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>>2220316why are they still detaining them? why don't they just deport them already? it's not as if trump actually cares about legal challenges
is it just to abuse them?
>>2220320Trump and the Democrats realized the huge mistake of not keeping TDS alive in the first weeks of failing miserably to look different at all. The man they are not deporting is most likely a British glowie btw. This is all theater to use the guy as a distraction while they set the precedence on bipartisan Zionist policy.
It's the continuation on why you have to care about what the spoiled sons and daughters of the rich (and the tokens getting grants) who most elite of private universities do, to virtue signal.
That, was a scam. You fell for it, and you will fall for this as well. You will chase the high of seeing Betar, the appointed heel to represent the Zionist lobby, fall as well. You will love it. It will feel like a real victory of your own as well.
And things will remain exactly as they are/were.
>>2220359Exactly. All spectacle while both parties send billions to Israel and do genocides all over. True victory looks like some protestor got released from prison or not deported. Americans are fighting for less than crumbs and the rub-your-nipples extasy they feel when they receive even less than that will keep them going.
Not even pigeons are this pathetic when it comes to receiving crumbs.
https://erikhoudini.com/#post?id=841671&title=rest-in-power-fatima-hassounaFatima Hassouna was murdered, along with nine members of her family, in a deliberate Israeli strike on their home in Gaza City on Wednesday.
Hassouna, an internationally recognized photojournalist, documented the devastating toll of Israelโs military campaign on Gazaโs civilians. Her work was featured in the film Put Your Soul On Your Hand And Walk.
She was killed just 24 hours after the documentary was selected for Cannes Film Festival, set to run in May.
This was no accident. This was a targeted assassinationโanother in Israelโs long campaign of silencing Palestinian artists, journalists, and voices of resistance. By murdering Fatima, Israel sent a clear message: Speak for Palestine, and you will pay. It is a warning not just to Palestinians, but to the worldโdo not bear witness, do not resist, do not treat Palestinians as human beings.
But this is not war. It is not "self-defense." Murdering 10 civilians with a missile is cowardice, fueled by American imperialism and carried out by its colonial enforcer in the Middle East.
Fatimaโs killing is meant to terrorize. It is meant to tell people like you: Shut the fuck up, or youโre next. Itโs why activists like Mahmoud Khalil vanish into black vans here, why hospitals are drone-struck thereโbecause the U.S. and Israel rely on genocide to protect capitalist profits.
Their missiles, their drones, their tools of oppression are paper tigers. For every life they steal, ten more awaken. For every voice they silence, a hundred rise. This is true in Palestine. This is true in America.
Rest in Power, Fatima Hassounaโand all the martyrs.
Ten Brits Accused of War Crimes in Gaza, Including Killing Civilians
>โIf Brits have travelled abroad to fight for the IDF and involved themselves in practices that amount to war crimes โ and we say with credible evidence that they have โ then there needs to be accountability for that.โ
>Ten British nationals โ including dual citizens โ were allegedly involved in the targeted killing of civilians and aid workers, indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas such as hospitals and schools, the forced transfer and displacement of civilians, and coordinated attacks on historic monuments and religious sites.
>Another witness said soldiers โordered my father, husband and children to stripโ and โthey were taken one by one into the middle of the glass-strewn living room, where a soldier beat them with an electric cable and a large billiard stick.โ At a medical facility, a third witness said they saw corpses โscattered on the ground, especially in the middle of the hospital courtyard, where many dead bodies were buried in a mass graveโ. A bulldozer โran over a dead body in a horrific and heart-wrenching scene, desecrating the deadโ, the witness recalled. They also said a bulldozer demolished part of the hospital.https://novaramedia.com/2025/04/07/ten-brits-accused-of-war-crimes-in-gaza-including-killing-civilians/>>2231677starmer will write them a harshly worded letter and that's it
there are true threats to society to take care of, like that antisemite Corbyn
>>2231638It's the same good old Hezbollah.
It's more like " Hzb'Allah ", literally meaning Party of Allah (Party of god).
Because of the inconsistency of what sounds the latin alphabet makes in English, it's unclear which of 'Hezbollah, Huzballah, Hizbollah' etc is better
Maariv: Despite the strikes, Hamas has developed a deadly tactic against the army.
The Israeli newspaper Maariv confirmed that the "difficult" incident that occurred within the ranks of the "army" yesterday, Saturday, in the northern Gaza Strip, in which one soldier was killed and five others were seriously injured, "proves Hamas's combat doctrine, which is based on traps, anti-tank weapons, and movement through tunnels."
In an article by its military affairs correspondent, Avi Ashkenazi, the newspaper explained that Hamas "has developed a lethal tactic and is currently working to preserve what remains of its military power."
Ashkenazi also emphasized that Hamas "is turning its military inferiority into a tactical advantage, firing from a distance, planting explosive devices, and withdrawing quickly," thereby "throwing the Israeli army off balance."
He added that Hamas realizes that "the Israeli army is operating at a partial intensity, and sometimes even at a lower intensity, and therefore chooses to wait for the main confrontation, i.e., the major battle."
Explaining this tactic, he noted that the movement "does not seek to engage in direct combat with the army, but rather prefers to withdraw through a system of tunnels, booby-trapping areas and tunnels, and placing explosive devices against the forces. Its members fire, monitor the forces' activities and combat routines, waiting for an appropriate opportunity."
When the opportunity arises, the resistance fighters "pursue the forces, target them with anti-tank fire, and even document the injuries," Ashkenazi added.
>"The army realizes that the fighting is complex and fragile."
As Hamas wages street warfare, "adhering to plans and procedures while preserving soldiers' lives has become a complex effort, as there are no guarantees that this will continue for a long time," according to Maariv.
While the "operation inside the Gaza Strip aims to put pressure on Hamas," this is "a fragile path, one the security establishment is well aware of," according to the newspaper. According to the newspaper, the "army" understands that the fighting on the ground is "complicated and fragile, if it lasts longer."
The newspaper also noted that "the military and political echelons are aware that the large number of casualties among the Israeli army could lead to two dangerous operations."
These two processes are represented, first, by "increasing public pressure regarding the appropriateness of the mission," and, second, by "pushing the Israeli army to accelerate the pace of fighting and launch a large-scale offensive even before the pressure to return the prisoners has been exhausted," according to the newspaper.
Qassam Brigades carries out a complex ambush against an Israeli force east of Gaza, resulting in deaths and injuries.
The Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, confirmed that it had carried out a complex ambush against an Israeli force that had infiltrated east of the al-Tuffah neighborhood in eastern Gaza City, noting that several of its members had been killed or wounded.
Al-Qassam Brigades added, on Saturday, that its fighters targeted a Merkava 4 tank and a D9 military bulldozer belonging to the occupation with two Al-Yassin 105 shells, setting them on fire in the Jabal al-Surani area in the same neighborhood.
Earlier today, Israeli media reported that an Israeli soldier was killed and four others were injured in an "incident" in the Gaza Strip .
She explained that an Israeli Hummer vehicle was hit by an anti-tank missile in the Tuffah neighborhood, resulting in two soldiers sustaining critical injuries.
She added that upon the rescue force's arrival, it was targeted by an explosive device, resulting in one death and two others being injured. She noted that the occupation "army" conducted evacuation operations by helicopter.
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine calls for a global campaign against Elbit Systems
The PFLP called for a popular movement to shut down Israelโs largest weapons manufacturer and its subsidiaries in โCountries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, and othersโ, stating that these nations โalso bear full responsibility for these crimes, as they are partners in Elbit Systems, one of the occupationโs most important arms suppliers, particularly in its genocidal war against our people.โ
"The Front urges the free people of the world to lay siege to Elbit Systemsโ facilities worldwide, organize protests in front of its branches and offices, and pressure complicit Western and other governments to close the company and sever all ties with it.โ
>>2237365the resistance has been begging us to open a second front since the very beginning, but what they didn't anticipate is that all their "supporters" in the west are aesthetes and lifestylists.
we betrayed palestine. every atrocity there is our fault.
