Al_Sham [she/her]

Here for the people who investigate

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Cake day: December 14th, 2023
  • Al_Sham [she/her]@hexbear.nettonews@hexbear.net•Bulletins and News Discussion from November 11th to November 17th, 2024 - Chapo? Like, the President-elect of Mozambique? - COTW: MozambiqueEnglish
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    13 hours ago

    But all this stuff is phrased in the most intimidating way possible for regular people, like: “Using our bleeding-edge cyberintelligence capabilities and intelligence gathering using top artificial intelligence algorithms…” so they’re just like, well fuck, Palestinian opposition is hopeless I guess, when it’s demonstrably not

    I think about this every day. I am quite sure that almost nowhere on earth is subjected to a more comprehensive aerial and sigint surveillance campaign than the tiny area that is South Lebanon at this moment. NATO is running AWACS 24/7 off the coast. And yet, the fighters are able to operate and carry out successful operations. Hiding in the mountains and foothills and delivering death to the child-killing occupation army.

    All the tech in the world and the gluttonous imperialists still get dunked on daily.

  • Al_Sham [she/her]@hexbear.nettonews@hexbear.net•Bulletins and News Discussion from November 11th to November 17th, 2024 - Chapo? Like, the President-elect of Mozambique? - COTW: MozambiqueEnglish
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    15 hours ago

    The Cradle article about “Israel’s weird abduction of a Lebanese sea captain” where German peacekeepers assisted in the crime.

    It brings up some important history of previous incidences:

    Tel Aviv’s use of such covert raids is nothing new. In April this year, an Israeli death squad infiltrated Lebanon to target a currency exchanger, Hussein Srour, who they accused of transferring funds from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) into Gaza. The squad lured Srour to a villa in Beit Mery, Mount Lebanon, where they kidnapped, tortured, interrogated, and ultimately executed him – all while recording the gruesome act for their superiors in Israel.

    In 2006, during Israel’s month-long July war on Lebanon, occupation forces raided Baalbek and thought they had captured the late Hezbollah secretary general Hassan Nasrallah, only to discover it was a case of mistaken identity. Instead, the Israelis discovered they had apprehended a plasterer sharing the same name in a failed operation that quickly became the subject of ridicule. They released him soon after.

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    The Israeli Mossad has also carried out kidnappings beyond Lebanon’s borders. In October 2021, they abducted a retired IRGC officer in Damascus, seizing him while he was strolling near the Iranian embassy in the Syrian capital. He was transported to Tel Aviv for interrogation and later released in South Africa.

    At the time, Mossad was actively seeking information on missing Israeli pilot Ron Arad, whose plane was shot down over Lebanon in 1986. Then-Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett later admitted that the Syrian abduction operation had yielded no new information, though the Iranian general was suspected of holding crucial knowledge.

    In yet another shadowy episode, Israeli intelligence operatives kidnapped a Lebanese agricultural engineer in Cambodia, suspecting him of having ties to Hezbollah. Again, after intense and clearly fruitless interrogations, he was eventually released in Thailand.

  • Al_Sham [she/her]@hexbear.nettonews@hexbear.net•Bulletins and News Discussion from November 11th to November 17th, 2024 - Chapo? Like, the President-elect of Mozambique? - COTW: MozambiqueEnglish
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    2 days ago

    The Weaponization of Humanitarian Aid in Gaza: A Strategic Tool of Subjugation and Chaos

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    Aid trucks entering Gaza have become instruments of manipulation and exploitation, shaping a new social and security reality under the control of the occupying forces. Recently, the occupation army has been intentionally targeting local and tribal security forces tasked with protecting these aid trucks from looting. Over the past two months, airstrikes have repeatedly hit security personnel from the “Popular Committees” as they waited for aid trucks to ensure they reached international organization warehouses safely. With dozens of security members martyred in these attacks, the occupying forces have effectively given organized gangs free rein to loot whatever they can from the aid trucks. This supports a misleading narrative that makes it seem as though “Israel” permits aid to flow into northern Gaza, while in reality, the aid often does not reach the warehouses meant for distribution, leading instead to the worsening of internal chaos and violent conflicts over the aid.

    In central and southern Gaza, the aid trucks have sparked the rise of “family mafias” that play a dangerous role. According to local sources speaking to Al-Akhbar, certain powerful families block commercial and aid trucks, and demand large sums of money from the drivers to allow them safe passage. Those who refuse are looted. The sources indicate that this began with isolated incidents of theft but has since escalated into organized, armed family gangs, operating near “Israeli” military positions. Suspiciously, these gangs are never confronted by the occupation forces.

    In this context, a report published by the Hebrew newspaper Haaretz revealed collusion between the occupation army and gangs in Gaza involved in looting humanitarian aid. The report stated that “the occupation army allows gangs in the southern Gaza Strip to take control of aid, loot it, and collect extortion fees to allow its passage.” The newspaper noted that “the thefts and looting occur just hundreds of meters from the occupation army, right under the watch of its forces,” quoting an official from an international organization who confirmed “seeing a gang member armed with a Kalashnikov standing close to an Israeli tank in southern Gaza.” According to Haaretz, the occupation army forces truck drivers to use routes it knows are blocked by these gangs. Furthermore, the coordinator of government activities in the territories advised international organizations to work with intermediaries who could liaise with these gangs and pay extortion fees to secure the delivery of aid.

    The Al-Dameer Human Rights Foundation described this as an “Israeli tactic.” Its director, Alaa Al-Saqafi, asserted that the occupation forces are “colluding with armed gangs to facilitate the looting of aid trucks that are permitted entry,” adding that “the army deliberately targets police and security forces to spread chaos, perpetuating hunger and preventing aid from reaching those in need.”