"The Zionist ideological framework which birthed Israel in the first place is what has been guiding its political course this entire time".
Which is all you need to know. It ain't Judaism; it ain't some ancient scriptural imperative; it ain't the fiery breath of Yahweh shooting down to cleanse the land for his (her?) chosen people. It's an ideology of settler colonialist totalitarian horror that rivals so many other violent self-affirming narcissistic nationalist movements that have killed millions throughout the sewers of human history.
There are NO HOLY wars. From any angle. To hell with your pabulum about elite universities; if you need to fling that rhetoric at me, you have nothing but the same old bullshit. I am not invested in destruction of anything, but rather resonate with the experiences of Miko Peled in "The General's Son", a book you might consider reading. If Miko's father Matti, an Israeli general, recognized that a truly democratic single state was the solution and if father and son were both able to form close relationships and dialog with Palestinians in an amicable fashion, it is clear that that pathway is a defined potential route. But the hardheads in Likud, just like the hardhead Neocons in the US are incapable of thinking in that dimension. Perhaps so are the leaders of Hamas, but I have no personal knowledge because their bloviations aren't easy to come by as are those of Bibi et al. Unless I'm misunderstanding (forgive me if I am), so apparently are you (incapable of thinking in that dimension). And if I'm embroiled in leftist dogma for opposing braindead motherfuckers like Lindsay Graham and the others in the thoroughly corrupt US government who see Israel as its bully boy and aircraft carrier to sustain a US foreign policy of global mayhem, then I plead guilty to detesting my own government; which, by association must imply that I also hate those it unreservedly supports like that of Israel. Tough shit if that's too much for you. Again, I don't advocate for the "complete destruction" of anything or anyone except for maniacal fools driven by dogmas they pull out of their asses or some ancient texts (same thing) without any room in their stultified brains for alternative solutions. One state, equal rights of citizenship. If that isn't it, I don't know the answer; certainly not, however the status quo. And by the way, I don't apply the ad hominem "stupid" to anyone I don't really know, so in conclusion and in reference to that part of your comment, fuck you. Can I be any more specific?
No, not unless the citizens of Israel get the hell rid of Likud politicians and put someone compassionate in power; but I grant you that is unlikely. However, I also don't foresee the return of the West Bank settlements to Palestinian occupants or the reconstruction/ repopulation of Gaza, which if I were Palestinian, would seem to me to be minimal requirements for two states (perhaps I'm wrong to project that assumption). Bloody mess, of course, that Western governments helped to create and sustain. Wish I had a better answer, but of course, I don't.
If it was possible to have a one state that was fully and equally represented by all people's of that regon not just these zi0paths it could be a better solution.. But at this point too much bad blood has been shed.. I see no alternative but the eradication of the state of Israel as a political entity. I hope to see it in my lifetime and despite the carnage this event is doing all the heavy lifting . The Zionist are loossing world support despite their hubris arrogance and delusions. And they are loosing the war despite the blattant desperate unhinged lying of the West.
Yes, David, you can, but it may not be worth the effort to do so. I could ask you to support your assertions, but the verifiable supporting facts are readily available for anyone to easily review.
Thus far, it seems unlikely that greater specificity will result in any response other than deflection and direct personal insult laced with profanity. You referred to a viewpoint as "stupid," and the response was conflation of a specific view with a fallacious denigration of person. A good-faith counter-assertion does not appear likely to be forthcoming at this juncture.
Vitriol may not be an adequate substitute for reasoned counterpoint, but it appears to be what is on offer.
Before you run off I have to tell you that I and most here view you as dishonest manipulative and duplicitous. And sins you like calling names. But I'll simply describe your obvious personality that is shared by all Zionists.
And I'm sure you will only proceed to prove all my assertions correct as soon air starts to expell from your pie hole....(or typing claws) Because I have never once seen a Zionist not be an intellectual coward and a liar.
You remind me of that Indian character in little big man movie where he has to walk backward's and do everything in reverse.. Everything you just described that you think Islam is supposed to want to do is exactly what Zionist are actually doing.
