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GS-z-14-1's avatar

This cannot spare them. Nuremberg ruled that support of said crimes was itself serious political crime. Prosecution cometh.

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Susan T's avatar

There must be money involved, somehow. Trump just accepted a 400 million dollar gift from Qatar. But I hope my cynicism is off and the whole world is really turning against genocide.

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includeMeOut's avatar

Qatar is also the headquarters, if I am correct, for Hamas.

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Victoria Jean Bingham's avatar

Wrong. Tel aviv is the headquarters of hamas

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Jennifer Akdemir's avatar

Hamas is still vastly out-gunned by the combined forces of Israel and the US.

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JennyStokes's avatar

So were the Yemeni's!

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Vin LoPresti's avatar

Latest info I hear, Jenny, is that the tech the Yemenis have (likely developed by those brilliant Persians) is pretty hot stuff, that the missile that hit near Ben Gurion was supposed to do just that, a warning shot -- that slipped both Israeli & US defenses. Implication: they might/could flatten the hell outta that airport should they choose. AND the fact that other countries' airlines have indicated reluctance to use Ben Gurion is a gigantic validation of the threat to Israeli Zionazis. Everybody say: "Bravo Yemeni brothers"!!!

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LaVerne Karras's avatar

There isn't as far as I've heard, any serious connection with Iran as far as their tech goes, they are building their own missiles. On the other hand, if it is Iranian technology, that should scare the hell out of the Israelis, they'd have no defence against hundreds of missiles coming in at one time.

Bravo Yemeni brothers!!!

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Landru's avatar

Yes, we in the u.s. are ill prepared for a hypersonic missile landing on the deck of an aircraft carrier. Can you imagine the joy seeing the shame on so many u.s. israeli military/gov. faces. OH JOY : ) With a bit more guidance precession and my dream can come true : ) That is the real reason Yemen is calling the shots with Genocide Don : )

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LaVerne Karras's avatar

Qatar is an Israeli bagman, that was how the Nutty Yahoo sent money to Hamas until they were more useful as an enemy.

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martin's avatar

... hamas, who are the good guys even compared to any westerner in the comments.

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George Cornell's avatar

Nope.

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John Turcot's avatar

Free everyone!

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Vin LoPresti's avatar

We hope so, of course. But if history tells us anything, it is that justice against imperialist aggression has the spirit of the god's swift Olympian messenger Hermes, but the lard-ass density of insensate inaction of that shithead man-child Marco Rubio.

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GS-z-14-1's avatar

It will be necessary to build a mass movement to secure those prosecutions.

But the flip side is that the process of radicalization has already begun.

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Vin LoPresti's avatar

I wouldn't disagree with that analysis at all. I cite the mythical Hermes versus the lard-ass mediocrity Rubio, however, for quite obvious reasons: rate of change. I'm an old molecular biologist picturing enzymes and activation energies. I want to see these bastards prosecuted and/or hung upside-down in Palestine ala Mussolini's treatment by Italian partisans in Milano.

But after all the condemnations by international bodies, high courts, institutions established after the last World War to ensure [Ha] the non-repeat of such atrocities, nothing of substance has transpired(save your increased radicalization -- I grant you). So, you will forgive me; for I know the probability of my witnessing justice before I die; it is small.

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GS-z-14-1's avatar

‘I want to see these bastards prosecuted and/or hung upside-down…’

So soon as my eyes fell on those words, two things happened simultaneously. 1] My mind went straight to ‘Il Duce.’ 2] I realized that we are of the same generation, and that like you, I will likely not live to see these things.

That said, one can spread and act as if seeing that day is their sole civic aspiration.

In this year’s ‘May Day’ observance, World Socialist Web Site International Editor David North noted the same promises, plus the fact that they have [obviously] forgotten.

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Vin LoPresti's avatar

What would be the point of any other civic aspiration, other than asserting energy to promote the empire and its buddy (Massa?) Israel going down the poop-shute of international prominence? I try everything I can, including music video to my "fency" friends featuring images from a Gazan photojournalist whom I think of every day, hoping he's still alive. I'm astounded by how connected I have gotten to these people. Hope persists despite Milekowsky and his EasternEuro Nazi-derived thugs.

