Note: "Building on a successful playbook from 2022, AIPAC and other aligned groups are picking their targets — many more of them this time." Also further consider this information ...
"Local Papers Across the US Are Refusing to Cover the Movement for Ceasefire": Sam Carliner
As "The US has shown it is willing to go 'very far indeed' in disregarding international law to defend the Israeli government,said Paul Reichler during a hearing on the occupation of Palestine." And, also ...
This ^ is a Totally Devastating Reprise .. by Jeremy Cahill, Ryan Grim and DemocracyNow's Amy Goodman, of Israel's "rape" claims and requires urgent attention of all true journalists worldwide!!
As "Like those who protested the Vietnam War, the college students currently protesting Israel’s vicious assault on Gaza are in the right. Future generations will not look kindly on those who used the moment to smear campus protesters as “antisemites.”
And note .. "If new generations are discovering Edward Said, in the process they’re finding out how the question of Palestine can guide their larger principles. And they are also witnessing the unconscionable. Large scale death: from the air; starvation as a weapon of war; the western complicity with the plausible genocide and a people abused, beyond what any reasonable person could bear.It’s a lot to digest and it leads to the one lesson about Palestine that no one, not even Edward Said, can ever really prepare you for. Palestine will save your soul, but it'll also break your heart." THE VERY LAST PARAGRAPH, FROM
PS .. "The Intercept: New York Times Exposé Lacks Evidence to Claim Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence Oct. 7"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMNV0Csj46Q (29m) A devastating reprise by Jeremy Cahill, Ryan Grim & 'DemocracyNow's Amy Goodman of ISR's "rape" claims!!!
From which,this: "Gideon Levy is a man of immense moral courage and leadership: the award-winning Ha’aretz columnist has spoken out against the atrocities committed against the Palestinian people and has become an increasingly lone voice.Here he tells how Israeli society has degenerated to a terrifying degree,why he has so little hope,the forgotten horrors of the West Bank and why the only chance for a just peace will come from sanctions against Israel." And finally, please consider the information here ...
Further, "Israeli General’s Son: Last 6 Months of Genocide Are ‘Beginning of the End’ for Israel"!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guDtB9B7b3s [51m, w/Miko Peled & Brian Becker]
"The genocide in Gaza is the final stage of a process begun by Israel decades ago. Anyone who didn't see this coming blinded themselves to the character and ultimate goals of the apartheid state." AND ...
& note that: "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."
Note - "Their desire for bloodshed & conflict extends beyond practical considerations bordering on fanaticism. They crave war with Iran - disregarding the potential consequences"!
"We might stop slaughtering and starving others to purge ourselves of the self-hate and insecurity that drives us to feel the love of our fellow victimizers but the hate of our victims."
AND FROM YOUR REPLY : "Diplomacy, peace and reasonableness with understanding of both sides' interests and goals is the only way out of this."
"Gaza death toll: At least 34,097 people have been killed in Gaza since October 7, the Palestinian health ministry reported Sunday. At least 76,980 people have also been injured. More than 70% of those killed have been women and children, according to the ministry. CNN cannot independently confirm the numbers due to the lack of international media access to Gaza.
"Israeli strikes on southern Gaza city of Rafah kill 22, mostly children, as US advances aid package.
The first strike killed a man, his wife and their 3-year-old child. The woman was pregnant, and doctors managed to save the baby, the hospital said."
“These children were sleeping. What did they do? What was their fault?” asked one relative, Umm Kareem. Another relative, Umm Mohammad, said the oldest killed, an 80-year-old aunt, was taken out “in pieces.” Small children were zipped into body bags."
And note "Both Israel and the US are pretending to be powerless in this situation, when in reality they're both anything but! They’re like two muggers getting ready to mug someone and saying 'If only there was something we could do to stop this terrible mugging!'"
I am minded that Bernie is losing it a li'l now & where'd USA be if he'd've gone 3rd Party years ago, especially given the ascent of tRUMP in the dark light of Uber-Zionist, lyin', genocidin' Joe Biden?!