And all you did was take the images of what the USA and Israel have helped create as radical Islamist (Isis etc)than used as a means of fostering unrest in Arab countries to justify western interventions and coups of their governments.. So once they commit attrocitys and make statement of Islam's hate of Jews (penned at Langley) you spooks use that as a means to justify your desired ethnic cleansing campaigns.
A clandestine plan cooked up at the CIA and mossad. Because that is how all zi0paths operate..multiple attacks on multiple fronts. And mind control through poision in the well of the unsuspecting western numpty you have indoctrinated for a generation.
You won't admit it but you are proud of those achievements and thus the ability to use their after effects to further demonize your innocent enemy's by lying.
I still prefer the 9/11 one! 2 planes 3 steel framed buildings down at ~free fall speed... And the 2nd that was hit was the 1st coming down. A very difficult to break world record.
What do you think? I find myself depressed over what is going on, and more so because in America they are supporting Netanyahu's genocidal agenda and never acknowledge it for what it is. It goes unchallenged no matter how many deaths, no matter how much destruction even as it began anew today. They say Israel was warned about Hamas and it's intentions a year before, but dismissed it and thought they could never pull it off. Agents observed suspicious behavior who monitored the Gaza border, reported it, but were continuously dismissed. Egypt warned Israel of a Hamas strike days before the attack, and once again ignored. Netanyahu and his extreme right wing government wanted a one state solution and through the years supported Hamas, empowered them, because they didn't want one either. I think they knew this was going to happen, let it happen and found justification for their intended carnage in allowing more then a thousand of it's citizens to be killed lending justification to their destruction of Gaza. No one seems to accept this perspective and feels that Netanyahu injured his career by being caught so off guard. This is a man who encouraged someone to kill Yitzhak Rabin by his incendiary rhetoric, and behavior, even walking in back of a coffin that was suppose to hold his body, and of course someone killed him, and the two state solution. I love Max Blumenthal, but he also felt that Netanyahu was simply caught off guard. Netanyahu no doubt views what is going on now as his greatest achievement.
Do you think they had no idea this was going to happen? It reminded me of the Project for a new American Century where they say all they needed was a New Pearl Harbor, and of course they got that on 9/11. I'm not sure about 9/11, but I feel pretty sure about this.
A PR nightmare for Israhell on the evening news last night.
A female Israeli soldier repeatedly told the government that she and others had observed unusual Hamas activities in Gaza for months. Their warnings were ignored.
Which just goes to show ya that Satanyahu was willing to sacrifice his own in order to begin obliterating Gaza.
If this doesn’t scream FALSE FLAG then I don’t know what the fuck does.
"The Zionist ideological framework which birthed Israel in the first place is what has been guiding its political course this entire time, and that ideology can only steer the country towards racism, apartheid, fascism, theft, murder and genocide."
Even the mainstream media has reported babies dying in incubators and dozens of children being killed every day by the bombings. What is really depressing for me is that it is so obvious that this is wrong, immoral, cold, heartless, and murderous. And so many people just choose to close their eyes to it. What kind of a world is this that we are living in? What kinds of animals are humans? Other animals such as dogs, cats, monkeys, rats, mice etc are much more admirable than we are.
It eats me alive that the entire world has not come to a screeching halt to put an end to this. I am sick to my stomach. The carnage. The world stopped for 9-11 and this is a billion times worse. I think what pisses me off most is saying they hated Jews when in fact they hated being tortured an imprisoned for years - which is WHY they retaliated on 10/07. I am so sick and tired of that lie being spewed. What abused person doesn't eventually attack it's abuser?
Definitely scary! Those thoughts belong in the lock-up wards of high-security psychiatric hospitals rather than being uttered close to government circles. Seems the Zionist folk are trying to outdo each other in twisted sadistic supremacist state-of-the-art hate scenarios that do have consequences.
