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Anarchists should bring back propaganda of the deed and fucking [redacted] Bomber Blinken

:nasrallah:

You know, when people say that Netanyahu was raised in the US, they really weren't kidding.

NOW: Israel carrying out very intensive shelling of South Lebanon

Watch this to instantly receive 10,000hp of neural damage

https://twitter.com/HilzFuld/status/1717159421179052271#m

Found this gem on Amy Schumer's Twitter. I'm seriously feeling so doomer after watching this. How can someone be looking at the same events and walk away with this framing of the situation. How will Zionists ever be re-educated. I feel like hope is lost. Sorry maybe I shouldn't be doomer but this is just so incredibly deranged that it fucked me up

How much more menacing military stuff is Biden going put over there?

US nuclear-powered submarine arrives in Middle East, US military says

A nuclear-powered Ohio-class submarine has arrived in the Middle East, US Central Command has said.

On Saturday, the US had said that a strike group including the flagship aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower as well as a guided missile cruiser and guided missile destroyers had also arrived in the region “as part of the increase in regional posture”.

The Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier arrived in the region last month.

Washington has said the presence of the aircraft carriers in the region is meant to deter any other actors from escalating the conflict.

- The Guardian

This process of drawing political legitimization from a sacred text can lead to fanaticism with dangerous consequences. The Bible, for instance, has references to genocide: the Amalekites were killed to the last by Joshua. Today there are those, thankfully for now only a fanatical minority, who refer not only to the Palestinians as Amalekites but also to those who are not Jewish enough in their eyes.

"thankfully for now only a fanatical minority" - christ, Ilan Pappe wrote this in 2017 and we've already seen Netanyahu call the Palestinians 'Amalek'

🎵Genocide Joe and the Blinken Bomber🎵

From earlier today (2-3hours ago):

🔴🔥Al-Quds Brigades: Our mujahideen captured an armored force of the Zionist enemy in a carefully engineered ambush east of Zaytuna, and we confirm that there were casualties among the force’s ranks.

what's up with Al Jazeera and hating China? this piece is so weird. some Chinese people are being weirdos on social media? ok

Surprisingly sharp commentary on the state of modern media.

So we're basically headed towards ww3 I guess. woowee

Would you want your child growing up in a world where Israel didn't exist? I thought so. Think a little before you type out "death to isn'treal" and "death to america" on this website.

Reaction to Nasrallah speech split in Lebanon

There were people who were anticipating Nasrallah’s speech with high expectations that Nasrallah was going to go for all out war. These people are upset. They think Nasrallah’ speech was mainly about the rhetoric and there was no real substance in it. This is one team.

There’s another team which is Nasrallah’s supporter base. They are going to accept Nasrallah, whatever he says.

And there’s a third team, which is the team that is concerned about the war. It doesn’t want to see Lebanon getting into this war. Some of them are kind of relieved. They think that Nasrallah’s speech today distanced Lebanon, in a way, from the war, despite the fact he didn’t rule out that Lebanon actually is already in the middle of this war.

tag yourself

MENTION

how about we, hexbear, turn the tables and draft a strongly worded letter to Mr. Hezbollah himself?

Israeli tanks ‘pushing towards’ Gaza city’s downtown area

Safwat Kahlout reporting from central Gaza

Israel is … pushing tanks towards the downtown, specifically towards the al-Shifa hospital which is located in the heart of Gaza city.

From the southern part of Gaza city, the Israeli tanks already stationed at Salahuldin main road, and they are advancing or pushing towards the coastal road known as Rashid street – so, they are controlling the two main roads that link Gaza city with the rest of the Gaza strip.

We learned from witnesses who managed to flee or to escape from Gaza city towards the south, that thousands of people from the north of Gaza city itself now are heading towards al-Shifa hospital, seeking shelter.

Heavy exchange of fire is taking place between fighting groups and the Israeli tanks that are trying to push forward inside the downtown.

-Al Jazeera

Israel's number 1 satire show.

CW this is basically a stephen crowder bit and as terrible as you can imagine.

But they are totally down with queer people in Israel! I hear they paint rainbow flags on cluster bombs.

Summary: lie, lie, lie, human shields, tragedy of war, lie, lie, lie, protection of innocent life, respect human life, lie, lie, lie, limit civilian casualties, minimize civilian harm, lie, lie, lie, etc.

