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Please listen to the words of this Kibbutz Be’eri resident: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1AxZG09htI
..Thank you for this..it’s a shame DS only seem to want to find only racist, violence-filled, horror pieces…
I posted this ATL but if people missed it, it’s worth a watch…Dr Gabor Mate, an Israeli and his outlook…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6_GDDa4bmI
Thanks for that. Very eloquently put.
Thanks Mrs Gums. A very moving video.
She says Netanyahu is 100% to blame for this massacre. Apparently, it’s nothing to do with the throat-slitting barbarians who believe her people have no right to be alive.
I suppose there is not much point in saying anything in response, as you have made up your mind to one view, which is fine…it’s just not mine.
I suspect the people of Palestine feel exactly the same…whether you agree or like it…
She knows exactly what happened and how barbaric it was..unlike you and me, she was actually there….but like millions of us, including many in Israel, they believe answering barbaric acts, with barbaric acts of your own isn’t the answer.
Did you mean to suggest the Palestinians also think it is nothing to do with throat slitting barbarians? One problem is the Palestinian people have no effective means of expressing their views, any more than Iranians or Russians.
it seems many in the west feel entitled to interpret their views and excuse tge violence of their compatriots. Meanwhile they hold Israel to a much higher standard which they inevitably fail to reach but that does not make them the wrong doer.
I don’t think you have much comprehension of the degree to which Netanyahu is detested in Israel. A few think he let this happen, many blame him for dropping the ball, and most understand that he encouraged the growth and influence of Hamas. That’s despite the other hot water he is in, politically and legally.
Powerful. Thanks for posting.
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A six-year-old Muslim boy is dead, stabbed 26 times, in Chicago. Police believe it is linked to the conflict. This is where the polarisation inflicting our societies in the wake of this conflict leads.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/10/16/chicago-muslim-boy-woman-killed-israel-hamas-attack/
I read that. Fecking atrocious. I feel like there’s nutters everywhere and different people have different triggers that sets them off. He needs to die then there’s be one less homicidal maniac on this earth.
Can you please stop talking like this
When David Amess was murdered, did you accept the media line that the killer was probably a nutter and that we had to wait until the verdict to find out? I doubt it.
Hang on a minute. I’m condemning a deranged psychopath who murdered a child in the most hateful manner and suddenly *I* am the bad person?! Can you just have the decency to explain your rationale here because I was under the impression ( more fool me ) that we all at least agreed that people who go out and target defenseless children to slaughter were generally not good citizens?
Or are people here now sympathising with the actual menaces to society?
No, I am saying that in an aggravated hate crime, we deem somebody’s motivation as significant, and rarely let anybody off on psychological grounds.
Do you want to take a line that all perpetrators of aggravated hate crimes are mad? I doubt it.
If you were merely careless with your language then fair enough.
If you think I am accusing you of being a bad person then the same applies to me. When Amess was murdered it was immediately obvious that the most likely motivation was hate, and not a deranged mental state. I started going after left wing apologists who kicked off with the ‘nutter’ line on day one.
For the record I don’t condone killing and this murderer doesn’t “need to die” either.
OMG, so you’re literally taking me to task over semantics? How nit-picking can a person possibly be?! LOL You think because I used the word ”nutter” that I’m trying to let the psycho off the hook because I’m inferring that he’s literally insane, therefore not in control of his actions? Jeez…
Well I bloody well condone killing when it is justified, like in cases such as this. Not a penny of taxpayers money should be wasted on that human filth in prison. But then nobody’s ever accuse me of being a ‘good Christian’ either.
Well many are trying to make Israel the bad person because their intell didn’t work this time. If it had worked and the IDF had taken action to prevent it the media would have been full of claims they were the aggressors.
It’s not that Israeli intelligence “didn’t work”, it’s far more sinister than that, but I’ll leave it there..
In single the agenda world we seem to inhabit here at the moment you won’t read this…
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/fbi-notes-increased-threats-against-both-jewish-and-muslim-communities-since-hamas-assault/
FBI notes increased threats against both Jewish and Muslim communities since Hamas assault
If the DS bothered to pay attention to the press in Israel, they would find far greater nuance and debate than can be found in our right-wing media.
Yes, American Media is also so much better (go figure, as they say!)