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Landru's avatar

Oh my friend, these times are a changing : ) Three of us will celebrate a Free Palestine for all people of peace : )

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Vin LoPresti's avatar

I like your optimism. I'll take it right now because this day in and day out shite is truly loathsome. Mothers day, we get Gazan mothers in tents struggling to keep their month-old infants alive. It's everything, everywhere, an optimism killer. So I look forward to such a celebration.

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LaVerne Karras's avatar

I'd like to be able to live long enough to see that, but I'd probably be competing with the mythical Methuselah for oldest before that happens.

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GS-z-14-1's avatar

When societies enter revolutionary periods, events flow with extraordinary rapidity.

Bear in mind that the Russian revolution was completed in 8 months.

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LaVerne Karras's avatar

We can hope!

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Landru's avatar

Nope, we will live and celebrate in one live Caitlin party. Free Palestine!

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Landru's avatar

Can I tell you I love you ha. Damn that was the description all envy : )

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Patrick Saunders's avatar

Never mind Eichmann in Jerusalem, how soon Netanyahu & co in The Hague?

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Robert the Skeptic's avatar

If only…

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Kurvingrad's avatar

The Hague is only for political prisoners.

A kangaroo court.

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JennyStokes's avatar

I truly hope so but I am not holding my breath.

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Oracle's avatar

One day everyone will have been against this.......

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CK's avatar

Perhaps not the US defense contractors who profit from it. Their business models are based upon the prosecution of perpetual wars and the fear of perpetual wars. They also employ several millions of American workers whose paychecks have an economic multiplier effect in their communities.

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John Turcot's avatar

That day should have been from Day One, not Day 600 plus

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JennyStokes's avatar

Of course.

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Robert the Skeptic's avatar

Oh, I know some people who will not.

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Kurvingrad's avatar

"One day everyone will have been against this......."

Like everyone "was" against Iraq or Libya genocides but still enjoy Libyan or Iraqi oil as long as its price is low enough....

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Susan Harley's avatar

That is amazing after all this time, there must be a new agenda. Which is cynical but I have learnt nothing is done by the pressditutes without a plan.

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Ohio Barbarian's avatar

There is no new agenda, only a recognition of material reality by Big Oil and the MIC. Israel is now a liability for them, therefore the Empire's support for Israel is being withdrawn.

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CK's avatar

The US military weapons manufacturers will need to find new sales opportunities. They never fail to do so, with the support of the US Congress. Several million US jobs depend upon that.

Of course, the government could simply pay all of the defense contractors’ employees — including those of their supply chains— to stay at home or to participate in community service. The taxpayers’ expense would be the same, but without the pollution, waste of materials and destruction of lives and infrastructure.

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mirandapoet's avatar

True, many jobs are created by the arms industry. But in a country where so many things are in desperate need of attention, why is making stuff to kill people the only option for making a living?

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CK's avatar

Aside from mercenaries, defense contractors don’t kill people. They will manufacture whatever the government pays them to design, engineer and manufacture for guaranteed profits. Ask “the government” to answer that question.

Hint: most of the exceptionally wealthy are willing— perhaps grudgingly— to support taxation for the armed forces and law enforcement to protect their personal property. They aren’t eager to pay much for the support of society in general.

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TS's avatar

That's like saying, the U.S. has no responsibility for the murders in Gaza just because we've been supplying the bombs. I don't think that will stand up in court, after two parents were convicted for owning the gun their son used in a school shooting.

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LaVerne Karras's avatar

This is worse than that, the US is like the guy who put the idea in the head of a school shooter, stood beside him handing more guns and ammo all the while telling the police nothing was happening and if anything were, it was the fault of one kid that called him names.

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Reno de Caro's avatar

"....the government could simply pay all of the defense contractors’ employees — including those of their supply chains— to stay at home............." With the trillions of dollars saved over the years they could be rechannelled into a major domestic infrastructure program.

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CK's avatar

Of course. However, fear of war is a motivator to support taxes for the military-industrial complex. Not as many Americans are willing to pay taxes for domestic infrastructure, healthcare, education.

The billionaires and mega-millionaires don’t need much in the way of domestic infrastructure, healthcare, etc. They can afford to pay for the best for themselves. They can buy private aircraft, ocean-going yachts, mansions and villas around the world. Most of them do not directly participate in wars. They profit from them.

