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Who are the Druze? The minority sect on the fringe of the Israel-Hamas war — NBC News
The tight-knit sect, which dates to the 11th century and draws from Christian, Muslim and Jewish beliefs, is grieving 12 youngsters killed in a rocket attack over the weekend.
Hes that desperate to avoid jail?Hamas wants a ceasefire agreement to end the war in Gaza, while Netanyahu says the conflict will stop only once Hamas is defeated. There are also disagreements over how a deal would be implemented.
Mediators Qatar and Egypt, backed by the U.S., have repeatedly said doors to more negotiations remain open, with both Israel and Hamas voicing readiness to pursue them, etc…
Hamas, Israel trade blame for not reaching Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal — Reuters
Israel and the Islamist group Hamas traded blame on Monday over the lack of progress in reaching a ceasefire and hostage release deal in the Gaza Strip despite international mediation.apple.news
Hezbollah, based out’a somewhere, representing something or someone or some country, has been lobbing rockets into Israel coordinated with Hamas since at least Oct 8th 2023 this last go round.
On the evening of Saturday 27 July, a blast hit a playing field in the town of Majdal Shams, killing 12 children and young people from the minority Druze community.
It was the deadliest incident in or around Israel's border with Lebanon since hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah escalated in October.
The strike, with its young victims, caused outrage and shock in Israel and around the world.
Israel says Hezbollah carried out the attack with an Iranian-made rocket, fired from a short distance away in Lebanon. The US also says Hezbollah was to blame.
Hezbollah has strongly denied involvement.
Hezbollah, Israel and the Golan Heights: What is happening and why? — BBC News
A deadly strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights has escalated fears of a new war.
Rahim Mohamed: Mélanie Joly struggles to find Israel on a map — National Post
She can barely bring herself to name Hezbollah, the terrorist group that killed 12 children in a rocket attack
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Tahran-Iran.
May he rot in hell.
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May he rot in hell.
Hamas lideri Haniye Tahran'da suikastla öldürüldü
Hamas lideri İsmail Haniye'nin, Tahran'da uğradığı suikast sonucu öldüğü duyuruldu. Haniye'nin öldürüldüğünü doğrulayan Hamas, "Korkakça bir eylem, cezasız kalmayacak" açıklamasını yaptı. İran Ulusal Güvenlik Konseyi ise üst düzey Devrim Muhafızları komutanları ile suikastı soruşturmak üzere...
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He'll be there with Adolf Netanyahu and the rest of the state of Israel backed terrorist Zionist Jew Klux Klan.Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Tahran-Iran.
May he rot in hell.
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Hamas lideri Haniye Tahran'da suikastla öldürüldü
Hamas lideri İsmail Haniye'nin, Tahran'da uğradığı suikast sonucu öldüğü duyuruldu. Haniye'nin öldürüldüğünü doğrulayan Hamas, "Korkakça bir eylem, cezasız kalmayacak" açıklamasını yaptı. İran Ulusal Güvenlik Konseyi ise üst düzey Devrim Muhafızları komutanları ile suikastı soruşturmak üzere...
Bella Hadid apologizes for ad campaign linked to deadly 1972 Munich Olympics
Author of the article:Washington Post
Washington Post
Frances Vinall, The Washington Post
Published Jul 30, 2024 • 2 minute read
Supermodel Bella Hadid apologized Monday for participating in an ad campaign for Adidas that was criticized by Israel, telling her more than 61 million followers she “would never have participated” if she had done more research.
Hadid had appeared in ads to promote the sportswear brand’s rerelease of its classic SL 72 sneaker, which first debuted to coincide with the 1972 Munich Olympics. Those Games were targeted by Palestinian attackers, resulting in the deaths of 11 Israelis and a German police officer.
The Israeli government’s X account slammed the brand for using Hadid, whose father is Palestinian and is an outspoken pro-Palestinian advocate, in the ads. In response, Adidas said it would revise the campaign.
.@Adidas recently launched a new campaign for their shoes to highlight the 1972 Munich Olympics.
Eleven Israelis were murdered by Palestinian terrorists during the Munich Olympics.
Guess who the face of their campaign is? Bella Hadid, a half-Palestinian model who has a history… pic.twitter.com/IgdGq2OLmd
— Israel ישראל (@Israel) July 18, 2024
In a statement posted to Instagram, Hadid said she was not aware of the shoe’s history. “I am shocked, I am upset, and I am disappointed in the lack of sensitivity that went into this campaign,” she said. Photos of the ads before the criticism show her and other models posing with flowers while wearing the Adidas shoes.
The furor was the latest example of a brand caught up in the heightened rhetoric around the conflict in the Middle East. Starbucks, Disney and McDonald’s are among the companies that have faced criticism. McDonald’s bought back its Israeli franchise in April after a global boycott was called in response to restaurants there offering free meals to soldiers.
