cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20524151

Naji Bakhti
Fri 20 Sep 2024 06.57 EDT

[Israel's "sophisticated" savagery -PL]

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20523443

Agence France-Presse in Jerusalem
Fri 20 Sep 2024 17.28 EDT

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20517326

Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem and agencies
Fri 20 Sep 2024 08.47 EDT

Behind the scenes: The banking correspondence authorization will end on Oct. 31 and the U.S. and many of its allies are concerned Smotrich is not going to extend it, U.S. officials said.

During a meeting in recent weeks of treasury and finance officials from the governments of the G7 countries, the U.S. raised its concerns about Smotrich and the Palestinian banks, an official from one of the G7 countries said.

The G7 official said the U.S. warned that if the Palestinian banks are cut off from Israeli banks it could significantly destabilize the West Bank and create a violent escalation that would spill over into Israel.

The West Bank would turn into a "cash economy" that could benefit terrorist organizations that largely use cash to operate, the G7 official said.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20510681

Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem
Fri 20 Sep 2024 08.34 EDT

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20513974

Patrick Wintour
Diplomatic editor
Fri 20 Sep 2024 03.48 EDT

Israeli settlers attacked two Palestinian schools yesterday in the village of Al-Jab’a in Bethlehem, in the southern occupied West Bank.

Local sources reported that a group of settlers hurled stones at Al-Jab’a Boys’ Primary School and Al-Tawafuq Mixed Secondary School, southwest of Bethlehem, according to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA.

The students were left in a state of panic and were sent home early, according to the agency.

The village of Al-Jab’a has been subjected to ongoing settler violence, including attacks on residents and property, the burning and cutting down of trees and the confiscation and bulldozing of large areas of land.

Palestinians assert that Israeli authorities are lenient towards settler attacks as part of an official effort to intensify settlement expansion in the occupied territories.

A shocking video has surfaced showing Israeli soldiers throwing the bodies of Palestinian men from buildings during an assault on the town of Qabatiya, north of the West Bank, on Thursday.

Palestinians shared the footage on social media, showing Israeli occupation soldiers mutilating the bodies of three Palestinians killed in Qabatiya before throwing them from the roof of a house that morning.

The video captures three Israeli soldiers climbing onto the roof, holding the bodies, and throwing them one by one from the top.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20492321

Jonah Valdez
September 19 2024, 8:44 a.m.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20492486

Jonah Valdez
September 17 2024, 1:35 p.m.

https://archive.is/y1U8K

The Israeli government did not tamper with the Hezbollah devices that exploded, defense and intelligence officials say. It manufactured them as part of an elaborate ruse.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20492788

Brett Wilkins
Sep 19, 2024

https://archive.is/202N3

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Israeli warplanes carried out late on Thursday their most intense strikes on south Lebanon in nearly a year of war, Lebanese security sources said, heightening the conflict between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah amid calls for restraint.

Thousands of Israelis received threatening text messages on Wednesday, which appeared to have been sent by Hezbollah affiliates.

The messages, some of which included web links that Israeli authorities say are suspicious, came after thousands of pagers and hand-held radios used by members of Hezbollah exploded across Lebanon.

However, some of the messages used incorrect Hebrew. Other used a threatening tone and some were in English.

“Say goodbye to your loved ones, but don't worry. You'll hug them in hell in a few hours,” one text read.

The message was sent by “SyHaNasrala” according to Haaretz, apparently in reference to Hezbollah’s leader, who is referred to as Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah.

“If you want to live, leave. If you want to stay, go to hell,” another message read in English, the Israeli newspaper added.

The US and its allies use unilateral coercive measures to achieve their geopolitical and strategic objectives against other countries, in spite of them being in violation of basic principles of the UN charter.

In the 57th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) held in Geneva on Friday, September 13, China and several other developing countries from across the world denounced all forms of illegal unilateral coercive measures by the US and its allies, demanding their immediate and unconditional withdrawal.

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