Just want to say that while I don't think I have posted but once in this thread prior, I read almost every post and catch up regularly. I am American, active locally in the Democratic Party and I am absolutely seething. This thread is honestly my single best source of information on this and I appreciate you and other posters for compiling the news and keeping us informed.
US Congress deal bars US funds to UNRWA until March 2025, sources say
An agreement reached by U.S. congressional leaders and the White House on a massive bill funding military, State Department and a range of other government programs will continue a ban on U.S. funding for UNRWA, the main U.N. agency for Palestinians, until March 2025, two sources said on Tuesday.
www.reuters.com
So first Israel wants to stop police officers from being responsible for aid deliveries, fails at that attempt and then just murders the two police officers currently responsible for the job. The most moral army in the world sure looking like a bunch of mobsters, killing whomever stands in the way of getting what they want.
Yeah it's the same for me. This is my main source of news and I check it multiple times per day, but I never post. The regular posters here do a good job and I don't find myself having anything I need to add. I'm sure there are a lot more people reading the thread than it seems.
I do agree with that poster's frustration and overall point and it isn't just an era thing. The outrage you would normally expect from people on the left for a genocide has definitely been muted because of who is contributing to it and it happening in a US election year. A lot of people don't want to engage with it and get frustrated or defensive when it's brought up.
'Man-made famine' charge against Israel is backed by mounting body of evidence
‘Man-made famine’ charge against Israel is backed by mounting body of evidence
Prospect of Israel facing war crimes charges has moved closer after UN condemnation of Gaza aid restrictions
www.theguardian.com
View: https://twitter.com/guardiannews/status/1770525497816125494
With no progress whatsoever in providing aid and countless aid escorts, protection and workers being murdered, isn't catastrophe inevitable now?
I wonder how the world will react to over a million dead from this weaponized starvation campaign? People might think this number is too big but it's really not. In 2022 Oxfam looked at a famine in drought-stricken East Africa and determined that it would claim a life every 36 seconds from October to Dec 31 of that year. Gaza is suffering a man made famine though at the hands of Israel so it is different than East Africa but even being supremely generous and saying a person dies every 2 minutes this would still be a catastrophe. We are pretty much at the worst stage of this genocide so far.
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The amount of war crimes Israel gets away with is astounding. And they still want you to believe they're the victims in this ongoing genocide.
International law is a joke.
Israeli spokesperson Eylon Levy suspended after reports of row with Foreign Office
The row is reportedly over comments by Mr Levy in response to a statement by Lord David Cameron on aid getting into Gaza.
if you're British you've seen this guy, now he's the first propagandist to have met his match
Laws only matter if and how they are enforced.
US is the power that could enforce international laws and laws of war on Israel, but US is actively choosing not to and instead actively enable Israel.
Yup. Same age as my son, except this poor girl has tremors as she's sitting there eating a lollipop. The pure innocence, suffering. My heart breaks.
Israeli spokesperson Eylon Levy suspended after reports of row with Foreign Office
The row is reportedly over comments by Mr Levy in response to a statement by Lord David Cameron on aid getting into Gaza.news.sky.com
if you're British you've seen this guy, now he's the first propagandist to have met his match
I am genuinly surprised. He's said way worse things than that in the past
Being insanely frustrated watching us being so far stuck up Israel's ass during this horror show makes me wonder if this is anything like how Europeans always feel whenever they would see their leaders acting like everything is just fine with the US when we're out commiting our own war crimes/atrocities.
The international community is a joke. So few politicians or journalists are actually calling this out or even attempting to act on what is happening.
As an ordinary person I feel helpless. I donate money, I've contacted politicians, I've attended a protest but it goes now where. The world doesn't care and I'm not sure what it will take for that to change.
I feel you. I've invited an Arab friend of mine to go to protests with me, and she just tells me it won't achieve anything, that it's just "words in the air." On some level, I know she's got a point, which makes my heart sink. I can feel the dejection in her voice when she tells me that, as if she wishes she didn't believe that, as if she's reached a dead end. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people felt this way at this point.
I just figure at the very least, it's worth exercising the free speech I have in my country to protest its actions. There was a photographer at the last protest/march I went to who said he's been covering free speech protests since the Vietnam War. Even though those protests didn't stop the war, they were still documented evidence of people trying to advocate for humanity. Maybe I, and anyone else protesting or donating where they can, will help history remember that there was resistance, that people cried out against what's going on, that people tried to get their country to stop funding genocide.
At least, I like to think that way. Even a voice ringing out into the air can have meaning.
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I really hate america. So fucking disgusting.US Congress deal bars US funds to UNRWA until March 2025, sources say
An agreement reached by U.S. congressional leaders and the White House on a massive bill funding military, State Department and a range of other government programs will continue a ban on U.S. funding for UNRWA, the main U.N. agency for Palestinians, until March 2025, two sources said on Tuesday.