Was expecting the truce to extend further into some kind of negotiated ceasefire. Now the bombing has resumed, it will be astonishing (at least to me) if the world continues to sit by and accept the ongoing civilian massacre - it's hard to believe the Arab world still has done nothing. I no longer believe Israel has the right to exist, after this obvious ongoing, deliberate civilian massacre and butchering - Israel no longer has any kind of moral integrity worth speaking of. Netanyahu is right up there with Hitler and Pol Pot.
After listening to every single expert discuss this for weeks - the solution seems more than obvious! The time has come to eliminate Israel - give them one month to evacuate all life and then make it uninhabitable. I think 75 year is long enough!
No kidding! Sort of reminds me of an anecdote about Napoleon. Napoleon found himself in a victory parade in Paris, right after yet another bloody battle he and his French troops had won. His faithful lieutenant Ney was beside Napoleon - as they passed through the parisian streets with huge crowds cheering the procession. Ney said to Napoleon, "See how much the people love you!" And Napoleon responded, "They would be cheering just as loudly if I were on my way to the gibbet."
It’s almost like the Arab world has never really cared about the Palestinians as anything more than a wedge issue to be used when politically convenient. 🙄
They claim to be there to “help located hostages”…..but the all news we have seen in these two months says they have BOMBED hostages to death along with the gazans and saved NO hostages.
To be honest these actions by the Zionist state has me thinking about Jewish people in a manner that I never thought my mind was capable of being driven into. Such dark thoughts in dark spaces. I’ve always considered myself a rational being. Yet my thoughts disgust me. I flip flop. I think of “ Pegasus” I think of Epstein’s/ Maxwell honey pot. I think about the reaction of the political classes to the genocide in Gaza. Or lack there of. I get paranoid. I think you’ve given an unsuspected enemy the resources to bring you down.
When I see American Jews shutting down Grand Central Station to support the Palestinian people and say "Not in Our Name," and when I see American rabbis burning Israeli flags, I know there is a fundamental difference between Judaism and Zionism.
Be careful what you say now that we live in surveillance country. I on the other hand have simply lost all respect - I never had a prejudicial bone in my entire body
The U.S. House votes on a resolution stating that being Anti-Zionist IS ACTUALLY being anti-Semitic.
Passed on a near-unanimous vote save two: Thomas Massie from Kentucky votes against, and Rashida Tlaib from Michigan (an actual Palestinian), votes "Present."
THIS is the level of disconnect and gaslighting that we see at our highest levels of government.
Meanwhile the Pentagon once again fails its annual audit to the tune of 2 TRILLION DOLLARS.
Congress' response? WE NEED MORE MONEY FOR THE MILITARY!!!
Someday, somehow, all of these people need to be out on the asses, and we need to reclaim our Country.
And I don't understand the mindset among our politicians that the more we don't like something, the more they force it on us and shove it down our throats.
I don't know about anyone else, but I don't take well to being told what to think.
Just read an article in Foreign Policy which skipped blithely around painting Biden as some kind of heroic negotiator whilst ignoring completely the reality of Israelis murdering thousands of children. Example sentence:
"Yet despite all of the criticism and the grim death toll among Palestinians and Israelis, and given the constraints and things beyond his control, Biden has fared pretty well so far in preserving U.S. interests and preventing matters from getting worse."
Er, I'm not sure anyone in the world right now can possibly put the death toll of either side as if there were some kind of equivalence here. The only thing I find 'grim' is this disgustingly inadequate journalism: we are seriously being asked to believe Biden is stopping the killing from getting worse?
As you say, Caitlin, the level of cognitive dissonance required to read articles such as these whilst watching children being blown into pieces and vast swathes of Gaza turning into dust is becoming impossible even for hardened Israel apologists. Hamas aren't even in control of the West Bank, yet Palestinians are being gunned down there too.
Boycott, Divest, Sanction. And thank you so much for your writing, your clear voice is needed now more than ever before and I'm so grateful for it amidst all this horror.
"Westerners are taught (falsely) that their governments embody virtuous values systems prioritizing freedom, peace, justice and truth, and here’s this bizarre ethnostate glommed onto them which very clearly wipes its ass with those values without even really attempting to disguise it."
