Vigil number 70
We hold our seventieth vigil this Saturday 5th April
April 2025
The 70th vigil is to be held in Salisbury on Saturday 5th April starting at 5pm the market place near the Library. We none of us thought when we started over a year ago that we would still be holding these every Saturday come rain or shine.
This week’s news is especially awful with yet more Palestinian medical staff found dead and buried in a shallow grave in southern Gaza at least one with his hands tied. They were in clearly marked medical vehicles entering what was supposed to be a safe zone.
The programme about the West Bank on ITV the other evening was unpleasant viewing. It showed a settler gradually invading Palestinian land. What was shocking was his contempt for them and spoke in terms of clearing them away. He stopped next to some newly planted olive trees on their land and said he wasn’t going to clear them away now because the camera was on but it was obvious he would be back later.
West Bank violence is increasing, Haaretz has reported on a large number of attacks, with livestock killed or stolen and a boy in charge of a flock was recently murdered by settlers they believe. IDF soldiers are seen standing by while settlers throw stones and carry out their attacks.
Please come and support our vigil. It will not make a big difference of course and the majority walk by without pausing even a moment. But we can but try …
#Palestine / Whistleblower account: in Gaza, almost every IDF platoon keeps a human Shield, a sub-army of Palestinian slaves
Israel's use of Palestinian civilians as human shields in #Gaza is a serious violation of international law. According to a whistleblower account, the practice has become systematic throughout #IDF operations, with almost every platoon forcing Palestinians to enter and clear houses ahead of soldiers—a practice called "mosquito protocol."
Despite being exposed in media months ago, the practice reportedly continued with knowledge of senior military leadership. While the IDF has opened six investigations, the officer claims this barely scratches the surface of a widespread practice that endangers innocent civilians primarily to save time rather than increase troop safety.
https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025-03-30/ty-article-opinion/.premium/in-gaza-almost-every-idf-platoon-keeps-a-human-shield-a-sub-army-of-palestinian-slaves/00000195-e627-deaf-a397-f6674e390000 or https://archive.is/IMWDy
@palestine
@israel
#WarCrimes #Gaza #HumanShields
#Palestinians have been abused en masse for decades... Goading, pushing civilians and children
The #IDF and #Netanyahu are hoping that their patience will break and they can have a 'justfication' is slaughtering them wholesale.
What would you want to do if some Israeli solider had shot or bombed your baby?
I know what I would want to do
Some of the bodies of 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers, killed by Israeli forces and buried in a mass grave nine days ago in Gaza, were found with their hands or legs tied and had gunshot wounds to the head and chest, according to two eyewitnesses.
da “tiresia”, v, “necromanzia” / giuliano mesa
V. necromanzia. Οι αταφοι, Massengräber
dov’è sommersa dalla neve, le coltri,
là, dove la terra è bruna, tersa, senza solchi,
sulla soglia, prova a chiamare là, chiamare,
sentendo soltanto la tua voce, che chiama,
sotto le coltri, sotto
la neve luccicante,
sotto la terra nera,
chiama fino a sfinirti, a gemere.
non torneranno più, se non in sogno, insonni,
se non laggiù, la loro requie, dove?
le ombre vagheranno, qui, miriadi,
ancora a brulicare, loro,
cercando il loro nome.
e porti il latte, e il miele?
il vino dolce, la farina d’orzo?
non puoi nemmeno sentirli sibilare,
quel loro gracidare, lo sfrigolìo, l’affanno,
il mormorìo che fanno facendosi terra,
non senti, senti gracchiare il corvo,
che vede ritornare, l’ombra,
sulla neve, di un’altra luna gialla.
taci. porta le mani al viso, riannoda i tuoi capelli.
ancora non hai còlto il tuo narciso, e il croco già fiorisce.
*nota dell’autore
feb. 2024: https://www.kulturjam.it/news/ancora-orrori-a-gaza-trovata-fossa-comune-con-30-cadaveri-bendati-e-ammanettati/ apr. 2025: https://www.instagram.com/p/DH51kyBocJ_/By all accounts, IDF soldiers just murdered 15 medics and aid workers in Rafah, many of whom were wearing Red Cross uniforms. The #IDF then tried to cover it up (and literally burry both the bodies of the dead and the ambulance vehicles).
After over 50,000 dead in #Gaza, it's hard to see this as an escalation. But if this is not the moment when our governments say, enough is enough, impose full sanctions, and see to it that war criminals are prosecuted, I honestly don't think anything will.