World faces ‘deathly silence’ of nature as wildlife disappears, warn experts
"Loss of intensity and diversity of noises in ecosystems reflects an alarming decline in healthy biodiversity, say sound ecologists."
"Sounds of the natural world are rapidly falling silent and will become “acoustic fossils” without urgent action to halt environmental destruction, international experts have warned."
"“At this age a child should weigh 8 kilos. They weigh 2 kilos … They don’t have thighs yet. At this stage they are supposed to be crawling and preparing to walk. And now you can see the state they’re in,” she said.
“Are these the arms of an eight-month-old child? … It’s death there, death, death. Death in the literal meaning of the word.”
UN-backed food insecurity experts assessed in mid-March that famine n Gaza could set in between later that month and mid-May. Last week, Samantha Power, the head of the US humanitarian and development agency, USAid, became the first American official to confirm publicly that in some areas, famine had already taken hold."
"Almost half of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million is under 18, and the effects of starvation may follow those who survive for the rest of their lives: their brains and bodies, without the nutrients needed for growth, cannot properly develop, leading to health problems such as poor eyesight and learning difficulties later in life."
When you consider that half of Gaza's population is under 18 years of age, if you really sit back and think about history, you must consider that the majority of Gaza's population had nothing to do/wasn't around at all during the creation of Israel and the chaotic history that has followed over the decades. Point being - None of this is their fault in any way at all. They were just born into an open air prison.
On the day when Aaron Bushnell, a young US Air Force serviceman died after he had set himself on fire outside the ISR embassy - as he loudly declared ... "FREE PALESTINE!" in Washington DC, in an extreme direct protest action at the ongoing Genocidal Zionist Apartheid Crimes, the Mossad tweeted: "A US Air Force soldier lights himself up on fire to protest Israel. What an idiot"! See more on this tweet:
"In 'Killing Gaza', independent journalists Max Blumenthal & Dan Cohen documented Israel’s 2014 war on Gaza.
"Yet this film is much more than a documentary about Palestinian resilience and suffering - it is a chilling visual document of war crimes committed by the Israeli military, featuring direct testimony and, evidence from the survivors"!
This is 2+ years old, however its current relevance is clear & helps to give even more historical context!!
Finally, in the same vein, also consider "Life and Death in Gaza: The Killing Zone (2003) | Full Film": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpkgB3VwICg (48m) + also try to see bw's comment...
From which - "It is an elemental law of physics: When you put the contents of a closed system under pressure, you run the risk of explosion. For decades, the equation has been the same: blockade and bombardment in Gaza; more settlement expansion, oppression, and displacement, in the West Bank; disenfranchisement in East Jerusalem & violation of the delicate status quo at the al-Aqsa compound; and the closure of public space to any meaningful dissent in Israel. Israeli scholar Baruch Kimmerling described this as 'politicide' the systematic destruction of a Palestinian political identity and existence. Time after time, in one region or another, separately or in unison, peacefully or lethally .. Palestinians inevitably react. Israel then doubles down on its use of force, and the vicious cycle continues." Also ...
So after "six months of war, Gaza’s health sector has been decimated. Roughly a dozen of Gaza’s 36 hospitals are only partially functioning. The rest have either shut down or are barely functioning after they ran out of fuel and medicine, were surrounded and raided by Israeli troops, or were damaged in fighting." FROM YOUR ^ LINK.
"Israel has killed more aid workers in the Gaza Strip than have died in all of the countries in the rest of the world combined in any of the last 30 years, according to a report by the Aid Worker Security Database (AWSD).
"Since 7th October, 2023 ... at least 203 aid workers have been killed in Israeli attacks, the report said. With UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres saying the situation is “unconscionable.”
"Last week, Guterres expressed concerns about UN aid workers being continually prevented from carrying out their duties in the besieged Gaza Strip, particularly in the northern part of the enclave.
"On Tuesday, the US-based food charity World Central Kitchen (WCK) confirmed that seven of its humanitarian aid workers were killed in Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip a day earlier.
"The workers were nationals of Australia, Poland, the UK and Palestine as well as US-Canadian dual citizen."