What the United States has said so far about the strike at a refugee camp in northern Gaza

Several United States officials are saying Israel is not targeting civilians and is working to minimize harm to people in Gaza, despite a massive explosion Tuesday at the Jabalya refugee camp that has resulted in many casualties.

Lt. Col. Richard Hecht of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) told CNN that the airstrike was targeting a Hamas commander, whom he accused of “hiding, as they do, behind civilians.” Civilian deaths, Hecht also said, are “the tragedy of war.”

Hamas however has strongly denied the presence of one of its leaders in camp, Hazem Qassem, a spokesperson for the group said in a statement Tuesday.

Pentagon spokesperson Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said Tuesday that the Israeli military is not “deliberately targeting civilians, unlike Hamas."

Ryder said he could not “speak to individual Israeli strikes” but said the Pentagon does “care about civilian casualties, and we’ve made it both clear publicly and privately about our concern for the protection of innocent life and the respect for the law of war.”

The White House said it has seen “indications” that Israel is trying to protect civilians. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby called the deaths as a result of the strike on the Jabalya refugee camp “all tragedies” and said the US would “continue to work with the Israelis about the need to respect human life, and to try to limit civilian casualties.”

Asked if he would go as far as to say that Israel is not successfully minimizing civilian casualties in Gaza, Kirby replied: “It's obvious to us that they are trying to minimize [civilian casualties]."

Meanwhile, the State Department would not comment on the Israeli strike on the Jabalya refugee camp except to say generally that the US has said to Israel that they must minimize civilian harm.

State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller would not comment on whether or not the US has laid down any “red lines” for Israel or whether the US would accept the killing of a Hamas commander in a civilian area as justification for the deaths of scores of civilian casualties.

https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-10-31-23/h_b90a9acf473c37d1a49d0b73d2d29a9d

is Hezbollah declaring war tomorrow

White House says no sign Hezbollah ready to go in ‘full force’

Amid an increase of fire across the Israel-Lebanon border, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said there is no indication the Iran-backed group is ready “to go in full force.”

Still, he said the White House was concerned about attacks on Israeli by Hezbollah, who claimed to have hit 19 Israeli positions in a simultaneous attack today.

cope?

I'm not a US law expert, but it sounds like Biden is going to hide a federal crackdown on anti-Israel speech on campus behind threatening college with Title VI, forcing them to do the dirty work themselves.

Help hep hep I attacked God but he's still on the throne

wrong mega rip

this new head-empty take of "sorry sweaty, it can't be a genocide as the population of Gaza has been actually INCREASING"

An entire fucking week of hype videos for "all options are available but we're not actually gonna do anything lol".

The Mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq targeted the American occupation base, "Ain al-Assad" in western Iraq, with two drones, and they directly hit their targets.

Israeli Defense Minister: We are not interested in an additional war, but we are ready on the northern border

Putin presents Ukraine surrender proposal, Hizbullah advance Haifa, Germany GDP contracts 12%, Blinken suicide note

https://streamable.com/nlvh3h

Some long distance video of a missile from Yemen landing in Eilat.

Palestinians check the destruction a day after an Israeli strike in the Jabalya camp for Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip, on November 1. Bashar Taleb/AFP/Getty Images

I found the photographer's Twitter account. He has quite an eye - Bashartaleb (@Bashartaleb).

https://www.reddit.com/r/santacruz/comments/17l325v/to_the_woman_near_westlake_trick_or_treating_with/

To the woman near Westlake trick or treating with three boys dressed as Russian Z and Wagner soldiers: go to hell

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Israel has no right to defend itself as it is an occupying power, Russia’s representative to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzya, said at an emergency special session of the UN General Assembly on Wednesday.

“The only thing they can muster is continued pronouncements about Israel’s supposed right to self defense, although as an occupying power, it does not have that power as confirmed by the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice handed down in 2004,” said the Russian representative. Despite stating that Israel does not have the right to defend itself, Nebenzya proceeded to state that Israel does have the right to “ensure its security” and “to fight terrorism.” As for Israel’s security - and we recognize its rights to ensure its security - this security can only be fully guaranteed if we resolve the Palestinian issue on the basis of relevant UN Security Council resolutions," said the Russian representative

Did Russia just modify their position? It still plays the 'both sides' but I don't remember them using this kind of language. I have to admit I don't follow Russia's UN statements closely but it seems like legal beagle Putin is using the 2004 ICJ ruling as a way to further distance Russia from the western position.