“Connecting the liberation of the Palestinian people to an attack so tragic, is something that hurts my heart,” Hadid’s statement said, referring to the 1972 Munich attack. “Palestine is not synonymous with terrorism and this campaign unintentionally highlighted an event that does not represent who we are.”
“I will forever stand by my people of Palestine while continuing to advocate for a world free of antisemitism,” she added.
In its statement, also posted to Instagram, Adidas said it had “not meant” to make connections to the 1972 tragedy. It apologized to the celebrities photographed in the campaign and to “communities around the world.”
“We made an unintentional mistake,” the German brand added.
On Sept. 5, 1972, eight militants from the Black September group stormed the Olympic Village dorms in West Germany, demanding the release of more than 200 political prisoners. The militants killed two Israelis and took nine Israeli hostages, who were later killed.
Hadid and her sister Gigi, who are American with Dutch and Palestinian heritage, are two of the best-known of today’s supermodels. Both have been criticized by Israel at various times.
Hadid has previously made headlines for her pro-Palestinian statements, including wearing a dress that referenced the kaffiyeh, a Palestinian scarf, during the Cannes Film Festival this year; clashing online with Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir over restricting Palestinians’ movement in the West Bank last August; and attending pro-Palestinian rights protests since at least 2017.
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Author of the article:Washington Post
Washington Post
Frances Vinall, The Washington Post
Published Jul 30, 2024 • 2 minute read
Supermodel Bella Hadid apologized Monday for participating in an ad campaign for Adidas that was criticized by Israel, telling her more than 61 million followers she “would never have participated” if she had done more research.
Hadid had appeared in ads to promote the sportswear brand’s rerelease of its classic SL 72 sneaker, which first debuted to coincide with the 1972 Munich Olympics. Those Games were targeted by Palestinian attackers, resulting in the deaths of 11 Israelis and a German police officer.
The Israeli government’s X account slammed the brand for using Hadid, whose father is Palestinian and is an outspoken pro-Palestinian advocate, in the ads. In response, Adidas said it would revise the campaign.
.@Adidas recently launched a new campaign for their shoes to highlight the 1972 Munich Olympics.
Eleven Israelis were murdered by Palestinian terrorists during the Munich Olympics.
Guess who the face of their campaign is? Bella Hadid, a half-Palestinian model who has a history… pic.twitter.com/IgdGq2OLmd
— Israel ישראל (@Israel) July 18, 2024
In a statement posted to Instagram, Hadid said she was not aware of the shoe’s history. “I am shocked, I am upset, and I am disappointed in the lack of sensitivity that went into this campaign,” she said. Photos of the ads before the criticism show her and other models posing with flowers while wearing the Adidas shoes.
The furor was the latest example of a brand caught up in the heightened rhetoric around the conflict in the Middle East. Starbucks, Disney and McDonald’s are among the companies that have faced criticism. McDonald’s bought back its Israeli franchise in April after a global boycott was called in response to restaurants there offering free meals to soldiers.
“Connecting the liberation of the Palestinian people to an attack so tragic, is something that hurts my heart,” Hadid’s statement said, referring to the 1972 Munich attack. “Palestine is not synonymous with terrorism and this campaign unintentionally highlighted an event that does not represent who we are.”
“I will forever stand by my people of Palestine while continuing to advocate for a world free of antisemitism,” she added.
In its statement, also posted to Instagram, Adidas said it had “not meant” to make connections to the 1972 tragedy. It apologized to the celebrities photographed in the campaign and to “communities around the world.”
“We made an unintentional mistake,” the German brand added.
On Sept. 5, 1972, eight militants from the Black September group stormed the Olympic Village dorms in West Germany, demanding the release of more than 200 political prisoners. The militants killed two Israelis and took nine Israeli hostages, who were later killed.
Hadid and her sister Gigi, who are American with Dutch and Palestinian heritage, are two of the best-known of today’s supermodels. Both have been criticized by Israel at various times.
Hadid has previously made headlines for her pro-Palestinian statements, including wearing a dress that referenced the kaffiyeh, a Palestinian scarf, during the Cannes Film Festival this year; clashing online with Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir over restricting Palestinians’ movement in the West Bank last August; and attending pro-Palestinian rights protests since at least 2017.
Bella Hadid apologizes for ad campaign linked to deadly 1972 Munich Olympics
Bella Hadid apologized Monday for participating in an ad campaign for Adidas that was criticized by Israel.
If Israel wanted a wider war (if they did actually kill the guy; we'll assume yes), this was the way to get it.
