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April 24, 2025
Palestine Open Thread 2025-088
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MAY JUSA ROT IN HELL
may every silent witness go along with them
Posted by: ld | Apr 24 2025 14:19 utc | 1
In Pope Francis’s final statement on this earth he condemned the assault on the Palestinian people……..strongly and unflinchingly……deal with it Bibi!
Posted by: tobias cole | Apr 24 2025 14:37 utc | 2
From the last part of the previous thread:
A. Mizrahi: Believe me when I tell you: if you don’t hate Zionism with every fiber of your being, you’re not normal
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Apr 24 2025 2:06 utc | 214
No one should propagate hatred. It is a poisonous, destructive emotion that leads solely to conflict and violence.
One should not hate Zionism, as Mizrahi proposes, but be knowledgeable about it in order to understand it.
When there is understanding, effective ways of rejecting, countering and defeating it as an ideology and a practice can be devised and applied.
A natural, sane reaction to Zionism and all similar projects is – opposition, disgust, feeling sickened and repelled by everything they represent.
Posted by: JB | Apr 24 2025 14:39 utc | 3
After meeting with ‘senior republicans’ at Mar-a-Lago, Itamar Ben-Gvir said:
‘They expressed support for my very clear position on how to act in Gaza and that the food and depots should be bombed.’
https://x.com/jeremyscahill/status/1915000741757964352
Posted by: John Gilberts | Apr 24 2025 14:41 utc | 4
Iran’s AA defenses were basically untouched by the IDF strikes last year…..and their ballistic missile force continues to grow and improve.
Any attack on Iran will be met with overwhelming missile retaliation strikes easily overwhelming the THAAD batteries now in place in occupied Palestine.
Can not believe the US would approve the IDF Armageddon strikes on Iran…………
Posted by: tobias cole | Apr 24 2025 14:47 utc | 5
The modern west is going to watch hundreds of thousands of people including tens of thousands of children literally starve to death and, far from stopping it, will assist in the starvation. The masks are completely off and the emperor’s nakedness is plain for all to see now.
Posted by: Caliman | Apr 24 2025 14:48 utc | 6
In Pope Francis’s final statement on this earth he condemned the assault on the Palestinian people……..strongly and unflinchingly……deal with it Bibi!
Posted by: tobias cole | Apr 24 2025 14:37 utc | 2
Honestly, I wish he had, but I’m not so sure. Check out Tariq Cyril Amar’s latest article.
He was already very ill when the genocide began. He should have declared that he was going to visit the wounded in Gaza and died there at the hands of the Israelis. Now that would merit some praise and radicalize a billion Catholics.
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Apr 24 2025 14:58 utc | 7
Posted by: JB | Apr 24 2025 14:39 utc | 3
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Tolerance of evil is evil.
Zionism and everyone who believes in or practices it is evil.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Apr 24 2025 15:06 utc | 8
“ Today, I am planning to engage in an extreme act of protest against the genocide of the Palestinian people… Many of us like to ask ourselves, ‘What would I do if I was alive during slavery? Or the Jim Crow South? Or apartheid? What would I do if my country was committing genocide?’ The answer is, you’re doing it. Right now.”
–Aaron Bushnell, February 25 2024
Posted by: Exile | Apr 24 2025 15:07 utc | 9
Posted by: JB | Apr 24 2025 14:39 utc | 3
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Do you hate Nazism?
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Apr 24 2025 15:08 utc | 10
From the last part of the previous thread:
A. Mizrahi: Believe me when I tell you: if you don’t hate Zionism with every fiber of your being, you’re not normal
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Apr 24 2025 2:06 utc | 214
No one should propagate hatred. It is a poisonous, destructive emotion that leads solely to conflict and violence.
One should not hate Zionism, as Mizrahi proposes, but be knowledgeable about it in order to understand it.
When there is understanding, effective ways of rejecting, countering and defeating it as an ideology and a practice can be devised and applied.
A natural, sane reaction to Zionism and all similar projects is – opposition, disgust, feeling sickened and repelled by everything they represent.
Posted by: JB | Apr 24 2025 14:39 utc | 3
Generally true, but in this case, I think hate is extremely healthy.
What is counterproductive is the emotional element of the hate. Hate Zionism but with the sang froid to defeat it.
“Hate” as with most pithy concepts is vague. You may want to kill after witnessing the atrocities of the Zios, but obviously you can’t act on that emotion in the current context. So, you take a walk, hit the gym in order to think straight again. Then the hatred of an enemy of humanity does not disappear but becomes something else. Your brain reengages after emotion subsides and you can pursue your goal of defeating Zionism rationally and with a controlled intensity.
The test of these things is to replace the term Zionists with the term Nazis (their closest historical counterpart) and then consider the question. For example, is it ok to hate Nazis? Easy answer right?
Nonetheless, the value of understanding is an important point. It is required to defeat the enemy. Understanding is the rational process that begins after one allows the initial emotion to subside.
In sum, don’t act on emotion. Let that pass and then plan your attack with other rational people who hate Zionism, collectively.
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Apr 24 2025 15:11 utc | 11
The modern west is going to watch hundreds of thousands of people including tens of thousands of children literally starve to death and, far from stopping it, will assist in the starvation. The masks are completely off and the emperor’s nakedness is plain for all to see now.
Posted by: Caliman | Apr 24 2025 14:48 utc | 6
I think the term “modern west” could be causing your pessimistic view. Think about what you mean by that term and consider the question again. Do you mean every human in the west or are you thinking of the ruling class of every country in the west? If the latter, then there is no need for such extreme pessimism, as you are taking about a very small group of wicked individuals. If the former, then yes things would appear hopeless.
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Apr 24 2025 15:15 utc | 12
Ahenobarbus #12: hmmm, well we are all watching it happen, live and in HD tv … and are we, as citizens of our so called democracies, doing anything effective to stop it?
Are we for example, like Thoreau with the Mexican American war, stopping paying our taxes and going to jail to at least stop contributing to the evil? I think the way he put it was it’s not incumbent upon me to right all wrongs; but it is incumbent upon me to stop contributing to them as far as I know.
What would happen if even just 10-20% of the population would do that? Would basically go on general strike and be willing to peacefully go to jail to stop active evil being done in their name and using their monies? It would be a revolution of morality such as the world has never seen.
Posted by: Caliman | Apr 24 2025 15:37 utc | 13
Honestly, I wish he had, but I’m not so sure. Check out Tariq Cyril Amar’s latest article.
He was already very ill when the genocide began. He should have declared that he was going to visit the wounded in Gaza and died there at the hands of the Israelis. Now that would merit some praise and radicalize a billion Catholics.
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Apr 24 2025 14:58 utc | 7
Mayb, but this one is as good as you get… the ICJ is currently doing the later
“According to some experts, what is happening in Gaza has the characteristics of a genocide,” Pope Francis wrote.
“It should be carefully investigated to determine whether it fits into the technical definition formulated by jurists and international bodies.
Posted by: Newbie | Apr 24 2025 15:43 utc | 14
Challenging Anarchy: Russian Roulette in Post-Assad Syria
https://www.rt.com/news/616148-post-assad-syria-russia/
“Western powers want to prevent the fall of the Syrian regime as a strategic defeat for Moscow, but its goals have changed in the past decade.
Several factors have diminished Syria’s strategic importance to Russia.”
Posted by: John Gilberts | Apr 24 2025 15:52 utc | 15
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Apr 24 2025 15:15 utc | 12
There’s a difference between Nazis & Nazism. And between Zionist & Zionism. Diseased, perverted person vs psychopathological ideology.
Remember, ordinary German people were essentially brainwashed to blame the “other” for their problems.
And ordinary Europeans & Americans & Jews have been brainwashed to hate the “other.”
I like the eastern concept of yin & yang. And its imagery: each contains the seed of the other; each contains the potential of the other.
What matters is to recognize we each contain the unrealized seed of hate & choose which to feed, hate vs love.
Feed the hate & it will grow. And as it grows, it will need & seek out more to feed on. And like a weed, choke off the capacity to love.
So recognize the ideology & reject it as anti-life. Maybe feel some pity/contempt for the victims of the disease. They weren’t born dreaming of becoming murderers.
I always have to remind myself: karma is real & they sooner or later they will get theirs. I have witnessed enough karma in real time to be sure of this.
Instead, choose love. Speak out, donate what you can to aide groups, protest, & pray.
Posted by: Mary | Apr 24 2025 15:52 utc | 16
“Western powers want to present the fall of the Syrian regime as a strategic defeat for Moscow…”
Correction to above post.
Posted by: John Gilberts | Apr 24 2025 15:54 utc | 17
Here is a dated post. I had predicted the obvious, that not just Gaza was a target for ethnic cleansing but the West Bank as well.
I have edited the post a bit. It could use expanding with newer information, but one thing egged me on to post this.
The West Bank is presently being demolished by the IDF and what does Abbas have to say to Hamas, (roughly) “Release the hostages, you sons of dogs!”
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NPR…jeesh…don’t get me started…Hold me back! Hold me back!
Ok, one thing, … NPR and Mossad.
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NPR Works With Mossad
Mary Louise Kelly, the anchor for ‘All Things Considered’ at NPR
worked with, or ‘shilled for’, Israel’s Mossad spy agency.
Background
There are many strong indicators that Israel let Oct 7th happen on purpose.
It was done so as to create the outrage and hate such as to draw Israelis to, as Darth Vader would say, The Dark Side, and support the ethnic cleansing of Gaza, and
predictably, this would be followed by the same treatment in the West Bank.
The strong indications of LIHOP were numerous:
Netanyahu was three months away from annexing a large portion of the West Bank,
everyone, including Hamas, knew it.
Netanyahu intentionally antagonized the Palestinians by invading and defiling the Al-Aqsa Mosque five days in a row (Oct 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th).
Israel was in possession of Hamas’ detailed plan for Oct 7th a year in advance.
Israel removed the majority of it’s forces around Gaza just prior to Oct 7th.
Mossad had humint, spys, crawling all over Gaza.
Gaza was the most watched patch of Earth by satellites.
Plus! Israel’s own intelligence officers were warning — in writing — that they believed an attack was imminent.
Israelis watching the borders of Gaza had been sounding the alert over unusual activity for weeks and months.
