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It’s an L for Iran in respect to killed military commanders and civilian toll, but an ever greater L to Israel because they not only failed the goal of regime change (if anything, made it more difficult by bombing Iranian civilians) but also experienced a breakdown in their defense capabilities and got bombarded for 12 days, breaking the facade that Israel is unable to experience repercussions for their violent aggressions
Not quite, you’re being reductive. I’ll just link my previous comments if you’re interested in my position.
Liberalism and appeasement are the problem. We need genuine opposition.
They are ignoring the policy interests of their voters and instead relying on scare tactics to secure votes.
The politicians have no interest to fight for or run on the best interest of the voters, only the best interest of their corporate donors.
Voters are caught in a political system where no party is interested in fighting for the working class, for everyday americans. As the party that is supposed to be the opposition to the fascist party continues to ignore the material harms people are experiencing, and instead moves to their policies to the right, those voters become angry and resentful. The fascist party takes advantage of that by acknowledging those material harms people face, yet utilize scapegoating to capitalize on gaining those votes while furthering their fascist policies.
Our politicians are ignoring the voters, at the expense of elections
Their corporate donors are more important to them than their actual constituents they are supposed to represent
I hope to see more of these kinds of attempts to break the genocidal blockade
From my experience Vogons are quite repulsive, especially when poetry is involved
It’s the same thing as legacy media using WordPress to host their site. There is no legitimate reason to not allow these news sites because they use substack, it’s just to repress what they’re reporting
With this ‘deal’ Israel would no doubt continue it’s genocidal campaign after 7 days once the hostages are out. And once they are, they would certainly ramp it up even more than the current death and starvation campaign is
Drop Site News and Zeteo do some of the best reporting these days
There are others, but I’d say these are the top in terms of credibility, investigative journalism, and reliability
That said, it’s still best practice to cross verify reporting
The Intercept
Democracy Now
Common Dreams
ProPublica
Mother Jones
Jacobin
Zeteo
Drop Site News
Al Jazeera
+972 Magazine
Human Rights Organizations
Edit: adding Counter Punch
Antisemitism colloquially isn’t used in that way but I agree. Same with when you point out that Jesus was Palestinian or that the ancient Israelites were also Palestinian
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It still is when used correctly, do not capitulate to the Zionist framing
Not who Jews dislike, who Zionists dislike
Antisemitism, Weaponized - Adi Callai
Breaking News: Local Cat alleges War Crime committed by Menacing Dog. These claims are under investigation
No, that’s shitty hasbara.
Israeli strikes killed six Palestinian guards protecting aid trucks on Friday, as they were being attacked by looters, in what appears to be the latest coordination between the army and local gangs.
According to Anadolu Agency, the six were killed and others wounded in Deir al-Balah while attempting to “secure the arrival of aid trucks to international organisation warehouses in the city”.
Armed individuals began attacking the aid trucks to loot the supplies, local media reported. As security forces tried to repel the assailants and safeguard the aid, Israeli warplanes launched strikes in the area.
Civilians were also targeted during the intense bombardment. Ambulance crews responding to rescue the wounded and retrieve the bodies of the dead reportedly came under fire as well.
The media office said targeted personnel were “performing purely humanitarian tasks,” including securing two trucks carrying essential medicines and medical supplies destined for hospitals in affected areas.
“It’s a complete crime and reveals the true intentions of the Israeli occupation to disrupt the flow of humanitarian and medical aid and create a state of chaos and anarchy.”
The media office added that such attacks are further proof of the Israeli army’s role in enabling the looting of humanitarian aid and essential supplies, stating it aims “to ensure they do not reach their beneficiaries by targeting those who organise and ensure their safe passage”.
The gangs are aided by Israel
Israel is aiding criminal gangs in Rafah, some of who are affiliated with the Islamic State (IS), to loot humanitarian aid under military protection, sources in Gaza, including civil society leaders, police officials, and a UN official, have told The New Arab.
While refusing to intervene against these armed criminals, Israeli forces are opening fire against local policemen attempting to prevent the looting.
Israel has not presented specific evidence for its claim that Hamas is diverting U.N. aid, and its recent targeted killings of Gaza police commanders safeguarding truck convoys have made it “virtually impossible” to distribute the goods safely, a top U.S. envoy said in rare public criticism of Israel.
U.S. envoy says Israel has not shown evidence that Hamas is diverting UN aid in Gaza
You might find this interesting as it goes into the hypocrisy of the situation.
You’ll probably be better off asking this sort of question in one of the Palestine comms, where you have a more nuanced discussion about how Hezbollah was created, their militant actions against Zionism, part of the Lebanese Parliament, and what the flag can mean to different groups; instead of the thought terminating cliché of ‘they are considered a terrorist organization by the government and therefore any support of them in supporting terrorism.’ Despite the unconditional support these governments have for Israel, who by any definition of terrorism has done far far more magnitudes of such than any resistance organization created as a by product of the violent settler colonialism of Zionism. Plus, western governments have historically brandished any resistance against colonialism as terrorists, including the IRA, Vietcong, FLN, ANC (Nelson Mandala), and many more.
Hezbollah’s actions in Syria are definitely unacceptable, their actions against Israel is another matter entirely
GDF has a great video on how the Israeli invasion and civil war led to the creation of Hezbollah as a militant resistance
National liberation, national renaissance, the restoration of nationhood to the people, commonwealth: whatever may be the headings used or the new formulas introduced, decolonization is always a violent phenomenon.
Leaked official documents show that that civilan kills were far higher than the public was led to believe, they deliberately miscategorized civilians as combatants as much as they could get away with
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