Genocide as Colonial Erasure from the United Nations (PDF)
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Israel’s outlawing of UNRWA will make life ‘unbearable’ for Palestinians
from al Jazeera
Israel’s much-criticised banning of the United Nations Palestinian aid agency (UNRWA) is part of a broader attempt to undermine the rights of Palestinian refugees and expel them from the occupied territories, analysts have told Al Jazeera.
The ban on the agency takes effect in three months and will exacerbate an already catastrophic situation in Gaza and the West Bank, including in East Jerusalem.
“The latest legislation is part of a campaign [by Israel] to kill any aid infrastructure,” said Tahani Mustafa, an expert on Israel and Palestine for International Crisis Group, a non-profit dedicated to conflict resolution.
“But it is also part of a broader objective to permanently remove Palestinians from their land,” she told Al Jazeera.
As the largest aid provider to Palestinian refugees, UNRWA has played an instrumental role in keeping people alive in Gaza, where civilians face a risk of genocide, according to the International Court of Justice...
read more here
Just a Reminder: Team Jorge
They brag about rigging 30+ presidential level elections. But of course we are told its the Russians, Iranians and Chinese doing this shit. Nope. It's us, Israel and Big Business.
New Hezbollah chief open to truce with Israel on 'suitable' terms
(His 'suitable terms' translate to 'Israel stopping the aggression in Gaza and the West Bank' And as you can see, the Israelis reply by suggesting they will simply kill him as well and keep killing Hezbollah leaders until they find a complicit one.)
from Daily Sabah
...
(The newly elected leader of Hezbollah, Naim) Kassem said Hezbollah is carrying out plans laid out by its slain former chief in the ongoing war.
There was no immediate Israeli response to the speech, though several Israeli leaders have hinted that Kassem is Israel's next high-level assassination target.
On Tuesday, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant tweeted a picture of Kassem with the words "Temporary appointment. Not for long." Foreign Minister Israel Katz said Israel would "ensure” that Kassem follows in Nasrallah's footsteps.
As Kassem was speaking, a series of Israeli airstrikes pounded the eastern city of Baalbek.
The Lebanese Health Ministry said the airstrikes killed at least 19 people...read more here
‘Kids aren’t terrorists’: UN officials discredit Israeli killing machine
(This in spite of what Rudy G. said during the MSG speech to a bunch of Trump fans 'they are taught at two years old to kill us!!!!! 9/11!!!! 9/11, 9/11, 9/11!!!! '
from PressTV
The United Nations officials sitting on the world body’s fact-finding mission that probes the regime’s war crimes strongly refute the allegations that it has been using to try to justify its ongoing genocide against Palestinians.
Miloon Kothari and Chris Sidoti of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory made the remarks during a UN briefing on Wednesday.
“Kids aren't terrorists,” Sidoti asserted, referring to the regime’s routine way of branding everyone in the enclave in those terms to attempt to rationalize its indiscriminate deadly attacks against the coastal sliver.
The officials noted that using the claim, the regime had killed at least 13,319 Palestinian children since October last year, when it began bringing Gaza under a genocidal war.
The fatalities are among the 43,000-plus Palestinians, who have been killed as a result of the brutal military onslaught...
read more here
(Pretty soon, if the B’nai Brith Canada gets their way, reading articles like this will be a felony)
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
The Israel Lobby Wants You Suspended, Fired Or In Prison
from the Maple
B’nai Brith Canada (BB) recently introduced a “Seven-Point Plan to Combat Antisemitism.” This roadmap for politicians, police and others should disturb anyone who cares about stopping Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
If that sounds like you, then there’s a good chance BB and the broader Israel lobby wants you suspended from your school, fired from your place of employment, cut off from any funding you enjoy or even imprisoned. This sounds dramatic, but a close review of the plan reveals that it’s true, and worse, that much of what the group wants to happen is already in motion.
The
lobby isn’t solely or even necessarily primarily responsible for the
pro-Israel actions that governments and others end up taking. Still, the
groups that make up the lobby — such as BB, the Centre for Israel and
Jewish Affairs (CIJA) and Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center (FSWC) —
typically have been the first in Canada to call for these things to
happen. Politicians follow the lobby’s lead, not the other way around,
in part because the lobby uses its vast resources to take MPs on trips to “Israel” and lobby them incessantly...
read more here
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Says Trump ‘Promised’ Him Big Health Role
by Scott Creighton
Here RFK Jr. says he's been promised a big role in controlling not only healthcare in America but also the FDA. Trump says he will do it. I guess Meryl Nass expects a nice fat gubmint job if that happens.
