The Israeli army bombed Gazans in their tents in the "safe zone" where it told them to go. Eyewitnesses told Mondoweiss most of the dead were burned alive or decapitated and dismembered, many of them children.
@nus@israel@palestine Hold your nose, America, hold your nose. But start organizing at the local level, and maybe separate a state or two. - Sincerely, your neighbour to the north, Canada
Why there are no reporters in Europe like him any more?
They all have turned into cowards at best or genocide supporters at worst. The disgusting dirty and disgusting atmosphere created by Israeli supporters and right wing media owners not to forget the sold out politicians and indifferent public (on top of racism and islamophobia) have created a vaccume of strong, knowledgeable and brave reporters who are not afraid of telling the truth.
With Robert Fisk gone, The independent have also turned into a echo chamber of pro Israeli voices. German and Swedish media are not even worth reading any more and I get better news from Israeli media criticizing the fascist regime of Netanyahu than any of the so called progressives and liberals in those countries.
@faab64@palestine@israel Agreed. It’s rough when Haaretz is the most reliable not jumped-off-the-deep-end reporting of MSM on #idf etc. In US Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez with Democracy Now and the entire staff seem to have rather good contacts around the world, used to talk with RF, and these contacts have blogs or posts in diverse sites. It’s not as easy to get information as BE (before Elon)on dead bird site. I cancelled one online US news subscription 6.08.
@odaraia@faab64@palestine@israel We can also see how effective the torture, persecution and defamation of Julian Assange has been in getting obedience from the mass media. The MSM supported this.
The capitalist classes knows how weak they are. In this breakdown of the profit system they will show all their cunning and ruthlessness.
Workers, students and youth have to fund, support and build their own media in the struggle for power.
The U.S. said it was constructing a floating pier off Gaza’s coast to deliver humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza. However, the real reason it exists is to protect American interests in the region.
@mondoweiss@palestine@israel well, yeah. Same reason they send aid to Palestinians. The longer they receive aid, the longer the time until their unconditional surrender can be prolonged, the more Israel will spend on arms from America. From the perspective of the general public, this is being done to help Palestinian people to survive, but from the perspective of American politicians, this is being done so they can send money to Israel who then spends it on American arms, in whose companies American politicians hold stock. If they really wanted to save Palestinians, they just wouldn't provide support to Israel. They want war to happen, and to profit, personally, from it in every possible avenue
Joe Biden's claim that Hamas’s October 7 attacks were “driven by ancient desire to wipe out the Jewish people" is ahistorical and dangerous. In fact, Jewish history shows that antisemitism is a Western problem.
@mondoweiss@palestine
Remember the United States didn't want them in the 40s and sent them back and the Brits didn't want them either and it must be said Tis the Eastern Europeans who have an ancient desire to wipe out the Palestinian people and all based on religious fvkwittery.@israel
@plink@palestine@israel
Did you see IDF burning boxes of water bottles in Gaza where 98% of people are without fresh water? It is premeditated murder. On www.aljazeera.com/live at the o'clock.
#Israel considering leaving #un
"In response to the UN adding Israel to the “blacklist” of countries who harm children during war, Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, said that Israel needs to weigh leaving the UN. He said the move was “a despicable decision by the Secretary General who hates Israel, who in his conduct serves dictators and murderers and will be remembered in history as a failed Secretary General who degraded the UN to an all-time low.” @palestine https://anash.org/war-day-251-israel-considers-exiting-un-rescue-details-revealed/
Hi, I have heard references to Mastodon censorship on Israel but I haven't seen any examples. Could you give me some? Because that is very concerning to me.
@plink@palestine@israel
Hi Mr. Link:
Here is a screen grab of one of several I've received from Mastodon, Every one of my posts deleted by Mastodon are critical of Israel. screen grab -
"We write in sadness and despair at your government’s failure to condemn openly and persistently the Israeli government’s determination to ethnically cleanse Palestine and to cause brutality, famine, death and destruction to a whole people and their country."
@DropBear@palestine@israel
Our gov's response (if they acknowledge it) will be interesting.
I am heartened to read of so many professors and trust, that regardless of our governments actions, you will ensure future generations learn the truth of the Palestinians/Israeli plight.
Foreign Minister Dr. Naledi Pandor on the indivisible bond of solidarity between South Africa and the Palestinian people, "forged by the crucible of the two nations’ respective liberation struggles."
Jews don’t need to invoke “Jewish values” to justify our work toward Palestinian liberation. In fact, doing so reinforces the very ideology we seek to dismantle.
In a recent interview, John Mearshimer agreed with many US politicians that Israel shares US values, with the caveat that those shared values are those of our bigoted past that most of the US has long since abandoned.
On the night of March 2 Israel wiped out four generations of my family. I barely survived the slaughter. It is now my responsibility to tell their story.
As with the Nuremberg trials, you and others will one day have your day in court where you can tell your story before a judge and jury. Netenyahu and those responsible will be in the dock.
A brutal, nine-hour, multi-agency police assault against unarmed protesters at UC Santa Cruz shows the university would rather use violence against its own students than address demands to divest from genocide.
@mondoweiss@palestine@israel Those protesters facing those cops in the photo would benefit from the sort of riot gear we used to use in the Uprising.
Once things got sustained hot, one crew used to march in DC with a bike line first, then a shield line, then the body of the march, then another shield line, and finally the rearguard bikes. In at least one instance our bikers defeated the bike cops in a skirmish. Cops trying to push in, our bikers held the line. Also note that in a lot of DC actions in 2020, heavy fireworks and powerful lasers gave us an effective air defense and ranged attack/counterattack capability.
Note that a violent police attack on an encampment was what got the Portland Federal building a window smashing and molotov cocktail attack. They can hurt us, we can hurt them.
Also note that cops often think twice about this sort of brutality and torture when they are dealing with armed protesters or those who have an armed security element.
I know CA and the South are very different, but Stone Mountain, GA provides an example here. The KKK and its friends hold an annual event there. For years the cops and Klan beat up protesters, "working" side by side to do so. Eventually people decided enough was enough. Thing is, Georgia is an open carry state. When some of the protesters showed up with slung AR-15 rifles, the cops lost all interest in fighting and so did the Klan.
In April 2022 I was there. Instead of random protesters being armed, we had what amounted to an armed security contingent that was obviously one well trained and armed crew that had trained together. They fanned out to cover trouble spots.
The fash were armed too, but as random armed people, not a trained unit of fighters.
Result? Zero violence, the whole day turned into a quite literal walk in the park.