"Billed as a response to the October 7 Hamas attack, the conflict in Gaza has increasingly become a war to eliminate all Palestinians—a longtime goal of Israel’s homegrown fascists." Also now consider
"‘Gaza City will be Jewish’ says one leader; core groups of potential residents being assembled; MKs from all parties in Netanyahu-led bloc support the burgeoning movement"! Also ...
[-] 0 points by ImNotMe (1488) 21 hours ago
Now consider how "AIPAC uncorks $100 million war chest to sink progressive candidates"! from
Note: "Building on a successful playbook from 2022, AIPAC and other aligned groups are picking their targets — many more of them this time." Also further consider this information ...
"Local Papers Across the US Are Refusing to Cover the Movement for Ceasefire": Sam Carliner
https://truthout.org/articles/local-papers-across-the-us-are-refusing-to-cover-the-movement-for-ceasefire/ - as ...
"Throughout the country, organizers for ceasefire are encountering acute bias from local media outlets."
As "The US has shown it is willing to go 'very far indeed' in disregarding international law to defend the Israeli government,said Paul Reichler during a hearing on the occupation of Palestine." And, also ...
Further Chris Hedges plays an ace; on Assange, Palestine, Iran! in conversation with G. Galloway
And NB scholar/activist Norman Finkelstein discusses Israel’s war on Gaza w/Marc Lamont Hill:
Finally: "What REALLY Happened on Oct 7" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mxfnya3ZRc [16m]
A^clear, concise and clinical deconstruction, of the events from 6+ months ago and a precis of this vid:
"'October 7' - by Al Jazeera Investigations"! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0atzea-mPY [1hr]
et veritas vos liberabit!
[-] 0 points by ImNotMe (1488) 1 day ago
Consider: New Film Examines American Jews’ Growing Rejection of Israel’s Occupation"!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuBnzzGmH7c (19m 30s) via+with: DemocracyNow!
Also - "NETANYAHU’S WAR ON TRUTH"! by Jeremy Scahill: https://theintercept.com/2024/02/07/gaza-israel-netanyahu-propaganda-lies-palestinians/
"Israel’s Ruthless Propaganda Campaign to Dehumanize Palestinians" Also consider these vids:
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/2/7/israel_propaganda_gaza 17m DemocracyNow!
& https://www.democracynow.org/2024/2/7/israel_hamas_negotiations_daniel_levy [24m]
also "The Intercept - New York Times Exposé Lacks Evidence to Claim Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence Oct. 7"!
This ^ is a Totally Devastating Reprise .. by Jeremy Cahill, Ryan Grim and DemocracyNow's Amy Goodman, of Israel's "rape" claims and requires urgent attention of all true journalists worldwide!!
Finally - "What REALLY Happened on Oct 7" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mxfnya3ZRc
A clear, concise & clinical deconstruction of the events from 6 months ago and a precis of this vid:
e tenebris, lux?!
[-] 0 points by ImNotMe (1488) 1 day ago
Now note "How Israel indoctrinates its people .. w/Miko Peled; via The Chris Hedges Report"!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU0Uc-PKe9Y [44m; ESSENTIAL VIDEO INFO] and, NB
"The Occupation of the American Mind": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP0-YohJR-g
& note, this shorter 45 minute version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmoYoiMgpWU !!
Narrated by Roger Waters, made in 2018 & totally relevant/applicable to events in Israel/Palestine!!!
Futhermore, consider this and other entire threads to see just how long the War On Gaza has run!!!!
Finally NB https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/the-children-who-lost-limbs-in-gaza !!!!!
and ... "What Really Happened on Oct 7" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mxfnya3ZRc
A clear, concise & clinical deconstruction ^ of the events from 6 months ago - and a precis of this vid:
fiat lux et fiat justitia ...
[-] 0 points by ImNotMe (1488) 1 day ago
'‘Israel is a Lying Machine, Palestine has the right to defend itself’'! [first broadcast - May 2021]
https://rumble.com/v44cmyr-rip-john-pilger-1939-2023-israel-is-a-lying-machine-palestine-has-the-right.html {28m} - This was rebroadcast again after JP died on the 31st of December 2023.