>>2237527the fact that you're calling for useless protests instead of direct action is proof you're part of the problem.
if we don't have the same courage as the resistance we will lose this battle.
>>2237536the mizrahi and the palestinians are the same people, "racially"
it's the ashkenazi who are europeans.
>>2237527nt(g)a
Because the TV doesn't say so.
But on the other hand, vibe based politics and blaming capitalism realism doesn't seem powerful enough to do recruitment with.
>>2237535>no actionWell that's what liberal democracy is. The point of the incredibly retarded hasbara was not to just to give cover by flooding,but to drag the discourse to the level, into the culture war, into being a "single issue" of politics. The student protests and the glowing coverage to, lets be honest, a tiny irrelevant amount of state backed suppression, function not just to set up the precedent for wider,quieter cudgels. But also to serve as the release valve for the liberals pushed too close to accepting re-evaluation their entire worldview on this single issue. By offering a substitute struggle. A surrogate activist, politically harmless in person and environment, disorganized and powerless to struggle vicariously through.
>>2237547it never meant much because race has no biological reality, but it's still been a cornerstone of the fascist nation building.
every anti-zionist should read shlomo sand.
Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt:
>-region entered "Israeli Era" long before 10/7, back to US invasion of Iraq, to allow Israeli expansionism
>-Israel will continue to destroy and expel, first Gaza, then WB
>-Hezbollah's balance of terror w/Israel proved untrue; Hezbollah is militarily finished. It retains its supporters but cannot engage in confrontation.
>-Iranian crescent has collapsed, and in its stead an Israeli crescent has arisen "expanding, not necessarily through direct occupation, but by exploiting sectarian, religious, confessional, tribal differences in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq – it controls Iraq.
>-War is coming, because Netanyahu-Trump want it, IRGC has prevailed over moderates in Iran.
>-Arab national security was finished after Camp David Accords decoupled Egypt from Syria
>-Important for memory of Palestine to remain. Palestine has been "occupied temporarily, but will return. We are confronting a Zionist memory deriving its strength from the Torah in the Old Testament, some of which may be true and some of it is fabrication. They depend on their memory and we must depend on ours with the new generation.
>-Druze in Syria don't need Israeli protection; this is an attempt to turn them into a tool of Israel like Druze of Palestine
>-Zionist project won't spare Palestine's Druze, but will expel them
>-We must return to 1949 Armistice Agreement w/Israel, but we reject normalization. Israel used factions to destroy Lebanon during civil war, because Lebanon is the antithesis of the Israeli colonial model built on erasing others – we are for diversity and Israel rejects diversity.
>@MorganOrtagus' [U.S. deputy envoy to the Mideast's] conditions are impossible, including "excising Hezbollah, including Hezbollah's weapons. But have they determined all the locations, is there readiness to support LAF which needs weapons…no assistance for LAF without reform, but I can't understand link between banking sector, appointments and the LAF."
>-Today, 10/7 used to destroy Gaza, and if Hezbollah is excised, Lebanon will be completely violated – and there are many people who believe in Hezbollah's ideas.
>-No one wins a civil war, the only accomplishment now is to implement the Taif Agreement, voluntarily disarming militias, and integrating them into the army – and one way to benefit is to return to compulsory service and integrating Hezbollah into the army."
>>2241011And you think we should care, because?
You have an whole containment thread for your pathetic social media addiction, stay in it.
Found this pro-zionist article (
https://sapirjournal.org/zionism/2022/judaism-and-zionism-are-inseparable/ ) while researching the Zionist narrative and perspective of pre-Zionist Judaism, it's fall, and the rise of Zionism. I was somewhat surprised how accurate it was in regards to it, if you're of course able to read between the lines and ignore the "heroic" narrative surrounding Herzl and Zionism. The most interesting thing though was how their contempt for Rabbinic Judaism and their rather animated "blood and soil" rhetoric about national reinvigoration mirrors
in a way most here already know, but that I found interesting in how forward it was the Nazi narrative of how the older conservative establishment was weak, that the new liberal and socialist movements after the end of the German empire were weaker (and contaminated ethno-culturally), and that the only way to preserve and secure a future for the Germanic race was to reinvigorate its "national energies" by means of reunifying lost German territories and the separated Germanic peoples within them through a militarized state. One which mixed both a romanticized narrative and vision of the world that was with newer secular racial/national scaffolding into a pseudo-religious political-racial identity.
In a way, Zionists are something the Nazis could have only hoped to be. The Nazis had to largely fabricate the ethnic cleansing of Germans in other countries, while the Zionists had such a thing happen at the exact moment they "needed" it most. Imagine if right at the peak of Nazi political organization prior to seizing power, there actually was a holocaust conducted on ethnic Germans, that every fantastical fear they stated did come true and an absurdly huge number of them were ethnically cleansed? I can barely imagine what the response in the western world would be at the time. Maybe nothing different in outcome, but maybe something worse condoned.
This guy is being considered to be the next Pope btw. He's super pro Palestine
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierbattista_PizzaballaPierbattista Pizzaballa OFM (born 21 April 1965) is an Italian Catholic prelate who has served as Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem since 6 November 2020
He is considered a possible front-runner for the papacy at the 2025 papal conclave following the death of Pope Francis.[2]
>>2241074I've never seen this ad i don't think grub hub excists in my country and i have no interest in grubs i only like ze crunchy bugs.
Having said that this is going to be seared into my mind whenever i see Matt Lieb.
>>2241071The more they stay in Gaza the more their military will be whittled down, and nobody wants to join whilst there will always be recruits for the resistance. I think the Zionists won't lose quickly, but they will lose if this keeps up.
What I'm worried about is the PA. If Hamas steps down like they have been saying they want to, and Abbas takes control, that would mean the end of Palestine. The PA is just like the General Government of Poland under the Nazis. If Hamas wants to have another pause in the fighting (that would last for years to decades) they would have to make sure the collaborationists aren't going to take charge when they do.
>>2241094>2 state solutionThat's not super pro palestine.
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Weekly resistance report
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Abu Obeida: We are lying in wait for enemy forces to kill them. Four soldiers were sniped in Beit Hanoun.
Abu Obeida, spokesman for the Al-Qassam Brigades, confirmed that the resistance fighters "are still waging heroic battles, carrying out elaborate ambushes, and lying in wait for enemy forces to inflict a certain massacre."
Abu Obeida emphasized in statements on Friday that this will take place "at the place, time, and method chosen by" the resistance fighters, adding that "their heroism on the ground, from Beit Hanoun to Rafah, is a source of pride and a military miracle, and a testament to all the nation's youth and forces."
He continued, saying that the resistance fighters "are in combat positions and defensive ambushes, ready for confrontation, and have pledged to remain steadfast until victory or martyrdom."
Abu Obeida's statements came shortly after the Qassam Brigades announced that its fighters had successfully snipe at four Israeli soldiers and officers on Thursday, killing and wounding them on Al-Awda Street, east of Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip.
Abu Obeida confirmed that this operation was a "continuation of the complex ambush of the Broken Sword " carried out by the Qassam Brigades last Saturday, east of Beit Hanoun, and two days later, footage documenting it was published .