…..there is something peculiarly nasty, one sided and simplistic (and that’s me being kind) about the British press..
These are Tweets from Biden and the Whitehouse….
…pretty much what many of us have been saying..and have been made to feel guilty about??
“This weekend, I connected again with Prime Minister Netanyahu to reiterate unwavering U.S. support for Israel, and to provide an update on our military support and efforts to protect civilians.
It’s time all countries unequivocally condemned Hamas as a terrorist organization that does not represent the aspirations of the Palestinian people.”
“I spoke with Palestinian Authority President Abbas to condemn Hamas’ attack on Israel and reiterate that Hamas does not stand for the Palestinian people’s right to dignity and self-determination.
I assured him that we’re working with partners in the region to ensure humanitarian supplies reach civilians in Gaza and to prevent the conflict from widening”
I also watched this short interview with Anthony Blinken from Cairo..it’s interesting in so much as it doesn’t seem that they have a problem with support for Israel and humanitarian support for civilian Palestinians..
there’s also the wider context of how this affects neighbouring countries ……a more realistic take about what is at stake…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVK6caXhoC4
Biden is part of a political mafia, he is an out and out criminal. I cannot give any credence to words put in his mouth nor to the words of Whitehouse spokesmen.
..Yes..no doubt true Hux….they are all MoFo’s…
but I suppose we can despise them, while at least agree they seem to have a more open and nuanced reaction to what’s going on. That’s really all I was saying….
When you look at the calibre of ‘those in charge’ it’s frightening…
I think the words from Blinken are hot air, we know the power of the lobbing and support for the MIC in the US congress , his words mean nothing.
If they did, then why are US aircraft carries enroute to the Mediterranean, as if this will not be inflammatory.
As Galloway has voiced, Iran back Hamas, Hezbollah have said they will be joining support for Hamaz of the ground offensive enters Gaza are also backed by Iran, and behind Iran are Russia and China.
The possibility of this conflict to result in oil prices that will halt the industrial western world are real.
Our way of life is on the line, I’m depressingly concerned for all our children’s future.
I’m optimistic ( possibly naively ) that the majority of people we’re seeing in countries all over the world out protesting to free Palestine are just there for that reason, and that they are not by default supporting Hamas or justifying the atrocities they committed. It’s a shame we’ve not had more reporters on the ground actually stopping and talking to these people, just to get a feel for what they think and believe and why they’re there. This is the problem, how to distinguish the percentage of people who just want peace and freedom for the people of Palestine from the scum who are literally all about the killing of innocent people and the genocide of Jews. It’s a difficult statistic to call but I hope most are not like this radicalized, deluded nutter in Canada;
https://twitter.com/KatKanada_TM/status/1713351112282292351
Yes I agree … we all need to stay optimistic…
I watched the large protests in Madrid yesterday, and it wasn’t full of ‘terrorist nutters’..it looked like a lot of ordinary Spaniards were in there….…this is from the actor John Cusack, and I’m not saying is the only view but this was his experience….so yes, let’s stay optimistic…
I was out at the Palestinian march in Chicago –
I’ll tell you what I didn’t hear –
– I didn’t hear death to Israel –
– I didn’t hear death to Jews –
– I didn’t hear people celebrating the murders of Israeli civilians .
What I DID hear is – we must free Palestine from a brutal occupation – people concerned for their loved ones, in a hell zone, stuck without food, water and power. Deep anguish over people being told to leave and bombed as they left.
I heard people share personal accounts of family members who have been jailed humiliated, harassed, persecuted, targeted and killed for generations. Family members that have been hit with tear gas for no reason and they go on with similar stories about occupied life: young men, women and children whose entire families have been wiped out, who are now alone angry, humiliated and denied basic human rights – and have come to the place where they would rather die fighting than stay imprisoned or murdered – knowing that if you try to defend yourself or your family – you’re by default labeled a terrorist – that’s how it is there. They say these things as realities they continue to live through. Palestinian civilians didn’t ask for a massacre – they know the military might of their occupiers – they know they stand no chance –
I asked one man – does he support Hamas – he looked at me, sighed and shook his head –
“ if you’re there – what choice do you have?”
This was the grim sober truth for him .