While invading and defiling al Aqsa Mosque, Israel relocated the Rave Party into the known danger zone just three miles from Gaza and on the route to a prime Hamas target – the Re’im military IDF base (the Rave Party sat in a sandwich between these two); irregular pressure (~Oct 3rd) from higher ups overruled the grave security concerns of the IDF officers who normally were charged with approving or disapproving activities near Gaza.
It was hours before the IDF arrived in force after the Hamas jail break, Israel refuses to explain why.
But even before the arrival in force of the IDF Israel had implemented the Hannabal Directive.
The above are the familiar indicators. You should also be aware that, incredibly, Israel ceased the monitoring of Hamas’ radio network some months before Oct 7th. This is Israel’s stance, that they ceased monitoring altogether; but, more likely is that they compartmentalized it so that only insiders to the LIHOP were getting this critical intelligence.
Israeli media headline: “Unit 8200 could have saved Israel from Oct. 7; why hasn’t it owned up to its failure?”
https://www.israelhayom.com/2023/11/23/unit-8200-could-have-save-israel-from-oct-7-why-hasnt-it-owned-up-to-its-failure/
This is where NPR comes in.
NPR, in the person of Mary Louise Kelly, the anchor for ‘All Things Considered’,
promoted the cover up angle that ceasing of the monitoring was a reasonable thing to do.
Her sounding board was the “retired” Sima Shine, former head of research and analysis for Mossad.
Read it and see that this was not reporting, but advocacy for an Israeli cover-up agenda.
https://www.npr.org/2023/11/06/1211024508/israels-spy-agency-is-one-of-the-best-how-did-it-not-foresee-hamas-attacks
Also, the NPR interview only dealt with the interception of messages by means of monitoring Hamas’ radio network.
Importantly, NPR did not address the fact that there is sophisticated monitoring equipment capable of giving locations and numbers of radios being used by an enemy.
The radio communication traffic would have become volcanic on Oct 7th, and that itself should have led to a Red Alert. Israel could have also seen large radio traffic taking place outside !!! the walls of Gaza in the minutes after the jail break and this would certainly be cause for a Red Alert. With the monitoring equipment Israel could have then tracked the direction and concentration of Hamas.
ALSO, the in the early morning hours of Oct 7th the IDF leadership called an emergency
meeting. Red flag indicators were being detected, the most significant is still a secret that Israeli media is not allowed to report (according to Israeli media itself), but one indicator was that Hamas was loading Israeli SIM cards into their phones so that they could communicate while outside of the Gaza Wall – this is HUGE!
Listening to the interview, clearly NPR is actively assisting with explaining away the lack of monitoring.
This is not reporting or journalism this is actively assisting Israel/Mossad with a cover up.
You will find it extremely interesting to listen and also you will notice a curious thing.
(At the above NPR link is a podcast of the interview.)
When the interview gets to the real meat of why it was ok to stop monitoring,
the Mossad agent is explaining and suddenly there is a hard edit. You can discern it easily.
Mossad is explaining, “And…”. And then the explanation is cut short.
At the 3:30 mark is the very clear edit.
“SIMA SHINE: But it makes sense to me. It makes sense to me. And… ”
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Otto Penn, formerly posting as librul
Posted by: Otto Penn | Apr 24 2025 15:58 utc | 18
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Apr 24 2025 15:15 utc | 12
There’s a difference between Nazis & Nazism. And between Zionist & Zionism. Diseased, perverted person vs psychopathological ideology.
Remember, ordinary German people were essentially brainwashed to blame the “other” for their problems.
And ordinary Europeans & Americans & Jews have been brainwashed to hate the “other.”
I like the eastern concept of yin & yang. And its imagery: each contains the seed of the other; each contains the potential of the other.
What matters is to recognize we each contain the unrealized seed of hate & choose which to feed, hate vs love.
Feed the hate & it will grow. And as it grows, it will need & seek out more to feed on. And like a weed, choke off the capacity to love.
So recognize the ideology & reject it as anti-life. Maybe feel some pity/contempt for the victims of the disease. They weren’t born dreaming of becoming murderers.
I always have to remind myself: karma is real & they sooner or later they will get theirs. I have witnessed enough karma in real time to be sure of this.
Instead, choose love. Speak out, donate what you can to aide groups, protest, & pray.
Posted by: Mary | Apr 24 2025 15:52 utc | 16
Well of course there are differences, but both hold very similar beliefs and act in very similar ways: racial supremacy, mythology to underpin the same, Messianism, and of course genocide of perceived racial inferiors.
So, the difference is merely a question of style mostly, except and this is critical: the Zios are supported uniformly by the western ruling class, whereas there was a string opposition to Hitlers Nazis internally, most importantly by the Soviet Union that eventually crusted them. So, in that sense, the Zios are actually much more dangerous to humanity than the Zios.
You’re free to raise questions about the analogy, but when it’s a fact, debating the difference becomes a form of support for the genocide happening here and now. Watch out for that.
For me, I will rationally hate the Zios for their crimes just as I do the Nazis. You are free to mediate on ying and yang.
Good day.
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Apr 24 2025 16:41 utc | 19
@Don Firineach
“Reminds me of the 19th Century Colonial Victorians and their views on the Irish, and Other, Savages …. hence, the Irish support for Palestinians – the historical correlations too many to get into here …”
The complex tapestry of geopolitical struggles, such as the Irish struggle against British imperialism and the ongoing plight of the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank, invites a profound comparative analysis. This discourse employs a multifaceted lens, weaving together notions of victimhood, cultural expression, and transnational solidarity, particularly highlighted through the emerging voice of Irish hip-hop artist Neecap. In unraveling these threads, we must also consider the historical narratives of Irish transportation to Jamaica and the consequent linguistic syncretism that produced Jamaican Patois, thus enhancing our understanding of diasporic consciousness.
The Irish Context: Historical Narratives of Resistance
The struggle of the Irish against British colonialism, encapsulated by centuries of dispossession, famine, and political subjugation, resonates deeply within the psyche of the Irish diaspora. Ireland’s tumultuous history can be interpreted through the lens of post-colonial theory, where relief from imperial chains is not merely a political endeavor but also an artistic and cultural revival. The Famine (1845-1852) led to significant emigration, with many Irish transported not only to the United States but also to the Caribbean, forging a complex identity that is crucial to understanding the transcultural narratives of oppression.
Palestinian Struggles: A Contemporary Resonance
The Palestinian narrative, characterized by dispossession and resistance against Israeli occupation, interlinks with the historical plight of the Irish. Both groups have faced similar existential crises that reflect a universal struggle against imperial forces, cultural erasure, and the yearning for self-determination. The analogy becomes particularly poignant when exploring psychological dimensions, such as the psychology of victimhood, which manifests differently in each context yet reveals shared experiences of suffering and resilience.
Neecap: Hip-Hop as a Vehicle for Liberation
Neecap, as an embodiment of contemporary Irish hip-hop, offers a unique voice in this dialogue. His lyrical explorations of Gaza depict both empathy and solidarity, resonating with a historical legacy of resistance. By utilizing hip-hop as a medium of expression, Neecap taps into the broader canon of cultural discourse that places art at the intersection of activism and socio-political commentary.
The utilization of hip-hop as a vehicle for liberation integrates theories of critical pedagogy, positing that art transcends boundaries and serves as a catalyst for collective consciousness. In this regard, Neecap’s work not only serves to articulate the struggles of the Palestinian people but also implicates the Irish experience within a larger narrative of resistance against systemic oppression.
The Jamaican Diaspora and Linguistic Impact
The connection between Irish indentured laborers and the Jamaican population further complicates our understanding of transnational identities. The integration of Irish dialects within Jamaican Patois illustrates the syncretic nature of language as a carrier of cultural memory and resistance. Jamaican Patois, enriched with Irish lexicon and phonetics, becomes a testament to the shared struggles against colonial structures. This linguistic convergence accentuates the Afro-Irish solidarity, presenting a unique case study of empathy across diasporas historically subjected to similar forms of imperial domination.
Academic and Philosophical Collaborations
Numerous texts explore the synthesis of Irish and African-Caribbean sympathies regarding the Palestinian struggle. Scholars such as Edward Said and Seamus Heaney have laid frameworks highlighting the interconnectedness of colonial narratives and the role of cultural expressions in shaping political consciousness. Furthermore, works focusing on post-colonial theory—particularly those by Homi K. Bhabha or Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak—illustrate the hybrid identities that arise from the interstices of colonized experiences.
The convergence of these narratives can also be explored through the lens of Frantz Fanon’s work on decolonization and cultural identity, which posits that liberation encompasses the reclamation of narrative and self, resonating strongly with both the Irish and Palestinian struggles.
Conclusion: Towards a Unified Front of Struggle
Ultimately, the interplay of the Irish and Palestinian experiences reveals not only the universality of oppressed narratives but also the potential for solidarity in their struggles. The artistic interpretations of these experiences, particularly through the vehicle of hip-hop, emphasize the role of cultural expression in galvanizing movements for liberation.
Through examining the intersections of language, music, and historical memory, we can foster a more profound understanding of the impacts of imperialism and the resilience of subjugated peoples. In these shared strivings for autonomy, we unearth not only common grievances but also the potent possibilities for collective empowerment and resistance in the face of enduring oppression.
Posted by: DarknessFromLight | Apr 24 2025 16:41 utc | 20
The second assassination attempt on Netenyahoo has failed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twCuDGAeu7g
Posted by: ld | Apr 24 2025 17:11 utc | 21
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Apr 24 2025 16:41 utc | 19
I wasn’t referring to the analogy of zionism vs nazism.
I was referring to the difference between the people & their beliefs.
I don’t meditate on yin & yang. I just find it a useful view.
And it’s not that I don’t ever feel hate. It’s that I struggle every day to not feed that hate. I acknowledge it & then focus my energy on love by helping the victims in any way I can.
Of course you are free to hate all you want.
Please tell me this:
Exactly who does your hate help?
Who does your hate hurt?
Aside from adding more hate to a world drowning in hate, what does hating accomplish?
To me, it’s at best a waste of energy.
I’ve been moved by numerous posts I’ve read in the last 3 years from Russians stating unequivocally that they don’t hate Ukrainians. That they simply don’t hate.
They focus on doing what they need to to overcome. So I don’t encourage hate.
Posted by: Mary | Apr 24 2025 17:14 utc | 22
https://x.com/EnglerYves/status/1915091121937559955
April 25: Palestine solidarity organizations around the world plan actions in solidarity with Gaza against the USraeli genocide.
