July 6 UNOSAT data of Gaza City; every red dot is a building damaged or destroyed by Israel

there is a bright red dot off-centre in the circled area

that is the location of al-Tabi'in school

as you can see, it was one of the few standing buildings in a heavily-damaged area Image
here's the zoomed-out map showing everywhere in the Strip that has been bombed as of July 6. Image
when you overlay damaged agricultural land, the dearth of spaces untouched by the Israeli military becomes abundantly clear Image
the map of damaged agricultural land is so clearly now *all agricultural land* (again, UN/FAO satellite data) that you can literally use it to see the outline of cities Image
here's another simplified map.

only two layers, none of them geographic:
- damaged agricultural land (UN/FAO satellite data)
- damaged structures (UNOSAT satellite data) Image
@silenceonthelam link:
unosat.org/static/unosat_…

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Israel is one of the most prolific sources of foreign interference in governance and democratic elections in the world today, to a degree easily comparable to Russia and China, vastly outpacing other threat actors like Iran. They frequently (and famously) throw their support behind far-right isolationist and ethnonationalist groups who oppose pluralistic democracy and want to replicate the ‘Israeli model’ of ethnonationalism at home.

Their interference is often downplayed because of (1) American pressure on Israel’s behalf, and (2) domestic pro-Israel lobbies who threaten to sink politicians, civil servants, and governments in accusations of antisemitism for raising it as an issue. This is often a thorn in the side of domestic counterintelligence services, including in the US, where pressure from the ADL and others have been explicitly cited as strong deterrents against holding Israel accountable for both interference and espionage (both military and industrial). That the ADL intervened on Jonathan Pollard’s behalf when he was first tried, and Trump was compelled by Adelson and members of his own Administration to pardon Pollard’s handler on the last day of his first Presidency, are some of the most glaring public examples.

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