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Cayteya @cayteya.bsky.social · 16h

▪️ From 10 August 2017: A report has found that Israel is keeping hundreds of bodies in its infamous cemeteries of numbers.

www.aljazeera.com/features/201...

Why does Israel keep the bodies of Palestinians?

A recent report has found that Israel is keeping hundreds of bodies in its infamous cemeteries of numbers.

www.aljazeera.com

Cayteya @cayteya.bsky.social · 16h

▪️ From 16 July 2024:
“The Israeli daily Haaretz quoted an Israeli soldier who served in the Sde Teiman detention center as saying the bodies are held in refrigerators, and classified in numbers, not based on names.”

www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...

Israel holds 1,500 Palestinian bodies in its Sde Teiman detention center

Decision on their release is up to Israeli government, Haaretz quoted Israeli army as saying - Anadolu Ajansı

www.aa.com.tr

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Cayteya @cayteya.bsky.social · 16h

“It noted that the Israeli newspaper Haaretz published a report on July 16 stating that the Israeli army is withholding around 1,500 bodies of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip at the Sde Teiman detention facility.” WAFA reports

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Cayteya @cayteya.bsky.social · 16h

▪️ The National Campaign for the Retrieval explained
“The occupation authorities are withholding the bodies of 256 Palestinians in the cemeteries of numbers, 479 whose bodies have been withheld since the beginning of 2025, 86 who died in detention, 67 children, and 10 women.” - WAFA

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Cayteya @cayteya.bsky.social · 16h

“After all of that takes place, Israel will release 250 Palestinian security prisoners serving life or long sentences, in addition to the near 2,000 Palestinians who had been detained from Gaza by Israeli troops during the war.”

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Palestinians return to destroyed Gaza homes as Israel-Hamas truce unfolds

US President Donald Trump says Israeli captives held in Gaza will be released on Monday.

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Cayteya @cayteya.bsky.social · 16h

Israel has confirmed that IDF did withdraw from the initial point where they were going to that line that was agreed upon in those negotiations signed by all parties.

Hamas will have 72 hours to release the Israeli captives held in Gaza, 20 of whom Israel says are alive and 28 who are deceased.

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Cayteya @cayteya.bsky.social · 16h

“The “agreed upon line” refers to a vague map shared by Trump on October 4, showing an initial Israeli withdrawal zone marked in yellow, later dubbed the “yellow line” by Trump officials.”

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

Map of Gaza shows how Israeli forces will withdraw under ceasefire deal

In the first phase of the ceasefire plan, Israel will remain in control of nearly 60 percent of the Gaza Strip.

www.aljazeera.com

Cayteya @cayteya.bsky.social · 16h

“Many questions remain about how the plan will be implemented, the exact boundaries of Palestinian territory, the timing and scope of Israeli withdrawals, the role of the International Stabilization Force, and the long-term implications for Palestinians across both Gaza and the occupied West Bank.”

9 October 2025 Al Jazeera article on the current ceasefire “peace” plan includes this map displaying the ‘yellow line’ Israel has agreed their troops withdraw to.
The Israel-Gaza Conflict:
Israel's withdrawal to the 'yellow line'
In the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire plan, Israel is set to withdraw its troops to the agreed 'yellow line' within 24 hours, after which a 72-hour period will begin for the handover of Israeli captives.

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 1d

Quote from 2025 Nobel Peace Prize presentation:
"...we live in a world where democracy is in retreat, where more & more authoritarian regimes are challenging norms and resorting to violence. The Venezuelan regime's rigid hold on power and its repression of its population is not unique in the world"

Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING NEWS
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Cayteya @cayteya.bsky.social · 1d

“Trump’s aggressive push to secure the prize, including public declarations he deserves it & calls to Norwegian officials, has intensified with a ceasefire between Israel & Hamas & a possible peace deal…decisionmakers at the Norwegian Nobel Committee have signaled that this pressure has been futile”

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 2d

Norway is bracing for the aftermath of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize announcement as the Nordic nation has faced an increasing pressure from Donald Trump and his administration to award it to the US President

Norway on Edge Over Trump Ahead of Nobel Peace Prize Verdict

Norway is bracing for the aftermath of the Nobel Peace Prize announcement on Friday as the Nordic nation has faced increasing pressure from Donald Trump and his administration to award it to the US leader.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

A window into how policy is made in this White House

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Q: Are you going to work with your administration to designate antifa a foreign terror organization?

TRUMP: You mean anti-terror?

Q: Antifa

TRUMP: Antifa?

Q: A foreign terror organization

TRUMP: Would you like to see it done? I'd be glad to do it. Does everybody agree? It sounds good to me

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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 6d

Claire Magone talks to us from outside Nasser hospital, in the south of Gaza, which, like other health facilities in the Strip, is entirely overwhelmed by the medical needs of people who are facing a daily onslaught of violence.

