As the belligerent engaged in apartheid, occupation, a war of aggression, and genocide, Israel did the bombing even if the hospital just did that. The Israeli state bears all responsibility for every death in this conflict.

— BREAKING: The Israeli cabinet will meet tonight to approve the final decision regarding a ground offensive into Gaza

— BREAKING: It is expected that the Israeli cabinet will approve the ground offensive - Security Sources

The UN Security Council rejects the Russian resolution on Gaza that called for a humanitarian ceasefire, the release of all hostages, access to aid and the safe evacuation of civilians.

The votes were:

Five in favour: China, Gabon, Mozambique, Russia, United Arab Emirates

Four against: France, Japan, United Kingdom, United States

Six abstentions: Albania, Brazil, Ecuador, Ghana, Malta and Switzerland

Putin orders fighter jets armed with hypersonic missiles to begin round-the-clock patrols over the Black Sea.

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Westoid media when reporting on zionist atrocities: "So and so many Palestinians dead"

Westoid media when reporting on dead settlers: "Completely ordinary people! Little girls! Innocent civilians! Murdered by terrorists!"

White zionist settlers are humanised people that you are supposed to relate to, Palestinian civilians are a faceless dehumanised mass of others that is fundamentally unlike you. It is allowed to feel bad about them dying but only in the "isn't it a shame" way you get when you hear about some endangered frog going extinct and nobody on the zionist side ever has a clear moral responsibility for their deaths.

Good bye thick curvey girl tik tok. Maybe one day we will be reunited. Right now though it's just zionism and the devil it seems.

An ex-general was just on CNN. I missed the first half of what he said about Israel's ground war. But I catch this: "And if they go in soft - that's a problem too." I'm dying of curiosity if in the first half he actually said "go in hard".

About a week ago I made a hard/soft joke that I never thought I'd hear some military guy say on tv news and just a week later too. The military guys are far more direct and crude as the ground war continues to get closer. They must be excited to do the ghoulish and sports-like play by plays once it starts.

The State of Palestine’s Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations in Geneva has sent a statement to media organisations challenging the veracity of comments from Israel after the Gaza hospital explosion that killed at least 471 people:

“Anyone with experience monitoring previous Israeli military aggressions against the Palestinian population of Gaza, is appalled, though not surprised, by the wave of disinformation being spewed out by Israel’s propaganda machine regarding the targeting of the Baptist Al Ahli hospital in Gaza.

“For decades, every time Israel is accused of an atrocity, it resorts to the usual playbook to attempt to cover up its crime: First, it denies its involvement and says that the Palestinians did it to themselves. Then, it quietly admits to having perpetrated it but says that it was not intentional. Then, it claims to be ‘investigating’ the situation while counting on the international community to forget it ever happened. Then, at the next crime, rinse and repeat.

“No amount of PR or censorship will be able to cover up the colonial, apartheid nature of Israel, a State that continues to relentlessly commit war crimes and crimes against humanity against a besieged, occupied population,” it said.

Video of the tunnels "Welcome to the fields of hell"

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The oppostion parties in Poland (Center, Center-Right, Socdem and Leftists) won the Polish parliamentary election

It's over for the Piss Party

Milei supporters are saying the left-peronists did electoral fraud

They are coping super hard

In other news the Trot party led by Myriam Bregman FIT-U did well they gained one more congressmen up to 4 now. I believe that makes them the strongest Trot party in the americas

Zelensky reportedly banned from entry to Israel after being spotted sneaking away from an IDF base with a big sack over his shoulder with a cartoon rocket printed on it. Reports say two Mossad agents chased the head of state with batons before he evaded them by jumping down an open manhole after which the two agents collided with one another.

Real World War 3 hours.

Youtube demonitized Richard Medhurst

Love to live in the land of

Man I was just thinking there’s a non zero chance that if things pop off my racist marine brother in law could get called up and get minecrafted by a PFLP fighter

"the westerner's opinions to not matter in any of this"

Israel says the next stage of the war might not be what everyone is expecting, and that a ground offensive into Gaza was never explicitly mentioned

No fucking idea where this is being sourced from.

EDIT: Another version --

"We are preparing for the next stages of war. We haven't said what they will be. Everybody's talking about the ground offensive. It might be something different," - IDF Spox

If accurate this is the first clear sign of the IDF walking back on the idea of a ground offensive.

Trump is elected Speaker

Biden gets owned by Hamas

Kamala dies of alcohol poisoning

The Israel Defense Forces' Operation Iron Swords will be fierce, Reuters writes, citing regional and Western officials. However, according to them, the Israeli authorities do not yet have an idea of what to do with the Gaza Strip after the end of the war.

Three regional officials, whom Reuters did not name, say the Israeli operation involves destroying Gaza Strip infrastructure, including underground tunnels created by Hamas militants, as well as targeting members of the Palestinian movement themselves.

Youtube wiped Richard Medhurst's Israel-Gaza coverage and demonitized his channel.

Hasbara doesn't seem very confident if they have to resort to these methods.

QUESTION: It’s precisely because of that that in the region, as you know, there is mistrust over the Israelis saying, and actually of the U.S. position as well, because there is previous administrations that took us to war in Iraq on a lie that was defended on a very high level, including behind this podium. That’s why people are cynical when you hear something. We might not know the truth, but would the United States support an international investigation? That’s —

MR MILLER: I do not believe that is appropriate at this time. The Israeli Government has released a great deal of evidence to support their contention that it – this was a misfire rocket attack from inside Gaza that unfortunately landed on this hospital and killed it looks like hundreds of civilians. The U.S. Government is conducting its own assessment.

And I would just say, from Hamas’s side we’ve seen a claim backed up by zero evidence, and it is unfortunate that a lot of people believe a claim from a terrorist organization in absence of them having provided any evidence at all when you are seeing the Israeli Government provide evidence. And I know people treat that skeptically, and I understand the reasons why. But I do – would hope that people who are trying to determine what actually happened would look at the fact that Israel has released information and Hamas has not in this instance.

https://www.state.gov/briefings/department-press-briefing-october-19-2023/#post-492870-ispal

When you definitely aren't lying about what happened.

This man is all that stands between you and Hamas paragliders coming to YOUR town and killing you. Do you stand with him?

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Context

It is astounding I could get fired from my job for doing the right thing and condemning it

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3. While the Palestinian Youth Movement offered chants that would be much stronger than other demonstrations on this issue, one was cut off before hearing the response: "They've got tanks, we've got hang gliders-" was cut off and turned to "Free, free Palestine!"

One of the funniest things I've seen recently. This is a protest group in Washington DC. "No that's too much not here" and quickly changing the chant. PSL were also present.

From this thread: https://twitter.com/FordFischer/status/1714847599616737474

i think a fun bit would be to convince the middle class libs who mindlessly repeated “Slava Ukraini” that the cool new phrase to show your support of the Good Guy is “Marg Bar Israel”. just tell em its hebrew for I Stand With Israel

Hamas leader Haniyeh says US responsible for hospital massacre

The United States is responsible for the deadly Israeli attack on the al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza, says Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. “The US holds the responsibility of the hospital attack because of the cover it gives to the Israeli aggression,” Haniyeh said.

Haniyeh added that the attack confirmed Israel’s “brutality” and the extent of its “defeat” after Hamas’s attack on October 7. He also called for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank to rise up against the Israeli occupation – just as thousands take to the streets in Ramallah.

The megathread may have respeced to level 1 but our power remains

From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!