War

Whore

What else, to call?

a man so small,

he murders child,

yet all you hail,

clap so loud,

it shatters my,

will to breathe

I. Ismail Haniyeh

Puppet master,

killed this man,

perpetual,

responsible,

negotiate,

political,

the war against,

our right to live

🎥 Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated. Now what?

Al Jazeera English | Jul 31, 2024

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in Tehran. Iran says Israel assassinated him and has promised to respond. So what could happen now? Sandra Gathmann speaks to historian and expert Abdullah Al-Arian, to explain what’s happening and what Haniyeh’s death could mean for the Israel-Gaza war and the wider region.

🎥 ‘Israel, Lebanon and Iran will have to bury more people’: Israeli political analyst

Al Jazeera English | Jul 31, 2024

Israeli Heritage minister Amihai Eliyahu is the first senior Israeli official to react to the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, in a post on the social media platform X. He says this is the right way to clean the world of this filth, no more imaginary peace agreements, no more mercy for these mortals, and he goes on to say the iron hand that will strike them is the one that will bring peace and a little comfort and strengthen our ability to live in peace.

II. Ismail al-Ghoul & Rami al-Refee

And more did perish,

in the middle,

east of sphere,

long time shudder,

what such struggle,

light and darkness,

can hardly see

🎥 Al Jazeera journalist and his cameraman killed in Israeli attack on Gaza

Al Jazeera English | Jul 31, 2024

Al Jazeera Arabic journalist Ismail al-Ghoul and his cameraman Rami al-Refee have been killed in an Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip. The strike on Wednesday targeted a car near the Aidia area west of Gaza City, according to initial information. This is not the first time the Israeli Army has targeted journalists - many of them, working for Al Jazeera. Journalists working in areas of conflict are protected under international humanitarian law. Israel has been accused of violating that law -- repeatedly. Palestinian journalists say Israel is trying to kill those telling the world what's happening in Gaza.

III. United Nations

Much learned words,

they wind their way,

a reservoir,

open danger,

empty, hollow,

echoes back

🎥 Middle East, Palestine & other topics - Daily Press Briefing

United Nations | Jul 31, 2024

“I mean we we've been calling for greater and full access for journalists over and over again, and we've been doing so publicly and privately, but as as you know we don't you know we we don't hold the keys to uh to the Rafa Crossing, we don't control the issuance of visas. But in this conflict as in any conflict the the free and unfettered access to journalist is is vital to public information right, and we're not getting it here right, we're not getting it uh at all and those journalists who are uh able to to work in um in Gaza are doing it as we see at great great personal risks um. Our ability to protect journalists is through advocacy which we are doing uh, we we are not the ones uh who have our hands on the weapons, we do not have the ability to physically protect journalists in this conflict or in the in the Ukrainian conflict or in any other conflict where we see journalists pay the ultimate price, and that's that's the sad truth but it's the truth.”

- Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for Secretary-General António Guterres

🔖 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NOON BRIEFING BY STEPHANE DUJARRIC SPOKESPERSON FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL ANTÓNIO GUTERRES WEDNESDAY, 31 JULY 2024

And too today…

The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting on Falastin, at Iran’s request (backed by Algeria and China), post the early day’s dramatic strike (and by that I infer), the assassination of Hamas’s political leader, Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.

🎥 The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question - Security Council, 9696th meeting

Associated Press | Jul 31, 2024

IV. ‘Merica

Sharing some of today’s excerpts, full text to read below (just mind those lovely brain cells)

Q    And will the White House be urging restraint from Israel following this —

MR. KIRBY:  I’m — I’m not going to talk about our diplomatic discussions with our Israeli counterparts.

We have been working hard to keep this war from escalating, just as we’ve been working very hard and are today to make sure Israel has what it needs to defend itself.

tomorrow marks,

August 1st,

300th day,

violate,

moral sense,

feel betrayed,

this ugly place

Q    But, you know, who is Israel supposed to negotiate with if the leader of Hamas is dead?

MR. KIRBY:  Again, I can’t confirm the reports coming out of Tehran or Hamas’s statements. 

We still believe there’s a viable process.  We still believe there’s interested counterparts.  And we still believe that there are meetings and discussions to be had.  We wouldn’t have a team over there right now if we didn’t believe that it was possible to — to try to gather — gather together and — and push this forward.

🔖 Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, and National Security Advisor John Kirby

Tasteless, meaning,

no longer valid,

flickered space,

more so sad,

than ever joy

🎶 Kofia - Leve Palestina, krossa sionismen

@John Silver | Jul 10, 2010

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