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Hands off Mohammed Khatib! Stand with Palestine! — Samidoun
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network stands together with our Europe Coordinator, Mohammed Khatib, and urges the broadest expressions of solidarity and support against the targeting and repression he is facing. We note that this is not only an attempt to target Mohammed as an individual and Samidoun as an organization. It is primarily an attempt to silence the growing, massive voice of the people standing together with Palestine against genocide. It aims specifically to silence the movement to liberate Palestinian prisoners and to uphold the legitimacy and justice of the Palestinian resistance, especially the armed resistance, as part of the international, Arab and Palestinian global intifada.
On 15 April 2024, Nicole De Moor, Belgium’s Secretary for Asylum and Migration, announced in a public statement that she was calling on the Belgian immigration agencies to withdraw the refugee status of Mohammed Khatib. Mohammed, born in Ain el-Helweh refugee camp in Lebanon, has been a refugee his entire life, denied his right to return to his home and homeland in Palestine, from which his family was forcibly displaced in the Zionist conquest of the Nakba in 1947-1948. De Moor’s statement is, in essence, an attempt to once again displace a Palestinian refugee who has already been displaced multiple times due to colonialism, imperialism, war and exploitation.
The Growing Movement for Palestinian Liberation
De Moor labeled Mohammed a “hate preacher,” in the latest example of the utter inversion of reality practiced by European, US and Canadian officials. There is currently a genocide being carried out by the Israeli occupation forces against the Palestinian people in Gaza, a genocide that is sparking intense global outrage against the Zionist regime, leading to protests that have taken the streets in Belgium for over six months involving tens and hundreds of thousands of people; direct actions targeting banks and arms manufacturers; a burgeoning student movement for Palestine paralleling that seen on US campuses like Columbia, Rutgers, Yale, the University of Michigan,and elsewhere; and wide-scale mobilization among the Palestinian population in Belgium.
As the global movement in support of Palestine, the Palestinian people, and their Resistance has grown across borders and continents, bringing millions to mobilize in the heart of the imperial core, it has been faced with severe repression from the same states that are arming and funding the Zionist genocide in Gaza. This is not the only attack in Belgium; demonstrations organized by Samidoun in Brussels have been canceled and banned by the police. ZINTV, an independent collective, hosted an event organized by Samidoun on repression in Europe targeting Palestine in October 2023; since that time, they have been threatened by the local government and then, months later, in March 2024, subject to a sudden police raid and investigation into “terrorism financing” as retaliation for hosting this public political event.
Repression Targeting Palestinian Organizing in Europe
In Germany, perhaps the most extreme example, Palestinian organizations, including Samidoun, have been banned. Activists like Zaid Abdulnasser and Musaab Abu Atta have been subjected to political bans – followed shortly thereafter by prominent international figures, including Salman Abu Sitta, Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah, and Yanis Varoufakis. Demonstrations and conferences have been forcibly shut down and dispersed by German police, who have beaten demonstrators on the streets of cities throughout the country. Hundreds of people have been arrested. Police raids have swept into the homes of Palestinian and Palestine solidarity activists amid government-backed media smear campaigns. Dozens of Palestinians are facing procedures to withdraw their residency, block their citizenship applications and deport them from the country. Organizations, including Jewish organizations, that stand against the genocide, have had their bank accounts shut down. The extreme level of repression in Germany comes at the same time that the German government has upped its arms exports to the Israeli regime 10x since 7 October 2023.
While Germany is likely the most extreme example of repression in Europe, it is not alone. In France, which has already sought to dissolve or ban Palestine solidarity organizations like the Collectif Palestine Vaincra and the Comité Action Palestine, over 628 cases have been opened by prosecutors seeking to investigate or prosecute people for making statements in support of the Palestinian resistance, while officials and extreme right wing politicians and media threaten to dissolve Samidoun Paris Banlieue, CAPJPO EuroPalestine, Urgence Palestine and other mass movements. Demonstrations are now taking place across France, but this was only possible after mass participation pushed back the attempt to ban demonstrations for Palestine across the country in October and November 2023. In Spain, the Netherlands, and other European countries, related attacks on organizers for Palestine are continuing. Of course, some of the most extreme examples are the political prisoners for Palestine in European jails, including Georges Abdallah, jailed for nearly 40 years in France; Amin Abu Rashed, jailed for over 300 days in the Netherlands; and emerging cases in Italy, the Netherlands, Germany and other states.