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Paul Zickler's avatar

Hm... saving trillions by not going to war, investing them in infrastructure, lifting tens of millions out of poverty, improving the national economy. Somehow this reminds me of somebody. Feels like it's on the tip of my tongue... (Rhymes with mynah)

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Margaret Henderson's avatar

....Not going to war....Lifting tens of millions out of poverty....China?

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LaVerne Karras's avatar

But, but, but...... socialism!!!!!!!

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Susan Harley's avatar

That would be great , especially if it happened quickly, too many have already died .

May your words come true, Ohio Barbarian

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John Turcot's avatar

One child death was too many… I say ‘Toolittle too late’ for anyone who supported genicidal actions at any time.

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Susan Harley's avatar

Agree John , it is too little and disgracefully far too late

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Oracle's avatar

New agenda? The United States didn't send billions in weapons and bombs for nothing........ cmon now

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Susan Harley's avatar

You’re right, too much blood money for the overall agenda to change.

I meant the part the press is playing….this is probably a distraction , so people stop protesting and think the battle has been won . That they are on our side, in an ideal world they would be , but this is far from an ideal world.

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Sam's avatar

I agree with Lily Tomlinson.

“No matter how cynical I am I find it’s not enough.”

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Philip Morris's avatar

Genocide is ongoing, every day Israel slaughters more civilians and is starving an entire population in its effort to eliminate the Palestinian population of Gaza . It’s about time that the world press wake up and call out Israel.

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Amelia Anderson's avatar

Per the recent UN announcement, these countries are now legally required to send in soldiers to prevent the ongoing genocide.

We'll see who does first, and who rushes in to follow so they're not left out to dry.

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John Turcot's avatar

Absolutely right about sending soldiers…. ABSOLUTElY !

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LaVerne Karras's avatar

The US is vying for that title, they want to send in contractors, .......... to help the Israelis!!!

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George Cornell's avatar

It was about time 40 years ago. Anyone changing their stripes now should be seen as weaselly unprincipled phonies.

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Neil Procter's avatar

Agreed, but surely 77 years ago..

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John Turcot's avatar

Amen to that…

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John Turcot's avatar

It should have been done from Day One Not Day Two.

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Daraja Press's avatar

What took them so fucking long?!

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Kurvingrad's avatar

Because Israeli were too slow to complete the task.

It would not be the first, neither last case where US admitted atrocities after the fact and after a massive smear campaign.

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Mission accomplished for Israel. Next mission is already in works. Let's give some admission to gullible so that their anger can subdue and drown under forgetfulness, promise to punish those who are guilty but actually never find who was guilty.... rinse and repeat.

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Denis Rancourt's avatar

I hope this does not mean that the genocide has essentially been accomplished? Western states always normalize and even apologize AFTER a genocide has been completed

It's just very hard to believe that the empire would openly throw its Zionist apartheid entity under the proverbial bus if it was not forced to do so by real military resistance and potential (Yemen, Iran...)

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Jo Waller's avatar

Perhaps the pressure is too great? Perhaps they do need an out? Perhaps they realise Israel as a State cannot survive international public opinion, let alone international law? Perhaps they realise they can't survive the attacks from Yemen on their economy? Perhaps too many Israelis are trying to leave or have left?

Maybe the Israeli billionaires will now exist in a supranational way like US ones?

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Jim's avatar

We don't want any of those Israeli Jews here. Jews have already damaged our democracy too much. It's disgusting. We should require that they submit themselves to deprogramming from the cult they identify with.

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John Turcot's avatar

“Western states apologize” ? I am still waiting for the U.S. to apologize to the Japanese for bonbing Hiroshima and Nagasaki…

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Shambo Clandestino's avatar

Yes. Whenever I try to bring up the evil of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with average Americans, they regurgitate faithfully, the propaganda inculcated in their (and my) high school history class; "it was necessary to save millions of American soldiers "! Even when I tell them that contemporary scholarship has put the lie to that, that it was simply to impress and send a message to the Russians, they don't realize the implications.

