Associació Catalana d'Amics d'Israel - Catalan-Israeli Friendship Association * https://xitter.cf/t.co/CRbtah2fiU * https://xitter.cf/t.co/BrnDZntWO5

Joined October 2009
Amén
A Catalunya, parlar d’Israel és parlar de nosaltres mateixos, encara que gairebé ningú no ho vulgui reconèixer. El conflicte araboisraelià —i especialment el palestinisme— s’ha convertit en un element central de la identitat política d’una part de la societat catalana, en motor per a l’activisme i els partits, i en una obsessió mediàtica que supera amb escreix el seu pes real. Però per què un país amb tan pocs jueus catalans sent tanta passió —i tanta hostilitat— envers l’Estat jueu? Israel és un mirall incòmode per al catalanisme contemporani. És una nació petita, nascuda d’una lluita nacional enmig d’un entorn hostil, que ha sabut sobreviure i prosperar. En molts aspectes, el sionisme realitza allò que el catalanisme històric —tant de dreta com d’esquerra— admirava: la capacitat d’un poble per mantenir viva la seva llengua, la seva cultura i el seu país en les pitjors condicions. Figures com Rovira i Virgili van veure en el renaixement jueu un model de perseverança nacional. L’hebreu que revivia després de dos mil anys d’oblit simbolitzava que la voluntat d’un poble pot vèncer la història. Avui, però, aquella fascinació s’ha transformat en ressentiment. Una part del catalanisme actual veu en Israel allò que no ha gosat ser: una nació que decideix existir, defensar-se i triomfar sense demanar permís. El rebuig al sionisme és, sovint, una manera d’expiar la pròpia impotència. Criticar Israel és més còmode que assumir el fracàs del propi projecte nacional. Després de la fi de les grans utopies, l’esquerra catalana ha trobat en el palestinisme una causa moral substitutiva. És un relat simple i còmode: oprimits contra opressors. Però la realitat és molt més complexa. I la contradicció, evident: Israel, que va acollir exiliats del franquisme i antics militants d’EPOCA, és avui demonitzat pels seus hereus polítics. El que abans era reconeixement i admiració s’ha convertit en negació, incomprensió i menyspreu. Aquesta actitud, a més, tranquil·litza Madrid. Durant anys, la diplomàcia espanyola ha recelat dels lligams entre Israel i Catalunya. Avui poden estar satisfets: la majoria de partits catalans s’han alineat amb la posició espanyola contra Israel. L’antisionisme català és ja un signe de lleialtat a l’Estat, una manera d’afirmar que, en política exterior, Catalunya no discrepa. Per a Espanya, veure l’independentisme actuar com a eco de la seva diplomàcia és més que una victòria simbòlica. També hi ha una ingenuïtat —o un cinisme— de fons. Espanya manté, des del franquisme, relacions estratègiques amb el món àrab per raons econòmiques i d’interès nacional. El palestinisme català no trencarà mai aquest vincle. Pensar que defensar Palestina generarà solidaritat del món àrab amb la causa catalana és no entendre com funciona la política internacional. O potser sí que s’entén, i simplement es prefereix mantenir el relat per cultivar un espai electoral, encara que sigui a costa dels interessos nacionals i emancipatoris de Catalunya. Hostilitzar Israel no aporta res al projecte independentista català. No el fa més fort ni més creïble. Mentre els kurds, també sense estat, mantenen relacions estretes amb Israel per afinitat i reconeixement mutu, a Catalunya es prefereix una postura moralista i ineficaç. És política simbòlica en clau autonòmica, no nacional. La paradoxa és que un país amb tan pocs jueus dediqui tanta energia a parlar d’Israel. Però, en realitat, el debat no és sobre l’Orient Mitjà: és sobre nosaltres. Sobre la pèrdua d’un projecte nacional, sobre la substitució del realisme per la moral, sobre la necessitat d’odiar o admirar allò que ens recorda el que podríem haver estat. Israel és, per a Catalunya, un mirall incòmode. Reflecteix la força d’un poble que ha decidit existir, costi el que costi. I mentre no sapiguem mirar-nos-hi sense ressentiment, continuarem utilitzant el conflicte dels altres per amagar la nostra pròpia derrota.
