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EXCLUSIVE: Speaking in a rare on-camera interview with Sky News, the soldier said the criteria of opening fire on civilians shifted depending on the commander https://news.sky.com/story/israeli-soldier-describes-arbitrary-killing-of-civilians-in-gaza-13393422 Speaking anonymously, the soldier said troops killed civilians arbitrarily. The soldier said the criteria of opening fire on civilians shifted depending on the commander. The soldier is a reservist in the Israel Defence Force's 252nd Division. He was posted twice to the Netzarim corridor; a narrow strip of land cut through central Gaza early in the war, running from the sea to the Israeli border. It was designed to split the territory and allow Israeli forces to have greater control from inside the Strip. He said that when his unit was stationed on the edge of a civilian area, soldiers slept in a house belonging to displaced Palestinians and marked an invisible boundary around it that defined a no-go zone for Gazans. "In one of the houses that we had been in, we had the big territory. This was the closest to the citizens' neighbourhood, with people inside. And there's an imaginary line that they tell us all the Gazan people know it, and that they know they are not allowed to pass it," he said. "But how can they know?" People who crossed into this area were most often shot, he said. "It was like pretty much everyone that comes into the territory, and it might be like a teenager riding his bicycle," he said. The soldier described a prevailing belief among troops that all Gazans were terrorists, even when they were clearly unarmed civilians. This perception, he said, was not challenged and was often endorsed by commanders. "They don't really talk to you about civilians that may come to your place. Like I was in the Netzarim road, and they say if someone comes here, it means that he knows he shouldn't be there, and if he still comes, it means he's a terrorist," he said. "This is what they tell you. But I don't really think it's true. It's just poor people, civilians that don't really have too many choices." He said the criteria of opening fire on civilians shifted depending on the commander. "They might be shot, they might be captured," he said. "It really depends on the day, the mood of the commander." He recalled an occasion of a man crossing the boundary and being shot. When another man came later to the body, it was decided that he would be captured. Hours after that, the order changed again, shoot everyone on sight who crosses the "imaginary line". At another time, his unit was positioned near the Shujaiya area of Gaza City. He described Palestinians scavenging scrap metal and solar panels from a building inside the so-called no-go zone. "For sure, no terrorists there," he said. "Every commander can choose for himself what he does. So it's kind of like the Wild West. So, some commanders can really decide to do war crimes and bad things and don't face the consequences of that." The soldier said many of his comrades believed there were no innocents in Gaza, citing the Hamas-led 7 October attack that killed around 1,200 people and saw 250 taken hostage. Dozens of hostages have since been freed or rescued by Israeli forces, while about 50 remain in captivity, including roughly 30 Israel believes are dead. He recalled soldiers openly discussing the killings. "They'd say: 'Yeah, but these people didn't do anything to prevent October 7, and they probably had fun when this was happening to us. So they deserve to die'." He added: "People don't feel mercy for them." "I think a lot of them really felt like they were doing something good," he said. "I think the core of it, that in their mind, these people aren't innocent." In Israel, it is rare for soldiers to publicly criticise the IDF, which is seen as a unifying institution and a rite of passage for Jewish Israelis. Military service shapes identity and social standing, and those who speak out risk being ostracised. The soldier said he did not want to be identified because he feared being branded a traitor or shunned by his community. Still, he felt compelled to speak out. "I kind of feel like I took part in something bad, and I need to counter it with something good that I do, by speaking out, because I am very troubled about what I took and still am taking part of, as a soldier and citizen in this country," he said "I think the war is... a very bad thing that is happening to us, and to the Palestinians, and I think it needs to be over," he said. He added: "I think in Israeli community, it's very hard to criticise itself and its army. A lot of people don't understand what they are agreeing to. They think the war needs to happen, and we need to bring the hostages back, but they don't understand the consequences. "I think a lot of people, if they knew exactly what's happening, it wouldn't go down very well for them, and they wouldn't agree with it. I hope that by speaking of it, it can change how things are being done." We put the allegations of arbitrary killings in the Netzarim corridor to the Israeli military. In a statement, the IDF said it "operates in strict accordance with its rules of engagement and international law, taking feasible precautions to mitigate civilian harm". "The IDF operates against military targets and objectives, and does not target civilians or civilian objects," the statement continued. The Israeli military added that "reports and complaints regarding the violation of international law by the IDF are transferred to the relevant authorities responsible for examining exceptional incidents that occurred during the war".