Beautifully said! Westerners are starting to wake up to see the "ass" that is Israel and its crap stuck all over us and nothing, no "virtuous value" can cover over the shit stains.
"You’re more likely to support Israel if you’re a shitty person, and if you weren’t a shitty person to begin with you’ll eventually have to turn into one to continue supporting Israel’s actions."
Yeah, I've met a few shitty types lately doing the apology round for the genocider. Perhaps they're providing the brown stuff to the Israelis free of charge? Time to flush them all away! #FreePalestine
The world's most powerful military, allied with the financial wherewithal of the Zionists. Even if they were in the hands of well meaning people, the capacity for evil of this combination is mind boggling. Just think what kind of damage it will do in the hands of evil people. That is the situation we have today.
Israeli journalists are becoming increasingly wary of claims made by the Israeli army and rescue services surrounding 7 Octoberhttps://new.thecradle.co/articles/israeli-army-plants-new-fake-hamas-atrocity-story
Report Details How Israel Intentionally Targets Civilians in Gaza
The report from +972 Magzine says Israel intentionally destroys civilian areas as part of a strategy to put pressure on Hamas The Israeli military has files on many potential targets that give them a good idea of the likely civilian casualties their strikes will cause. In one case discussed by the sources, Israel’s military command approved the killing of hundreds of Palestinian civilians in an attempt to kill one Hamas commander. (and missed him)
One source said: “Nothing happens by accident. When a 3-year-old girl is killed in a home in Gaza, it’s because someone in the army decided it wasn’t a big deal for her to be killed — that it was a price worth paying in order to hit [another] target. We are not Hamas. These are not random rockets. Everything is intentional. We know exactly how much collateral damage there is in every home.”
"The Zionist ideological framework which birthed Israel in the first place is what has been guiding its political course this entire time".
Which is all you need to know. It ain't Judaism; it ain't some ancient scriptural imperative; it ain't the fiery breath of Yahweh shooting down to cleanse the land for his (her?) chosen people. It's an ideology of settler colonialist totalitarian horror that rivals so many other violent self-affirming narcissistic nationalist movements that have killed millions throughout the sewers of human history.
I agree 100% that it ertainly is not Judaism.
https://soberthinking.createaforum.com/gallery/soberthinking/1-201123153058.jpeg
It's the Social Darwinsi, stupid!
https://soberthinking.createaforum.com/who-can-you-trust/corruption-in-government/msg1119/#msg1119
Well said
There are NO HOLY wars. From any angle. To hell with your pabulum about elite universities; if you need to fling that rhetoric at me, you have nothing but the same old bullshit. I am not invested in destruction of anything, but rather resonate with the experiences of Miko Peled in "The General's Son", a book you might consider reading. If Miko's father Matti, an Israeli general, recognized that a truly democratic single state was the solution and if father and son were both able to form close relationships and dialog with Palestinians in an amicable fashion, it is clear that that pathway is a defined potential route. But the hardheads in Likud, just like the hardhead Neocons in the US are incapable of thinking in that dimension. Perhaps so are the leaders of Hamas, but I have no personal knowledge because their bloviations aren't easy to come by as are those of Bibi et al. Unless I'm misunderstanding (forgive me if I am), so apparently are you (incapable of thinking in that dimension). And if I'm embroiled in leftist dogma for opposing braindead motherfuckers like Lindsay Graham and the others in the thoroughly corrupt US government who see Israel as its bully boy and aircraft carrier to sustain a US foreign policy of global mayhem, then I plead guilty to detesting my own government; which, by association must imply that I also hate those it unreservedly supports like that of Israel. Tough shit if that's too much for you. Again, I don't advocate for the "complete destruction" of anything or anyone except for maniacal fools driven by dogmas they pull out of their asses or some ancient texts (same thing) without any room in their stultified brains for alternative solutions. One state, equal rights of citizenship. If that isn't it, I don't know the answer; certainly not, however the status quo. And by the way, I don't apply the ad hominem "stupid" to anyone I don't really know, so in conclusion and in reference to that part of your comment, fuck you. Can I be any more specific?
