“The image of Germany rising from the ashes after a dark past is crumbling into realizing that denazification would have only been possible if there was a deep commitment to humanization. You have not de-nazified.

If you echo war propaganda and subjugate vulnerable populations into silence… if you’re unable to follow the rules of international law and abide by decisions made by the international criminal court. And most importantly, you have not de-nazified if you’re aiding and abetting a genocide.”

Hebh Jamal (@hebh_jamal) is a Palestinian-American journalist living in Germany. She spoke today about the German government’s anti-Palestinian repression—its crackdown on speech and advocacy—at an event organized by DiEM25, where UN Rapporteur Francesca Albanese also spoke.

Jamal is working on a documentary exploring Germany’s complicity in the Gaza genocide. She was unable to air a rough cut of the film because German police refused to allow her to air a 30-second clip of an interview with a former member of Samidoun, the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, which advocates for the rights of Palestinians detained by Israel. Airing the footage would violate the German government’s ‘ban on gatherings’ and force the event’s cancellation, the Berlin police told Jamal. German police had initially banned the event from taking place at its original venue, forcing organizers to secure a last-minute alternative location.

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🚨 THREAD: The Israeli army’s newly expanded open-fire orders in the West Bank are leading to a surge in Palestinian civilian deaths. Here’s a breakdown of Haaretz’s report on the escalating Israeli violence. 🧵👇🏼 1/ Haaretz reports that Israeli commanders and soldiers say the Central Command has begun copying Gaza’s open-fire methods in the West Bank, leading to more deadly encounters. “Jabalya has become an operational capability that is brought to every front,” an officer told Haaretz.

🚨 NEWS | The New York Times cites three Israeli officials and two mediators who confirm Hamas’s claims that Israel has been violating the ceasefire agreement.

Under the deal, Israel was required to allow adequate shelter into Gaza, facilitate food and medical aid, and evacuate the sick and wounded for treatment. Hamas has accused Israel of failing to uphold these commitments. 🔗 NYT: archive.is/BvD1c

🧵 Last month, the White House confirmed that the arrangement between Lebanon and Israel, under U.S. monitoring, would remain in effect until February 18, 2025. Israel continues to disregard the United States and fundamental principles of human rights.

This thread tracks violations of the ceasefire since January 26, 2025. Based on @QudsNen updates, between Jan 26 and Feb 10, at least 24 were killed and 60+ injured as a result of Israel carrying out airstrikes, demolitions, and shootings in southern Lebanon (Kafr Kila, Nabatieh, Taybeh) and Bekaa Valley (Janta, Hrabta). Full details are below.

February 8 Recap:

A thread 🧵 on the intensifying Israeli operations against Palestinians across the West Bank 🇵🇸

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➤ For the 13th consecutive day, Israeli forces maintain a suffocating siege, severing electricity, internet, and telecommunications, exacerbating humanitarian conditions.
➤ Bulldozers and snipers remain deployed, with forces besieging Martyr Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital, seizing nearby homes, and obstructing medical staff and patients.
➤ Residents face severe shortages of drinking water, food, and infant supplies.
➤ Seven-year-old Saddam Rajab from Kafr al-Labad succumbed to injuries sustained during the ongoing aggression.

Photo: Wafa Jenin
➤ 25 Palestinians have been killed over 19 days of Israeli military operations, per WAFA.
➤ Israeli forces bulldozed the entrance to Jenin Governmental Hospital, now under siege, and attacked refugee camps (media 1.2).
➤ A Palestine Red Crescent team treated a young man missing for 19 days after being shot in Jenin camp (media 3).
➤ Raids near the Jalbuni roundabout led to assaults and arrests, including three from Yamoun and two from Ya’bad.
➤ Homes in Al-Hadaf neighborhood and Wadi Burqin were demolished.

The Israeli government has failed to meet the urgent humanitarian needs of 🇵🇸 Gaza, even after the ceasefire. Read below for examples from the past few days. 🧵⬇️

1/ Senior Hamas figure, today:

▫️ “The Israeli occupation is obstructing the implementation of some provisions in the ceasefire agreement.”

