https://english.almayadeen.net/news/art-culture/all-seeing-eyhttpes-in-al-quds-testify-to-israeli-violence-i

All-seeing "eyes" in Al-Quds testify to Israeli violence in Silwan

A group of Palestinian artists has embellished walls in the eastern part of Al-Quds, with wide-open eyes, painted in large as a reminder to the Israeli occupiers that all eyes are on Silwan, a neighborhood threatened with forced evictions.

The "I Witness Silwan" project challenges "Israel's" lack of accountability and impunity in its endless killings and human rights abuses. The eyes represent those of Palestinian and international leaders and figures, including George Floyd, and Silwan Community Member Nihad Siyam.

Floyd's relevance to the mural is his direct testimony to racist violence and 'police states', such as that of the United States, which heavily funds police and aggressive authorities to maintain order and protect the comprador class. In this context, "Israel" is an entity built on military violence, as part of an extreme form of capitalism, and George Floyd is, metaphorically, alive to witness it all.

Goldfinches and poppies, a national flower, are also spotted in the art.

The murals are scattered across impoverished, disenfranchised neighborhoods in Al-Quds, and their aim is to make one feel they are being watched wherever they walk in the neighborhood.

“The staring eyes say to people that we see them and they should see us too,” says Jawad Siyam, director of Madaa-Silwan Creative Center. “We want to say that we are here — we love our land and our home.”

The center has some 2,000 feet of graffiti and paintings, working with some US artists since 2015. The organizers spoke that the project attempts at drawing attention to the evictions that Palestinians are facing, particularly in Silwan, a neighborhood in Al-Quds' old city.

The organizers, in addition, also said that the project aims to counter Israeli settlers that are working to strip the Palestinians of their homes and steal their land and heritage.

In parallel, Palestinians in the West Bank face mass arrests, home raids, targeted killings, and eviction threats.

In late May, Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians and their homes in Sheikh Jarrah Neighborhood, smashing citizens' vehicles, storming homes, throwing stones, and shooting live bullets

Similar to Silwan, Sheikh Jarrah has been a pressure point that the Israeli occupation has been capitalizing on as a weapon. The occupation has aimed to steal and destroy homes there, looking for forced eviction of Palestinians from their homes, which they have been living in for generations.

>> Queen of England wears poppies on her clothes as well as the rest of the UK royals.

Symbolism of the All Seeing Eye = good trolling.

What about the Goldfinches? The Goldfinch meaning symbolizes that life is for you to live.

Interesting combo of symbols.

https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/italy-revealed-to-be-secret-nato-buyer-of-israeli-spy-planes

Italy revealed to be secret NATO buyer of Israeli spy planes

Approximately $550 million worth of contracts between Italy and "Israel" Aerospace Industries (IAI) have been completed for the supply of two more early warning spy planes as well as support and ground logistics services for the Italian air force.

The transactions raise the total number of special mission aircraft that IAI will have sold to the Italians to four, as shown in publicly available records from the Italian Defense Ministry and the nation's parliament.

IAI said in July of this year that it had been given a contract worth more than $200 million to supply special purpose aircraft to a European NATO member state, however it did not specify which state.

The Italian air force is also the customer in another sizable transaction IAI announced in 2020, despite IAI's continued refusal to "share the name of its customers," according to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.

The ELTA subsidiary of IAI builds a variety of special mission aircraft, many of which are based on executive jets that have had military systems added to them. These include SIGINT aircraft for electronic and communication intelligence gathering and electronic warfare - to jam enemy radar and communications systems - as well as CAEW aircraft which provide airborne early warning and control as well as electronic intelligence capabilities. They also include Maritime patrol aircraft to track ships and submarines.

The Italian Defense Ministry announced in 2021 that it intended to buy two new CAEW espionage planes from ELTA. It is based on a modified Gulfstream G550 commercial aircraft that is used for air control and early warning missions. It is comparable to the Israeli Air Force's Nachshon Eitam aircraft.

Israeli Security Ministry Director-General Amir Eshel met with Italian Defense Ministry Director-General Luciano Portolano in Rome last month, "Tel Aviv" said Tuesday.

The two officials met for talks meant to bolster cooperation within the security industry between the two governemtns, the Israeli ministry said.

"The meetings focused on cooperation in the fields of procurement, military equipment, broadening research and development processes, strengthening industrial cooperation between countries, and promoting key procurement initiatives," "Tel Aviv's" security ministry said on social media.

>> Wasn't Italy already involved in the election cheating? Or was it the spying on Potus? I forgot which one it was.