>>2241021>The most interesting thing though was how their contempt for Rabbinic Judaism and their rather animated "blood and soil" rhetoric about national reinvigorationMany of them didn't believe in God and thought that was old-fashioned. It has been relatively recent that religious Zionism has become more of a thing and is now more of a thing in the army too, so rabbis are showing up and blessing the soldiers and things like that. But I've read that the earlier Zionism of the 1940s and 1950s was really not like that at all. That's an interesting thing to me, how politics takes over from religion, but then politics *becomes* religion. I think you can see parallels with the rise of the Evangelical Christian right in the United States (which was also occuring at the same time), which is a religious movement but it's essentially religious about politics.
But back to Zionism, a lot of it comes across as Nietzschean to me. I don't know if this was ever consciously linked, but it basically flipped what had been valued and devalued in Jewish life upside down. If you think of traditional Jewish occupations (petty traders, moneylenders), the Zionists emphasized workers and farmers (and soldiers).
>>2241201>The more they stay in Gaza the more their military will be whittled down, and nobody wants to join whilst there will always be recruits for the resistance. It's not a volunteer military. A majority of the Jewish population is drafted into the military at 18 and serves three years (men) or two years (women) and then they remain in the reserves until their 40s and that is not optional. But I think their problem is reservists more and more not showing up the longer the war has gone on.
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That's there 20th Reaper downing, btw. Aprox 10% of the stock. 7 in the last month or so.
>>2241812This doesn't sound right. I think current events have largely obfuscated everything in the lead up to this, but one of the issues frequented by Israelis is that (ironically) Israel is too beholden to the US and it's policy. And that sounds wild, but if Israel really had the total grip people speak of (in the sense it wholly dictated US foreign policy), the West Bank would have been seized decades ago. Instead (and this isn't some bright mark on their record, because they're still pro-zionist and condone apartheid), the previous three democrat administrations (hell even Bush Sr) actively stalled Israeli plans and/or pushed them into a peace deal, as well as mandated that settlers leave the regions they've moved into. One of the talking points in Israeli politics (at least until now) is that they can't do anyhing without US go ahead, and there have been debates about refusing US aid and making Israel less dependent on it. This era is legitimately novel, both for the US and Israel, because Israel has never been given this level of free go ahead before. Before, Israel and the US played this symbiotic game of trying to curve each other's policy in regards to what's permissible. Now, you have a situation where the administration doesn't really care for what Israel really does at all, aren't really leveraging it into any kind of peace deal, and aren't making any deal whatsoever conditional.
>>2239553hello gay nazi are you a druze fan just because they use a rainbow flag
thank you
>>2245987I was reading a book on Druze a while ago and it started with an encounter. the Druze was being interviewed at the airport immigration and asked where he was from. Lebanon. was he a Muslim? no, he said he was a Druze. the border control officer was confused. Jews? No Druze. I've never heard of it before. What is your religion about?
I don't really know, nobody does.
US fighter jet falls overboard while avoiding Houthi attack
A Navy fighter jet fell overboard Monday when the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier veered to avoid fire from the Houthis, according to two defense officials.
The military was using the $60 million jet as part of its weekslong campaign against Houthi fighters in Yemen, who have attacked commercial and military shipping in the waterway for the past two years.
One sailor was injured in the mishap, which included the loss of a vehicle used to tow the aircraft across the deck. The plane and truck sank, according to the officials, who were granted anonymity to speak about the attack.
The aircraftโs loss adds to the growing price tag in the effort against the Houthis, which has included seven MQ-9 drones shot down by the Iran-backed group over the past several weeks. The Houthis have brought down more than a dozen of the surveillance drones since October 2023, when they began attacking ships in the Red Sea to, as they said, help Hamas in its war with Israel. They cost more than $20 million each.
โThe F/A-18E was actively under tow in the hangar bay when the move crew lost control of the aircraft,โ the Navy said in a statement. โSailors towing the aircraft took immediate action to move clear of the aircraft before it fell overboard. An investigation is underway.โ
The U.S. Central Command has conducted more than 800 airstrikes against the group as part of Operation Rough Rider. Thatโs the largest American air campaign since the operation against ISIS during President Donald Trumpโs first term, which targeted the terrorist group in Syria and Iraq.
The recent strikes have killed โhundreds of Houthi fighters and numerous Houthi leaders, including senior Houthi missile and [drone] officials,โ according to a statement from Centcom, which has said it is specifically targeting Houthi commanders who control the groupโs drone forces.
The operation has degraded Houthi capabilities, including reducing ballistic missile launches by 69 percent this year compared with 2024, according to the statement. Launches of one-way attack drones have decreased by 55 percent.
The open-ended U.S. campaign is part of a wider push to increase pressure on Iran, which continues to provide support to the Houthis in the form of drones, ballistic missiles and small arms.
The carrier was involved in another incident this year when it collided with a merchant ship near the Suez Canal, leading to the firing of its commander.
The Truman and its escort ships โ a mix of destroyers and cruisers โ were supposed to head home last month. But Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth extended their deployment while ordering another carrier, the USS Carl Vinson, to the region to bolster attacks against the Houthis.
The Pentagon has also dispatched at least six B-2 bombers to Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean in recent weeks, a move that puts them in range of Iran.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9qw274w72voDozens of African migrants killed in US strike on Yemen, Houthis sayAt least 68 African migrants have been killed in a US air strike on a detention centre in Houthi-controlled north-western Yemen, the armed group's TV channel says.
Al Masirah reported that another 47 migrants were injured, most of them critically, when the centre in Saada province was bombed. It posted graphic footage showing multiple bodies covered in the rubble of a destroyed building.
The strike came hours after Central Command announced its forces had hit more than 800 targets since President Donald Trump ordered an intensification of the air campaign against the Houthis on 15 March.
The migrant detention centre in Saada was reportedly holding 115 Africans when it was hit four times shortly before 05:00 local time (02:00 GMT) on Monday, according to Al Masirah.
Following a visit to the scene, the chairman of the Somali community in Yemen, Ibrahim Cabdulqaadir Macallin, told the BBC: "It was tragic and horrific… I saw burnt people. We couldn't recognise some of the bodies we saw."
He said the number of Somali migrants who were killed was "very small" because a group had been removed from the detention centre three days earlier, and that the majority of the detainees were Ethiopians.
<why are houthis doing saudi arabia's job and holding migrants in jail? everyone knows they only want to keep going to saudi arabia not stay in yemen >>2246031the religion originated as a sect of islam. they believed in the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim
>>2246035early before the independence of the state the zioniss reached out to some of the Druze leaders to ally with them against the Palestinians. it was the same as courting some of the Nawab Bedouin tribes who are to this day recruited to the IDF as trackers. there's patronage style networks where the shayks send their sons to the IDF, and in return they might get some benefits.
>>2248191I do understand what you are saying, and I'm well enough aware. I've talked about it before in this thread. But what's interesting to me is how we've crossed some line **probably long crossed it*" and now Zionist liberals are getting uncomfortable with Jews critiquing literally the absolutely most horrific caricature of a party, as opposed to throwing it under the bus and strictly condemning them in every way to cover their ethnonationalism like a modern nationalist would. They're instead going "Yeah, ok, but at least they aren't like that other totally non-comparable group, and at least they're with us, right? You wouldn't pick peace over us, right? You know peace is ethnocide, right?". Few months ago, you might have gotten Zionists treating Kahanists as cranks that they didn't want in the public eye, existing only for the purpose of saying "Well, at least we're not those guys!". The kind of people that if you brought them up, you'd gets Zionists complaining about how ridiculous it was to use them as an example. Now it's "Well, at they're not as bad as hippies".
Like, these are the kind of Zionists who would consider rejecting the "relocation plan", because it might mean some Palestinians might survive somewhere else lol. It's just wild to hear that we've gone from a defense for ethnonationalist fascism, to attempted comparative apologetics for atomwaffen siege-tier "kill absolutely all of them everywhere (yes, even the Druze)" superzionism, because at least they arent the same as Jews who don't buy "Made in Israel" crackers as their form of protest.
