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BTW, if anyone here is an active Wikipedian, feel free to contribute to the ongoing edit war over this line in the new article: "Hamas has been known to store munitions inside hospitals, mosques, and schools in the past.[12]" This is the easiest WP:SYNTH of all time since the source is not referring to the current events and thus including it is clearly attempting to make connections rather than neutrally collect reports on what is happening and what claims have been made.

e: success! As of a minute or two ago, consensus was reached to remove this line. Anticipating that the admin will unilaterally decide that it's valuable background and add it back in (since they're shoveling IDF propo into the article rn) but it's worth celebrating the small victories, I guess. Gotta keep track of the stars that exist in the overwhelming darkness of the night sky.

⚡️Iran: President Ebrahim Raisi, during his meeting with the South African Foreign Minister: There is no longer hope for the Security Council to play a role in maintaining international peace

I’m working my way through Rashid Khalidi’s history of Palestinians in the 20th century. It’s a great read, I definitely recommend it (and so does Hakim, who I got the rec from). Don’t let what I’m about to say discourage you from reading it.

However, I caught one whiff of the author’s kinda lib brainworms. He talks about Arafat and the PLO, and suggests that while Arafat did a great job of rallying the global south to the cause of the Palestinians, he should have done more to try and speak to Americans and convince them.

This is just pure ideology. It doesn’t matter if Americans want to help the Palestinians. Hell, polls are showing that Americans aren’t really all that sympathetic to Israel anyway. But it doesn’t matter what Americans want, we’re gonna give the Israelis tens of billions in weapons and just as importantly, signs off on their plans for genocide. 95% of Americans could support the Palestinians and it wouldn’t matter. Trying to convince Americans to support a free Palestine is pointless since we don’t live in a democracy.

I should point out that Khalidi is a Palestinian- American, kinda bougie, and mentions that he personally told Arafat all this and Arafat was kinda dismissive. So he’s not really an independent observer in this anyway.

reddit's block function is so OP, I tell every Zionist I see that Israel is a terrorist state and then block them so they can't reply. they're probably sitting there fuming.

anyone else get the feeling that we're on the brink of a proper world war 3?

and here i am, just kinda sat here posting half cut lol
wonder if people in the past felt like this

Hezbollah, then (the previous war) and now

          2006    2023

Fighters  5,000   60,000

Missiles  14,000  150,000

And + increased skills from combat in Syria

About the hospital bombing...

IDF has this degree of penetration of Hamas's communications in Gaza, but missed a broad based attack involving thousands of participants that was two years in the planning.

Nitter

The US has perpetrated a global, protracted Barbarossa for nearly a century. Infants in Vietnam and Iraq and Palestine die in bombing raids so white people can have planes drop pink confetti over their gender reveal parties. Operation Al-Aqsa Flood revealed this distinction and began the process of chipping away at this vile world order we've been permitted to propagate.

Al-Jazeera: Ministry of the Interior in Gaza: A building belonging to the Greek Orthodox Church in downtown Gaza City collapsed as a result of Israeli raids!

Al-Jazeera: Ministry of Interior in Gaza: Injuries among displaced people who were taking shelter in the Greek Orthodox Church as a result of Israeli raids

These reports have been confirmed by the Orthodox Archdiocese of Jordan’s official FB page… ☦️🇯🇴Israel has destroyed one of the oldest Christian Churches in the world…

Lord have Mercy!

Israel bombed the Orthodox Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza, where people were taking shelter

A week ago, it was reported that the Church was targeted, which turned out to be false. Sadly, they targeted it now. It was one of the oldest churches in the world.

third oldest church in the world

Ain't no Palestinian ever called my continent and my country their "backyard", but the Americans they sure did.

Death to America.

> Opens Twitter to see how the pro Palestinian demonstrations are going

> Sees one person calling them all brainless neonazis

> Sees some bourgeois bitch complain about the Gaza bombing because it will cause immigration to our country

> Closes Twitter

Genocide Joe supports Apartheid Israel in the mass murder of Palestinian civilians.

German, Dutch troops in Cyprus for possible Gaza escalation

the gardeners are deranged

They just killed them. Children, women, the elderly, nurses, doctors. They just killed them.

"From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free." Pro-Palestine students at Balboa High School in San Francisco chant for Palestine.

The kids are alright

So Finland is currently debating if they should ban fascist and communist symbols, as one does. The ML party put out a statement (in finnish) that was pretty good all things considered, but what really got me was the end bit:

Regardless of the legality of open communist activity, communists must relentlessly defend the rights of the working class and all the oppressed and spread awareness of their interests and social status. Communists must not make concessions or compromises in order to be subservient to the rising fascism and right-wing tendencies.

The ban on communist symbols must be opposed. A legal, open communist party is the most effective way of promoting the working class class struggle and the struggle against other oppressions. The resistance must also be public.