Hi Vin
TWO states are the only viable solution. You don’t really believe that Palestinians would enjoy the same rights as IsraHellis in ONE state, do you?
Hi gypsy,
No, not unless the citizens of Israel get the hell rid of Likud politicians and put someone compassionate in power; but I grant you that is unlikely. However, I also don't foresee the return of the West Bank settlements to Palestinian occupants or the reconstruction/ repopulation of Gaza, which if I were Palestinian, would seem to me to be minimal requirements for two states (perhaps I'm wrong to project that assumption). Bloody mess, of course, that Western governments helped to create and sustain. Wish I had a better answer, but of course, I don't.
If it was possible to have a one state that was fully and equally represented by all people's of that regon not just these zi0paths it could be a better solution.. But at this point too much bad blood has been shed.. I see no alternative but the eradication of the state of Israel as a political entity. I hope to see it in my lifetime and despite the carnage this event is doing all the heavy lifting . The Zionist are loossing world support despite their hubris arrogance and delusions. And they are loosing the war despite the blattant desperate unhinged lying of the West.
Well stated!
I can get REAL specific here.
You’re a brainwashed Zionazi piece of filth. Hope you enjoyed your KoolAde.
@ David Carroll
"Can I be any more specific?"
Yes, David, you can, but it may not be worth the effort to do so. I could ask you to support your assertions, but the verifiable supporting facts are readily available for anyone to easily review.
Thus far, it seems unlikely that greater specificity will result in any response other than deflection and direct personal insult laced with profanity. You referred to a viewpoint as "stupid," and the response was conflation of a specific view with a fallacious denigration of person. A good-faith counter-assertion does not appear likely to be forthcoming at this juncture.
Vitriol may not be an adequate substitute for reasoned counterpoint, but it appears to be what is on offer.
Before you run off I have to tell you that I and most here view you as dishonest manipulative and duplicitous. And sins you like calling names. But I'll simply describe your obvious personality that is shared by all Zionists.
And I'm sure you will only proceed to prove all my assertions correct as soon air starts to expell from your pie hole....(or typing claws) Because I have never once seen a Zionist not be an intellectual coward and a liar.
You remind me of that Indian character in little big man movie where he has to walk backward's and do everything in reverse.. Everything you just described that you think Islam is supposed to want to do is exactly what Zionist are actually doing.
And all you did was take the images of what the USA and Israel have helped create as radical Islamist (Isis etc)than used as a means of fostering unrest in Arab countries to justify western interventions and coups of their governments.. So once they commit attrocitys and make statement of Islam's hate of Jews (penned at Langley) you spooks use that as a means to justify your desired ethnic cleansing campaigns.
A clandestine plan cooked up at the CIA and mossad. Because that is how all zi0paths operate..multiple attacks on multiple fronts. And mind control through poision in the well of the unsuspecting western numpty you have indoctrinated for a generation.
You won't admit it but you are proud of those achievements and thus the ability to use their after effects to further demonize your innocent enemy's by lying.
You and I both know it..
It is "ethnic murdering", not "ethnic cleansing". Time to make that very clear.
That's why the term genocide was created at Nuremburg.
What was it on October 7? September 11?
IMO, some very bogus banners were flown on Oct 7 and Sep 11.
The usual FUN uman animals parties! Both with the smell of https://postimg.cc/xJSyK63b
I still prefer the 9/11 one! 2 planes 3 steel framed buildings down at ~free fall speed... And the 2nd that was hit was the 1st coming down. A very difficult to break world record.
I find it fasciniating that the pattern is continually being repeated and yet no one seems to notice.
How does the US government expect anyone to believe they support a genuine truce while funneling military weapons and support to Israel?
IMO, the US government does not really care, except, perhaps, for campaign purposes.
The US scoundrels/terrorists in office (aka government!) don't care about the herd of modern moron slaves levels of belief!
3) those who know better but who can be bullied into acquiescence.