& as "THEY WANT YOU TO BELIEVE IT STARTED ON OCT 7", then please reprise this list: https://twitter.com/ShaykhSulaiman/status/1777297587986481598
Finally - "What Really Happened on Oct 7" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mxfnya3ZRc
6+ long months on and "Palestine Is Still TheStory" - RIP Mr. John Pilger (1939-2023)
[-] 0 points by ImNotMe (1488) 1 day ago
USA's Student and "Pro-Palestine Protesters Are on the Right Side of History"! ... by Ben Burgiss:
As "Like those who protested the Vietnam War, the college students currently protesting Israel’s vicious assault on Gaza are in the right. Future generations will not look kindly on those who used the moment to smear campus protesters as “antisemites.”
And note .. "If new generations are discovering Edward Said, in the process they’re finding out how the question of Palestine can guide their larger principles. And they are also witnessing the unconscionable. Large scale death: from the air; starvation as a weapon of war; the western complicity with the plausible genocide and a people abused, beyond what any reasonable person could bear.It’s a lot to digest and it leads to the one lesson about Palestine that no one, not even Edward Said, can ever really prepare you for. Palestine will save your soul, but it'll also break your heart." THE VERY LAST PARAGRAPH, FROM
THIS - "Edward Said seems like a prophet: 20 years on, ‘there’s hunger for his narrative’"! by Moustafa Bayoumi https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/15/edward-said-palestine-israel-gaza
link^via bw's comment here http://occupywallst.org/forum/israel-vs-palestine/#comment-1082756
Further ... “BETWEEN THE HAMMER AND THE ANVIL” The Story Behind the New York Times October 7 Exposé" https://theintercept.com/2024/02/28/new-york-times-anat-schwartz-october-7/ by Jeremy Scahill, Ryan Grim, Daniel Boguslaw
Finally ... https://mondoweiss.net/2024/02/the-guardian-exposes-how-cnn-slants-the-gaza-news/
PS .. "The Intercept: New York Times Exposé Lacks Evidence to Claim Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence Oct. 7" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMNV0Csj46Q (29m) A devastating reprise by Jeremy Cahill, Ryan Grim & 'DemocracyNow's Amy Goodman of ISR's "rape" claims!!!
respice, adspice, prospice ... adspice!
[-] 0 points by ImNotMe (1488) 2 days ago
Note how “Sanctions On Israel Are The Only Hope” by Israel’s most distinguished journalist Gideon Levy:
From which,this: "Gideon Levy is a man of immense moral courage and leadership: the award-winning Ha’aretz columnist has spoken out against the atrocities committed against the Palestinian people and has become an increasingly lone voice.Here he tells how Israeli society has degenerated to a terrifying degree,why he has so little hope,the forgotten horrors of the West Bank and why the only chance for a just peace will come from sanctions against Israel." And finally, please consider the information here ...
http://occupywallst.org/forum/mandela-legislator-arabs-misappropriate-apartheid-/#comment-1082661
and NB: https://truthout.org/series/struggle-and-solidarity-writing-toward-palestinian-liberation/
Also note re.the "Flour Massacre" - "Gaza’s Night of Death and Hunger" by Gideon Levy: https://informationclearinghouse.blog/2024/03/05/gazas-night-of-death-and-hunger/10/
Further, "Israeli General’s Son: Last 6 Months of Genocide Are ‘Beginning of the End’ for Israel"! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guDtB9B7b3s [51m, w/Miko Peled & Brian Becker]
Finally note - "A Genocide Foretold"! by Chris Hedges: https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/a-genocide-foretold
"The genocide in Gaza is the final stage of a process begun by Israel decades ago. Anyone who didn't see this coming blinded themselves to the character and ultimate goals of the apartheid state." AND ...
PS https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/03/29/us-weapons-israel-gaza-war/
PPS: "Prof. Richard Wolff on Israel as a Project of Colonial Capitalism" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZRu6pKTGPc (15m)
fiat lux, fiat justitia et; fiat pax ...