Restricting the activities of communists has historically been a sign of a move towards fascism, and is always followed by a reduction of many other democratic rights, as well as an encroachment on the rights of workers and other oppressed people. All communists, leftists and democrats must stand together against this development.

The Communist Workers Party, together with other communist groups, will organise a demonstration/demonstrations against the banning of communist symbols. This will most probably take place at the end of October. In addition, the Communist Labour Party, together with the Finnish Communist Party, will make a statement on the subject, which will be published earlier.

emphasis mine. The Communist Labour Party is ML and the Finnish Communist Party was eurocommunist, but they've had solid line on Palestine and China which the ML party considers to be capitalist. What gets me that the smaller ML party fucking hates the communist party, but they are willing to work together on this atleast

Checking in on Hasan's stream and I guess they're looking at unedited footage of like 10 minutes of sustained bombing around the hospital. I mean I know it's obvious the IDF did it, more evidence I guess though.

One on hand, I feel genuinely surprised over how much support Palestine has with the public versus my expectations in the first couple days of all this.

On the other hand, the only opinions I’ve seen from “leftists” outside of this website has been to qualify any support for Palestine with “but of course Hamas are terrorists and the bad guys and need to be dealt with”. Like this idea that all Palestinian violence against Israel is self-defense is completely foreign to people who superficially support a free Palestine (in the west at least).

HEY! Did you condom hummus?!?!?

Wall Street Journal:

"The bomb that was thrown at Baptist Hospital was an American MK-84."

Could be incorrect. Needs verifying.

Former police officer and current Defence Minister Bill Blair claims Canada "has high degree of confidence" that Israel did not strike ah-Ahli hospital.

In what I'm sure is completely unrelated news, people are booing Trudeau at mosques. Completely unrelated, I'm sure.

So... I guess Hamas invented literally the most powerful weapon in their arsenal? A weapon that, even if intercepted by the Iron Dome, can cause hundreds of casualties? 🤔

Genocide Joe is 100% losing the next election now right? Michigan has a huge Muslim population and they’re one of the 4 states where votes matter.

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMjVPFWU8/ Israeli woman making fun of the Palestinian bombing genocide by making a "get ready with me" video. This I why I have zero sympathy for Israelis.

i like how lemmy.world just says 'go back to hexbear' to anyone with left wing views so then we get more users. free advertising

Love it how no one trusts the media, unless they say something pro Israel or anti-China

Idk if anyone's posted it here yet, but Josh Paul, a senior US State Department official who was in change of arms transfers, just resigned in protest over what's going been going on in Gaza. He put up a letter on his LinkedIn page, which you can read here. It's obviously coming from a lib perspective, but it is still pretty remarkable that the top gun runner for the the US empire is taking more issue with the situation than the vast majority of mainstream media or "progressive" politicians.

China writes angry letter:

Xi gets Chen Weihua to write it:

The United States has proposed a draft UN Security Council resolution that says Israel has a right to defend itself.

It also calls for Iran stop exporting arms to "militias and terrorist groups threatening peace and security across the region".

The draft text calls for the protection of civilians — including those who are trying to get to safety — notes that states must comply with international law when responding to "terrorist attacks", and urges the "continuous, sufficient and unhindered" delivery of aid to the Gaza Strip.

The move by the US comes after it vetoed a Brazilian-drafted text on Wednesday that would have called for humanitarian pauses in the conflict between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants, to allow aid access to Gaza.

US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield justified Wednesday's veto by telling the council more time was needed for diplomacy on the ground as US President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited the region.

Ms Thomas-Greenfield said the US was also disappointed Wednesday's draft did not mention Israel's right to self-defence.

USA eat my shit and hair

Important note about the church bombing: Greek Orthodoxy and Eastern Orthodoxy are branches of the same church. Presumably this is going to drive another wedge between Israel and Russia. At this rate the genociders are going to have exactly one friend left by the end of the week.

I'm seeing a lot of people feel that the tide is gradually turning for Palestine. I think I agree. I was disheartened by the pro Israel statements initially, however once Israel fully began it's response, I've seen how many people have begun to turn against Israel and have even felt horror about Biden's response. I think this is a turning point. Only thing we have to teach is that Palestinians have the right to go on the offense.

I wanna add here that if the reports of field hospitals going up in Galilee are true then this 100% guarantees that the ground operation is now happening. These are preparations for something they know they will need, not a "just in case" thing.

This war is happening.

I am once again asking the DPRK to give Palestine a nuke

BREAKING: Statement released by the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades and Saraya al-Quds

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What do they mean by that?

Israel-which won't allow any independent reporters on the ground whatsoever-has now escalated their stance of "we didn't bomb the hospital we said we were bombing an hour earlier" to "500 people didn't actually die." I choose to believe this because Chapo Trap House annoys me.