#Australia needs to remove #Hamas from Australia's "Listed #terrorist organisations", we need to stop endorsing Israel's attacks on CIVILIAN government run essential services in Gaza.
Israel see our "terrorist" designation of the entire Hamas moment as endorsement of their treatment of civilian emergency services as military targets – paramedics, firemen, and other people who save lives – because they are "Hamas" by being connected to government run services in Gaza.
At the very least Australia need to narrow the listing to the #Qassam Brigades militant wing of the Hamas movement. But even this would be difficult to justify. Hamas are NOT a threat to Australia, and the #IDF have killed more Australian citizens than Hamas in the current war, including a civilian from #Sydney in #Lebanon and an Australian aid worker in Gaza.
It is insane that we have condemned an entire, mostly civilian, government as #terrorists while allowing Likud – the successor party to the #Irgun and #Lehi terror groups – to drive #Israel into #genocidal fascism without equivalent consequences.
The Lehi and Irgun were definitively #terrorists – Likud first formed government under former Irgun commander Menachem Begin and his successor was former Lehi commander Yitzhak Shamir – but really the Lehi and Irgun were nowhere near as bad as the IDF.
West Bank School Day for Palestinian Students
This video shows the situation for Palestinian students on a mild day, i.e. when their town isn't being actively invaded by Israeli forces using lethal force.
#israel #palestina #palestine #gaza #cartoon #westbank #israel #usa #idf
#iof
mille morti in due settimane. nella striscia di gaza, israele bombarda, sfolla, e prende di mira gli operatori sanitari
Martina Stefanoni
da Radio Popolare
In nemmeno due settimane di ripresa dei bombardamenti israeliani sulla striscia di Gaza, sono state uccise mille persone. I bombardamenti sono stati costanti e inarrestabili, proseguiti anche durante l’Eid al-Fitr, la festa per la fine del mese del Ramadan, una delle feste più importante e sentite per il mondo islamico.
Oggi, l’esercito israeliano va oltre, ordinando l’evacuazione della città di Rafah, nel sud della striscia di Gaza. Decine di migliaia di persone, per l’ennesima volta, hanno raccolto il poco che avevano, e a piedi o a bordo di mezzi di fortuna, hanno lasciato Rafah. Una città che durante i mesi di guerra è stata completamente rasa al suolo. Alla popolazione che durante il cessate il fuoco aveva provato a ristabilirsi lì, o che si trovavano lì nella speranza di passare il confine con l’Egitto nelle rare evacuazioni concesse, è stato ordinato di spostarsi ad Al Mawasi, una zona costiera che già era stata identificata come “zona umanitaria” dall’esercito israeliano, ma che è stata più e più volte bombardata. Al Mawasi è anche la zona dove secondo il piano israeliano per la rioccupazione di Gaza che era stato rivelato dal Financial Times negli scorsi giorni sarebbero stati confinati tutti i 2 milioni di Gazawi, prima di procedere all’espulsione.
In questi giorni di ripresa dei bombardamenti, le ong e le agenzie onu presenti nella striscia, hanno descritto una situazione umanitaria spaventosa, aggravata dal fatto che da un mese nella striscia non entra più niente: cibo, carburante, acqua, medicinali. Gli ospedali – ha detto l’Onu – sono tornati ad essere un campo di battaglia. Oggi Jonathan Whittall, il capo dell’agenzia Onu Ocha in Palestina, è tornato a parlare dei quindici paramedici palestinesi uccisi da israele. I quindici operatori sanitari sono stati uccisi una settimana fa, ma solo in questi giorni sono stati recuperati i corpi. Secondo l’ufficio per gli affari umanitari delle Nazioni Unite la Mezzaluna Rossa Palestinese e gli operatori della protezione civile erano in missione per salvare i colleghi che erano stati colpiti in precedenza nel corso della giornata, quando i loro veicoli chiaramente contrassegnati come sanitari sono finiti sotto il pesante fuoco israeliano.
Whittall, ha detto che i paramedici sono stati colpiti e uccisi uno per uno e i loro corpi sepolti in questa fossa comune.
“Li stiamo tirando fuori con le loro uniformi, con i guanti. Erano qui per salvare vite. Invece, sono finiti in una fossa comune”, ha detto Whittall. “Queste ambulanze sono state sepolte nella sabbia”. L’esercito ha ammesso di aver colpito le ambulanze perché – hanno fatto sapere – si muovevano in modo sospetto.