In the Netherlands and Switzerland, particularly, multiple attempts have been made by the Israeli embassy and Zionist organizations to shut down events where Mohammed is speaking. These attempts have failed – largely because Mohammed is already a Belgian resident. The Israeli ambassador to Belgium has repeatedly issued demands to ban Samidoun and silence our events. It is difficult to see these latest attacks as anything other than an attempt to placate the same Zionist regime currently killing over 40,000 Palestinians in Gaza and bombing hospitals, schools, mosques, churches, residential buildings and refugee camps.
The Attack on Mohammed Khatib is an Attack on All of Us
The attack on Mohammed Khatib and the threat against his refugee status are part and parcel of this repression. It is meant as a threat to every other Palestinian and every other recognized refugee in Belgium that if they speak out – especially if they speak out loudly and clearly on Palestinian liberation and resistance – they will be targeted with the loss of their residency and their livelihood. The minister does not even attempt to allege that Mohammed and Samidoun have done anything other than organize demonstrations, protests, mass mobilizations and political education events for Palestine in Belgium – thus, the “threat level 3 out of 4” identified by unspecified “security agencies” is related to the “threat” posed of the growing movement for Palestinian liberation in Belgium. All of this is made even more outrageous by the note by Belgian public broadcaster VRT in an interview with Mohammed Khatib that “the security services mainly estimate that the organization [Samidoun] can damage Belgian international relations with Israel.”
Repression Targeting the Prisoners and the Resistance
The attack on Mohammed and on Samidoun is specifically intended to silence support for Palestinian prisoners. There are currently over 9,500 Palestinian prisoners inside the Israeli occupation jails. Thousands of additional Palestinians from Gaza have been kidnapped by the Zionist regime, especially health care workers and civilians in areas targeted for invasions by the Israeli occupation army. These Palestinian prisoners are being subjected to severe torture, starvation and abuse by the Israeli prison system. At the same time, the Palestinian prisoners are leaders of the Palestinian cause, targeted for their role in resisting occupation, from organizing students and workers to leading the armed struggle. The liberation of the Palestinian prisoners is precious to the Palestinian people and a whole and to their resistance. The Israeli regime wants to isolate them from their people and from our international movement – and this is the key reason why they attack Samidoun and label us “terrorists.” We are committed to amplifying ever more loudly and broadly the demand to liberate all Palestinian prisoners.
Further, it is also an attack on the Palestinian Resistance. Increasingly, people everywhere in the world have made it clear that they recognize the illegitimacy and racism of Zionism, the need for a free Palestine from the river to the sea, and the legitimacy of the Palestinian resistance, particularly the armed struggle. Despite all of the attempts to smear and criminalize Palestinian resistance organizations, including listing them as “terrorist organizations” in the United States, the European Union, Britain and Canada, the people of the world – and even the imperial core – recognize that it is the Palestinian resistance (and their allied resistance forces in Yemen, Lebanon and throughout the region) who are defending humanity from genocide. Not only is the Palestinian right to resist by all means enshrined in international law, it is a fundamental and natural right of any people subjected to occupation and colonization. These attacks are, once again, not only aimed at Mohammed and at Samidoun but are an attempt to criminalize and repress the burgeoning support for the resistance in all of its forms, especially the armed resistance, in Palestine.
Anti-Palestinian Racism, Imperialism and the Right to Remain and Return
We also must emphasize that this attack comes as part and parcel of the ongoing structural racism against migrants in Belgium, particularly against Black, African, Arab and other migrants of colour. Right-wing politicians like Theo Francken engage in electoral campaigns that primarily traffic in Islamophobia and anti-Arab racism, while he holds up photos of Mohammed in the Belgian parliament and declares that the streets of Brussels demonstrating for Palestine “resemble Beirut or Gaza,” in what he considers a sign of “danger” and an insult to its residents. Palestinian children have been stripped of their Belgian nationality, while policing energies and violence are repeatedly targeted at communities of colour.