[-] 0 points by ImNotMe (1488) 2 days ago
Try to consider that "Israel Knew Hamas’s Attack Plan Over a Year Ago ... The New York Times"!!!
https://informationclearinghouse.blog/2023/12/01/israel-knew-hamass-attack-plan-over-a-year-ago-the-new-york-times/ by Ronen Bergman (Text and video)
https://youtu.be/vu4Txxw9bOo (a 11m stand alone video link)
& note that: "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".
Also "Documents expose Israeli conspiracy to facilitate October 7 attack"!! https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/12/02/klox-d02.html -- by Andre Damon & now, consider:
"Israel Is Losing this War"! Tony Karon & Daniel Levy: https://www.thenation.com/article/world/israel-gaza-war/
NB: "Despite the violence it has unleashed on Palestinians, Israel is failing to achieve its political goals."
Further: "This Is Not a War Against Hamas"! https://theintercept.com/2023/12/11/israel-hamas-war-civilians-biden/ by Jeremy Scahill
"The notion that the war would end if Hamas was overthrown or surrenders is as ahistorical as it is false"
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."
e tenebris lux?!I!
[-] 0 points by ImNotMe (1488) 3 days ago
Alas, "Everybody Wants Gaza's Gas"! by Rachel Donald:
"The $500 billion windfall shoring up EU supplies" and please also try to see ...
https://twitter.com/HistoryInPics/status/1723051649722130862 (4m 30s video)
and also closely consider this https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza-genocide
Now try to please consider: "Gaza War: Creating Facts for the Ben-Gurion Canal?!!" https://www.theinteldrop.org/2023/11/15/gaza-war-creating-facts-for-the-ben-gurion-canal/
Further note "Industrial Killing of Civilians in Gaza Won’t Defeat the Armed Insurgency"!!! https://theintercept.com/2023/12/20/gaza-israel-biden-netanyahu-war-strategy/ by Jeremy Scahill
Finally consider this: "'Pure evil' – Dr. Mads Gilbert on Israel’s attacks on Gaza’s hospitals"!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLDnZ1OYR9w&t=1262s {Almost unbelievably horrific details}
PS: https://twitter.com/CensoredMen/status/1736461692970688675 [Very Relevant Short Video!]
cui bono?!
[-] 1 points by ImNotMe (1488) 4 days ago
"Israel’s right-wing can never seem to get enough death and destruction"! - by Gideon Levy:
Note - "Their desire for bloodshed & conflict extends beyond practical considerations bordering on fanaticism. They crave war with Iran - disregarding the potential consequences"!
respice, adspice, prospice et caveat!
[-] 1 points by ImNotMe (1488) 4 days ago
So consider "Israeli strikes on Rafah kill 22, mostly children ... as US advances aid package"!
And further note - "The House of Representatives approved a $26 billion aid package on Saturday"!
Also please consider this .. https://edwardcurtin.com/the-immense-hunger/ for a wider, deeper view!
fiat lux; fiat justitia; fiat pax ...
[-] 1 points by ImNotMe (1488) 4 days ago
By Edward J. Curtin, Jr. ... "The Immense Hunger"
https://informationclearinghouse.blog/2024/04/21/the-immense-hunger/17/
https://edwardcurtin.com/the-immense-hunger/ [alt link & author's own site]
"We might stop slaughtering and starving others to purge ourselves of the self-hate and insecurity that drives us to feel the love of our fellow victimizers but the hate of our victims."
AND FROM YOUR REPLY : "Diplomacy, peace and reasonableness with understanding of both sides' interests and goals is the only way out of this."
dum spiro, spero ...
[-] 1 points by beautifulworld (23772) 5 days ago
70% of the 34,097 killed in Gaza are women and children. The statistics are simply overwhelming.
Pure evil.
https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-04-21-24/index.html
"Gaza death toll: At least 34,097 people have been killed in Gaza since October 7, the Palestinian health ministry reported Sunday. At least 76,980 people have also been injured. More than 70% of those killed have been women and children, according to the ministry. CNN cannot independently confirm the numbers due to the lack of international media access to Gaza.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israeli-strikes-rafah-killed-children-us-aid-package-rcna148702
"Israeli strikes on southern Gaza city of Rafah kill 22, mostly children, as US advances aid package.
