All posts by nedhamson

Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Shocking video shows Border Police beating Palestinians

456000
Last Thursday, IDF prosecutors filed indictments with the Border Police that included 14 serious counts, among them assault and armed robbery.

Doctors warned Victoria’s health department about hotel infection control dangers before coronavirus spread – ABC News

Frontline doctors warned about infection dangers inside Victoria’s hotel quarantine program more than a month before workers started catching COVID-19, but the state’s health department never responded to their concerns.

Source: Doctors warned Victoria’s health department about hotel infection control dangers before coronavirus spread – ABC News

Israel: Arrests in Jerusalem as protests against Benjamin Netanyahu continue | News | DW | 16.08.2020

Israeli police have arrested 11 people during massive protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the protesters were arrested outside the prime minister’s Jerusalem residence early on Sunday because they had been forbidden from marching beyond a designated area.

An estimated 10,000 Israelis turned out in Jerusalem late on Saturday, while many more protested outside Netanyahu’s private villa north of Tel Aviv and on bridges over highways across the country.

Source: Israel: Arrests in Jerusalem as protests against Benjamin Netanyahu continue | News | DW | 16.08.2020

Belarus: Rival rallies as Lukashenko claims NATO deployed to border | News | DW | 16.08.2020

A rally in support of the embattled Belarusian president was dwarfed by an opposition protest more than 100,000 strong. Alexander Lukashenko said NATO is building up its military on the country’s western border.

Source: Belarus: Rival rallies as Lukashenko claims NATO deployed to border | News | DW | 16.08.2020

Facebook algorithm found to ‘actively promote’ Holocaust denial | World news | The Guardian

Last Wednesday Facebook announced it was banning conspiracy theories about Jewish people “controlling the world”. However, it has been unwilling to categorise Holocaust denial as a form of hate speech, a stance that ISD describe as a “conceptual blind spot”. The ISD also discovered at least 36 Facebook groups with a combined 366,068 followers which are specifically dedicated to Holocaust denial or which host such content. Researchers found that when they followed public Facebook pages containing Holocaust denial content, Facebook recommended further similar content.

Source: Facebook algorithm found to ‘actively promote’ Holocaust denial | World news | The Guardian

Coronavirus czar (falsely) accuses Arabs of ‘attacking’ Israel by spreading virus – The Jerusalem Post

In response to Gamzu’s comments, MK Aida Touma-Sliman (Joint List) called the commissioner “racist” and said that he related to the Arab community as if its intention was to commit harm.

She added that “nobody has used such a term to refer to all the people gathering on the beachfront, in cafes in Jaffa and Tel Aviv – no one has called them perpetrators,” and that “Gamzu should focus on his work and examine what can be done in particular in the Arab sector.”

MK Ayman Odeh, head of the Joint List, also criticized Gamzu over his remarks.

“It is a pity that while Arab doctors are at the forefront of the struggle against the coronavirus, the commissioner comes out with a statement that harms an entire society,” Odeh said. “Instead of making such unfortunate statements, I invite him to work together to defeat the plague.”Source: Coronavirus czar accuses Arabs of ‘attacking’ Israel by spreading virus – The Jerusalem Post

Top doc: If schools open, COVID-19 will crash health system by December – The Jerusalem Post

Israeli students at the Orot Etzion school in Efrat wear protective face masks as they return to school for the first time since the outbreak of the coronavirus, May 3, 2020 (photo credit: GERSHON ELINSON/FLASH90)

Health Ministry approves list of ‘green states’ from which Israelis can return to Israel without isolation

A prominent Israeli health official has warned that if Israel continues with its plans to open schools on September 1 and allow worshipers to pray together on the High Holy Days then the health system is likely to crash.

Source: Top doc: If schools open, COVID-19 will crash health system by December – The Jerusalem Post