Of course, migration to Belgium is itself driven by colonialism and imperialism making life difficult to impossible around the world and imposing a form of forced migration upon the people of the global south while pursuing ever more wars, regime change, intervention and economic exploitation of the peoples of the south, their wealth and their resources. For Palestinians denied their right to return home for the past 76 years, they have lived through forced migration through forced migration, while being confronted with regimes of ongoing persecution, marginalization and exclusion, fighting simultaneously for the right to remain and the right to return to their homes and lands in Palestine. The struggle to defend Mohammed is a struggle against racism and repression in all of their forms.
Stand with Mohammed. Stand with Samidoun. Stand with Palestinian prisoners, the Palestinian resistance, and the liberation of Palestine from the river to the sea.
TAKE ACTION:
The most important thing to do is to continue and escalate mobilizations, direct actions, encampments and all forms of organizing to bring an end to the genocide in Gaza and liberation for Palestine. Within that context, take a stand against repression and speak about this and other cases in your area.
Sign on to the campaign in support of Mohammed.Click here or use the form below to add your support!
Issue a statement of solidarity. Organizations like Charleroi Pour La Palestine, LABO, UPJB, Bruxelles Pantheres, ABP, have done so already. Issue your own statement and make it clear that Nicole de Moor does not speak for the people.
Invite Mohammed to speak. Whether this is a local event in Belgium or elsewhere in Europe or a virtual event, Mohammed can speak about his case and the broader struggle for liberation. Email us at supportmohammed@samidoun.net to plan an event.
Speak about the Palestinian prisoners and about the Resistance. Highlight the cases of Palestinian prisoners and their ongoing struggle for freedom and liberation. Emphasize the demands of the Palestinian people and their resistance for the liberation of Palestinian prisoners in a real prisoner exchange. Emphasize the legitimacy of the Palestinian resistance in your demonstrations and actions.
Demand to delist Palestinian, Lebanese resistance organizations from “terrorist lists” in the United States, European Union, Canada, Britain and other countries. These organizations represent the will and commitment of the Palestinian people to liberate their land from an illegitimate Zionist occupation. These listings are used not only to justify the ongoing Zionist genocide and imperialist funding and support but also to target Palestinian and solidarity activists and organizations.
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On Wednesday 6 August 2025, Mohammed Khatib, coordinator for Samidoun in Europe, was notified of the revocation of his refugee status by the Belgian asylum authorities. This is the latest development in a comprehensive attack upon the Palestinian population in Belgium and upon the growing movement in solidarity with Palestine, following on the heels of the right-wing government’s announcement that it is seeking to ban organizations engaging in advocacy it wishes to silence, including Samidoun.
Mohammed Khatib is targeted because he is Palestinian. He is targeted because he supports the resistance on the path to the liberation of Palestine from the river to the sea, because he advocates for liberation of all Palestinian prisoners, and because he honours the lives and legacy of the martyrs of the Palestinian liberation struggle.
...As the cases of Congo, Algeria or Vietnam illustrate, the attempt to repress the voice of the oppressed will not succeed. Liberation is on the horizon, and neither the Palestinian people nor the solidarity movement will give up, no matter how egregious the repression.
On Wednesday 6 August 2025, Mohammed Khatib, coordinator for Samidoun in Europe, was notified of the revocation of his refugee status by the Belgian asylum authorities. This is the latest developme…
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SANAA, Aug. 07 (YPA) - Sayyed Abdulmalik Badr al-Din al-Houthi accused some Arab and Islamic regimes of colluding with the Israeli enemy in the systematic starvation of more than two million people in the Gaza Strip.He noted that this is taking place
New: a brand of vape detectors is in schools and public housing. A young hacker took it apart, found it contained microphones. They then demonstrated how to turn it into an audio bug. Brings up concerns of surveillance in peoples' own homes 404media.co/it-looks-like-a-sc…
A couple of years ago, a curious, then-16-year-old hacker named Reynaldo Vasquez-Garcia was on his laptop at his Portland-area high school, seeing what computer systems he could connect to via the Wifi—“using the school network as a lab,” as he puts it—when he spotted a handful of mysterious devices with the identifier “IPVideo Corporation.”
