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Thread: Israel's right to exist depends on international law.
[-] 0 points by ImNotMe (1488) 26 minutes ago

"No propaganda on earth can hide the wound that's Palestine: Arundhati Roy's PEN Pinter Prize Acceptance Speech":

"I refuse to play the condemnation game. Let me make myself clear. I do not tell oppressed people how to resist their oppression or who their allies should be." Also importantly, please try to carefully consider:

"A historian who exposed the New England Journal of Medicine's silence on Nazi atrocities - confronted the journal’s treatment of Gaza during a Harvard symposium." Further, and ONLY IF you dare, consider:

fiat lux et pax nunc!

"Death feels imminent for 96% of children in Gaza, study finds"! by Julian Borger:

Noting that "Needs assessment by NGO reveals the huge psychological impact of the war with Israel on young people" & "This report lays bare that Gaza is one of the most horrifying places in the world to be a child"!! Also ...

As: "With Tel Aviv focused on expanding its occupation of southern Syria, Israeli soldiers say the army is operating freely inside Gaza as 'an armed independent militia without laws'"! + Further - please do try to

sic transit gloria mundi ...

Thread: Occupy Zionism
[-] 0 points by ImNotMe (1488) 4 hours ago

So "HOW DOES AIPAC SHAPE WASHINGTON? WE TRACKED EVERY DOLLAR"! - by Akela Lacy

As - "The Intercept followed AIPAC’s money trail to reveal how its political spending impacts the balance of power in Congress"!

e tenebris - lux?

I certainly have something to say regarding your prior reply.

My ancestral wealth consisting of vast land holding mostly went to Red China's Communist Party and its officials. It's primarily because of the Second Sino-Japanese War with Imperial Japan wreaking havoc in China. The Communists were the ones staying behind to fight the Japs even after the Nationalist Central Government had withdrawn up the Yangtze River. My Grandpa probably took a leading part (he was probably a pirate scuttling ships owned by his business partners) in the rearguard action blocking the Japanese cruiser 'Izumo' from going through to chase up the river after the retreating industries and government. He was caught and tortured to death.

Even after the fall of Shanghai, the Communist guerilla stayed behind to fight so it's obvious why my ancestors being Nationalist Chinese supported the guerilla in smuggling materiel and financing the resistance. After the Japanese invaders had slaughtered most of my uncles and aunts who had survived the previous scourges, we weren't picky about donating land-sale proceeds to help whoever stayed there to fight the Japanese. Red China's being able to conquer much of Chinese mainland was because of its righteousness.

Thread: Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductivity
[-] 0 points by grapes (5232) 1 day ago

It's time to usher in the Age of Aquarius with global collaboration.

Those were the days in the post-Watergate (hellish in NYC but internationally halcyon in nuclear power relations after the U.S.A. had warded off an impending nuclear war between the Soviet Union and Red China) years of the 1970s: https://youtu.be/QO9A9u4GyGc?si=yeh-ZTY98EzNIcG9

As per 'Nukes for Nakba' & re the OP, try to closely consider

the info in these 2 videos from 11 months ago, is still relevant:

Also it's noted how you have nothing to say re. my prior^reply!

And 'What role do US tech giants play in powering Israel?'

ESPECIALLY in the dark light of recent pager & phone attacks!!

Further try to note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakba_Day and

https://www.afcfp.org/2024-joint-nakba-remembrance-ceremony

Finally per the OP, Daniel Ellesberg RiP & Julian Assange, note:

https://www.the-berliner.com/politics/daniel-ellsberg-wikileaks/

fiat et ad iudicium?

Thread: Israel Attacking Gaza Via Land, Air and Sea
[-] 0 points by ImNotMe (1488) 2 days ago

As mass murder, mayhem, massacres and maniacal madness ... was/is unleashed upon Lebanon and civilians, women and children were being butchered with USA made, paid for, and supplied - battlefield munitions, please do try to closely consider this - in the dark light of the past, present and future events regarding Israel ...

from which, this .. "The political philosopher Hannah Arendt actively engaged in the problem of a Jewish homeland and the politics of Zionism, in the years from 1941-1948. She advocated a Binational solution to Palestine - a single political commonwealth with two national identities, Jewish and Arab, integrated in a federation with the other countries in the region.In the crucial period leading up to the establishment of the State of Israel, Arendt became increasingly disillusioned with the Jewish Agency and with the Zionist movement at large for failing to organize a Jewish response to Nazism; a Jewish Army, and rejecting the Palestinian right to a homeland." Now further please try to note this interview with Ha'aretz' Gideon Levy:

respice, adspice, prospice et fiat lux!

