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Israel trying to pass the hospital bombing off as Palestine doing it is utterly disgusting and guarantees Netanyahu a spot in the deepest pit of Hell for all eternity, obviously, but do not forget that

a) the only reason why Westerners will believe it is because they want to believe it - they are not being brainwashed and this is not some masterful propaganda being weaved around us to turn kind-hearted people into monsters,

b) no Westerner opinions matter at all. In most Western countries there is no real anti-Israel option to vote for even if they did realize that Israel was a giant factory for crimes against humanity, and Westerners protesting against things in general almost never achieves anything (tens of millions protested for BLM in 2020 and not only did the situation not change, it got worse), and

c) the people whose opinions do matter (both the people in the region, and the leaders who aren't already Zionist compradors) already know that Israel is full of shit and that they just murdered nearly a thousand civilians in a single bomb attack.

It is despair-inducing to think that the genocidal Zionist entity is so brazenly, so smugly getting away with bullshitting this away into a cloud of confusion, as they release their metaphorical squid ink just like they did with the stupid babies story, but the propaganda and the media narrative that they are creating isn't what matters. It cannot address the fundamental contradictions ripping the country, the region, and the world apart any more than masterfully-applied makeup can fix a stab wound. It can merely obfuscate.


If you have evidence of Israeli crimes and atrocities that you wish to preserve, there is a thread here in which to do so.


Sources on the fighting in Palestine against Israel. In general, CW for footage of battles, explosions, dead people, and so on:

UNRWA daily-ish reports on Israel's destruction and siege of Gaza and the West Bank.

English-language Palestinian Marxist-Leninist twitter account. Alt here.
English-language twitter account that collates news (and has automated posting when the person running it goes to sleep).
Arab-language twitter account with videos and images of fighting.
English-language (with some Arab retweets) Twitter account based in Lebanon.
English-language Palestinian Twitter account which reports on news from the Resistance Axis.

English-language PalestineResist telegram channel.

Various sources that are covering the Ukraine conflict are also covering the one in Palestine, like Rybar.


The Country of the Week is still Palestine! Feel free to chime in with books, essays, longform articles, even stories and anecdotes or rants.


Here is the map of the Ukraine conflict, courtesy of Wikipedia.

The weekly update isn't coming because I'm sick and too focussed on the collapse of the Zionist entity.

Links and Stuff


The bulletins site is down.

Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists

Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Add to the above list if you can.


Resources For Understanding The War


Defense Politics Asia's youtube channel and their map. Their youtube channel has substantially diminished in quality but the map is still useful.

Moon of Alabama, which tends to have interesting analysis. Avoid the comment section.

Understanding War and the Saker: reactionary sources that have occasional insights on the war.

Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don't want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it's just the two of them if you want a little more analysis.

On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent and very good journalist reporting in the warzone on the separatists' side.

Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.


Telegram Channels

Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.

Pro-Russian

https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR's former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR's forces. Russian language.

https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist, but all socially reactionary. If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one.

https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.

https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster's telegram channel.

https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator.

https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps.

https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.

https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.

https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a 'propaganda tax', if you don't believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses.

https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.

Pro-Ukraine

Almost every Western media outlet.

https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord.

https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.


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[–] fever@hexbear.net 39 points 2 years ago (1 children)

OPEC plans no immediate action after Iran urges Israel oil embargo, sources say

Four sources from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), which produces a third of the world's oil and includes several Muslim countries including Iran, said that no immediate action or emergency meetings were planned by the group in light of Iran's comments.

"We are not a political organisation," one of the sources said.

On Tuesday, the Gulf Cooperation Council secretary-general when asked whether Arab countries should reduce oil production in retaliation for Israel's actions in Gaza, said that the GCC was committed to energy security and shouldn't use oil as a weapon.

That is why I call them deputies. If any ME country try to become democratic the deputies by the help of the sheriff will suppress them and if people succeed like in Egypt the sheriff will assign a new deputy.

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[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 39 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Erdogan blamed Israel for the strike on a hospital in Gaza and condemned the attack

In response, Israel's National Security Council recommended that the Israelis leave Turkey immediately.

Also, the Israel Defense Forces claim they do not know whose missile hit the hospital: “It is too early to say whether it was an Israeli strike,” said IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari.

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[–] Sandinband@hexbear.net 39 points 2 years ago (21 children)

Where are hexbears getting their war info from? I don't doubt anyone's knowledge on weapons or tactics but where do you learn this from

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[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 39 points 2 years ago

Embassies of US, Israel evacuated in Argentina following bomb threat

[–] zephyreks@hexbear.net 39 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The principal military advantage of an air burst over a ground burst is that the energy from the explosion (as well as any shell fragments) is distributed more evenly over a wider area; however, the peak energy is lower at ground zero.

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[–] DivineChaos100@hexbear.net 39 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Question to anyone who's more well versed in them than me: Why would Hamas congratulate Azerbaijan for their successful ethnic cleansing?

Note: This is not a "why wont you condemn hamas" post, i am legit interested in what is behind this. Simply cause they started to look for western protection? Because Turkey supported them?

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[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 38 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The US president made a speech in Israel on Wednesday (18). Alongside Netanyahu, Biden said that Hamas is worse than ISIS and blamed what he calls "the other side" for the attacks on the hospital in Gaza.

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[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 38 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Israel demands an apology from the UN , which for years allowed Hamas to create a “war machine” in Gaza - permanent representative

Israel's War Cabinet has made it clear to Biden that a ground operation in Gaza is inevitable.

Israel's War Cabinet will meet this evening to discuss the next step for Operation Iron Swords.

After Biden’s visit, the IDF is preparing for the ground phase of the operation, and apparently the limits of the use of force and the boundaries of advance were discussed with the US President today

Everything is ready for the start of the IDF ground operation in the Gaza Strip. The troops are waiting for orders.

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[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 38 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Israel evacuates its embassy staff from Egypt.

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[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 38 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Al Qassam Military spox:

"We extend our salutes to our great people in all their places of presence, and the mujahideen."

  • The number of prisoners in Gaza (Israeli and foreign) is approximately 250, and we have 200 prisoners alone in our hands.

  • All foreign prisoners will be released as soon as we can. They are our guests.

  • Israeli airstrikes has so far killed 22 prisoners (Israeli and foreigners)

  • The last Israeli prisoner to be killed as a result of the Israeli bombing was the Israeli artist Guy Oliver.

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[–] jack@hexbear.net 38 points 2 years ago

this makes me so sad

[–] thirtymilliondeadfish@hexbear.net 38 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Anthony Albanese says 'every innocent life matters'

Albo says the thing

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[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 38 points 2 years ago (2 children)

An Israeli Airstrike tonight on the Town of Kfarchouba in Southern Lebanon has reportedly Destroyed a Monument to Former-Commander of the IRGC Quds Force, Qassem Soleimani who was Killed by a U.S. Drone Strike in 2020.

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[–] YoungSheldonAdelson@hexbear.net 38 points 2 years ago (13 children)

These Christians love their persecution complex. I say, lean into it. Let’s bring back show crucifixions and arenas where imported lions chase Jerry Falwell’s kids.

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