US to Send Israel Artillery Shells Initially Bound for Ukraine

The US is sending Israel tens of thousands of 155mm artillery shells that were designated for Ukraine, Axios reported on Thursday.

Israeli officials requested the artillery shells as they’re preparing for a ground invasion of Gaza and worried about an escalation with Hezbollah and the possibility of a northern front.

Earlier this year, the US began dipping into a weapons stockpile it has in Israel to ship more artillery shells to Ukraine. According to Axios, Israel has requested that the US replenish its stockpile of ammunition in Israel in case the Israeli military needs them on short notice. The US agreed to the request and is expected to send the 155mm shells in the coming weeks.

The US stockpile in Israel is controlled by the US military. But under the arrangement, Israel can use the ammunition in a war scenario with US approval and was granted access during the 2006 Lebanon war and 2014 Gaza war.

Israel has been using more 155mm shells since the October 7 attack as it has fired artillery into Gaza and into Lebanon during skirmishes with Hezbollah. The demand will increase significantly if Israel launches its expected ground invasion of Gaza.

The transfer of shells initially bound for Ukraine to Israel raises questions about the US military’s ability to provide weapons and ammunition for the two wars. According to the Pentagon, the US has so far provided Ukraine with over 2 million 155mm artillery shells.

empire having supply issues

I did a double check and it's true: Youtube comments regarding Israel-Palestine are more reasonable than Reddit's. I think a lot of it has to do with Youtube, for all its flaws, being more diverse than Reddit. A lot of people in the Arab/Muslim world have access to Youtube through their smartphones compared to Reddit where it's not as popular.

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Lmao France just keeps evacuating airports because of bomb threat, they evacuated 9 airports yesterday, already 3 today.

Bringing the air transport industry to it's knees with fake bomb threats is pretty good tactics, climate activists should adopt it

‘On Thin Ice’: Some Biden Administration Staffers Feel Stifled Discussing Horrors In Gaza

Another official ― a career bureaucrat who has worked on foreign policy for more than a decade ― said people are more alarmed about the situation in Gaza than they have been during past flare-ups in the region. The official described a culture of “self-censorship,” particularly among younger staff; they said those staffers appear to be “shocked” by how the administration’s response to what’s happening in Gaza differs from Biden’s campaign rhetoric about prioritizing human rights and his emphasis on protecting civilians in the Ukraine war.

“It’s fully in [the Biden administration’s] hands to say there’s not going to be mass atrocities,” the official said.

Current conditions are forcing “a reckoning moment,” the person in the administration said.

“There’s a deep, deep sorrow and pain for people as they’re seeing the death count rapidly mount and a panicked and alarmed sense of, ‘How are we allowing this to happen?’” they continued. “The pride I felt serving in President Biden’s administration has given way to deep shame. May God forgive us.”

It's so funny that we're on the cusp of a conflict that might devour the whole Middle East and Biden, a sentient fossil that predates the fucking dinosaurs, is the guy leading America into it

what part of 'another kkkrakkka down unlimited genocide on the first world' don't zionists understand

A younger family member alerted me to the fact that there seems to be a big push right now to pay influencers, predominantly on TikTok, to produce pro-Israel propaganda content.

Other content creators who have posts supportive of Palestine in their past have apparently had brands and agencies offer to double their money for content deals already signed if they remove them and issue retractions.

It also seems that those who refuse are often being targeted, usually semi-anonymously but immeadiately afterward on their personal numbers, with threats.

The most active campaign seems to be the Hostages & Missing Families Forum, which has also been petitioning the Red Cross, pressuring other Arab governments politically, and spending big money on TV & online ads, and projecting messages onto UN buildings. Google them for a variety of articles on each action.

They pitch themselves as Israeli physicians and family members of the kidnapped who only want to display pictures of their missing loved ones and are supposedly campaigning simply for humanitarian aid to reach their relatives held in Gaza.

Behind the scenes they actually seem to be a well funded, professional lobbying group trying to AstroTurf support for Israel in general. They have no website or public details I can find, but there are hundreds of articles quoting them, seemingly based upon their press releases, and some mention having been to their offices. Not to mention that some of their statements to friendly or Israeli media and figures cast doubt on their support for humanitarian aid:

"Children, infants, women, soldiers, men and elderly, some with serious illnesses, wounded and shot, are held underground like animals" the Hostage and Missing Families Forum said in a statement. "But the Israeli government pampers the murderers and kidnappers" - from the National Post

Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of banning athletes from participating for political reasons. He said that if this logic is followed, Israel should be excluded due to the conflict in the Middle East.

meeting of the officers' union in Latvia

Gaza hospital director: "We will not leave the hospital–except to heaven"

Media: Israel refuses Zelensky’s visit, says 'time not right'

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My delusional wish is that the middle eastern states enact the proposed oil/gas embargo for the eu (especially when they're still reeling from the nordstream bombing)

Make the gardeners squirm, remind them that actions have consequences

I still think about how Palestinians were fully ready to defend the Jews of my city when some Nazi's came into town

Israel now tells Gazans who refuse or are unable to leave the North that they'll be considered "partners in a terrorist organization" & thus legitimate targets for carpet bombing!

Unequivocally a JDAM. The sound is the same.

a Hamas Taco truck on every corner

Former Bolivian President Evo Morales, who is now trying to return to the presidency, called for Israel to be declared a terrorist state and to sever diplomatic relations with it due to Israel's acts of genocide against civilians. Morales called Western countries supporting Israel accomplices of genocide.

