Due to the severity of the situation and the fast flowing news cycle, we have decided to create a general megathread for discussion regarding the conflict.
Informal/Satirical news sources are not allowed on the main feed of the community but you are free to post them in this thread.
Please remember that all community and instance rules apply to this thread hence keep is civil.
I am going to use this thread to share a plethora of related links that should share insight on the nature of this conflict.
Articles
Burying the Nakba: How Israel Systematically Hides Evidence of 1948 Expulsion of Arabs
Classified Docs Reveal Massacres of Palestinians in '48 – and What Israeli Leaders Knew
Perspectives
Dr. Gabor Maté (Holocaust Survivor)
Norman Finklestein
^At 1:43:50, Finklestein asserts that Israel would bomb a residential area, wait for people to come out and call an ambulance, and then bomb the ambulance.
Testimonials
Israeli Soldier's Explosive Tell-All: "Palestinians are right to resist" - Former IDF soldier talks about how he realized that his actions were perpetuating apartheid, and that Palestinians were right to resist through any means.
Breaking the Silence - Israeli NGO where IDF veterans testify their experiences. Some examples:
This is it for the list for now. If you find any other notable background information, feel free to share.
Sexual Violence
Events:
'I Saw Fit to Remove Her From the World'
Using an Attack Dog, Israeli Women Soldiers Forced Palestinian Women to Undress | The untold story of the abuse of Palestinian women in Hebron
Opinion pieces:
How colonizers weaponize rape: reflections from the Palestinian case
Nakba74: Rethinking Zionism as a gendered colonial enterprise
Vox video about Nakba: Link
Settlements in the West Bank: Link
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Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
Dr. Gabor Maté (Holocaust Survivor)
Norman Finklestein
Former IDF soldier talks about how he realized that his actions were perpetuating apartheid, and that Palestinians were right to resist through any means.
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.