Nitter

We had a few very small pro-Palestine protests in Finland a few days ago. What I noticed was the people taking part in these were nearly 100% immigrants who by taking part in anything like this are taking huge personal risks regarding the right to stay and safety in general. There was also no information anywhere about these protest because this country has effectively kept all etcnic minorities outside of society and there really is no area where we cross paths.

The local rabbi has now announced that they will be raising charges againts these protesters for ethnic agitation and defamation.

This will likely lead to these people being deported or can be used againts them in other ways. It will surely stop all protests because even on protesting againts austerity policy or raising voices about issues within this country immigrants often have to stay out in fear of retaliation, I was told this by an international student who felt unsafe voicing their issues during the student protests here.

I got a fundraiser email from Bernie. The absolute imperial bootlicker fuck.

“ The barbarous terrorist act committed by Hamas against innocent men, women, and children in Israel was a horrific act that must be strongly condemned by the entire world. There is absolutely no justification for shooting down hundreds of young people at a music festival, killing babies in cold blood and taking hostages. In my view, the state of Israel has the absolute right to defend itself against Hamas' terrorism.

It is also clear that this attack will only embolden the extremists on both sides who see violence as the only answer. It also creates the immediate possibility of a wider war in the area with unforeseen and dangerous consequences.”

🇵🇸🇺🇲 A photograph has been published showing two freed hostages who were held by Hamas for two weeks.

In response to the release, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that "the United States does not believe Hamas' statements are credible and is demanding the release of all hostages without preconditions."

https://t.me/intelslava/52500

Hamas should have never released any US hostages, and they would be stupid to release any more, because Genocide Joe and Apartheid Antony can't be trusted.

At this point I'm genuinely not sure what would be more damaging to the USA in the long term:

• Trump, the bumbling 78-82 year old cheetoh man?
• Or the 82-86 year old shambling corpse, Genocide Joe?

https://streamable.com/efk2kz

Israel Defense Forces on Twitter/X: — "From a comprehensive investigation and cross-checking of all the operational and intelligence systems, it is clear that the IDF did not attack the hospital in Gaza.

The hospital was damaged as a result of a failed launch by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist organization.

The terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip shoot indiscriminately at Israel, endangering and harming the residents of the Gaza Strip as well.

Since the beginning of the war, approximately 450 rockets have been launched by the terrorist organizations that fell in the Gaza Strip"

"We have investigated ourselves and found nothing wrong".

Israel will not interfere with the supply of humanitarian aid from Egypt to population in need of the Gaza Strip, Netanyahu's office stated

I don't believe them

The government of Honduras has announced that it will promote a draft law to recognize and protect the rights of Indigenous and Afro-Honduran peoples, who represent 12 percent of the country's population.

A group of protestors blocked the entrance to the joint Australian-US Defence facility Pine Gap, near Alice Springs in a pro-Palestinian demonstration this morning.

A dozen people holding "Free Palestine" signs were chanting prayers and pro-Palestinian statements, centred around a singular protester who had their arm stuck inside a heavy concrete barrel.

It's believed nearly 100 staff and contractors at Pine Gap were prevented from entering the site.

Protestor and Central Arrernte man Declan-Furber Gillick said the group had gathered to take a stand against the Australian government's "appalling, shameful hypocrisy" in supporting "Israeli continued domination and occupation" of Palestinian lands.

"I reject the assertion that Hamas or any Palestinian group armed or otherwise instigated this war," he said.

"These recent responses by Hamas as an organisation are … the direct response to decades and decades and decades of repression of the Palestinian people."

Northern Territory police and emergency services attended the scene, directing the protestors off the road, while firefighters used an angle grinder to break the barrel open.

The main protester has since been arrested by police.

Wanna guess what the take from qanon types on Israel is? Well I’ll tell ya

The initial Hamas escalation was a false flag attack staged by the US to distract from the deaths caused by the jab and biden’s failing economy

Sounds like a chud word generator tbh, but it’s a whole side of tik tok lmao what no material analysis does to a mf

Since the morning, we are getting calls on our mobile phones with a recording by the Israeli army. It says any person who has returned to or is still in Gaza City is a terrorist and is considered a collaborator.

They say that whoever remains in Gaza City will bear the consequences.

Israel today: "We would never strike civilians"

Israel also today: "We demolished a mosque with civilians inside"

Also Israel appears to have bombed another hospital

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[Verse 1] He came to town like a midwinter storm He rode through the fields, so ancient and frail His eyes was his tools and his smile was his gun But all he had come for was havin' some fun

[Chorus] If it hadn't been for Genocide Joe I'd been married long time ago Where did you come from? Where did you go? Where did you come from, Genocide Joe? If it hadn't been for Genocide Joe I'd been married long time ago Where did you come from? Where did you go? Where did you come from, Genocide Joe?

[Verse 2] He brought disaster wherever he went The lives of the folks was to hell broken sent They all ran away so nobody would know And left only bodies 'cuz of Genocide Joe

[Chorus] repeats 4x