retired healthcare IT programmer/analyst, supporter of Palestine, Cuban Revolution, women's rights, FOSS, Linux, Black Lives Matter. Live in Michigan, USA
Massachusetts Church Keeps Anti-ICE Nativity Scene, Defying Diocese Leaders
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/40091546
The Christmas display, which replaces Jesus, Mary and Joseph with a sign saying “ICE Was Here,” has drawn criticism from Catholic leaders and immigration officials.
Dec. 8, 2025
"This latest action represents a blatant disregard of Israel’s obligation as a United Nations member state to protect and respect the inviolability of UN premises," said UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/40061691
Dec 08, 2025
In late 2024, Israeli lawmakers approved a ban on UNRWA in Israel over disproven allegations that some of its staffers were Hamas members who took part in the October 7, 2023 attack. Those accusations led to numerous nations suspending financial support for UNRWA, although most of the countries have since restored funding. Israel has also sought to ban UNRWA from Gaza since early 2024.
Israeli forces have killed more than 370 UNRWA staff members since October 2023 and destroyed or damaged over 300 of the agency’s facilities in Gaza. Lazzarini and others have also accused Israeli forces of torturing UNRWA staffers in a bid to force false confessions of Hamas involvement.
"This latest action represents a blatant disregard of Israel’s obligation as a United Nations member state to protect and respect the inviolability of UN premises," said UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/40061691
Dec 08, 2025
In late 2024, Israeli lawmakers approved a ban on UNRWA in Israel over disproven allegations that some of its staffers were Hamas members who took part in the October 7, 2023 attack. Those accusations led to numerous nations suspending financial support for UNRWA, although most of the countries have since restored funding. Israel has also sought to ban UNRWA from Gaza since early 2024.
Israeli forces have killed more than 370 UNRWA staff members since October 2023 and destroyed or damaged over 300 of the agency’s facilities in Gaza. Lazzarini and others have also accused Israeli forces of torturing UNRWA staffers in a bid to force false confessions of Hamas involvement.
"This latest action represents a blatant disregard of Israel’s obligation as a United Nations member state to protect and respect the inviolability of UN premises," said UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini.
Dec 08, 2025
In late 2024, Israeli lawmakers approved a ban on UNRWA in Israel over disproven allegations that some of its staffers were Hamas members who took part in the October 7, 2023 attack. Those accusations led to numerous nations suspending financial support for UNRWA, although most of the countries have since restored funding. Israel has also sought to ban UNRWA from Gaza since early 2024.
Israeli forces have killed more than 370 UNRWA staff members since October 2023 and destroyed or damaged over 300 of the agency’s facilities in Gaza. Lazzarini and others have also accused Israeli forces of torturing UNRWA staffers in a bid to force false confessions of Hamas involvement.
Public Defender’s Office says detainees continue to be abused and starved despite court orders to improve conditions
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/40060343
By MEE staff Published date: 4 Dec 2025 15:06 GMT
It found that the Israel Prison Service (IPS) introduced a separate, sparse menu for “security prisoners”, which is used to describe mostly Palestinian prisoners, leaving many malnourished.
Released prisoners told media outlets and rights groups that meals sometimes consisted of a tiny portion of undercooked rice shared between several inmates for an entire day, while others went days without food.
The report described the resulting hunger as “severe, manifested in extreme weight loss and associated physical symptoms, including extreme weakness and fainting”.
Public Defender’s Office says detainees continue to be abused and starved despite court orders to improve conditions
By MEE staff Published date: 4 Dec 2025 15:06 GMT
It found that the Israel Prison Service (IPS) introduced a separate, sparse menu for “security prisoners”, which is used to describe mostly Palestinian prisoners, leaving many malnourished.
Released prisoners told media outlets and rights groups that meals sometimes consisted of a tiny portion of undercooked rice shared between several inmates for an entire day, while others went days without food.
The report described the resulting hunger as “severe, manifested in extreme weight loss and associated physical symptoms, including extreme weakness and fainting”.
