Finally 💜 For the first time in two years, families of the hostages are speaking with their sons, on the day of their release.

As families of hostages wait for their loved ones to return home, WCK teams are preparing to serve meals at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv. Once the hostages are released, we’re ready to support them and their families with comforting meals as they reunite after two years. #ChefsForThePeople

At the latest monthly @ukfost.bsky.social vigil: "British Palestinian doc Jasr Kawkby said he felt it was important to attend the event following the attack in Manchester. "At heart, we share really the same interests...really important for me to come and to speak my position as a Palestinian" 💜🤍🙏

If you’re surprised by the Israeli government and Tommy Robinson being on the same page it’s possible you need to be paying closer attention

There will be desperate calls behind the scenes, begging the Israeli government to withdraw the invitation. That may actually work, who knows. But it would constitute another refusal to see the Israeli government for what it is. It's not a bug. It's a feature. They are Tommy Robinson.

For anyone who's wondering about this, particularly in the UK: yes, do email or message your Jewish friends with a word of support. It makes a huge amount of difference.

This is a perfectly appropriate message in response to a horrific event, and the responses to this post are filling me with sorrow.

The claim by Israeli MK Nissim Vaturi that it is in Israel’s interest to have no Palestinians on this land is completely horrific. (1/2) www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

May this Rosh Hashanah, a time that represents the creation of the universe, bring renewed energy to our fight for a different reality for everyone, Jews and Palestinians, on this land.

“Israeli forces fired upon a clearly identified MSF water truck while it was distributing drinking water in Gaza City. The vehicle’s route and schedule had been communicated in advance to the Israeli authorities.  This attack was a deliberate attempt to sabotage water distribution to civilians.”

We should, in fact, deepen our divisions with ardent ethnonationalists. We should not make space for them or normalize them or laud them for their dedication to *spirited debate* about whether Black people are mentally deficient or gay people should be stoned to death.

Support the resistence.

A Israeli soldier who was attached to the GHF "relief" operation, and was ordered to shoot at the crowd: "The officers would shout at me: take them down, take them down. I shot 50-60 bullets per day, I stopped counting the kills. I have no idea how many people I killed, lots. Children". Haaretz.

Re communal unity: What if I don’t want unity with people who support ethnic cleansing? What if I don’t think that’s a valid perspective to be treated respectfully? What if we should direct our energy towards building new value-based Jewish communities not fighting for our place in existing ones?

From our disruption action at the Channel 14 studios last night. NO to occupation of Gaza, NO to more death and destruction! We will continue to disrupt until we end this horrific reality!

Our national co director Alon-Lee Green on @aljazeeraenglish.bsky.social

However fucking awful things get - which is already way beyond our wildest imaginings - Standing Together stay strong, principled, committed. I am in awe of their energy and determination.

In response to Arab parties uniting ahead of the elections, Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, a full-on Kahanist whose career is built on incitement, said: “Prosecute them, revoke their citizenship, encourage them to leave. Not voluntarily.” (1/7)

I expected Israel to lie and claim this was a mistake. It’s incredible that they are now openly admitting to targeted assassinations of journalists.

Call out to anyone who could spend time in the West Bank in September: international / Israeli solidarity presence needed with Palestinians returning to Wadi Siq, a village forcibly displaced by settler violence in October 2023. Please share widely. www.torat-tzedek.org/wadialsiq?fb...

Now at the Gaza border: Hundreds of Jews and Palestinians calling to stop the annihilation, let aid in, and end this madness!!!

Israeli media reports that the cabinet is gearing up to instruct the IDF to occupy all parts of the Gaza Strip. The implications are a severe escalation of the carnage, starvation, and ethnic cleansing. UK+EU sanctions should preempt this catastrophe - not respond to it belatedly.

Hundreds of people joined @ukfost.bsky.social today to say stop starving Gaza, end the war of annihilation& bring the hostages home. Magen Inon & Mira Awad spoke powerfully. We all feel so broken & helpless, but we must keep going. I spoke about Awdah: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

The truth is that the hostages could have been home a long time ago. The catastrophe in Gaza could have been stopped. Instead, the horror is being purposefully, cruelly dragged out by the extremists in power, and we all just got a terrible reminder. (4/5)

We are completely horrified and sickened by the cynical videos of hostages Rom Braslavski and Evyatar David, who are starving and emaciated, that were published this weekend. (1/5)

Justice for Odeh (Hadalin, murdered by settlers this week) Demo against the killing and starvation of Gaza, Tel Aviv, today Photo: ‪@arixegal.bsky.social‬

NOW: Thousands of Jews and Palestinians are protesting the starvation, killing, and destruction in Gaza and for the return of the hostages. End the annihilation!

