Literaly irrelevant Iran is already a BRICS member, literaly got bombed to shit and literaly got Chinese and Russian thoughts and prayers as an aid response as it was happening, tough luck sucks to suck.
The sites in Iran where Russian engineers were working didn't get bombed. All Palestine needs is a hospital or factory run by the Chinese or Russians, and Israel won't touch it.
Israel won't just touch it, they will flatten it, and China & Russia will unleash their strong condemnations in response
they will flatten it
Remember when Israel carefully avoided the one site with Russian engineers when bombing Iran? Israel might be a mad dog, but they very well understand the difference between a regional power and a superpower.
wasn't that mostly because that plant was protected by state-of-the-art russian AAA?
i remember the news mega talking about it at the time
Iran did not need, want, or ask for help from either China or Russia
I don't really know what to make of actions like this by the PLO Palestine state or what legitimacy it really has when it's a collaborator with the occupation. I'm also sorta really concerned about why the europeans support palestinian statehood at this moment and also the tony blair bullshit. All of it I suspect is wrapped up in the PLO Palestine and I suspect they're all in opposition to the armed Palestinian resistance in Gaza.
I suspect they're all in opposition to the armed Palestinian resistance in Gaza.
They’ve straight up said as much. I know at least Australia is supporting the two state non-solution, on the condition that the resistance completely disarm and that the future Palestinian state be demilitarised. So this future rump state led by a neutered comprador political class is supposed to exist with no military, immediately next door to a heavily armed rogue state* that just committed genocide against them. It’s a complete joke, and a sick one at that.
*because of course, these western nations aren’t demanding Israel demilitarise. Despite the fact they’re fucking COMMITTING GENOCIDE AS WE SPEAK - if anyone should have their weapons taken away surely it’s the psychotic genocidal state.
immediately next door to a heavily armed rogue state* that just committed genocide against them. It’s a complete joke, and a sick one at that.
I doubt they will remove all the settlers in the west bank, so its basically a bunch of enclaves inside the cauldron of genocidal mania that is israhell. Aka a Bantustan.
I would be surprised if the PLO does not have multiple factions, ranging from selfish bootlickers to people who think they can get a better deal for their people by joining the only 'legitimate' government. So they would be jockeying for power and each week's actions would be decided by who won the negotiations that week.
If the European leaders are effectively supporting it I can only imagine that they are completely and totally confident that it is a project in their control and to their benefit.
Of course. I'm just saying the PLO is very likely not a monolith.
PLO
the plo hasn't been active in decades ,this the PA which isn't really the same thing
Yeah but Abbas is president of both? Makes it feel interchangeable to those of us further away from things.
that's because Fatah was the main faction of the PLO and Abu Mazen is it's current president
can't wait to see how china will side with israel on this one
Hell yeah!
Doubt Modi will ever allow it
Tsss
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