But this brings up questions:
1. Why not assassinate the leaders of Hamas in Gaza (beyond ones already killed), the ones who actually DID Oct 7th? Considering this was in Tehran, it's not likely to have been with the usual overkill that Israel tends to throw at their targets but more the 'precise' killing that these things SHOULD be.
2. As head of the political arm, he was trying to 'broker peace'. If he wanted Peace, why continue being tied to Hamas?
3. He was a war criminal, labelled such by the ICC (an arrest warrant was requested). So does this mean Netanyahu, who was also requested for arrest by the same people at the same time, is a war criminal on equal standing?
4. Why of ALL places Iran? Why the HELL not wait until he was in Qatar?
Good that he's gone, even better for his war crimes. It's certainly a blow to Hamas and may the non-human pile of garbage rot in the hell he deserves.
But this throws a lot more "Bullshit" on Israel now too.
And after taking out a Hezbollah Commander - and 12 kids at the same time - in their OWN OCCUPIED TERRITORY is just further proof that Israel is killing people - the innocent and the guilty - without any consideration what so ever and even seem to be pushing for a further, broader war, which means it'd drag the US and other allies into it, which means Russia, China and Turkey would fall in with their allies.
Unless of course it's actually NOT their territory - or what they consider theirs - and then they're more 'careful'.
TL;DR
Good that he's dead. Israel - if they did this though - fucked things up more.
Qatar and Egypt, which have acted as mediators in ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas (not Israel and Palestine), suggested on Wednesday that the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh could jeopardise efforts to secure a truce in Gaza.
"It undercuts the strenuous efforts made by Egypt and its partners to stop the war in the Gaza Strip and put an end to the human suffering ofHamas the Palestinian people," it (Egypt's foreign ministry) added.
Qatar, Egypt and the United States have repeatedly tried to clinch a ceasefire between Israel and Iranian Proxy Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in Gaza, where Israeli forces have killed more than 39,000 Palestinians since Hamas-led militants attacked Israel in October, killing 1,200 people (& kidnapping another 250 to guarantee an Israeli reaction that we’re seeing to this day).
apple.news
Haniyeh had not been directly involved in the day-to-day Gaza ceasefire negotiations and was not leading the talks.
The senior Hamas figure who has been central throughout ceasefire and hostage release negotiations is Khalil Al-Hayya, an official briefed on the talks told Reuters previously.
"It undercuts the strenuous efforts made by Egypt and its partners to stop the war in the Gaza Strip and put an end to the human suffering of
Qatar, Egypt and the United States have repeatedly tried to clinch a ceasefire between Israel and Iranian Proxy Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in Gaza, where Israeli forces have killed more than 39,000 Palestinians since Hamas-led militants attacked Israel in October, killing 1,200 people (& kidnapping another 250 to guarantee an Israeli reaction that we’re seeing to this day).
Qatar and Egypt say assassinations damage Gaza truce chances — Reuters
Qatar and Egypt, which have acted as mediators in faltering ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas, suggested on Wednesday that the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh could further jeopardise efforts to secure a truce in Gaza.
The senior Hamas figure who has been central throughout ceasefire and hostage release negotiations is Khalil Al-Hayya, an official briefed on the talks told Reuters previously.
Israel's Far-right Has Expanded Its Repertoire of Political Violence. Who Will Stop Them?
Haaretz Editorial
Jul 31, 2024 12:41 am IDT
No matter how often Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tries to impose the lie of symmetry on reality by talking about the danger of political violence "from both sides," the lie won't become the truth. At Tuesday's cabinet meeting – with his usual irresponsibility, which has already become his trademark – he compared protesters' break-in to Israel Defense Forces bases, accompanied by Knesset members and backed by ministers, with the protests in Tel Aviv against the government's judicial coup.
Haaretz Editorial
Jul 31, 2024 12:41 am IDT
No matter how often Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tries to impose the lie of symmetry on reality by talking about the danger of political violence "from both sides," the lie won't become the truth. At Tuesday's cabinet meeting – with his usual irresponsibility, which has already become his trademark – he compared protesters' break-in to Israel Defense Forces bases, accompanied by Knesset members and backed by ministers, with the protests in Tel Aviv against the government's judicial coup.
Here’s a fun one. When you sit back and try and look at the bigger picture, Forest for the trees sorta thing…& assume that everybody has a propaganda agenda on a geopolitical scale…you start to notice subtle things…Almost subliminal until you realize what you’re seeing.
This headline reads, “West facing 'axis of upheaval' led by Russia, China, Iran and North Korea, new British Army chief warns”
…& immediately below it is a picture of the leaders of Russia, China,Iran Israel, and North Korea? Was that a mistake? Doubt it.
This headline reads, “West facing 'axis of upheaval' led by Russia, China, Iran and North Korea, new British Army chief warns”
…& immediately below it is a picture of the leaders of Russia, China,