Toronto – Friday – April 25, 6pm – Yonge & Dundas Sq
FREE PALESTINE – DOWN WITH USRAEL!
Posted by: John Gilberts | Apr 24 2025 17:21 utc | 23
Shortly after Judge Nap and Col Macgregor chewed on Project Ukraine for 10 minutes or so during their livestream while ago, they addressed a video of what looked like an angry school board-style meeting by a spokeswoman standing before a Star of David flag, insisting forcefully to the gathered reporters that Iran is evil and Israel has never ever posed a threat to anyone.
Macgregor’s take is that Israel is on the verge of civil war.
Posted by: tobias cole | Apr 24 2025 14:37 utc | 2
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Apr 24 2025 14:58 utc | 7
RE: did Pope Francis “unflinchingly” condemn the assault on the Palestinians-?
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Pope Francis *did* in his final public comments mention the struggles of the Palestinians, but this was not done "strongly and unflinchingly."
I second our colleage @Ahenobarbus: the article by Tariq Cyril Amur is very stirring. RT published it on Tuesday, and I can believe it is on Tariq's substack.
Posted by: steel_porcupine | Apr 24 2025 18:34 utc | 24
Posted by: steel_porcupine | Apr 24 2025 18:34 utc | 24
Posted by: tobias cole | Apr 24 2025 14:37 utc | 2
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Apr 24 2025 14:58 utc | 7
RE: did Pope Francis “unflinchingly” condemn the assault on the Palestinians-?
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Only Ansar Allah has had a *strong* and *unflinching* response to the assault on Palestinians.
Posted by: steel_porcupine | Apr 24 2025 18:38 utc | 25
DarknessFromLight | Apr 24 2025 16:41 utc | 20
Thanks for that. D Minor point: the band is Kneecap
‘F*** Israel’: Irish band slammed for anti-Semitic message at Coachella
Irish hip-hop band ‘Kneecap’ have been slammed for their anti-Semitic and pro-Palestine messages during Coachella.
On Saturday, the band took to the stage to perform at Coachella and was accompanied by a “f**k Israel, free Palestine” display.
During their appearance at the music festival, one of the members went on a long-winded rant against Israel’s “genocide” in Gaza.
“They’re bombing them from the skies. If you’re not calling it a genocide, what the f**k are you calling it?” a group member said.
The rap group’s comments have led to resounding criticism from many social media users.
“Irish band Kneecap turned their Coachella debut into a platform for hate—projecting “F*** Israel” and “Israel is committing genocide” on stage while leading the crowd in political chants,” wrote one user.
“This wasn’t about peace or justice. It was one-sided propaganda, glorifying terror and ignoring the October 7 massacre that started with a music festival — just like this one.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAf800Afe-s 3 mins
Kneecap interview at Coachella 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz8H7RR-sFI 13 mins
Posted by: Don Firineach | Apr 24 2025 19:01 utc | 26
Laith Marouf: The Extreme Violence of US & Israel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UH7a7zzeEI
@50:00
“I don’t see the United States backing down from supporting this genocide. Except if there is a revolution in the United States.
This is the same truth for all the Western countries – the political class of Canada. There is no hope for change on this file without a revolution.
Given the Jewish populations of Canada, the US and the West – given the plight of Jewish people has been used as the excuse for this genocide of the Palestinians –
Anti-Zionist Jews have a responsibility – if they want to save whatever credibility remains of the Jewish faith – to take action.
We’re not talking about demonstrations or petitions to Parliament. We’re talking about Anti-Zionist Jews returning to revolutionary ways and targeting the Zionist leadership among them that supports this genocide.
All Western citizens that are living under these fascist regimes involved in the genocide have a duty to be revolutionary and to take action. Concrete action…”
Posted by: John Gilberts | Apr 24 2025 19:03 utc | 27
FOX newz freaks out on KneeCap
Irish band remains defiant as Fox News women protest against Coachella banner | Janta Ka Reporter
Irish hip-hop band Kneecap has left US media outlet Fox News seething with their support for Gaza when they performed at the Coachella music festival. However, far from being defensive, the band members have renewed their support for Gaza. Sharon Osbourne has asked the US authorities to revoke the visa for Kneecap members. Rifat Jawaid exposes the double standard of the US media. [I enjoy this guy … Don F]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DnSYUubwlQ 8 mins
ZIONISTS LOSE THEIR MINDS AT KNEECAPS COACHELLA PERFORMANCE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgJopMBJ494 40 mins
Posted by: Don Firineach | Apr 24 2025 19:25 utc | 28
Repeating the set of local Palestine links….
https://t-me.translate.goog/s/youseffares19?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en
https://t-me.translate.goog/s/Sohaibpress?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en
https://t-me.translate.goog/s/gazanewsnow2021?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en
https://t-me.translate.goog/s/GazaNewsNow?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en
https://t-me.translate.goog/s/NewsPs0?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en
Martyred:
https://t-me.translate.goog/s/hossamsshbat?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en
Reporting from Rafah
https://t-me.translate.goog/s/madinat_khanyuns?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en
Posted by: Ornot | Apr 24 2025 19:26 utc | 29
Professor Mearsheimer during his sit-down w/ Judge Nap today: On the Iran issue, DJT will have to against Bibi and draft a new JCPOA w/ Iran, which will drive Bibi crazy and agitate the Israel Lobby, so DJT is loathe to put pressure on Bibi about Gaza—-like letting in humanitarian aid—-because he is steeling himself for the upcoming battle over an improved JCPOA.
(An aside: it has been 58 days since humanitarian aid ceased to flow into Gaza. The Orange Man of Peace seems willing to accept this atrocity in exchange for opting *not* to backstop Israel on an attack against Iran. Israel can have *some* things from the U.S., in other words, but not *all* things.)
If DJT is adamantly opposed to attacking Iran, Bibi will not attack, according to Professor Mearsheimer. Nothing’s a given, however, because the U.S. has a deep & long-standing track record of supporting Israel unconditionally.
If Israel does indeed attack Iran without DJT’s consent for such a thing, the U.S.’s ‘unconditional support’ may only take the form of hand-holding & picking up the pieces afterward. If the U.S. signs a new & improved JCPOA, it is of course not going to join w/ the IDF in strikes on Iran.
Posted by: steel_porcupine | Apr 24 2025 19:32 utc | 30
Posted by: steel_porcupine | Apr 24 2025 19:32 utc | 30
RE: errata
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On the Iran issue, DJT will have to go against Bibi and draft a new JCPOA w/ Iran, which will drive Bibi crazy...
Posted by: steel_porcupine | Apr 24 2025 19:34 utc | 31
What freaks the Genociders out about what happened at Coachella was the crowd response which was anti-genocide.
Posted by: Exile | Apr 24 2025 19:34 utc | 32
Posted by: Exile | Apr 24 2025 19:34 utc | 32
There was a poll out a few weeks ago that said, half of Republicans, aged 18-50 are anti-Zionist.
Democrats in that age group were 70% anti-Zionist, iirc.
Israel is destroying its most powerful weapon, holocaust boo hoos.
Posted by: UWDude | Apr 24 2025 19:47 utc | 33
Kneecap Get your Brits out Feile 12 8 22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lqn_R0YO3Q 4 mins
Kneecap – Live at Rock Werchter 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p7PdCcEF1o 40 mins
@ b
Think I need a large Hennessy b – have one yourself.
Posted by: Don Firineach | Apr 24 2025 20:13 utc | 34
Posted by: steel_porcupine | Apr 24 2025 19:34 utc | 31
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I feel pretty confident that there will not be a deal.
Iran is feeling strong with Russia and China at its back, and the recent move by KSA to get even closer.
Every day that Trump doesn’t do ~something~ he loses negotiating power.
Also, Trump needs a maximalist deal, as he doesn’t take quick and easy wins. He will keep pushing for the total annihilation of Iran’s centrifuges and stockpiles of Uranium.
He also wants Iran to disarm, which it will not. This is going to come down to how aggressive Israel wants to be. If they attack without the US, the US will be forced to join in, which may well happen as Trump has been dithering. Trump must go in if Israel does first. Bibi may decide for him.
Without research, I would not be surprised if the US has quietly been mobilizing troops for an eventual ground invasion.
What have we seen from Trump since he first became President? He proposes a deal and then strong-arms the other party into agreement.
This Presidential term, people are less inclined to feel threatened by Trump. The Axis as a group, in my opinion, is using a strategy of “running out the clock” on Trump’s threats. More talk, less shoot until America is too weak to attack, which is happening with the Chinese cutting off the MIC from needed resource inputs to rearm and resupply.
Every Houthi drone that gets shot down is 1 or 2 fewer air defense missiles that the USN has to engage Iran or China with.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Apr 24 2025 20:17 utc | 35
@20 that was the sort of cogent presentation I have come to expect from Deep Seek, though perhaps one of the American LLMs has now reached that level.
Posted by: Paul Cockshott | Apr 24 2025 20:29 utc | 36
Exactly who does your hate help?
Who does your hate hurt?
Aside from adding more hate to a world drowning in hate, what does hating accomplish?
To me, it’s at best a waste of energy.
I’ve been moved by numerous posts I’ve read in the last 3 years from Russians stating unequivocally that they don’t hate Ukrainians. That they simply don’t hate.
They focus on doing what they need to to overcome. So I don’t encourage hate.
Posted by: Mary | Apr 24 2025 17:14 utc | 22
Right, right. You do your thing, I’ll hate child murdering racist scum. You can pray for my black soul.
Thank you, next…
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Apr 24 2025 20:37 utc | 37
Pray for me Mary for my heart is filled with hatred for the spawn of Satan
I see the face of my grandchild on every child extinguished
everyone should
perhaps this would not be happening
Posted by: ld | Apr 24 2025 20:50 utc | 38
The Russians hate the Nazis. They also hate LGBTQii++**&^*xyz
To fight in the snow, away from family for months, and possibly dying, never to see one’s children or spouse again, hate energy is probably useful.
That said, one doesn’t want to become consumed by hate; that is when a person becomes what they were against.
Zionism is Nazism. Racial supremacy, ethnic cleansing, fascism, aggressive warfare. Millions and millions of Jews say nothing about how evil Zionism is. They say nothing about genocide and say nothing about the illegal occupation.
My layman’s understanding is that the Torah is Shariah (God’s revealed laws). The Talmud is an interpretation from Rabbis and contains the bulk of the antisocial and psychopathic stuff.