▫️ “The occupation army has, so far, prevented the entry of heavy equipment, as outlined in the agreement.”

▫️ “The failure to bring in heavy equipment is hindering the recovery of the bodies of martyrs and enemy prisoners trapped under the rubble.” 2/ Director of Field Hospitals at the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, today:

➤ “Our needs are urgent, especially in the health sector.”

➤ “We need to bring in electrical generators, medical devices, and medicines.”

➤ “Only 74 trucks with medical supplies have entered, most of which are not a priority.”

➤ “We urgently need medical teams to support our crews.”

➤ “The occupation authorities are obstructing the transfer of patients for treatment abroad.”

➤ “There is a severe shortage of specialists in rare fields like cardiology and orthopedics.”

1/ *Thread* 🧵

🚢🔫 THE RETURN OF GUNBOAT DIPLOMACY?

After meeting on Feb. 2 with Trump’s Secretary of State Marco Rubio—and despite small protests—Panama’s President José Mulino announced that the country is withdrawing from China’s Belt and Road Initiative.

Mulino also said, amid Trump’s public statements calling for the retaking of control of the Canal, that there is no “real threat … of the use of [US] military force to seize the canal.”

(Just in case anyone was worried.)

“The canal belongs to Panama,” Mulino said.

But who operates it? What’s Trump’s real agenda? And what does this have to do with China? — read this Drop Site News thread below for the details: ⬇️ 2/

The Panama Canal is a massive engineering feat allowing enormous ships to shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

France started building it in the late 1800s but never finished.

Under Teddy Roosevelt, the U.S. backed a secessionist movement in Panama, preventing Colombian troops from stopping it. Soon after, Panama declared independence, and the U.S. secured full control over the canal zone.

The New York Times called it an “act of sordid conquest”—a textbook example of gunboat diplomacy, with the U.S. using military force or its threat to expand its influence.

BREAKING: The Trump administration is requesting new congressional approval for a $1 billion arms sale to Israel, including 4,700 1,000-pound bombs and armored bulldozers. This comes as alleged war criminal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Washington to discuss the Gaza cease-fire and other regional tensions with President Trump. The proposed sale, if approved, would be funded by existing U.S. military aid to Israel.

Key Details: 🧵⬇️
(Based on a new report from the Wall Street Journal) 1/ Trump administration’s request for arms sales includes mix of 4,500 BLU-110 bombs and 200 Mk-83 bombs, referred to as “general purpose bombs” by the Pentagon.

The 4,700 1,000-pound bombs are valued at over $700 million.

🧵THREAD:
1/ Haaretz’s @amirtibon reports Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington to sabotage Trump’s Gaza hostage deal, prioritizing his political survival over the lives of captives still held by Hamas. ⬇️ 2/ According to Tibon, Netanyahu and his ally Ron Dermer are attempting to deceive Trump with false promises and distractions, feeding him excuses about the hostage deal and offering hollow alternatives.

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🇦🇺 Paid (foreign ?) actors have been funding a spate of anti-Semitic attacks in Australia 🧵

Since June, synagogues and Jewish delis have been burned and vandalized with messages such as, "Kill the Jews." Police count at least 15 major anti-Semitic incidents since the summer, including most recently a childcare center in a Jewish neighborhood of Sydney set on fire on January 21.

They are investigating whether the crimes are being funded by overseas actors. "Some of these are being perpetrated by people who don’t have a particular issue, aren’t motivated by an ideology, but are paid actors," Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed last Wednesday.

According to charging documents, one alleged arsonist text messaged his co-conspirators about a man code-named James: "I'm starting to think he sent us to the wrong place... Is he paying or nah?"

(Continues below ⤵️)

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Albanese refrained from disclosing further details about the police investigation or speculating on which country the foreign actors potentially behind the attacks might be from.

The Sydney Morning Herald's @paulsakkal reports that police are investigating if payments in cryptocurrency were made by gangs with ties to "offshore elements," who then hired local vandals to carry out the crimes.