But here, RFK Jr. says 'the free market is the only solution to climate change' That's right boys and girls, the same free markets and public private partnerships the WEF pushes as the 'fix' for Global Warming (boo)
I can't wait til all you fanboys are shocked when RFK Jr. is the next Fauci telling you to go out and get your mRNA jab for Disease X.
Israeli army issues displacement orders for southern villages
(Glorious Israel stealing more land for Greater Israel. Playing into the tropes again)
from al Jazeera
The Israeli army has issued a new wave of enforced displacement orders for at least eight towns in southern Lebanon.
“For your safety, you must evacuate your homes immediately and move to the north of the Awali River. To ensure your safety, you must evacuate without delay,” a spokesperson said on X.
Civilians are prohibited from heading south, it added.
Hundreds of villages in the country’s south have been evacuated for an area that the UN estimates covers a quarter of Lebanon’s territory.
read more here
How American tech giants are aiding Israel’s AI-powered genocide in Gaza
from PressTV
Microsoft, a multinational tech giant headquartered in Washington, fired two employees last week after they organized a vigil at the company’s headquarters for Palestinians killed in the year-long Israeli-American genocidal war on Gaza.
Abdo Muhammad and Hossam Nasr, the two dismissed Microsoft employees of Egyptian descent, were both actively involved in an employee coalition called “No Azure for Apartheid.”
This group has been vocal for months in opposing Microsoft’s sale of its cloud-computing technology to the Israeli regime, citing concerns over gross human rights violations and the company’s support of Israel’s genocidal practices and war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza.
Microsoft, a global leader in cloud services, computer software, and hardware, confirmed the termination of several employees “in accordance with its internal policies” without providing specific details regarding the dismissals.
“So I guess the cat is out of the bag. I was fired from Microsoft on Thursday, hours after a vigil we organized to honor and remember the lives of Palestinians killed by American-funded and Microsoft-empowered Israeli genocide,” Nasr wrote in a thread of posts on X, formerly Twitter.
Nasr, however, emphasized that his dismissal, as well as the unfair treatment of other Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim employees at Microsoft, is not an isolated incident...
read more here
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
A Closer Look at the Mehdi Hasan 'Pager' Exchange Reveals Troubling Propaganda
Oh but it's OK for him to say that to someone for supporting Hamas?
Pro-Israel Extremist RACIST Attack Against Mehdi Hasan (Owen Jones)
from Owen Jones
(Notice our 'hero' Hasan is asked if he meant 'Hamas' when in his comment of support and he promptly reply 'NO!' Of course Mehdi Hasan backs regime change in Gaza. He has lied about Hamas and it's foundations for years and years and, of course, he is featured on Zionist supporting CNN and collects the paychecks. Does Owen notice this important part of the exchange?)
