Israeli Human Rights Lawyer Attacked While Documenting Settler Raid on Gaza Aid Convoy
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Published 2024-05-16
Aid agencies are running out of food in southern Gaza amid Israel’s ongoing offensive in Rafah and the shutdown of the two main border crossings in the south. Some 1.1 million Palestinians are on the brink of starvation, according to the United Nations, while a “full-blown famine” is taking place in the north. Meanwhile, some Israelis have been blocking aid from reaching the Gaza border, including a violent attack on trucks carrying humanitarian relief through the occupied West Bank earlier this week, when settlers threw food packages on the ground and set fire to the vehicles at the Tarqumiyah checkpoint near Hebron. “They did whatever they want,” says Israeli lawyer and peace activist Sapir Sluzker Amran, who documented the attack on the aid convoy. She says Israeli soldiers appeared to be working with the settlers, refusing to intervene. “They were just standing aside like there is nothing that they can do, like it’s normal, what’s happening.”
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All Comments (21)
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This is horrific, how can anyone sink so low? No heart, no soul, what a downright atrocity.
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A fascist state, plain as day. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
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This is what the so called “Chosen people of God” have been up to for 75 years.
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This angers me to action.. Free Palestine from these Nazis
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These people have lost their humanity. This pain and hatred has consumed them. We will not forget.
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Call it what it is Terrorism, there are children in between them, not just adults, this is a SYSTEMATIC issue of an entire civilization, not one two fringe individuals.
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This is the most inhumane thing!!! People are starving to death!!!
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These are some very sick people
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“We are very concerned over this. We will be discussing this with our Israeli counterparts in the region“ Is anyone else tired and sick and nauseated from hearing these same talking points over and over and over and over and over???
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This woman they interviewed should fear for her life. it takes a lot of strength to go against the current
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Thank you to this brave woman for speaking truth.
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If they don't have any humanity left, are they still human?. Calling zoinist animal is an insult to animal.
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Seeing the Israelis for who they really are. What a disgrace!
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Evil people destroy foods for needy and they call their victims animals? World see who are human animals now.
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Am I seeing human tossing the food? Are they human being? My god!
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1947 political definitions SETTLERS = THIEVES!
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Ashamed of nothing and offended by everything. PURE EVIL❗🇮🇱
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Pure evil
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These people have lost their humanity.
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This is a disgusting lack of humanity. This absolutely does not represent the entire sentiment of all Israelis who also want the war to stop now and for the hostages to be returned. This is so out of hand thanks to Netanyahu and the far right.
