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the israeli forces destroyed the central archive of the gaza municipality

After threatening (https://t.me/PalestineResist/16870) to bomb it at the end of October, the IOF destroyed the central archive of the Gaza Municipality this week, destroying thousands of documents over 100 years old, including city history, urban plans, and letters. Most of the historical documents have been burned, with digital copies existing for some.

The IOF has destroyed a number of cultural centrals, universities (https://t.me/PalestineResist/16764?single), museums, and libraries during its ongoing genocide of Gaza. Among the destroyed libraries is Gaza’s largest public library, which housed 20,000 books. The Samir Mansour library and publishing house, which was bombed and rebuilt in 2021 following a solidarity campaign, was also bombed again recently; it amassed 300,000 books in its time. Among the destroyed cultural centers is the Rashad Shawa center in Gaza City, which contained a library and housed thousands of displaced Gazans before it was completely destroyed by IOF bombing.

Additionally, the Al-Qarara Cultural Museum in Khan Younis, southern #Gaza, which was founded in 2016 and includes over 3,500 pieces, was heavily damaged by IOF bombing this October, as well as the Rafah Museum and others.

(from RNN newsletter @ telegram: https://t.me/PalestineResist/22064?single)

other infos:
https://twitter.com/Timesofgaza/status/1729788747435139489 (Nov 29th)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/11/30/gaza-library-palestinian-culture/ (Nov 30th)

today, nov 29th, international day of solidarity with the palestinian people

TODAY November 29th, is the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, and the #BDS movement is calling for an all day social media storm. Our physical and digital actions can be used together to strengthen our demands:

  • Permanent ceasefire and lifting the siege to stop Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
  • Lawful sanctions on Israel, including a #MilitaryEmbargo.
  • Pressure on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue arrest warrants for Israeli leaders

Click here for prepared messages and images to use for the social media storm.

Over the last 7 weeks, millions of you have taken to the streets for the largest protests the world has seen in the last 20 years! We are grateful to each one of you who, through your voices and creative actions, have built up unprecedented grassroots power to end Israel’s genocidal war against 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza. Yet, Western governments are continuing to arm, fund and provide political cover for Israel’s genocide.

We must act urgently to end all state, corporate and institutional complicity with Israel’s genocidal apartheid regime. Palestinian lives and livelihoods literally depend on it. To this end, and as time has shown, BDS is the most effective form of solidarity with the Palestinian liberation struggle.

Today, we call for escalating worldwide peaceful mobilizations and expressions of meaningful solidarity to stop the genocide including:

  1. Whenever feasible, organizing peaceful disruptions, sit-ins, occupations, etc.
  2. Disrupting the transport of weapons, or weapon parts, to Israel, including in transit states.
  3. Pressuring parliaments and governments to cancel existing military-security contracts and agreements with Israel.
  4. Intensifying #BDS campaigns and campaigns to cut all ties to apartheid Israel and its complicit academic and cultural institutions as well as sports teams.
  5. Mobilizing your community, trade union, association, church, social network, student government/union, city council, cultural center, etc. to declare itself an Apartheid Free Zone (AFZ).
  6. Pressuring your elected officials to demand the International Criminal Court (ICC) issue arrest warrants for Israeli leaders. The ICC prosecutor should be replaced if he continues to drag his feet and ignore his legal obligations to stop the genocide

If not now, when?
Unite now to stop #GazaGenocide and dismantle Israeli apartheid

Click here to read the full call to action

BDS

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