After a closer look and some googling, Garcia figured out that a company by that name was a subsidiary of Motorola, and the devices he’d found in his school seemed to be something called the Halo 3C, a “smart” smoke and vape detection gadget. “They look just like smoke detectors, but they have a whole bunch of features like sensors and stuff,” Garcia says.
As he read more, he was intrigued to learn that the Halo 3C goes beyond detecting smoke and vaping—including a distinct feature for discerning THC vaping in particular. It also has a microphone for listening out for “aggression,” gunshots, and keywords such as someone calling for help, a feature that to Vasquez-Garcia immediately raised concerns of more intrusive surveillance.
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The Halo 3C is a vape detector installed in schools and public housing. A young hacker found it contains microphones and that it can be turned into an audio bug, raising privacy concerns.
Fun fact: Windows puts a circular symbolic link in every user's profile directory, so if you're using Windows standard "robust file copy" utility (which is better than xcopy which, I assume, improves on "copy" and, among other things, dies if you have a path longer than 266 characters with a cryptic memory-out error) it will recursively materialise the link forever, filling up any storage you're copying to.
„Warum tragen Journalisten sehenden Auges zum Abbau der Demokratie bei? Vermutlich, weil sie glauben, dass sie sich auch in undemokratischen Zeiten mindestens zurecht finden und vielleicht sogar den Arsch an die Heizung kriegen werden.“
Mit unscharfen, beschönigenden und verschleiernden Schlagzeilen über das Wirken von Demokratiefeinden gefährden Journalisten die Demokratie - und damit eigentlich ja auch die Basis ihrer Arbeit. Warum bloß?
The US, creator and chief proliferator of nuclear weapons, uses them to dominate globally while opposing disarmament, spending trillions on modernization instead. Despite the UN Treaty banning nukes, the US fuels imperialist wars and nuclear escalation to sustain capitalist profits through militarism. Lasting security demands global solidarity and the defeat of US imperialism, not selective disarmament.
Since the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, US imperialism has driven nuclear proliferation worldwide. Current nuclear flashpoints, such as Iran, show how the US continues to use nuclear blackmail to reinforce its dominance.
Should I do a run of the stickers? And should it say “AI Training Data” or just “Training Data”? Vote either way I guess. Dunno how to do the options right here really
What? It's not "All training data"? Still funny with or without "AI". Do you think people knows that AI company tell this for what they doing when scraping data?
Ordinary people get into trouble for doing even a teeny tiny fraction of what AI tools do, but when the latter does it, no legal repercussions and it’s all hype.
And it often reminds me of Aaron Schwartz, and how this situation is so baffling in comparison.
very interesting, would Logan Park at 3 in the morning be a good place to find someone to discuss this project of critical global security importance to all creatures alive or yet to live? #Doge
@davidaugust.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy @StillIRise1963@mastodon.world AP says it was a “group of teenagers,” and they arrested 2 15 year olds from Maryland: https://apnews.com/article/washington-dc-crime-assault-doge-05aaaeb09d106ca1af673b46e89d60e1
Went on an early morning group ride (had to wake up at 4). My 1st time to join a group ride and I was no match for their speed. I managed to stay with the group for 10 mins. I covered a distance of 105km with an average speed of 20.5 km/h. Their average was 30km/h (they are also mostly half my age). So mostly a solo ride but I provided some road side assistance to a couple of riders. I was surprised to see a large number of different groups cycling this morning #BikeTooter #Cycling #Egypt #Cairo
Sadly most groups coordinate and advertise their rides on Facebook which I would never join again. This makes it hard for me to find a group that matches my pace. Most of them have presence on Strava but they are never active.
The weather was ok. Not too hot but mostly because of strong winds which also didn't help in more than half the time.
