New publication from @BtSIsrael, "The Perimeter". Based on testimonies from IDF soldiers.

I have compiled comments together with what intl law says is being violated. As per usual, there is a big list of war crimes committed by Israel.

So lets start decyphering the war crimes 🧵: Deliberate Destruction of Civilian Property

Testimony:
"Residential buildings, greenhouses, sheds, factories; you name it - it needs to be flat. That's the order. There are no structure, except for that UNRWA school and that small water facility for everything else, the directive was 'nothing left."'

Potential Violation:
This testimony suggests a widespread destruction of civilian objects without apparent military necessity. Article 53 of the Fourth Geneva Convention prohibits the destruction of real or personal property belonging individually or collectively to private persons, or to the State, or to other public authorities, or to social or cooperative organizations, unless such destruction is rendered absolutely necessary by military operations.

Details have appeared that the same soldiers/squad that killed the 3 surrendering Jewish hostages, had in the beginning of war executed 4 surrendering Palestinians 👇🏽 Below is a translation from Hebrew:

@Shoshana51728 Well, that is certainly a big amount of words.
Allow me to retort with an equal or more, because writing lots seems to imply you know your stuff..

Yes, the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories involves the application of international humanitarian law- @Shoshana51728 including the principles of occupation and humanitarian protections provided by the Geneva Conventions.

Your explanation about applying humanitarian protections to territories under non-allegiance and the expansion of the spatial scope of occupation to include disputed areas is

SaaMF 🧵(Settlements as a Military Function)

A paradox emerges when considering the role of Jewish settlements, seen as security measures, in the context of international humanitarian law. Historical Jewish settlements have been established with the rationale that they serve as security buffer. Rafi Eitan himself underscored the advantage of settlements, which remain fixed and always present, unlike the military forces that may require flexibility in their operations.

Even an Israeli High Court justice hinted at the "advantages" of settlements-

This report from @btselem quite clearly shows the very narrow/selective and even erroneous usage of #IHL by IDF and why these are #warcrimes

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btselem.org/gaza_strip/202… The incident:
1/3 of the casualties were NOT participating AT all in the fighting. Obviously considering the timing of the attack and the fact that they also are civilians.

Sorry but stop what you are doing and please read this eloquent response by @TareqBaconi as a response to his invitation to the "Israel at 75" conference

This is on point on several levels, i will quote some but you reeeeally need to read this.. (This is a good point, something to use and think about when engaging in twitter.(

Of all the people who have blocked me, this was perhaps the most apparent (this and the Hillel Neuer block).

@Aizenberg55 engages in selective information with the veneer of it being "authentic". He rose to "fame" with his 303 errors found in the @HRW apartheid report.. that was hosted by NGO Monitor, an extended arm of the Israeli state, whose goal is to discredit #NGOs working in solidarity with #Palestinians or who are actual #Palestinian NGOs.

🧵The story of Hanadi Jaradat

Hanadi was a suicide bomber who exploded herself in the Maxim restaurant in Haifa on the 4th of October 2003.

The framing of suicide bombers and Palestinian resistance, in general, is that they more or less wake up and start killing and that Israel -is constantly defending itself. This reasoning misses the whole "cause and effect" cycle.
Hanadis story will show that someone who was not part of any resistance or was not politically involved, offered herself to do this.
It was fueled by the age-old sentiments of revenge

Ahh, bilden klarnar!

@bjornsoder vet inte vad han pratar om. Han refererar till NGO Monitor, som är en förlängning av den Israeliska staten.

Också viktigt att poängtera att EU inte kunde hitta bevis för de påståenden att de har terroristkopplingar Att man referar till NGO Monitor är ett tydligt tecken på partiskhet. Är inte alls förvånad över kvaliteten av den efetrforskning som gjorts när man beslutat om detta.

Låg kvalitet verkar vara något som genomsyrar nuvarande regeringen.