'Hamas affirms that its conflict is with the Zionist project not with the Jews because of their religion. Hamas does not wage a struggle against the Jews because they are Jewish but wages a struggle against the Zionists who occupy Palestine. Yet, it is the Zionists who constantly identify Judaism and the Jews with their own colonial project and illegal entity.' Hamas Revised Charter 2017 article 16
'However, without compromising its rejection of the Zionist entity and without relinquishing any Palestinian rights, Hamas considers the establishment of a fully sovereign and independent Palestinian state, with Jerusalem as its capital along the lines of the 4th of June 1967, with the return of the refugees and the displaced to their homes from which they were expelled, to be a formula of national consensus.' Hamas Revised Charter 2017 article 20
' Resisting the occupation with all means and methods is a legitimate right guaranteed by divine laws and by international norms and laws. At the heart of these lies armed resistance, which is regarded as the strategic choice for protecting the principles and the rights of the Palestinian people.' Hamas Revised Charter 2017 article 25
'The PLO is a national framework for the Palestinian people inside and outside of Palestine. It should therefore be preserved, developed and rebuilt on democratic foundations so as to secure the participation of all the constituents and forces of the Palestinian people, in a manner that safeguards Palestinian rights.' Hamas Revised Charter 2017 article 29
' Hamas rejects the attempts to impose hegemony on the Arab and Islamic Ummah just as it rejects the attempts to impose hegemony on the rest of the world’s nations and peoples. Hamas also condemns all forms of colonialism, occupation, discrimination, oppression and aggression in the world.' Hamas Revised Charter 2017 article 29
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'The United States spent $2.3 million in USAID on support for the Palestinian elections, allegedly designed to bolster the image of President Abbas and his Fatah party. USAID's Offices used discretionary spending accounts for various projects, including tree planting, schoolroom additions, a soccer tournament, street cleaning, and computers at community centers. USAID removed its usual branding requirement on its sponsored activities. As a result, the US was accused of trying to influence the outcome of the elections'
' In the lead-up to the elections, on 26 September 2005 Israel launched a campaign of arrests against PLC members. 450 members of Hamas were detained, mostly those involved in the 2006 PLC elections. The majority of them were kept in administrative detention for different periods.[23] In the election period, 15 PLC members were captured and held as prisoners.' Wiki
Sheikh Ahmed Yassin co-founder of Hamas murdered by Israel 2004
Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi co-founder of Hamas murdered by Israel 2004
Ismail Haniyeh chairman of Hamas political organization murdered by Israel 2024
Yahya Sinwar chairman of Hamas political organization murdered by Israel 2024
‘Take Back the States’: The Far-Right Sheriffs Ready to Disrupt the Election
from Wired (H/T T)
... This wasn’t an average get-together. Leaf and Mack were at a conference for the far-right Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, or CSPOA, a group described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as an anti-government organization with links to many other extremist groups. Constitutional sheriffs are actual elected sheriffs who also believe they are the ultimate legal power in their county, and that no federal or state authority can usurp their authority. They also believe that a sheriff’s power stems directly from the constitution, and that they can disregard any laws they deem unconstitutional—a belief that is not grounded in reality.
Leaf is on the board of the group; Mack is the founder. And there are hundreds of members around the country.
In
Las Vegas, Mack referred supporters and journalists to Leaf, who was,
he said, “doing more than anyone to uncover election interference” in
his role as sheriff.
A
staunch Trump supporter, Leaf has spent the last four years
investigating voter fraud in the 2020 federal election in Barry
County—even though Donald Trump won decisively there. He has attempted
to seize voting machines,
pushed wild conspiracies, and ultimately became the focus of state
investigations himself. In at least one case, Leaf appears to have
inspired an election official to refuse to verify a vote—an ominous
warning ahead of the 2024 US election...
read more here
Selection 2024: I Think Trump is Throwing the Election Like McCain and Romney Did Back in the Day
The fix is in. The choice has been made and you and I have little to nothing to do with it. In 2016 the Clinton campaign helped promote Trump to win the nomination. Trump himself was shocked when he won. So were the Clintons. They forgot to show up at the Blue Wall states and assumed they would stay blue. They didn't. I get the feeling the Secret Service 'mistake' at the fairgrounds rally and the message they sent him at the golf course has resonated with Capt. Combover and he gets it. He's out. She's in. So what are his supporters gonna do now?
South Africa submits 750 pages of evidence in genocide case against Israel
from The Cradle
South Africa's legal team on 28 October submitted hundreds of documents to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) offering "undeniable evidence" of acts of genocide committed in Gaza by the Israeli army and statements by authorities that carry genocidal intent.
"The evidence will show that undergirding Israel’s genocidal acts is the special intent to commit genocide, a failure by Israel to prevent incitement to genocide, to prevent genocide itself, and its failure to punish those inciting and committing acts of genocide," a statement from Pretoria says.
"South Africa’s Memorial is a reminder to the global community to remember the people of Palestine, to stand in solidarity with them, and to stop the catastrophe. The devastation and suffering has been possible only because despite the ICJ and numerous UN bodies’ actions and interventions, Israel has failed to comply with its international obligations,” the statement added.
Officials say that the submission, also called a memorial, is presented in more than 750 pages of text, in addition to over 4,000 pages of annexes.
Speaking to Al Jazeera, officials said they are confident that the hundreds of pages of evidence are “more than enough” to sustain their case. “The problem we have is that we have too much evidence,” Ambassador Vusimuzi Madonsela, South Africa’s representative to The Hague, told the Qatari news organization.