In the early morning there were two very bright planets in the sky close to each other. Venus and Jupiter according to @KrajciTom
It is also a bit crazy that the only cycling path in #Cairo is on that highway and it is just some paint on the ground. To reach the start of that path you have to cycle 50km from the center of the city and it is only in one direction! 😅
I agree with him, all Police Officers should be stop and searched, their social media and hard drives checked and their whatsapp etc use monitored daily, Crime would drop dramatically.
The big upcoming reveal will NOT be some political, computer, or financial slop.
What if it will be that the power structure has developed a race of highly intelligent and incredibly strong chimpanzees that will take over the world and keep you in line in the New World Order?
The US economy is splitting in two. There’s a rip-roaring AI economy. And there’s a lackluster consumer economy. Last quarter, spending on AI outpaced the growth in consumer spending.
Yet, the whole 'AI economy' is itself a house of cards. Companies are losing hundreds of billions and all gains are in speculative valuation. The only winner here is Nvidia, and all it does is just flip Taiwan’s chips to cash-burning companies.
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I'm glad the likes of Dan Astin Gregory [and Catherine Ybarra] are getting more on the case. They can bring the concerns to a wider audience than a mouth-frothing "conspiracy-theorist" alarmist-hippie socially-inept-autist like me can, with all my too far too fast for most people. Are we looking up yet? #eyesopen #nofear #lookup
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Kulturelle Bereicherung oder Verarmung durch Zuwanderung? Beispiele aus der deutschen Geschichte ansage.org/kulturelle-bereiche… Kulturelle Bereicherung in Berlin damals und heute: Hugenotten bedanken sich respektvoll beim Großen Kurfürsten von Preußen für ihre Aufnahme (l.), Junger Migrant Silvester 2024 (Bilder:Wikicommons, Jouwatch) Lassen Sie mich Ihnen, verehrte Leserinnen und Leser, bereits zu Beginn
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“This action will do nothing to bring an end to this conflict or to help secure the release of the hostages. It will only bring more bloodshed.” -Keir Starmer on the #zioNaZis plan to fully occupy #Gaza.
On the same time: "send them intelligence and weapons to finish the job."
Aerial photos from Gaza this past week reveal the horrific scale of destruction Israel has inflicted on the 25-mile strip. The devastation is reminiscent of Hiroshima. Israel’s war crimes continue to mount by the day.
"In short, is not liberty the freedom of every person to make full use of his faculties, so long as he does not harm other persons while doing so? Is not liberty the destruction of all despotism -- including, of course, legal despotism? Finally, is not liberty the restricting of the law only to its rational sphere of organizing the right of the individual to lawful self-defense; of punishing injustice?"
"In short, is not liberty the freedom of every person to make full use of his faculties, so long as he does not harm other persons while doing so? Is not liberty the destruction of all despotism -- including, of course, legal despotism? Finally, is n…
The "tacit emotional contract" refers to the unspoken agreements that often exist in relationships—those invisible terms and expectations that can deeply influence how we interact. 🌫️ These silent clauses can become toxic when one partner expects certain behaviors or feelings without ever expressing them openly. This lack of clarity can lead to misunderstandings, resentment, and emotional harm.
Recognizing these unsaid rules is a crucial step toward healthier connections. It's important to foster open dialogue about needs and boundaries instead of assuming or enforcing unspoken demands. 💬✨ Awareness empowers both partners to negotiate their emotional needs consciously, preventing the silent contract from becoming a source of pain.
If you suspect you're trapped in such a tacit contract, start by reflecting on what expectations feel unstated yet pressuring. Then, gently bring those feelings into conversation. Healing from these unspoken bindings can lead to more authentic, respectful relationships. 💖 #EmotionalHealth #NPD #HealingTogether
Seriously, aspartame penetrates the blood brain barrier and can cause physical, mental and physiological problems including cancer. It's in so many children's drinks and almost all chewing gum, diet soda pop, etc. It was accidentally discovered in a lab.
"The first step in saving our liberty is to realize how much we have already lost, how we lost it, and how we will continue to lose it unless fundamental political changes occur."
-- James Bovard (1956- ) American author, lecturer Source: Lost Rights, 1994
"The first step in saving our liberty is to realize how much we have already lost, how we lost it, and how we will continue to lose it unless fundamental political changes occur." ~ James Bovard
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