Katz calls for plan to concentrate all Gazans in ‘humanitarian city’ to be built over ruins of Rafah https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/katz-calls-for-plan-to-confine-all-gazans-in-humanitarian-city-to-be-built-over-ruins-of-rafah/ (…) Palestinians will not be allowed to leave the zone, he says. Eventually, the idea is to bring the entire Palestinian civilian population to the zone while the IDF secures it from a distance, as international bodies work to manage the area. An additional four aid distribution sites would be established in the area, according to Katz. Katz also emphasizes his ambition to encourage Palestinians to “voluntarily emigrate” from the Gaza Strip to other countries, saying this plan “should be fulfilled.” Sykt. Bare sykt.

Vanvittige nyheter nå i israelske medier. Haaretz: Israel planlegger å plassere hele Gazas befolkning i en «humanitær by» i ruinene av Rafah https://www.nrk.no/nyheter/haaretz_-israel-planlegger-a-plassere-hele-gazas-befolkning-i-en-_humanitaer-by_-i-ruinene-av-rafah-1.17484029 Israel planlegger å plassere hele Gazas befolkning i en «humanitær by» i ruinene av Rafah, sør i Gaza. Det skriver NTB, som siterer Haaretz, i en nyhetsmelding. Forsvarsminister Israel Katz sier ifølge avisen at han mandag har instruert det israelske militæret (IDF) til å forberede en planlagt «humanitær by» i Rafah. Ifølge planen, omtalt av Haaretz, får ikke palestinere forlate byen etter å ha blitt flyttet dit.

Nei, det kan man ikke. Det er mange andre krav man også må oppfylle, som for eksempel krav til oppholdstillatelser og inntektskrav. Forøvrig er det få statsløse i Norge, bare ca. 1600 ved inngangen til i fjoråret. I 2023 fikk 168 statsløse statsborgerskap. Neppe så mange man kan forbinde med "masseinnvandring". Innvandringen av statsløse er også på det laveste nivået de siste 30 årene. I en annen tråd hevdet du Støre gikk med et Palestina-flagg i pride-fargene på brystet (!). Hvorfor lyver du hele tiden?

Krangel mellom Netanyahu og IDF-sjefen, melder israelske medier. Netanyahu, IDF chief said to clash in stormy meeting over plan to displace Gazans https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-idf-chief-said-to-clash-in-stormy-meeting-over-plan-to-displace-gazans/ ‘Who will govern 2 million people?’: Eyal Zamir reportedly expresses incredulity as cabinet demands IDF move population to south of the Strip, lay siege to north Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu clashed with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir at a cabinet meeting Thursday night after the general appeared skeptical about a plan to move Gazan civilians to the south of the Strip and lay siege to its north, Hebrew media reported Friday. According to quotes from the closed-door meeting reported by Channel 12 and Ynet, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich accused Zamir of not following orders and leading to a stalemate in Gaza. Zamir was said to have responded: “You always say there is a stalemate in the Strip. There is no stalemate in the Strip — we’re doing exactly what you tasked us with. I suggest people watch what they say about us, supposedly not doing what we were tasked with. You certainly don’t need to be reminded that we have soldiers dying in battle.”

