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Rabia Hassan's avatar

Caitlin, your work is courageous and truthful. I always look forward to your work.

The opening sentence explains it all!!!

Thank you.

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hierochloe's avatar

That does sum it up, I'll be deploying that when my face is inevitably soiled with someone's misconception about what's happened and keeps happening.

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Uaifo Ojo's avatar

Israel have no cards left to play and only their death and destruction awaits them from now on.

Humanity will not allow Israel off the hook after all it has shown us and may all the Zionazis get their long overdue comeuppance in record timing.

|SE 🏛️♨️♨️🏛️

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JennyStokes's avatar

I hope you are correct Uaifo Ojo. I suspect Zionism runs deep in the western world.

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Uaifo Ojo's avatar

Thank d gods then that the western world is only a subset of the collective humanity who while quite powerful now, will eventually become less able to get away with bloody murder as they can now.

It will not be immediate but it is a Certainty that Zionism and western neo-colonianism will burn themselves out and become a weak hollow thing that will answer for their crimes individually and collectively

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Aamir Razak's avatar

I hope so too, Ms. Stokes. Indeed, it definitely is well-entrenched in governments throughout the west. But that doesn't mean it can't be dislodged at some point, which I hope arrives soon

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JennyStokes's avatar

BUT we don't know how deep this goes?

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Aamir Razak's avatar

I suppose we don't, but in my view, doing nothing and allowing "business as usual" to continue is not a viable strategy.

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JennyStokes's avatar

I agree. BUT what are the US people doing?

ALL over Europe we are out on the streets........most weekends to stop this.

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Aamir Razak's avatar

That's good to hear, you all in Europe seem to know how to mobilize and protest swiftly and resolutely, kudos! I think part of the problem is that protests here are booked in advance and done one after another, and being able to unite and coordinate protests requires a bit more extensive planning. Not to mention, there are interests which work against coordinating said protests or penalize those who engage in such efforts.

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mike's avatar

yup we suck

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David Baird's avatar

I hope I'm wrong, Uaifo, but there are too many Zionazi supporters with their hands on the levers of power everywhere, and who will let Netanyahu's murderers off the hook.

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Uaifo Ojo's avatar

Yeah, but they are only powerful for now and this moment.. how bout 5 and 10 years to come?

It might come too late for the Gazans currently, but eventually the western world will lose power and have to account for all the shit their elites have put the entire world through.

It will not be immediate but it is a Certainty that they will lose power and have to face Justice in whatever form it may take

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Antonio Brownlowe's avatar

I don't think they want to be around for Justice to catch up with them Israel has their Samson option, but Americas .leaders also seems like they will be more than willing to Destroy the whole world for the sake of and in Defense of Israel, so that might be the Scenario ,they both have Massive Arsenal of Nuclear Weapons ,Israel Nuclear Weapons are illegal and Uninspected so the IAEA don't even know the extent of Israel's amount of WMD, America alone can destroy the World 5,000 time over ,so "I believe that the route they might take

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Uaifo Ojo's avatar

I agree with you but I also counter with Russia is now the biggest nuclear arms power in the world and China is very near the top with American and western powers in nuclear going down in terms of overall possession of nuclear capabilities..

So while they have the power to destroy the world, the world also has the power to destroy them a million times over before they can finish destroying the rest of us

US and Israel are just 2 countries out of almost 200 in the world. The west is the global minority of the world with just 7% of total world population

Before they can get through with destroying the planet, I assure you that the west can be wiped off the face of the planet if they are ever foolish enough to go down that path

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David Baird's avatar

I hope you're right, believe me!

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Antonio Brownlowe's avatar

The Israeli regime know their game is just about over that's why they are going to keep bombing and killing as many Palestinians as they can with or without any agreement ,they want to disarm the Palestinians so they can face no resistance anywhere in GAZA to make it easier to wipe them out.

I don't know why anyone with common sense believes that Israel is not going to try and wipe out the Palestinians as long as they have the full backing of America ,because America is now the same as Israel, they are 2 sides of the same coin, they can never be trusted either., Too late for Qatar who found out the hard way, but the same fate is waiting for any of the other Arabs states who keep supporting Zionist Israel.

As I said before Israel has their plan B ready to pull out when the time comes

******ISRAEL has a policy, known as the "Samson Option", which states that if they are ever at risk they will use their nuclear stockpile to genocide the world.