Thread: Israel=A brutal terrorist state
[-] 0 points by ImNotMe (1488) 2 days ago

"Zionism will be looked upon as one of the greatest disasters in Jewish history"! Dr. Gabor Mate

as - "In this conversation, Frank Barat and Gabor Mate delve into the complexities of trauma, guilt & the ongoing genocide in Gaza and Palestine. They explore the psychological impact of witnessing atrocities, the historical roots of violence and oppression & - the emotional responses that arise in the face of such horror. Dr. Mate emphasizes the importance of acknowledging guilt and rage, while also recognizing the helplessness felt by those who wish to help.The important discussion also touches on the normalization of violence and the implications for the future of Gaza and global society."

Further note that Nutjobyahu has tried to denounce the International Criminal Court charges against him as 'antisemitic' but one of the lawyers who reviewed and approved of the charges was Theodor Meron a highly respected jurist, Holocaust survivor & past Israeli legal advisor, who that ^ last article, is all about!!

e tenebris, lux?!

Thread: Israel Not Ready To Give Up ‘Villa In The Jungle’
[-] 1 points by ImNotMe (1488) 3 days ago

Re. notion of "Villa In The Jungle", please note the reference to that propagandist, racist & supremacist phrase; here at 9 minutes, in this very revealing interview about Israeli society!!

et veritas vos liberabit ...

NEVER FORGET THAT "Everybody Wants Gaza's Gas"! by Rachel Donald:

"The $500 billion windfall shoring up EU supplies" and please also try to see ...

Note that "Prof.Omer Bartov is one of the world's pre-eminent experts on genocide. This is a devastating interview; one which explains why now he's changed his view & believes Israel is committing Genocide"!

As ... "Naomi and Mehdi discuss how, as with the Oslo peace process, the never-ending Gaza ceasefire negotiations simply allow Israel to prolong the war and ‘put facts on the ground.'"

et cui bono?!

" Children in Gaza need life-saving support. No safe place for children as humanitarian crisis deepens."

https://www.unicef.org/emergencies/children-gaza-need-lifesaving-support

"Around 1.9 million people – about 9 in 10 of Gaza’s population – are estimated to have been internally displaced. Half of them children. They do not have enough access to water, food, fuel and medicine. Their homes have been destroyed; their families torn apart. Many children have been displaced multiple times, and have lost homes, parents and loved ones. They need to be protected, along with the remaining services that they rely on, including medical facilities and shelter.

Gaza’s children have endured unimaginable horrors – they deserve an immediate ceasefire and a chance for a peaceful future.

Can we still call ourselves human if we allow this atrocity to continue? I'm not so sure.

Donate to Médecins Sans Frontières this Christmas.

https://www.msf.org/palestine

https://www.msf.org/donate

"Report from December 19, 2024: Israel’s war on Gaza has so far killed more than 44,000 Palestinians, wounded more than 105,000 and displaced approximately 1.9 million people or 90 per cent of the population, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health (MoH). In response to the horrific attacks carried out by Hamas and other armed groups on 7 October 2023, in which 1,200 people were killed and 251 taken hostage,1 Israeli forces are crushing an entire population under bombs and rubble.

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has witnessed 14 months of repeated attacks on civilians, the dismantling of essential civilian infrastructure including healthcare facilities, and a systematic denial of humanitarian assistance, seemingly underpinning Israel’s campaign to unravel the very fabric of society in Gaza. In the first 12 months of hostilities, MSF staff themselves have endured 41 attacks and violent incidents, including airstrikes, shelling and violent incursions in health facilities, direct fire on its shelters and convoys and arbitrary detention by Israeli forces. Eight MSF colleagues and many of their family members have been killed, many more have been injured. Medical personnel and patients alike have been forced to urgently evacuate health facilities on 17 separate occasions, often literally running for their lives. MSF has only been able to restart activities in three facilities."