Holocaustsenteret er enige med israelske historikere og ledende forskere om at Israel begår folkemord mot palestinerne i Gaza. HL-sjefen svarer på kritikk: – Basert på ledende forskere, så er det sannsynlig at det foregår et folkemord på Gazastripen https://www.aftenposten.no/verden/i/pPaMKj/hl-sjefen-svarer-paa-kritikk-basert-paa-ledende-forskere-saa-er-det-sannsynlig-at-det-foregaar-et-folkemord-paa-gazastripen – La meg være helt tydelig. Dette er et folkemord. Det sier Holocaust-historiker Amos Goldberg til Aftenposten denne uken. Goldberg er professor ved Det hebraiske universitetet i Jerusalem og en av stadig flere i sitt felt som mener Israel begår folkemord på palestinerne på Gazastripen. — HL-senteret: Sannsynlig at det foregår folkemord i Gaza https://www.forskning.no/israel-og-palestina-krig/hl-senteret-sannsynlig-at-det-foregar-folkemord-i-gaza/2527031 Senter for studier av holocaust og livssyns­minoriteter mener at Israel trolig begår folkemord på palestinerne på Gazastripen. (…) Nå mener senterets direktør at det ikke lenger kan stilles spørsmål ved om det pågår et folkemord. – Vi har ingen grunn til å bestride de ledende forskerne på feltet, sier Heiret.

Utrolig. USAs forsvarsminister bestemte alene at våpenleveransene til Ukraina skulle stanses https://www.tv2.no/direkte/jpybz/siste-nytt/6868073a5267cbc9d10238b1/usas-forsvarsminister-bestemte-alene-at-vapenleveransene-til-ukraina-skulle-stanses USAs forsvarsminister Pete Hegseth bestemte på egen hånd at en våpenleveranse til Ukraina skulle stanses denne uken. Flere kilder med kjennskap til saken opplyser dette til NBC. Den offisielle årsaken til at leveransen ble holdt tilbake var bekymringer om at USAs våpenlagre ville bli for tynne. En analyse som høytstående militæroffiserer har gjort fant derimot ut at våpenpakken ikke ville sette våpenlagrene i fare. Pentagon har ikke kommentert saken. Demokraten Adam Smith, som sitter i Representantenes hus, sier at det er uærlig av Pentagon å begrunne tilbakeholdingen av våpen med militær beredskap. Smith mener grunnen egentlig var å kutte den amerikanske hjelpen til Ukraina. – Beholdningen er ikke lavere nå enn den har vært i den 3,5 år lange krigen, sier Smith ifølge NBC.

Ja, han er den klart mest populære statsministerkandidaten ifølge målinger - og partiet hans fosser jo frem på målingene. Nyeste måling, publisert i går: Den soleklare vinneren i denne statsministermålingen er imidlertid Aps Jonas Gahr Støre. 46,7 prosent av de spurte ønsker Støre som statsminister, og han er dermed mer populær enn Listhaug og Solberg til sammen. https://www.tv2.no/nyheter/na-er-listhaug-mer-populaer-enn-solberg-dramatisk/17878579/ — Anekdoter om hva man tror folk man kjenner mener har liten verdi, og er lite vits å bruke tid på når vi har faktiske målinger. Personlig er jeg heller ikke på venstresiden, men har ikke noe problem med å se at Støre gjør det meget skarpt for tida.

Er det egentlig hold i påstanden om en redusert tillit til APs pengepolitikk? Partiet flyr oppover på målingene og statsministeren er meget populær, mens folk nå får bedre råd. Samtidig faller det eneste opposisjonspartiet med uttalte realistiske økonomiske alternativer som en stein og gjør sine dårligste målinger på over 15 år. Jeg er derfor veldig usikker på om det stemmer at det er noen redusert tillit blant folket.

Ja, det er uvesentlig - jeg har ikke skrevet noe om AP eller Jens? Hvorfor dette opphenget, leser du ikke hva du svarer på? Jeg svarte simpelthen ut påstanden om at vi har fått mer skatt i Norge med en faktaopplysning om at skattetrykket i Norge er på sitt laveste siden 1984.

Jo, det er det, som vist til over. Hva du eller jeg personlig har fått i skatt er ikke relevant for det faktumet.

Norge hadde i 2024 det laveste skattetrykket på 40 år, altså siden 1984. Vårt skattetrykk er på vei ned, mens det i de andre OECD-landene er på vei opp. https://www.minerva.no/gisle-james-natvik-olav-slettebo-oljepenger/laveste-skattetrykk-siden-1984-men-det-kunne-vaert-lavere/470876 https://www.ssb.no/nasjonalregnskap-og-konjunkturer/konjunkturer/artikler/skattetrykk-og-offentlige-utgifter

Hvorfor skulle de ikke det? De har norske foreldre. At nordmenn født i utlandet ikke skal få statsborgerskap er en merkelig mening.

