𝑷𝑹𝑰𝑴𝑨𝑳 retweeted
The full English version of my investigative documentary "The Trap" is now available on Al Jazeera 360.
The film investigates Israel’s September 17, 2024 pager attacks in Lebanon, tracing the operation through two years of research and filming across nine countries and territories.
Watch the full investigation and discover the story behind one of the most complex intelligence operations in recent history.
aljazeera360.com/video/10423…
𝑷𝑹𝑰𝑴𝑨𝑳 retweeted
HAPPENING NOW
Dockworkers are taking action across all six inhabited continents in a historic day of strikes against war, the arms trade and labour exploitation.
𝑷𝑹𝑰𝑴𝑨𝑳 retweeted
“I no longer feel proud to be Israeli… We are occupiers, yes… wait, i thought we were on commercial break!”
Amazing — Israeli actress Chelli Goldenberg accidentally tells the truth when she doesn’t realize she’s live on the air. (H/T @MintPressNews)
More: israelnationalnews.com/news/…
𝑷𝑹𝑰𝑴𝑨𝑳 retweeted
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to:
Johns Hopkins Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Fund
alzresearch.org/giving/
Alzheimer’s Foundation of America Caregiver Resources
alzfdn.org/donate/
Photo Credit: Tommy Garcia
𝑷𝑹𝑰𝑴𝑨𝑳 retweeted
Stunning piece about yet another old-guard, high-level, billionaire supporter of Israel who has lost faith in it - and in Netanyahu.
"Ronald Lauder has never lived in Israel. But in the past year the Jewish billionaire, who serves as president of the World Jewish Congress, has given up his remaining properties in the country, a sign of the deep shift in his views of its future. A deep sense of disgust appears on his face as he recounts this. "I've sold my apartment in Tel Aviv, I gave my home in Be'er Sheva to the Jewish National Fund, of which I'm also the chairman. I basically cut my ties there. Because it has become so…," Lauder grimaces, making a gesture of vomiting.
He goes on to blame Israel for failing to make peace, explaining that Israel actually didn't want peace:
"I realized at the end of the day that Israel really didn't want peace, but they wanted dominance. And I walked away from it."
"You've lost the Democratic Party, and you're losing the Republican Party. And it's all because of foolishness on your part. I want to tell Israelis, 'Shame on you! Shame on all of you. Your fathers and your grandfathers fought for this place, and you're losing it because of foolishness. Period.'"
I think this reflects the view of many who fought to establish Israel/supported its creation, but at the same time believed in peace. Perhaps an unjust peace, clearly a peace on Israel's terms - but a peace nonetheless.
But Israel has long swapped dominance and control for peace, and it has taken quite some time for many of its original supporters and champions to realize it - and admit to themselves the direction Israel actually is going in.
haaretz.com/israel-news/elec…
𝑷𝑹𝑰𝑴𝑨𝑳 retweeted
Just FYI, Netanyahu's bloc is now calling to arrest leaders of Arab parties, cancel the election results, and redo the elections.
Israel launches ‘foreign interference’ investigation after record Palestinian voter turnout and electoral gains
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Israel's Central Elections Committee Chairman Noam Sohlberg has formally requested that Shin Bet Director David Zini investigate allegations of foreign interference, foreign funding, and vote-buying in the Knesset elections, following a record 77% turnout among Palestinian voters and unprecedented gains by Palestinian parties.
In a letter to Zini, Sohlberg called for an official investigation into claims of credible intelligence concerning electoral interference.
According to Israeli media reports, Netanyahu's Likud party has filed thousands of complaints with police and Shin Bet, accusing Palestinian parties of vote theft, bribery, intimidation, and fraud.
Alarmed by the turnout, Likud has also alleged that Qatar and Turkiye paid large numbers of Palestinian voters to secure their votes.
The baseless accusations come after Netanyahu's bloc emerged as the largest but failed to secure a parliamentary majority, while Palestinian parties won an estimated 19 Knesset seats, placing them in a potentially decisive position in coalition negotiations.
Following Sohlberg's request, extremist National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir called on the Shin Bet to seek arrest warrants against leaders of Palestinian parties suspected of links to so-called 'Qatari funding,' as well as other individuals connected to the Muslim Brotherhood, provided legal grounds exist.
𝑷𝑹𝑰𝑴𝑨𝑳 retweeted
Dude I told her to change the password on the MQM-170 recon drone guidance system. (PW was MQM170!)
𝑷𝑹𝑰𝑴𝑨𝑳 retweeted
I can hardly imagine anyone who hasn’t seen this photograph. But it was taken on this day in 2000.
I cannot believe the photo is 26 years old now.
The boy in the photograph was Fares Odeh. He was just 14 years old.
Ten days after this image was captured, Fares went out again to throw stones at Israeli tanks, seeking to avenge the killing of his 17-year-old cousin.
An Israeli sniper shot him in the neck, killing him.
And there is another chilling detail to this photograph.
The photo changed Israeli tank doctrine. In August 2001, The Jerusalem Post quoted an anonymous tank doctrinist saying tank personnel were now instructed to fire upon rock-throwers.
𝑷𝑹𝑰𝑴𝑨𝑳 retweeted
Another Palestinian got the call.
Gaza sources: Muhammad Alyan al-Bayouk received a phone call from the Israeli army, which gave him a choice:
Either he and his family would be bombed inside a school sheltering displaced families, or he could go up to the roof alone in al-Bayouk neighborhood of central Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip.
He chose to protect his family and face death alone.
Israeli drone killed him.
THE ROOFTOP
Moments ago, an Israeli drone killed Palestinian Adham Shalha on the ROOFTOP of his family home in Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip.
