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Noah from Blowback linked this on Twitter, a surprisingly balanced piece from Channel 4 News on the strike on the hospital

Good bye thick curvey girl tik tok. Maybe one day we will be reunited. Right now though it's just zionism and the devil it seems.

China's been rapidly deleveraging from their property sector: direct and indirect contributions from the property sector went from 30% of GDP in 2020 to 23% of GDP in 2023.

Israel is not going to supply water to the northern Gaza Strip, as people from there are moving to the southern part - Israeli Ambassador to the Russian Federation Alexander Ben Zvi‌‌

Not all people are moving as far as I can tell.

My take on the Argentinian election, if you're interested:

— BREAKING: The Israeli cabinet will meet tonight to approve the final decision regarding a ground offensive into Gaza

— BREAKING: It is expected that the Israeli cabinet will approve the ground offensive - Security Sources

JPMorgan and Citi expect euro to fall to parity with US dollar

lol

The oppostion parties in Poland (Center, Center-Right, Socdem and Leftists) won the Polish parliamentary election

It's over for the Piss Party

Hezbollah: Tomorrow, Wednesday, is the day of anger of the resistance

The State of Palestine’s Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations in Geneva has sent a statement to media organisations challenging the veracity of comments from Israel after the Gaza hospital explosion that killed at least 471 people:

“Anyone with experience monitoring previous Israeli military aggressions against the Palestinian population of Gaza, is appalled, though not surprised, by the wave of disinformation being spewed out by Israel’s propaganda machine regarding the targeting of the Baptist Al Ahli hospital in Gaza.

“For decades, every time Israel is accused of an atrocity, it resorts to the usual playbook to attempt to cover up its crime: First, it denies its involvement and says that the Palestinians did it to themselves. Then, it quietly admits to having perpetrated it but says that it was not intentional. Then, it claims to be ‘investigating’ the situation while counting on the international community to forget it ever happened. Then, at the next crime, rinse and repeat.

“No amount of PR or censorship will be able to cover up the colonial, apartheid nature of Israel, a State that continues to relentlessly commit war crimes and crimes against humanity against a besieged, occupied population,” it said.

Shadow Foreign Minister Simon Birmingham has been asked by Insiders host David Speers about whether, in his view, Israel is engaging in the collective punishment of Palestinian citizens, as some government miniters have suggested.

He claims Israel has not engaged in such activities.

"It is important we do not allow moral equivalence to be drawn or be sought to be drawn," he says.

"The attacks of Hamas against Israel were horrific. They were targeting babies, children, the elderly, and others. They were targeting them because they are Jews.

"Israel is acting in self-defence, as Australia and many other countries around the world have recognised their right to do so.

"Israel is seeking to disable Hamas and its ability to operate as a terrorist threat. That is something we should continue to support, while of course wanting to see Israel operate in ways that protect innocent lives as much as possible."

Birmingham says Israel is acting "well within its rights".

"Us colonisers have to stick together you know"

Continued Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip will cause a wave of anger in the region and the world , Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani said during a conversation with US President Joe Biden.

Another leader switching from warning "no ground operation" to "no more bombing".

As Israel demands the evacuation of the al-Quds Hospital in the besieged Gaza Strip, here are some key facts about the medical facility.

Nitter

Romanian journalist in Israel ducking for cover from Hamas attacks.... while people casually walk in the background.

Real World War 3 hours.

currently in contact with Hezbollah to open a New York chapter, please send your information if you'd like to join

https://streamable.com/rzajna

People working to clear debris at the Church of Saint Porphyrius, Greek Orthodox Church

Israel-Lebanon border is most definitely a warzone now. Number of fighters is increasing over time.

https://streamable.com/thfg7e

Lt. Col. Conricus also suggested protests being carried out against Israel, in Australia and abroad, were being attended by people who were "either uninformed or really filled with hate towards Israel based on things that have nothing to do with what's going on in Gaza now."

"If you stand with an organisation that sent a thousand or more armed men into a sovereign country in order to execute, burn alive, rape, butcher, mutilate and behead civilians … that's where you stand," he said.

"Those are your morals and that is how you will go down in history."

when you're definitely not uninformed and full of hate

Zelensky reportedly banned from entry to Israel after being spotted sneaking away from an IDF base with a big sack over his shoulder with a cartoon rocket printed on it. Reports say two Mossad agents chased the head of state with batons before he evaded them by jumping down an open manhole after which the two agents collided with one another.

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This man is all that stands between you and Hamas paragliders coming to YOUR town and killing you. Do you stand with him?

CNN's coverage of the hospital bombing has been terrible. If they start an hour with that - I stop watching. The worst anchor has been Erin Burnett. I couldn't figure out how to explain her attitude until a minute ago. Not only has she sounded like an IDF spokesperson - she's got the same tone of somebody complaining to the manager.