What do you think? I find myself depressed over what is going on, and more so because in America they are supporting Netanyahu's genocidal agenda and never acknowledge it for what it is. It goes unchallenged no matter how many deaths, no matter how much destruction even as it began anew today. They say Israel was warned about Hamas and it's intentions a year before, but dismissed it and thought they could never pull it off. Agents observed suspicious behavior who monitored the Gaza border, reported it, but were continuously dismissed. Egypt warned Israel of a Hamas strike days before the attack, and once again ignored. Netanyahu and his extreme right wing government wanted a one state solution and through the years supported Hamas, empowered them, because they didn't want one either. I think they knew this was going to happen, let it happen and found justification for their intended carnage in allowing more then a thousand of it's citizens to be killed lending justification to their destruction of Gaza. No one seems to accept this perspective and feels that Netanyahu injured his career by being caught so off guard. This is a man who encouraged someone to kill Yitzhak Rabin by his incendiary rhetoric, and behavior, even walking in back of a coffin that was suppose to hold his body, and of course someone killed him, and the two state solution. I love Max Blumenthal, but he also felt that Netanyahu was simply caught off guard. Netanyahu no doubt views what is going on now as his greatest achievement.
Do you think they had no idea this was going to happen? It reminded me of the Project for a new American Century where they say all they needed was a New Pearl Harbor, and of course they got that on 9/11. I'm not sure about 9/11, but I feel pretty sure about this.
very well said
Hi Fran
A PR nightmare for Israhell on the evening news last night.
A female Israeli soldier repeatedly told the government that she and others had observed unusual Hamas activities in Gaza for months. Their warnings were ignored.
Which just goes to show ya that Satanyahu was willing to sacrifice his own in order to begin obliterating Gaza.
If this doesn’t scream FALSE FLAG then I don’t know what the fuck does.
This is the money quote here
"The Zionist ideological framework which birthed Israel in the first place is what has been guiding its political course this entire time, and that ideology can only steer the country towards racism, apartheid, fascism, theft, murder and genocide."
Nailed it again, CJ.
Zionism is a Nazistic ideology. It just has different icons, and a different people in the role of Master Race.
Even the mainstream media has reported babies dying in incubators and dozens of children being killed every day by the bombings. What is really depressing for me is that it is so obvious that this is wrong, immoral, cold, heartless, and murderous. And so many people just choose to close their eyes to it. What kind of a world is this that we are living in? What kinds of animals are humans? Other animals such as dogs, cats, monkeys, rats, mice etc are much more admirable than we are.
It eats me alive that the entire world has not come to a screeching halt to put an end to this. I am sick to my stomach. The carnage. The world stopped for 9-11 and this is a billion times worse. I think what pisses me off most is saying they hated Jews when in fact they hated being tortured an imprisoned for years - which is WHY they retaliated on 10/07. I am so sick and tired of that lie being spewed. What abused person doesn't eventually attack it's abuser?
Agree, Susan, and let’s add horses too 🙂
BTW the worst race is . . . . the human race!!
In Israel and to all Zionists, *all* Palestinian children are future terrorists which justifies their murder right now. This is not hyperbole.
It's certainly an ideology that encourages sociopathic behavior; that's for sure.
...and an appallingly dangerous mental illness too! Should you want confirmation of that, look at this tweet but take heed, it's graphic. https://x.com/MoHussain19/status/1730169240588632561?s=20
don't denigrate bonobos. They are not rapists. they have sex instead of violence to settle disagreements.
It's the spirit of the Bolsheviks that powers her, I feel. The sort that is described in here: https://www.bitchute.com/video/QtLvxZ9d0yEY/?list=hmv3AI5oVvJm&randomize=false
Definitely scary! Those thoughts belong in the lock-up wards of high-security psychiatric hospitals rather than being uttered close to government circles. Seems the Zionist folk are trying to outdo each other in twisted sadistic supremacist state-of-the-art hate scenarios that do have consequences.