Would any of our resident Jews or Israeli apologists care to comment? I would appreciate clarification because I would like to hate the correct book, just as I want to hate the correct Nazis.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Apr 24 2025 20:57 utc | 39
The Electronic Intifada Podcast [Must Watch]
https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1OdKrDYVqgyJX
“Breaking news and analysis on Day 566 of the Gaza genocide.”
Posted by: John Gilberts | Apr 24 2025 21:05 utc | 40
Hatred is underrated.
Hatred can drive actions, like boycotts, or even actual war.
But dwelling on it, causes more damage to the hater than the hated.
Like all human emotions, it should not be surpressed or dwelled upon. Just recognized and accepted.
Posted by: UWDude | Apr 24 2025 21:11 utc | 41
Here we go – one hour ago …
Kneecap Investigated By UK Counter Terror Police
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8P9En6d1qU 7 mins
Posted by: Don Firineach | Apr 24 2025 21:25 utc | 42
This Was An Assadist Talking Point 48 Hours Ago
https://x.com/KevorkAlmassian/status/1915345542806130908
“Syria is interested ‘under the right conditions in joining the Abraham Accords’ to normalise ties with Israel, Syrian President Al-Sharaa told US Congressman Cory Mills. – Bloomberg”
Posted by: John Gilberts | Apr 24 2025 21:28 utc | 43
see the short videos at each of the first three links
https://x.com/Timesofgaza/status/1914860980992987518
TIMES OF GAZA @Timesofgaza
At least 10 Palestinians killed in the lsraeli airstrike that targeted Yaffa School in Al Tuffah neighborhood, northern Gaza.
https://x.com/SuppressedNws/status/1915171965549097464
Suppressed News. @SuppressedNws
⚡️BREAKING:
Israeli settlers set fire to lands and homes in the village of Bardala in the northern Jordan Valley, West Bank.
https://x.com/Yemenimilitary/status/1915082702811763190
Yemen Military 🇾🇪 @Yemenimilitary
The most advanced and powerful air defense systems of the United States and Israel were unable to intercept our missiles, and our missiles successfully reached the Israeli-occupied areas and accurately hit their targets.
https://x.com/ejmalrai/status/1915270524353056771
Elijah J. Magnier 🇪🇺 @ejmalrai
A Blatant War Crime and Crime Against Humanity:
In the past 24 hours, Israel has killed at least 50 Palestinians in Gaza and deliberately targeted and destroyed a school in the besieged Strip.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—already facing an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his war crimes—announced that humanitarian aid would be allowed into Gaza after nearly two months of complete siege. However, his own Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich, publicly threatened to topple the government if any food or fuel is allowed to reach the Palestinian population.
Posted by: michaelj72 | Apr 24 2025 21:42 utc | 44
Pity his balls weren’t blown off to prevent him from breeding clones of himself:
Seyed Mohammad Marandi
@s_m_marandi
In a since-deleted video, a Zionist content creator interviews a Zionist soldier who lost a limb. When asked about his dream, the soldier replies, “To enter Gaza with a machine gun on a tripod and kill everyone there.”
The content creator responds, “Good luck.”
https://x.com/s_m_marandi/status/1914789772419318240
Posted by: Menz | Apr 24 2025 22:17 utc | 45
IsraelExposed
@xIsraelExposedx
‘Nobody can protect you, these are dangerous times’ – Journalism students at Columbia are told this by the dean of the journalism school. They are instructed not to post commentary on the middle east or discussed it.
https://x.com/xIsraelExposedx/status/1914547495168036908
Posted by: Menz | Apr 24 2025 22:18 utc | 46
Caitlin Johnstone
@caitoz
Zionism is the single greatest threat to free speech in the western world today.
Quote
Lee Fang
@lhfang
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Apr 23
Building on the arrests of foreign students over criticism of Israel, NIH is imposing new speech rules on American scientists. All 300,000 researchers working on NIH grants may not voice support for boycotts or similar protests of Israel. Doing so risks significant penalties.
https://x.com/caitoz/status/1914801699862274125
Posted by: Menz | Apr 24 2025 22:19 utc | 47
Sarah Wilkinson
@swilkinsonbc
While Palestinian rescuers try to reach & save the life of an elderly man injured in a blast, and unable to move to safety, the israelis execute him
See short vid:
https://x.com/swilkinsonbc/status/1915359030500802977
Posted by: Menz | Apr 24 2025 22:23 utc | 48
Emelia
@vikingwarior20
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10h
These photos are not from Gaza, but from the West Bank.
The settlers who opened fire on the village of Bardala in the northern Jordan Valley, wounding three young men and preventing ambulances from transporting them through the Hamra checkpoint…
These settlers burned down a house on the outskirts of the village in the presence of occupation forces.
The fire, which firefighters were prevented from reaching to extinguish, destroyed everything in the house and spread to the adjacent livestock pens… to the point that some sheep were burned alive, and the sound of their pain as they were burned to death pained all the residents of the area.
https://x.com/vikingwarior20/status/1915376640382951645
Posted by: Menz | Apr 24 2025 22:25 utc | 49
Nadira Ali🇵🇸
@Nadira_ali12
He’s only 6 years old.
What was his fault?
https://x.com/Nadira_ali12/status/1915360074882789635
Posted by: Menz | Apr 24 2025 22:27 utc | 50
see the 45-xecond video at the second link
see the astonishing 15-second video at the third link. dare I say it, this is like something out of the third Reich
https://x.com/SuppressedNws/status/1915513967901921416
Suppressed News. @SuppressedNws
⚡️🇺🇸🇮🇱BREAKING: Ben Gvir was confronted by Israeli/American Jewish opposition – “Murderer!” “You’re a Nazii! My grandfathers are Holocaust survivors and they hate you!”
Israeli Minister Ben Gvir was confronted for eight minutes on Wall Street after leaving a restaurant, while surrounded by private security and NYPD. Protesters gathered nearby at One Battery Park Plaza, opposing his event hosted by Yale’s Shabtai Society in Manhattan’s Financial District.
Source: FNTV / @ScooterCasterNY
https://x.com/AlonLeeGreen/status/1915492047550583153
Alon-Lee Green – ألون-لي جرين – אלון-לי גרין 🟣 @AlonLeeGreen
This rally in Tel Aviv is just Huge: 10,000 Israeli citizens, Jews and Palestinians, that are holding together the pictures of these children who have been bombed to death in Gaza. We will back down to the threats of the police, we will not surrender until Ending the killing.
https://x.com/AdameMedia/status/1915114150478414070
ADAM @AdameMedia
🇮🇱 An Israeli band broadcasts images of the Gaza genocide during a concert in front of a euphoric crowd.
lsraeIis are literal demons.
Posted by: michaelj72 | Apr 24 2025 22:28 utc | 51
Kerry Burgess
@KerryBurgess
Brilliant from Gary Lineker. Total respect. The man is for standing up for what is right.
https://x.com/KerryBurgess/status/1915137135356621072
Posted by: Menz | Apr 24 2025 22:37 utc | 52
Abby Martin is brilliant!
BladeoftheSun
@BladeoftheS
What is happening in Gaza is Genocide summed up perfectly in 2 minutes while a stunned Piers Morgan sits in silence.
https://x.com/BladeoftheS/status/1915179494391898419
Posted by: Menz | Apr 24 2025 22:50 utc | 53
LoveDonbass 39
Judaism retained Tawheed , pure monotheism, even in Trinitarian Christian Europe, even during times during which Islamic Tawheed was punishable by death.
It seems as though the Jews had achieved the same kind of tolerated hatred by the majority Christian population as the Muslims have now achieved in the West.
You cannot discuss any aspect of your Muslim faith in any detail with even your closest family.
They know nothing about what is happening in Palestine because the general populations’ dislike of religious moral authority disqualifies Muslim tribulations from their active consciousness.
Whatever happens to them is considered to be their own fault. This is the position the Jews were in during the Nazi period of WW2.
It is exactly the plight of the Palestinians now.
Western Society ate Judaism alive in exactly the same way that the Muslims of Sham / Palestine Jordan Syria Lebanon are being eaten alive right now. Not because those German Jews were bad, or these Sham Muslims are bad, but because the hedonistic , materialistic majority can’t stand religiosity of any sort
What happened when the European majority ignored the Holocaust of the Jewish minority was that religious fanaticism was born in the form of Zionism and it was a reaction to the Racism of Nazism which had used popular dislike of Eurooean Judaism to persecute the Jews.
Now it’s the turn of the Muslims of Sham to suffer, because the general population hates religion, period, full stop.
The modern Israelis are the wartime Germans, completely immersed in new technology, wealth, and sexual freedom and absolutely resentful of the religious dinosaurs in their midst.
It is not that the German Jews were bad Talmudic Jews, but that the Germans had embraced kufr/ disbelief. It is not that the Muslims of Sham are bad Muslims but that the modern Israelis have embraced Kufr/ disbelief.
Call it karma, or call it Judge not lest ye be judged, Allah has put the Jewish victims in the shoes of the Nazi Victors and logic tells us that these Israelis will now be put under strong control in the same way that Germany has been put under control for the last 80 years.
Lead us not into Temptation, but deliver us from Evil , the evil of following our own desires. The prayer of Esa/Jesus AS.
Posted by: Giyane | Apr 24 2025 23:12 utc | 54
workers of the world, unite
https://x.com/FranceskAlbs/status/1915021241464803621
Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs
Full solidarity with Morocco’s brave port workers, refusing to load @Maersk ship carrying parts of the planes for Israel’s genocide in Gaza. As Gvts & companies continue to profit off a genocide, I hope workers around the globe take inspiration from the Moroccan people.
https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/1914445444748296266
Drop Site @DropSiteNews
REPORT | Moroccan Dockworkers and Protesters Disrupt Maersk Shipment of F-35 Parts to Israel
Protesters and dockworkers in Tangier and Casablanca took to the streets and ports on Sunday to resist the docking of Maersk ships suspected of transporting components for F-35 warplanes used in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza. What began as mass demonstrations has now escalated into a direct labor refusal at the Tangier Med Port — a clear stand by Moroccan port workers against Israel’s military supply chain for genocide.
🧵Thread continues below
Video: Protests in Casablanca today….
https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/1914446011096768736
➤ Mass Mobilization in Tangier and Casablanca
In Tangier, an estimated 1,500 demonstrators marched from the city center toward the port, denouncing what they described as Morocco’s complicity in genocide. Protesters chanted “No genocidal weapons in Moroccan waters” and called for a full severing of diplomatic ties with Israel.
