Ambrose Andrews @znalo@librem.one

South Africa’s Massive New Genocide case against Israel at ICJ: “The Problem is, We have too Much Evidence” http://dlvr.it/TFztS5

#ClimateDiary Everything is fine, everything is normal. Ignore, ignore, ignore.

Scores feared dead after torrential rain and floods in Spain. Officials say at least 51 people have died in south and east of country but death toll is expected to rise.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/30/spain-floods-torrential-rain-deaths?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Yesterday, Samidoun was labelled a "terrorist organization" by the United States and Canada, adding to previous designations by Israel and Germany. The U.S. claims Samidoun is a "front organization" and a "sham charity" for the PFLP. For it's part, Samidoun claims it has no material or organizational links to any group listed by the U.S. as a "terrorist organization," including the PFLP.

I disagree with Samidoun on a lot of things. I do not share their political vision. But concern for this act by the U.S. extends beyond political disagreements. In no way can Samidoun be understood as a "terrorist organization." The extent of their work is posting statements, organizing public educational and political events, and pushing online action campaigns.

For years, they have done crucial work lifting up the cause of Palestinian prisoners held by both Israel and the Palestinian Authority, often when few others have been doing so. This designation is nothing more than an attempt to silence at outspoken, pro-Palestine voice in the midst of a genocide being facilitated by the U.S. One may not like all that they say, but that is not the point. That they have come for Samidoun means that they can come for any pro-Palestine organization, any community group, any student group, etc. As such, this move must be vociferously denounced.

At least 411 Palestinian organizations are labelled by Israel as "unlawful" or as "terrorist organizations." The U.S. often uncritically adopts such framings. Palestine is, by its existence under settler colonialism, ethnic cleansing, apartheid, and genocide, a politicized society. Any political expression by Palestinians is deemed "terrorism" by Israel. To act in principled solidarity with the struggle for Palestinian liberation is to be guided by Palestinian visions for liberation, such as those embodied in the BDS call of 2005, signed by 170 Palestinian civil society organizations - some of whom are labelled as "terrorist."

According to such logic, groups working in solidarity with those being genocided can be classified as "terrorist organizations" by the ones conducting and enabling the genocide. We cannot let such moves frighten us or silence us, as is certainly the intent. If their laws make solidarity illegal, then it should be an honor to be a criminal.

@palestine #Palestine #Israel #Gaza #Samidoun #USA #USpol

One of the largest US organizers of pro-Palestinian protests, Samidoun, has just been labeled a terrorist organization. 🤦🏿

"In the US, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced the sanctions, while the Canadian governmenthas listed Samidoun as a “terrorist entity” under its criminal code."

https://samidoun.net/2024/10/we-keep-resisting-us-and-canada-sanction-samidoun/

#FreePalestine #Canada #USPol #Samidoun

I honestly don't really have a whole lot to add here except that the idea Netanyahu might skate for genocide and crimes against humanity because he killed all three Hamas guys the ICC wanted to charge for balance is a level of morally relativistic repugnance even someone as grimly cynical as myself would have a hard time predicting.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/icc-arrest-warrants-israel

ICC Will Withdraw War Crimes Charges If Sinwar Confirmed Dead. Also: Netanyahu Still Alive

"In an opinion piece published earlier this week by Al Jazeera, former United Nations official Moncef Khane wrote that "the ICC's credibility is hanging by a thread."

"It took Khan no less than seven months to recommend to the court's pre-trial chamber the issuance of warrants of arrest for Netanyahu and Gallant, notwithstanding a rather formidable amount of evidence of their personal responsibility in the war crimes perpetrated in Gaza," he noted.

"Now that he has done his duty, it is for the three sitting judges of the pre-trial chamber to decide whether to issue the warrants or not," Khane added. "The glaring and extraordinary amount of evidence of war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and crime of aggression is such that were they to abscond from their responsibility, they would ring the death knell of the ICC."

In a word? Yep. Like you gotta be fucking kidding me right? I have no idea how this story ends, but if this bullshit walks the ICC is finished and might as well disband. It's not like they're materially effective anyway, but if even symbolic justice is a bridge too far because we don't want to appear to be singling out Israel, even when the nation is lead by a genocidal crook fascist ordering murders every day, then the organization serves no purpose whatsoever.

#Imperialism #Genocide #Israel #Gaza #Lebanon #ICC #Justice #Fascism

An ongoing Zionist pressure campaign against Australian universities has resulted in government recommendations for an investigation. The resulting inquiry will put academia under constant political scrutiny in defense of Zionism.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/10/australia-is-dismantling-academic-freedom-in-defense-of-zionism/

#Palestine #Israel #Gaza
@palestine @israel

The attack on Samidoun is an attack on the entire anti-imperialist movement, and marks the beginning of a wave of broader criminalization and repression of pro-resistance speech.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/10/we-are-all-samidoun/

#Palestine #Israel #Gaza
@palestine @israel

I've got a couple of essays / analytical pieces / advertising spiels in the works on beautifully imperfect data.

Here's a sneak peek for the first story - using point cloud structural analysis to ID ridges in sea ice. I talked about parts of this at ESA's #LPS22, the idea goes way back to 2007 or so - patchy / lack of ongoing work in research makes progress... slow. More soon!

#arctic #seaice #dronemapping

"For Palestinians, humanisation has indeed been conditional—tied to their ability to fit Western narratives, whether through language, media portrayals or appeals to shared values that the Global North deems acceptable. A striking example is Bisan Owada’s series for AJ+, where she documents her daily life under Israel’s bombardment, often having to convey her story in ways that resonate with Western audiences"

#Arabs #Palestine

Can the West ever Humanize the Arabs?
https://www.juancole.com/2024/10/west-humanize-arabs.html

First issue of the @theonion arrived. I think it's the first newspaper I've held in years. 🤣 It's the August issue but hey I live in Australia so nothing gets here fast.

Folks, IANA have not said anything about .io, and until they do - don't believe anything that tries to make any bold claims.

".io is going away" - not until the actual authority who can make that decision says so, and so far they've said *nothing*.

'A concerted mobilisation campaign spanning several weeks saw thousands of people calling for the South African government to comprehensively isolate Israel through the implementation of an Apartheid Convention Bill.' https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/news/calls-for-israel-boycott-intensify-3db7b155-71e6-45b2-9cf3-043811c3f653 #BDS #Israel

So far in #debphoshfund our efforts were in identifying priority areas for mobile gnu/linux.

Now we are moving to the next stage, contacting maintainers of specific projects and setting up a bounty / targeted fund raising.

Our first such project is make @organicmaps adaptive / responsive on mobile screen.

Currently gnu/linux frontend is different from android and ios. It is using QT but not yet using kirigami or other options smaller screens.

https://github.com/orgs/organicmaps/discussions/4408#discussioncomment-10835771

#osm #debian #mobian

Universities only do this when they're very distressed!