"This is the worst meal I ever had. With my husband I was discussing how Israel and the US have show the world Hamas did the bombing. Because of course they did. But I could tell the waiters and even the busboy didn't agree."

The manager: "Staff actually spoke to you about this?"

"When they were bringing out the food or taking away dishes - I could just tell they were foolish, they didn't understand the situation, and they are terrible people. They didn't actually say anything but I think you should fire them all."

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I had a look at her Wikipedia page.

Shortly after joining CNN, Burnett aired an October 4, 2011 segment on the Occupy Wall Street protests titled "Seriously?" She was accused by journalism watchdog group Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) of misrepresenting facts about protesters. Journalist Glenn Greenwald reacted in a Salon article detailing bias in Burnett's reporting, which he attributed to her previous work experience on Wall Street as well as her partner's employment with Citigroup.

She's not worth googling but I bet there's lots stories of this sort of stuff. She couldn't say "Seriously?" about a bombing but I bet she sure wanted to.

I don't know if this was already mentioned or if it got lost in the shuffle of all the other news going on, but on October 10th a deal for the creation of the new Slovak government was announced. The deal includes the 2 Social Democratic parties SMER-SD and HLAS-SD which as you may remember supported lowering Slovakian commitments to Ukraine and opposed the current western consensus on the war. To form government though the parties have formed a coalition with SNS, a neo-fascist party that has praised Nazi aligned leader Josef Tiso and advocated for the killings of Roma and Hungarians in Slovakia. Once again we see that Social Democrats are the left wing of fascism

UK Benefits Freeze Would Save £4 Billion, Worsen Child Poverty

UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt would save more than £4 billion ($4.9 billion) a year but plunge hundreds of thousands of children into poverty if he freezes welfare payments next year, new research showed

The Resolution Foundation said a decision not to raise working-age benefits in line with prices would hit the incomes of 9 million households by an average of £470 and push an extra 400,000 children into absolute poverty.

The benefit to the Treasury would amount to £4.2 billion, it calculated. The warning comes after Bloomberg reported last month that the Chancellor is drawing up cost-saving measures ahead of the Autumn Statement on Nov. 22, including keeping the cash value of benefits unchanged.

Hunt and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak are coming under increasing pressure from Conservative MPs to cut taxes to boost the party’s standing with voters ahead of a general election widely expected next year. However, the public finances are already stretched, meaning any giveaways may have to be funded by spending cuts.

Benefits typically increase every April using the rate of inflation in the previous September. The figures for September this year are due to be published on Wednesday, with economists expecting a slight slowdown to 6.5%.

Lindsay Judge, research director at the Resolution Foundation, said a benefits freeze would “come at a terrible cost” and deepen “a cost of living crisis that is already hitting low and middle income households the hardest.”

“At a time when the incomes of the poorest half of the population are already set to fall next year, failing to uprate working-age benefits in line with prices would be hard to defend,” she said.

anglo island being anglo island

Gotta say that as someone that has observed the situation in the Gulf region for years, it is now obvious to me that Qatar and Kuwait are way less shitty than the the UAE/Saudi/Bahrain trio. The Qatari royal family actually sympathize with Arabist causes and allows the population to express such sentiments, while the trio are just completely cucked to the US. This was also obvious during the Gulf crisis back in 2017 or so, but my respect for Qatar and Kuwait has definitely solidified in recent days.

is live now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4PPDrR9PXA

Thanks for posting the link @sovietknuckles@hexbear.net

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim

"Our relations with Hamas will continue"

Youtube wiped Richard Medhurst's Israel-Gaza coverage and demonitized his channel.

Hasbara doesn't seem very confident if they have to resort to these methods.

There are 113,000 9/11 alive today in usa, feels scary tbh

Putin orders fighter jets armed with hypersonic missiles to begin round-the-clock patrols over the Black Sea.

https://streamable.com/ld5u5y

Members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) should impose an oil embargo and other sanctions on Israel and expel all Israeli ambassadors, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Wednesday. An urgent meeting of the OIC is taking place in the Saudi city of Jeddah to discuss the escalating Israeli-Palestinian conflict, after a blast at a Gaza hospital late on Tuesday killed large numbers of Palestinians.

In October 1973, the members of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC), led by King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, proclaimed an oil embargo targeted at nations that had supported Israel during the Yom Kippur War. The initial nations targeted were Canada, Japan, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States, though the embargo also later extended to Portugal, Rhodesia and South Africa. By the end of the embargo in March 1974, the price of oil had risen nearly 300%, from US$3 per barrel ($19/m3) to nearly $12 per barrel ($75/m3) globally; US prices were significantly higher. The embargo caused an oil crisis, or "shock", with many short- and long-term effects on global politics and the global economy.