Forwarded from Samidoun Network

::: spoiler The ban on Samidoun by German officials is active participation in the ongoing genocide on Gaza. The purpose of such a ban is to repress dissent with the full force of the state. It comes hand in hand with bans on demonstrations, police assaulting people on the streets for wearing a kuffiyeh or carrying a Palestinian flag, the ban on saying "Freom the river to the sea, Palestine will be free," the imposition of political bans, the efforts to deport activists or strip them of residency.

All of this is full-on complicity and particiption in genocide. As we speak to you today, Israeli occupation forces just carried out a new massacre in al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, bombing 30 homes in a heavily populated camp. The German state and the Ministry of the Interior are choosing to support these attacks by waging a campaign of terror and repression against those who dare to speak out against these ongoing crimes, who want to mobilize people to put an end to destruction, war, occupation and colonialism.

The German state and all imperialist powers, following the lead of U.S. President Biden, are partners not only in the defamation and dehumanization of the Palestinian people but the murderous war crimes and crimes against humanity of the occupation regime. Complicity in genocide is illegal under international law, as is the persecution of organizations because they oppose apartheid, and we are committed to hold Germany accountable for its crimes against not only Samidoun, but the Palestinian people as a whole.

This attack should be of serious concern to all who carry out political work, especially for Palestinian liberation. It is meant to introduce a norm in which organizations may be banned for organizing demonstrations, lectures, publishing posters and engaging in entirely public and political work that challenges the German state and its complicity in Israeli war crimes, crimes against humanity, and ongoing genocide in Gaza. It comes at a time when more people than ever are speaking out for justice and liberation in Palestine and is meant as an attack on the movement as a whole.

If it is possible to ban Samidoun, then it is possible to ban every political organization and group in Germany that challenges the politics of the German state and its imperialist role. This action comes hand in hand with the United States' ongoing resupply of bombs to target the Palestinian people in Gaza. It is meant to bolster the Israeli war effort by depriving the Palestinian people of popular support on the streets.

This is also a racist assault on the Palestinian and Arab community. Samidoun in Germany is led by Palestinian refugee youth, and the German media has engaged in a blatantly racist smear campaign intended to incite the most racist and fascist forces in the country against the Palestinian community, which is the largest in Europe. The police in Berlin have engaged in an ongoing, targeted and offensive assault against Arab neighbourhoods and communities. Samidoun activists have faced severe repression, such as Zaid Abdulnasser being threatened with stripping his residency and Musaab Abu Atta being subjected to a political ban. Other activists have been threatened with deportation for merely attending protests and events. This ban is meant to keep the communities silenced by terror and fear, to repress the voice of youth, and to empower the most racist and fascist forces against the Palestinian people both in Germany and in Palestine.

The attack on Samidoun is part and parcel of the attack on the Palestinian people as a whole. It reflects the German state's imperialist interests. Far from expressing a sense of guilt or responsibility for Nazi crimes and genocide, this action evidences the German state's aggressive dedication to and promotion of racism, repression and war crimes. We must be clear: Germany has no legitimacy or authority to speak on human rights, freedoms or democracy. It is dedicated to stripping all of those things from anyone who speaks out against genocide and colonialism in Palestine.

Samidoun has also been particularly targeted because we advocate for the Palestinian prisoners, on the front lines of struggle, confronting repression, and express our solidarity with and the legitimacy of the Palestinian resistance. While Germany suppresses the Palestinian community and bans Samidoun, its official outposts abroad have frequently sought to influence and direct Palestinian politics through conditional funding and similar colonial enterprises. Through this ban, the German state wishes not only to support genocide but to criminalize even verbal resistance to that genocide. The Palestinian people, like all colonized and oppressed peoples, have the right to resist to liberate themselves and their land from colonialism and occupation, from the river to the sea. Those who resist occupation and oppression -- the Palestinian resistance -- are not only heroes of the Palestinian people, they are defenders of all of humanity.

