Moving the goalpost

“Right now, one goal: Nakba! A Nakba that will overshadow the Nakba of 48. Nakba in Gaza and Nakba to anyone who dares to join! their Nakba, because like then in 1948, the alternative is clear,” the Likud Party member wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.''

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20231009-israel-mk-calls-for-a-second-nakba-in-gaza/

''Israeli officials have repeatedly stigmatised the term as embodying an 'Arab lie' or as a 'justification for terrorism'. In 2009, the Israeli Education Ministry banned using 'nakba' in Palestinian textbooks for children. In 2011, the Knesset forbade institutions from commemorating the event. According to Neve Gordon, a school ceremony memoralizing the nakba would, under the 2011 law, have to respond to charges that it incited racism, violence and terrorism, and denied Israel's democratic character, in doing so.[55] In 2023, after the United Nations instituted a commemoration day for the Nakba on 15 May, the Israeli ambassador Gilad Erdan remonstrated that the event itself was antisemitic.[56]''

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakba#Israeli_narrative

BREAKING: US military "contractor" died of a "heart attack" during drone attack on Ain al-Asad base in Iraq.

The USA removed their oil and gas sanctions on Venezuela.

Confirmed. Israelis admit 4 of their troops were wounded.

Palestinians say they attacked 2 bulldozers and a tank inside the border fence. On the road near Kissufim heading into Khan Yunis. Not far in by the sounds of it.

RPG ambush. IDF abandoned the vehicles and fled.

Thousands of people demonstrated in many cities of India in support of Palestine. In Mumbai, Kerala, and Lahore, demonstrators expressed solidarity with the Palestinian people and called for an end to the Israeli occupation and blockade of Gaza.

Biden: We did not inform Israel that we would enter the war if Hezbollah joined the conflict

A member of the US House of Representatives waves an Israeli flag at anti-Israel protesters

The protesters are Jewish Voice for Peace

Israeli says to Christian American stopped by Israeli police: “The Godly thing to do is to kill you."

America is so cucked.

Had a realization earlier. It’s important to add the “genocidal” qualifier when talking about the “genocidal apartheid state”.

I say that because - and South African comrades please correct me if I’m wrong - actual Apartheid South Africa had no interest in genociding Africans to the point of creating a white ethnostate. I mean, maybe they would have tried if it was plausible but there were tens of millions of Africans living under Apartheid. The structure of OG Apartheid was to create a permanent underclass of Africans stripped of their rights to maintain the power, wealth, and privilege of the white minority.

While Israel profits off of Palestinian labor, I don’t doubt for a second most there would give that up if they could genocide every Palestinian and take all the land for themselves. And that’s not just a latent wish, that’s the actual plan in place right now.

If I hear a single Western nation tell me they're concerned about the Uyghurs ever again, I'm going to say and do some VERY uncivil things

another slammer banger

i have bsky codes if anyone wants

There are infants in Palestine that have suffered more than most Israelis will in their entire lives

okay, so, just so I understand correctly: because the United States dollar is the reserve currency and backed by the petrodollar and all that, they can print basically however much they want, so can they therefore give arbitrarily large amounts of funding to their allies to keep their economies going? but the actual problem is that there's less and less actual military stuff to send to their allies?

Exclusive discord screenshot proving that hamas blew up the hospital

Egyptian tweeters and activists are circulating the news that the convoy of 20 trucks that will enter from the Rafah crossing within hours contains Mossad and CIA spies who have advanced seismic devices to detect tunnels, and those supervising the entry of this convoy are the United Nations, which in Arabic means America.

I’m so fucking sick of this stupid bullshit media game of “oh diplomats are trying to negotiate to get aid in” “blinken meets with president fuckface discussing humanitarian aid corridor” fuck ALL THAT SHIT. They’re dying and need it FUCKING NOW. Stop doing all this stupid diplomatic procedural bullshit to make it seem like you care because obviously you FUCKING DON’T because if you cared that people were drinking fucking ocean water and almost dying of dehydration you would actually display some fucking sense of urgency to the public it’s all a fucking smokescreen to cover your asses.

Eat shit and die

I legitimately don't understand what the US is doing. Surely supporting Isreal isn't worth this massive loss of prestige and political power among the Global South? It's not like Israel needs the support. The US could've just stuck to their guns on muh human rights and muh international law and muh status quo borders and things would've been fine. What's got the US so worried that they thought this was the best response?

The IDF claims have not been independently verified.

Hagari said "trajectory analysis" showed rockets being fired close to the hospital, and that Israel's investigation was based on "intelligence, operational systems and aerial footage, all of which we cross checked".

Asked how an Islamic Jihad rocket could cause so much death and destruction, the IDF blamed the rocket's fuel.

"Due to the rocket flight it was very, very short because the launch has failed," Rear Admiral Hagari said.

