allysmith.bsky.social
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Scottish, study History & Art, mainly 1870s-1930s, rise of Socialism, Fascism, Zionism, Eugenics & era’s Art (BA/MPhil). No political/religious dogmas, artist/nihilist. Happily banned from FB & X, see how BS goes but future for everybody is Offline.
Israeli Genocide "1947-49, over 400 Palestinian villages were destroyed, civilians massacred & 1M men, women & children expelled from their homes at gunpoint. Denied for almost six decades…ethnic cleansing.” - Ilan Pappe, Israeli historian www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Et... Palestine 1903
Israeli Genocide Israeli authorities have deliberately inflicted conditions of life calculated to bring about destruction of population in Gaza. They are responsible for the crime against humanity of extermination and for acts of genocide. www.hrw.org/news/2024/12... Gaza 1897c green & pleasant.
Israeli Genocide “Amnesty International investigation concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza" www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne... Palestine 1890-1910 Indigenous children in their own land prior to full European colonization and then as adults being turned into refugees.
Israeli Genocide "They are also knowingly & intentionally imposing famine, prolonged malnutrition and dehydration" & "genocide". U.N. special rapporteur on right to health Tlaleng Mofokeng. www.al-monitor.com/originals/20... Roots of Palestinians en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_... Palestine 1903
Israeli Genocide "Israel’s use of starvation campaign against Palestinians in Gaza is genocide". Michael Fakhri, UN Special Rapporteur on Right to Food. He teaches in international economic, commercial & food law. www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240308-un-... Palestine 1890-1910
Israeli Genocide "Israel is Committing Genocide, US is Complicit". Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (LIGP), multinational non-governmental organization. www.lemkininstitute.com/statements-n... Palestine 1890-1910 A Land WITH a People. Majority indigenous people, minority colonists.
Israeli Genocide "It is no longer possible to deny that Israel was engaged in systematic war crimes, crimes against humanity & genocidal actions". Professor Omer Bartov, former IDF soldier, one of world's leading specialists on genocide. www.theguardian.com/world/articl... Palestine 1890-1910
Israeli Genocide “What we are seeing in Gaza is a repeat of Auschwitz". What Israel is doing in Gaza is ‘simply mass extermination without gas chambers,’ says human rights activist & genocide scholar, Maung Zarni. www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea... Palestine 1890-1910 A Land WITH a People.
Israeli Genocide “Israel has committed genocidal acts, killing, seriously harming & inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about physical destruction of Palestinians in Gaza” Lowenstein Human Rights Project at Yale. www.bu.edu/articles/202... Palestine 1890-1910 A Land WITH a People.
Israeli Genocide "Genocide in plain sight". Gregory H. Stanton, former research professor in Genocide Studies & Prevention. Founder & president of Genocide Watch & former president of International Association of Genocide Scholars. www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/... Palestine 1890-1910
Israeli Genocide "A textbook case of genocide". Raz Segal, Israeli historian residing in United States, Associate Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies and Endowed Professor in the Study of Genocide. jewishcurrents.org/a-textbook-c... Palestine 1890-1910 A Land WITH a People.
Israeli Genocide "Yes, it is genocide in Gaza. This is exactly what genocide looks like". - Amos Goldberg, professor of Holocaust History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/prof... Palestine 1890-1910
Shlomo Sand, history professor at Tel Aviv University, his two books: “Invention of the Jewish People” (2008) & “Invention of the Land of Israel” (2012) raise some interesting points, inc ‘Mass expulsion of Jews from Palestine’ being a Victorian/Zionist myth. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Inv...
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Apocalypticism is a core part of Christianity & Judaism today, 'End of Days' 'Final Judgement' scary music, but breaking news from the archives, every century has been the same. Victorians were even worse. If humanity ends it'll have nothing to do with Gods, it'll be due to our own stupidity.
“The past leaders of our movement left us a clear message to keep Eretz Israel from the Sea to the River Jordan for future generations, for the mass aliya, for the Jewish people, all of whom will be gathered into this country.” - Former PM Yitzhak Shamir, Nov 1990 Mass what now? 'Apocalypticism'
“I am a black South African, and if I were to change the names, a description of what is happening in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank could describe events in South Africa.” Archbishop Desmond Tuto, visit to Jerusalem, 25 Dec 1989
“Israel should have exploited the repression of the demonstrations in China, when world attention focused on that country, to carry out mass expulsions among the Arabs of the territories.” - Benyamin Netanyahu (Polish ancestry) 24 Nov 1989 Any opportunity, an ongoing colonial genocide.
“Jewish blood and a goy’s (gentile’s) blood are not the same.” Israeli Rabbi Yitzhak Ginsburg, (American) Jerusalem Post, June 19,1989 Said during trial of his students for murder of young Arab woman. Defended other Zionist massacres. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yitzcha...
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“It is forbidden to sell apartments in the Land of Israel to Gentiles.” Ha’aretz, 17 Jan 1986 "The same situation was repeated many times & decision is legalized now by Israeli Supreme Court." (1933; It’s impossible for a Jew to buy property in Germany) Took land & ghettoized indigenous people.
“I see many similarities in the oppression of Blacks in South Africa & of Palestinians.” - Dennis Goldberg, Jewish South African imprisoned with Mandela, states on arrival in Israel, March 1985 (Singles out Israel as major ally of apartheid regime & moves to London) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_G...
“When we have settled the land, all the Arabs will be able to do about it will be to scurry around like drugged cockroaches in a bottle.” - Raphael Eitan, (Ukrainian parents) Chief of Israeli Defence Forces, NYT, 14 April 1983 This has to be the most documented colonial genocide in history.
The Palestinians are “…beasts walking on two legs.” Menahim Begin, Israeli PM speech to the Knesset, quoted in New Statesman, 25 June 1982 Begin was Polish, arrived in Palestine 1942 & led terrorist attacks & massacres 1942-48, inc killing children before becoming Israel's PM.
“We walked outside, Ben-Gurion accompanying us. Allon repeated his question, ‘What is to be done with the Palestinian population; Ben-Gurion waved his hand in a gesture which said ‘Drive them out!’ Yitzhak Rabin, leaked censored version of memoirs, NYT, 23 Oct 1979 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yitzhak...
“The thesis that the danger of genocide was hanging over us in 1967 & that Israel was fighting for its physical existence is only bluff, which was born & developed after the war.” Israeli General Matityahu Peled, (Russian ancestry) Haaretz, 19 March 1972 Zionists were planning genocide from 1890s.
“Jewish villages were built in place of Arab villages. You do not know names of these Arab villages because geography books no longer exist, Arab villages are not there either. There is not one single place that did not have a former Arab population.” - Moshe Dayan, (Ukrainian parents) 4 April 1969
“How can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to.” Golda Meir, Ukrainian, 8 March 1969 “There was no such thing as Palestinians, they never existed.” Golda Meir, Israeli Prime Minister, 15 June 1969 Central part of genocide is erasing the indigenous people's identity.
“Hitler’s legal power was based upon the ‘Enabling Act’. Exactly same type of act was passed by Knesset immediately after 1967 conquest granting Israeli governor & his representatives the power of Hitler, which they use in Hitlerian manner.” - Dr. Israel Shahak, survivor of Belsen 1967
”If the General Assembly were to vote by 121 votes to 1 in favor of “Israel” returning to the armistice lines (pre 1967 borders) Israel would refuse to comply with the decision.” - Aba Eban (Israeli Foreign Minister) (South African) NYT, 19 June 1967 No respect for international law from day one.