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The Bank of Israel forecasts exceptionally strong economic growth of 5.6% this year and 7.5% next year. According to the bank’s estimates, unemployment will fall to 3%, while inflation will stand at 1.6%.
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La portada d @Charlie_Hebdo_ (que va ben patir les urpes del terrorisme islamista, amb 12 persones d la redacció assassinades) podríem qualificar-la de descriptiva.
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The Israeli military has begun to vote in the national elections, less than a week before the rest of the country, to enable troops stationed in remote locations and inside enemy territory to cast their ballot. The IDF says it has deployed some 850 polling stations across the country and beyond Israel's borders. They will remain open through October 27, when the rest of the country votes. Around 3,000 soldiers, mainly young conscripts, are serving as polling station staff, according to the military. The personnel have been trained by the Central Elections Committee. Around 25% of the stations are fully mobile, to enable both conscripts and reservists stationed in hard-to-reach areas to vote, including at the IDF's 40 outposts in the Gaza Strip, numerous army positions in Lebanon, and nine outposts in Syria. The mobile polling stations will move between several units according to a predetermined schedule. Their staff will be accompanied by an armed officer responsible for security, and the ballot boxes will remain locked while in transit. "Our mission is to enable all IDF service members to exercise their democratic right to a secret ballot, including during operational activities and combat beyond the border," says Col. Vered Ben Yehuda, who is overseeing the military's elections process. "The IDF is the people's army that will do everything necessary to enable the elections to take place as scheduled," she adds. Soldiers may also vote at civilian polling stations on October 27. Double envelopes will be used to ensure that each soldier votes only once.
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The only things the polls say for certain about Israel's election is that someone will have to eat their hat. There are 8 pollsters. Six say Netanyahu's bloc is nowhere near an outright majority. Two give him a comfortable lead. It's the difference between 30 or 18 for Likud.
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¿Por qué aparecen banderas palestinas en las protestas estudiantiles francesas, pero no ucranianas? Se lo preguntamos al filósofo francés Pascal Bruckner: "¿Por qué no está la bandera ucraniana? ¿Por qué no se piensa en los ucranianos? Porque son blancos". #TLD26. TLD. Pascal Bruckner: "El narcisismo del 'buen' occidental". traslaidentidad.substack.com….
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Opposition leads, with 6 days to go 🔴Opposition Bloc: 55 🔵Netanyahu Bloc: 51 🟢Arab Parties: 14
Knesset Seat Poll 🔴Yashar: 23 (-1) 🔵Likud: 19 (-2) 🔴Together: 15 (+1) 🟢Joint List: 9 🔴Democrats: 9 🔴Yisrael Beteinu: 8 🔵Shas: 8 🔵Otzma: 7 (-1) 🔵UTJ: 7 🔵RZP-Zehut: 6 (-1) 🟢Ra'am: 5 🔵Winter: 4 (+4) +/- Oct. 18 via Midgam/Chan12, Oct. 21
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Sacha Baron Cohen on suspicion that the calls for a boycott of his new film, 'Ali G: Who Iz I?,' are tied to his past support of Israel: "Well, I haven’t said anything about Israel. I think people are being portrayed as things that they are not on social media and it’s problematic. We are in a world where people can’t distinguish between facts and lies, and that’s something that I’ve spent a lot of the last few years trying to fix. For example, I co-founded a group called Stop Hate for Profit with the NAACP and Color of Change and the ADL and certain other civil rights groups to stop the misinformation and incitement of racism on social media. So, I’m not surprised that prominent Jews are being targeted. I knew that this was going to happen. The level of organization is surprising, but this is a trend of Jews being portrayed in certain ways and trying to be silenced." bit.ly/4BpPgkz