Thread: Israel Attacking Gaza Via Land, Air and Sea
[-] 1 points by beautifulworld (23827) 4 days ago

1 in 10 journalists have been killed in Gaza.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2024/dec/23/palestine-journalists-killed

More than 100 journalists were killed this year – over half of them in Palestine

"Fifty-five journalists were killed in Palestine this year, and nearly all have been forced from their homes, data shows"

When you want to run your own evil propaganda machine it's really useful to just assassinate the journalists that tell the truth. So sickening.

1/2 of all journalists murdered this year have been in Gaza.

Thread: Israel Not Ready To Give Up ‘Villa In The Jungle’
[-] 1 points by ImNotMe (1488) 5 days ago

14+ months on, note "Israel Knew Hamas’s Attack Plan Over a Year Ago: The New York Times"!

and note: "Ronen Bergman is a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, based in Tel Aviv. His latest book is “Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel’s Targeted Assassinations” published by Random House, via the New York Times".

NB "The Grayzone has obtained slides from a confidential Israel lobby presentation based on data from Republican pollster, Frank Luntz. They contain talking points for politicians and public figures seeking to justify Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip."

The information above incl. the final video, has to be seen in the round & in the context of ISR's political divisions but seen in totality they form a picture of who knew what n' when! These videos are important!

respice, adspice et e tenebris lux?

Thread: Israel's right to exist depends on international law.
[-] 0 points by ImNotMe (1488) 5 days ago

One year on "Investigating war crimes in Gaza - Al Jazeera Investigations" ...

How can anybody really have a true opinion on events in Gaza 12 months ago ... without recourse to the information in these videos above, given the very deeply partisan nature of U$A's Main Stream Media?!! Finally & very importantly indeed, please try to carefully consider the consequences of the following info:

WHICH ... "One article describing the Israeli Prime Minister riding on an unbeatable wave of triumphs. These stunning military “successes,” its author Barak Ravid notes, include the bombing of Yemen, the assassinations of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, and the pager attack against Lebanon.

"The same author recently went viral for an article that claimed that Israeli attacks against Hezbollah are “not intended to lead to war, but are an attempt to reach ‘de-escalation through escalation.'” Many users on social media mocked Ravid for this bizarre, Orwellian reasoning - but what almost everybody missed is that Barak Ravid is an Israeli spy or at least he was until recently.Ravid is a former analyst with Israeli spying agency Unit 8200 & as recently as last year, was still a reservist with the IDF.

"Unit 8200, is Israel’s largest & perhaps most controversial spying organization. It has been responsible for many high-profile espionage & terror operations, including recent pager attack that injured thousands of Lebanese civilians. As this investigation will reveal, Ravid is far from the only Israeli ex-spook working at top US media outlets, working hard to manufacture Western support for his country’s actions." WTF?!

e tenebris, lux?!

Thread: Israel's right to exist depends on international law.
[-] 1 points by agkaiser (2555) from Fredericksburg, TX 5 days ago

Policy determines law, not the other way round. Power, ultimately military power, determines policy. If you want to change another's policy, you must have a police force or an army.

"Towers of Ivory & Steel" Jewish Scholar Says Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom"!

And note "Israeli scholar Maya Wind’s new book - 'Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom'.. documents how Israeli universities directly constrain Palestinian rights by supporting & even developing the policies of occupation and apartheid used by the Israeli state.“In the West, Israeli universities are considered bastions of pluralism and democracy. But in fact … they are a central pillar of the Israeli regime's of oppression against Palestinians,” says Wind. She also discusses Israel’s “scholasticide", in Gaza - the "intentional destruction of Palestinian education” & the movement of conscientious objectors to Israel’s mandatory conscription, in which she took part when she refused to enlist in the army at age 18 and served 40 days in a military prison."

As poor Professor Steven Pinker says he's in a "state of agonized ambivalence" about Israel starving 2 million Palestinians and burning hospital patients to death. "Venomous" students protesting this outside his Ivory Tower leave him "stunned" & so the solution is he says, that they all need to be re-educated!!!

fiat lux et veritas vos liberabit?!

Thread: Israel vs. Palestine
[-] 1 points by ImNotMe (1488) 6 days ago

"US support for Israel's war crimes is bipartisan - Trump, Kamala Harris, Biden, JD Vance, Tim Walz"!!!

Note how "Israel enjoys bipartisan support from the Democratic and Republican Parties in Washington, as it brutally bombs Gaza; invades Lebanon; and attacks Iran, Syria, and Yemen. Ben Norton - shows how Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, JD Vance, Tim Walz .. and other US politicians facilitate Israel's war crimes, which are being investigated by the International Court of Justice." Also consider ...

respice; adspice; prospice et spero meliora ...

