Irish politician Jen Whitmore speaks out on the #Kneecap furor:

"The criticism levelled at Belfast rap group Kneecap over their statements about Israel is a distraction from the issue at hand.

#Israel is committing a #genocide in #Gaza – any deflection from that fact is completely inappropriate."
https://mstdn.ca/@dbattistella/114422545123317594

#Ireland #Palestine #solidarity #witchhunt #zionism

“14,000 babies are about to die of starvation in Gaza, with food sent by the world sitting on the other side of a wall, and once again the #British establishment is focused on us.

“We deny this ‘offence’ and will vehemently defend ourselves, this is political policing, this is a carnival of distraction.

“We are not the story, genocide is, as they profit from genocide, they use an ‘anti-terror law’ against us for displaying a flag thrown on stage. A charge not serious enough to even warrant their crown court, instead a court that doesn’t have a jury. What’s the objective?

“To restrict our ability to travel. To prevent us speaking to young people across the world. To silence voices of compassion. To prosecute #artists who dare speak out.

“Instead of defending innocent people, or the principles of international law they claim to uphold, the powerful in Britain have abetted slaughter and famine in #Gaza, just as they did in Ireland for centuries. Then, like now, they claim justification.

“The #IDF units they arm and fly spy plane missions for are the real terrorists, the whole world can see it.”
https://www.europesays.com/uk/123494/
#UK #UKpol #UKcomplicity #zionism #hasbara #Hezbollah #Lebanon #PalestineSolidarity #Palestine

#Kneecap displayed a message stating: “#Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people,” and the words “Fuck Israel. Free Palestine”. Mo Chara, one of the group’s members, told the audience: “The #Palestinians have nowhere to go. It’s their fucking home and they’re bombing them from the skies. If you’re not calling it a genocide, what the fuck are you calling it?”
Within a week, Kneecap’s US booking agent had dropped them, Fox #News had likened the statements to “#Nazi #Germany”, a handful of summer shows had been cancelled.

And the “dead Tory” comments? “Why should I regret it? It was a joke – we’re playing characters, it’s satirical, it’s a fucking joke. “The point is, that [video] wasn’t an issue until we said ‘Free Palestine’ at Coachella. That stuff happened 18 months ago, and nobody batted an eyelid. Everybody agreed it was a fucking joke, even people that may have been in the room that didn’t agree – it’s a laugh, we’re all having a bit of craic. The point is, and the context is, it all [resurfaced] because of Coachella. That’s what we should be questioning, not whether I regret things.”
“The genocide in #Palestine is a big reason we’re getting such big crowds at our gigs, because we are willing to put that message out there,” says Ó hAnnaidh.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jun/27/kneecap-on-palestine-protest-and-their-satirical-intent

In 2025, Israeli forces accompanied by bulldozers demolished over 5,000 Palestinian homes in the territories occupied since 1948, a staggering 300% increase compared to previous years, according to Israeli Channel 12.

This sharp escalation reflects a deepening policy of forced displacement and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people, stripping thousands of families of their homes and advancing a systemic effort to erase Palestinian presence in these areas.

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Palestinian

Israeli occupation forces detonate a booby-trapped armored vehicle in Jabalia refugee Camp, in the northern Gaza Strip.

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza

📢 Two Palestinian men were wounded by Israeli gunfire early Thursday morning in the village of Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, south of #nablus #westbank

🔹 Head of the Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya village council, Yaqoub Awais: One of them was in critical condition, the second wounded young man was taken to Salfit Hospital after being shot four times while trying to rescue the first - his condition is stable 🙌🏽

#cisjordanie #palestine #news

📰 Report WAFA JAN-01 09:30 local-t

https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/165801

Report: Somali president says Israel's recognition of the breakaway region, Somaliland, is about "Israel’s plans to forcibly displace Palestinians from Gaza."

Reportedly, in exchange for Israeli recognition, Somaliland has agreed to:

* resettle Palestinians;

* an Israeli military base on the Gulf of Aden;

* join the Abraham Accords. 

No other country in the world has recognised Somaliland in three decades.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/31/israels-recognition-of-somaliland-strange-unexpected-somali-president

#USPol #Press #Europol #press #palestine @palestine .

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The Palestinian Center for Prisoners’ Defense says nearly 9,300 Palestinian detainees are held in Israeli prisons as of the end of 2025, including thousands from Gaza detained in unlawful military camps. The center reports a sharp increase in administrative detention, with around 3,350 Palestinians held without charge or trial.

The report also notes that 350 children and 51 women are currently imprisoned under harsh conditions, while 31 detainees were killed over the past year due to torture and deliberate medical neglect, amid a severe deterioration in detention conditions.

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Palestinian

Breaking | Hamas says reports in Israeli media about plans by the occupation government to revoke operating licenses of dozens of international aid organizations in the West Bank and Gaza represent a dangerous escalation and blatant disregard for the international community and the humanitarian system.

The movement warns that the occupation is seeking to politicize humanitarian work and turn it into a tool of pressure against the Palestinian people, who are facing a humanitarian catastrophe caused by the occupation, particularly in Gaza.

Hamas calls on the international community, the United Nations, and international human rights and humanitarian organizations to take urgent action to condemn this policy and pressure the occupation government and Prime Minister Netanyahu to reverse it.

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Netanyahu #Hamas #WestBank #Palestinian