Palestine

A song by a Palestinian about how the west created the apartheid and genocide in Palestine. I cried after watching this. Check out the rest of his songs, they are really good.

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/4938413

The BDS campaign against Microsoft is working.

Still F*** him btw.

I haven't been able to find many public opinion polls in Palestine & so I've kept an eye on these for a while. The questions are pretty comprehensive. Imo the highlights:

• 81% want Mahmoud Abbas to resign (this is pretty much unchanged).
• 77% oppose the disarmament of Hamas in order to stop the war (85% oppose in the West Bank, compared to 64% in the Gaza Strip).
• 46% support forming a national unity government, 34% support immediate reconciliation and unification of the West Bank and Gaza, and 16% support the PA to lead a humanitarian effort to Gaza.
• Hamas is still the most popular faction in Palestine, although their popularity has declined (mainly in the West Bank). 57% support Hamas compared to 24% for Fatah, & 23% Fatah.
• Yemen is by far the most supported regional actor, with 74% satisfied with their support.
• Armed struggle still remains the most popular solution to the conflict, with 41% supporting it, compared to 33% for negotiation & 20% supporting peaceful popular resistance.

There's a lot more than just these, I just figured I'd post a few that caught my eye. There are historical comparisons in this poll as well (3 polls were conducted last year).

One thing I find interesting is the difference between opinions in the West Bank vs. the Gaza Strip. There is a noticeable difference in their opinions on most issues, which makes sense considering their conditions are very different.

I'm also curious what other people think.

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/7860458

Hamas has released American-Israeli soldier Edan Alexander. He is en route to Ream in southern Israel, where his mother is waiting for him. His release comes after direct talks between Hamas and the US. The Palestinian group says the US citizen was released “a short while ago following contacts with the US administration”. “This comes as part of the efforts being made by mediators to achieve a ceasefire, open the crossings, and allow aid and relief to reach our people in the Gaza Strip,” it said in a statement. Hamas also urged the US administration “to continue its efforts to end this brutal war waged by the war criminal Netanyahu against children, women, and defenceless civilians in the Gaza Strip”.

https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueAnon/comments/1ki1cie/the_israeli_terrorist_who_murdered/

Please donate to this Palestinian’s appeal. Thank you.

I'm not the biggest fan of BE, i think his online persona can be grating at times, and his takes on China are very half-baked and borderline ignorant, but on this issue he is 100% right. Everyone needs to hear this. If you invite liberal Zionists and Zionist apologist socdem politicians on your stream and don't call them out as the supporters and enablers of genocide that they are, you don't get to call yourself "pro-Palestinian".

Also included on the BDS list are:

• Reebok
• Carrefour
• AXA
• Siemens
• Sodastream
• Teva
• Booking.com
• WiX

I was surprised at how difficult it was to find an up-to-date list of all the targets of the BDS Boycott. The pinned post on the official bds movement Instagram is now outdated. And searching for the list leads to outdated links and apps that don't direct you towards a clear and concise list. More companies have been added to the list. Reebok and Microsoft (which own Xbox) are now boycott targets. Please remember that the BDS boycott works due to it targeting a handful of companies. It is up to you whether you want to target those not on the list.

Let me know if I have missed a company and I will be sure to edit this post and add them to the list.