To see the difference between SMO and war, one need only look to Gaza. It's really bad what's happening there, especially to the civilians.

But what upsets me most is the double standards of Western heads of state. They think it's terrible that Russia is bombing Ukraine, but at the same time they support Israel, which is specifically bombing civilians. Russia has never before sent targeted bombs to civilians. Unfortunately, accidents can happen during a military conflict and can hardly be prevented. But deliberately bombing civilians on this scale is a world of its own.

And Russia would have the capacity and means to do the same with Ukraine. Russia has far more resources than Israel to do this.

This is the crucial difference between war and SMO.

760 people massacred in one zionist attack, Al Jaeerza live is beyond horrific

I don't even know what to type, every single thought in my mind is shit.

In Tunis the people ask for the expulsion of french and american ambassadors, the deputies call for a boycott of french and american products, criminalization of the normalization and to include the Palestinian/Arab cause more deeply in the school curriculum

US State Department advises all Americans overseas "to exercise increased caution" in rare worldwide alert

The US State Department issued a rare, worldwide caution alert Thursday to advise all US citizens abroad "to exercise increased caution," citing "increased tensions in various locations around the world, the potential for terrorist attacks, demonstrations or violent actions against US citizens and interests."

The alert comes as protests have erupted throughout the Middle East in response to the Israel-Hamas war, with many demonstrators targeting US diplomatic compounds.

The State Department has raised the travel advisory for Lebanon and Israel to the highest level and has authorized non-emergency US government personnel and family members to depart.

The State Department last issued this kind of alert in August 2022 in the wake of the killing of al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, warning that “supporters of al-Qa’ida, or its affiliated terrorist organizations, may seek to attack US facilities, personnel, or citizens.”

https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-10-19-23/h_329416856f16f4c3cff05cc815c6f309

Going to be quite honest, I don’t know the first thing about Hamas and don’t know where to look.

I will tell you though that I don’t buy into the narrative that western narrative regurgitated my entire life (I.e. the enemy has no agency and exists to cause destruction and terror for the sake of destruction and terror)

Me thinking and learning: 9/11 is 3000 lives*average life expectancy of average humans so roughly 35 years. It follows then that 1 year is roughly 10 micro 9/11. As we all are educated people, 10 micro 9/11 is also equal 1e13 km. So 1 km is equal to atto 9/11

Al-Arabi TV: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit the Rafah crossing tomorrow to announce the plan to send aid to Gaza.

Representative Hussein Mouanes obligates the government to remove all foreign forces from Iraq according to the decision of the House of Representatives

R/Argentina in shambles rn

Sorry everyone. Turns out easefires are antisemitic

My countrys turbolib newspaper has ran a story today about the Uyghurs. So I went looking for the source.

Apparently we are doing this again. Nevermind the berry pickers of Europe being held in inhumane conditions and exploited.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-uyghurs-forced-to-process-the-worlds-fish

Some interesting analysis in the Jerusalem Post which aligns what I think a lot of us have long suspected here:

A number of factors seem to have caused a delay [to the IDF invasion of Gaza], but sources have told The Jerusalem Post that one factor has been a growing concern that Hezbollah is waiting for the moment that most IDF ground forces are committed to Gaza to open a full front with the IDF in the north.

In this narrative, the fact that Hezbollah did not engage at the start of the war Saturday morning and has kept its attacks on Israel at a fairly low threshold does not prove that it is deterred but is part of an elaborate fake-out to lure the IDF into a false sense of security, similar to what Hamas pulled off in the south.

Coupled with what Iran's foreign minister is saying, I think it's close to kicking off. Once the IDF begins the ground invasion, things will get spicy. Let's hope everybody keeps their fingers off the nuke triggers.

"I stated that the time for political solutions is coming to an end and the possible expansion of the war to other fronts is approaching the inevitable stage," Amir-Abdollahian noted.

The anti-liberation Palestinian Authority Security Forces are confiscating weapons and personal firearms from their members, as well as reducing the ammunition held by patrolling members from several magazines to only five bullets, out of fear that their members might join the resistance and carry out operations.

From Al Jazeera's daily live blog -

Malaysia latest to withdraw from Frankfurt Book Fair over ‘pro-Israel stance’

Malaysia’s education ministry has pulled out of the annual Frankfurt Book Fair, accusing the event’s organisers of adopting a pro-Israel stance.

“The ministry will not compromise with Israel’s violence in Palestine, which clearly violates international laws and human rights,” the ministry said in a statement.

“The decision by the Ministry of Education is in line with the government’s position to always stand in solidarity and give full support to Palestine.”

Several publishing organisations from the Middle East and elsewhere have also withdrawn from the literary festival, including the Arab Publishers Association, the Emirates Publishers Association, Sharjah Book Authority and PublisHer, the industry magazine Publishing Perspectives reported.

The withdrawals follow the postponement of the festival’s awards ceremony to honour Palestine-born author Adania Shibli due to Hamas’s on Israel, according to Publishing Perspectives.

https://streamable.com/6isqjb

Remains of UNRWA aid depot bombed by israel

French President Macron to visit Israel in the coming few days.

Delaying more?

If you just have a constant stream of world leader visits and no ground operation until after their visits then you can delay for as long as you can keep throwing world leader visits at them.

Biden is visiting Israel on Wednesday

Someone could do something really really cool.

The chance that we’re about to witness the single funniest moment in US history isn’t high, but it is above 0

I don't think it was just for economic reasons that capitalists and feds astroturfed the antimask/antivax/return-to-normal movement so hard. I think they correctly recognized covid as a potential insurrectionary flashpoint.

Bet y’all can’t get this one to 10k

Biden to travel to Israel on Wednesday amid war with Hamas

The trip will be Biden’s second foray into an active war zone this year. He traveled to Ukraine in February under the tightest secrecy.

A US Marine rapid response force is headed to the waters off the coast of Israel, according to a defense official familiar with the planning. - CNN