Abomination and vast moral turpitude is beyond their willingness to grasp, because it will require forever that they change their opinion about what the nation is, and who they are . they can't bear the cognitive dissonance.

I admit it is a lot to deal with. Let me stop here. Oh the horror, the horror...

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Replenish's avatar

Normalization? Gaza genocide articles are similar to the progression of the Covid response first "mistakes were made" to calm the marks as FOI clinical trial data, population wide studies and industry whistleblowers turn up the heat and also priming for the next phase of involuntary Degrowth with associated Alpha testing of expanded surveillance, human impact bonds, crowd control tech and experimental therapies.

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Andrew Thomas's avatar

At least the Tory admitted, by pretty clear implication, that he had gotten it wrong for his entire 20 year career. By contrast, the editorials almost dripped with condescending moralizing; as if their authors actually expect that their readers will just forget 75 years of complicity and support for actions which have been explicitly genocidal for the entirety of that time.

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Reno de Caro's avatar

The MSM is attempting to save what little credibility they still have. The Tory is pretending that it took 11/2 years of a genocide to realize that there was a problem with Israel. He is just another rat trying to leave the sinking ship.

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JennyStokes's avatar

He's just saving himself before the shit happens.

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Luis A. Melendez Albizu's avatar

It's a negotiating ploy in order to gain some fake sympathy during negotiations with Hamas, Houthis and Iran. Trump is setting up a Trojan Horse.

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ikester8's avatar

I'm going on that assumption as well. We welcome any aid to Gaza, even rhetorical, but actions matter, words don't.

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MaryJane's avatar

Most likely. They did the same trick with Zelensky calling him a dictator. Once they got all they needed, he became "great" again, and weapon deliveries to kill Russians resumed.

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Sam's avatar

Yup. If Trump really wanted Palestinians fed he’d lean on Egypt to open the border and let the food trucks in right now.

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Lisa Savage's avatar

The late journalist John Pilger met Nazi propagandist Leni Reifenstahl in the 1970’s. “She told me that the “patriotic messages” of her films were dependent not on “orders from above” but on what she called the “submissive void” of the German public.

Did that include the liberal, educated bourgeoisie? I asked. “Yes, especially them,” she said”

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William Kearney's avatar

Very insightful

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Reno de Caro's avatar

"Leni Reifenstahl in the 1970’s.............." What she or any other former Nazi elites said at that time was nothing more than self-serving and consequently meaningless.

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umbra illumino's avatar

Just remember, this may be a change in narrative, not a change in the fundamental end goal. Colonialism changes narrative when they lose control of it, then aligns with the dominant narrative until they can reshape it to regain the populous. It’s all theatrics. An act called “Emotions” in a play called “Control for the ruling class”

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Mikhael's avatar

Agreed. Leopards don't change their spots. These people are very organized conniving weasels.

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Jim's avatar

Interesting possibility. Thanks.

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ikester8's avatar

It is strange that it's happening all at once in the British press. As others here have said, this may be a movement against "this" government and PM, but what about the next one? Or, indeed, any Israeli government since its founding on stolen land? Only a couple of Israeli administrations have even hinted at the injustice of a people moving in en masse and terrorizing the existing populace to get them to flee to a strip of land you can now surround with razor wire.

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MaryJane's avatar

Is there anything that's NOT happening "at once" in the British press lately when it comes to key geopolitical events?

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Reno de Caro's avatar

The responses by the press are not only coordinated n Britain but in the entire West for an obvious reason. I'm American but linguistic, and read articles in the European press that looked like translation from the NY Times.

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Sam's avatar

Thomas Friedman also wrote an op-ed in the NYT saying that the genocide must stop.

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gs's avatar

This may be against the Gaza genocide and Netanyau, but once he is out, general support for Israel will remain

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Ohio Barbarian's avatar

That cannot happen, for that general support you speak of is already gone. These establishment mouthpieces would not be saying what they are saying if this was not so.

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Jennifer Akdemir's avatar

And we'll be back to the "working for peace" bullshit.

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JennyStokes's avatar

True BUT no-one trusts the US anymore.

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George Cornell's avatar

The famous ‘’PEACE PROCESS”. No peace, no process, no progress.