The first strike killed a man, his wife and their 3-year-old child. The woman was pregnant, and doctors managed to save the baby, the hospital said."
“These children were sleeping. What did they do? What was their fault?” asked one relative, Umm Kareem. Another relative, Umm Mohammad, said the oldest killed, an 80-year-old aunt, was taken out “in pieces.” Small children were zipped into body bags."
No words.
[-] 1 points by ImNotMe (1488) 6 days ago
"Iran’s Attack on Israel Stoked Netanyahu’s Evangelical Allies’ Appetite for the Apocalypse" by Noah Landau:
"The joy that today grips Hagee and his friends is further proof of the errors in the policies of Benjamin Netanyahu."
ecce homo!
[-] 1 points by ImNotMe (1488) 6 days ago
Re. Iran - "Israel’s Latest Lie Is That It Has ‘No Choice’ But To Attack Iran"! .. by Cailtlin Johnstone
https://informationclearinghouse.blog/2024/04/17/israels-latest-lie-is-that-it-has-no-choice-but-to-attack-iran/12/ - and an alternate link:
https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2024/04/16/israels-latest-lie-is-that-it-has-no-choice-but-to-attack-iran/
And note "Both Israel and the US are pretending to be powerless in this situation, when in reality they're both anything but! They’re like two muggers getting ready to mug someone and saying 'If only there was something we could do to stop this terrible mugging!'"
multum in parvo!
[-] 1 points by ImNotMe (1488) 1 week ago
"Breaking the Silence ... Israeli Army Veterans Tour U.S.A & Canada to Speak Out Against Occupation"!
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/10/breaking_the_silence_israel (Part 1)
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/10/breaking_the_silence_part_2 & also:
NB: "Every US Senator has taken AIPAC Money for Incremental Genocide, Displacement & Replacement in Gaza"!
https://bracingviews.substack.com/p/every-us-senator-has-taken-aipac by Bill Astore &-
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/2/5/matt_duss_middle_east_israel_gaza [10m vid]
also NB https://www.axios.com/2023/10/31/american-troops-middle-east-israel-palestine
and https://ifamericansknew.org/ + https://ifamericansknew.org/about_us/whoweare.html
I am minded that Bernie is losing it a li'l now & where'd USA be if he'd've gone 3rd Party years ago, especially given the ascent of tRUMP in the dark light of Uber-Zionist, lyin', genocidin' Joe Biden?!
fiat lux; fiat justitia; fiat pax!
[-] 1 points by ImNotMe (1488) 1 week ago
WARNING - more unbearable photos and sad statistics:
https://english.palinfo.com/news/2024/04/17/317531/
And Also NB: https://youtu.be/gNu_OGbqyWk (50m)
Prof. Michael Hudson on The Truth re. Destruction of Gaza!
Multum In Parvo!!!
[-] 1 points by beautifulworld (23772) 1 week ago
The saddest environmental articles I've read in a while.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/16/world-faces-deathly-silence-of-nature-as-wildlife-disappears-warn-experts-aoe
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/16/nature-silent-bernie-krause-recording-sound-californian-state-park-aoe
World faces ‘deathly silence’ of nature as wildlife disappears, warn experts
"Loss of intensity and diversity of noises in ecosystems reflects an alarming decline in healthy biodiversity, say sound ecologists."
"Sounds of the natural world are rapidly falling silent and will become “acoustic fossils” without urgent action to halt environmental destruction, international experts have warned."
[-] 1 points by beautifulworld (23772) 1 week ago
‘It’s death there’: babies and children hit hardest as famine tightens hold on Gaza"
"Estimated 27 children killed by famine, with fears many more will suffer lifelong effects, despite Israel’s promise of more aid"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/15/babies-children-gaza-famine
"“At this age a child should weigh 8 kilos. They weigh 2 kilos … They don’t have thighs yet. At this stage they are supposed to be crawling and preparing to walk. And now you can see the state they’re in,” she said.