Secondo le Nazioni Unite, almeno 1.060 operatori sanitari sono stati uccisi nei diciotto mesi trascorsi da quando israele ha lanciato la sua offensiva a Gaza.
Un lider #Hezbollah a fost ucis într-un raid
#Israelian în apropiere de #Beirut.
#IDF (
#ForțeleDeApărareIsraeline): Hassan Bdair “îi ajuta pe teroriștii
#Hamas să planifice un atac terorist major și iminent împotriva civililor
#Israelieni”.
https://www.europesays.com/?p=1961157 IDF, Shin Bet conduct strikes targeting Hezbollah terrorist in Beirut #Beirut #Conflicts #Hezbollah #idf #Israel #Lebanon
L'#Unicef: "Almeno 322 #bambini uccisi dal 18 marzo". L'#Onu: "#Israele ha ucciso 15 medici e infermieri palestinesi e li ha gettati in una fossa comune".
Nuovi raid #Idf su #Beirut e #Gaza, #Netanyahu domani a Budapest, #Amnesty: "Sia arrestato"
https://www.rainews.it/amp/maratona/2025/04/guerra-gaza-unicef-322-ba-6bc77bef-ad7a-4be0-936d-d1d530b87cde.html#amp_tf=Da%20%251%24s&aoh=17435098150509&csi=1&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com
#Gaza #EidAlFitr #Bombing [1]
Whoever told you it's a war on Jews, that's it religious.
IT IS
but it's the other way round. It's a war on Islam caried out by #IDF and #Netanyahu.
"Israeli drones open fire on Palestinian houses in the early hours of Eid in Gaza" [ ± 1min]
by MiddleEastEye
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/s442Gf_af3c
Quote by MEE:
"Mar 30, 2025
Videos posted on Social media show Israeli drones reportedly opening fire on Palestinian houses in the early hours of Eid al-Fitr in Gaza.
As Palestinians prepared to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, Israeli air strikes on Gaza killed at least nine people - including five children.
The dawn attacks struck as families were either asleep or getting ready for Eid celebrations, witnesses told Middle East Eye."
#NeverAgain #StopTheGenocide #JusticeForHindRajab
#JailForNetanyahu #JailForGallant #SmotrichRaus
Israel killed 15 paramedics and rescue workers in Gaza, UN says
> The workers had been missing for a week before their crushed ambulance and a mass grave was discovered, says the #UN humanitarian office.
> It said Israeli forces had targeted the workers.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/israel-killed-15-paramedics-and-rescue-workers-in-gaza-un-says/95wgk92vy #Israel #Gaza #GazaWar #GazaStrip #Hamas #IDF
Die Leichen von 15 Rettungskräften des Roten Halbmonds, des palästinensischen Zivilschutzes und der Vereinten Nationen sind laut Angaben von UN-Vertretern im Süden des Gazastreifens geborgen worden.
Der UN-Untergeneralsekretär für humanitäre Angelegenheiten, Tom Fletcher: "Sie wurden von israelischen Streitkräften getötet, als sie versuchten, Leben zu retten. Wir fordern Antworten und Gerechtigkeit."
Quelle: tagesschau.de
Der #IDF ermordet kaltblütig medizinisches Personal. Wohlgemerkt gefesselte Menschen. Das ist also sowohl eine Verletztung der Genfer Konvention als auch ein Kriegsverbrechen. Die @tagesschau hat dazu folgende 5 Zeilen veröffentlicht:
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'Het Rode Kruis spreekt van de dodelijkste aanval op zijn hulpverleners sinds 2017. In de oorlog in de Gazastrook zijn tot nu toe dertig Rode Kruis-medewerkers gedood. In totaal zijn er sinds het begin van de oorlog minstens 1060 zorgmedewerkers gedood, zeggen de Verenigde Naties.'
https://nos.nl/artikel/2561881-rode-kruis-woedend-over-doden-hulpverleners-in-gaza
#Israel #TerroristState #warcrimes #executions #Gaza #IDF #Netanyahu #ICC #ICJ
Gaza medics killed by Israel found handcuffed and shot in mass grave
'This scene represents one of the most brutal massacres Gaza has witnessed in modern history' - Mahmoud Basal, Civil Defence spokesperson
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/bodies-gaza-medics-found-handcuffed-and-shot-mass-grave
Israel killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers one by one, says UN
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/31/israel-killed-15-palestinian-paramedics-and-rescue-workers-one-by-one-says-un #Israel #terroristState #Netanyahu #warcriminal #IDF #Gaza