I think slavery is abhorrent, but I think that slaves have a moral duty to be compliant and meek in response to their masters. In that way I think it's sad, but justified, when the masters brutalize and kill their slaves for disobedience. Property rights are the foundation of our world order afterall<- every american lib

CNN reports a US Navy vessel near Yemen's coast has come under fire and intercepted missiles fired by Iranian-backed Houthi militants!

A UN Security Council resolution on Iran’s missile program has expired today. Russia is free to deliver hypersonic missiles to Iran. First deliveries are probably arriving at Iranian ports. Russia will support Iran in the upcoming war against Israel/US. Payback for Ukraine.

not sure if someone posted this.

Venezuela sends more than 30 tons of humanitarian aid for the besieged Gazan population

If Hezbollah does do the funniest thing ever, how long would it take the Let’s Go Brandon/#FJB types to flip into THEY KILLED OUR PRESIDENT

Of the five posts with the most comments of all times across all lemmy instances, three are hexbear news megathreads posted since October 7th

So apparently french intelligence has proof the hospital bombing was done by hamas. What is this proof? French intelligence of course, but its secret like all intelligence. Meanwhile Israel has bombed a church and a school. I swear im losing my mind. Israel is literally gearing up for a genocide, and would have done it if they had complete control of the narrative. Which is hard since not everyone gets their news from fucking CNN anymore.

This whole episode is proof to me that anyone who is not pro China is out of their minds. Without going too deep into it, I don't see who things could be any worse than living under this "rules based order", whatever the fuck that means, of the west.

No, Genocidal Apartheid States have no right to "defend themselves". Unless the Zionists and their friends believe Nazi Germany had a right to defend itself?

Israel: We don't bomb hospitals.

(2 days later) [bombs a hospital and a UNESCO world heritage church]

Egyptian MP Mustafa Bakri speaks in an emergency parliamentary session today

Translation:

Nasser said that what was lost with violence, can only be restored with violence

No peace with the killers and no deals

Down with Camp David, down with Wadi Araba, down with Oslo, war is the solution

This is why we give a mandate to the Supreme Commander (of the Armed Forces), and activate Article 152 (basically an Egyptian law that allows parliament to declare war) - mic cut off here

This is a fast food in Valence, France. That big "CHAMAS TACOS" sign is lit up at night. And recently the initial "C" failed (which is admittedly pretty funny).

So, as happens in a totally normal country, cops immediately went down there to order the sign be turned off or the fast food be closed

I can't handle it anymore, I've been crying for hours over all the dead people and the footage coming out. It's the holocaust of Palestinians and anyone is next after them.

Sucks that Israel is (has been) behaving exactly like Nazi Germany, but you can’t dare say the h word without them saying “you’ve gone too far” or whatever shit

Did it ever occur to them that atrocities can happen to groups other than their own and you shouldn’t want the atrocities inflicted by the holocaust to happen to anyone ever again?

Holy shit, to think the main group targeted by fascists would become fascist themselves is just mind boggling. There really are no words

This is just what it's going to be, isn't? The whole strip just starved out like the Nazis tried in Leningrad.

Blast Goes Off at Orthodox Church Campus in Gaza

Thanks NYT, want to tell me what caused that blast? No?

Israeli politician: “The children of Gaza have brought this upon themselves” (18th of October, 2023)

It really is hard to imagine a more malicious statement than “the children of Gaza have brought this upon themselves” when children in Gaza are now being massacred by the hundreds. But this was actually said in a recent Knesset session. And it wasn’t someone considered an extreme right-winger, but a liberal centrist – Meirav Ben-Ari from Yair Lapid’s opposition party Yesh Atid.

An Al Jazeera digital investigation found no grounds for the Israeli army's claim that the strike on the al-Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza was caused by a failed rocket launch.

https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/status/1714984258358391057

So Finland is currently debating if they should ban fascist and communist symbols, as one does. The ML party put out a statement (in finnish) that was pretty good all things considered, but what really got me was the end bit:

Regardless of the legality of open communist activity, communists must relentlessly defend the rights of the working class and all the oppressed and spread awareness of their interests and social status. Communists must not make concessions or compromises in order to be subservient to the rising fascism and right-wing tendencies.

The ban on communist symbols must be opposed. A legal, open communist party is the most effective way of promoting the working class class struggle and the struggle against other oppressions. The resistance must also be public.

Restricting the activities of communists has historically been a sign of a move towards fascism, and is always followed by a reduction of many other democratic rights, as well as an encroachment on the rights of workers and other oppressed people. All communists, leftists and democrats must stand together against this development.

The Communist Workers Party, together with other communist groups, will organise a demonstration/demonstrations against the banning of communist symbols. This will most probably take place at the end of October. In addition, the Communist Labour Party, together with the Finnish Communist Party, will make a statement on the subject, which will be published earlier.

emphasis mine. The Communist Labour Party is ML and the Finnish Communist Party was eurocommunist, but they've had solid line on Palestine and China which the ML party considers to be capitalist. What gets me that the smaller ML party fucking hates the communist party, but they are willing to work together on this atleast

The Iranian embassy in Syria tweeted, in Hebrew no less, "Time is up." I just want them to stop chatting shit and do something for god's sake. Like, come on, stop acting like a supervillain. I know I'm basically whining here but, "in hours," "tomorrow," "time is up," like eventually you have to back your threats up.

The tweet in question: https://nitter.net/IranembassyDam/status/1714441734300524929#m

OMG Hasan literally caught a bot pretending to be a journalist(supporting the Hamas rocket narrative) in real time deleting their posts and changing their profile, wild shit.

Twitch clip

Source: I'm the rocket

hmmm, am I supposed to support the oppressed indigenous people or the settlers who stole their land? This conflict is so confusing. I guess I'll pray for both equally 😇