In 1973 they threatened Nixon with this and he immediately buckled and gave them whatever they needed to win the war against the Arabs

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Tom's avatar

I seriously doubt the Israelis would carry out the rumored Samson Option, at least openly and/or against any European or other "western" states. To me the most likely "plan B" or emergency scenario for Israel is another 9/11, explicitly tied to (blamed on) Muslims, either in Europe or the US, designed to draw America/Europe into a massive regional ME war on the Zionists' side. They've done it before!!

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Kieran Jaegar's avatar

"It is the policy of the United States of America to NEVER negotiate with terrorists.

...oh, THAT terrorist? Actually, we surrender. Would they like some or all of our armaments?"

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I'd like to see them try that with my ass at the top. 😘

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Nick Douglas's avatar

Hahahaha. Of course, USA does not negotiate with terrorists. They hug and kiss. Terrorists love fellow terrorists. There is no bigger terrorist on the planet Earth than USA government. EU, UK, and shitsrael follow closely.

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Nick Douglas's avatar

shitsrael is a dead-man walking. shitsrael has no future or space in civilized world. It is just a matter of time before that bastard genocidal entity, worst in recorded human history, is deleted forever. White european khazarian jewish converts can move back to Europe (Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, ...) or to Malvinas (Falkland) islands. UK and Argentine's Javier Milei will be trilled.

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Feral Finster's avatar

Need i mention Israeli snipers shooting at Palestinians at the border fence while Israelis picnicked and watched the spectacle, sort of like how families used to gather round amd watch a good old fashioned lynching?

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Mark Denton's avatar

I never believed what we were told about the Hammas attack. It could not possibly handle taken place without Mossad having knowledge of it. As was often said "you cannot even sneeze in Gaza without Mossad knowing. Troops were withdrawn, and it seems that the scene was set to allow a Hammas attack to succeed.

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Mark Denton's avatar

Note to self: I must proof what I write before sending......

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paul's avatar

We need to hammer home the fact that it was the Israeli Government that attacked Israel on October 7:

https://thecradle.co/articles-id/29125

Quote: "Israeli choppers fired over 11,000 shells on 'anything that moved' near the Gaza separation wall on 7 October 2023"

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The Revolution Continues's avatar

Which makes me wonder--did Hamas really kill or harm anyone on Oct. 7? It sounds like the Israelis had all the arms and did all the shooting. It really does.

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nobunny's avatar

Wikileaks Cablegate documented the plans over a decade before. Israel supported Hamas while planning to allow an event so they had cover to invade & destroy Gaza.

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Tom's avatar

Hey speaking of which, do you have a link to those particular cables? I would like to bookmark or download them for future use.

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nobunny's avatar

Probably here as well but I know the raw cables can be tough & the book helps find the important parts...

https://search.wikileaks.org/plusd/

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nobunny's avatar

I'm sure it's online.... however mine is book form. Ebook available here: https://versolit.com/product/the-wikileaks-files/

Specifically chapter 9 Israel page 263.

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Tom's avatar

awesome, thanks!

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Mark Denton's avatar

If you only use Occam's Razor, the truth is easier to see.

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nobunny's avatar

Exactly, certainly doesn't hurt to have documents to back up Occam's razor for those who don't understand the premise.

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Mark Denton's avatar

Occam's Razor: when solving a problem, or a mystery - always start with explanations with the smallest number of elements. Or to say it more clearly - start with the simplest, which is often the most likely.

Such as "how could Hammas mount a major surprise attack when they are constantly monitored by Mossad?" Answer - almost impossible. Explanation - Mossad knew. If you accept that premise, the rest of the facts start to make sense.

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nobunny's avatar

Absolutely. I was fortunate to be up to speed with the treasure trove of WikiLeaks documents, so knew what this was immediately having read the game plan years before....that couples with Abby Martins Gaza Fights For Freedom documentary years before...

I still cannot believe more bombs are dropped in Gaza every week than the US dropped in a year in Afghanistan....that is just mind boggling in the most horrific way.

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Mark Denton's avatar

And it has been like that since 1947.

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Helen's avatar

Egypt & a couple of other countries explicitly warned Israel of an imminent attack. Israel moved most of ots Gaza border troops to the west Bank on 5 & 6 October. Was in the news at the time

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Mark's avatar

There was an October 6.

There was an October 5.

There was an October 4.

And so the perpetual suffering of Palestinians goes.

The Zionist perpetrators of genocide & their enablers must not be allowed to narrate the history of these times. Records of their depravity have to become common knowledge. For the good of our species.