This is so fucking hopeless. God what a disgusting thing to look at. I wish the world wasn't spineless and could hold Israel accountable for this genocide.
Good to know , the mask is slipping off the face .
Yep. Need to suppress it to stomach a vote for Biden instead of demanding better from him. Disappointing behavior.
But but but democracy is on the ballot! Freedom is on the ballot!
Fascism only sucks when its republicans doing it.
US Congress deal bars US funds to UNRWA until March 2025, sources say
An agreement reached by U.S. congressional leaders and the White House on a massive bill funding military, State Department and a range of other government programs will continue a ban on U.S. funding for UNRWA, the main U.N. agency for Palestinians, until March 2025, two sources said on Tuesday.
Cant believe they're willing to die on this hill. I hope the US involvement in creating famine is examined at the ICJ.
Israeli spokesperson Eylon Levy suspended after reports of row with Foreign Office
The row is reportedly over comments by Mr Levy in response to a statement by Lord David Cameron on aid getting into Gaza.
if you're British you've seen this guy, now he's the first propagandist to have met his match
Couldnt have happened to a more smarmy piece of shit. Wonder who they're going to replace him with.
Biden's Spokespeople Are the Perfect Vessels for His Soulless Gaza Policies
Biden’s Spokespeople Are the Perfect Vessels for His Soulless Gaza Policies
If the president is the man in charge, these press secretaries are his robotic enforcers, playing the same hollow tunes every day.
www.thenation.com
In light of the clips of the spokespeople going around Twitter recently.
KJP is probably the most visible example of someone who sold their soul for the administration. Just fucking look at this horrible response.
View: https://twitter.com/ryangrim/status/1770608715562930600
In a response about the Muslim and Arab communities anger towards the administration, look how completely disinterested and incoherent she is in her response, and how she talks about the victims of oct 7 vs people of "those communities". Get the fuck off the podium if you dont want to do this job.
I hate these people so much. So goddamn unlikable. And it somehow falls to us to "do the right thing"? Nah fuck yall.
Biden's Spokespeople Are the Perfect Vessels for His Soulless Gaza Policies
Biden’s Spokespeople Are the Perfect Vessels for His Soulless Gaza Policies
If the president is the man in charge, these press secretaries are his robotic enforcers, playing the same hollow tunes every day.
In light of the clips of the spokespeople going around Twitter recently.
KJP is probably the most visible example of someone who sold their soul for the administration. Just fucking look at this horrible response.
View: https://twitter.com/ryangrim/status/1770608715562930600
In a response about the Muslim and Arab communities anger towards the administration, look how completely disinterested and incoherent she is in her response, and how she talks about the victims of oct 7 vs people of "those communities". Get the fuck off the podium if you dont want to do this job.
I hate these people so much. So goddamn unlikable. And it somehow falls to us to "do the right thing"? Nah fuck yall.
I have a lot of words I could say here but I will keep it short.
This admin is the one that actually cares? God what a nightmare. Every time these press assholes get on to answer questions its always in the most disgusting way possible.
So disgusting. Fuck this Admin as a whole. Truly evil pieces of shit.
I think most are lurking here. I don't have much to add to the thread except outrage, but I pray constantly for a ceasefire.
The slow motion train wreck of famine is so avoidable it hurts.
I mostly stay quiet because my blood is boiling most of the time. My contributions wouldn't fly. Anything I do post, I rewrite maybe 10 times before it becomes a watered down fraction of the anger and sadness I feel.
U.S. has submitted draft resolution demanding "immediate ceasefire" in Gaza, Blinken says
I highly doubt this will pass. U.S drafted resolution will probably mean a veto by Russia or China.
US Congress deal bars US funds to UNRWA until March 2025, sources say
An agreement reached by U.S. congressional leaders and the White House on a massive bill funding military, State Department and a range of other government programs will continue a ban on U.S. funding for UNRWA, the main U.N. agency for Palestinians, until March 2025, two sources said on Tuesday.
Biden's Spokespeople Are the Perfect Vessels for His Soulless Gaza Policies
Biden’s Spokespeople Are the Perfect Vessels for His Soulless Gaza Policies
If the president is the man in charge, these press secretaries are his robotic enforcers, playing the same hollow tunes every day.
In light of the clips of the spokespeople going around Twitter recently.
KJP is probably the most visible example of someone who sold their soul for the administration. Just fucking look at this horrible response.
View: https://twitter.com/ryangrim/status/1770608715562930600
In a response about the Muslim and Arab communities anger towards the administration, look how completely disinterested and incoherent she is in her response, and how she talks about the victims of oct 7 vs people of "those communities". Get the fuck off the podium if you dont want to do this job.
I hate these people so much. So goddamn unlikable. And it somehow falls to us to "do the right thing"? Nah fuck yall.
