Bibi is in deep trouble. MbS is dictating a resolution. And CBS is airing Bibi's dirty laundry on Sunday.
It's about to get real in Tel Aviv.
Monday, April 29, 2024
Niece of U.S.-Israeli hostage worries a deal "is arguably not" in Netanyahu's "political interest"
from CBS
As reports of Israel's new cease-fire proposal renew hopes for the release of hostages still being held by Hamas, the niece of a U.S.-Israeli captive said that while she believes a deal can be reached, her family is concerned that finalizing any sort of peace agreement may not serve Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's political agenda.
President Biden spoke with Netanyahu on Sunday, the White House confirmed to CBS News.
"I do think a deal can be reached. I mean, we know that. A deal was reached in November ... so we know that it's possible," Hanna Siegel said Sunday on "Face the Nation." She told moderator Margaret Brennan that the United States "plays a critical role" in the negotiation process, as it did during the initial cease-fire, but acknowledged that "ultimately, this is a negotiation between Hamas and Prime Minister Netanyahu in Israel."
"And one of the things that really worries my family, and worries
me, is that it's arguably not in Prime Minister Netanyahu's political
interest to close a deal," Siegel said...
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As Anger Grows Over Gaza, Arab Leaders Crack Down on Protests
from NYT
Like other governments across the Middle East, Egypt has not been shy about its position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Its denunciations of Israel over the war in Gaza are loud and constant. State media outlets broadcast images of long lines of aid trucks waiting to cross from Egypt into Gaza, spotlighting Egypt’s role as the sole conduit for most of the limited aid entering the besieged territory.
Earlier this month, however, when hundreds of people gathered in downtown Cairo to demonstrate in solidarity with Gaza, Egyptian security officers swooped in, arresting 14 protesters, according to their lawyer. Back in October, the government had organized pro-Palestinian rallies of its own. Yet at those, too, it detained dozens of people after protesters chanted slogans critical of the government. More than 50 of them remain behind bars, their lawyers say.
It was a pattern that has repeated itself around the region since Israel, responding to an attack by Hamas, began a six-month war in Gaza: Arab citizens’ grief and fury over Gaza’s plight running headlong into official repression when that outrage takes aim at their own leaders. In some countries, even public display of pro-Palestinian sentiment is enough to risk arrest...
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Saudi FM says US bilateral agreements ‘very, very close’
from al Jazeera
Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister says Saudi-US security pact negotiations that bilateral agreements between the kingdom and the United States were “very very close.”
“Most of the work has already been done. We have the broad outlines of what we think needs to happen on the Palestinian front,” Faisal bin Farhan said in a panel at the World Economic Forum special meeting in Riyadh.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who was on the same panel, added that an agreement “is potentially very close to completion” but that there must be a credible path towards a Palestinian state to move forward.
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Gaza 'freedom flotilla' blocked, activists vow to press ahead
from Daily Sabah
Plans of the International Freedom Flotilla Coalition hit a snag when Guinea-Bissau decided to withdraw its flag from ships that would deliver humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. The flotilla was expected to set sail on Friday before the unexpected decision of the West African country.
At a protest in Sultanahmet Square of Istanbul, a group chanting slogans against Israel displayed banners that read: "Stop the Fire on Civilians" and "Free Palestine." Protesters also referenced a ban on the Palestinian flag in 1967, symbolically marching with watermelon slices, an icon at that time.
Speaking on behalf of the group, Marry Ann Wright said the flag of Guinea-Bissau, the flag country of two of the Freedom Flotilla's four ships, had been withdrawn from the ships. Highlighting that one of the flagged ships was loaded with more than 5,000 tons of aid, Wright alleged that Guinea-Bissau's decision assisted Israel in its illegal blockade and genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Despite the potential repercussions, Wright emphasized their determination to reach the people of Gaza, asserting that Israel's refusal to provide the aid necessary for Palestinians to survive demonstrated how far it would go.
U.N. experts on Friday demanded safe passage for the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, whose ships departing Türkiye will be carrying 5,500 tons of humanitarian aid and hundreds of international humanitarian observers to Gaza...
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Israel Reportedly Concerned Biden May Throw Netanyahu ‘Under the Bus’ at ICC
from Sputnik News
Most of
America’s overseas allies are signatories to the International Criminal
Court’s Rome Statute. The US itself quit the Court in 2002 before
launching its war of aggression in Iraq. Israel is not a party to the
ICC, but is concerned about the “dangerous precedent” that could be set
by threats to drag its leaders before the Court.
Israeli
officials are concerned the Biden administration may abandon the
Netanyahu government if the ICC issued arrest warrants against the
Israeli prime minister and senior members of his cabinet.
“Where is Biden? Why is he quiet while Israel will potentially be thrown under the bus?” an Israeli diplomatic source told the Jerusalem Post on Sunday.
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President Raeisi: Violent suppression of anti-Zionist student protests shows West’s true colors
from PressTV
Iran's President Ebrahim Raeisi has vehemently slammed the heavy-handed crackdown against pro-Palestine student protests in Western universities, especially in the United States, saying it has laid bare the true nature of Western civilization.
Raeisi made the remarks while addressing a meeting of his cabinet on Sunday.
The Iranian president described violent suppression of anti-Zionist student protests, and the beating and arrest of professors and students in Western universities, especially in the US, as “another scandal for self-proclaimed advocates of freedom of expression.”
“Today, thanks to the blessed blood of the oppressed martyrs of Gaza, the true nature of Western civilization has been revealed to the people of the world more than anytime before,” the Iranian president said...