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Countries and organizations that officially rejected the Turkey 🇹🇷 / 🇱🇾 Libya MOU: ✅🇪🇺 EU Commission & Presidency ✅ 🇫🇷 France ✅ 🇮🇹 Italy ✅ 🇬🇷 Greece ✅ 🇨🇾 Cyprus ✅ 🇮🇱 Israel ✅🇪🇬 Egypt Do we call it IMEC? 😙
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El @elvendrell_cat declara persones “non grates” els membres del Govern d’Israel i vol reconèixer Gaza com un barri del municipi. Algú es pensa que els veïns els van votar per millorar el municipi o per jugar a ser diplomàtics de pa sucat amb oli? Mentrestant, els problemes reals continuen esperant. L’obsessió és una forma de mala gestió. @fcjecom @diaridtarragona @govern diaridetarragona.com/costa/2…
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Ahir vam assistir al Palau Reial de Pedralbes al lliurament del XIII Memorial Cassià Just, atorgat per la @govern a Antoni Matabosch, en reconeixement a tota una trajectòria dedicada al diàleg ecumènic i interreligiós. Membre fundador del @GTEReligions i referent del diàleg entre confessions, la seva tasca ha contribuït de manera significativa a la convivència, el respecte i la cohesió social. Des de la comunitat jueva, creiem que el diàleg interreligiós no pot quedar-se en les paraules, la convivència es construeix amb valors, però també amb gestos. @Ramon_Espadaler ⁠@justiciacat. ⁠@afersreligiosos @fcjecom
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La Mediterrània oriental s’escalfa.
We deeply regret the ratification today by the Libyan Parliament of the so-called Libyan-Türkiye Memorandum of Understanding on the delimitation of maritime jurisdictions in the Mediterranean Sea. We recall that the EU’s position on this matter was clearly stated by the European Council in 2019 and remains unchanged. This agreement infringes upon the sovereign rights of third states, it does not comply with the Law of the Sea, and is null and void. We reaffirm our solidarity with Greece and Cyprus. We reiterate the EU's well known position against any outside interference in Libya.
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🔴Opposition Bloc: 58 (+3) 🔵Netanyahu Bloc: 48 (-3) 🟢Arab Parties: 14
Knesset Seat Poll 🔴Yashar: 23 (+2) 🔵Likud: 19 (+1) 🔴Together: 14 (+1) 🔴Democrats: 9 🟢Joint List: 8 🔴Yisrael Beteinu: 8 🔵Otzma: 8 🔵Shas: 8 (+1) 🔵UTJ: 7 (-1) 🟢Ra'am: 6 🔵RZP-Zehut: 6 🔴Reservists-Economic: 4 🔵Winter: 0 (-4) +/- Oct. 15 via Lazar/Walla, Oct. 19
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Les IDF han anunciat que l’últim assassí de Shani Louk que quedava viu ha estat eliminat a Gaza. Israel, com va fer amb els criminals nazis, ni oblida, ni perdona.
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Sarah Helm has been pushing images of Burayr, which was once a small Arab village northeast of Gaza City. She posted them to promote the Nakba myth: that a poor Arab village was massacred and depopulated by violent, nasty Jews who just wanted to ethnically cleanse the Arabs. As usual with fictions such as this, she begins at the point when the Jews responded to Arab violence. Burayr’s history did not begin with its capture. @SarahHelm1 did not bother to tell anyone that it was the Arabs who started the war. She also neglected to describe how the village of Burayr was armed and hostile; how villagers attacked vehicles trying to take supplies to Jewish villages; how they blockaded roads and fired shots at Jews who tried to pass; and how, when a nearby kibbutz was established, Burayr villagers tried to kill its residents. Nor does she mention that the village lay on the Egyptian army’s invasion route, and that the Jews had to take control of the area and deal with hostile villages along the route, or they would have been massacred. This explains why the village was captured - and all of this is ignored. This is the true story of Israel's war of independence - a war of survival against Arabs who wanted to wipe them out. The end point - when the Arabs paid the price for losing a war they started - is all that she cares about. She is trying to invert history and make the aggressors - the Arabs - look like innocent victims. Hope this helps clear that up.
