Analysis: A German envoy has admitted he spread fabricated Israeli atrocity propaganda intended to give credence to Israel’s debunked claims of mass rapes by Palestinian fighters on 7 Oct." The fabrication "collapsed when Israeli media tried to follow up & interview" family members of the so-called "victim". The search turned into an investigation that revealed the story to be "a complete fake.” https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/german-envoy-admits-he-spread-lie-about-7-october-mass-rapes #Oct7Lies #Israel ..

Interview: Yousef Munayyer: No Policy Change: Harris Refuses to Condition U.S. Military Support for Israel. The position "violates both federal & international law". Kamala Harris refused to consider halting the flow of weapons. Instead, she affirmed her support of Israel.

Democracy Now!

Kamala Harris Refuses to Condition U.S. Military Support for Israel

We turn to Kamala Harris’s position on Israel’s war on Gaza, which many are calling a genocide. After she was asked about calls to condition U....

#USArmsToIsrael #GazaGenocide #USEnablement #Harris ..

Analysis: Francesca Albanese: "Israel’s perversion of the law on self-defence is... a brazen attempt to provide an imprimatur of ‘legality'" for its unlawful aggression against Palestine. The ICJ has ruled that Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territory is unlawful. Israel's claim that its raids in the occupied West Bank are justified under the law of self-defence "has no validity." #ICJ #Israel #Palestine #UnlawfulOccupation ..

Analysis: Israel's tactics in West Bank mirror those being used in Gaza genocide "particularly attacks on hospitals & healthcare facilities, & the use of excessive & indiscriminate force."

Al Jazeera

Israel war on Gaza updates: Israel agrees limited ‘pauses’ for vaccinations

These were the updates on Israel’s war on Gaza for Thursday, August 29.

#GazaGenocide #WestBankEthnicCleansing #USEnablement ..

Report: UK, police state "The UK-based Palestine Action group of activists has criticised the reported arrest of a member for online posts, as well as a raid on the address of one of 10 previously arrested members, & the issuing of charges against another for supporting a “terrorist” organisation. “This is what you call a police state – one which is trying desperately to protect the interests of a foreign genocidal entity."

Al Jazeera

Israel war on Gaza updates: Israel agrees limited ‘pauses’ for vaccinations

These were the updates on Israel’s war on Gaza for Thursday, August 29.

#UKPol #Palestine #UKProtests ..

Cover-up by Israel, Australia & UK re World Central Kitchen killings Israel & UK are refusing "to release evidence of the killing of an Australian aid worker & 6 colleagues. "Israel holds detailed audio of the attacks, but has not shown it..to Australian authorities." Despite the audio being withheld, Australia's special adviser's report concluded that the IDF strike "was not knowingly or deliberately directed against WCK”.

Declassified Australia

Evidence Withheld In Killing Of Zomi Frankcom & Aid Worker Colleagues

Britain, Israel and Australia are refusing to release evidence of the killing of aid worker Zomi Frankcom and her six colleagues in Gaza.

#WCKKillings #AusPol #UKPol #USPol ....2 .

All US aid to Israel is military aid mandated to be spent on US weapons. It is hundreds of billions of US public money going straight to US arms makers. Total racket. Analysis by Dov Waxman Since the 1960s, the US gives only military aid to Israel & it must be spent on American weapons. "So, many American lawmakers have an interest in sustaining that aid because that money ends up flowing into their own states."

The Conversation

US is unlikely to stop giving military aid to Israel − because it benefits from it

The US has given military aid to Israel since the 1960s, backed by both domestic and regional strategic interests, including containing Iran.

#USPol #USAidToIsrael #GazaGenocide #USEnablement ..

Report Amnesty calls for war crimes investigation into Rafah tent massacre. Erika Guevara-Rosas "The Israeli military would have been fully aware that the use of bombs that project deadly shrapnel across hundreds of metres … would kill & injure a large number of civilians. The US-made 113 kilogram GBU-39s used killed at least 36 Palestinians (4 were fighters).

Al Jazeera

Israel’s war on Gaza updates: Israeli forces intensify attacks

These were the updates on Israel’s war on Gaza for Tuesday, August 27.

#IsraeliWarCrimes #GazaGenocide #RafahTentBombing ..

"How are these atrocities allowed to continue?" The essential reason is "imperialism", eg: * Imperial Britain &, later, US created Israel for their own imperial interests * ww2 victors created the UN also for their own imperial interests & can veto UN decisions. US vetoes protect Israel * The UN has no police force, so relies on members to act on majority decisions, eg, sanction Israel * Many are client states of US, so won't sanction Israel #USPol #UKPol #EuroPol #CdnPoli #GazaGenocide ..

Report Amnesty calls for war crimes investigation into Rafah tent massacre. Erika Guevara-Rosas "The Israeli military would have been fully aware that the use of bombs that project deadly shrapnel across hundreds of metres … would kill & injure a large number of civilians. The US-made 113 kilogram GBU-39s used killed at least 36 Palestinians (4 were fighters).

Al Jazeera

Israel’s war on Gaza updates: Israeli forces intensify attacks

These were the updates on Israel’s war on Gaza for Tuesday, August 27.

#IsraeliWarCrimes #GazaGenocide #RafahTentBombing ..