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Cayteya @cayteya.bsky.social · 3d

▪️“Israel has significantly clamped down on permitting any medical transfers from Gaza at all.”👇🏽

Arab Center Washington DC @arabcenterdc.org · 15d

Yara M. Asi highlights how the US suspension of medical visas for Palestinian children, prompted by anti-Muslim rhetoric and political pressure, blocks life-saving care for victims of #Israel’s war on #Gaza. @yara-asi.bsky.social

Gaza's Medical Crisis and the US Visa Freeze

On July 7, 2024, an Israeli bombing in Khan Younis, Gaza, killed the parents, brother, and sister of a three-year-old Palestinian boy named Adam. While Adam’s life was spared, he was severely injured ...

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Cayteya @cayteya.bsky.social · 4d

“The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) stresses that the acts committed by IOF form part of a broader, systematic policy targeting the civilian population and deliberately rendering life in Gaza impossible.”

pchrgaza.org/ongoing-crim...

Ongoing Crime of Genocide: Israel Targets Field Kitchen and Displaced Palestinians and Isolates Gaza City

The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) continue their wide-scale military aggression against the Gaza Strip, now entering its second year, marked by mass killings, systematic destruction, and the deliber...

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 6d

Joint Statement by the Foreign Ministers of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, UAE, Indonesia, Pakistan, Türkiye, Qatar and Egypt.

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 6d

Front bench Lib MP Melissa McIntosh says she feels for Andrew Hastie bcoz his only issue was “not being able to voice his opinions on immigration”
So goes right ahead to voice her opinions on immigration by accusing migrants of being responsible for hospital/road congestion, even pot holes🤦‍♂️

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Cayteya @cayteya.bsky.social · 6d

📚 Interesting read on analysis of supermarkets ‘skimpflation’ / ‘shrinkflation’
From data journalists Madi Chwasta, Danielle Bonica and Andie Noonan

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

As ingredients in supermarket goods decrease, experts warn of 'skimpflation'

The main ingredient in dozens of supermarket products has been reduced, an ABC investigation has found, leading retail and marketing experts to call for more transparency around recipe changes.

www.abc.net.au

Cayteya @cayteya.bsky.social · 6d

▪️“Uni of Melb’s John Cook, an expert on information integrity, confirms conservative think tanks are often “the breeding ground of a lot of misinformation arguments”, which they then “spread out through either influencers, social media or policy methods”
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www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21740/...

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 6d

Israeli forces arrest 19 Palestinians after settlers attack village in West Bank - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-arrest-19-palestinians-after-settlers-attack-village-west

Israeli forces arrest 19 Palestinians after settlers attack village in West Bank

<article data-history-node-id="429674" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-arrest-19-palestinians-after-settlers-attack-village-west" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-arrest-19-palestinians-after-settlers-attack-village-west" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli forces arrest 19 Palestinians after settlers attack village in West Bank</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli military arrested at least 19 Palestinians from the village of al-Zweidin in Yatta Badia, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, following an Israeli settler attack, Wafa news agency reported.</p> <p>Israelis from illegal settlements attacked and injured some Palestinians who were later arrested, village council head Saeed al-Taimat said.</p> <p>The arrests came after settlers stormed the village and shot a young man in the foot.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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Cayteya @cayteya.bsky.social · 6d

“This comes amid the issue of the Nobel Peace Prize, which the U.S president is eager to receive. An announcement on the winner is set to be made on Friday.”
From Amos Harel

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Trump, ignoring Hamas and Israel's reservations, seeks to bend Gaza's reality to his will

Since Trump Declared an Imminent Cease-fire Agreement, Both Netanyahu and Hamas Are Making Sure They're Not Seen as the Side That Causes the Plan to Fail. But Signing a Hostage Release Deal Would Hurt...

www.haaretz.com

Cayteya @cayteya.bsky.social · 6d

“As usual, Trump has declared an all-out war on facts. He describes the partial assent – with many caveats – to the cease-fire he proposed earlier this week as good news, while marching on with the hostage deal and assuming that no one will dare stop him.”

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Cayteya @cayteya.bsky.social · 6d

“And it's here that a force of nature called Donald Trump comes into action. After the events of the last week, it's quite clear that the president wants to end the war – details be damned.”

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Cayteya @cayteya.bsky.social · 6d

“A cease-fire and hostage release deal would also force both sides to expose gaps between the promises made over the past two years and any actual achievements…”

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Cayteya @cayteya.bsky.social · 7d

📖 30 September 2025
Amnesty International press release with statements from Secretary General, Agnès Callamard in response to the plan that the Trump administration has proposed to end the conflict in Gaza:

www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Israel/OPT: Any peace proposal must be grounded in respect for human rights and an end to Israel’s unlawful occupation, apartheid and genocide in Gaza

In response to the plan that the Trump administration has proposed to end the conflict in Gaza, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Agnès Callamard, said: “The most urgent priority is to end I...

www.amnesty.org

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