Professor Vivian R. F. Linssen D.I.’s Post

If Iran’s attack on Israel is called ‘evil’, and everyone condemns it, saying Israel should be protected at all costs, what about our beloved Gazans, who have been besieged for years, witnessed countless wars, and are currently being bombed by Western weapons, supplied by the West, dropped on Gaza by Westerners. What do we call the almost forty thousand Palestinians who have been butchered—defenceless people being shot by snipers while risking their lives looking for a morsel of food, the barrage of drone attacks on civilians, those shot while blindfolded, those run over by armoured vehicles while their hands are tied? What do we call it when starvation is being used as a weapon? What do we call extremist settlers blocking aid trucks from reaching those in need? What do we call the thousands of TikTok videos of soldiers celebrating after they blow up house after house, ensuring that even those who manage to survive won’t have a home to return to? How do we describe the videos of young men, flown in from all over the world, looting houses in Gaza and wearing women's lingerie for fun? What do we call it when you murder fifteen thousand children under the guise of self-defence? What do we call it when someone relentlessly bombs schools and hospitals and murders journalists and doctors? How are we going to describe any of these things if we’re already told to consider a half-hearted rocket attack ‘evil’ and an act of ‘terrorism’? What words are left when words have lost all meaning?

How can we allow this destruction in the name of self defense! How can we allow those people who are still supporting this apartheid regime to openly support this genocide! We should stop contributing our money and effort to these individuals and organisation, especially if they persecute those who speaking up against this genocide. https://lnkd.in/djC_T_Np

It is with this vile terrorist state - Russia - that some want to impose a so-called peace on Ukraine. A peace that will be worse than war. It is, of course, the will of the Ukrainians that is decisive. It is their state, their identity, their history, their lives that Russia wants - in traditional Russian order - to wipe out. Peace is not an intrinsic value in itself. A Trumpian "deal" and Chamberlainian "peace in our time" are not relevant to the Ukrainian people, nor to the rest of us. Freedom, democracy and the rule of law are intrinsic values in themselves. Ukrainians will not settle for a peace that is worse than war. They have lived with such peace for centuries. Not one more time.

More than a third of the remaining hostages kidnapped during the October 7 attack by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas are believed to be dead. Hamas claimed that Israeli air strikes caused hostage deaths, although some recovered bodies showed signs of execution. Four more hostages were added to Israel’s list of fatalities on Monday. Israel believes that more than a third of the remaining Gaza hostages are dead, a government tally showed on Tuesday, as the United States sought to advance their recovery under a proposal to wind down the war with Hamas. Of about 250 people dragged into the Gaza Strip by Hamas-led Palestinian gunmen during the Oct. 7 cross-border rampage that sparked the war, scores were freed in a November truce, while others have been recovered – dead or alive – by Israeli troops. The government tally said 120 remain in captivity, 43 of whom have been declared dead in absentia by Israeli officials based on various sources of information, including intelligence tip-offs, CCTV or bystander videos and forensic analysis. IDF CONFIRMS DEATHS OF 4 ISRAELI HOSTAGES IN HAMAS CAPTIVITY Some officials have privately said that the number of dead could be higher. A person walks past pictures of hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7 attack by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas from Gaza, projected on a screen, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on May 31, 2024. Israel believes that more than a third of the remaining Gaza hostages are dead. (REUTERS/Marko Djurica/File Photo) Hamas, which threatened at the outset of the war to execute hostages in reprisal for Israeli air strikes, has since said such attacks caused hostage deaths. Israel has not ruled that out in all cases, but said that some recovered hostage bodies showed signs of execution. On Monday, four more hostages were added to Israel’s list of fatalities. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP President Joe Biden on Friday went public with an Israeli proposal to wind down the war, under which some hostages would go free during a preliminary ceasefire. But mediated efforts to clinch that deal have been bogged down as Israel insists on eventually resuming the campaign to destroy Hamas while the Palestinian Islamist group demands a guaranteed end to the war and withdrawal of all invasion forces. <!-->-->

Days ago Israeli forces bombed a designated safe zone in Rafah, killing 45 people and incinerating children. Just when we think we’ve seen the worst for Gaza, the horror reaches new heights. Experts say bomb parts used in the massacre were manufactured by US companies like Boeing and Woodward. These companies and their CEOs are profiting off genocide, making big bucks from weapons that are bought with our tax dollars and gifted to the Israeli government. For months our community has been calling for an arms embargo with Israel — delivering our voices to officials and the media everywhere from the US to countries across Europe. Now more than ever, especially in light of recent events, we must keep up the pressure on our governments to suspend arms sales to Israel immediately. It’s easy to feel completely hopeless in the face of genocide, but this is one concrete thing we can do right now to help stop the attacks. Add your name, and Ekō will include it in our next visual protest in DC. Israel manufactures a lot of its own defenses, but it also receives billions of dollars in weapons from many of our governments. Until Israel stops the genocide in Gaza and puts an end to its egregious human rights violations against Palestinians, governments should immediately suspend these weapons deals with Israel. From the US to the UK, Australia to Germany and the list goes on... our leaders are complicit in these massacres and are helping big weapons manufacturers like Raytheon, Boeing, and General Dynamics get rich off of war. The Israeli government isn’t showing signs of stopping the attacks on Gaza, despite being ordered to do so by the UN’s highest court. But if its allies stop the flow of the deadly weapons enabling the genocide, the Israeli government will be forced to rethink its strategy. Add your name to the petition and share this widely. https://lnkd.in/ecTii7Gz