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Sunday, April 28, 2024
Saudi Arabia warns of economic fallout from Gaza war, geopolitics
from Daily Sabah
Saudi Arabia on Sunday called for regional "stability," warning of the geopolitical risks and effects of the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza on the global economic sentiment at the start of a summit attended by a host of Gaza mediators.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Palestinian leaders and high-ranking officials from other countries trying to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas are on the guest list for the summit in Riyadh, capital of the world's biggest crude oil exporter.
The Gaza war along with conflicts in Ukraine and elsewhere put "a lot of pressure" on the economic "mood," Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed Al Jadaan said at one of the first panel discussions of the two-day World Economic Forum (WEF) special meeting.
"I think cool-headed countries and leaders and people need to prevail, and you need to make sure that you actually de-escalate," Al Jadaan said.
"The region needs stability."...
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Saturday, April 27, 2024
Exodus From Bibi
from TIME
As we mark Passover, when Jews celebrate their founding liberation from a tyrannical Pharaoh who enslaved them, the sages remind us Pharaohs come in all guises and liberation is not a one-time event. It must be re-enacted in each generation and in each heart.
Today,16 million Jews in a world of eight billion face rising external threats. The indigenous home of the Jewish people and the lone Jewish state among 195 countries is encircled by Iranian-armed proxies committed to its annihilation and by increasing global delegitimization.
Yet it’s hard to find a graver internal challenge to both Israel and world Jewry than Benjamin Netanyahu.
Yes, echad mishelanu, one of ours. Democratically elected by a sovereign Jewish nation in whose affairs, American Jews are repeatedly warned, it is wrong to interfere or even criticize...
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More Americans have little, no confidence in Netanyahu: Poll
from The Hill
An increasing number of Americans have little to no trust in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of world affairs, according to a new poll.
The report, issued Thursday by Pew Research Center, found 53 percent of U.S. adults said they have little or no confidence in Netanyahu doing the “right thing” regarding world affairs, including 25 percent who said they have no confidence in him at all.
The share of Americans with no confidence in the Israeli prime minister increased 11 percentage points since last year, when 42 percent shared the sentiment.
Only 9 percent of U.S. adults in the latest survey said they have “a lot” of confidence in his handling of world affairs, while 21 percent said they have some, Pew found. These are slight drops from last year, when 8 percent said they have a lot of confidence and 24 percent said they have some...read more here
‘No doubt’ Netanyahu preventing hostage deal, charges ex-spokesman of Families Forum
from Times of Israel
On the morning of Saturday, October 7, Haim Rubinstein heard the sirens go off at his home in Tel Aviv. He turned the television on and saw Hamas terrorists getting off a white pickup truck in Sderot and then watched social media footage of Israelis being kidnapped to the Gaza Strip.
Rubinstein understood instantly that these events were unprecedented, and that immediate action was needed.
He saw the first hostages being dragged away on foot, in pickup trucks and on motorcycles — including Noa Argamani, who was kidnapped from the Supernova music festival near Kibbutz Re’im aboard a motorcycle while crying for help, with her boyfriend Avinatan Or led away on foot by terrorists...
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Israel murders daughter and grandson of Refaat Alareer
from Electronic Intifada
Israel on Friday murdered the daughter, grandson and son-in-law of Refaat Alareer, the beloved writer, poet and educator who was assassinated by Israel in December.
The airstrike on a building in the al-Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City killed Shymaa Refaat Alareer, her husband Muhammad Abd al-Aziz Siyam and their 3-month-old son Abd al-Rahman.
They had been sheltering in the building of Global Communities, an international relief charity formerly known as CHF, in Gaza City, according to Abdallah Abd al-Aziz Siyam, Muhammad’s brother...
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From LA to NY, student protests in support of Palestine grow strong in US
from al Jazeera
Students at US universities protesting against Israel’s war on Gaza have pledged to continue occupying school grounds despite growing efforts by university leaders and police to clear the demonstrations.
As the protests that began at Columbia University in New York spread outside the United States, demonstrators nationwide are demanding that schools slash financial ties to Israel and divest from companies they say are enabling Israel’s nearly seven-month war on Gaza that has killed at least 34,388 people and 77,437 others.
Decisions to call in law enforcement to remove protesters have led to hundreds of arrests in various universities. They have also prompted faculty members at California, Georgia and Texas universities to initiate or pass largely symbolic votes of no confidence in their leadership...read more here
US won’t sanction IDF despite ‘gross human rights violations’ – media
from RT
The US government has determined that three Israel Defense Forces (IDF) units committed human rights violations against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank, but will still continue military aid to Israel, according to reports.
Under the so-called Leahy Law, the US Departments of State and Defense are prohibited from extending military assistance to foreign armies and law enforcement units that are proven to have flagrantly violated human rights. There is an exception, however, for when steps have been taken “to bring to justice the responsible members of the unit,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken outlined in an undated letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson obtained by ABC News and AP on Friday.
The accusations against two civilian and three military units, including the Netzah Yehuda Battalion composed primarily of ultra-Orthodox Jews, stem from incidents unrelated to the war against Hamas in Gaza...
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Israel rejects US call to probe Gaza mass graves – Politico
from RT
Israel will not investigate the mass graves found at Gaza hospitals, as it has already dealt with the matter and found no wrongdoing by its troops, a spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has told Politico.
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Wednesday that Washington wanted to see the circumstances surrounding the hundreds of deaths “thoroughly and transparently investigated.”