Sometimes I feel like the world is more afraid of me as a Palestinian refugee than it is afraid of the genocide and wars that create refugees in the first place
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/40059752
Dec. 6, 2025
Since I left Gaza in November 2023, my life has been defined by visa rejections and endless hours waiting in airport lines. I watch people behind the counters staring at my Palestinian passport with confusion, often having to “call for help” just to process it.
I’ve learned to explain the details automatically: “My name is Plestia, Rana is my mother’s name. Yes, on Palestinian passports, we include our mother’s name.” One rejection after the other; I am stuck in Gaza, I am stuck outside. Where are #Palestinians supposed to go? We are pushed out of our own land, then met with locked doors everywhere else.
Sometimes I feel like the world is more afraid of me as a Palestinian refugee than it is afraid of the genocide and wars that create refugees in the first place
Dec. 6, 2025
Since I left Gaza in November 2023, my life has been defined by visa rejections and endless hours waiting in airport lines. I watch people behind the counters staring at my Palestinian passport with confusion, often having to “call for help” just to process it.
I’ve learned to explain the details automatically: “My name is Plestia, Rana is my mother’s name. Yes, on Palestinian passports, we include our mother’s name.” One rejection after the other; I am stuck in Gaza, I am stuck outside. Where are #Palestinians supposed to go? We are pushed out of our own land, then met with locked doors everywhere else.
Drop Site Daily: December 8, 2025
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/40050986
*Israel kills seven Palestinians in attacks on Saturday. A humanitarian aid coordinator tells Drop Site the ceasefire masks a “catastrophic reality” on the ground in Gaza. Israeli police raid UNRWA compound in Jerusalem. In Doha, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa responds to questions about his militant past; diplomats discuss the International Stabilization Force and reproach Israel for its ceasefire violations; Saudi Arabia is the lone voice in support of disarmament. A secret meeting between Qatar, Israel, and the U.S. The White House wants more economic and diplomatic meetings between Israel and its neighbors. The FBI is making a list of “extremists.” Rep. Adelita Grijalva pepper-sprayed by ICE. Mass rapes and spiking malnutrition reported in Sudan. LIBRE alleges fraud in Honduras and calls for new elections. A major rally in support of Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum draws 600,000 people. Fighting between Thailand and Cambo
Drop Site Daily: December 8, 2025
*Israel kills seven Palestinians in attacks on Saturday. A humanitarian aid coordinator tells Drop Site the ceasefire masks a “catastrophic reality” on the ground in Gaza. Israeli police raid UNRWA compound in Jerusalem. In Doha, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa responds to questions about his militant past; diplomats discuss the International Stabilization Force and reproach Israel for its ceasefire violations; Saudi Arabia is the lone voice in support of disarmament. A secret meeting between Qatar, Israel, and the U.S. The White House wants more economic and diplomatic meetings between Israel and its neighbors. The FBI is making a list of “extremists.” Rep. Adelita Grijalva pepper-sprayed by ICE. Mass rapes and spiking malnutrition reported in Sudan. LIBRE alleges fraud in Honduras and calls for new elections. A major rally in support of Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum draws 600,000 people. Fighting between Thailand and Cambodia renewed. Coup in Benin foiled. U.S. Senate to vote
A Weakened Hamas Still Dominates Gaza, Building Day by Day
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/40050390
A cease-fire after two years of war with Israel has allowed Hamas to tighten its grip on power again. “It’s still standing,” one Israeli official said.
from New York Times
Dec. 8, 2025
[Bias alert - NYT usually favors Israel]Over two years of war, top Hamas commanders and thousands of fighters have been killed, and the group’s arsenal has been severely depleted. It now controls less than half of the territory in Gaza, with the rest occupied by Israel.
Yet Hamas has managed to reassert its power in Gaza, according to Israeli security officials and an Arab intelligence official.
This swift regrouping presents a formidable obstacle to the Trump administration’s plan to reconstruct a Gaza free of Hamas. [yes!]
A Weakened Hamas Still Dominates Gaza, Building Day by Day
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/40050390
A cease-fire after two years of war with Israel has allowed Hamas to tighten its grip on power again. “It’s still standing,” one Israeli official said.
from New York Times
Dec. 8, 2025
[Bias alert - NYT usually favors Israel]Over two years of war, top Hamas commanders and thousands of fighters have been killed, and the group’s arsenal has been severely depleted. It now controls less than half of the territory in Gaza, with the rest occupied by Israel.