>>2237980this is my favorite genre of post on leftypol: overconfident assertion that contradicts someone else refuses to elaborate. Here let me take a shot at it:
I am 100000000% certain this genre of post is made by bored retards, trolls, and unironic glowies
>>2248240>you have /pol/yp tier rhetoric of how UN organizations are bought out by "Qatari money" and how Qatar is behind quite literally everythingYeah Qatar is a big baddie for them. OH! I can't find a video but I saw a clip of Camryn Kinsey – who I had never heard of before but she's apparently tied in with Trump's people – selling the Qatar angle on InfoWars (interesting too). Like it was foreign influence bad etc. etc. etc. and an example is QATAR is doing this and QATAR is doing that. So she obviously got coaching to do that. Just another one of these endless quislings. But when I see someone really pushing the Qatari angle, I smell Israel.
Now it's true that Qatar is rich and throws a lot of money around. But you know what's also crazy?
There's actually a scandal in Israel right now about Qatari money going into… Israel. Specifically Bibi Netanyahu's spokesman Eli Feldstein and longtime Bibi advisor Yonatan Urich (who were both arrested). The editor of the Jerusalem Post (right-wing paper) was questioned. Qatar has hosted Hamas' political leadership as well. Qatar P.M. Al Thani hosted Tucker Carlson for a sitdown recently, and hosts a major and strategic U.S. military base Al Udeid. Talk about playing all sides to try and come out on top.
>>2248218Psychologically speaking, in the course of an argument, the two sides might, as an emotional response, begin drifting apart, and begin taking more and more extreme positions.
And everybody currently invested in Zionism is under siege. Merit is a different discussion, but it should be expected for their opinions to become more and more extreme.
>>2249079Might just be being stupid. The reality of being a colonized,
coopted, bantzustan has made voting seem more powerful than national liberation. Might also just not be competent enough to say one or two. Am frustrated with my incompetency. Oh well.
>>2250241Need to edit in some sound effects but stuck for choice.
Ant suggestions? I was thinking looney toons-esque
Houthi missile crashes at airport as IDF fails at interception in first since war began. Attempts were made to intercept the missile, and the results of the interception are being reviewed, the IDF said.
Three people were mildly wounded on Sunday as a result of a Houthi missile that crashed in the area of Ben-Gurion Airport's Terminal 3, Israel's emergency service Magen David Adom said.
https://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-852512Hamas hands over to the Lebanese Armed Forces a member of the terror group suspected of involvement in two March rocket attacks on Israel, according to Lebanese media.
The suspect is given to the military at the entrance to Sidonโs Ain al-Hilweh camp, says the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation.
Lebanon has warned Hamas not to conduct operations that compromise the countryโs security or sovereignty, Beirutโs Supreme Defense Council said on Friday.
https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/lebanon-news/852363/army-intelligence-receives-suspect-from-hamas-over-rocket-fire-from-le/en>>2254649This one too
Netanyahu demanded loyalty before trying to fire me, Shin Bet chief claims
Ronen Bar, head of Israelโs internal security service, says he was also asked to spy on anti-government protesters
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/21/netanyahu-demanded-loyalty-trying-fire-me-shin-bet-chief-israel >>2253225>In response to Israel's escalation with its decision to expand its hostile operations in Gaza, the Yemeni Armed Forces announce it will work to impose a comprehensive air blockade on the Israeli enemy through the repeated targeting of airports, most critically the airport in Lydd, known as Israeli Ben Gurion Airport. We urge all international airlines to take into account the content of this statement from the moment of its announcement and publication, and to cancel all scheduled flights to the the airports of the criminal enemy, in order to preserve the safety of their aircraft and passengers. >Beloved, free, and independent Yemen will not accept the continuation of this state of lawlessness that the enemy is trying to impose by targeting Arab countries such as Lebanon and Syria. It affirms that this nation will not fear confrontation and will reject submission and subservience.>God alone is sufficient for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs. Long live Yemen, free, proud, and independent, and victory is for Yemen and for all free people of the Islamic nation. >>2255071Basically made-up case law citing a speech by Merkel in order to circumvent every and any constitutional or legal provision.
Mickey Mouse country. Not different from the Trump admin blatantly violating laws the same way.
>>2255253It was a matter of time. I already called it when they started kicking the UNWRA out and accusing them of being militants. At the end of the day, if the UNRWA is kept out and NATO manages the day to day survival of the Palestinians then the refugee status is done and dusted.
It doesn't exist if it only does in some office in the other side of the world. Or more poignantly, across the border where Israeli's want to deport their victims of ethnic cleansing. Which is no doubt, ana rgument they will make. "Look you wanna keep the legal status? Go over there, where the UNWRA still operates."
And if nothing else, many will, not just because of the forced displacement. Or the privations. Or the harassment. But because without the UNRWA, NATO is free to culturally erase the Palestinian culture from education and civil society entirely. And many parents won't stand for their children being turned into self hating Ziobots as a requirement not to be fully exterminated within ZioNazia.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/06/israel-gaza-aid-groups-regulations/Israel moves to tighten control of aid and rights groups
The moves targeting foreign and domestic organizations come as Israelโs military launches a new campaign in Gaza and seeks to overhaul the distribution of food aid.
It's really, REALLY starting to piss me off that you can't criticise anything about the Jewish communities views, or actions, or anything on almost any Reddit sub, that openly allows massive blanket criticism of any other religion.
>Banned from r/Atheism for simply mentioning the influence of the Chief Rabbi, alongside HSS and the Anglican Bishops on British political establishment. Specifically banned for the mention of the Chief Rabbi I shit you not on r/ATHEISM of all places.
>Banned from r/Trueunpopularopinion for literally just criticising bad faith antisemitism claims from Zionist orgs despite I provided direct links to the orgs (Canarymission, Betar etc) bragging about what they are doing.
>Banned from r/Worldnews for posting the story about Settlers setting fire to Palestinian farms
>r/Politicaldiscussion for mentioning Zionist Lobbying.
It's actually wild to me, that on Reddit, they literally will just blame Christians, for everything that blatantly rich, elite Jewish Zionists are doing, showing you can outright have "elite religious people influence politics" if it's Christians, but not if they are Jewish.
It's so fucking dumb.
Exclusive: Saudi Arabia pressed Trump to stop attacks on Yemen ahead of visit
Riyadh warned the US of the repercussions of attacking Yemen while Trump is visiting the kingdom, US officials say
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive-saudi-arabia-pressed-trump-stop-attacks-yemen-ahead-visitA former Israeli captive has admitted that she felt more safe and protected in Gaza than in Israel, the Hebrew Maariv newspaper reported yesterday.
Mia Schem, 23, was released as part of a prisoner swap deal in November 2023.
Earlier this month, Schem identified herself as the plaintiff in a previously reported rape case against a famouse personal trainer in Tel Aviv, who is a prominent figure on social media and has several celebrity clients, including a former prime minister.
According to the paper, Schem alleged that the rape took place in her home, using a date rape drug, and that she does not remember many of the details.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250506-released-captive-i-felt-safer-in-hamas-captivity-than-in-israel/>>2256311It's a lie
>However, Mr. Al-Bukhaiti said the Houthis would continue military operations โin support of Gazaโ until Israel lifts its siege on the enclave, โno matter the sacrifices, even if we have to fight until Judgment Day.โ.Further details about the deal remained unclear. Three separate Pentagon officials said that the military had yet to receive word from the White House to end its offensive operations against the Houthis. The officials were scrambling to figure out how Mr. Trumpโs announcement, which caught the Pentagon off guard, had changed military policy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/us/politics/trump-houthis-bombing.html >>2256325It's a lie by trump> houthi have not agreed to anything
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-06/trump-says-houthis-to-end-ship-attacks-us-will-cease-bombing
>A representative of the Houthis, who control much of Yemen including its capital, Sanaa, declined to confirm a deal was done. Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, a member of the Houthi Political Council, suggested in an interview that the group is ready to stop attacking US military ships if the Trump administration halts its strikes, โbut we will definitely continue our operations in support to Gaza.โ.>Houthi operations in the Red Sea and Israel โwill not stop regardless of the consequences until the end of the aggression on Gaza and blockade on its people,โ al-Bukhaiti said.