Officials in Gaza have said a total of 392 bodies, including those of women and children, and others bearing signs of torture and executions, have so far been found at makeshift burial sites at two hospitals that had been raided by the Israeli military.
IDF spokesperson Nadav Shoshani told Politico on Friday that reports of Israeli troops having anything to do with the mass burials were “fake news.”
When asked whether that meant that Israel would not investigate the matter, he replied: “Investigate what?”...
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German president says two-state solution key to lasting peace in Middle East
from Daily Sabah
Germany agrees with Türkiye that lasting peace in the Middle East will be possible through a two-state solution, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Friday, referring to the Palestinian issue.
“Every minute of my visit to Türkiye was valuable and constructive,” Steinmeier told Turkish reporters following his three-day stay in the country.
"For me, coming to Türkiye on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the beginning of our diplomatic relations was very significant," he added.
The two countries enjoy good commercial ties though they differ on several issues, namely Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, Türkiye’s long-stalled EU membership and the pursuit of Eurofighter jets.
Noting that both countries are NATO allies and G-20 members, Steinmeier stated: "As Türkiye and Germany, we are indispensable to each other; we need each other."...
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Friday, April 26, 2024
U.S.C. Cancels Its Main Graduation Ceremony, Citing Security Concerns
(Little back-stabbing weasel pieces of shit got USC to cancel main-stage graduation ceremony this year and blame it on the students who are demonstrating for an end to the genocide in Gaza. But a bunch of fucking cowardly little sycophants sucking up to the Zionist influence in America. They are trying to make OTHER STUDENTS hate their classmates who want an end to GENOCIDE!!! This is sickening!!! A friend told me his nephew is graduating this year. These people who do this shit are scum-bags. They are the WORST PEOPLE on the planet. Godless miserable rat-faced cowards.)
from the New York Times
The University of Southern California announced on Thursday that it has canceled its main-stage graduation ceremony for students, a move that follows campus protests over the Israel-Hamas war and a controversy over its selection of a class valedictorian.
The university said that it could not host the ceremony, which was scheduled for May 10, because of new safety measures that would have increased the amount of time needed on the day to process the 65,000 students and guests who usually attend.
This week, the university has been rocked by turmoil by pro-Palestinian protesters, resulting in the arrests of more than 90 people.
It was the continuation of controversy on the Los Angeles campus that began in early April, when the university selected a Muslim valedictorian, Asna Tabassum, a biomedical engineering major from Chino Hills, Calif...read more here
Turkish universities back Gaza war protests sweeping US colleges
(We have been told recently that natural immunity doesn't exist or at least it didn't when it came to Covid-19. That was a lie. Now we see the human condition's natural response to the vile evil that is zionism. It's us. We are the anti-bodies humanity has formed to fight off the scourge of zionism as it threatens our species one last time. Viruses spread but so to do the body's natural immune response to the unnatural. This is what we see happening all across the world. And it's beautiful.)
from Daily Sabah
Numerous universities in Türkiye have strongly condemned the disproportionate use of force by police against students participating in Gaza protests in the United States.
As protests in support of Gaza, which started at Columbia University a few days ago and have spread to various states, continue in the U.S., universities in Türkiye have issued a joint statement expressing support for the student protesters.
The statement published in Turkish and English on the universities' official social media accounts said: "For over six months, peaceful students protesting the brutality aimed at innocent people in Gaza have been subjected to violence. Protesters from Columbia University to Yale, from New York University to Harvard are calling on their universities to support cease-fire efforts in Gaza and sever ties with companies linked to Israel."
"Students are being detained during protests, and universities are transitioning to remote learning to halt the demonstrations. We consider the disproportionate response to the peaceful reaction of university students as a blow to basic human rights and academic freedom, and we deeply regret and strongly condemn it," it added...
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After US, French students defy police for pro-Palestinian demo
(Remember that asshole who said 'make them hurt to shut them down'? I said it doesn't work that way unless you're a coward as that man is apparently. You attack some of us, you attack all of us and more and more people are stepping up as a result of their 'hurt them' policy. That's always how it is. It takes courage to stand up for what is right. That's why that asswipe doesn't understand. Because he never has.)
from Daily Sabah
A group of students at one of France's most prestigious universities defied police Friday to protest Israel's brutal war on the Gaza Strip.
The students at Sciences Po occupied an academic building and demonstrated on campus after police broke up a pro-Palestinian solidarity demonstration earlier Wednesday night.
The protests come as Israel's genocidal war on Gaza has sparked a wave of anger across college campuses in the United States.
Sciences Po students have accused management of calling in police to break up a pro-Palestinian protest by dozens of students gathered on a central Paris campus earlier Wednesday.
"The director has crossed a red line by deciding to send in the police," Ines Fontenelle, a member of the Student Union at Sciences Po, told AFP as some 150 students gathered Thursday.
"Management must take steps to restore a climate of trust."...
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US State Dept's Middle East spox resigns over Gaza policy
from Daily Sabah
The U.S. State Department's spokeswoman for Middle East and North Africa announced her resignation on Thursday, in protest of Washington's policies regarding the Gaza Strip, amid Israel's atrocities.
"I resigned April 2024 after 18 years of distinguished service in opposition to the United States’ Gaza policy. Diplomacy, not arms. Be a force for peace and unity,” Hala Rharrit wrote in a LinkedIn post, according to Al Arabiya.
Rharrit has worked in various roles at the State Department since 2005, and was a spokesperson for the Middle East and North Africa since August 2022, according to her LinkedIn page.