“Are these the arms of an eight-month-old child? … It’s death there, death, death. Death in the literal meaning of the word.”
UN-backed food insecurity experts assessed in mid-March that famine n Gaza could set in between later that month and mid-May. Last week, Samantha Power, the head of the US humanitarian and development agency, USAid, became the first American official to confirm publicly that in some areas, famine had already taken hold."
"Almost half of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million is under 18, and the effects of starvation may follow those who survive for the rest of their lives: their brains and bodies, without the nutrients needed for growth, cannot properly develop, leading to health problems such as poor eyesight and learning difficulties later in life."
When you consider that half of Gaza's population is under 18 years of age, if you really sit back and think about history, you must consider that the majority of Gaza's population had nothing to do/wasn't around at all during the creation of Israel and the chaotic history that has followed over the decades. Point being - None of this is their fault in any way at all. They were just born into an open air prison.
[-] 1 points by ImNotMe (1488) 1 week ago
On the day when Aaron Bushnell, a young US Air Force serviceman died after he had set himself on fire outside the ISR embassy - as he loudly declared ... "FREE PALESTINE!" in Washington DC, in an extreme direct protest action at the ongoing Genocidal Zionist Apartheid Crimes, the Mossad tweeted: "A US Air Force soldier lights himself up on fire to protest Israel. What an idiot"! See more on this tweet:
https://twitter.com/KevinJMaho.../status/1761994034183127452 [WITH CONTENT WARNING] &
also consider this information https://twitter.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/1762196403969728851 +
see - https://killinggaza.com/ documentary film of life under siege by Max Blumenthal. Must Watch Doc.!
"In 'Killing Gaza', independent journalists Max Blumenthal & Dan Cohen documented Israel’s 2014 war on Gaza.
"Yet this film is much more than a documentary about Palestinian resilience and suffering - it is a chilling visual document of war crimes committed by the Israeli military, featuring direct testimony and, evidence from the survivors"!
This is 2+ years old, however its current relevance is clear & helps to give even more historical context!!
Finally, in the same vein, also consider "Life and Death in Gaza: The Killing Zone (2003) | Full Film": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpkgB3VwICg (48m) + also try to see bw's comment...
here http://occupywallst.org/forum/israel-attacking-gaza-via-land-air-and-sea/#comment-1082782
MULTUM in parvo!
[-] 1 points by ImNotMe (1488) 1 week ago
"Aaron Bushnell’s Divine Violence" - by Chris Hedges:
"Aaron Bushnell’s self-immolation was ultimately a religious act,one that radically delineates good and evil and calls us to resist."
Now consider, "Why Israel wants to erase context and history in the war on Gaza"! by Ilan Pappe:
And note - "The dehistoricisation of what is happening helps Israel pursue genocidal policies in Gaza"!
respice; adspice; prospice!
[-] 1 points by ImNotMe (1488) 1 week ago
Now note "The horrors in Gaza are just one part of Israel’s unified system of controlling Palestinians from the river to the sea"! - FROM:
From which - "It is an elemental law of physics: When you put the contents of a closed system under pressure, you run the risk of explosion. For decades, the equation has been the same: blockade and bombardment in Gaza; more settlement expansion, oppression, and displacement, in the West Bank; disenfranchisement in East Jerusalem & violation of the delicate status quo at the al-Aqsa compound; and the closure of public space to any meaningful dissent in Israel. Israeli scholar Baruch Kimmerling described this as 'politicide' the systematic destruction of a Palestinian political identity and existence. Time after time, in one region or another, separately or in unison, peacefully or lethally .. Palestinians inevitably react. Israel then doubles down on its use of force, and the vicious cycle continues." Also ...
And note: "The dehistoricisation of what is happening helps Israel pursue genocidal policies in Gaza"!
