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cleopatraqueen.bsky.social @cleopatraqueen.bsky.social · 1m

« reporting in the New York Times has revealed that Netanyahu's government was more hands-on about helping Hamas: they helped a Qatari diplomat bring suitcases of cash into Gaza, indirectly boosting the militant organization, according to the report. »

cleopatraqueen.bsky.social @cleopatraqueen.bsky.social · 1m

ZAKA controversy

However, as part of the effort to get media exposure, Zaka spread accounts of atrocities that never happened, released sensitive and graphic photos, and acted unprofessionally on the ground, often mixing up remains of multiple victims in the same bag

Sexual and gender-based violence in the October 7 attacks - Wikipedia

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cleopatraqueen.bsky.social @cleopatraqueen.bsky.social · 5m

Then link 🔗 your evidence -

cleopatraqueen.bsky.social @cleopatraqueen.bsky.social · 6m

"Civil Commission on October 7th Crimes by Hamas against Women and Children" spread a "debunked story" about a "pregnant woman and her slaughtered foetus", while also circulating "photographs of murdered female soldiers that turned out to be images of Kurdish fighters in Syria »

How 2 debunked accounts of sexual violence on Oct. 7 fueled a global dispute over Israel-Hamas war

The United Nations and other organizations have presented credible evidence that Hamas militants committed sexual assault during their Oct. 7 attack in southern Israel. But some accounts from that day...

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cleopatraqueen.bsky.social @cleopatraqueen.bsky.social · 10m

The second false account in the AP report came from ZAKA commander Chaim Otmazgin

After cross-checking with military contacts, ZAKA found that a group of soldiers had dragged the girl's body across the room to make sure it wasn't booby-trapped.

During the procedure, her pants had come down."

Sexual and gender-based violence in the October 7 attacks - Wikipedia

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cleopatraqueen.bsky.social @cleopatraqueen.bsky.social · 14m

False reports
In 22 May the Associated Press published a report detailing two false accounts of sexual and gender-based violence on 7 October.[145] One of the accounts was given by Yossi Landau, a longtime volunteer for the ultra-orthodox ZAKA paramedic and rescue group.

Sexual and gender-based violence in the October 7 attacks - Wikipedia

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cleopatraqueen.bsky.social @cleopatraqueen.bsky.social · 16m

Pick one. Thanks

cleopatraqueen.bsky.social @cleopatraqueen.bsky.social · 16m

« In June 2024, The Times published a report stating that investigators believed that Israel's claims about the scale and the formally sanctioned, systematic nature of sexual assaults did not stand up to scrutiny.[8] »

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Sexual and gender-based violence in the October 7 attacks - Wikipedia

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cleopatraqueen.bsky.social @cleopatraqueen.bsky.social · 21m

If Haaretz « debunked it « they would issue a retraction

« someone on X « is not a retraction

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cleopatraqueen.bsky.social @cleopatraqueen.bsky.social · 23m

If Haaretz debunked it then link the article please 🔗

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IDF ordered Hannibal directive on October 7 to prevent Hamas taking soldiers captive

'There Was Crazy Hysteria, and Decisions Started Being Made Without Verified Information': Documents and Testimonies Obtained by Haaretz Reveal the Hannibal Operational Order, Which Directs the Use of...

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cleopatraqueen.bsky.social @cleopatraqueen.bsky.social · 25m

Afghanistan is not in The Middle East

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Iranian Women, Work, and the Gender Regime

Iranian women advance their political agency even as their government imposes a neo-patriarchal economic and political system in the Islamic Republic.

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cleopatraqueen.bsky.social @cleopatraqueen.bsky.social · 29m

A sovereign Palestine would have a professional military

cleopatraqueen.bsky.social @cleopatraqueen.bsky.social · 30m

Israël was bombing Gaza on September 24th

Israel was killing its own people on October 7th

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IDF ordered Hannibal directive on October 7 to prevent Hamas taking soldiers captive

'There Was Crazy Hysteria, and Decisions Started Being Made Without Verified Information': Documents and Testimonies Obtained by Haaretz Reveal the Hannibal Operational Order, Which Directs the Use of...

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cleopatraqueen.bsky.social @cleopatraqueen.bsky.social · 32m

Your xenophobic bigotry is on display

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cleopatraqueen.bsky.social @cleopatraqueen.bsky.social · 33m

They are terrorist attacks carried out by Zionist paramilitaries

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cleopatraqueen.bsky.social @cleopatraqueen.bsky.social · 34m

Israël never offered a plan for Palestinian « phased sovereignty « . The closest they came to Palestinian independence was Oslo where they kept control of roads and infrastructure. That is not sovereignty.

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