Hvorfor skulle jeg mene det? Det ser ut til at det er rozon som mener det burde være slik.

Du mener kjente nordmenn som f.eks. Liv Ullmann, Erling Braut Haaland, Kygo, Åse Kleveland, Anne Rimmen og halve kongerekka ikke burde ha norsk statsborgerskap da, antar jeg?

Nå over en måned siden: Trump appears to set Putin 'two-week' deadline on Ukraine US President Donald Trump has appeared to set a two-week deadline for Vladimir Putin, threatening a different response if the Russian counterpart was still stringing him along. As the Kremlin escalated its attacks on Ukraine, Trump was asked in the Oval Office on Wednesday if he thought Putin wanted to end the war. "I can't tell you that, but I'll let you know in about two weeks," Trump told reporters, the latest amid a string of critical public remarks made by Trump about Putin. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyn3vqex47o.amp

Man kan vel stille seg spørsmålet om hva som er vellykket, i hvert fall militært. Russland angriper nå i stor grad sivile, som boliger og befolkningssentre. De virker å ha mindre kapasitet og evne til å utføre vellykkede presisjonsangrep mot viktige militære mål nå.

Israelske medier avslører at Israel bruker sivile selskaper og mannskap til arbeid i krigssoner og på frontlinjene i Gaza, noe som gjør det vanskelig å skille sivile og militære. Flere av dem er sanksjonert av utlandet, og noen er høyreekstreme settlere dømt for vold mot palestinere i okkuperte områder på Vestbredden. Outsourced and exposed: Civilian contractors are on the frontlines of the Gaza war https://www.timesofisrael.com/outsourced-and-exposed-civilian-contractors-are-on-the-frontlines-of-the-gaza-war/ As sanctioned firms secure Defense Ministry contracts, questions grow about oversight, legality, and the blurred line between soldier and civilian. With Israel’s war against the Hamas terror group in Gaza in its 21st month, a quiet but dangerous reality has taken root: Civilian contractors, hired by the Defense Ministry, are regularly carrying out demolition, engineering and logistical work deep inside the war zone. Though officially noncombatants, many now operate on or near the front lines, assuming risks normally reserved for soldiers in uniform. Those risks became tragically clear in late May, when 19-year-old David Libi, a civilian contractor, was killed by a bomb while operating engineering equipment during IDF operations in northern Gaza. According to the military, Libi was working in the Jabalia area when the bomb detonated. He was the third Defense Ministry contractor killed in Gaza since the war began. Harel Libi, a resident of the illegal West Bank outpost of Adei Ad, was also sanctioned for “acts of aggression and violence against Palestinian individuals,” as were other far-right activists involved in similar activity. According to watchdog group Kerem Navot, Libi Construction has operated extensively in unauthorized areas of the West Bank, including building infrastructure for illegal outposts like Coco’s Farm, which was also sanctioned. Palestinian groups have accused Libi’s employees of harassing local herders and preventing grazing. Despite the sanctions and allegations, Libi Construction continued to operate under Defense Ministry contracts and remained active in Gaza. The ministry declined to comment on its continued collaboration with the company or on the broader role of civilian contractors in the Strip. Libi Construction did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Det var diplomatisk sagt. Generalisering basert på opphav, altså rasisme er en mer presis beskrivelse.