State Department spokesman Vedant Patel said he has seen reports that Asked about Rharrit’s resignation but he is not going to talk about a "personal matter” and refused to "delve into the specifics”.
Noting that there are channels at the State Department where employees can share their views when they disagree with a certain policy, he said the option of dissent channel remains in place...
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China describes Iran as ‘strategic partner' in West Asia
from PressTV
China's special envoy to the Middle East says Iran is a “special partner” of Beijing in West Asia, appreciating Tehran’s measures in the region.
Zhai Jun made the remarks on Friday during a meeting with Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Ali Bagheri Kani in Moscow, on the sidelines of the Consultations of Deputy Foreign Ministers/Special Envoys of the BRICS group of emerging economies on the Middle East Affairs.
Zhai condemned the Israeli regime’s recent terrorist attack against the Iranian diplomatic premises in Syria and thanked Tehran for its actions in defense of the Palestinians’ rights, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported.
China is Iran’s largest trade partner. Both countries are subject to different levels of illegal sanctions imposed by the US...
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Iran calls on BRICS to play role in stopping Israeli crimes
(Here we go. Been saying this for a while. The FreeMarketeers of the Unipolar NWO (Great Reset) are scared this thing in Gaza is going to harm their efforts at world dominance. Once the banksters understand Bibi and the Likudniks are harming their bottom line, it's done.)
from PressTV
Iran has called on the BRICS group of emerging economies to play a role in putting an immediate stop to Israeli crimes against the Palestinians.
The call by Iran's deputy foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani in Moscow on Thursday came as his counterparts and special representatives of BRICs nations met to discuss the latest developments in the West Asia and North Africa region.
"The manner and quality of role-playing of individual countries and international organizations in relation to the Israeli regime's crisis mongering and the position they adopt in this regard is effective and will be recorded in history," he said.
"Therefore, the members of the BRICS organization should show their political and practical will to completely stop attacks on people and civilian infrastructure in the Gaza Strip," he said.
Bagheri Kani called on the BRICS nations to help with the quick sending of humanitarian aid, especially food, medical equipment and medicine to the Gaza Strip and the complete withdrawal of the occupying forces and the reconstruction of the besieged territory.
"At the moment, our focus should be on achieving a complete and permanent halt to the attacks of the Zionist regime in order to reduce the humanitarian disaster in the Gaza Strip, expand the sending of international humanitarian aid to Gaza, and provide firm support to the activities of humanitarian organizations, especially UNRWA," he said...
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Thursday, April 25, 2024
Opposing Bibi's Genocide in Israel Makes Us 'the Freak Left' in Trump Country
by Scott Creighton
What more can you say?
Remember Netanyahu saying we had to stop these demonstrations on university campuses? Well, of course, Mossad-linked Steve Bannon steps up to the moment to try to help Bibi out. But of course he does.
“I am not a moderate, I’m a fighter,” Bannon said. “And that’s why I’m proud to stand with the state of Israel. That’s why I’m proud to be a Christian Zionist.” Steve Bannon 2017This is a pic of Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas.
Abbott is a Catholic seen here praying to the god of more campaign finance donations.
But the writing is on the wall. The end for the zionist wet dream is nigh. And they know it.
Let the hate flow. Let them water the olive trees with their tears. The time for the zionists' dream is coming to an end and everyone knows it.
Stick to your guns. Ignore their threats. Endure like a Palestinian.
We are about to witness history.
May you live in interesting times, indeed.
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
YouTube Turned Off Comments on My Latest Video
by Scott Creighton
(UPDATE: They keep turning comments off and I keep turning them back on. Still not one single notification from YouTube that they are doing this or any explanation as to why. However, they have not turned off comments on the previous two videos I restored them. Odd. I guess they finished the review of those two.)
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They didn't turn off the comments on the video I made about them turning off comments on my previous two videos but then, late this afternoon, YouTube turned off comments on my most recent video.
I did not turn off comments on that video, YouTube did. Immediately.
So I turned em back on.
Get this: apparently YouTube doesn't want folks sharing information about how Jewish people across the world are standing up against zionism and genocide.
How is that possibly good for Jewish people? It's not. But it is good for zionists like Netanyahu, the Likud party and the Israeli developers who can't wait to steal more Palestinian land.
Yes Virginia: Jews Do Stand in Solidarity with Palestine
Yes Virginia: Jews Do Stand in Solidarity with Palestine
US split over whether Netanyahu capable of accepting Palestinian component of Saudi deal
from Times of Israel
Despite the Gaza war’s evisceration of Israel’s image throughout the Arab world, Saudi Arabia has continued holding high-level discussions with the White House in recent weeks aimed at brokering a normalization agreement with Jerusalem, three US officials told The Times of Israel.
Significant obstacles remain, and any possible deal would hinge on securing a temporary truce in Gaza through a long-elusive hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, the officials clarified.
Still, they all asserted that the gaps between Washington and Riyadh are bridgeable.
Where the US officials said the administration is more divided is on whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be prepared to advance the cause of Palestinian statehood to get the Saudis on board.
The details of what the Palestinian element of the deal will be are still being finalized, but it will require Israel to take concrete steps aimed at establishing a pathway to an eventual Palestinian state, the officials said.
Over much of his years in power, Netanyahu has spoken of his ability to
thwart international efforts to promote a two-state solution. Since
October 7, those boasts have only grown...