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Reno de Caro's avatar

".............but once he is out, general support for Israel will remain........." I agree, once this horror show is over and Netanyahu is gone, everything will be blamed on him, ignoring that his policies were supported by over 80% of the Israeli population.

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Jim's avatar

Reno, I'll go with your guess, because I guessed this on Oct 8. But it's only a guess, and I could be wrong. However, what will the Jewish Lobby do? I find it hard to believe that Jew Power will diminish in the West. So my best bet is that Israel will return as a great effort of survival fo Jews against the world, and Netanyahu will be made a scapegoat, afterwhich the slow burn kind of genocide and ethnic cleansing that Israel has been conducting since its inception will continue. But interspersed will be extremely violent excursions, just like those events that dot the past. It will be soon business as usual. If you're interested in knowing the humongous nature of the Jewish Lobby, here's a link on the list of Jewish political organizations that make up that Lobby:

The Jewish Lobby:

https://iwasathought.substack.com/p/the-jewish-lobby

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Reno de Caro's avatar

".............It will be soon business as usual......." I don't think so, Jim. I'm very familiar with the effectiveness of the Israel lobby. But their effectiveness is based on financing pro Israel politicians and the MSM singing their tune. After the horror show in Gaza, money won't be enough to get a pro Israel politician elected once the pro Israel propaganda is no longer is effective. The fact that even the MSM is posting denunciation of Israel tells me that the Genie is out of the bottle and can't be put in. As I pointed out in another post, the rats are leaving the sinking ship, and being identified as a rat does not bod well if you need public support. Regardless how much money you spent on your campaign. This is what will undermine the effectiveness of the lobby.

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George Cornell's avatar

Why? Israel was a huge mistake. The first clue was it is populated by a people unable to establish self-governance for 2000 years.

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Ohio Barbarian's avatar

The word's out. Israel has become a liability for Big Oil, the MIC, and thus the US Empire, therefore Israel must be either reined in or allowed to die. It really makes no difference to them, but I'll do my bit to encourage them to take Option #2.

It won't even be that hard to do now. Even Texas oilmen don't like seeing children starve to death.

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Reno de Caro's avatar

"Israel has become a liability for Big Oil, the MIC.................," The real reason is that Israel has become a liability for Jews all over the world, who are now employing their Hannibal directive and are throwing the Israel project under the buss. They aware that the Israelis will have no problem to settle in other western countries.

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Ohio Barbarian's avatar

I hadn’t thought of that, obviously partly because I’m not Jewish, but also because the majority of American Jews still blindly support Israel.

I know there is a very vocal minority on the right side of both history and the survival instinct, but I didn’t think that “Jews all over the world” who are appalled by Israel’s actions had that much power.

I would love to see some evidence to support your claim.

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Jim's avatar

Interesting comment. There must be some way that Judaism will prevail, which is the prime directive for all Jews, according to their intense childhood indoctrination. Even beyond Israel. But I don't think they are that desperate yet. I think it's more likely that they will whitewash Israel by scapegoating Netanyahu, making him the source of all evil in Judaism. Judaism will sacrifice any person - Jew or non-Jew - or any number of people, in order to fulfill the prime directive that the Jewish Tribe survives forever. The reason is because the Tribe is a tremendous business model by which its leaders achieve wealth and power. How else can we explain it's survival in the last 2500 years?

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Kit Klarenberg's avatar

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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Gregor McIntosh's avatar

Hi Kit.

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Feral Finster's avatar

We've seen this movie before. A few cracks in the MSM narrative, alt-media supporters declare victory, a couple days later, the MSM reverts to form, often with a groveling apology.

Even assuming that this does in fact turn out to be a trend, it raises the question of why? What caused this change?

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JennyStokes's avatar

Saving their arses?

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James Anon's avatar

TRYING to save their arses... success not guaranteed. Hopefully.

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Mikhael's avatar

Well you can damn be sure that they didn't just get a conscience overnight. They'll be back. Watch them.

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martin's avatar

normally one would assume that business drives these things. a sudden drop in advertising income? clicks? pr-image?

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Feral Finster's avatar

I don't think anyone buys a MSM news outlet to make money.

Regardless, it's not as if the genocide were a closely guarded secret known only to the initiates until just now.

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Jim S's avatar

Thank You Caitlin

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