Go through the reports, and you will find many cases of Israeli drone strikes killing a single Palestinian on the rooftop of a house.
When you see “a rooftop,” it usually means a Palestinian was on an Israeli “target list” during an agreed upon CEASEFIRE.
Usually, an Israeli officer calls and gives him 2 options:
1- Go to the rooftop, and we will kill you.
2-Stay with your family, and we will kill your entire family.
There are documented cases of such calls.
Palestinian journalist Abu Firas once reported this conversation:
Israeli officer: “Hello, this is the Israel Defense Forces. Your name is on the target list, and you have 2 options: either go up to the rooftop or go outside the house.”
Palestinian: “Okay, what’s going on? What did I do? What have I done wrong?”
Israeli officer: “Don’t talk too much. Follow the orders. You have 2 minutes, or we’ll bomb the house with you and your family inside.”
Palestinian: “Okay… I’ll go up to the rooftop. Allah is sufficient for me, and He is the best disposer of affairs.”
Before leaving, he said goodbye to his family, one by one, then turned to them and said:
“No one come up with me, so no one else dies. I’ll sacrifice myself for you, but I beg you, no one come up with me… Do you hear me, Mom?”
𝑷𝑹𝑰𝑴𝑨𝑳 retweeted
China CPC party paper is saying the quiet part out loud
It is rare that China is so blunt on Bolsonaro and Brazilian politics
#Opinion: For politicians like #FlavioBolsonaro, participating in elections was never about serving #Brazil within an established political framework, but rather treating elections as a high-stakes political gamble – staying in power to deliver on interest promises made to #Washington if they win, and dusting off their hands to flee to the #US if they lose.
globaltimes.cn/page/202610/1…
𝑷𝑹𝑰𝑴𝑨𝑳 retweeted
🇨🇺 Asked at the UN why the US is blocking fuel from reaching Cuba, where blackouts and fuel shortages have forced hospitals to suspend surgeries, US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz insisted fuel is getting in.
“There is no blockade… there is fuel going in. There is fuel going in.”
It is not. The Trump administration has choked off Cuba's fuel supply since January, threatening tariffs on any country that ships oil to the island. The US Coast Guard has seized Cuba-bound tankers carrying diesel.
Only one shipment of crude has reached Cuba all year: about 730,000 barrels on a Russian tanker in late March, according to Cuba's deputy foreign minister. Cuba needs about eight tankers a month. That one cargo eased blackouts for about two weeks, and by May the energy ministry said the country had run out of oil and diesel.
Today, Cuba's grid can supply less than a third of demand, according to Cuba's state electric utility, leaving parts of Havana without power for more than 20 hours a day
BREAKING: BT’s Zoe Alexandra (@ZoeAlexandra_ok) confronted US Ambassador Mike Waltz at the United Nations headquarters on Wednesday, calling out his lie that “there is no blockade” on Cuba – and that the blocking of oil shipments is directly responsible for an escalating humanitarian crisis.
While Waltz retorted that the US allowed the arrival of a Russian oil tanker to Cuba, Alexandra immediately countered that the March fuel delivery was only able to supply a small fraction of the country’s energy needs.
The ambassador then became visibly frustrated and quickly turned to take another reporter’s question.
The encounter followed the UN General Assembly annual vote to end the US blockade on the island nation.
𝑷𝑹𝑰𝑴𝑨𝑳 retweeted
The US-Israeli cartel coalition in LATAM is trying to silence the whistleblower who further exposed the infamous election fixer, Parscale mentee, and likely drug trafficker Fernando Cerimedo. This is after he had her shot three times. Very grim.
SCOOP: Nadia Beller, the Bolivian whistleblower who survived an assassination attempt ordered by Trump associate and political operative Fernando Cerimedo, tells me authorities are seeking to arrest her as soon as Friday. According to sources within the Bolivian government and police, the case will argue that her (brave) testimony against Cerimedo’s crimes—which range from U.S. backed election interference to drug trafficking—is evidence she had prior knowledge and failed to report.
Beller, a lawyer herself, cites multiple legal grounds for immunity and says this is an obvious attempt to silence her for exposing a corruption network spanning from Washington DC to Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, and beyond. Beller’s whistleblowing prompted investigations in Argentina and Chile, including a congressional commission probing Cerimedo.
The Bolivian attorney general who arrested and charged Cerimedo with femicide for the attack on Beller was sanctioned by the U.S. and later detained by Bolivian authorities.
Beller says she fears for her life and the life of her unborn child, which Cerimedo allegedly fathered. She is calling on the international community to support her in the face of political lawfare, attempted femicide, and state repression. Please share far and wide.
𝑷𝑹𝑰𝑴𝑨𝑳 retweeted
Simply put 🚨 Javier Milei & Marco Rubio collaborated to exfiltrate Brazil’s most high-profile criminal from grave charges of large-scale corruption and electoral fraud. This is the true function of the Reactionary International, working across borders to corrode our democracies.
𝑷𝑹𝑰𝑴𝑨𝑳 retweeted
🚨 URGENT: @the_andrey_x is in very bad shape. He has a concussion and lost consciousness several times while being detained.
Settlers blocked the ambulance from evacuating him. He is now being held ALONE in the ambulance inside the settlement and is being denied transfer to a hospital.
HAPPENING NOW🚨🚨: @the_andrey_x @infinite_jaz and I were attacked by settler-terrorists in Umm al-Khair!!
They beat us, threatened to shoot us, stole Andrey's phone and my glasses and pepper-sprayed Jasper.
𝑷𝑹𝑰𝑴𝑨𝑳 retweeted
“We’ve built software to track Wikipedia editors,” says the head of the ADL.
We have an investigation publishing soon about pro-Israel manipulation of Wikipedia, and he just blurts it out
