released by IDF spokesperson went viral. There have been many cultural references to the phrase ever since.

"Knocking on rooftops" refers to the known IDF practice, of dropping a small bomb before dropping a larger bomb on a building. It's supposed to serve as sort of an evacuation warning.

"The 10 plagues" refers to the biblical 10 plagues of Egypt.

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