Israel: Another look at certain events in the news.

[discolé monade]

...at the same time, the U.S. and Israel have allowed tax-deductible donations to far-right groups that have blocked that aid from being delivered.

[1pooh4u]

2 hours ago, discolé monade said:

...at the same time, the U.S. and Israel have allowed tax-deductible donations to far-right groups that have blocked that aid from being delivered.

Israel blocks aid from reaching Gaza constantly. I believe that’s the reason the US built that pier cuz Israel wasn’t allowing American aid to reach Gaza. They would hold it up like all the rest. I thought Israel and the US were supposed to have a “special relationship” with each other. Doesn’t sound like there are any perks extended to the US from this so called “special relationship”. Our trucks should be allowed through FULL STOP 

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Netanyahu actively sabotaging hostage deal, sources say

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The delegation chose not to attend despite telling the U.S. earlier that they intended to go.

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The Houthi-run Al Masirah TV said the Israeli strikes targeted oil facilities in the port on Yemen’s west coast and injured at least 80 people, most of them with “severe burns.”

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Netanyahu visit sparks wave of protests in DC, with all sides criticizing the Israeli PM

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Netanyahu’s speech before Congress was pretty fuckin gross and that our Reps applaud him was just awful.  He called protesters “useful idiots” and demanded the US send $$$ faster to “end the war faster”

 

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Oil set for third weekly decline, pressured by Gaza ceasefire hopes

[1pooh4u]

That the victims of the Hamas attacks on 10/7 didn’t applaud or stand up for Netanyahu and participated in the protests, tell us all what we need to know. 

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Israel cabinet authorizes government to respond to Hezbollah rocket strike

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The United States is leading a diplomatic dash to deter Israel from striking Lebanon's capital Beirut or major civil infrastructure in response to a deadly rocket attack on the Golan Heights, five people with knowledge of the drive said

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An explosion is reported by Lebanese media in the Dahieh suburb of Beirut, a known Hezbollah stronghold.

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In a statement on his official website, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said revenge was “our duty” and that Israel had “prepared a harsh punishment for itself” by killing “a dear guest in our home.”

 

US carries out strike in Iraq as regional tensions worsen

Edited July 31, 2024 by discolé monade

[1pooh4u]

Riots break out as Israeli far right lunatics demand the release of 9 IDF soldiers accused of rape and torture. Ben Gvir calls the prisons “summer camps” leads the charge with other members of his far right party to break into the military base 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/bordering-on-anarchy-idf-chief-sounds-alarm-after-right-wing-mob-overruns-2nd-base/amp/

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can i just say, i was completely unclear about what exactly was happening in the west bank-that is, i had no idea that the jewish people were going to palestines homes, and forcibally removing them and taking their homes. 

i had no idea that most of the settlements are illegal invasions. 

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Idk exactly what the deal is with forcibly removing Palestinians from their homes, or under what possible theory Israel has for allowing that.  The settlements are definitely illegal. There are strict rules to occupying a territory and building residential structures. It’s not allowed. Military bases, yes, but the settlements are not that. Also the settlers are crazy and have taken to going into the West Bank and beating and killing people with impunity 

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Israel’s military has said that one of the reported masterminds of the October 7 attacks, Hamas’ military chief Mohammed Deif, was killed in a strike it carried out in southern Gaza last month

The strike targeting Deif in Khan Younis on July 13 hit a designated humanitarian zone, killing at least 90 Palestinians. Footage from the Al-Mawasi displacement camp showed bodies in the street and destroyed tents.

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It is another case of Netanyahu putting up two fingers to Biden. There has been month after month after month of these just repeated affronts and humiliations from Netanyahu, culminating in this ridiculous moment last week, where he came and spoke in front of the Congress yet again, to undermine Biden’s ceasefire proposal. Yet Biden, who sets such store by personal relations, refuses to change course.”