Blackstone President Donates $125 Million to Israeli Medical School
The gift is the largest in Tel Aviv Universityโs history
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/business/blackstone-president-donates-125-million-to-israeli-medical-school.html>>2256728why are you people saying yemen lost? this is literally a complete victory.
>yemen targets israel and israeli ships>us starts bombing yemen to try to force them to stop it>yemen doesn't stop, starts attacking us ships too>us begs them to stop and allows the yemenis to attack israel as they willansarallah hasn't even agreed to stop targeting israeli ships as i understand this, just american ones
>>2256728Enjoying the nothing ever happens?
You'll love the next part!
>>2256738<Oman confirms that it has brokered a ceasefire between Washington and the armed group<โYemen operations were and still are a support for Gaza to stop the aggression and bring in aid,โ he added, suggesting that the group would not halt its attacks on Israel.>"""suggesting"""https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2025/5/6/trump-says-bombing-of-yemen-to-stop-as-oman-confirms-us-houthi-ceasefireLook, Yemen did far more than what anyone expected them to do. I dont call this a loss. They did arguably the most for Palestinians but it looks like they will pull out sooner or later. Hizbollah said the same shit to the Zionists after the ceasefire was agreed on but they have been rather quiet since then.
>>2256746Houthis can act like they misunderstood the agreement all they want, Trump obviously expects them to cease all military operations in and around the black sea..
Bidenโs Gaza pier was more dangerous and costly than previously known
The aid mission was beset with challenges from the start, including rough seas that tore the structure apart, ships that ran aground and the death of a U.S. soldier.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/05/06/gaza-pier-us-military-report/New Israeli demolition plan in West Bank threatens dozens of Palestinian families
Israeli bulldozers began demolishing homes in the Nur Shams refugee camp on Tuesday, as part of its largescale military raid on the north of the territory, which it says aims to target militancy. (AP video by Aref Tufaha)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/israeli-demolition-plan-west-bank-030337873.htmlADL takes on shareholders questioning Israel arms sales
The Anti-Defamation League now says criticizing the use of US weapons is 'antisemitic'
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/anti-defamation-league/The war to end all peace
Neither diplomacy nor military conquest can resolve the Middle Eastโs deepest conflict.
https://www.newstatesman.com/world/middle-east/2025/05/israel-palestine-war-to-end-all-peaceNeat article
>>2257080You know, the hilarious thing is, the closest that Israel has been to proving their ludicrous claims about hospitals was al-Shifa. Because they knew the tunnels and the underground installations were there, since they built those themselves during the occupation.
https://theintercept.com/2023/11/21/al-shifa-hospital-hamas-israel/And even then, all Israel could produce is self-satire level hasbara. Not that it matters, though. By then believe in in *anything* Israel says is just a matter of faith or allegiance. And by now, it's like giving yourself a big ass Hitler tattoo. It's more about signalling your exclusive loyalty and compromise to the cause than anything else.
The issue being that western governments are willing to do anything to institutionally protect Zionism. No matter how technically incompatible it may be with the law of the land or the political system.
Exclusive: US, Israel discuss possible US-led administration for Gaza, sources say
JERUSALEM, May 7 (Reuters) - The United States and Israel have discussed the possibility of Washington leading a temporary post-war administration of Gaza, according to five people familiar with the matter.
The "high-level" consultations have centered around a transitional government headed by a U.S. official that would oversee Gaza until it had been demilitarized and stabilized, and a viable Palestinian administration had emerged, the sources said.
According to the discussions, which remain preliminary, there would be no fixed timeline for how long such a U.S.-led administration would last, which would depend on the situation on the ground, the five sources said.
The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to discuss the talks publicly, compared the proposal to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq that Washington established in 2003, shortly after the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.
The authority was perceived by many Iraqis as an occupying force and it transferred power to an interim Iraqi government in 2004 after failing to contain a growing insurgency.
Other countries would be invited to take part in the U.S.-led authority in Gaza, the sources said, without identifying which ones. They said the administration would draw on Palestinian technocrats but would exclude Islamist group Hamas and the Palestinian Authority, which holds limited authority in the occupied West Bank.
Islamist group Hamas, which has ruled Gaza since 2007, sparked the current war when its militants stormed into southern Israeli communities on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and capturing another 251.
The sources said it remained unclear whether any agreement could be reached. Discussions had not progressed to the point of considering who might take on core roles, they said.
The sources did not specify which side had put forward the proposal nor provide further details of the talks.
In response to Reuters questions, a State Department spokesperson did not comment directly on whether there had been discussions with Israel about a U.S.-led provisional authority in Gaza, saying they could not speak to ongoing negotiations.
"We want peace, and the immediate release of the hostages," the spokesperson said, adding that: "The pillars of our approach remain resolute: stand with Israel, stand for peace."
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declined to comment.
In an April interview with Emirati-owned Sky News Arabia, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said he believed there would be a "transitional period" after the conflict in which an international board of trustees, including "moderate Arab countries", would oversee Gaza with Palestinians operating under their guidance.
"We're not looking to control the civil life of the people in Gaza. Our sole interest in the Gaza Strip is security," he said, without naming which countries he believed would be involved. The foreign ministry did not respond to a request for further comment.
Ismail Al-Thawabta, director of the Hamas-run Gaza government media office, rejected the idea of an administration led by the United States or any foreign government, saying the Palestinian people of Gaza should choose their own rulers.
The Palestinian Authority did not respond to a request for comment.
RISKS
A U.S.-led provisional authority in Gaza would draw Washington deeper into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and mark its biggest Middle East intervention since the Iraq invasion.
Such a move would carry significant risks of a backlash from both allies and adversaries in the Middle East, if Washington were perceived as an occupying power in Gaza, two of the sources said.
The United Arab Emirates - which established diplomatic relations with Israel in 2020 - has proposed to the United States and Israel that an international coalition oversee Gaza's post-war governance. Abu Dhabi conditioned its involvement on the inclusion of the Western-backed Palestinian Authority and a credible path toward Palestinian statehood.
The UAE foreign ministry did not respond to questions about whether it would support a U.S.-led administration that did not include the PA.
Israel's leadership, including Netanyahu, firmly rejects any role in Gaza for the Palestinian Authority, which it accuses of being anti-Israeli. Netanyahu also opposes Palestinian sovereignty.
Netanyahu said on Monday that Israel would expand its attacks in Gaza and that more Gazans would be moved "for their own safety". Israel is still seeking to recover 59 hostages being held in the enclave. Its offensive has so far killed more than 52,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza health ministry data.
Some members of Netanyahu's right-coalition have called publicly for what they describe as the "voluntary" mass migration of Palestinians from Gaza and for the reconstruction of Jewish settlements inside the coastal enclave.
But behind closed doors, some Israeli officials have also been weighing proposals over the future of Gaza that sources say assumes that there won't be a mass exodus of Palestinians from Gaza, such as the U.S.-led provisional administration.