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Israel's Netanyahu says 'more has to be done' to stop pro-Palestinian protests on US campuses
(The Zionists are in a panic state. They do not want their actions to reflect badly on Israel's public image so they, once again, lie.)
from Yahoo News
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday "more has to be done" to stop pro-Palestinian protests that have spread across U.S. campuses in recent weeks.
"What's happening in America's college campuses is horrific," he said in a recorded statement, accusing "antisemitic mobs" of taking over leading universities.
"It's unconscionable. It has to be stopped. It has to be condemned and condemned unequivocally," he said. "The response of several university presidents was shameful. Now, fortunately, state, local, federal officials, many of them have responded differently but there has to be more. More has to be done."
Protests over Israel's actions in Gaza have intensified across U.S. campuses in recent weeks with the Gaza war now in its seventh month.
Pro-Palestinian protesters have called for a ceasefire and for their universities to divest from companies with ties to Israel. Dozens of students have been doxxed, suspended by the university and arrested by police...
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Nancy Pelosi says Israel's Netanyahu 'should resign' as prime minister
from NBC
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign, adding another influential voice to Democratic criticism of the Israeli leader.
In an interview published Monday, Rep. Pelosi cited the recent resignation of the intelligence chief of the Israel Defense Forces over failures surrounding the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack, before pointing the finger back at Netanyahu.
"We recognize Israel's right to protect itself. We reject the policy and the practice of Netanyahu — terrible. What could be worse than what he has done in response?" Pelosi, D-Calif., told Irish broadcaster RTÉ's Six One News.
"He should resign. He's ultimately responsible," she added.
Asked whether she viewed Netanyahu as an obstacle to peace, Pelosi responded: "I don't know whether he's afraid of peace, incapable of peace, or just doesn't want peace. But he has been an obstacle to the two-state solution."...
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Naomi Klein: Jews Must Raise Voices for Palestine, Oppose "False Idol of Zionism"
' Hundreds of protesters were arrested in Brooklyn on Tuesday when Jewish New Yorkers and allies gathered for what they called a "Seder in the Streets to Stop Arming Israel" on the second night of Passover. The demonstration, held one block away from the home of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, came just hours before the Senate overwhelmingly approved a $95 billion foreign aid package that includes about $17 billion in arms and security funding to Israel. "Too many of our people are worshiping a false idol," said award-winning author and activist Naomi Klein, one of several speakers at Tuesday's rally. "They are enraptured by it. They are drunk on it. They are profaned by it. And that false idol is called Zionism." '
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Three days under fire: Palestinians in Tulkarem describe the ‘most violent’ Israeli raid in years
from Mondoweiss
“Unprecedented terror” continues to haunt Palestinians in the Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarem, two days after the Israeli army concluded its 52-hour-long invasion of the camp, in which it killed 14 Palestinians, nine of whom at least were unarmed civilians, according to residents.
On Thursday night, April 18, the Israeli army announced that it had launched “a large operation” in Nur Shams, the two-square-kilometer camp adjacent to the city of Tulkarem, in the northwest of the occupied West Bank. The invasion was to target the ‘Tulkarem Brigade’, which has operated in the camp since 2022.
“This isn’t the first time that the occupation has raided Nur Shams, but this time it was different because the occupation forces used unprecedented violence during the raid,” Baraa al-Ghoul, a resident of Nur Shams, told Mondoweiss. “In previous raids, if an armored vehicle reached a dead-end in the camp’s alleys, it made a U-turn and looked for a different way through. This time they just demolished whatever they found in front of them,” he said...
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Daily life in Rafah’s desert camp
from Electronic Intifada
Our new camp in Rafah, after our third displacement, is located in a graveyard near the Egyptian border. Each day the tents of new arrivals – of those forcibly displaced by Israeli attacks – creep closer to the graves.
After every Israeli massacre, both graveyard and camp expand, crawling toward the outer edges of the desert.
We’ve been here since December 2023. Nine of us share a tent that is 16 square meters.
We are in the desert, but sometimes it does not feel that way because of the density and the near-constant sounds of Israeli explosions and drones.
There are so many people in the camp, all of us in tents that do not protect from heat or cold...
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Of Bad Knees and YouTube Comment Sections
Yeah. Gotta date in the AM with the bone breakers and I got my comment section turned off on a couple videos. These are the chains I forged in life. So I may be dumping the knees and I did turn comments back on. Let's see how it goes. It's all a roll of the dice anyway.
Senate Approves Aid for Ukraine and Israel, Sending It to Biden’s Desk
from the NYT
The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday night to give final approval to a $95.3 billion package of aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, sending it to President Biden and ending months of uncertainty about whether the United States would continue to back Kyiv in its fight against Russian aggression.
The vote reflected resounding bipartisan support for the measure, which passed the House on Saturday by lopsided margins after a tortured journey on Capitol Hill, where it was nearly derailed by right-wing resistance. The Senate’s action, on a vote of 79 to 18, provided a victory for the president, who had urged lawmakers to move quickly so he could sign it into law.
And it capped an extraordinary political saga that raised questions about whether the United States would continue to play a leading role in upholding the international order and projecting its values globally...
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Jamaica officially recognizes state of Palestine
from PressTV
Jamaica says it has decided to officially recognize Palestine as a state amid prolonged concerns over Israel’s ongoing war in the Gaza Strip and the dire humanitarian crisis in the besieged territory.
Jamaica’s Foreign Minister Kamina Johnson Smith confirmed the decision in a press statement on Wednesday, stressing that the move is aligned with her country’s “strong commitment” to the principles of the United Nations Charter, which seek to promote mutual respect, peaceful co-existence, and the right to self-determination.