“This either means, if it is confirmed, that a transnational terrorist organisation is sponsoring attacks in Australia or potentially that a foreign government is engaging in state-sponsored terror targeting the Jewish community,” the shadow home affairs minister, James Paterson said.

🧵THREAD: Unarmed Lebanese civilians liberated 18 southern villages from Israeli occupation on Sunday after Israeli forces withdrew under sustained protest, according to a Lebanese military source cited by Sky News Arabia.

The protests followed Israel’s violation of a previously agreed-upon ceasefire, which required its withdrawal from southern Lebanon within 60 days. Protestors — many displaced for over a year — marched miles through war-damaged areas to confront Israeli military blockades, enduring gunfire that killed 22, including six women, and wounded 130 on Sunday.

Protests continued Monday, with Israeli forces again firing on demonstrators, killing two and injuring at least 17 more. While Lebanese Armed Forces also entered towns like Houla and Aita Al-Shaab, local media report it was civilians who led the effort, prompting a retreat from the regional military superpower that had wrought carnage across Lebanon in the months prior.

Below, we’ve compiled the stunning photos and videos documenting this moment of perseverance and victory for Lebanon’s citizens: 👇🏼 2/ As Israel’s occupying military fires live gunshots around her, a woman defiantly shouts against the illegal occupation.

https://twitter.com/alihashem_tv/status/1883436561733423532

🧵REPORT | Video shows Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces withdrawing from the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, just as the Israeli military advances for a new assault. The PA had previously been besieging the camp for over 40 days, targeting the resistance fighters inside, until a deal was struck between the two to stop the violence, coinciding with the Gaza ceasefire deal.

Local Telegram groups have expressed outrage, claiming PA’s security forces removed IEDs and guns from the camp during their siege, effectively clearing the way for Israeli soldiers. Israel’s Channel 12 also reported that the PA received prior notice from the IDF about the operation.

“We are with the enforcement of law, but which law? When an Israeli jeep comes into Jenin to kill me, where are you as law enforcement?” Abu Issam, a spokesman for the Jenin Brigade had told Drop Site last week.

Listen to the Palestinian Authority’s response in the post below. ⤵️
2/ Palestinian Authority security services spokesman, Anwar Rajab, in an interview with Al-Arabiya: “We withdrew from the vicinity of the Jenin camp in implementation of the instructions from the political leadership, and to avoid a full-on confrontation with the occupation.”

He also asserted that Israeli forces shot randomly at civilians within the camp, including PA security forces, and that PA’s withdrawal was to prevent a repeat of a Gaza-like situation in the West Bank.

🧵THREAD:

61-year-old Khalida Jarrar is the highest-profile Palestinian captive to be freed as part of the ceasefire deal on Sunday.

An activist and lawmaker in the Palestinian Legislative Council for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Jarrar has spent more than six years in prison over the course of five separate imprisonments in the past decade, most of which were under administrative detention without charge.

For the last six months, she endured solitary confinement in a 2-by-1.5-meter cell. ⤵️ 2/ She was re-arrested in December 2023 on accusations of ‘support for terrorism,’ according to the Israeli government, and was being held under administrative detention without charge.

Israel’s use of this charge has been widely criticized for its vagueness and overly broad application. It frequently includes acts that would not traditionally be considered terrorism, such as social media posts critical of Israel, participation in peaceful protests, or alleged affiliations with Palestinian political groups.

At the time of her re-arrest, Jarrar was researching the experience of women prisoners as a researcher at Birzeit University’s Muwatin Institute for Democracy and Human Rights.

🔗 Link: muwatin.birzeit.edu/en/content/vio…

🧵 1/ Israeli forces stormed the home of Palestinian hostage Zeina Barbar in Silwan, warning her family against celebrating her expected release on Sunday, enforcing Israel’s policy to suppress any “expression of joy within Israeli territory.”