Furthermore, also note this https://www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/palestine-west-bank-israel-settlers-waging-second-nakba-as-war-on-gaza-rages & ...
try to consider this info: https://www.declassifieduk.org/britain-has-flown-50-spy-missions-over-gaza-in-support-of-israel/
ALSO - https://www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-americas-secret-military-deployment-on-british-cyprus/ -- both by independent journalist Matt Kennard
Further: "Israel’s West Bank settler population grew nearly 3%. Supporters say Gaza war could give new push"! by Julia Frankel: https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-settlements-west-bank-13df6cdc0244e7dea2b48d5d6d37eb19
Finally: "Israel: Above the law?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueXEXjqXNvk [26m doc]
e tenebris - tenebris?!
[-] 1 points by ImNotMe (1488) 1 week ago
Re. 'Nukes For Nakba' & per the OP - try to closely consider:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6sQTqzfu48 [11m]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5CTbGAdjnk [9m]
&, try to consider this site: https://ifamericansknew.org/
Finally, note this: https://www.breakingthesilence.org.il/
And it's noted how you've N0TH!NG to say re. my prior^reply!
ad iudicium?!
[-] 1 points by ImNotMe (1488) 2 weeks ago
So after "six months of war, Gaza’s health sector has been decimated. Roughly a dozen of Gaza’s 36 hospitals are only partially functioning. The rest have either shut down or are barely functioning after they ran out of fuel and medicine, were surrounded and raided by Israeli troops, or were damaged in fighting." FROM YOUR ^ LINK.
"Israel has killed more aid workers in the Gaza Strip than have died in all of the countries in the rest of the world combined in any of the last 30 years, according to a report by the Aid Worker Security Database (AWSD).
"Since 7th October, 2023 ... at least 203 aid workers have been killed in Israeli attacks, the report said. With UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres saying the situation is “unconscionable.”
"Last week, Guterres expressed concerns about UN aid workers being continually prevented from carrying out their duties in the besieged Gaza Strip, particularly in the northern part of the enclave.
"On Tuesday, the US-based food charity World Central Kitchen (WCK) confirmed that seven of its humanitarian aid workers were killed in Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip a day earlier.
"The workers were nationals of Australia, Poland, the UK and Palestine as well as US-Canadian dual citizen."
AND NOTE ... "US, UK, Australia citizens killed in Israel strike on aid convoy in Gaza"! https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240402-us-uk-australia-citizens-killed-in-israel-strike-on-aid-convoy-in-gaza/
FURTHERMORE: " Ireland withdraws multi-million euro investments from 6 Israel companies"! https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240406-ireland-withdraws-multi-million-euro-investments-from-6-israel-companies/ & ...
FINALLY: "Israel Pays a Political Price for Killing Aid Workers – When They’re Not Palestinians"! by Amira Haas: https://informationclearinghouse.blog/2024/04/06/israel-pays-a-political-price-for-killing-aid-workers-when-theyre-not-palestinians/15/
respice, adspice et fiat justitia ruat caelum!
[-] 1 points by ImNotMe (1488) 2 weeks ago
Six months on, try to consider "Israel’s Far Right Finally Gets the War It Has Always Wanted"! by James Bamford:
"Billed as a response to the October 7 Hamas attack, the conflict in Gaza has increasingly become a war to eliminate all Palestinians—a longtime goal of Israel’s homegrown fascists." Also now consider
"‘Gaza City will be Jewish’ says one leader; core groups of potential residents being assembled; MKs from all parties in Netanyahu-led bloc support the burgeoning movement"! Also ...
note ... https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-gaza-war-permanent-army-bases
Further NB https://interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2024/israel-war-on-gaza-10000-children-killed/
This^link is titled "KNOW THEIR NAMES - Palestinian children killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza"!
And, to date the - "Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 36,000+: ministry"! https://english.news.cn/20240227/3acd1a2b0c854b0c804a5d4565f549f4/c.html
Finally note "Neocon Iraq war architects want a redo in Gaza"!! https://responsiblestatecraft.org/israel-gaza-ceasefire/ by Jim Lobe
As a "Post-conflict plan would put Western mercenaries & Israel military into the mix, with handpicked countries in charge of a governing ‘Trust’"!!!
far, far too terrible for latin . . .
[-] 2 points by gsw (3410) from Woodbridge Township, NJ 4 weeks ago
Defund Israel. End the war