Was expecting the truce to extend further into some kind of negotiated ceasefire. Now the bombing has resumed, it will be astonishing (at least to me) if the world continues to sit by and accept the ongoing civilian massacre - it's hard to believe the Arab world still has done nothing. I no longer believe Israel has the right to exist, after this obvious ongoing, deliberate civilian massacre and butchering - Israel no longer has any kind of moral integrity worth speaking of. Netanyahu is right up there with Hitler and Pol Pot.
After listening to every single expert discuss this for weeks - the solution seems more than obvious! The time has come to eliminate Israel - give them one month to evacuate all life and then make it uninhabitable. I think 75 year is long enough!
Jamenta, a thousand upvotes for you!
No kidding! Sort of reminds me of an anecdote about Napoleon. Napoleon found himself in a victory parade in Paris, right after yet another bloody battle he and his French troops had won. His faithful lieutenant Ney was beside Napoleon - as they passed through the parisian streets with huge crowds cheering the procession. Ney said to Napoleon, "See how much the people love you!" And Napoleon responded, "They would be cheering just as loudly if I were on my way to the gibbet."
Yemen has closed the Red Sea to Israeli shipping, but that's about it so far.
It’s almost like the Arab world has never really cared about the Palestinians as anything more than a wedge issue to be used when politically convenient. 🙄
The US is PARTICIPATING ACTIVELY in the genocide
https://www.flyingmag.com/pentagon-confirms-u-s-flying-surveillance-drones-over-gaza/
They claim to be there to “help located hostages”…..but the all news we have seen in these two months says they have BOMBED hostages to death along with the gazans and saved NO hostages.
To be honest these actions by the Zionist state has me thinking about Jewish people in a manner that I never thought my mind was capable of being driven into. Such dark thoughts in dark spaces. I’ve always considered myself a rational being. Yet my thoughts disgust me. I flip flop. I think of “ Pegasus” I think of Epstein’s/ Maxwell honey pot. I think about the reaction of the political classes to the genocide in Gaza. Or lack there of. I get paranoid. I think you’ve given an unsuspected enemy the resources to bring you down.
When I see American Jews shutting down Grand Central Station to support the Palestinian people and say "Not in Our Name," and when I see American rabbis burning Israeli flags, I know there is a fundamental difference between Judaism and Zionism.
So should you.
Be careful what you say now that we live in surveillance country. I on the other hand have simply lost all respect - I never had a prejudicial bone in my entire body
The goal is genocide…..and the US government and the British government is directly involved in it, not just spectator:
https://www.declassifieduk.org/u-s-flies-routine-spy-flights-from-uks-cyprus-base-near-gaza-for-third-party-governments/
And the German government:
https://apnews.com/article/germany-scholz-israel-aid-hamas-b38a3cf34895fbfc0c966bb27413886f
https://www.euronews.com/2023/11/03/europe-aiding-and-assisting-israels-war-in-gaza-with-vital-weapons
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/german-military-exports-israel-up-nearly-10-fold-berlin-fast-tracks-permits-2023-11-08/
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/germany-reports-massive-surge-in-arms-exports-to-israel-/3047652
And the french
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/pro-palestine-group-protests-outside-defense-firms-london-offices/3048349
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/pro-palestine-group-protests-outside-defense-firms-london-offices/3048349
But that shouldn’t be a surprise. These are mass-murderers for private profit for a long time now:
https://www.brown.edu/news/2021-09-01/costsofwar
The U.S. House votes on a resolution stating that being Anti-Zionist IS ACTUALLY being anti-Semitic.
Passed on a near-unanimous vote save two: Thomas Massie from Kentucky votes against, and Rashida Tlaib from Michigan (an actual Palestinian), votes "Present."
THIS is the level of disconnect and gaslighting that we see at our highest levels of government.
Meanwhile the Pentagon once again fails its annual audit to the tune of 2 TRILLION DOLLARS.
Congress' response? WE NEED MORE MONEY FOR THE MILITARY!!!
Someday, somehow, all of these people need to be out on the asses, and we need to reclaim our Country.
Call me an anti-Semite, then.
Even though my heroes include Medea Benjamin, Phil Weiss and Alison Weir.
It's beyond ludicrous.