Some of the evidence submitted includes public statements made last week by senior members of the Israeli government at a conference named "Preparing to Settle in Gaza," which was organized by the extremist Nachala Settlement Movement and promoted by Israel's ruling Likud party...
read more hereGaza death toll tops 43,000 as Israel blasts civilian homes in north
from Daily Sabah
Israel killed at least five Palestinians early Monday in a series of airstrikes across the war-torn Gaza Strip, taking the total death toll over 43,000, according to local media.
The official Palestinian news agency WAFA said an Israeli drone struck a group of people in northern Gaza's Beit Lahia area, leaving one dead and several others injured.
It also said another drone struck a group of people in eastern Gaza City's Shujaiya neighborhood, resulting in the death of three people and the injury of three others.
WAFA added that the Israeli army's artillery struck the vicinity of a clinic in the Zeitoun neighborhood, but no casualties have been reported.
In the central Gaza Strip, at least one Palestinian was killed and others injured Monday dawn as the Israeli army struck a home in the Nuseirat refugee camp.
A child was injured by bullets from an Israeli drone in the eastern Al-Maghazi refugee camp.
In the southernmost of the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army continued to strike and shell areas in Rafah and blew up more buildings in the northwestern areas of the city as it pressed ahead with a deadly offensive there...
read more here
Beit Lahia bloodbath: Israel kills nearly 80 Palestinians in north Gaza; dozens under rubble
from PressTV
Israeli warplanes have bombed a residential building sheltering displaced Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip, killing dozens of people and trapping many others .
The Palestinian Shehab news agency said that at least 77 civilians, including women and children, had lost their lives in the Israeli airstrikes that flattened the five-story building in the city of Beit Lahia on Tuesday.
Reports said dozens of people are still trapped under the rubble as rescue workers continue operations to find survivors and retrieve the bodies of the victims.
Meanwhile, Dr. Hussam Abu Safia, the director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital, told Al Jazeera TV channel that dozens of the injured have arrived at the facility and that many any of them may die because of the lack of resources.
“The world must take action and not just watch the genocide in the Gaza Strip,” he added. “We call on the world to send specialized medical delegations to treat dozens of wounded people in the hospital.”...
read more here
Pro-Western parties in Georgia protest election outcome
(Color revolution on the way)
from RT
Crowds of protesters have gathered in the center of Georgia’s capital Tbilisi, after the country’s pro-Western opposition parties declared they will reject the official results of parliamentary elections, alleging irregularities.
Preliminary results of Sunday’s votes showed the ruling Georgian Dream party got almost 54%, while no opposition party managed more than 11%.
President Salome Zourabichvili has denounced the election as illegitimate and called for protests in the streets to force the government to agree to a re-run.
French-born Zourabichvili has told Georgians that their votes have been “stolen” and accused Georgian Dream of attempting to “steal the future” of the country. She also claimed to have spoken with multiple foreign governments that are also refusing to recognize the election as legitimate.
Despite Zourabichvili calling the election a “total fraud,” the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) reported that it observed no systemic voting irregularities. It did, however, claim to have observed incidents of vote-buying and pressure on public sector employees, but praised the diversity of choices on the ballot...
read more here
Washington issues new threat to Georgia
(We didn't like the results of the election because they upheld the credibility of the party that kicked our NGOs to the curb, you know, the ones who were making Disease X for the next round of Rona lockdowns. So we are now openly warning them we will regime change the country if they don't do the bidding of our 'interests' like everyone in America does.)
from RT
The US has threatened Georgia with “consequences,” after the country's pro-NATO political opposition accused the ruling Georgian Dream party of rigging Saturday’s parliamentary election.
According to the official tally, the Georgian Dream party received almost 54% of the vote, while various opposition parties received 3% to 11%. The victory is expected to give the Georgian Dream at least 90 seats in the 150-member national parliament, allowing it form the Caucasian country's next government.
Four pro-Western opposition parties have refused to recognize the results and said they would not be taking part in the work of the new legislature. Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili, a former French ambassador to Georgia who acquired citizenship in 2004, refused to recognize the results either and called for protests. A large demonstration was held outside the parliament building in Tbilisi on Monday evening.
