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“A Final Solution”
The Wikipedia entry for 'final solution':
The Final Solution (German: die Endlösung, pronounced [diː ˈʔɛntˌløːzʊŋ]) or the Final Solution to the Jewish Question (German: Endlösung der Judenfrage, pronounced [ˈɛntˌløːzʊŋ deːɐ̯ ˈjuːdn̩ˌfʁaːɡə]) was a Nazi plan for the genocide of individuals they defined as Jews during World War II. The "Final Solution to the Jewish question" was the official code name for the murder of all Jews within reach, which was not restricted to the European continent. This policy of deliberate and systematic genocide starting across German-occupied Europe was formulated in procedural and geopolitical terms by Nazi leadership in January 1942 at the Wannsee Conference held near Berlin, and culminated in the Holocaust, which saw the murder of 90% of Polish Jews, and two-thirds of the Jewish population of Europe.
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Yesterday the U.S. vetoed a UN Security Council resolution which demanded an unconditional ceasefire in Gaza. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, flouted her own resolution which, for lack of support, was not put to a vote.
At the press stake-out after the vote Thomas-Greenfield remarked:
Good afternoon, everyone.
You just heard me make the case for a resolution that I believe all of us can agree to. In fact, the points in the proposed resolution have all been articulated by the other 14 members of this Council.
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The draft we’ve presented is a forward leaning resolution. And it is one that we intend to work on in good faith with other Council members to ensure it gets over the finish line.
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We are eager to continue working with the Council on this proposal: One that would see a temporary ceasefire as soon as practicable, based on the formula of all hostages being released. And one that would get aid into the hands of those Palestinians who so desperately need it.
All told, we intend to do this the right way, so that we can create the right conditions for a safer, more peaceful future. And we will continue to actively engage in the hard work of direct diplomacy on the ground until we reach a final solution.
A final solution – one way or the other …
Polo:371-272, Book III
The Indian Fakirs
They pay adoration to the ox, and carry a small figure of one, of gift brass or other metal, attached to their foreheads. [1] They also burn the bones of oxen, reduce them to powder, and with this make an unguent for the purpose of marking various parts of the body, which they do in a reverential manner. If they meet a person with whom they are upon cordial terms, they smear the centre of his forehead with some of these prepared ashes. [2] They do not deprive any creature of life, not even a fly, a flea, or a louse, believing them to be animated with souls; and to feed upon any animal they would consider as a heinous sin. They even abstain from eating vegetables, herbs, or roots, until they have become dry; holding the opinion that these also have souls. They make no use of spoons nor of platters, but spread their victuals upon the dried leaves of the Adam s apple, called likewise apples of paradise. [3] When they have occasion to ease nature, they go to the sea-beach, and having dropped their burden in the sand, immediately scatter it in all directions, to prevent its giving birth to vermin, whose consequent death by hunger would load their consciences with a grievous offence. [1] They live to a great age, some of them even to a hundred and fifty years, enjoying health and vigour, although they sleep upon the bare earth. This must be attributed to their temperance and chastity. [2] When they die, their bodies are burned, in order for the same reason that they might not breed worms.
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1. The ox is held in veneration chiefly by the Saivas, or sect who are worshippers of Siva and Bhawani, whose vahana, monture, or vehicle that animal is; but what they most generally wear appended to their necks, is not the figure of the ox, but of the linga and yoni, which, from delicacy, our author, or his translators, may have been unwilling to de scribe. (Asiat. Res. vol. vii. p. 281.) * Lingam o fallo del dio Shiva," says Paolino, " simbolo della virtu generativa del Sole. Alcuni lo portano al collo, alteri al braccio, altri dipinto sulla fronte." P. 300.
2. All the different sects of Hindus are distinguished by peculiar marks worn on the forehead and breast. The ashes used in the composition employed for making or painting these marks are most commonly of cow-dung, or of whatever is burnt upon the sacrificial hearth, which they mix or vary with the dust of sandal- wood and other ingredients. " As well as the forehead," says Moor, " it will have been observed that Hindus paint their arms and breasts also, and sometimes their throats: sandal-powder, turmeric, chuna or lime, ashes from a consecrated fire, cow-dung, and other holy combustibles, made adhesive by a size of ricewater, or sometimes rubbed on dry, are the ingredients and usages on this occasion. Several lines of white, ashen, or yellow hue, are commonly seen drawn across the arms and breasts; and I understand that yogis and sannyasts, and other pious persons, frequently carry about them a little packet of these holy pigments, with which they mark those who show them respect, in repayment of their attentions." Hindu Pantheon p. 409.
3. The plantain (musa paradistaca of Lin., formerly named pomum paradisiacum) is remarkable for the size of its leaf, a part of which is commonly used by the natives as a dish for holding their boiled rice.
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1. The sandy shores of the great rivers are much frequented for the same purpose by those who live at a distance from the sea, and in such numbers, at the same hour, as to render it remarkable.