At this moment, we urge all activists and supporters of Palestine, and all who care for freedom and justice, to speak out against the genocide in Gaza, to speak out against the ban on Samidoun and to affirm loudly and clearly that Palestine will be free from the river to the sea, and that Palestinians have the right to resist occupation and oppression. Through this action, through repeated demands of police on protest organizers, the German state wants to suppress these truths and this reality. They want to secure our silence and even our complicity, and we will not allow them to do so.

We reiterate our words upon German Chancellor Olaf Scholz' announcement of the demand to ban Samidoun: In Arabic, the word “Samidoun,” means those who are steadfast. We use this name to refer to the Palestinian prisoners, who remain behind bars, struggling for freedom. Today we affirm that we shall remain steadfast and committed to the Palestinian people, until victory, return and liberation.

When you've lost the pint boys, you've lost in general

cursed lathe: libs will start using genocide joe but as a name for stalin

he is telling you to vote

This is chilling: "What is unclear now is what could happen to civilians." And "Now it would seem that those in Gaza City could be stuck there."

Israeli tanks move steadily towards Gaza City

There have been only brief comments from the Israeli military, saying it's expanding ground operations.

But what we're hearing from inside Gaza is that tanks and armoured vehicles are moving steadily towards Gaza City - where the IDF says Hamas has a network of tunnels used as a command and control centre.

We understand from colleagues that Israeli forces have penetrated the northern neighbourhoods of Gaza City - and that there are armoured vehicles on both of the main north-to-south roads.

One goes along the coast from the north of Gaza City, and the other runs through the middle of the Strip to the south of the city.

What is unclear now is what could happen to civilians. We know that there are hundreds of thousands of people who have not heeded the Israeli military's call to move from the northern half of the Gaza Strip south.

Now it would seem that those in Gaza City could be stuck there.

-BBC

Wonder Woman Actress Gal Gadot Dead At 42

This fucking dumbass has just said he won't invade in full force and expects Israel to keep its forces deployed to fight Hezbollah?

The ambiguity is the whole reason they were forced to deploy there.

Casual joke about Kent State 2.0 from Bill Maher’s opening monologue.

New footage of Hezbollah working on Israeli border observation infrastructure positions and teams

https://streamable.com/lyq5va

Three people were killed in an Israeli strike on a car in southern Lebanon on Sunday, Reuters reports four security sources in Lebanon saying. According to Lebanon’s state-owned National News Agency, the Israeli strike hit the car between the villages of Aianata and Aitaroun near the border with Israel. Since the war broke out between Israel and Hamas on October 7, Israel’s military and the Iran-backed Hezbollah have exchanged frequent fire across the border.

- The Guardian

Al Jazeera:

Blinken, Qatari PM discuss latest situation in Gaza
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a social media post that he discussed with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani the urgent need to increase humanitarian assistance to Gaza.
Blinken told the premier, who also serves as foreign minister, that the US appreciates Qatar’s work “to secure the exit of our people from Gaza and the release of hostages held by Hamas”.
At least four captives have been released from Gaza through Qatari mediation so far. Israel has said at least 238 captives are being held in Gaza.
The Axios news website reported that the head of Israel’s foreign intelligence agency, Mossad, travelled to the Qatari capital, Doha, over the weekend to discuss the possible release of more hostages.
Al Jazeera reached out to the Qatari Foreign Ministry for comment on that report but has yet to receive a response.

Ah the infamous 14 words.

I wonder what concessions they got for the 4 captives? Or do they mean the ones that were released of good will.

Happy Hexbollah day everyone!

Extremely critical support for Met Police taking down hostage posters

I am pro-life and take no pleasure in reporting this

https://twitter.com/SaraHirschhorn1/status/1719561728294330502

That right there is gonna be the lib line on the “necessity” of genocide. “Gee, I take no joy in it, but ”

War porn article from the NYT. Photos...

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I wanna go to the movies with Genocide Joe just to hear his reviews

folks, the ChatPPB is a threat to America