"The existence of propellant made a larger explosion than the warhead itself."

The IDF claims have not been independently verified.
The IDF claims have not been independently verified.
The IDF claims have not been independently verified.

Confirming the lack of American involvement in the "bombing" of Hiroshima by asking "where's the crater?"

Nitter

Israeli intelligence suddenly able to intercept "Hamas" communications.

Genocide Joe

Biden: I will not talk about the hospital incident in Gaza unless I have confirmed information - Al Arabiyah

????????????????????

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/17/middleeast/pregnant-women-suffer-gaza-war-mime-intl/index.html

50,000 pregnant women in Gaza, 10% expected to give birth in the next month

The talking point that Palestinians have started 4 separate civil wars in Arab counties that accepted them as refugees has really taken hold on

Just saw a picture of zelensky in a different shirt. Really pulling out the big guns to return attention to ukraine

Zelensky is concerned that the West is focused on the Israeli conflict - Financial Times

“During a visit to NATO headquarters in early October, Zelensky found Western leaders discussing war—but not his war.”

Zelensky had hoped to visit Israel to demonstrate his solidarity, but “the answer was quick and cold: ‘now is not the time’.

China voted in favor of the resolution, drafted by Brazilian diplomacy. Washington protested against the lack of mention of Israel's right to self-defense.

I really need to stress that the IDF already attacked the hospital three days ago (14th Oct) that injured 4 staff members, two days after the evac order was given on 12th Oct.

The hospital director was interviewed by the NYT. Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, made a statement condemning the attacks on the hospital.

Hosam Naoum, the Anglican primate of the province of Jerusalem and the Middle East that oversees the hospital, declared 17th October "a day of prayer and fasting organized by the 13 Christian denominations in the Holy Land to promote peace and reconciliation." Probably not a coincidence that it was bombed on that exact date.

I'm not nearly as smart as any of you folks in this thread, but could this particular hospital be targeted because those invested in it spoke out, did not evacuate, and defied the IDF?

I’m like one propaganda piece away from continuously dancing on the streets after losing my sanity

Is Justin Amash the first (ex-)member of congress with relatives in Gaza killed by Israel?

He tweeted this.

I was really worried about this. 😔 With great sadness, I have now confirmed that several of my relatives (including Viola and Yara pictured here) were killed at Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church in Gaza, where they had been sheltering, when part of the complex was destroyed as the result of an Israeli airstrike. Give rest, O Lord, to their souls, and may their memories be eternal.

The Palestinian Christian community has endured so much. Our family is hurting badly. May God watch over all Christians in Gaza—and all Israelis and Palestinians who are suffering, whatever their religion or creed.

[photo]

Nitter

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Justin Amash

Justin A. Amash (born April 18, 1980) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Michigan's 3rd congressional district from 2011 to 2021. He was the first Palestinian-American to represent Michigan in Congress. Originally a Republican, Amash left the GOP and became an independent on the 4th of July in 2019. In April 2020 he joined the Libertarian Party, leaving Congress in January 2021 as the only Libertarian to serve in Congress.

Ain't no fucking rocket artillery that Hamas or PIJ has is doing that sort of damage. Israel would be a giant crater if that were the case.

CNN: IDF says sky is red. Why that might be true.

I think any chance of the Brandon Regime walking the Middle East back from the brink might have just been destroyed by the hospital bombing. there’s no de-escalating after admitting the ~800 deaths at a hospital are your doing. this is going to force every involved parties’ hands. i really don’t want to see where this is going.

EDIT 1 DAY LATER: i don’t know why i expected anything other than a flimsy counternarrative spread with the help of the white house

Hundreds of thousands are out in Jordan

https://streamable.com/2bv4b1

CW: Bodybags.

https://streamable.com/bobmch

The Archbishop Alexios of Tiberias of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem conducts funeral rites for the martyrs of the attack on Saint Porphyrius Church in Gaza

For the christians perhaps.

In just one week, the Israeli air strikes have resulted in 2750 dead civilians in Palestine and a further 9700 wounded (Reuters)

In comparison, the total civilian deaths in Ukraine (both Ukraine and Russian controlled territories) amounted to 9614 over 19 months, and 17535 injured (per UN OHCHR report)

That’s more than 25% of civilian deaths and more than 50% of injuries in Ukraine, in a region that has less than 5% of Ukraine’s population.

Really puts into perspective how Russia and Israel conduct their respective military operations.

when this baby hits 88 9/11s per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit

Egyptian Construction Crews have entered Gaza and are now fixing the roads leading from the Palestinian side of Rafah!

Day 2 of asking for North Korea to declare a Juche Jihad against the illegitimate state of Israel

AP

U.S. President Joe Biden is considering a trip to Israel in the coming days, though no travel has yet been confirmed.