Baroness Deech’s views on Israel are as detached from reality as her views on family law.

This is an excellent interview, it is mandatory viewing.. for those who care about human rights, Gaza, Palestine and Israel, as well.

It's a rogue regime conducting a genocide. It has to be stopped now. Those who close their eyes to see, will just face a bigger disaster down the road.

I was privileged to spend time with Awdah and Basel in 2017. What I learned from them and their communities changed the course of my life, how I understand the world. And now I watch Basel on the news talking about Awdah’s murder. It’s a powerful interview, please watch and share.

By continuing business as usual, Israel’s international partners are allowing the Israeli government to continue with its genocidal campaign with no consequences beyond symbolic gestures of disapproval and statements. The time to act is now - me @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

What I'm reading here is that if you want your concerns addressed you shouldn't throw paint on planes or march peacefully, you should set fire to things and riot.

Already on Oct 7 it was evident to me that Israeli public opinion's desire for revenge, and the Kahanist plan to leverage the atrocity in the service of their vision of expulsion, could translate into genocide. What I couldn't imagine is the "world" allowing and facilitating this for 21 months.

Under the smokescreen of war: Two days ago, Israel’s Higher Planning Council for the West Bank allowed IDF training in Firing Zone 918. This means the total demolition of 12 villages—home to around 2,800 people—and the final stage of ethnic cleansing in Masafer Yatta.

This morning, Iran struck a hospital in southern Israel. Just a few days ago, Israel hit a hospital in Iran. In Gaza, Israeli bombs have rained down on hospitals and clinics for months, killing Palestinians and destroying the entire healthcare system. (1/3)

Gaza has once again been completely cut off from the world, as Israel bombed the last remaining internet infrastructure and collapsed the phone network. (1/3)

This is very dangerous way to phrase the mission when regular US military forces are part of it. "Liberate" a major US city from its duly elected state and local officials? Utterly unacceptable language

Great, now do Netanyahu.

It was an honor to speak with so many people in the UK last month about what we’re up to in this critical moment and how everyone can help support our fight against the occupation, against forever war in Gaza, and for a future of peace, equality, and justice in Israel-Palestine. (1/3)

After the police tried to stop our protest, we arrived at the Gaza border, thousands of Jews and Palestinians, to say NO to this catastrophe! We cannot accept this horrific reality. We’re here to raise a voice for an end to the war of annihilation and the return of the hostages NOW.

I told the truth about the West Bank and was threatened and assaulted. Now I’m relying on you to act Our lives are blighted by illegal settlements, and 22 more have just been approved. Unless Israel is held to account, we will be erased Issa Amro www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

More than 50,000 children reportedly killed or injured in Gaza. It's intolerable that we are still counting. These children deserved safety. They deserved so much more.

If you work in the education sector, consider signing this open letter in support of education workers in Israel opposing the war, organised by @ukfost.bsky.social. We know from previous open letters that those on the ground find the solidarity meaningful. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Palestinian village Mughyier ad-Dir in the West Bank was ethnically cleansed today by violent settlers who, with the support of the IDF, built an outpost within the village and terrorised residents until they left.

If this is how the IDF treats foreign diplomats in front of cameras in the West Bank, it's not hard to imagine how they treat Palestinians.

Israeli far-right Channel 14's coverage of humanitarian aid to Gaza reveals a disturbing moral calculus: starvation is acceptable, as long as no one sees it www.haaretz.com/life/televis...

Dozens marched tonight from Paris Square to PM Netanyahu’s residence on Gaza Street, demanding an immediate end to the war. “We won’t be silent. We won’t stop—until the genocide ends,” said organizers. @FreeJerusalem

Israel’s intensified attacks on Gaza have killed more than 130 Palestinians in a matter of hours, as ceasefire negotiations continue. Horrific videos show people in pieces and on fire following strikes on tents sheltering displaced civilians. aje.io/j1wke5

Multiple protesters were arrested, including our co-director Alon-Lee Green. This is an emergency , a catastrophic moment that demands we drop everything. In the last days, hundreds of Palestinians have been killed, families wiped out, neighborhoods turned to dust, people starving. (1/2)