Despite Zourabichvili calling the election a “total fraud,” the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) reported that it observed no systemic voting irregularities. It did, however, claim to have observed incidents of vote-buying and pressure on public sector employees, but praised the diversity of choices on the ballot.
At a press conference on Monday, US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said the election was held in an “environment shaped by the ruling party’s policies including misuse of public resources, vote buying and voter intimidation.”
“We
encourage Georgia’s governing officials to consider the relationship
they want with the Euro-Atlantic community rather than strengthening
policies that are praised by authoritarians,” Miller added.
“We do not rule out further consequences if the Georgian government’s direction does not change,” he said, urging Tbilisi to start “withdrawing and repealing anti-democratic legislation.”...
read more here
Monday, October 28, 2024
Institutionalizing America: Will You be an Inmate or Convict? Choose Wisely
This is an archived video from Feb. of 2021. Someone on Twitter, Liza ( @SolizLiza ), asked about the video I did a while ago talking about institutionalization and the Shawshank Redemption and wondered if I knew where she could find it. I was unable to but AuntBB ( @AuntBee8 ) did find it and posted it for Liza to view. Looking back it's a good video so I wanted to post it as part of my archive for you guys to see. So many of my vids were lost to YouTube censorship over the years. Too many to count. BB suggested the other day I should start reposting some of them so they aren't lost forever. Might as well start with this one. Thanks to Liza and AuntBB. Enjoy.
Iran ‘immediately’ repaired ‘minor’ damage caused by Israeli strikes: Defense chief
from PressTV
Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh says Israel’s recent aggression against several Iranian military facilities caused “minor” damage which was immediately repaired and replaced.
Nasirzadeh made the remarks in an address to non-Iranian students of the Supreme National Defense University and foreign military attachés residing in Tehran on Monday.
“The recent aggression of the Zionist regime against the Islamic Republic of Iran inflicted slight damage on us, which we immediately repaired and replaced by making use of our own know-how and scientific power,” he said.
The defense minister, however, added that if Iran lacked such scientific capabilities, others would never have allowed it do this.
He emphasized that the Israeli regime has violated all international regulations which aim to defend human rights and justice.
The Israeli regime attacked several Iranian military facilities early Saturday, killing four servicemen of the Armed Forces and one civilian.
Iran’s Air Defense Base said some limited damage was caused in some areas, the dimensions of which are being investigated...
read more here
Shawshank Revisited (archive)
(archived from December 10, 2012)
by Scott Creighton
there is a harsh truth to face
When we allow for-profit prison corporations, Wall Street traded entities, to lobby state and federal lawmakers for harsher sentences and even to insert minimum occupancy clauses in their contracts, and then allow them to open their correctional institution up to other for-profit enterprises, how is that unlike what the fascists did with the work camps in Germany? We pay them a little something? We pay them a little something so they can buy incredibly marketed up goods at what amounts to the new “company store”. We pay them a little something so the for-profit prison they are condemned to can back charge the inmates for medicine and other things they are already charging the state for so they can make even more profit. We pay them something now so that people like you won’t be completely disgusted with the new friendly face we are putting on modern day slavery.
Anyone remember the Shawshank Redemption? Anyone remember what happens when prisons are run like contracted plantations for cash under the table?
We have more people in prison than any other nation on the planet.
We put people in prison for lengthy terms for what amounts to a medical condition treated as such by the rest of the civilized world.
Egypt floats 2-day Gaza truce, hostage exchange before cease-fire
from Daily Sabah
Key Gaza mediator Egypt proposed Sunday a two-day truce in the Palestinian territory and limited hostage exchange hopefully leading to a complete cease-fire.
The proposal made by Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi includes exchanging four Israeli hostages held in Gaza for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. More negotiations within 10 days would follow it, el-Sissi told a news conference in Cairo.
He did not say whether the plan had been formally presented to either Israel or Hamas.
El-Sissi's intervention came as Israel continued its genocidal war on Gaza while also fighting a war against Hezbollah in Lebanon and having just launched airstrikes on Iran.