In Casablanca, where protesters had already mobilized earlier in the week, demonstrators again attempted to reach the port in an effort to intercept the Maersk Nexoe. Both protests were organized by a coalition of pro-Palestine activists, labor unions, and civil society groups. Security forces blocked access to port infrastructure in both cities.
Video: Protests in Tangier…..
https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/1914446023545471304
➤ Union Warnings and Religious Edicts
The Port Workers’ Union, affiliated with the Moroccan Labor Union, had warned that assisting the shipment would make workers “direct accomplices in the genocidal war against the Palestinian people.”
Religious figures aligned with Al-Adl Wal Ihssan, an influential Islamist opposition movement in Morocco, issued a joint edict days earlier declaring the docking of the Maersk ship “a grave betrayal of the Muslim community.” Both statements called on authorities to block the ship from entering Moroccan waters altogether.
Photos: Statement from Port Workers’ Union……
Posted by: michaelj72 | Apr 24 2025 23:13 utc | 55
In case you haven’t seen it
This is the video of the medic who caught the murder of the 15 aid workers on his cell phone. He looks into the camera and says good by and asks forgiveness.
Put out by Mint Press
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bYmvVKWsUOo?t=4&feature=share
Posted by: ld | Apr 24 2025 23:17 utc | 56
Sorry
I tried to post the error
The video is of a Palestinian fighter recording his last minutes
Posted by: ld | Apr 24 2025 23:22 utc | 57
Hate is destructive but good, old fashioned, honest revenge is still OK, right?
The simplest observation is that Israel has gone down the path of revenge … it’s an old conflict, it goes way back, and this is not self defence, it is settling a score. There is no realistic prospects for getting the belligerents to reconcile their differences … peace in the Middle East has been promised so many times, it’s become a stand alone punchline.
And there’s that saying you all know about digging two graves.
Posted by: Tel | Apr 24 2025 23:52 utc | 58
2000 years ago, judaism was the new paradigm of increasingly urbanized societies where powers wanted to break from the fertility cults and their goddesses. It offered the most possible violent image for this shift: Eve was made from Adam rather than the opposite.
Posted by: Tom | Apr 25 2025 1:26 utc | 59
Over eighty killed/martyred in twenty four hours, more than half of those women and children.
“They bombed the children”s tent”
https://t.me/pal74press/103698
A long article criticising “voluntary displacement” and providing an overview of the circumstance.
https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6693/Disguised-as-%E2%80%98voluntary-migration%E2%80%99,-Israel%E2%80%99s-forced-displacement-campaign-unfolds-in-Gaza-amid-deafening-int%E2%80%99l-silence
Posted by: Ornot | Apr 25 2025 1:48 utc | 60
Christians embrace the teachings of Christ in the New Testament about “Turn the other cheek and the egalitarian message that “God loves all his children. In addition to Mohammad, Muslims also consider Jesus, Mary and St. John the Baptist as revered holy people.
Whereas, the Old Testament adherents consider Christ a blasphemer, reject his teachings, and believe God has “chosen” their people. Those adherents embrace the doctrine of revenge that promotes “an eye for an eye. why does Christian right ally itself with adherents who believe the polar opposite of Christ’s teaching?
Posted by: Willow | Apr 25 2025 1:59 utc | 61
Posted by: Willow | Apr 25 2025 1:59 utc | 61
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Cognitive dissonance. The same phenomenon where they stand for the anthem but hate their neighbor for being a Democrat or Republican.
Humans can be messy. Raise them in modern American society, they will happily feed their precious children into the corporate Zionist machine and think that makes them morally righteous.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Apr 25 2025 2:14 utc | 62
Posted by: Willow | Apr 25 2025 1:59 utc | 61
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Cognitive dissonance. The same phenomenon where they stand for the anthem but hate their neighbor for being a Democrat or Republican.
Humans can be messy. Raise them in modern American society, they will happily feed their precious children into the corporate Zionist machine and think that makes them morally righteous.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Apr 25 2025 2:14 utc | 62
Now, now. That’s what old Lenin might call “being more radical than reality itself”.
It’s not all that bad in the west, Lovey.
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Apr 25 2025 2:23 utc | 63
Abby Martin is brilliant!
BladeoftheSun
@BladeoftheS
What is happening in Gaza is Genocide summed up perfectly in 2 minutes while a stunned Piers Morgan sits in silence.
https://x.com/BladeoftheS/status/1915179494391898419
Posted by: Menz | Apr 24 2025 22:50 utc | 53
Fondly remember her and the whole classic RT US cast. Shout out to Murad!
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Apr 25 2025 2:25 utc | 64
The Russians hate the Nazis. They also hate LGBTQii++**&^*xyz
To fight in the snow, away from family for months, and possibly dying, never to see one’s children or spouse again, hate energy is probably useful.
That said, one doesn’t want to become consumed by hate; that is when a person becomes what they were against.
Zionism is Nazism. Racial supremacy, ethnic cleansing, fascism, aggressive warfare. Millions and millions of Jews say nothing about how evil Zionism is. They say nothing about genocide and say nothing about the illegal occupation.
My layman’s understanding is that the Torah is Shariah (God’s revealed laws). The Talmud is an interpretation from Rabbis and contains the bulk of the antisocial and psychopathic stuff.
Would any of our resident Jews or Israeli apologists care to comment? I would appreciate clarification because I would like to hate the correct book, just as I want to hate the correct Nazis.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Apr 24 2025 20:57 utc | 39
Excellent! This is what I come to the bar for. Next round on me, Love.
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Apr 25 2025 2:33 utc | 65
https://x.com/Jonathan_K_Cook/status/1915385610866503897
Jonathan Cook @Jonathan_K_Cook
Imagine this. Your son is a paramedic. He goes out on a rescue mission to save lives.
His ambulance is ambushed by an illegal occupying army. His 15 colleagues all executed by that army, which then tries to cover up its crime.
Their bodies are unearthed from a mass grave a week later, but news emerges that your son’s body has not been found.
You know nothing of his fate. Then much later, you learn from human rights groups that he has been seized by the occupying army – the same army that executed the aid crews and then lied about those executions.
That army is known to disappear anyone it seizes into torture centres, where beatings, mutilations and sexual assaults are commonplace.
You find a legal group that agrees to appeal to the occupying army to disclose the whereabouts of your son and demand he has access to a lawyer. But the army refuses to tell you anything. It says he will not be able to meet a lawyer for the first two months after his disappearance.
You have only one recourse: to appeal to the supreme court of the state whose army illegally occupies you. That court almost always sides with the occupying army.
This has been the plight of the parents of Asaad al-Nassasra over the past several weeks. Over eight decades, many tens of thousands of Palestinian parents have had similar experiences to that the Nassasra family.
Over the same time period, the vast majority of Palestinians have also had a child, parent, aunt or uncle, cousin or friend murdered by the occupying army.
In the West we are told the occupying state is the ‘only democracy in the Middle East’, and its army the ‘most moral in the world’. Any resistance to it is condemned as ‘terrorism’.
Palestinians know the reality, as does much of the rest of the world. We call Palestinians, and their allies, ‘antisemites’ for trying to tell us their story.
The image below is of a report in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, which is prepared to reveal far more about the horrors faced by Palestinians under occupation than any western establishment media outlet…….
Posted by: michaelj72 | Apr 25 2025 2:39 utc | 66
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Apr 25 2025 2:23 utc | 63
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The West is Capitalist oligarchy, gender queer surgeries for kids, Onlyfans and politicians with dementia.
The West is a brutal colonial past that the ROW cannot wait to move past.
I love you, and for your sake, get a passport if you don’t have one yet.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Apr 25 2025 2:48 utc | 67
Or how “Christian” it us to be “pro life” for foetuses but “pro war” for grown ups.
Posted by: Tom | Apr 25 2025 4:05 utc | 68
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Apr 25 2025 2:23 utc | 63
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The West is Capitalist oligarchy, gender queer surgeries for kids, Onlyfans and politicians with dementia.
The West is a brutal colonial past that the ROW cannot wait to move past.
I love you, and for your sake, get a passport if you don’t have one yet.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Apr 25 2025 2:48 utc | 67
It’s also home to millions of wage slaves struggling to survive, just like those across the world. They are your brothers and sisters. Many also hate Imperialism. Will you reject them. Think on these things. They are essential to destroying western Imperialism. Reject them at your peril. Russia sees them. Why can’t you?
And, every country is capitalist…
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Apr 25 2025 4:59 utc | 69
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Apr 25 2025 4:59 utc | 69
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I am one person, I cannot carry the world on my shoulders very far.
Not sure who I am supposed to feel more pity for, Western wage slaves or starving children in West Asia and the DRC.
My sympathies lie with the oppressed who are struggling against their oppression, not the oppressed that are unaware of their chains and collars.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Apr 25 2025 6:10 utc | 70
https://x.com/BladeoftheS/status/1915179494391898419
RE: Posted by: Menz | Apr 24 2025 22:50 utc | 53
worth a repeat, from Menz, above …..journalist Abby Martin lectures Piers Morgan that this is a genocide by israel, and he shuts up and listens for nearly two whole minutes.
Abby Martin, Journalist @EmpireFiles, Films: Gaza Fights For Freedom, Earth’s Greatest Enemy abby@theempirefiles.tv
https://x.com/AbbyMartin/status/1775299332658634820
Abby Martin @AbbyMartin
I make the case for how Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and why they must be stopped immediately on my debate with Piers Morgan.
Posted by: michaelj72 | Apr 25 2025 6:10 utc | 71
One should not hate Zionism, …. BUT “A natural, sane reaction to Zionism and all similar projects is – opposition, disgust, feeling sickened and repelled by everything they represent.
Posted by: JB | Apr 24 2025 14:39 utc | 3”
And pray tell: what is “opposition, disgust, feeling sickened and repelled by everything they represent” but “hatred”?
Yeah, it’s more important to tell others what not to do, while you yourself are doing it. THAT is exactly what brought us here! You don’t see the “hatred” in your own heart, but in that of others, whereas they may have only a better understanding of semantics than you do! Or are willing to admit to something so unnaturally opposed as “hatred” is. Hatred, my dear you, is integral part of “emotion” and anyone telling me to divorce myself from my natural emotion is a crypto-Nazi.
Posted by: Marija | Apr 25 2025 6:24 utc | 72
Coercing women at home by claiming patriarcal authority is also a way to reduce them to produce workers for a slavish society.