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SW's avatar

This has been going on for a long time and escalated every year from 1917 to the present. Professional Zionists like Bari Weiss will never admit what’s been done to the Palestinians to steal their land.

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The Revolution Continues's avatar

Boycott CBS/Paramount!

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Sean Griobhtha's avatar

On 7 October 2023, the Palestinian People, who languished under Ottoman rule, who languished under British rule, and who have survived repeated terrorism, rape, torture, and murder under Israeli rule, declared they would take this no more. We are so proud of them. Their struggle is unfair. Their struggle is against the choke-hold and death-grip of western colonial fascism, and the perversion of Talmudic Judaism and delusional superiority complexes. Their struggle is OUR struggle.

https://griobhtha1.substack.com/p/7-october-is-independence-day

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Mike Baker's avatar

"The longer this genocide goes on for, the more the world has come to view October 7 as Israel reaping what it had long been sowing."

No, not yet it hasn't. But hopefully it will soon. Ye who sow the wind will reap the whirlwind.

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SW's avatar

In July of 2014 Israel opened fire from a patrol/blockade ship on a beach in Gaza City, killing 4 boys (not young men) and wounding 3 others playing soccer on the beach. It was a clear day and was witnessed by journalists who were able to document the assault. Zionist’s excuses were the usual vague “we were disarming terrorists and they were collateral damage.” Ho-hum.

It was only a small crack in the image Israel liked to broadcast but it was on the national news in America for several days and showed people for the first time the brutality aimed at Gaza. Here’s the article from the Independent:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israelgaza-conflict-leaflets-dropped-on-northern-gaza-ordering-100-000-to-evacuate-amid-fears-of-imminent-ground-incursion-9609788.html

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Juliana's avatar

My message from Gaza this morning: “ My dearest love, how are you today? The bombings haven’t stopped for even a single minute. We didn’t leave our tent at all today because of the intense shelling and explosions. It seems like the Israelis want this to be a black anniversary for us. Even though they haven’t stopped committing brutal massacres for the past two years, today they’ve increased the pace of the explosions and the killings.” 💔

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MICHAEL W MCCROHON's avatar

Fool me once...

The IDF killed the majority of the propagandised "1200".

Hamas needed living hostages, and Netanyahu needed dead hostages to create the outrage so he could conduct the genocide he had planned.

The IDF admitted they killed 100s of their own people under orders.

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John Bosnitch's avatar

Thank you for your forthright honesty and moral courage!!!

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Abbas Abdulmalik's avatar

Excellent post. One of your best yet.

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Ann Menasche's avatar

American antiwar activists engaged in similar speculation after 9/11- that the U.S. government was behind it or let it happen, since the terrorist

attack provided the “perfect”justification for the wars in Afghanistan and later (though quite a stretch) against Iraq that US imperialism wanted all along and most importantly undermined much of the remaining “Vietnam syndrome” antiwar sentiment in the U.S. that stayed the hand of militarism. That should have taught liberation struggles around the world a lesson that use of this form of resistance , attacking civilians and committing war crimes, is not only of questionable morality but strategically an error. It does the opposite of advancing the struggle but falls right into the hands of the most reactionary fascistic forces.

Whether Israel consciously stood down or let this happen or not, and even though some unknown number of deaths may have been the result of the Hannibal directive, Palestinians did commit atrocities that day against civilians by killing & kidnapping them and these acts were a boon for the racist territorial ambitions and genocidal intent of the Kahanists in power. It also weakened antiwar, anti apartheid sentiment among the Jewish population in Israel.

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Stephen Walker's avatar

The Al-Qassam Brigades' operation on 7 October was a military assault primarily targeting military installations and military personnel. There were between 700 and 800 "civilians" killed that day. However, almost certainly at least 100 of these "civilians" were armed security of some kind, so if Al-Qassam killed them it was because thay were engaged in an armed standoff. Almost certainly 80% or more of the unarmed civilians killed were killed by the IDF. That's based on the number of Hellfire missiles and auto-cannon rounds fired from helicopters, and shells and machine gun rounds fired from tanks. The destroyed houses and burnt out cars provide ample evidence. In addition, the music festival was deliberately moved to a venue just a couple of kilometers from the Gaza fence just three days prior to the prison break, so that civilian casualties would be increased, giving the genocidaires a justification for more genocide. Anyone who tries to characterise 7 October as being primarily directed at civilians and who downplays the number of deaths attributable to the Hannibal directive is deliberately spreading Zionist propaganda.

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