The strikes Saturday, the second time Israel has retaliated against Iranian ballistic missile attacks, triggered global calls for restraint...
read more here
Sunday, October 27, 2024
3 journalists killed after Israeli strike on Lebanese guesthouse
from Daily Sabah
An early Friday morning Israeli airstrike killed at least three journalists sleeping in a guesthouse in Hasbaya, southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese media.
The victims included Al-Mayadeen cameraman Ghassan Najjar, engineer Mohamed Reda and a cameraman for Hezbollah’s Al-Manar, Al-Mayadeen reported.
Reporters on the scene said the bungalow where the men slept was directly targeted...
read more here
Israel warned Iran ahead of latest strike – Axios
from RT
Israel relayed a warning to Iran through several third parties ahead of its missile strike against the Islamic Republic on Saturday, Axios has reported, citing three anonymous sources. According to the media outlet, West Jerusalem indicated what type of targets it would attack, while cautioning Tehran against retaliating.
Early on Saturday, IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari reported that Israeli forces were conducting “precise strikes on military targets” in Iran. The operation, reportedly codenamed ‘Days of Repentance,’ was being launched “in response to months of continuous attacks from the regime in Iran against the State of Israel,” he clarified.
The “Israelis made it clear to the Iranians in advance what they are going to attack in general and what they are not going to attack,” Axios reported. The US media outlet asserted that this reflected an “attempt to limit the ongoing exchange of attacks between Israel and Iran and prevent a wider escalation.”...
read more here
Ayatollah Khamenei: Officials will decide quality of Iran's show of power to Israel
from PressTV
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iranian authorities are in charge of deciding the quality of Iran's show of power to the Israeli regime.
He made the remarks during a meeting with the families of “Martyrs of Security” in Imam Khomeini Hussainiyah, Tehran, on Sunday.
Ayatollah Khamenei said that the Zionist regime’s miscalculation should be thwarted.
“They (the Israelis) need to understand the power, determination, and innovation of the Iranian nation and its youth,” he added.
“How to convey this power and resolve of the Iranian nation to the Zionist regime is for our officials to determine, and what is in the best interest of the nation and the country should be done.”
The Leader further emphasized that Israel’s evil act should “neither be exaggerated nor downplayed.”...
read more here
Saturday, October 26, 2024
Israel's Symbolic Attack on Iran Who Deescalates the Conflict. But Why?
I thought 'millions would die' I thought they were planning to escalate this into a full on war between Iran and the U.S. What happened? Why did Israel warn the Iranians? Why did Iran promise not to retaliate? Who's behind all of this? One word... BRICS.
Friday, October 25, 2024
Reality hitting Israel again in the face: Former Israeli official
('I think it is very much effected by the election and the Israeli leadership would very much like to see a Trump victory'
(There you have it from yet another Israeli. Palestinian children have to die so Trump can win)
from al Jazeera English
‘The Platoons Are Empty’: Israeli Army Battles Low Morale, Soldier Defections
from Mint Press News
The Israeli Hebrew media outlet Ha-Makom has reported that Israeli soldiers are experiencing a significant lack of motivation, with some refusing to report for service. Many within the ranks reportedly see the ongoing war in Gaza as futile, while the army attempts to keep this crisis under wraps.
The October 23 report revealed a crisis within the army, as soldiers increasingly refuse to return to combat after engagements in the Gaza Strip. The piece, based on interviews with over 20 soldiers and their parents, highlighted concerns over incomplete missions, unclear objectives, and the heavy toll on the battlefield, with many questioning the purpose and outcomes of their efforts.
“The platoons are empty; everyone who is not dead or injured is mentally damaged. There are very few left who returned to fight, and they are not completely healthy either,” said the parent of a soldier serving in the Nahal Brigade. In the 11th deployment of this brigade, it was noted that out of a platoon of 30 soldiers, only six decided to return to the battlefield...
read more here
Key Takeaways from BRICS Summit 2024
by Scott Creighton
“Strengthening Multilateralism for Fair Global Development and Security.”
'BRICS members introduced a payment system named BRICS Pay designed to facilitate transactions and the interchange of financial information between central banks of partnered nations, serving as an alternative to the Western interbank system...
13 nations have been added as partner countries of BRICS: Algeria, Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam...
The BRICS Kazan Declaration has been adopted.[6][7] BRICS nations endorse reform of the UN and Security Council and the full participation of the State of Palestine in the United Nations, contingent upon the two-state solution'
The following 28 also nations attended 2024 BRICS Summit in Kazan Russia. The summit was lead by leaders from Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia and UAE.