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NAZA, le documentaire de Yuval Abraham et Rachel Szor produit par The Guardian, a reçu le Prix spécial du jury à Venise et vingt-cinq minutes d’ovation. Il sort en France depuis le 12 octobre. Sa thèse tient en un mot : génocide. J’ai regardé ce film en juriste. Vingt-quatre témoins sans visage, sans grade, sans rien. Aucune frappe datée, aucune cible nommée, aucun document. Un chiffre, 500 morts civils anticipés pour une cible, lancé par une seule voix et démenti catégoriquement par l’armée. Des sous-titres qui ajoutent aux témoins ce qu’ils ne disent pas. Pas un juriste à l’écran, pas une règle citée, pas un mot sur le Hamas. Surtout, le film porte dans son titre la réfutation de sa thèse. Nezek agavi, dommage collatéral, désigne l’estimation préalable des pertes civiles d’une attaque dirigée contre un objectif militaire. C’est l’article 57 du Protocole additionnel I. Une armée qui compte les civils avant de frapper, qui avertit, qui évacue, puis qui compte ceux qui restent, ne décrit pas une entreprise d’extermination. Elle décrit un processus de ciblage, que l’on peut critiquer frappe par frappe, mais qui exclut la seule déduction raisonnable d’une intention de détruire un peuple, selon le critère fixé par la Cour internationale de Justice. Distinction, proportionnalité, précautions, outils d’aide à la décision, intention génocidaire : j’ai repris chaque point avec les textes et la jurisprudence, de la CIJ au TPIY, de la Cour suprême d’Israël à la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme. En voulant prouver un génocide, « NAZA » filme le contraire. sarahscialom.substack.com/p/…
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🇮🇱Intend to vote in the upcoming elections Overall: 72% ✡️Jews: 75% ☪️Arabs: 60% 🟥Opposition Bloc voters: 81% 🟦Netanyahu Bloc voters: 74% 1/2
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🇮🇱Intend to vote in the upcoming elections (2/2) ♂️Men: 73% ♀️Women: 72% 18-34: 64% 35-54: 76% 55+: 77% Traditional: 81% Secular: 79% Religious: 70% Haredi: 70% 2/2 via Midgam/Chan12, Oct. 19
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Over 4,000 Jews moved from France to Israel this year so far, and the number is expected to reach 5,000 by the end of the year. This is the 1st year since the fall of the Soviet Union that any country other than Russia is the origin of the most immigrants. (Source: @MakorRishon)
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The world allowed these preposterous lies to stand, and once the lies were exposed nobody was held accountable. They just pretended it never happened. No doubt millions of people still think there was a famine in Gaza
April 2024: Alex de Waal tells a Harvard audience that Gaza is "the most intense famine that we have seen since records began." October 2026: After none of his dire predictions came true, Alex de Waal declares that Gaza was, actually, "a very different type of famine." Alex de Waal wrote the standard textbook on famine, runs the World Peace Foundation, and helped write starvation crimes into international law. When the media says "famine experts warn," this is who they mean. In March 2024 he told Democracy Now that Gaza's children were already dying of hunger and disease, "likely in thousands already." Asked in October 2026 if Gaza made him rethink his work, he said yes. Was he wrong? Of course not. The most intense famine since records began was simply "a very different type of famine," with "a very different demographic profile." Not one word about the thousands of children he said were already dying. When Noam Dworman pressed him on the deaths in September, de Waal's answer was that the pattern "was something that was puzzling" and "we actually don't know how many have died." He was certain enough in 2024 to tell the world they were already dying by the thousands. Now he isn't certain enough to say how many died at all. — What actually happened: The IPC's own Famine Review Committee, June 2024: the famine claims were "not plausible," and "the available evidence does not indicate that Famine is currently occurring." reliefweb.int/report/occupie… After the October 2025 ceasefire, a UNICEF-led survey found 0.5 percent acute child malnutrition in Gaza, one of the lowest rates in the region. thefp.com/p/unicef-data-unde… In 2016, he admitted in Boston Review that he had used "genocide" about Sudan "because it would grab headlines," and that "using the G-word was an error." bostonreview.net/articles/al… Full interview: youtu.be/s_8RwW9encs
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