Posted by: Tom | Apr 25 2025 6:25 utc | 73
Tobias Cole @2
Pope Frank had well over a year to condemn the Palestine slaughterhouse but waited until his dying breath…too little too late considering his position in the world.
Posted by: Honeyeater | Apr 25 2025 7:01 utc | 74
Bogotá / Brussels — April 2025
The Hind Rajab Foundation has formally filed a criminal complaint with the Colombian Attorney General’s Office against Gabriel Ben Haim, an Israeli-French dual national and active-duty sniper in the Israeli military, for his alleged involvement in grave violations of international humanitarian law, war crimes, and crimes against humanity perpetrated during Israel’s 2024–2025 military campaign in Gaza.
Ben Haim is identified as a member of the Refaim sniper unit, operating under the 35th Paratroopers Brigade of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).
This unit is implicated in a systematic campaign of extrajudicial killings, targeting of civilians, attacks on medical infrastructure, and destruction of civilian property during incursions into Tel al-Hawa and Khan Younis, among other densely populated areas of the Gaza Strip.
Posted by: Mary | Apr 25 2025 9:40 utc | 75
It’s not all that bad in the west, Lovey.
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Apr 25 2025 2:23 utc | 63
Lol, you clearly haven’t lived in New England.
Since coming to Maine,
* my neighbor to my north tried to burgle my house.
* My neighbor to my south tried twice to drive over my dogs in my driveway. My last contact with them was when, while walking my dog, a close relative & her half dozen kids stood in their driveway screaming “you’re a loser” over & over.
* My neighbor across the street trespassed & plowed a 3+’ high & deep, 15′ long wall of ice & packed snow, blocking access to my oil tank early one morning (on the day I expected a delivery, to boot).
* While walking, my dog & I were attacked by a loose, aggressive, unsupervised pack of pitbulls owned by the other neighbor across the street.
* A former neighbor across the street tried to steal my rescued pony. (He succeeded in stealing & reselling another neighbor’s puppy. Mercifully animal control was tipped off & found it.)
* A local that I hired to fix my pasture entry came by when I wasn’t home & trashed my pasture with his bulldozer. Then tried to con me into paying him to steal my topsoil.
* A co-worker from Brazil, at my 1st job up here, actually asked the owner why they were so mean to me.
In Massachusetts, mostly the abuse was mental rather than physical. Trying to understand why I was ostracized by a community chorus, I was told,”You’re not white enough.” I expect that, & my slavic name, explained rejection also by a local church & society in general.
Come to think of it, growing up in an upper middle class in PA, a lot of our neighbors weren’t much better.
The difference between here and how I was greeted & treated visiting Mexico was palpable. I looked like one of them & sounded fluent enough that they actually thought I was Mexican. Their warmth & love was overwhelming.
Same thing from a trio of Ecuadorians on vacation that I met up in Camden a couple years ago.
Posted by: Mary | Apr 25 2025 10:23 utc | 76
Drop Site
@DropSiteNews
🟢 Hamas:
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In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The Central Council Meeting Deepens Division, Entrenches Isolation, and Disappoints Our People’s Hopes for Unity
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) affirms that the outcomes of the Palestinian Central Council meeting, held in Ramallah on April 23 and 24, 2025, amounted to a profound national disappointment. It ignored the hopes and aspirations of the Palestinian people, both at home and abroad, who are seeking national unity in the face of the greatest threats to their existence and cause, foremost among them the genocidal war waged by the occupation against Gaza and the escalating Judaization settlement activity in the West Bank and Al-Quds.
This meeting came after 18 months of massacres, destruction, and starvation, without its results or decisions bearing the slightest national response to the role required of official Palestinian institutions in confronting the zionist aggression, working to halt the war of extermination in Gaza, and confronting the desecration of the West Bank and its refugee camps, the displacement of our people, the strengthening of settlements, and attempts to Judaize Al-Quds and Al-Aqsa Mosque, all in implementation of a plan to resolve the conflict in favor of the occupation. Rather, this meeting represented a new stage in the consolidation of isolation, exclusion, and separation from the reality of our steadfast, resistant people.
This meeting was boycotted by major national factions and forces, most notably the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the National Initiative Movement, and the Alliance of Palestinian Forces. In addition, the Democratic Front withdrew from the first session, along with a number of independent national figures. This was a clear message of rejection of the coup against the spirit of national unity, the confiscation of the will of the Palestinian people, and attempts to dominate the institutions of the Palestine Liberation Organization. It also called for the restoration of unity and the formulation of a single, comprehensive national strategy that embraces resistance in all its forms against the zionist occupation.
This meeting also blatantly ignored the outcomes of previous national dialogues, most notably the Beijing Agreement, which stipulated the formation of a national consensus government as a first step toward reuniting the Palestinian ranks and building Palestinian political institutions based on partnership and genuine representation.
We also express our condemnation of the President of the Palestinian Authority’s blatant and unacceptable insults and abuses against Palestinian resistance forces during the Council sessions. This comes at a time when the national situation requires greater support for the resistance, rather than defaming it or holding it responsible for the crimes of the zionist occupation.
We, in Hamas, reject the continuation of this unilateral path and affirm that rebuilding the Palestine Liberation Organization on national and democratic foundations, activating a unified leadership framework, and holding comprehensive elections at home and abroad are the true paths to restoring national unity and building a liberation project that expresses the will of our Palestinian people.
Our Palestinian people deserve a unified national leadership that rises to the level of their great sacrifices, is faithful to their rights, and is loyal to the blood of the martyrs, not a leadership that coordinates security with the occupation, submits to external dictates, is governed by a logic of unilateralism, and reproduces failure and division.
Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas
Thursday: Shawwal 26, 1446 AH
Corresponding to April 24, 2025 AD
https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/1915576182407417964
Posted by: Menz | Apr 25 2025 11:27 utc | 77
Houthi rebels shoot down 7 US military Reaper drones worth $334m, in recent weeks
LOLITA C. BALDOR
April 25, 2025 • 9:43am
9:43am
03:16
US airstrike killed 12 people in Yemen
Houthi rebels in Yemen have shot down seven US Reaper drones in less than six weeks, a loss of aircraft worth more than US$200 million (NZ$334m) in what is becoming the most dramatic cost to the Pentagon of the military campaign against the Iran-backed militants.
According to defence officials, three of the drones were shot down in the past week — suggesting the militants’ targeting of the unmanned aircraft flying over Yemen has improved. The drones were doing attack runs or conducting surveillance, and they crashed both into the water and onto land, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss military operations.
The US has increased its attacks on the Houthis, launching daily strikes since March 15, when President Donald Trump ordered a new, expanded campaign. He promised to use “overwhelming lethal force” until the Houthis cease their attacks on shipping along a vital maritime corridor. The US has done more than 750 strikes on the Houthis since that new effort began.
Another defence official said that although hostile fire is likely the cause of the drone losses, the incidents are still under investigation. The official noted that the increase in US strikes can add to the risk to aircraft, but said the US will take every measure possible to protect troops, equipment and interests in the region. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to comment on sensitive military issues.
The sophisticated drones, built by General Atomics, cost about US$30m (NZ$50m) each, and generally fly at altitudes of more than 12,100m. Houthis leaders have consistently touted the strikes in public statements. One of the defence officials said the US lost Reaper drones on March 31 and on April 3, 9, 13, 18, 19 and 22.
US senators, meanwhile, are raising concerns about civilian casualties caused by the American strikes in Yemen. Democratic Sens. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Tim Kaine of Virginia wrote to Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday questioning whether the Trump administration is “abandoning the measures necessary to meet its obligations to reducing civilian harm.”
9:43am
03:16
US airstrike killed 12 people in Yemen
Houthi rebels in Yemen have shot down seven US Reaper drones in less than six weeks, a loss of aircraft worth more than US$200 million (NZ$334m) in what is becoming the most dramatic cost to the Pentagon of the military campaign against the Iran-backed militants.
According to defence officials, three of the drones were shot down in the past week — suggesting the militants’ targeting of the unmanned aircraft flying over Yemen has improved. The drones were doing attack runs or conducting surveillance, and they crashed both into the water and onto land, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss military operations.
The US has increased its attacks on the Houthis, launching daily strikes since March 15, when President Donald Trump ordered a new, expanded campaign. He promised to use “overwhelming lethal force” until the Houthis cease their attacks on shipping along a vital maritime corridor. The US has done more than 750 strikes on the Houthis since that new effort began.
Another defence official said that although hostile fire is likely the cause of the drone losses, the incidents are still under investigation. The official noted that the increase in US strikes can add to the risk to aircraft, but said the US will take every measure possible to protect troops, equipment and interests in the region. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to comment on sensitive military issues.
The sophisticated drones, built by General Atomics, cost about US$30m (NZ$50m) each, and generally fly at altitudes of more than 12,100m. Houthis leaders have consistently touted the strikes in public statements. One of the defence officials said the US lost Reaper drones on March 31 and on April 3, 9, 13, 18, 19 and 22.
US senators, meanwhile, are raising concerns about civilian casualties caused by the American strikes in Yemen. Democratic Sens. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Tim Kaine of Virginia wrote to Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday questioning whether the Trump administration is “abandoning the measures necessary to meet its obligations to reducing civilian harm.”
A Drones General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper, the US military drone. (file photo)
Specifically, they questioned reports that US strikes at the Ras Isa fuel terminal in Yemen last week potentially killed more than 70 civilians.
“Military leaders agree that ingraining civilian harm mitigation practices within US operations leads to better outcomes and that civilian casualties actually undermine the mission that the military has been sent in to do,” their letter said.
In addition to downing the drones, the Houthis have been persistently firing missiles and one-way attack drones at US military ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. They haven’t hit any.
The US has been using an array of warships, fighter jets, bombers and drones to strike the Houthis, and aircraft can now launch from two Navy carriers in the region.
Hegseth decided in March to beef up the Navy warship presence in the Middle East, ordering the USS Harry S. Truman to extend its deployment there, as the USS Carl Vinson steamed toward the area.
The Truman, along with two of the destroyers and a cruiser in its strike group, is now in the Red Sea. And the Vinson, along with two destroyers and a cruiser, is in the Gulf of Aden.
The third destroyer assigned to the Truman is in the Mediterranean Sea. And two other US Navy destroyers are in the Red Sea, but aren’t part of the Truman’s group.
