There were two “Reigns of Terror,” if we would but remember it and consider it; the one wrought murder in hot passion, the other in heartless cold blood; the one lasted mere months, the other had lasted a thousand years; the one inflicted death upon ten thousand persons, the other upon a hundred millions; but our shudders are all for the “horrors” of the minor Terror, the momentary Terror, so to speak; whereas, what is the horror of swift death by the axe, compared with lifelong death from hunger, cold, insult, cruelty, and heart-break? What is swift death by lightning compared with death by slow fire at the stake? A city cemetery could contain the coffins filled by that brief Terror which we have all been so diligently taught to shiver at and mourn over; but all France could hardly contain the coffins filled by that older and real Terror—that unspeakably bitter and awful Terror which none of us has been taught to see in its vastness or pity as it deserves.
Sources on the fighting in Palestine against Israel. In general, CW for footage of battles, explosions, dead people, and so on:
English-language Palestinian Marxist-Leninist twitter account.
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 Palestine! Feel free to chime in with books, essays, longform articles, even stories and anecdotes or rants. More detail here.
Here is the map of the Ukraine conflict, courtesy of Wikipedia.
The weekly update is here.
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.
Last week's discussion post.
🟢 Martyr Izz El-Din Al-Qassam Brigades military spokesman Abu Obeida, in a broadcasted speech: 1/2 https://t.me/PalestineResist/14592 2/2 https://t.me/PalestineResist/14593 (video)
Highlights by RNN
We embarked on the Al-Aqsa Flood battle without ever doubting, even for a moment, that while we take all necessary measures, it doesn't mean we are independent of God's favor upon us in this battle, which is associated with the most sacred religious and national causes, namely causes of Al-Aqsa the prisoners.By Allah's grace bestowed upon us, we and our heroes achieved much more than we ever thought we would or planned for. God's favor upon you is immense. "You did not throw when you threw, but it was Allah who threw."
It has been affirmed that the battle should be for Al-Aqsa and Al-Quds. Similarly, the prisoners' file was introduced, for there is no longer any room for patience regarding the suffering of our righteous captives who offered the prime of their youth in the prisons of this hateful occupier.
Let every one of our people and nation know that the leadership of the resistance, led by the Martyr Izz El-Din Al-Qassam Brigades, worked tirelessly, day and night, even counting the hours, days, and months, always keeping this goal in front of them, laying the foundation for this historic military success that will undoubtedly be studied for decades to come.
We set up a precise plan to call up 3,000 fighters for battle and 1,500 for support and reinforcement operations, in a timely manner and with utmost secrecy.
We began the Al-Aqsa Flood operation to destroy the Gaza Brigade, which we attacked at 15 points. In addition to our attack on the Gaza Brigade, we attacked 10 additional military intervention points.
The maneuver plans, which included defining targets, their priorities, the routes leading to them, plans for storming sites, and plans for withdrawal with prisoners, were implemented by infantry forces, naval commandos, and the Falcon glider squadron. We also implemented a plan to cut off assistance to the enemy, which included targeting enemy reinforcements using drones and anti-armor weapons.
The logistical support forces have carried out, and all the maneuvering and fire support forces continue to carry out their tasks within the operation with high efficiency, thanks to God.
They achieved an operational and military accomplishment that is unprecedented in the history of the conflict with the occupier on Palestinian land. Its effects will remain etched in the memory of the enemy's army, its settlers, its public, and it will have the greatest impact on our people's journey towards liberation and return, with God's help.
We attacked the "Zikim" site and several other settlements outside the Gaza Brigade's headquarters.
Al-Qassam Brigades has been strategically deceiving the enemy since early 2022. Our current battle began when the Saif Al-Quds operation, which unified Palestinian fronts, ended.
Despite zionist aggression, we chose to partially pass some battles between the enemy and the resistance factions to gain time for battle preparation.
After this resounding and unprecedented failure in the history of the entity by this military and political institution, they are now committing the most heinous crimes against innocent civilians. It would have been more appropriate for this military and political leadership to be held accountable for this compound failure and stupidity.
One of the most important features of this failure was his inability to read our intentions, even though thousands of fighters were involved in preparing for the battle, and we knew how dangerous any leak from the enemy, even partially, about our intentions was.
We know that the enemy leaders will pay heavy prices related to their political and military future after the end of this battle.
We confirm that the Al-Aqsa Flood battle continues on the ground on all operational fronts. We control the course of the battle on the ground and affirm our readiness in the defense field.
The pace of coordination with the Axis of Resistance has increased and there are developments regarding the future of the conflict with the enemy.
Our fighting structure and weaponry enable us to defend effectively.
We call on our revolutionary youth in the occupied West Bank, Al-Quds, the interior, and the diaspora to engage in the Al-Aqsa Flood battle. We also call on the living forces of our Arab and Islamic nation to mobilize and enter the Al-Aqsa Flood battle, to ignite the earth in flames under the feet of the enemy and to posses the honor of contributing in the battle of Al-Quds and Al-Aqsa.
I tell our prisoners that what we have in terms of cards will be the price for your freedom.
The enemy's threats to expand the aggression on land will push us to activate new options that will inflict heavy losses on the enemy in terms of lives, equipment, and prisoners.
Is it just me or this really sounds like Hamas doesn't view this war as the last one?