Among those include restricting reconstruction to designated security zones, dividing the territory and establishing permanent military bases, said four sources, who include foreign diplomats and former Israeli officials briefed on the proposals.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-israel-discuss-possible-us-led-administration-gaza-sources-say-2025-05-07/Israel and the US are trying to persuade the United Nations to participate in a new humanitarian aid distribution plan for Gaza that is currently being developed, according to both Israeli and Western diplomats who spoke to The Jerusalem Post
The plan involves establishing distribution centers in specific areas that will be under the IDFโs control. Aid will be distributed directly to individual families, rather than through truck convoys as was previously done โ a method that often resulted in the aid falling into the hands of Hamas
US special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff on Wednesday briefed members of the UN Security Council regarding the details of the new plan. Two sources familiar with the discussions estimate that US President Donald Trumpโs administration may consider cutting funding to the UN if the organization refuses to participate in the new humanitarian initiative.
A senior UN official told the Post: โWe have been very clear that we would not participate in the humanitarian distribution system that does not respect our principles of independence, impartiality, and neutrality.โ
https://m.jpost.com/israel-news/article-853064The Netherlands wants to force a review of EU ties with Israel as concerns grow over Gaza
Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp is insisting on a review of the European Unionโs ties with Israel over its war in Gaza
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/07/eu-dutch-israel-gaza-war-palestinian-humanitarian/a1c767c8-2b62-11f0-a724-3bc879c9f843_story.htmlThis dude is such a fucking fag
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/syrian-president-confirms-indirect-talks-with-israel-aimed-at-easing-tensions/Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa acknowledges that Syria is holding indirect talks with Israel through mediators, aimed at โeasing tensions and preventing the situation from spiraling out of control for all involved parties.โ
The US-based World Central Kitchen charity says it has halted work in the Gaza Strip, saying it has run out of supplies and has been prevented by Israel from bringing in aid.
โAfter serving more than 130 million total meals and 26 million loaves of bread over the past 18 months, World Central Kitchen no longer has the supplies to cook meals or bake bread in Gaza,โ it says on Wednesday in a post on X.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/world-central-kitchen-says-it-is-forced-to-halt-aid-operations-in-gaza/Israelโs Border Police acknowledged for the first time in the unitโs history Wednesday that its forces are operating inside Syrian territories, claiming it is part of an โoperational missionโ tied to recent regional developments, Anadolu reports.
Israeli police said forces โhave been operating in recent days inside Syrian territory as part of an operational mission in response to developing events in the region,โ without providing details
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250507-israeli-border-police-admit-for-1st-time-operating-inside-syrian-territories/Al-Qassam Brigades inflicts casualties on Israeli soldiers in Rafah
<The Qassam Brigades killed and wounded Israeli soldiers in two operations east of Rafah, as part of the "Gates of Hell" series.
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, confirmed Wednesday evening that its fighters had successfully targeted an Israeli force that had taken cover inside a house near the Al-Mashrou' Junction, east of Rafah City, in the southern Gaza Strip.
According to details published by the Al-Qassam Brigades, the resistance fighters targeted the force with two TBG missiles, killing and wounding its members. They then advanced toward the house, where they eliminated the remaining fighters from point-blank range, using light weapons.
In a second operation in the same area, the Qassam Brigades managed to lure an Israeli infantry force, consisting of 10 soldiers and two military dogs, into a pre-prepared ambush with a number of explosive devices.
As soon as the soldiers arrived at the ambush, the Qassam Brigades detonated the explosive devices, killing and wounding several soldiers. This prompted a helicopter to land, which the resistance fighters observed, as clashes continued.
The Qassam Brigades explained that these two operations are part of the "Gates of Hell" series of operations.
As part of the "Gates of Hell" operation, the Qassam Brigades' war media published footage documenting the execution of a complex ambush targeting occupation soldiers and their vehicles in the Al-Zahraa Mosque area in the Al-Janina neighborhood, east of Rafah, last Saturday.
Likewise, Qassam Brigades operations against the Israeli occupation forces were withdrawn from Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, specifically on Al-Awda Street east of the Al-Farahin area, east of the city, where resistance fighters managed to detonate a pre-positioned minefield in an Israeli mechanized force.
The Qassam Brigades killed and wounded members of the force, then targeted the area with a number of mortar shells. The fighters observed a destroyed vehicle being pulled out and helicopters landing to conduct evacuation operations, according to a Qassam Brigades announcement earlier on Wednesday.
>>2257008>Houthisthe reactionary mass murderers who only support palestine due to rankfile being able to defect if they dont show support and wishing to harm the enemy of their ally and ally of their enemies?
bro the houthis suck, what they are doing is moderately effective but they could ramp up this shit that theyre doing masssively and it wouldnt change jack shit and however this situation blows over they deserve to burn in hell
>>2257834Practically every big western paper has taken on a pro Gaza civilian stance at this point to an extent. That's how bad it has gotten. Wapo, nyt, Reuters, ap. All of it
They are constantly leaking bad things Israel does and interviewing gazans.
Met Police bans Jewish m anti Israel protesters from vast area of London
Jewish protesters are going to spread anti-Semitism folks
https://skwawkbox.org/2025/05/07/met-police-bans-jewish-anti-genocide-protesters-from-vast-area-of-london/>>2257861Did you hear about this a few months ago?
>The ministries of interior, education and diaspora affairs announced they would sever ties with the newspaper following comments made by publisher Amos Schocken at a Haaretz conference in London on Sunday. Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi has gone further, proposing a comprehensive government-wide boycott that would end all state advertising and cancel subscriptions for employees across government institutions, including the military, police and prison service.>Speaking at the London conference, Schocken delivered a stark critique of the ultra-right government of Benjamin Netanyahu while describing the Palestinian resistance as โfreedom fightersโ.>โThe Netanyahu government doesnโt care about imposing a cruel apartheid regime on the Palestinian population,โ said Schocken. โIt dismisses the costs to both sides for defending the [illegal West Bank] settlements while fighting the Palestinian freedom fighters that Israel calls terrorists.โ>Schocken described the current situation in the occupied territories and in Gaza as โa second Nakbaโ, referencing the mass ethnic cleansing of Palestinians during Israelโs establishment in 1948. He also called for international pressure on Israel, arguing that โthe only way to establish a necessary Palestinian state is to apply sanctions against Israel, against the leaders who oppose it, and against the settlers.โHaaretz denounced him (of course) and he made an apology.
>>2257848It's about power and respect. They also carry knives which have utilitarian purposes but it's also symbolic of the commitment to protect their family, their tribe, their honor, etc. They'll respect other people more when they're also like that, and who also respect them for those virtues. And there are a significant number of men in Trump's base who are like this, in their own way.
I think the Houthis saw that the U.S. was weak and then Trump reversed that impression but he also respects them. I suspect the Houthis don't have the same general outlook on life as Michelle Obama. These are people who sat on top of a traditional feudal-tribal structure for hundreds of years. I think leftypol can get this more but you say this around other Western leftists they're like "are you calling them savages?!?!?" They can only think in moralfagging.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) โ Turkeyโs intelligence service thwarted a remote attack using pagers last year in Lebanon, days after similar attacks by Israel killed dozens and wounded thousands, including members of Lebanonโs Hezbollah group, a Turkish daily and officials said Tuesday.
Daily Sabah reported that 1,300 pagers and 710 chargers rigged with explosives were confiscated inside a cargo shipment at Istanbul Airport that was on its way to Beirut from Hong Kong.
A Turkish security official, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, confirmed the report but would not provide further details
https://apnews.com/article/turkey-lebanon-israel-hezbollah-pagers-walkie-talkies-e39b0dabaa1718606e238001ad9a31faA ceasefire deal between Yemenโs Houthis and the US does not include sparing Israel, the group said on Wednesday, suggesting its shipping attacks that have disrupted global trade and challenged world powers will not come to a complete halt
https://sightmagazine.com.au/news/us-houthi-ceasefire-deal-does-not-include-israel-says-houthi-spokesperson/โThe agreement does not include Israel in any way, shape or form,โ Mohammed Abdulsalam, the chief Houthi negotiator, told Reuters.