And I don't understand the mindset among our politicians that the more we don't like something, the more they force it on us and shove it down our throats.
I don't know about anyone else, but I don't take well to being told what to think.
Just read an article in Foreign Policy which skipped blithely around painting Biden as some kind of heroic negotiator whilst ignoring completely the reality of Israelis murdering thousands of children. Example sentence:
"Yet despite all of the criticism and the grim death toll among Palestinians and Israelis, and given the constraints and things beyond his control, Biden has fared pretty well so far in preserving U.S. interests and preventing matters from getting worse."
Er, I'm not sure anyone in the world right now can possibly put the death toll of either side as if there were some kind of equivalence here. The only thing I find 'grim' is this disgustingly inadequate journalism: we are seriously being asked to believe Biden is stopping the killing from getting worse?
As you say, Caitlin, the level of cognitive dissonance required to read articles such as these whilst watching children being blown into pieces and vast swathes of Gaza turning into dust is becoming impossible even for hardened Israel apologists. Hamas aren't even in control of the West Bank, yet Palestinians are being gunned down there too.
Boycott, Divest, Sanction. And thank you so much for your writing, your clear voice is needed now more than ever before and I'm so grateful for it amidst all this horror.
"Beyond (Biden's) control." What utter rubbish. Biden could stop this genocide with one call--to cut off all military aid to Israel.
Foreign Policy knows that, but they're professional liars for the Empire.
"Westerners are taught (falsely) that their governments embody virtuous values systems prioritizing freedom, peace, justice and truth, and here’s this bizarre ethnostate glommed onto them which very clearly wipes its ass with those values without even really attempting to disguise it."
Beautifully said! Westerners are starting to wake up to see the "ass" that is Israel and its crap stuck all over us and nothing, no "virtuous value" can cover over the shit stains.
"You’re more likely to support Israel if you’re a shitty person, and if you weren’t a shitty person to begin with you’ll eventually have to turn into one to continue supporting Israel’s actions."
Yeah, I've met a few shitty types lately doing the apology round for the genocider. Perhaps they're providing the brown stuff to the Israelis free of charge? Time to flush them all away! #FreePalestine
The world's most powerful military, allied with the financial wherewithal of the Zionists. Even if they were in the hands of well meaning people, the capacity for evil of this combination is mind boggling. Just think what kind of damage it will do in the hands of evil people. That is the situation we have today.
Hi, appreciate your articles. Not sure about the expression 'ethnic cleansing'. Cleansing makes it sound positive. It is ethnic murder.
Israeli army plants new fake Hamas atrocity story
Israeli journalists are becoming increasingly wary of claims made by the Israeli army and rescue services surrounding 7 Octoberhttps://new.thecradle.co/articles/israeli-army-plants-new-fake-hamas-atrocity-story
The Israeli army has destroyed more than 60% of the homes and residential units in the Gaza Strip, the government media office in Gaza said Thursday.https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israel-has-destroyed-over-60-of-houses-in-gaza-strip-gaza-government/3069698
Report Details How Israel Intentionally Targets Civilians in Gaza
The report from +972 Magzine says Israel intentionally destroys civilian areas as part of a strategy to put pressure on Hamas The Israeli military has files on many potential targets that give them a good idea of the likely civilian casualties their strikes will cause. In one case discussed by the sources, Israel’s military command approved the killing of hundreds of Palestinian civilians in an attempt to kill one Hamas commander. (and missed him)
One source said: “Nothing happens by accident. When a 3-year-old girl is killed in a home in Gaza, it’s because someone in the army decided it wasn’t a big deal for her to be killed — that it was a price worth paying in order to hit [another] target. We are not Hamas. These are not random rockets. Everything is intentional. We know exactly how much collateral damage there is in every home.”
https://news.antiwar.com/2023/11/30/report-details-how-israel-intentionally-targets-civilians-in-gaza/
Israel Pounds Southern Gaza As Officials Say 'Long War' Expected For A Year Or More https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/truce-collapses-missiles-fly-over-gaza-137-israelis-still-hamas-captivity