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Negotiations over a Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal are stalled after talks between a high-level Israeli delegation and Egyptian officials on Saturday in Cairo and a possible deal is far away amid Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new demands, two Israeli officials told Axios.

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US and allies prepare to defend Israel as Netanyahu says it’s already in ‘multi-front war’ with Iran

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The United States is deploying additional military might in the Middle East as a defensive measure with a goal of de-escalating tensions in the region, a White House official said on Sunday.

 

i remember when i had to call my mum, we just got orders to irag/desert sheild just turned to storm, i was in mos school and had 2 weeks to get to my duty station, so i wouldn't be coming home for leave, but heading to cali to hang until checking in. walking around base for 3 weeks on the ready. what a fucking shit show. 

i really wish we, the u.s., didn't/wouldn't have to send our troops over to this....shit show.  

 

[1pooh4u]

I know @discolé monade alluded to this piece but I think it’s worth posting 

Israel doesn’t behave like an ally and we cannot be allies with a country engaging in apartheid.  What’s going on in the WB and Gaza absolutely is apartheid. 
 

 

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The strike hit without warning in the early morning before sunrise as people were praying at a mosque inside the school, according to Abu Anas, a witness who worked to rescue people.

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jewish settler violence.

Earlier this week, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller responded to a question about a video shown on Israel’s Channel 12, the country’s most watched commercial station, that alleged to show the abuse of a Palestinian man at Sde Teiman, a military facility where thousands of Palestinians have been detained since October.

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Yet it remains unclear how much Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is willing to soften several additional demands he has introduced in recent weeks.

[Belize]

 

[Belize]

Another thing: I've heard it mentioned once that if a ceasefire is implemented, Netanyahu might be forced to call for an election because the members of his government that are even more warmongering than he is would quit. 

Imagine Israel without Netanyahu. 

[discolé monade]

15 hours ago, Belize said:

Another thing: I've heard it mentioned once that if a ceasefire is implemented, Netanyahu might be forced to call for an election because the members of his government that are even more warmongering than he is would quit. 

Imagine Israel without Netanyahu. 

i was under the impression that oct 7th was....well. look netanyahu  is still facing criminal charges, fraud, bribery, and others.  i'm not sure, but i'm thinking this will be drawn out as long as possible so somebody doesn't have to go to jail? i'm probably wrong. 

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7 hours ago, discolé monade said:

i was under the impression that oct 7th was....well. look netanyahu  is still facing criminal charges, fraud, bribery, and others.  i'm not sure, but i'm thinking this will be drawn out as long as possible so somebody doesn't have to go to jail? i'm probably wrong. 

The longer Netanyahu tries to drag the assault out, the more catastrophic the political implosion will be when a cease fire happens.  He's been playing a very risky game of chicken since long before October 7th - he has always had all the political acumen of his buddy Trump, focusing more on opportunism than doing the actual legwork involved in building coalitions and prioritizing tangible results.  It's horrifying to see the unified message over the extreme collateral costs of selfish behavior, but that doesn't disguise the chaos inside his own administration.  Netanyahu's collapse won't be sudden but it will be dramatic.

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“We have to play our part in the belly of the beast to stop the genocide, to end U.S. aid to Israel and stand with Palestine,” said Hatem Abudayyeh, a spokesperson for the Coalition to March on the DNC, which includes hundreds of organizations.

 

“The next important step is for Hamas to say yes,” repeats Blinken, “and then, in the coming days, for all of the expert negotiators to work on clear understandings on implementing the agreement.”

Edited August 19, 2024 by discolé monade

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Hamas senior official Osama Hamdan criticizes US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s statement Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted an updated proposal, saying it “raises many ambiguities” because it’s “not what was presented to us nor what we agreed on.”

 

this is never going to end.  

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The Palestinian militant group has not definitively rejected the proposal, but has said it backtracks from areas previously agreed and has accused Israel and its U.S. ally of spinning out the negotiations process in bad faith.