2. Strong proofs are mentioned by various writers, as well of the general austerity of their lives, as of their chastity in particular, or of the degree to which the sensual feelings of these yogis or sannyasis are subdued. (See Thevenot, Voyages des Indes, liv. iii. chap. vi. ; Grose, Vpy. to the East Indies, vol. i. p. 196.) With respect to their longevity, it is difficult to find any direct evidence ; but it is strongly implied in the Ayin Akbari, where, hi describing the char asherum, or four Hindu degrees, and the severities of ascetic discipline, generally confined to the fourth or last stage, it is said : " Some perform all these austerities in the first and second degrees; some allow twenty-five years for each of these states." Vol. iii. pp. 222 225. [The Latin text of Marco Polo adds here: " Dormiunt nudi in terra, nullum habentes vestitum infra nee supra, et hoc est mirabile quomodo sani evadunt, et toto anno jejunant, nee comedunt aliquid aliud nee bibunt quam panem et equam, et habent suos regulares qui custodiunt idola. Et quando volunt probare quod isti sunt boni et honesti, mittunt pro puellis quse sunt oblatae idolis, et faciunt quod illse tangunt eos hue et illuc et in pluribus locis corporis, et stant in magno solatio cum eis; et si membrum erigitur vel mutatur, emittunt eum et dicunt quod non est honestus ; sin autem, faciunt eum servire idolis suis in monasterio illo."]
Posted by: sln2002 | Feb 22 2024 1:43 utc | 262
https://t.me/FotrosResistance/5531
https://t.me/FotrosResistance/5532
SUMMARY of all resistance operations today, February 21 (2024), against (US)-israeli forces:
— Al-Qassam Brigades:
Sniped an Israeli soldier in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, causing a direct injury.
Targeted a Merkava-4 tank with Yassin-105s, south of the Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City.
Targeted Israeli soldiers fortified inside house with a “TBG” anti-fortification rocket, confirming the death of 3 soldiers, north of the Amal neighborhood, west of Khan Yunis.
Targeted an IOF armored troop carrier (APC) with Yassin-105s, west of the Amal neighborhood, in Khan Yunis.
Two groups of Israeli soldiers inside two houses were targeted with TBG anti-fortification rockets, in the Hawwaz area west of Khan Yunis.
A special Zionist force inside a building was targeted with RPGs, followed by engaging in clashes, resulting in the death of 4 soldiers at point-blank range and the injury of others in the Hawwaz area west of Khan Yunis.
Targeted 2 army vehicles with Yassin-105s, west of the Amal neighborhood, in Khan Yunis.
Targeted a Merkava tank with a “Shawaz” high explosive device, in the Hawwaz area west of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.
Detonate an explosive device on a Merkava tank on Salah al-Din Street in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City.
Engaged in fierce clashes with the IOF forces, during which their gatherings were crushed with mortar shells and their army vehicles being targeted with Al-Yassin-105 rockets & “Shawaz” explosives. IOF helicopters and vehicles were spotted evacuating the dead and wounded, south of the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City.
— Saraya Al-Quds Brigades:
Destroyed 2 IOF military vehicles in a field of “Thaqib” barrel bombs, in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.
Shelled IOF forces’ gatherings, south of the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, with 60-caliber mortar shells.
— Al-Aqsa Brigades:
Sniped an Israeli soldier, causing a direct injury in the eastern Gaza axis.
Targeted an IOF military vehicle with a “Tandem” rocket, in the Al-Zaytoun axis, causing direct injuries and making the vehicle dysfunctional.
Shelled israeli soldiers and their military vehicles with mortar shells & short-range rockets, in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.
Targeted an Israeli military vehicle with explosives, and subsequently hit with an RPG, in the Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.
Shelled an IOF army gathering and their military vehicles, with a number of mortar shells, west of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.
Shot down an IOF quadcopter drone and seized in the eastern Gaza Strip.
Engaged in fierce clashes with IOF soldiers, using machine guns, and confirmed causing casualties among their ranks in the Al-Hawuz area, west of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
— Martyr Omar Al-Qasim Forces:
Engaged in violent clashes with IOF forces, using appropriate weapons, followed by firing RPGs on the vehicles that penetrated Khan Younis and Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City.
Fired RPGs at IOF army vehicles, northwest of Al-Amal neighborhood, in Khan Younis, and they were hit directly.
— Mujahideen Brigades:
Detonated 2 anti-tank mines against 2 IOF army vehicles, causing direct injuries and confirmed casualties.
Targeted IOF army gatherings in the southeastern Gaza axis, with a number of short-range rockets.
In a joint-operation with the Al-Qassam Brigades, they shelled IOF army gatherings, invading the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, with a barrage of mortar shells, and IOF helicopters were spotted evacuating the dead and wounded from the site of the targeting.
Engaged in violent clashes with IOF forces, using appropriate weapons in the Al-Zaytoun axis, achieving direct and confirmed casualties.
— Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades:
Shelled IOF forces and their military vehicles, with a barrage of heavy-caliber mortar shells, east of Jabalia.
Shelled IOF forces and their military vehicles, north of the Gaza Strip, with 120mm mortar shells.
In a joint-operation with the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, they detonated a barrel bomb targeting an IOF military vehicle, west of Khan Younis, destroying it and leaving the israeli soldiers in it dead and wounded.
— Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades:
Detonated 2 anti-tank explosive devices, targetinf 2 army vehicles, hitting them directly and causing confirmed casualties.
Targeted 6 military vehicles with RPGs.
Engaged in fierce clashes with IOF forces, in Al-Zaytoun axis, achieving direct casualties.
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Posted by: tawharanui | Feb 22 2024 2:34 utc | 270
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