More photographs from her initial arrest, her family, and her time in detention. ⤵️
2/ Zeina, a Birzeit University graduate, was first arrested in 2021 and detained again at Al-Aqsa Mosque on July 9, 2024. Her administrative detention was extended on Jan. 1, 2025.

🚨 NEWS: The Israeli government has rejected including Marwan Barghouti and Ahmad Saadat in phase one of the Palestinian prisoner release deal, even in exchange for advancing the release of male Israeli soldiers—the most valuable captives held by Hamas.

Sources close to the negotiations confirmed this to Drop Site. UK-based Al-Araby Al-Jadeed also reported that Israel vetoed their names.

Marwan Barghouti is widely regarded as Palestine’s most influential political leader and a likely winner in any democratic election. Ahmad Saadat is the Secretary-General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

Read the latest @DropSiteNews report by @jeremyscahill and @sharifkouddous for full details. Additional information below 🧵 🔗 Full story:

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Israel unleashes mass killings in Gaza as ceasefire talks intensify.

Here is some of the latest footage from the past few hours. Thread:🧵

https://twitter.com/eyeonpalestine/status/1879041873060544572

A strike in Gaza City injured several more children:

https://twitter.com/eyeonpalestine/status/1879048054877348063

BREAKING: A new report by the Palestinian Prisoners Society and the Palestinian Prison Club highlights systematic torture and abuse faced by Gaza detainees in Israeli prisons. The testimonies, gathered between January 6-8, 2025, from 23 detainees across Negev Prison and Nafha Military Camp, provide shocking details of medical neglect, severe beatings, sexual assault, and inhumane detention conditions.

Some of the key findings include:

▪️ Gaza detainees not being held and tortured across multiple Israeli camps, including Negev, Nafha, Sdeh Taiman, Ofer, and Anata.
▪️ One detainee, aged 45, described being severely beaten, resulting in “fractures and burns from hot water.”
▪️ Soldiers “urinated on prisoners” and “threw sewage water at them,” according to detainee testimonies.
▪️ Another detainee, aged 21, spoke about the “spread of scabies” and worsening medical conditions due to neglect.
▪️ Prisoners are enduring “brutal physical abuse,” including prolonged beatings and forced kneeling while blindfolded.
▪️ At Nafha Military Camp, a prisoner suffering from cancer was denied “urgent treatment.”
▪️ The Red Cross continues to be denied access to the detainees, worsening their safety and well-being.

Drop Site News is sharing the full translated report in English below. Full Report:

January 12, 2025

Ramallah - The Palestinian Prisoners Society and the Palestinian Prison Club revealed new testimonies from Gaza detainees following visits to 23 detainees in Negev Prison and Naftali Camp during the period from January 6, 2025 to January 8, 2025. The testimonies included shocking details about the systematic torture the detainees were subjected to, particularly during the early stages of their arrest and interrogation. Today, 464 days after the genocide war and over a year since the majority of those visited were arrested, the crimes of torture, abuse, starvation, medical crimes, brutal beatings, and repression still hang over the detainees’ accounts, along with harsh detention conditions and the continuing spread of scabies among them.

The society and the club followed up with a new report added to a series of reports that exposed the systematic crimes perpetrated by the occupation forces against Gaza detainees. It reaffirms that the Sdeh Teiman camp, which was the main location for torture operations, is no longer the only camp where torture and atrocities were carried out, including sexual assaults. The testimonies of detainees from most central prisons and camps reflected the same level of methodical brutality, with specific mention of Negev Prison and Ofer Prison and Camp.

Recently, extremist Minister Ben Gvir appeared in a video from Rakefet Prison, which is located under the cells of Nitzan Prison in Ramla. This prison was reopened after the war to hold detainees from Gaza. It is one of several camps created by the occupation after the war to hold Gaza detainees, including Ofer Camp, Naftali Camp, Anatot Camp, and Sdeh Teiman Camp, with the camps known only to specialized institutions. Gaza detainees were distributed among all central prisons and held in many camps created by the army in the Gaza envelope area.