The Biden administration is a two faced evil.
Supplying, protecting and financing a genocide while defunding the primary organization that is providing aid.
Then to save face they come up with half assed solutions to provide the aid one of which killed the recipients of that aid(air drops), the other relies on going through perpetrators of said genocide.
Now after +30k dead they call for a ceasefire while still financing and arming the genocide.
If the administration has any intention higher than saving face, they would cease arming and funding this, the fact they won't proves these calls are superficial.
The administration is a monster that operates with the facade of civility and morality.
Something that is bipartisan across the US political system, particularly when it comes to Palestine.
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The withholding of aid while simultaneously talking about how dire what people are facing is is so asinine I can't understand how someone defends it. I know some countries said they were increasing their giving to UNRWA. Does anyone know how much those increases make up for the US pulling $300 million or so in funding?
THE CHILDREN WHO LOST LIMBS IN GAZA
The Children Who Lost Limbs in Gaza
More than a thousand children who were injured in the war are now amputees. What do their futures hold?
EU and US pile on pressure for Gaza ceasefire
EU leaders call for ‘immediate humanitarian pause’ while US expected to bring UN resolution calling for truce without delay
www.theguardian.com
David Cameron accuses Israel of blocking key aid crossing in Gaza
An Israeli official denied the claim in an online row with the UK foreign secretary and has since been suspended
www.theguardian.com
yeah. every time i open my mouth regarding the subject i'm skirting way too close to a ban. but i've had my eyes open.
Majority in U.S. Say Israel Has Valid Reasons for Fighting; Fewer Say the Same About Hamas
57% of Americans express some sympathy with both Israelis and Palestinians, including 26% who say their sympathies lie equally with both groups.
www.pewresearch.org
Younger americans are more likelily to sympathize with Palestinians
4. Emotions, news and knowledge about the Israel-Hamas war
Most Americans report having strong emotional reactions to the Israel-Hamas war, including sadness (83%), anger (65%) and exhaustion (51%).
www.pewresearch.org
Not surprised majority of americans aren't aware of Israel-Palestinian conflict lol
Time to call my senators, I suppose. Both are Democrats and at least one of them has spoken out about aid to Israel.
I can't get over how the Israeli government are acting like spoiled children and the US is indulging them so much. It's ridiculous.
I wish when those asshole US representative speakers hold press meetings and say drivel like there's a famine or the Gazans really need aid fast someone would question them and ask "why do they need aid desperately? Who's been indiscriminately killing them so quickly and destroyed all their infrastructure that they're in famine? Who has been killing 3rd party aid and health workers for months now?".
I'd like to see them squirm and wriggle their way out of avoiding trying to put any hint of war crimes against israel and by association USA itself. A slip up of guilt would be so amazing to watch.
I'd like to see them squirm and wriggle their way out of avoiding trying to put any hint of war crimes against israel and by association USA itself. A slip up of guilt would be so amazing to watch.
Hamas
Anytime the questions go in that direction that's their pivot to redirect.
Saw the drone footage.
Absolutely disgusting. The world needs to see this. And act accordingly.
Absolutely disgusting. The world needs to see this. And act accordingly.
View: https://twitter.com/AJArabic/status/1770907456576831920
Extremely graphic footage obtained by AJ from an IDF drone downed by Hamas, in which the IDF strikes unarmed Palestinians with a drone.
Man you got direct drone footage of a family being bombed.
How much clearer do you want? So disgusted by how the world is being. Fuck america, fuck Israel, fuck every country backing this
How much clearer do you want? So disgusted by how the world is being. Fuck america, fuck Israel, fuck every country backing this
At this point someone should interfere. Someone should send a military to Gaza and get the IDF the hell out of Palestinian Territories. And I'm not talking about Peacekeepers, it should be an actual military with an actual Navy, Air Force and heavy artillery, otherwise this slaughter will never end.
As gut wrenching as this drone footage is it's not surprising at all. Thanks to the umbrella the US provides Israel has a carte blanche to commit whatever atrocities they feel like without any repercussions.
As gut wrenching as this drone footage is it's not surprising at all. Thanks to the umbrella the US provides Israel has a carte blanche to commit whatever atrocities they feel like without any repercussions.
Reminds me of when they blew up those 4 kids playing soccer on the beach in 2014. No doubt they do this often.
The way they shot at the one trying to crawl away. You can't say they kill civilians by accident, or from collateral damage, or whatever excuse. They go out of their way to do it.
When you hear them spouting off about killing terrorists or whatever, remember it's stuff like this and like them executing civilians at Al Shifa above that they're doing.
The way they shot at the one trying to crawl away. You can't say they kill civilians by accident, or from collateral damage, or whatever excuse. They go out of their way to do it.
When you hear them spouting off about killing terrorists or whatever, remember it's stuff like this and like them executing civilians at Al Shifa above that they're doing.