Kazan Declaration 2024 sections on Gaza, Lebanon and Israel
source Kazan Declaration 2024 (PDF) (Google claims it's a 'dangerous download' while it clearly isn't)
30. We reiterate our grave concern at the deterioration of the situation and humanitarian crisis in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, in particular the unprecedented escalation of violence in the Gaza Strip and in West Bank as a result of the Israeli military offensive, which led to mass killing and injury of civilians, forced displacement and widespread destruction of civilian infrastructure. We stress the urgent need for an immediate, comprehensive and permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages and detainees from both sides who are being illegally held captive and the unhindered sustainable and at scale supply of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, and cessation of all aggressive actions. We denounce the Israeli attacks against humanitarian operations, facilities, personnel and distribution points. For this purpose, we call for the full implementation of resolutions 2712 (2023), 2720 (2023), 2728 (2024) and 2735 (2024) of the United Nations Security Council and in this regard welcome the continuous efforts by the Arab Republic of Egypt, the State of Qatar, other regional and international efforts in order to reach immediate ceasefire, accelerate the delivery of humanitarian aid and Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. We call for adherence to international law. We are also alarmed that the further escalation of the conflict in the Gaza Strip fuel tension, extremism and severe negative consequences both regionally and globally. We call on all relevant parties to act with utmost restraint and to avoid escalatory actions and provocative declarations. We acknowledge the provisional measures of the International Court of Justice in the legal proceedings instituted by South Africa against Israel. We reaffirm our support for the State of Palestine’s full membership in the United Nations in the context of the unwavering commitment to the vision of the two-state solution based on international law including relevant UNSC and UNGA resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative that includes the establishment of a sovereign, independent and viable State of Palestine in line with internationally recognised borders of June 1967 with East Jerusalem as its capital living side by side in peace and security with Israel.
31. We express alarm over the situation in Southern Lebanon. We condemn the loss of civilian lives and the immense damage to civilian infrastructure resulting from attacks by Israel in residential areas in Lebanon and call for immediate cessation of military acts. We stress the need to preserve the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the State of Lebanon and to create conditions for political and diplomatic solution in order to safeguard peace and stability in the Middle East while underlining the importance of strict observance of UNSC resolutions 1701 (2006) and 2749 (2024). We strongly condemn attacks on UN personnel, threats to their safety and call upon Israel to immediately cease such activity.
read more here (PDF)
BRICS Summit Highlights ‘Twilight of US Hegemony’, Marks ‘Official Launch of Multipolar World Order’
(propagandists from the NYT are flipping out and working in overdrive over the meeting)
from Sputnik News
Thursday
marked the fourth and final day of the 16th Summit of the BRICS bloc,
held this year in Kazan, Russia. Packed with dozens of high-level
meetings and bilateral talks and summarized in a 134-point joint
declaration, the summit also had plenty of symbolic meaning, which
observers unpacked for Sputnik.
“The
BRICS Summit in Kazan is undoubtedly one of the most important global
political and diplomatic events of this year as it brought together the
leaders of the expanded BRICS family for the first time,” Professor
Alexis Habiyaremye, a senior researcher with DSI/NRF, South African
Research Chair in Industrial Development, University of Johannesburg,
told Sputnik, summarizing the summit’s results as the long-anticipated
event reached its final day.
“The grouping has now become the global growth engine and its economic muscle is by any measure stronger than that of the old hegemonic grouping. One can say that it's the official launch of the multilateral world order, the twilight of the US hegemony,” Habiyaremye
The Kazan Declaration, published Wednesday and featuring 134 provisions
aimed at "creating a more just and democratic world order," "enhancing
cooperation for global and regional stability and security," “fostering
economic and financial cooperation” and "strengthening people-to-people
exchanges for social and economic development."...
read more here
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Ethan Klein of H3H3 Carrying Water for Genocidal Israel
Just a quick rant about Ethan calling some Yemeni dude a terrorist while his beloved IDF is ethnically cleansing Gaza and killing civilians in Lebanon and Syria. How far with he go to keep access to that wealth and fame? Only time will tell.