โAs long as they announced the cessation [of US strikes] and they are actually committed to that, our position was self-defence so we will stop.โ
The Houthis said they targeted Israel with drones, the groupโs military spokesperson said in a televised address later on Wednesday.
He reiterated they would also carry out strikes against the US if Washington resumes its attacks on Yemen.
Israel's controversial aid plan for Gaza revealed in new document
Document sets out how hitherto unknown organisation set to administer Israel's controversial humanitarian plan will operate, and who is behind it
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-controversial-aid-plan-gaza-revealedDetails about the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) strategy for Gaza are laid out in a 14-page document circulating amongst aid organisations working on Gaza and seen by Middle East Ey
>>2258304>I want to beat these filthy racist savages with a crowbar till the crowbar breaks.>>2258722>I'd want to skin them alive and let bugflies consume them for scienceWe need /leftypol/ choir
, any of them still around, to do a remake of Wu-Tang Clan's "Method Man"
>>2257914I think you are kind of orientalizing. They are a government, and a government is always going to be too big to care about stuff like respect. But it is true the Houthis represent a deeply reactionary tribal faction. Like every group they are split internally, they are both an anti-imperialist, anti-monarchist foce, and also representing practically feudal interests. They are reactionary in a way Hezbollah, Hamas and Iran aren't, these are all extremely modern Islamic movements that could never exist before their historical time, but the Ansrallah government of Yemen is controlled by very ancient very traditional tribal power.
Obviously this isn't anything about supporting them. What matters now is that they are anti-imperialist and anti-genocide. Even if not for the war on Palestine we need to support them because they are fighting against American, Saudi and UAE (The latter are manifestations of the former) Imperialism. Remember what Stalin said. We should support even the most feudalist king of Afghanistan if he is being threatened by Imperialism. And the Houthis aren't as bad as that.
US unveils Gaza aid plan to bypass Hamas
Exclusive: Witkoff reveals new initiative at UN, aiming to bypass Hamas and the UN via the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation; despite criticism from aid groups, the plan promises secure, transparent delivery to restore donor confidence
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sj83o9qllx>>2259501some more details. on the surface it looks like a serious initiative. very good news for the people of Gaza.
>In a rare and high-profile presentation to the UN Security Council, U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff on Thursday introduced a sweeping American initiative to restore humanitarian aid to Gaza through a new independent mechanism known as the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).
>The foundation proposes the creation of four Secure Distribution Sites across the Gaza Strip, each serving up to 300,000 people, with the goal of reaching 1.2 million residents in the first phase and up to 2 million later. The sites will operate without military presence, under direct supervision of independent safety and security teams. Aid โ including food packages, hygiene kits, medicine and water โ will be distributed based solely on need, and without discrimination.The foundation is led by prominent figures in the humanitarian and financial sectors, including Nate Mook (former CEO of World Central Kitchen), Jake Wood (founder of Team Rubicon) and David Beasley (former head of the UN World Food Program). Oversight will be handled by a leading global auditing firm and a legal team specializing in international humanitarian law.
The document also cites concerns within the international community over diversion of aid by armed groups, black-market resale and lack of transparency from local authorities. GHF, the statement says, is guided by principles of humanitarianism, neutrality, independence and universality, and is committed to measurable field outcomes.
>โGHF sets a new standard for humanitarian aid in conflict zones,โ the document concludes. โIf it can fulfill its promise, it may become a global model for restoring trust in humanitarian assistance in crisis areas worldwide.โ >>2259521Please call Trump an anti-semite and insult him
please please please please please please
President Trump met Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, a close confidant of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Thursday and discussed the nuclear talks with Iran and the war in Gaza, according to two sources briefed on the meeting.
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/09/ron-dermer-met-trump-iran-gazaWhy it matters: The meeting at the White House, which was not made public by the U.S. or Israel, took place ahead of the fourth round of nuclear talks between the U.S and Iran on Sunday in Muscat and President Trump's trip to the Middle East starting on Monday.
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/09/ron-dermer-met-trump-iran-gazaNorway is open to idea of boycotting Israel but they clearly don't want to even begin to present the idea alone
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-09/norway-minister-says-israel-s-plan-to-displace-gazans-is-illegalNorwayโs foreign minister, Espen Barth Eide, said Israelโs plan to forcibly move the population in Gaza to the south of the enclave would be a โgross violation of international law.โ
โIf they do it, it will be very serious and illegal,โ Eide told Bloomberg in an interview Friday
Here is an attempt at explaining what is happening by an anti Zionist website. It is a long article. I didn't read it yet
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/05/why-trump-cut-a-deal-with-yemen-behind-israels-back-and-what-it-means-for-the-region/Why Trump cut a deal with Yemen behind Israelโs back and what it means for the region
Why Trump cut a deal with Yemen behind Israelโs back and what it means for the region
Benjamin Netanyahu is likely missing the days of Genocide Joe Biden, when he had more direct influence over U.S. policy. Still, Trump's surprise deal with Yemen doesn't mean he is aban
>>2260327>>2260476>Did the houthis convince Trump how evil the zionist entity is lmao<I do not understand the logic and reasoning for this drastic change in foreign policy.From the news i read today it's:
>Trump was angling for a nuclear deal with Iran.<Israeli's tell him he cannot do so without their permission>Trump has been offended, decides to get petty with it<Israeli's seethe moar.>>2259954>Reddit is that way, fascesโฆseethe harder faggit.
>>2260475>Haaretz is as well. Definitely feels like a vibe shiftThey have been for over a year, it's not exactly a vibe shift in that regard.
>>2260484You're a fucking mong, mate.
Israel is creating a power vacuum in Gaza by backing armed looters โ and killing anyone who tries to stop them<Growing reports show that Israel has been fomenting armed gangs to loot food supplies in Gaza and sow chaos โ and it's killing those who attempt to stop it. But this strategy isn't new: Israel has waged a war on Gaza's civil government from the start.>To make sure this administrative vacuum is maintained, Israel has launched periodic assassination campaigns targeting members of Gazaโs civil government โ the police force, the security forces, the Civil Defense, and the healthcare system.>Israel has instrumentalized the fact that all these civil branches of government in Gaza, by definition, fall under Hamas control, given that it is the ruling faction in the strip. Consequently, it labels any Gaza civil servant as a โHamas operative,โ an association that has allowed Israel to legitimize the targeting of an entire category of civilian workers. They have included firefighters, medics, nurses, doctors, first responders, police officers, and other civil servants who were killed in the line of duty.>Over the past several months, Mondoweiss has collected testimonies from officials and field operatives in the Gaza governmentโs civil branches, documenting Israelโs targeting campaign and its sanctioning of looting and lawlessness to exacerbate famine conditions in Gaza. On one occasion, Mondoweiss was also able to obtain testimony from a young man who joined a group that looted aid convoys in December 2024. >Our reporting shows that dismantling these components of Gazaโs civil services has been a key objective of Israelโs genocide. On the other side of that process, the Israeli army has either encouraged or turned a blind eye to armed gangs that have intermittently looted aid trucks, marketplaces, and warehouses in Gaza throughout the past 18 months of war. >But today, growing evidence from local reports shows that Israel is actively fomenting and possibly arming them as they loot scarce food resources โ and then targets and kills those who attempt to stop the robberies. Some of those killed by Israel are community volunteers, according to local sources, while many others are police officers and security personnel in the civilian branch of Gazaโs government.https://mondoweiss.net/2025/05/israel-is-creating-a-power-vacuum-in-gaza-by-backing-armed-looters-and-killing-anyone-who-tries-to-stop-them/ >>2261854ะขััะผะฟ ะณะฐะทะฐ ะฑัะพ
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>>2262396Not Israeli. And the whole thing is staged. The black guy and the white guy work together making these prank sketches.