Yet Hamas has managed to reassert its power in Gaza, according to Israeli security officials and an Arab intelligence official.
This swift regrouping presents a formidable obstacle to the Trump administration’s plan to reconstruct a Gaza free of Hamas. [yes!]
A Weakened Hamas Still Dominates Gaza, Building Day by Day
A cease-fire after two years of war with Israel has allowed Hamas to tighten its grip on power again. “It’s still standing,” one Israeli official said.
from New York Times
Dec. 8, 2025
[Bias alert - NYT usually favors Israel]
Over two years of war, top Hamas commanders and thousands of fighters have been killed, and the group’s arsenal has been severely depleted. It now controls less than half of the territory in Gaza, with the rest occupied by Israel.
Yet Hamas has managed to reassert its power in Gaza, according to Israeli security officials and an Arab intelligence official.
This swift regrouping presents a formidable obstacle to the Trump administration’s plan to reconstruct a Gaza free of Hamas. [yes!]
Today I will create a crude little video using my phone with the announcement along with a screenshot. That should do it. Thanks for the ideas. :-)
I post videos that are already created elsewhere, so I haven't created one except for ones I've taken with a phone camera.
Thanks, sounds like a good idea. I created a single PNG with the announcement and then tried to convert that to a webm using 3 various suggestions I found online, all involving ffmpeg. All failed. Any suggestions?
Murray: ICE dog attack on WA man ‘should shock the conscience’
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/40006019
from Seattle Times
Dec. 6, 2025U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., is calling for the immediate release of a Clark County man whose attorneys say was mauled by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement dog despite not resisting arrest.
Undercover immigration officials detained Wilmer Toledo-Martinez, of Vancouver, Wash., outside his home on Nov. 14. An ICE agent pretended to be a construction worker, claiming he had hit Toledo-Martinez’s vehicle and needed to exchange insurance, luring the family out of their home, according to the senator.
Another agent was waiting for Toledo-Martinez outside, releasing a dog that then mauled him, according to his attorney. As of Saturday, Toledo-Martinez, was being held at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma.
The West Bank is in crisis as Israel expands its genocide and extremist settler violence reaches record highs.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/39990892
from The Wire [online publication of Jewish Voice For Peace JVP in USA]
In North Carolina, Michigan, and Minnesota, local campaigns have notched divestment wins totaling more than $27 million.
Across the country, JVP chapters and our partners are organizing to demand their state and municipal fund managers divest from Israel Bonds — essentially investments in Israeli genocide and apartheid — and invest instead in the well-being of our communities.
This organizing targets the engine enabling Israel's violence against Palestinians: material support from our own institutions in the U.S. And the momentum is growing...
Also:
- Defend anti-Zionist students.
- Plug in locally.
- Join Power Half-Hour.
The West Bank is in crisis as Israel expands its genocide and extremist settler violence reaches record highs.
from The Wire [online publication of Jewish Voice For Peace JVP in USA]
In North Carolina, Michigan, and Minnesota, local campaigns have notched divestment wins totaling more than $27 million.
Across the country, JVP chapters and our partners are organizing to demand their state and municipal fund managers divest from Israel Bonds — essentially investments in Israeli genocide and apartheid — and invest instead in the well-being of our communities.
This organizing targets the engine enabling Israel's violence against Palestinians: material support from our own institutions in the U.S. And the momentum is growing...
Also:
- Defend anti-Zionist students.
- Plug in locally.
- Join Power Half-Hour.
How do I notify followers/subscribers to a PeerTube channel?
I created a video channel on a PeerTube server, but its service quality is poor, so I have migrated everything to another server. The first server' channel is still open, but I have a migration notice on the channel's home page.
The problem is that I have 8 followers on the old server whom I would like to notify directly. How can I do that using my PeerTube handle?
I tried to follow my PeerTube account from my Mastodon account, but it shows "Pending" in Mastodon. When I go to my PeerTube account, I don't see any place for messages, requests, etc.