ACLU Leadership Rejects Staff Demands to Condemn U.S. Role in Israel’s Gaza War
from The Intercept
Staffers at the American Civil Liberties Union began to circulate an internal petition earlier this year urging its leadership to take a public stance against the U.S. support for Israel’s war in Gaza and Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian territories.
The petition — which also calls on the ACLU to disclose and divest potential investments in Israel and oppose U.S. military aid to Israel — cites previous moments in history when the ACLU condemned international events, such as its opposition to the Vietnam War and South African apartheid. As of early October, 681 staffers from across the free speech organization’s national office and local chapters had signed on to support the petition, about one-third of its overall staff.
In early October, the ACLU’s national board of directors convened to
vote on the petition. The governing body rejected the staffers’ calls
with a 50-4 vote and one abstention, according to documents obtained by
The Intercept. This week, after continued requests from staffers, ACLU
leadership also rejected requests for a town hall meeting where staffers
could hear leaders’ reasons for dismissing the petition...
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Hurricane Milton: Calls for investigation after University Area flooding
(The switch at the local pump station shut off. The back-up generator was never switched on. They don't know why. Here's an idea: someone wanted to flood those working poor people off that valuable land. How's that for an idea?)
Florida insurance carriers used altered hurricane damage reports, whistleblowers say
(There are hundreds of people, two years later, still going through the process of getting a decision from their insurance companies. Not payments... a decision. And what does that mean for FEMA? FEMA wont do shit until the home owner is rejected by insurance so FEMA wont do shit either. So people give up, eat the loss or sell to Blackrock, State Street or Vanguard while the federal agency smiles and walks away. This is Government working of, for and by Big Business. a.k.a. fascism.)
from 60 Minutes
Bradenton Beach trailer park condemned due to storm damage
(They want these poor elderly people the fuck off that valuable property so Big Business got together with the city and they are being told to get out even if their trailers aren't damaged. FEMA not helping anyone post Milton. Folks are opting to sell their damaged property to Big Business for dimes on the dollar because FEMA's 'help' will ONLY come after their insurance companies take MONTHS and MONTHS to REJECT their claims and only THEN can a homeowner START the process with FEMA to get help, they probably wont get. In the meantime, everyone is just shit out of luck so folks are saying that's it, they are beat, and selling out to Blackrock and all the other financial vultures down here picking the scraps for pennies. After the Maui fires this is commonplace now every time there is a disaster.)
Hezbollah confirms martyrdom of head of Executive Council Hashem Safieddine
from PressTV
The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has confirmed the martyrdom of the head of its Executive Council, Sayyed Hashem Safieddine.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, Hezbollah said Safieddine was martyred in "a brutal and aggressive Zionist airstrike."
Safieddine was widely expected to be formally elected as Hezbollah’s next secretary general after Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike in southern Beirut on September 27...
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Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Israel: We Will KILL Last Palestinian Journalists - Owen Jones
(Yeah he screws up some math but a very good video regardless. The IDF feels so untouchable they just Tweeted their plans to kill journalists reporting from northern Gaza. This is a war crime. They don't care.)
from Owen Jones
Gideon Levy's One State Solution Argument Destroyed
A rant. Gideon said in 2016 that we cannot remove 800k messianic settlers from the West Bank. That's idiotic. They removed 750k Palestinians in 1948 and 1.9 million of em this past year so why not relocate the Zionists? It's not that hard.
How Israelis Live So Easily With Occupation - Gideon Levy (with comment from Scott Creighton)
from Saad Tasleem
by Scott Creighton
Eight years ago Gideon Levy made an argument at the Oxford Union for the One State solution. In it he bases as the sole foundation of his argument the '800k settlers' who are already stealing land from the Palestinians in the West Bank because, according to Gideon eight years ago, they can NEVER be removed.
Why Gideon?
'When I steal your car I cannot put conditions on returning the car. So, give them back the car by giving them equal rights' G.L.
What? You stole LAND. You make up for that by giving them back THEIR LAND not some random, imaginary, intangible platitude as in 'here you go, you have rights now. Now go work for settlers who stole your fucking land!'
What Gideon is saying is 'When I steal your car I get to KEEP YOUR CAR but I tell you, you now have my respect' and then driving off saying 'sucker' under your breath.
WTF kind of sense does that make?