“By recognizing the State of Palestine, Jamaica strengthens its advocacy towards a peaceful solution,” she said.
Smith went on to say that Jamaica continues to support the so-called two-state solution as the only viable option to resolve the long-standing Israeli-Palestinian conflict...
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Pro-Gaza protesters in NY's Columbia University stay put despite intimidation, crackdown
from PressTV
Pro-Gaza US protesters in New York's Columbia University say they will stay put despite the university's harassment and police crackdown.
The protesters said they refuse to concede to "cowardly threats and blatant intimidation" by university administration, asserting that they will continue to peacefully protest.
Columbia University threatened the students with the national guard after refusing to bargain in good faith.
The university announced a midnight deadline for talks regarding the removal of pro-Palestine encampments on the varsity campus, warning that their campsite will be forcefully cleared by police if no agreement is reached.
The university campus is being used as a campsite for hundreds of pro-Palestine protesters and other activists, who have gathered and set up numerous tents...
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Germany to resume working with UNRWA following review
(Yet another IDF lie bites the dust)
from Daily Sabah
Germany has followed the footsteps of several other Western donors to resume support to the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees.
The decision Wednesday comes after a review found Israel had not yet provided evidence that hundreds of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) staff were members of Palestinian resistance groups.
Israel alleged in January that some UNRWA employees may have participated in the Oct. 7 Hamas incursion that triggered the war in the Gaza Strip.
In the weeks that followed, numerous donor states, including Germany, suspended or paused some $450 million in funding.
Many, including Sweden, Canada and Japan had since resumed funding...
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South Asian state plans to join BRICS
from RT
Sri Lanka intends to formally seek membership of the BRICS group of nations, the South Asian country’s ambassador to Russia announced on Wednesday.
Speaking to reporters, Janitha Abeywickrema Liyanage confirmed that “Sri Lanka is planning to join BRICS+” and expressed hope that accession would provide “an opportunity to ensure both transport and food security.”
The
BRICS group of non-Western economies – which previously comprised
Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa – has recently seen a
major wave of expansion. Earlier this year, four nations – Ethiopia,
Iran, Egypt and the UAE – became members, and more are expected in the
future...
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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
I am NOT shutting down comments on YouTube
by Scott Creighton
It was brought to my attention that comments were turned off on at least my last two videos on YouTube.
I did not do that.
If you check the 'learn more' button the last option they list is that they themselves will shut off comments 'for safety concerns'
That is what they did and they provided me no notification.
Sorry about that but I have no recourse to change it.
Just so you know, it was not me. I don't do that.
Clearly they are trying to keep us from talking about the growing opposition to genocidal Zionism.
Once again YouTube positions themselves on the wrong side of history.
Analyzing Zionist Efforts to Disrupt Palestine Solidarity Demonstrations
Analyzing Zionist Efforts to Disrupt Palestine Solidarity Demonstrations
Sponsor of TikTok Ban & Iran-Palestine Sanctions Gets 1,400% Bump in AIPAC Donations
from Aletho News
The
21st Century Peace through Strength Act passed the US House of
Representatives on Saturday, as part of a package of bills that also
included military aid to Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific.
US
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), who sponsored the 21st Century Peace
through Strength Act that passed the US House of Representatives,
saw contributions to his campaign from the American Israel Public
Affairs Committee (AIPAC) increase an incredible 1,413% during the 2024
election cycle when compared to the 2022 cycle.
The
21st Century Peace through Strength Act includes the REPO Act, which
enables Biden to seize Russian assets frozen in US banks and send them
to Ukraine, a provision that will essentially ban TikTok from the US,
sanctions against Palestinian resistance groups..
read more here
Statement by NYU Spokesperson on Gould Plaza Protest
(Gould Plaza is on W 4th st. in New York City. It is open to civilian traffic and NOT on a closed road belonging to NYU so they had no right to try to close the street because of 50 random kids holding a demonstration.)
from NYU
“Today’s events did not need to lead to this outcome.
“This morning, some 50 protesters began a demonstration on the plaza in front of the business school. This occurred without notice to the University, and without authorization. The University closed access to the plaza, put barriers in place, and made clear that we were not going to allow additional protesters to join because the protests were already considerably disruptive of classes and other operations in schools around the plaza.
“Nonetheless we made no move to clear the plaza at that point because high among the University's aims was to avoid any escalation or violence. So, the University was deeply disturbed when, early this afternoon, additional protesters, many of whom we believe were not affiliated with NYU, suddenly breached the barriers that had been put in place at the north side of the plaza and joined the others already on the plaza. This breach was in violation of directions from Campus Safety Officers and in violation of multiple University rules.
“This development dramatically changed the situation. We witnessed disorderly, disruptive, and antagonizing behavior that has interfered with the safety and security of our community, and that demonstrated how quickly a demonstration can get out of control or people can get hurt. At one point, we explained to the protesters that they needed to disband in an hour, and there would be no adverse consequences.
“Nevertheless, many refused to leave. We also learned that there were intimidating chants and several antisemitic incidents reported. Given the foregoing and the safety issues raised by the breach, we asked for assistance from the NYPD. The police urged those on the plaza to leave peacefully, but ultimately made a number of arrests.
“We will continue to support individuals’ right to freedom of expression, and, as we have said since October, the safety of our students and maintaining an equitable learning environment remain paramount.”
- NYU spokesperson John Beckman
read more here
More than 150 arrests made during pro-Palestinian protests at NYU in Greenwich Village
from ABC
A huge turnout of pro-Palestinian protestors demonstrating at NYU in Greenwich Village have been arrested.