Any documention or suggestions for me to look at? Thanks.
The hidden list of jewish terrorists Israel’s far right wants to free
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/39990149
from +972’s Sunday Recap
972 Magazine [published in Israel]
Dec 7, 2025In the wake of the Gaza ceasefire, far-right Israeli ministers and activists are pushing to release dozens of Jewish prisoners, including murderers, who attacked Palestinians. Sivan Tahel revealed several Jewish terrorists on this hidden list, as the state refuses to disclose their identities.
Also:
- Legislating apartheid: How Israel entrenched unequal rule during Gaza war
- Netanyahu’s veiled threat to outlaw Ra’am is a message to all Palestinian citizens
- The billionaire family poised to rewire U.S. media in Israel’s favor
- PODCAST: Uncovering the inner workings of an AI genocide
The hidden list of jewish terrorists Israel’s far right wants to free
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/39990149
from +972’s Sunday Recap
972 Magazine [published in Israel]
Dec 7, 2025In the wake of the Gaza ceasefire, far-right Israeli ministers and activists are pushing to release dozens of Jewish prisoners, including murderers, who attacked Palestinians. Sivan Tahel revealed several Jewish terrorists on this hidden list, as the state refuses to disclose their identities.
Also:
- Legislating apartheid: How Israel entrenched unequal rule during Gaza war
- Netanyahu’s veiled threat to outlaw Ra’am is a message to all Palestinian citizens
- The billionaire family poised to rewire U.S. media in Israel’s favor
- PODCAST: Uncovering the inner workings of an AI genocide
The hidden list of jewish terrorists Israel’s far right wants to free
from +972’s Sunday Recap
972 Magazine [published in Israel]
Dec 7, 2025
In the wake of the Gaza ceasefire, far-right Israeli ministers and activists are pushing to release dozens of Jewish prisoners, including murderers, who attacked Palestinians. Sivan Tahel revealed several Jewish terrorists on this hidden list, as the state refuses to disclose their identities.
Also:
- Legislating apartheid: How Israel entrenched unequal rule during Gaza war
- Netanyahu’s veiled threat to outlaw Ra’am is a message to all Palestinian citizens
- The billionaire family poised to rewire U.S. media in Israel’s favor
- PODCAST: Uncovering the inner workings of an AI genocide
Thanks. I thought I had a valid archive, but I clearly didn't.
Thanks for responding. Could you send a screenshot of how and where you get to that? I have explored quite a bit and haven't found that. Thanks.
Reuters has begun a paywall, and I didn't know if a direct link would encounter issues for the readers.
What specifically are you talking about? The people mentioned in the article are true right-wing Jew-haters, not defenders of Palestine. And the publication has a consistent record of anti-Zionism.
Did you try the archive link in the comment section? It should be working.
I've been reading a lot of articles from 972, and I don't see evidence of that. Do they explicitly call for the destruction of the Zionist state? No, but that doesn't make 972 a liberal Zionist rag. (In fact, their latest issue explicitly takes on liberal Israelis on the Gaza genocide.)
If you have some examples where they took bad positions on something concrete, please send them to me. I could be wrong.
Ilana Glazer happens to be in the center of the photo.
Yes, but there was an archive link below.
You're welcome, thanks for letting me know!
I don't understand your logic here. Clearly, the kid had problems that were not caused by ChatGPT. And his suicidal thoughts were not started by ChatGPT. But OpenAI acknowledged that the longer the engagement continues the more likely that ChatGPT will go off the rails. Which is what happened here. At first, ChatGPT was giving the standard correct advice about suicide lines, etc. Then it started getting darker, where it was telling the kid to not let his mother know how he was feeling. Then it progressed to actual suicide coaching. So I don't think the analogy to videogames is correct here.
That was not my headline, it was the publication's headline, which was quoting from the Israeli officer. Yes, I didn't like it either, so I just removed it from the main headline and replaced it with the one from Haaretz. I can't fix the subheadline.
You're welcome, thanks for letting me know!
Well, thank you for writing that! I really appreciate you taking the time! And I'm glad that you like them. :-)