Hegseth is weighing whether to grant a request by US Central Command to once again extend the Truman’s deployment. A decision to do that could keep the Truman and at least some of its strike group in the region for several more weeks.
It has been rare in recent years for the US to have two aircraft carriers in the Middle East at the same time. Navy leaders have generally been opposed to the idea because it disrupts ship maintenance schedules and delays time at home for sailors strained by the unusually high combat tempo.
MORE…
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/360666149/houthi-rebels-shoot-down-7-us-military-reaper-drones-worth-334m-recent-weeks
Posted by: Menz | Apr 25 2025 11:31 utc | 78
AS`AD AbuKHALIL: Where is the ‘Arab Street?’
April 24, 2025
During the ongoing wars of Israeli expansionism in Gaza, the West Bank, Syria and Lebanon, the absence of large, sustainable protests in numerous Arab capitals is notable
By As`ad AbuKhalil
Special to Consortium News
There’s been a long-standing, though distorted and Orientalist fascination in the West with Arab public opinion.
Western governments and media have for decades referred to Arab public opinion dismissively as “the Arab street’ in an attempt to attribute, as the West’s favorite Arab Fouad Ajami called it, atavistic impulses and boisterous rambunctiousness to Arab public behavior and thought.
It’s as though Arabs behave politically unlike civilized Westerners; as if Arabs take to the streets while Westerners take to effete op-ed pages to register their political grievances. In the 1950s and 1960s, during the heydays of Nasserism, Arab people took to the street regularly to register their disapproval of Western governments — and often their own governments.
U.S. embassies were a familiar destination for protesters during those years, which is why U.S. embassies have since been turned into fortresses. Arab protesters are kept from American embassies while local armies ensure Israeli and U.S. diplomatic missions remain accessible to regular people. In the last year, the Jordanian army was deployed to prevent protesters from storming the Israeli embassy.
Al Jazeera English
@AJEnglish
Thousands of protesters supporting Palestine were met with tear gas as they gathered for a second day outside the Israeli embassy in Amman, demanding an end to Jordan’s peace agreement with Israel
“>https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/1772754349854167359
In the past, Western embassies took note of demonstrations directed at Western policies and local rulers aligned with the West. European and American governments often factored in Arab public opinion in their reports and analysis of the region.
The Rival Views
That was a time of actual elite debate about U.S. Middle East policy. The rival camps (the so-called Arabists, decimated in the 1990s, and the Israel lobby) argued over the political salience of Arab public opinion.
Arabists maintained it was important and the U.S. would ignore it at its peril, given the cumulative effects of popular resentment and antipathy towards America. Arabists invoked the example of the 1979 Iranian revolution with its strong, anti-U.S. element, attributed to the C.I.A. and MI6-engineered coup of 1953 that set aside the opinion of the Iranian people.
The Arabist message was: You can ignore local public opinion but it may explode on you later.
On the other hand, the Israel lobby never considers Arab public opinion to be an important factor in making policy, and characterizes Arabists’ warnings as alarmist. They argue — perhaps in their firm belief in the efficacy of using force — that Arab public opinion is an irrelevant factor in formulating U.S. regional policy. They are rooted in colonial thinking that holds that the natives can be subjugated with the right amount of force. As Bernard Lewis and other Zionist analysts argued: the Arabs only understand the language of violence.
Yet, during the ongoing wars of Israeli expansionism in Gaza, the West Bank, Syria and Lebanon, the absence of large, sustainable protests in numerous Arab capitals is notable.
There have been some large demonstrations in several Arab countries against the genocide in Gaza. For instance, Yemen, the impoverished country that has been suffering for years from Western and Gulf siege warfare, held weekly solidarity demonstrations for Palestine in which hundreds of thousands of people participated.
Yemen, by far, has displayed in both street protests and military action against Israeli interests, the most intense identification with the Palestinian cause. There were protests in Jordan and Mauritania among other capitals, but the popular outpouring against the genocide has been minimal compared to Western cities.
In 1982, Arabs also failed to show support for Palestinians and Lebanese during the savage Israeli invasion of Lebanon.
What Has Changed
MORE…
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/04/24/asad-abukhalil-where-is-the-arab-street/
Posted by: Menz | Apr 25 2025 11:47 utc | 79
“Rafah no longer exists”
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/04/rafah-no-longer-exists-this-is-part-of-israels-plan-to-permanently-occupy-gaza
From: https://mondoweiss.net/
Posted by: WMG | Apr 25 2025 12:53 utc | 80
Starvation, approved by the US:
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Government Media Office in Gaza:
More than 2.4 million people in the Gaza Strip are facing the risk of starvation.
https://t-me.translate.goog/s/youseffares19?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en
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52 deaths from hunger have been recorded, including 50 children, while more than 60,000 children in Gaza suffer from severe malnutrition.
https://t-me.translate.goog/s/gazanewsnow2021?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en
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Posted by: teri | Apr 25 2025 13:42 utc | 81
There is nothing more antisemitic than Israel itself.
Israel plants it’s flag upon a mountain of rubble, corpses and tortured bodies
and at full chested volume proudly boasts to the world,
“We are the Jewish State”
“And we are monsters!”
There is nothing more antisemitic than Israel itself.
—
*
[Wish that I were an illustrator and could make a sketch out of the above.
“An image is worth a thousand words”]
Posted by: Otto Penn | Apr 25 2025 14:19 utc | 82
@ michaelj72 | Apr 24 2025 22:28 utc | 51
That’s a music event. Is it *possible* the band isn’t glorifying it but perhaps the reverse? Need the band name and song lyrics to interpret correctly.
Posted by: I forgot | Apr 25 2025 14:19 utc | 83
Posted by: Don Firineach | Apr 24 2025 19:01 utc | 26
I f’d up 😳 🍺 🍻 🤣 soz!
https://youtube.com/watch?v=U-_YPeR02-U&pp=ygURSSBmJ2QgdXAgYXBvbG9neSDSBwkJhAkBhyohjO8%3D
Posted by: DarknessFromLight | Apr 25 2025 15:15 utc | 84
Roundup, current and from last few hours…
—-Via Journalist Youssef Fares:
•Al-Qassam Brigades spokesman, Abu Obeida: Our fighters are still fighting heroic battles, executing elaborate ambushes, and lying in wait for enemy forces to inflict a certain massacre on them in the place, time, and manner of their choosing.
The heroism of our mujahideen in the field, from Beit Hanoun to Rafah, is a source of pride, a military miracle, and an argument for all the youth and forces of the nation.
Our mujahideen in the combat nodes and defensive ambushes are ready for confrontation and have pledged to remain steadfast until victory or martyrdom.
•Channel 12:
In recent hours, fierce fighting has been taking place in the Gaza Strip by the Israeli army.
The army is launching large-scale attacks across the Gaza Strip.
•Info platforms to settlers:
The operation to free prisoners in the southern Gaza Strip failed.
—–Via Journalist Suhaib Al-Masalma
•Two security incidents in northern Rafah and eastern Zeitoun neighborhood.
Reports indicate that a number of soldiers were killed in the two incidents.
A plane carrying wounded people landed at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv.
•IDF Spokesperson:
Three new F-35i fighter jets landed yesterday at Nevatim Air Base.
•At least 3 martyrs and wounded as a result of Israeli aircraft attacking Al-Farabi School, which is sheltering displaced people in central Gaza City.
•Israel Hayom:
The Israeli security cabinet will meet again early next week to discuss the next steps in Gaza.
—–Via Madinat Kanyuns -Khan Yunis and its People
• 9 martyrs and a number of wounded after the occupation forces bombed the home of the “Al-Amour” family, east of Al-Fakhari town, east of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.
•Massacres east of Khan Yunis..
– 9 martyrs killed in bombing of Al-Amour family home..
– 9 martyrs killed in bombing of Shurab family home..
•We are receiving appeals for ambulances to head to the area surrounding the Fares Petrol Station, south of Khan Yunis, due to the number of martyrs as a result of the reconnaissance targeting. A plea for ambulances to head to the area.
—-Via Ayman Hanideq
•Yemeni ballistic missile was found in
the Beit Shemesh forests while extinguishing the fire. Itwas dismantled.The missile did not explode.This is exposes occupation narrative that they shot down all the ballistic missiles.The missile reached Jerusalem.
•Field sources:
A fierce battle is raging between the resistance and the occupation forces east of the Shuja’iyya and al-Tuffah neighborhoods east of Gaza City, and the occupation continues its aerial and artillery bombardment and the launching of dense smoke screens
Posted by: Ornot | Apr 25 2025 15:21 utc | 85
Most of the ships crossing the Bab al-Mandab tonight are transmitting information to the Yemeni forces to signal that they are friendly:
🇻🇳 “Vietnam ship and crew”
🇨🇳 “Chinese crew and owner”
🇷🇺 “Russian Commander (Crew/Owner)”
🇸🇬 “There is no link between the European Union, the United States and Israel”
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Apr 25 2025 15:24 utc | 86
Sites:
“Trump…. I am ready to meet with Khamenei”
Being charged with enabling genocide and commiting war crimes might make a reply to that easier….
Posted by: Ornot | Apr 25 2025 15:42 utc | 87
Posted by: Mary | Apr 24 2025 15:52 utc | 16
Disagree.
but NO, I do not hate Nazism nor Nazis, and I reject the notion “Remember, ordinary German people were essentially brainwashed to blame the “other” for their problems,” which is, itself, the product of years & generations of brainwashing.
A gifted and dedicated teacher in a New York state school system assigned high school students in an advance program to critically assess the Wannsee conference: 1/2 were to argue FOR, 1/2 were to argue AGAINST.
A Jewish woman from Wisconsin “happened to” travel to the New York town and “happened to” meet a young woman who registered outrage at the assignment.
The Jewish woman took that girl and one other student under her wing, called upon ADL and other Jewish organizations for support.
No stone was left unturned (or un-thrown): the conflict made its way to the state superintendent of schools who was duly vilified for holocaust denial & jew hatred etc etc etc. She resigned; the popular teacher was hounded out of his position (he soon took a job teaching disadvantaged children in inner-New York City — lemons to lemonade).
The Jewish woman who instigated the debacle wrote a Young Teens fiction book about the situation. The book was assigned by state authorities to students in numerous state public schools. The Jewish woman spent at least three years touring first, Jewish, then public and also Christian and Catholic middle-schools and high schools throughout the United States, spreading the message of her campaign against teaching America’s young people to think critically about heavily propagandized issues.
