Reply With QuoteTaken a while for the MSM to find this story and decide to run it.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics...raeli-military
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...israeli-attack
A footballer known as the “Palestinian Pelé” has been killed in an Israeli attack in southern Gaza, according to the Palestine Football Association (PFA).
Suleiman al-Obeid was killed on Wednesday when Israeli forces attacked civilians waiting for humanitarian aid, the PFA said.
‘‘During his long career, al-Obeid, 41, scored more than 100 goals, making him one of the brightest stars of Palestinian football,” it said.
Born in Gaza on 24 March 1984, Obeid began his footballing career with Khadamat al-Shati, later playing for Markaz Shabab al-Am’ari in the occupied West Bank, and Gaza Sport. A fixture in the Palestinian national side after his debut in 2007, Obeid gained 24 caps and scored twice, the PFA said, most memorably with a scissor-kick against Yemen during the 2010 West Asian Football Federation championship.
His talent on the pitch earned him the nickname of “the Palestinian Pelé” – a nod to the legendary Brazilian widely hailed as one of the greatest players of all time.
His death adds to a growing toll of athletes lost in Gaza since the war began, with at least 662 sportspeople and their relatives reported to have been killed.
“The number of footballers killed or who died from starvation has reached 421, including 103 children,” the PFA said.
Obeid is survived by his wife and five children.
According to the PFA, 288 sports facilities have been damaged or reduced to rubble across Gaza and the West Bank, from stadiums and training grounds to gyms and clubhouses. The vast majority, 268, were in Gaza, while 20 were in the West Bank, with about half serving football directly.
Among the sites hit was the PFA’s headquarters in Gaza, struck during an Israeli air raid.
Taken a while for the MSM to find this story and decide to run it.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics...raeli-military
Another example here.Originally Posted by jon1959
https://x.com/kahlissee/status/1953791600917713249?s=61
JVL Introduction
This is a howl of outrage and passionate plea from Avrum Burg, former head of the Jewish Agency and speaker of the Israeli Knesset.
It is a call for Jews to take sides, to speak against the zealots, by appealing to the International Court of Justice:
“In our appeal, we shall declare: We will not allow the State of Israel, which systematically inflicts violence upon a civilian population, to speak in our name. We will not allow Judaism to be a cover for crimes. This is not a rejection of our people it is a defense of its soul. Not destruction but repair.”
https://www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org...cles-for-you_1
JVL Introduction
This is Brant Rosen’s cautious welcome to the growing number of Jewish leaders who are speaking out against what is being done to Gaza. His concerns are less than that they are rather late to the struggle because coming late is better than not coming at all, but rather does the attention push Palestinians’ voices further into the background and what is the focus of their protest. As a Jewish organisation fighting for peace and justice for Palestinians, how to better raise Palestinian voices is a question for us all. However, a major issue is this failure to “join up the dots” and to put the blame only on this government in Israel as though the Nakba and Occupation under previous Israeli governments are somehow irrelevant and as if this barbarity is an aberration rather than a more extreme version of what has gone before.
It is good that it is becoming too much even for advocates for Israel but we note something similar to what Brant Rosen has observed in this approach from “Top Jewish Philanthropists” whose concern seems to be motivated by the damaging impact of the genocide on world Jewry more than the Palestinian people.
https://www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org...cles-for-you_1
What is it with senior American politicians called Mike?
In Trump's first term it was Mike Pence (Vice President) and Mike Pompeo (Secretary of State) - both evangelical Christians, Christian Zionists and uber supporters of ethnic cleansing to achieve 'biblical borders' for an expanded Israel (annexing Palestine and parts of surrounding countries).
In Trump's second term it is Mike Johnson (Speaker of the House) and Mike Huckabee (US Ambassador to Israel) doing the same and talking about 'real estate deals' between a god and his chosen people written in an old book!
Not sure Huckabee can decide whether he's working for Trump or Netanyahu, Smotrich and Ben-Gvir:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...r-gaza-dresden
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