That's weird as fuck. I only found that guys channel because I was looking for this vid called uygha coin and he had a vid with a similar title, but that guys vids only have like 10k views each. I posted them here because they were so weird someone accused me of being him because I was posting this youtuber with only 10k views per vid, and now here I am seeing it again and I know who that is lol.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250509-trump-cuts-off-communication-with-netanyahu-israel-media-says/<Trump cut communications with Netanyahu because he felt like was being bossed around a little too much (source is a Israeli right wing newspaper tho so take it with a huge grain of salt)I hate Trump, he is a devil and a threat to an indepentent Palestine but this +
>>2261863, if both true, will get him JFK'd won't it? It's like he just signed away his own life with that move.
Although, realistically the "recognized Palestine" would be a bastardized border that wouldnt be even close to the 1967 borders, let alone more than that, if we go based on what he proposed in his last term.
>>2263000This is 100% traditionally how it goes, see
>>2259729. If an administration just kind of decides "no", Israel eventually has to comprise on it, and it's been that way for more then half a century. Even a massive Zio like Bush got his way, there were so many things Israel wasn't fully on board with that the current Israeli administration has to grit their teeth over. The only issue here though is that Netanyahu enjoys support by being the guy that just ignores the "no"s, and attempts to go through anyway despite the consequences, which is also ironically part of the conservative support for Trump too lol. Butting heads, at either significantly or just from time to time, feels inevitable.
>>2263452>Jewish students are not safe They "dont feel" safe. But really, they mean Zionists. And they shouldn't feel safe.
Zionism should be a cause for ostracism. Zionists should not be treated with any dignity wahtsoever. It is the wrong framing to elevate jewish voices as a token as if that disproves the supremacist movement. It should be clear that the only reason Zionism is permitted is because the cops enforce it.
But yeah, every Jewish person should rightly feel the need to disavow Israel or face heavy consequences.
>>2263452>Jewish students are not safe Good.
Simple solution. Stop identifying as jewish. Nobody needs this absurd ancient cult anymore, there have been multiple sequels.
>>2263807Hi Shlomo.
>>2263808>Be Jewish. No. Are you fucking simple? This is a leftist forum. These idiotic cults are used to defer and deny liberation.
>>2263851In "On the Jewish Question" (1843), Marx is not attacking Jews or Judaism. He is critiquing political emancipation in bourgeois society, especially the limits of liberal rights that leave capitalism untouched. He engages with Bruno Bauer, who claimed Jews must abandon religion to be emancipated.
Marxโs critique of "Judaism" in this context is not about attacking Jewish people or Judaism as a religion, but it is more about the social relations that underlie capitalism, which manifest in all societies, including Jewish communities. For Marx, real emancipation means getting rid of these relations altogether, not merely replacing religious or political forms.
The beef is real good article
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/disagreements-iran-gaza-straining-trump-netanyahu-relationship-rcna205985According to the report, while the two leaders initially aligned on addressing threats from Hamas and Iran, their approaches have diverged in recent weeks. Trump, who lifted restrictions on weapons shipments to Israel and supported its military operations, is now reportedly advocating for a ceasefire and a plan to rebuild Gaza into what he envisions as a "Riviera of the Middle East."
Privately, Trump has said the new Israeli offensive in Gaza is a wasted effort because it will make it harder to rebuild, according to those two sources. The report cites unnamed US and Middle Eastern officials who say Netanyahu remains focused on potential military action against Iran's nuclear facilities, while Trump is pursuing diplomatic negotiations to prevent Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons. Netanyahu was reportedly upset after Trump stated he had not yet decided whether to permit Iran limited uranium enrichment under a new deal.
The report also notes that Netanyahu was caught off guard by Trump's decision to end US military operations against the Houthi group in Yemen, despite recent Houthi attacks on Israel. The Israeli prime minister is said to have expected a stronger commitment from Trump during a recent visit to the White House.
Trump has allegedly expressed frustration with Israel's renewed Gaza offensive, suggesting it could hinder reconstruction efforts. Meanwhile, Republican Senators Tom Cotton and Lindsey Graham have pushed for any Iran deal to be subject to Senate ratification and to fully bar uranium enrichment by Tehran.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/408167French Foreign Minister Jean-Noรซl Barrot considered the Dutch request to review the EU-Israel partnership agreement "legitimate," calling on the European Commission to study the matter, especially since humanitarian aid has not reached the Gaza Strip for more than two months.
Barrot said in statements on Sunday that the Netherlands had asked the European Commission to examine the Israeli government's compliance with Article 2 of the partnership agreement. "This is a legitimate request, and I call on the European Commission to examine it," he added.
He added, "I believe we need to translate reality into words. The truth is that the Palestinians in Gaza are starving, thirsty, and lacking everything," noting that the Gaza Strip is now on the brink of chaos and collapse due to famine.
In a letter to EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas, Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp requested a review of the EU-Israel partnership agreement in accordance with Article 2, which requires Israel to respect human rights and democratic principles.
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3479593.htm>>2265332Any interested party could hold the opinion that benefits them if the incentives line up sufficiently.
That's why Hasbara has gotten so retarded and Zionism has gotten such downpour of institutional support, to the point of causing domestic unrest. The principal beneficiaries of Zionism, NATO, do not have populations who are exposed to the tensions of the colonial situation, or any sort of associated material consequences. For them, it is a PR battle. And you can never outspend the liberals. For them the task is to show sufficient commitment to Zionism that there is not the slightest hint of wavering support. For everyone to know that they are free to jump head first into the big open market of supporting Israel and it will be a sound investment, with not future repercussions, no badly takes postures no matter how extreme or explicitly genocidal.
Creating a vibrant culture war battle about the issue prevents the problem of disconnect, because the Zionist sympathizers who live in the region are subject to those material pressures. You need the vast majority of Zionists, who aren't even jews, to be comfortable with the same positions as the people who need century old, colonial supremacy to make sense of daily life.
I'm sorry to say, but did you think that for example people would carry any stigma for killing in excess of 1.000.000 USAnos by deploying or supporting the neoliberal and culture war handling of the pandemic? Did you expect a lasting effect that would inform politics down the line?
So why on earth would the same methods produce different results when the matter is so much ore important to the ruling class, than a pandemic that never really threatened the reproduction of the workers and was ripe for profiteering?
>>2265819Yeah they're trying to scam the Saudis by telling them Trump saying "I recognise Palestine" is somehow a substitute for a Palestinian state.
>>2265826That's for nuclear tech. Not the normalisation, and also peeling them away from Iran. Those two have got too close to each other for Washington's liking.
>>2265936Ben Shap-
This I am not near you right now, you're going to need to slap yourself in my stead. Hard enough to leave a red mark on your cheek.
I found a literal hasbara playbook. It's really interesting to read.
https://archive.org/details/TheIsraelProjectTheGlobalLanguageDictionary2009HasbaraManual/page/n31/mode/1upThe Israel Project - The Global Language Dictionary 2009 - Hasbara Manual
>>2219284shame that ISIS wasted thousands of jihadi lives to cause shit in Syria and Iraq when they could not be braindead for once and launch a mass invasion of Israel.
Mullahs get your priorities straight ffs
>>2266273they do not need to be as astute anymore.
They realised they can do whatever the fuck they want, no one has the power to oppose them. In 25 years, hasbara will literally be "ok, and?".
>>2266278 (me)
USSR+Eastern bloc gone, Saddam gone, Assad gone, PLO cucked, PFLP greatly diminished in influence, Iran still standing but increasingly isolated and sanctioned.
Yeah, the Zios are gonna be alright.
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