Opposisjonsleder Yair Lapid, som trolig ville vært statsminister dersom Netanyahu ikke hadde tviholdt på makta som den diktatorspiren han er, går ut mot krigen. Lapid calls for return of hostages, end of war: ‘What are troops dying daily in Gaza for?’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-june-30-2025/ Opposition Leader Yair Lapid asks why Israel is still in Gaza, arguing that it is time to end the war and bring home the hostages. “The time has come to make a hostage deal and end the war. There is no longer any benefit to be gained from continuing the war. Only harm: security damage, political damage, economic damage,” Lapid tells reporters ahead of his Yesh Atid party’s weekly faction meeting in the Knesset. (…) “I am in favor of eliminating Hamas, but Hamas will not be eliminated as long as an alternative government does not enter Gaza. We should have started a process a year ago to bring Egypt to manage Gaza, along with other Arab countries,” he continues. “I understand that the far-right ministers want us to occupy Gaza and rule it forever. Soldiers will continue to die, the Israeli taxpayer, the battered and bruised Israeli middle class, will pay [the financial cost]… The absolute majority of Israeli citizens know and understand that this is a dangerous idea and disconnected from reality. In the real world, we need to make a hostage deal, end the war.”

På den stadig verre plattformen X er denne «saken» dessverre blitt gjort til høyreekstrem propaganda. Videoen fremstilles ute av kontekst, brukes som argument for at pride må forbys og «farlig for barn», at homofile er «pedofile» og lignende ekstreme utsagn.

Nei. https://www.britannica.com/story/were-the-nazis-socialists

Også her er tallene ganske lave - litt lavere enn for rundt ti år siden og langt, langt lavere enn på 2000-tallet. Det var en oppgang etter pandemien, men det har sunket kraftig igjen. Frp bruker ord som "historisk høye asylankomster" om dagens situasjon, men nevner ikke at nesten alle disse er ukrainske flyktninger, og at øvrige asylankomster er lavere enn på veldig lenge. Jeg skulle ønske Frp heller fokuserte mer på god integreringspolitikk, der har vi en del å ta tak i.

Hva med innvandringspolitikken til disse partiene er du lei av? Det kommer nå færre asylsøkere til Norge enn på mange tiår, dersom vi ser bort fra ukrainske flyktninger, og antallet kvoteflyktninger er redusert til bare 500 - ned fra sparsommelige 1000. Da AP kom i regjering i 2021 var tallet 3000, så de har gjort en kraftig nedjustering. AP ønsket 200, men budsjettpartner SV forhandlet det opp til 500. Det er vel knapt realistisk å stramme inn særlig mer enn nå, uten å bryte de konvensjoner og avtaler vi er forpliktet til. Det er absolutt ingenting som tilsier at Norge er på vei i retning Sveriges tidligere innvandringspolitikk. Et Frp i regjering vil etter alt å dømme være avhengig av Høyre og Venstre, der Høyre vil holde dagens nivå og sistnevnte parti ønsker 5000. Muligens er også Krf en nødvendig regjeringspartner, og de ønsker over 1000. Så det er ikke realistisk at en stemme til Frp vil bidra til å senke dette.

Antallet drepte og skadde er en påstand fra iranske myndigheter, så det er vanskelig å verifisere. Ut fra skadene er det nok dessverre fanger og muligens besøkende familier som er drept. Uansett, et fengsel og da spesielt dette var åpenbart ikke et legitimt militært mål nei og dette angrepet var i strid med folkeretten. Her er en kronikk skrevet av et tidligere amerikansk gissel som satt i dette fengselet: I Was A Hostage in Iran. Did My Friends Survive Israel’s Bombing of Our Prison? https://time.com/7297385/evin-prison-israeli-airstrike-bombing-iran-islamic-republic-innocent-deaths/ When I saw the images of Evin Prison’s front gate torn to shreds by an Israeli airstrike, my eyes filled with tears. I spent eight years behind that gate as a hostage of the Islamic Republic—held in a place where brutality is policy and hope is contraband. But my tears were not tears of joy. I wasn’t reveling in the thought that some of those responsible for tossing me—and later my ailing father—into solitary confinement were finally getting what they deserved. My heart was too tormented by imagining the horror that so many innocent prisoners—some of whom I spent years locked up with—and their families must be experiencing now. (...) This was no surgical strike on senior regime officials or military commanders in their ill-gotten penthouses. Those bombs certainly don’t inspire the Iranian people to rise up and topple the Islamic Republic. Quite the opposite. A former political prisoner reports that families of prisoners, guards, and administrators have all gathered outside the prison—helplessly seeking news of their loved ones and shedding tears together.