 

 

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"Hamas official Basem Naim told the Reuters news agency: "We are ready to cooperate with international organisations to secure this campaign, serving and protecting more than 650,000 Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the series of three-day pauses were "not a ceasefire". "

 

 

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Critics have accused him of putting his personal interests over those of the hostages. The war’s end likely will lead to an investigation into his government’s failures in the Oct. 7 attacks, the government’s collapse and early elections.

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Netanyahu says Israel will not leave Gaza border corridor until it is secure

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4 minutes ago, discolé monade said:

Netanyahu says Israel will not leave Gaza border corridor until it is secure

Motherfucker does not learn, does he?

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20 hours ago, discolé monade said:

Netanyahu says Israel will not leave Gaza border corridor until it is secure

Translation - crickets are terrorists. Bomb the place so flat that not a single thing moves anymore. Border secure! -.-; 

[matrixman124]

The IDF shot and killed a female American protestor in the West Bank. She was protesting illegal Israeli settlements there.

[1pooh4u]

23 hours ago, matrixman124 said:

The IDF shot and killed a female American protestor in the West Bank. She was protesting illegal Israeli settlements there.

This is so unsurprising, unfortunately 

[matrixman124]

The IDF launched 8 missiles into Gaza that hit a major refugee camp where many Palestinians have been displaced to. Death toll is estimated to be in the hundreds because they specifically used bunker busters. On an area covered primarily in tents.

Edited September 9, 2024 by matrixman124

[discolé monade]

weird parallel? maybe? iono...

anyway...

 

As trust has dwindled between Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, rumors have begun circulating that the prime minister was prepared to offer the position to Sa’ar, whose New Hope party quit the coalition earlier this year after its leader was denied a spot on the now-defunct war cabinet.

Sa’ar has since harshly criticized the government’s management of the war in Gaza and has said he would be willing to make “concessions” to create a right-wing bloc opposing Netanyahu.

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32 minutes ago, discolé monade said:

weird parallel? maybe? iono...

anyway...

 

As trust has dwindled between Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, rumors have begun circulating that the prime minister was prepared to offer the position to Sa’ar, whose New Hope party quit the coalition earlier this year after its leader was denied a spot on the now-defunct war cabinet.

Sa’ar has since harshly criticized the government’s management of the war in Gaza and has said he would be willing to make “concessions” to create a right-wing bloc opposing Netanyahu.

 I'm not entirely sure where Sa'ar stands on most things war related, other than the fact he apparently disagrees with much of what Netanyahu is doing and that Netanyahu's circle doesn't trust Sa'ar.

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8 hours ago, scoobdog said:

 I'm not entirely sure where Vance stands on most things Israel related, other than the fact he apparently disagrees with much of what Trump is not saying about it  and that Trump's circle doesn't trust Vance.

 

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“We will continue pursuing our enemies in order to defend our citizens, even in Dahiya, in Beirut,” said Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, describing the Israeli strike that targeted Akil as part of “a new phase of war.”

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At least 492 people have been killed in intense and wide-ranging Israeli air strikes targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon, the country’s health ministry says, in the deadliest day of conflict there in almost 20 years.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected Thursday a proposal by the United States and France for a three-week cease-fire with Hezbollah, vowing to keep fighting "with full force."

Netanyahu added that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) would “continue the fighting with full force” in the north of the country, which borders Lebanon, and in Gaza “until all the goals of the war are achieved.”

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Biden, Netanyahu speak, Israel vows lethal retaliation against Iran

 

Netanyahu has promised that arch-foe Iran will pay for its missile attack, while Tehran has said any retaliation would be met with vast destruction, raising fears of a wider war in the oil-producing region which could draw in the United States.

 

i remember this. 

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An Israeli attack on UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon has been condemned as appalling by the UK government.

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JERUSALEM/NEW YORK, Oct 13 (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Sunday Israeli tanks had burst through the gates of a base of its peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, the latest accusation of Israeli violations and attacks that have been denounced by Israel's own allies.