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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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[–] companero@hexbear.net 31 points 2 years ago

https://nitter.cz/IDF/status/1714403025136017784

I swear this video shows a shoulder-launched MANPADS anti-air missile self destructing at 0:11

For comparison: https://youtu.be/pxH6QFGlXZ0?t=186

The flight time of the missile literally matches a MANPADS self destruct timer exactly

THE MEDIA NARRATIVE IS FRYING MY BRAIN kitty-cri-screm aaaa

[–] stigsbandit34z@hexbear.net 31 points 2 years ago

Turns out a lotta people are more awful than I could’ve possibly comprehended

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 31 points 2 years ago

Enfrentamientos entre palestinos y fuerzas de seguridad israelíes en el campamento de Shuafat, Jerusalén Este.

Clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces in the Shuafat camp, East Jerusalem.

https://streamable.com/fhfem9

https://streamable.com/7segrf

[–] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 31 points 2 years ago (3 children)

New Seymour Hersh article just dropped, can someone post the full text?

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[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 31 points 2 years ago (1 children)

UN general secretary Antonio Guterres calls for a ceasefire in the Middle East to ease the epic human suffering, which has put many lives - and the fate of the entire region - at risk.

https://streamable.com/gmvk8a

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[–] Frank@hexbear.net 31 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] mkultrawide@hexbear.net 31 points 2 years ago (9 children)
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[–] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 31 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Catching up on QAA eps. The Operation Underground Railroad anti-trafficking guy the shitty movie was based on was fired from OUR and excommunicated by the Mormons for being a sex pest

Also looks like the QAA Premium RSS feed I used is dead now, RIP

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[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 31 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

CNN is saying their camera guy at the border saw six fuel trucks headed into Gaza from Egypt.

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AP, you're disappointing me.

They are my go-to site and they haven't mentioned this yet.

[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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[–] KittyBobo@hexbear.net 30 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I mean we got all these decades happening and I still haven't figured out if I'm supposed to say The Ukraine.

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[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Rybar did some analysis about attacks on hospitals in the gaza strip

spoilerAbout attacks on hospitals in the Gaza Strip

A visit to Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital (https://t.me/rybar/53371) in Gaza prompted a question: how often have health facilities in the Palestinian enclave come under attack since the current escalation began?

▪️ At least 10 hospitals were damaged to varying degrees by the fighting. Most of them were damaged due to landings in the vicinity of buildings. For example, in Beit Hanoun, the hospital could not operate due to the fact that rubble blocked access to ambulances.

▪️ There were also hits on the territory of the medical institutions themselves: in addition to the well-known explosion in Al-Ahli, at the beginning of the conflict, an impact on an Indonesian hospital occurred: one medical worker was killed, and the oxygen supply system failed.

▪️ At the same time, the actual number of damaged hospitals may be higher - the list includes only those facilities whose damage is confirmed on the Internet. In particular, the Gaza Ministry of Health reported similar problems in 15 hospitals a few days ago.

▪️ At the same time, medical workers in the Gaza Strip are suffering losses from Israeli raids: according to official information, a total of 16 doctors have already died from attacks on buildings and ambulances since October 7.

In general, open source data gives the following picture: most of the hospitals that came under attack in the Gaza Strip were not destroyed by direct bomb hits, but received collateral damage due to IDF attacks on neighboring facilities.

At the same time, absolutely all healthcare facilities in the region are suffering both due to the heavy load of wounded from other attacks and from the consequences of the Israeli blockade. And if they can partially compensate for the shortage of electricity in the enclave with solar panels, it is much more difficult to get the same water or consumables.

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