I realised my moral litmus test without historical context is , given the realities of the situation – meaningless .
https://twitter.com/johncusack/status/1713354008113369100
“Marina Wheeler: Why I’ve taken a job with Labour”
…because there really isn’t any difference any more.
LOL! Why I’ve moved from the right cheek to the left cheek on the same arse…..
I wonder if, in my lifetime, people will care to engage with politics ever again?
“Ultra-processed fools”
While not wishing to detract from his conclusions regarding food addiction as a mental health disorder, I note that, in this rather snarky article, the author carefully avoids an actual definition of ultra processed foods which are by design meant to increase palatability so that you eat more of them. I can see how that could increase food addiction, even though the evidence may be scant – can you? Numerous organisations (including the UN) have raised health concerns. Nor does he mention that ingredients lists requiring a PhD in advanced chemistry to understand and which have no long-term studies on gut biome effects might not be the best choice. All a bit too ‘limited hangout’ for my liking.
Ultra-processed food is an industrially formulated edible substance derived from natural food or synthesized from other organic compounds. The resulting products are designed to be highly profitable, convenient, and hyperpalatable, often through food additives such as preservatives, colourings, and flavourings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-processed_food
https://www.fao.org/3/ca5644en/ca5644en.pdf
“Conservatives triumph in New Zealand election, ending Jacinda Ardern’s legacy” says the Sunday Times. I don’t believe the new government will be able to unpick the left wing policies introduced by NZ Labour Party, although they are more likely to want to do it than the British Conservative Party since 2010.
The left wing has planned and prepared well for the take over of quangos NGOs and other bodies where the taxpayer is the source of funding. Left wing governments around the world make sure to embed into them committed left wingers who will continue to promote those policies even if there is a change of government. In the UK we see this taken to the point where litigation is used by state backed entities against government policies, despite the policies of the government since 2010 being hardly different from Labour here.
The ST journalist must know this so why the silly headline.
….besides the fact that it’s only a few months ago that Ben Shapiro was telling us all how bad Russia was and how Western countries, including Israel, were completely different from Russia..because Russia didn’t care about civilian deaths and didn’t follow International rules and norms..
…it’s now, of course, somehow different, so a full 360…..the sheer hypocrisy he’s showing is both typical, unpalatable and indefensible…..
Besides the fact that with that idiot voice i’d wish he’d stop talking full stop, I won’t be listening to anyone extolling and defending death and destruction on civilians..nor do I want to hear hypocritical opinions……on either side…
I stopped listening when he’s described the successful annexation of territory through military force during the six day war as ‘miraculous’.
I just wish they would stop..I honestly think they are making things worse for the very people they claim to support…
Plus it’s like trying to listen to a chipmunk, very off putting!!
Shapiro is simply disgustingly inflammatory in everything his diatribe is aimed at.
https://icandecide.org/press-release/icans-attorneys-file-major-lawsuit-to-strike-down-portions-of-the-prep-act/
ICAN is excited to announce that it is supporting a lawsuit that was filed today by ICAN’s attorneys to strike down the immunity to liability and the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP) provisions of the PREP Act because they violate the constitutional rights of those injured or killed by a COVID-19 vaccine.
TheChiefNerd
UNREAL: Aaron Siri Says Only FOUR People Have Been Compensated After Being Injured by the COVID-19 Vaccine
A New @ICANdecide
Lawsuit Which Is Challenging the PREP Act Hopes to Change That
“Four people have been paid out, that’s it…and over 12,000 claims have been filed…Even if you win, the most you can get is $50,000 in lost wages a year and your lost medical expenses…One case was a young girl in high school who got the J&J vaccine…She had to have brain surgery, can’t walk…She filed her claim back in November 2021 and still no decision, nothing…The four people who they did provide compensation to, they only gave them about $2,000 each.”
A Palestinian child dies every 5 mins…
https://youtu.be/jWDd1kIHYlQ?si=r-BrLU9IjENBF6S_
Like the redefinitions that took place during the Covid scam, “Genocide” and “Self Defence” has joined them…
100%
@BretWeinstein
It is amazing how many people have now understood the COVID madness well enough to refuse the new shots, but have not understood the bigger picture well enough to recognize their own complicity. As a result, the vulnerability remains exposed, awaiting the next exploit.
To counter the last post.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/israeli-forces-shot-their-own-civilians-kibbutz-survivor-says/38861