I find it strange that Columbia refuses to say whether the letter is authentic or not. But I agree - I don't think it's likely that he forged the letter as that would land him in serious legal trouble. Shai has that strange but I guess not uncommon mix of being small, petty and also dangerous. Easy to laugh at his tantrums, but he has caused a lot of damage.
It's becoming increasingly unbearable to follow the news, so I really appreciate this weekly round up 🙏 It allows me to pause, reflect & read with more intention.
Learning about the plans to build a concentration camp on top of the ruins of Rafah & now Israel deciding to ban the sea, one of the few remaining respites from this genocide, has my mind spinning. And I think many of us are experiencing compassion fatigue at this point 😞
A few days ago also marked the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide. 7 more victims were laid to rest. 30 years later and they're still finding remains. Some may never be found or identified because their entire families were also killed. While generals and other high-ranking officials have been prosecuted, thousands of others who took part in the genocide were never held accountable. Many returned to their hometowns and now live alongside the women whose husbands, fathers, sons and uncles they massacred. 30 years later and there's still pain, trauma, and so much that's unresolved and unhealed.
I can't help but wonder if this is Gaza's future and how many will go unpunished and slip through the cracks? Thousands buried under the rubble whose remains will never be found or identified? So as much as I want this to be over, the aftermath of it all will be daunting.
"Easy to laugh at his tantrums, but he has caused a lot of damage."
This is what most don't realise, and actively take into consideration. Appearances fool you easily. Just look at the political economy behind the appearance, and try a strategy to counter that.
I find it strange that the letter to Shai Davidai says “On or about July 8, OIE closed its investigations…” but the letter to the student accusing him of harassment uses more certain language about the exact date the investigation ended. Were there so many investigations that they just couldn’t keep track when they closed each one?
Wow, that France24 piece on the GHF is an ESSENTIAL read, thank you for sharing it.
The depravity of this roundup is honestly hard for me to fathom and unbelievably nauseating.
If the IDF’s claims were to be taken sincerely at face value, their rate of “technical error” would be suggestive of astronomical, incalculable incompetence. But actually, their obfuscating language is pretty revelatory regarding just how little value they place on the Palestinian lives they end, as the framing of inflicted death simultaneously attempts to evade operational accountability and, in categorizing lost lives as an “error”, strips Palestinians of being counted as fully human.
I find it strange that Columbia refuses to say whether the letter is authentic or not. But I agree - I don't think it's likely that he forged the letter as that would land him in serious legal trouble. Shai has that strange but I guess not uncommon mix of being small, petty and also dangerous. Easy to laugh at his tantrums, but he has caused a lot of damage.
It's becoming increasingly unbearable to follow the news, so I really appreciate this weekly round up 🙏 It allows me to pause, reflect & read with more intention.
Learning about the plans to build a concentration camp on top of the ruins of Rafah & now Israel deciding to ban the sea, one of the few remaining respites from this genocide, has my mind spinning. And I think many of us are experiencing compassion fatigue at this point 😞
A few days ago also marked the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide. 7 more victims were laid to rest. 30 years later and they're still finding remains. Some may never be found or identified because their entire families were also killed. While generals and other high-ranking officials have been prosecuted, thousands of others who took part in the genocide were never held accountable. Many returned to their hometowns and now live alongside the women whose husbands, fathers, sons and uncles they massacred. 30 years later and there's still pain, trauma, and so much that's unresolved and unhealed.
I can't help but wonder if this is Gaza's future and how many will go unpunished and slip through the cracks? Thousands buried under the rubble whose remains will never be found or identified? So as much as I want this to be over, the aftermath of it all will be daunting.
"Easy to laugh at his tantrums, but he has caused a lot of damage."
This is what most don't realise, and actively take into consideration. Appearances fool you easily. Just look at the political economy behind the appearance, and try a strategy to counter that.
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Great list of links. Another article I found interesting is the links between Zionism and Evangelism in Guatemala.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/guatemala-gaza-genocide-denial-thwarts-justice/50792
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250715-israeli-army-stole-donkeys-from-gaza-transported-them-to-france/
I find it strange that the letter to Shai Davidai says “On or about July 8, OIE closed its investigations…” but the letter to the student accusing him of harassment uses more certain language about the exact date the investigation ended. Were there so many investigations that they just couldn’t keep track when they closed each one?
Wow, that France24 piece on the GHF is an ESSENTIAL read, thank you for sharing it.
The depravity of this roundup is honestly hard for me to fathom and unbelievably nauseating.
If the IDF’s claims were to be taken sincerely at face value, their rate of “technical error” would be suggestive of astronomical, incalculable incompetence. But actually, their obfuscating language is pretty revelatory regarding just how little value they place on the Palestinian lives they end, as the framing of inflicted death simultaneously attempts to evade operational accountability and, in categorizing lost lives as an “error”, strips Palestinians of being counted as fully human.