They defied a 4 p.m. deadline on Monday to disperse from Gould Plaza in front of the School of Business.
A mix of students and outsiders, more than 150 people, were arrested.
NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kaz Daughtry said that they received a letter from NYU, with a request to clear out Gould Plaza after "individuals" refused to comply with the repeated requests to disperse...
read more here
Another pro-Palestinian protest dispersed in New York
from RT
Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters have gathered at New York University, with the rally later broken up by police who made a number of arrests, according to local officials and media reports.
NYU spokesman John Beckman said the demonstration kicked off on Monday morning on Could Plaza in front of the Stern School of Business and some 50 people took part, adding that this happened “without authorization.”
The officials at the institution put barriers in place to prevent anyone else from joining in “because the protests were already considerably disruptive of classes and other operations in schools around the plaza,” Beckman said...
read more here
Columbia, NYU, Yale on the boil over Israel’s war on Gaza: What’s going on?
from al Jazeera
Top United States university campuses, including those of Yale, New York University (NYU) and Columbia University, are on edge amid arrests of pro-Palestinian demonstrators on Monday and mounting tension between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel protesters over the war in Gaza.
On Sunday, a prominent rabbi linked to New York’s Columbia University and its affiliated Barnard College, Elie Buechler, urged Jewish students at the institution to stay home due to “extreme anti-Semitism” on the campus.
Columbia’s President Nemat “Minouche” Shafik announced in an official statement that all classes will be held virtually on Monday and that faculty and staff who can work remotely should do so. Monday marks Passover, a major Jewish holiday.
“Over the past days, there have been too many examples of intimidating and harassing behavior on our campus. Anti-Semitic language, like any other language that is used to hurt and frighten people, is unacceptable and appropriate action will be taken,” Shafik said in a statement...
read more here
Monday, April 22, 2024
Condescending Prick Calls for 'Hurting' Anti-Zionists
Yes. The desperation is palpable. They have figured out they can't hasbara us into submission anymore so now this prick is just calling for causing us harm. I'm sure that will age well.
'Let's Just Hurt the Antisemites Cus We Can't Win Arguments While We Kill Children to Steal Land' says a Jew
by Scott Creighton
He's not calling for direct violent action against activists (like Tom Cotton did this weekend) but instead he is suggesting Jewish people do whatever backhanded, backstabbing, dirty little deeds they can manage to make folks pay for having the audacity to suggest Israel stop committing genocide in Palestine.
How's that for a stereotype?
Same shit Michael Rapaport was preaching a couple months ago. Don't you love how the makers of Fallout TV show type cast him so well?
I don't know who this clown is and don't really care. He's a prick who can see the writing on the wall. Or perhaps the writing on Twitter.
Twitter replies to this American's video declaration of Holy War against all those who think killing 13k children so you can steal their land is a morally bankrupt course of action:
“We need to stop trying to educate people on the virtues of murdering children. It hasn’t worked!”
“OH NO, IT’S HAPPENING AGAIN! QUICK, GET THEM FIRED, SUE THEM AND TAKE THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS! WHY ARE WE SO HATED?!”
"The goyim aren't listening, it's time to threaten them with violence."
And here's another Twitter response:
Zionism must be exposed and discredited
from Mondoweiss
You could not get a better picture of Zionism than from two recent events. Israel bombed a consulate in a foreign country – Syria – killing top Iranian military officers, among others, and Israel supporters in the U.S. forced the cancelation of the valedictorian address at the University of Southern California because the speaker opposes Israeli genocide in Gaza.
These actions are consistent. They are expressions of a maximalist ideology that operates on a global level to support the Israeli regime. That ideology, of course, is Zionism, the belief that Jews need a state in order to be safe. Today Zionism threatens political freedom in the United States and international order. It threatens the political tradition of liberalism in the United States by compelling Democratic politicians to pay for more bombs to advance a genocide.
After 150 years of struggle and practice, it is plain that Zionism is dedicated to the neverending subjugation of Palestinians, who resist their persecution...
read more here
US senator recommends ripping skin off Gaza protesters
from Electronic Intifada
Tom Cotton, the bellicose US senator from Arkansas, is not satisfied with pushing to employ the US military against Black Lives Matter and antifa protesters. He’s now encouraging vigilante violence against Gaza genocide activists.
On Monday, he proposed throwing protesters in American cities off bridges. He urged people stuck in traffic related to Gaza genocide protests to take violent action.
“I encourage people who get stuck behind the pro-Hamas mobs blocking traffic: take matters into your own hands to get them out of the way.”
Protesters for Palestinian freedom are “pro-Hamas mobs” to Cotton, a man who inveighs against over-taxing but on the American tax day promotes bodily harm against those protesting US tax money fueling war crimes and genocide..
read more here
At Least 180 Bodies Discovered in Mass Grave at Hospital in Gaza’s Khan Yunis – Reports
from Sputnik News
The bodies of 180 people have been found by Palestinian emergency services in a mass grave at the Nasser Medical Complex in the southern Gazan city of Khan Yunis, Al Jazeera broadcaster has reported.
The
bodies, including those of elderly women and children, were discovered
in the hospital courtyard over the weekend, the report read.
