IDF soldiers sexual violence against women 😡

Reported in Hareetz - bits of further news (I get articles emailed to me)

Israel cuts ties with UN Secretary-General over report accusing Israeli forces of sexual violence

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with soldiers from the IDF's 36 Armored Division in northern Israel, in a photo released Friday.

Israeli, Lebanese envoys meet in D.C. as Netanyahu says Israeli forces ‘also operating in Beirut'

Shortly after Israeli and Lebanese envoys met at the Pentagon on Friday in an effort to establish a U.S.-mediated security coordination mechanism, PM Netanyahu said during a visit to the Lebanon border that Israeli forces have crossed the Litani River, and are "also operating in Beirut." Speaking after a visit to an armored division, Netanyahu said the IDF has achieved "very impressive results" in its war with Hezbollah.

Meanwhile, IDF sources told Haaretz that the Lebanese army is not capable of disarming Hezbollah, adding that while it is unclear whether the direct talks between Israel and Lebanon will lead to the group's disarmament, the assumption is that they serve the interest of separating the Lebanese front from the Iranian one.

The IDF is operating in Lebanon under constraints imposed by U.S.-Iran negotiations, as well as the direct talks between Jerusalem and Beirut, the sources said. On Thursday, the Saudi-owned Al-Sharq Al-Awsat reported that the U.S. pressured Israel to halt strikes on the Qaraoun Dam in the Bekaa Valley, which supplies about 15 percent of Lebanon's electricity.

According to the sources, the IDF estimates that Hezbollah's ability to cope with its military campaign against it is limited, and that the group is struggling to coordinate its activities on the ground. As a result, the IDF believes Hezbollah is pressuring Iran to include the fighting in Lebanon within any potential agreement with the United States.

Also on Friday, UNICEF said that an average of eleven children have been killed or wounded every 24 hours over the past week in Lebanon

Trump apparently gave Netanyahu permission to carry out assassinations in the Lebanese capital, but not, in the meantime, a wider greenlight for attacking Hezbollah targets across the whole country - now happening.

SP Haaretz

….and the world still looks the other way

So sad. So many excuses made.

On the news today (BBC R4) Netanyahu plans to actually occupy/control 75% of Gaza in the end. Just slips in because of other news items.

There are political groups in the UK such as Labour Friends of Israel and Conservative Friends of Israel. I wonder if they have any influence or connections to the actual government in Israel?
I wonder if they are trying to address any of these issues?

The eyes of the world are looking at Iran but the horror in Gaza continues. Trump's war is a gift to Israel and also to Russia.

If other countries join in with the boycott of Settlers' goods, Israel might start to take notice of world opinion.

Maremia

There are political groups in the UK such as Labour Friends of Israel and Conservative Friends of Israel. I wonder if they have any influence or connections to the actual government in Israel?
I wonder if they are trying to address any of these issues?

This is our national one Maremia, but locally although we are a large city we only have a tiny Jewish population so I only know 1 individual LP Jewish members is in alignment with the national view.

Maremia

If other countries join in with the boycott of Settlers' goods, Israel might start to take notice of world opinion.

Yes, I'd like a list of products.

Do you recall how we boycotted SAfrican oranges and other products as children against apartheid?

How to buy Palestinian goods

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Handicrafts and Fashion: For hand-embroidered tatreez accessories, olive woodcrafts, ceramics, and clothing, browse collections at Handmade Palestine or order through Hadeel.

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Sorry - the web ref I suggested above

www.lfi.org.uk

for Labour Party Jewish Group policies.

Did the UN blacklist Hamas, the Gaza Palestinians and the PA for the outrage of October?

You need to google what I just did,

"Did the UN condemn Hamas for the 7th October"

Its a complex response as they aren't a Nation as such, they are a terrorist group now so ICC procedures aren't applicable in the same way, but yes, lots of condemnation from the top over a lengthy time.

UN aid workers took part in the 7th October attack

About 19 I think Annie.

Thank you Smileless

Two wrongs don't make a right:

We are also not specifically discussing that event on this thread, were are discussing what is ongoing by IDF soldiers and in prisons right now to bring it into the light.

Wyllow3

You need to google what I just did,

"Did the UN condemn Hamas for the 7th October"

Its a complex response as they aren't a Nation as such, they are a terrorist group now so ICC procedures aren't applicable in the same way, but yes, lots of condemnation from the top over a lengthy time.

So lots of words and no action.

How anyone can justify this beats me. But then the world has looked away at the genocide that occurred in Gaza - and continues to look away at ongoing acts of violence.

Not wishing to put words, or thoughts, into other GN's mouths, but are some folk implying that the atrocities committed by Hamas excuse the ongoing atrocities committed by the IDF?

Also, Grantanow, why should the Gaza Palestinians be prescribed?
By that premise, do you blame the ordinary people of Israel for Netanyahu's Gaza genocide?
I don't.
Netanyahu is responsible for that. And the IDF.

Grantanow what actions can they take legally against a tenor group? Have you googled as I suggested? Very, very, strong words were spoken at the time and this remains the case. But you cannot take a terroirst group to court.

The UN's legal part is to regulate the behaviour that Nations, signatories to the UN, through a criminal court

We also need to remember that UNICEF part of the UN is actually the main support of food and other aid entering Gaza, and other parts of the world, please.

terror group not tenor group.

Yes it may be small but we can do something Dunnes Stores strike - Wikipedia share.google/ojJ297fcevfrEv1CT