The society and the club present part of the testimonies they obtained from detainees in Negev Prison, in addition to statements from detainees held at Naftali Camp. ⬇️

🧵THREAD:
1/ On January 5, 2025, a major winter storm hit Richmond, Virginia. By 10 a.m. on January 6, residents reported low water pressure—some had trickling water, while others had none. By afternoon, the entire city faced a major crisis with widespread water outages. Despite the city’s CodeRED emergency notification system, over 200,000 residents under a ‘boil water’ advisory were left uninformed for hours. “We found out through Reddit and Twitter,” a Richmond resident told Drop Site News.

Details on the story below 👇🏼

Video: @nathanXisaacs 2/ The power outage caused by the storm led to failures in both primary and backup systems at the water treatment facility, resulting in a loss of water pressure throughout the city. The plant itself was also flooded. Video: McKenzie Hurst (Facebook) authenticated by @SamuelParkerRTD ⬇️

Israel’s public broad Kan 11 has leaked a document it claims was presented to Israel’s security cabinet, outlining Israeli principles for the hostage deal. It details:

➤ Objective is to release all Israeli hostages (civilians & soldiers, alive or dead) in Gaza in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. The deal aims to lead to a ceasefire, Israeli withdrawal, and Gaza’s rehabilitation.

➤ Hostage Release Plan:
- Day 1: 3 Israeli women released.
- Day 7: 4 more hostages, then 3 released weekly.
- Hamas must submit a list of hostages by Day 7. Israel now demands this list before the deal begins.

➤ Israeli Withdrawal: Pullback from Gaza’s Nitzarim axis, dismantling military positions, and introducing mechanisms to block armed movements.

➤ Humanitarian Aid: Starting on Day 1, 600 trucks daily of food, fuel, and supplies would be allowed into Gaza.

➤ Gaza Reconstruction: Israel would take immediate steps to clear rubble, rebuild infrastructure, and provide at least 60,000 caravans and 200,000 tents for displaced residents.

➤ Additional Demands:
- Israel initially required the expulsion of at least 50 militants to locations outside Gaza or elsewhere within Gaza. This number has since increased.
- To secure the release of more hostages each week, Israel is considering easing its veto on certain Palestinian prisoners.

The document, dated May, reportedly aligns closely with the ongoing Qatar negotiations.

Full document below: ⬇️ 🧵 Page 1 of 5

🧵 West Bank Burning: A Recap of Today’s Events

1/ Earlier this morning, Israel’s extremist Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who also oversees civilian affairs in the West Bank, incited Israeli settlers to attack and destroy Palestinian towns and cities. On X, he wrote: “Pondok, Nablus, and Jenin need to look like Jabalia [inn northern Gaza] so Kfar Saba [in Israel] doesn’t become a Gaza village, God forbid.”

Video: Israeli settlers setting fire to an agricultural facility in the village of Turmusayya, north of Ramallah, via @gazanotice 2/ Later in the evening, Israeli settlers carried out violent attacks on Palestinian communities in the West Bank, burning homes and vehicles, and targeting residents in the villages of Hajjah and Funduq.

https://twitter.com/osintwarfare/status/1876383215985823877

THREAD 🧵

Israel’s “Guantanamo Bay,” the Sde Teiman detention camp, now operates at reduced capacity following international outrage over shocking footage of the gang rape of a detainee by Israeli prison guards in July 2024, along with extensive evidence of widespread torture and sexual abuse.

New reporting from Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) reveals that severe human rights violations remain rampant across Israeli detention facilities and prisons, which are currently holding at least 6,000 Palestinians that Israel admits to have detained from Gaza since October 7, 2023.

Infographic sourced from Anadolu Agency Since May 2024, Ofer Military Prison in the Occupied West Bank has been increasingly used to detain Israeli military’s captives from Gaza. Other facilities now in use include Anatot military camp (also in the West Bank), Naftali and Amiad military camps (northern Israel), and Ktzi’ot Prison (southern Israel).

Lawyers and detainees say conditions directly threaten the survival of those held in the facilities, with at least 54 Palestinians having died in Israeli prisons and camps since October 7, 2023.