On
April 7, the Israeli troops have withdrawn from the city with Israeli
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant saying that the Israel Defense Forces
eliminated Palestinian movement Hamas as a military structure in the
city...
read more here
62,000 Israeli settlers flee northern Palestine amid Hezbollah strikes: Report
from PressTV
Some 62,000 Israeli settlers have fled areas in the northern sector of the 1948 Israeli-occupied lands amid fear of strikes by Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement in retaliation for the bloody onslaught on Gaza, latest reports have revealed.
Lebanon’s al-Mayadeen television news channel, citing Israeli media outlets, reported on Sunday evening that the number of settlers that have evacuated the area as a result of Hezbollah’s operations now stands at a staggering 62,000.
The report noted that 30,000 of the settlers have evacuated northern occupied Palestine on their own as fears are mounting among the residents that Hezbollah fighters continue to carry out daily operations with no signs that they are deterred by any action the Israeli army is taking.
Israeli media outlets further noted that 40% of the evacuees are considering no return to the region...
read more here
Hezbollah unleashes missile strike on Israeli forces in fresh pro-Palestinian op.
from PressTV
Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement has carried out a missile strike against a gathering of the Israeli regime’s forces in southern Lebanon.
The movement announced the development in a statement, saying it had targeted the forces near the town of al-Dhahira in the country’s Tyre District on Monday.
The missile strike set off missile sirens in Galilee in the northern part of the occupied territories, Qatar’s Al Jazeera television network reported.
Hezbollah said it had conducted the Monday operation “in support of our steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and in support of their brave and honorable resistance.”...
read more here
Biden asks Americans to choose between freedom and democracy
from RT
US President Joe Biden has implored his supporters to choose “freedom over democracy,” in the latest of a long series of gaffes and verbal blunders. Conservative pundits have viewed the incident as more proof that the 81-year-old is unfit for office.
Speaking at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Thursday, Biden rattled off a string of buzzwords as he asked voters whether they would choose him over former President Donald Trump in November’s presidential election.
“Are you ready to choose unity over division? Dignity over demolition? Truth over lies? Are you ready to choose freedom over democracy? Because that’s America,” he exclaimed.
Biden’s “freedom over democracy” line drew a mix of laughs and applause from the crowd...read more here
White House slams ‘anti-Semitic’ protests at college campuses
from RT
The White House denounced an “alarming surge of anti-Semitism” at US college campuses in a statement on Sunday, against the backdrop of an escalating pro-Palestine protest at Columbia University in New York.
More than 100 people have been arrested on or near the campus at Columbia since student demonstrations began on Wednesday. Protesters have set up scores of tents in front of the university, demanding that it boycott Israel-linked companies and publicly call for a ceasefire in Gaza. The death toll in the Palestinian enclave since the onset of the Israel-Hamas war on October 7 has topped 34,000, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
In a press release on Sunday, the White House condemned the alleged calls for violence against Jews in schools, communities, and online. “This blatant anti-Semitism is reprehensible and dangerous – and it has absolutely no place on college campuses, or anywhere in the country,” the statement said.
The
New York City Police Department has arrested 108 people for trespassing
after they refused to leave the makeshift encampment at Columbia.
Students were among those arrested, and received suspension notices from
the university, Fox News reported...
read more here
Israeli strikes on Rafah kill 22, mostly children as US pushes aid
from Daily Sabah
Overnight airstrikes by Israel in the southern Gaza city of Rafah claimed the lives of 22 people, including 18 children, according to health officials on Sunday.
Concurrently, the U.S. is poised to approve billions of dollars in additional military aid to its ally.
Rafah has been a frequent target of Israeli air raids, with over half of Gaza's 2.3 million residents seeking shelter there from ongoing conflicts elsewhere.
Despite global appeals for restraint, including from the U.S., Israel has expressed intentions to escalate its ground operations into the border city adjacent to Egypt.
On Saturday, the House of Representatives passed a $26 billion aid package, earmarking approximately $9 billion for humanitarian efforts in Gaza...
read more here
Israel military intel chief resigns over Oct. 7 Hamas incursion
from Daily Sabah
Israel's military intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva's resigned Monday over the failures surrounding the Oct. 7 Hamas incursion of southern Israel.
The decision makes Haliva the first senior figure to step down over his role in the deadliest assault in Israel's history and could set the stage for more resignations among Israel's top security brass, over the incursion that saw members of the Palestinian resistance group blast through Israel's border defenses and causing the deaths of around 1,200 people, while taking roughly 250 hostages into Gaza. That attack triggered Israel's genocidal war on Gaza, now in its seventh month.
"The intelligence directorate under my command did not live up to the task we were entrusted with. I carry that black day with me ever since, day after day, night after night. I will carry the horrible pain of the war with me forever," Haliva wrote in his resignation letter, which was provided by the military.
Haliva, as well as other military and security leaders, were widely expected to resign in response to the glaring failures that led up to Oct. 7 and the scale of its ferocity...
read more here
Sunday, April 21, 2024
So I Become Chauncey the Gardener
'As long as the roots are not severed, all is well. And all will be well in the garden.'
Distracted by Burning Man We Hardly Notice Congress Selling Us Out Bigly
by Scott Creighton
Yesterday all the social media and video sharing websites seem to have violated their own rules about showing violence or attempts at suicide when they, each one of them, allowed multiple posts of videos showing Max Azzarello's self emulation in a New York city park that happened early Friday afternoon.
Mr. Azzarello, say what you will about him and his... message... would typically have been banned from all social media and MSM platforms due to their strict adherence to policies that prevent folks from garnering attention and clout by posting his death.
But yesterday the 'interwebs' were full of stories and videos featuring Max's last painful moments.
Why is that you think?
Oh yeah... there's this:
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