Israeli soldiers proudly sharing their crimes on social media: - randonly opening fire on Palestinian homes in Gaza for fun without regard to civilians - running over an ambulance with a tank - burning an UN school which was sheltering Palestinian famillies in Gaza - looting as little as peppers and tomatoes from a Palestinian field in Gaza Important information (to absolutely read) about the current genocide in this 2 posts: https://lnkd.in/dw6dPxHk https://lnkd.in/dtk6ksWy Other videos/photos of Israeli soldiers burning Palestinian homes: https://lnkd.in/dfR-CR9u https://lnkd.in/dXVY7tNK https://lnkd.in/dBvTzv5X https://lnkd.in/dBfPdVnM https://lnkd.in/dZXX3pAu https://lnkd.in/dXMibwTF https://lnkd.in/d4V24ce9 https://lnkd.in/dvQZgHFg https://lnkd.in/dDgEkZry https://lnkd.in/dhHgMkrB https://lnkd.in/dEBVm5QK https://lnkd.in/dveYC6Qy https://lnkd.in/d69nD5Gg https://lnkd.in/dsuHyY9z https://lnkd.in/da8DwXpy https://lnkd.in/dV_xDWB2 https://lnkd.in/dPK2SQBC https://lnkd.in/g4Q8jp4E https://lnkd.in/gy8ps8cV https://lnkd.in/gMZNbQCj https://lnkd.in/g25yKwEn https://lnkd.in/gZ7iRdUk https://lnkd.in/gCW8BdWS https://lnkd.in/gp79EuBu Other videos/photos of Israeli soldiers destroying Palestinian properties for fun: https://lnkd.in/dZXX3pAu https://lnkd.in/dCS-riY7 https://lnkd.in/dYyc_yCN https://lnkd.in/d4V24ce9 https://lnkd.in/d7zwiDtB https://lnkd.in/d9HS7SFe https://lnkd.in/dgpBEVQe https://lnkd.in/dKXg5nYM https://lnkd.in/dUsvvf_J https://lnkd.in/d_DXMgsz https://lnkd.in/gmr4ziuE https://lnkd.in/gxgVnSTx https://lnkd.in/gcMhE_VH https://lnkd.in/g7EcURgP https://lnkd.in/drjxedah https://lnkd.in/dE9TMTBA https://lnkd.in/dzpmSmN3 https://lnkd.in/d2AXZkwy https://lnkd.in/dHmaPvBY https://lnkd.in/dfP7bBGp https://lnkd.in/dUibYURs https://lnkd.in/dXNfxwe9 https://lnkd.in/dRqVphTu https://lnkd.in/dz9c-Zaz https://lnkd.in/d5Gvw8vs https://lnkd.in/dUpFq-th https://lnkd.in/dP9hjE-6 https://lnkd.in/dFD2NAJQ https://lnkd.in/drbKSAip https://lnkd.in/g4Q8jp4E https://lnkd.in/gy8ps8cV https://lnkd.in/gMZNbQCj https://lnkd.in/g25yKwEn https://lnkd.in/gZ7iRdUk https://lnkd.in/gCW8BdWS https://lnkd.in/gp79EuBu Other videos/photos of Israeli soldiers looting: https://lnkd.in/dRsHFd62 https://lnkd.in/d4V24ce9 https://lnkd.in/dWpgEHMj https://lnkd.in/dSKKbXwy https://lnkd.in/duMKjvbr https://lnkd.in/dBsXs-CN https://lnkd.in/df8DEKqY https://lnkd.in/dAHPxMNi https://lnkd.in/d59Z26Sf https://lnkd.in/dzRSDfJA https://lnkd.in/d3XHqQeE https://lnkd.in/d4z6QhaY https://lnkd.in/duUaQS9W https://lnkd.in/dQ2MGXjT https://lnkd.in/dTve7J38 https://lnkd.in/dv7S92Bd https://lnkd.in/dR8ZmYSV https://lnkd.in/dC2PjAvv https://lnkd.in/d8RkXgGf https://lnkd.in/dXXGi7je https://lnkd.in/dUTgPTzH https://lnkd.in/dQxN_-FK #palestine #palestinianlivesmatter #genocide #gaza #gazagenocide #israel