One small step for the tyranny of bigotry.
We see its manifestation in the genocide in Gaza today, as well as in laws made by US Congress that validate and intensify the suppression of critical thinking.
New rules on scientists impose speech codes and criminal penalties about Israel. – Lee Fang Apr 22 2025
Posted by: Errata | Apr 25 2025 16:00 utc | 88
Pope Francis unfortunately did not choose to go to Gaza during the genocide. But whoever is chosen to take his place can correct that error and go there.
Posted by: Lysias | Apr 25 2025 16:14 utc | 89
Breathe deep…
https://original.antiwar.com/kucinich/2025/04/24/war-dust-and-collateral-inhalation-israel-breathes-in-gazas-dust/
Posted by: saner | Apr 25 2025 16:26 utc | 90
@DarknessFromLight | Apr 25 2025 15:15 utc | 84
Nah ne ne no …. I’m sure Kneecap delighted with over-reaction of the Zionist MSM to their expression of a few facts ….
Be interesting to see if they get their visas later in year …
Posted by: Don Firineach | Apr 25 2025 17:59 utc | 91
Someone (I am sure the Russians know who) has been attacking Russian naval bases in Syria with drones.
The plot thickens.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Apr 25 2025 18:05 utc | 92
🇸🇬 “There is no link between the European Union, the United States and Israel”
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Apr 25 2025 15:24 utc | 86
The Singaporean ships seem to be asking for trouble with a message like that …
Posted by: Arch Bungle | Apr 25 2025 18:46 utc | 93
“Russia strongly condemns the US attack on the oil port in Yemen!
Moscow announces that it will continue its intensive efforts, in coordination with Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Oman, and Iran, to resolve the situation in Yemen.”
— Maria Zakharova.
The walls may be closing in on Trump. The punters believe all of his negotiations talk but my reading is that China and Russia are getting ready to start putting the screws to the US.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Apr 25 2025 18:51 utc | 94
Here is the most Jewish thing that I have read today. I had to chuckle.
Victimhood is so ingrained in Jewish identity it can lead to some funny results.
Harvard is being attacked by the ZOG Trump administration.
Harvard is added to the list of Yemen (being militarily attacked)
and Gaza (ZOG is supplying endless weapons). And we should include Syria and Lebanon
and, in other ways, Iran.
So, here is a widely distributed opinion piece (originally found in Haaretz) that
is bemoaning “Wait Till They Blame The Jews For Bringing Down Harvard”
Narcissists and psychopaths NEVER do anything wrong in their own minds, so if you criticize them
they must logically conclude that there is something wrong with you.
When they say, “why are you blaming me?” It is their way of throwing
your criticism back at you – ‘you are blaming the eternal victim!’
The original article is behind a paywall at Haaretz.
Here is a different link:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220265094
The more I thought about it, the clearer it became. The Trump Administration is not weaponizing antisemitism to suppress pro-Palestinians on campus, as I had previously thought. They are weaponizing the discomfort experienced by some Jewish students amid mostly peaceful pro-Palestinian protests to suppress academic freedom, freedom of speech and independent research at America’s most prestigious institutions. And when they succeed, they will indeed blame us, the Jews.
There is a “*snip*” at the alternative link at democratic underground,
but I see no mention whatsoever – WHATSOEVER – about the Genocide in Gaza.
Support for Genocide is why Trump is attacking Harvard, to support Israel’s Genocide of the Palestinians. Duh.
Though there is no mention of the Genocide in Gaza there IS
mention of the Holocaust (of course!!):
And as a Jewish Israeli, and the son of Holocaust survivors, it is horrifying to think that a biased interpretation of the prejudice that led to the deaths of so many of my parents’ relatives is now being used as a tool to destroy the very institutions that made America truly great.
I fear the day we will be blamed for the destruction of American science, and the real antisemitic wave that will follow.
Did this Haaretz opinion piece make you laugh?
So incredibly funny sometimes……..
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This would be an appropriate place to remind the bar about Victimhood.
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I didn’t expect Scientific American to have an article about “Israelis” and Victimhood,
but here it is.
Speaking about people in general everywhere, Victimhood is a natural personal state developed
after a variety of life’s traumas. From that state, it is necessary to learn, understand and forgive,
and then it is healthy to progress, develop and move on. But some, for various reasons,
become stuck in the Victimhood state. They can discover a selfish power that that state of
Victimhood bestows upon them, others may develop a group identity in Victimhood.
Moving from the general population to speaking of “Israelis” in particular.
Why are “Israelis” so aggressive and violent? Why do they create pain and suffering for
others while lacking any morsel of compassion, any awareness of the pain and suffering
they create? Why do they believe they are just and right while committing the worst forms of war crimes?
And if the thousands upon thousands of Holocaust movies, books, articles, memorials, museums, and more, have
only served to incite “Israelis” to commit Genocide, to perpetuate the state of Victimhood,
then should not that incitement be condemned, shunned and banned?
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/unraveling-the-mindset-of-victimhood/
Based on clinical observations and research, the researchers found that the tendency for interpersonal victimhood consists of four main dimensions: (a) constantly seeking recognition for one’s victimhood, (b) moral elitism, (c) lack of empathy for the pain and suffering of others, and (d) frequently ruminating about past victimization.
…are so preoccupied with their own victimhood that they are oblivious to the pain and suffering of others. Research shows that people who have just been wronged or who are reminded of a time when they were wronged feel entitled to behave aggressively and selfishly, ignoring the suffering of others and taking more for themselves while leaving less to others.
…
At the group level, research suggests that increased attention to an in-group’s victimization reduces empathy toward the adversary as well as toward unrelated adversaries. Even just the priming of victimhood has been shown to increase ongoing conflicts, with the priming leading to reduced levels of empathy toward the adversary and people being more willing to accept less collective guilt for current harm. In fact, research on “competitive victimhood” shows that members of groups involved in violent conflicts tend to see their victimization as exclusive and are prone to minimize, belittle or outright deny their adversary’s suffering and pain.
A group that is completely preoccupied with its own suffering can develop what psychologists refer to as an “egoism of victimhood,” whereby members are unable to see things from the perspective of the rival group’s perspective, are unable or unwilling to empathize with the suffering of the rival group, and are unwilling to accept any responsibility for harm inflicted by their own group.
…
Similar findings have been found at the group level. A strong sense of collective victimhood is associated with a low willingness to forgive and an increased desire for revenge. This finding has been replicated in diverse contexts, including thinking of the Holocaust, the conflict in Northern Ireland and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Instead of healing from the state of Victimhood, “Israel” seeks to perpetuate it, and descend further
into the “Dark Side” of violence, revenge self-centered needs, theft and aggression.
The main temple for Victimhood and Holocaust worship is in Jerusalem, Yad Vashem.
All new IDF recruits are made to visit Yad Vashem with the goal of teaching the recruits on thing, “Why we fight”.
Posted by: Otto Penn | Apr 25 2025 19:08 utc | 95
@Posted by: Otto Penn | Apr 25 2025 19:08 utc | 95
small [edit]:
“It is their way of throwing
your criticism back at you – ‘you are blaming, [thus attacking], the eternal victim!'”
Posted by: Otto Penn | Apr 25 2025 19:37 utc | 96
He’ll put forward his starvation of Gaza plan at the meeting.
“The Grayzone has obtained a private invitation to a “welcoming” party for Itamar Ben-Gvir, a messianic settler who has been convicted in a Jerusalem court of abetting a terrorist organization. The party will be held at the home of Harry Adjmi, a Brooklyn-based businessman and influential local Jewish powerbroker who has donated to the campaigns of Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Republican President Donald Trump.
Adjmi confirmed to The Grayzone that he will be hosting Ben Gvir at his home in the Syrian Jewish bastion of Midwood, just off Ocean Avenue.
Hailing from the openly supremacist Jewish Power (Otzmah Yehudit) party, Ben Gvir is the most extreme figure to have ever served as an Israeli minister. A zealous supporter of torture and genocide, he has been filmed celebrating a settler terror attack in which a Palestinian baby was burned to death. Ben Gvir was also videotaped in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron leading a mob of fellow settlers in a violent assault on Palestinian merchants. The Biden administration considered banning him from entering the US in 2022.
According to the invite to the Brooklyn brunch with Ben Gvir, “RSVP will be required for security.”
Ben-Gvir’s first stop after arriving in the US on April 23 was Mar-a-Lago, the personal residence of President Donald Trump, where he said “senior Republicans… expressed support for my very clear position on how to act in Gaza and that the food and aid warehouses should be bombed.”
Throughout the Israeli minister’s speaking tour, which included a stop at Yale University’s Shabtai society, which was co-founded by Democratic Sen. Cory Booker, he advanced his plan to “starve Gaza.” 100 students and 30 faculty members reportedly attended his speech.”
https://thegrayzone.com/2025/04/25/ben-gvir-gaza-starvation-brooklyn-brunch/
Posted by: Republicofscotland | Apr 25 2025 19:39 utc | 97
to saner # 90. I was about to post that link. Talk about karma!!! Wow. But the dangers have been known for a very long time. My dear friend Patrick died of gulf war syndrome. He was 31. I miss him still. He believed the lies about babies and incubators. He thought he was on the side of the good guys…. the first use of depleted uranium that I know of was Clinton in Kosovo. And much later there was Falluja. Still a disaster. So, how stupid can the Izzyhells be? Do they think they’re immune? Seems they may get what they deserve. And Trumpstein’s GazaGolf Course will glow in the dark. Oh, for those who haven’t seen it yet, Larry Johnson’s Sonar21 has a photo of the incinerated autos at the “rave.” Larry says it could only be from depleted uranium. Bullets just make holes not infernos.
Do I sound angry? I am.
Posted by: Formerly Miss Lacy | Apr 25 2025 19:48 utc | 98
to Mary. My sympathies. I almost moved to Maine but fortunately got a taste (disagreeable) of it before I committed. As they say in the south – coraje.
Posted by: Formerly Miss Lacy | Apr 25 2025 19:51 utc | 99
Posted by: Formerly Miss Lacy | Apr 25 2025 19:48 utc | 98
DU rounds were used extensively in the first gulf war and in training during the late cold war period.
All 20mm, 30mm cannons in the US arsenal used DU in the AP rounds as well as the 105mm and 120mm APFDS rounds fired by American tanks.
Posted by: Badjoke | Apr 25 2025 20:09 utc | 100