Thread: Israel=A brutal terrorist state
[-] 1 points by ImNotMe (1488) 6 days ago

"I Was Told Palestine Was Complicated .. Visiting Revealed a Simple, Brutal Truth"!!! - Ta-Nehisi Coates"

Note "As the war on Gaza spans a second year, we continue our conversation with the acclaimed writer Ta-Nehisi Coates. His new book, The Message - is based in part on his own visit last year to Israel and the occupied West Bank, where he says he saw a system of segregation and oppression reminiscent of Jim Crow in the United States. "It was revelatory," says Coates and. "I don't think the average American has a real sense of what we’re doing over there — and I emphasize 'what we are doing' because it's not possible without American support."

Soldiers' testimony describes children being shot in central Gaza and posthumously branded 'terrorists'!

multum in parvo ...

Thread: Israel vs. Palestine
[-] 1 points by ImNotMe (1488) 1 week ago

See how "New Film Examines American Jews’ Growing Rejection of Israel’s Occupation"!

"Israel’s Ruthless Propaganda Campaign to Dehumanize Palestinians" Also consider these vids:

also - "The Intercept: New York Times Exposé Lacks Evidence to Claim Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence Oct. 7"!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMNV0Csj46Q [29m] and note that this^is a Totally Devastating Reprise, by Jeremy Cahill and Ryan Grim and DemocracyNow!'s Amy Goodman - of Israel's 'rape' claims and requires urgent attention of all true journalists worldwide!!!

Further "What Really Happened on Oct 7?!!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mxfnya3ZRc a clear, concise & clinical deconstruction of the events from 12 months ago and a precis of this video:

while noting "The rise to prominence of Itamar Ben-Gvir and other extremists has placed a radical ideology at the heart of political power in Israel." - And now as a post script ... by Jessica Buxbaum:

As: "Decades after Kach's founding & Rabbi Meir Kahane's death, the radical Jewish supremacist movement may be even more influential today than during its inception"!!! Finally, 1 year on, note:

e tenebris, lux?!

Try to consider: "Israelism - The awakening of young American Jews | A Featured Documentary"!

Noting: "When two young American Jews raised to support Israel unconditionally witness the way Israel treats Palestinians, it changes their lives. They join a movement of young American Jews - campaigning to redefine Judaism’s relationship with Israel and .. reveal a deepening generational divide over modern Jewish identity. "Israelism" has sparked huge debate on American campuses even before the events of October 7, 2023."

Also note that the: "Contributors suggest the narrative that young American Jews are fed almost entirely erases the existence of the Palestinians through education and advocacy .. sometimes involving groups that organise free trips to Israel partially funded by the Israeli government."

And that: "This film describes how influential this narrative is in shaping attitudes to Israel, not just in the United States but across the world."

bellum se ipsum alet ...

Thread: Israel Attacking Gaza Via Land, Air and Sea
[-] 1 points by ImNotMe (1488) 1 week ago

At some point, the PR/opaganda Function of Israel - has to be analysed!

"From sabotaging Oslo, to funneling Qatari cash into Gaza, Bibi has spent his career bolstering Hamas to help perpetuate the conflict, even after Oct 7/23, argues historian Adam Raz, he's still advancing the same strategy."

e tenebris - lux?!

Try to consider "To those who are afraid - reflect on the roots of your fear"! by Jacob Engelberg:

respice; adspice; prospice ...

Thread: God Has Spoken. Trump's not listening
[-] 2 points by agkaiser (2555) from Fredericksburg, TX 2 weeks ago

I know nothing of the will of god and am merely amused by the believers` cognitive dissonance.

Thread: God Has Spoken. Trump's not listening
[-] 1 points by ImNotMe (1488) 2 weeks ago

Et Ergo, Deus Vult?! Please try to be wary if invoking "God"!!

Lest an alledgedly God believing man, speaks Truth to Power!

Who says: "No one hates Americans more than America"!!!

And - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqmKmCIvSZU [5m]

Plus: "How a new Christian right is changing US politics"!!

Also from 2 years ago: "Christian Nationalism On The Rise"!

And "The Military’s Problem With Extremism in the Ranks"!

et fiat lux!

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