bartolomeo

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[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It takes an Olympic level of mental gymnastics to pretend Israel has any morality at this point. Still, they say in the article twice that it was against protocol, stemmed from miscommunication, and was a mistake, but it is 100% consistent with Israeli behaviour of late.

What about the 40 beheaded babies story, or Israeli friendly fire on Oct 7, or the 3 Israeli hostages killed by the IDF while they were waving a white flag and shouting in Hebrew, the 7 journalists targeted and killed in Lebanon (or any of the 60-something journalists killed by the IDF since last October), or the >100,000 Palestinian casualties?

There have been a lot of investigations promised and none delivered. On the other hand, when Israel accused UNRWA workers of being Hamas without a shred of evidence, those workers were fired immediately and many countries cut funding to UNRWA. It's extremely messed up but fits with the pattern of Israel wiping out Palestinians, including by making sure that international aid does not interfere with their ethnic cleansing campaign. Not only do aid workers literally get killed (or just fired if they're "lucky") but it creates a chilling effect for any organization that wants to provide food or medical aid to a population on the brink of mass starvation and death. That's terrorism.

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 1 points 6 months ago

Is that a joke or why are they misspelling Clearasil and Mac?

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 1 points 6 months ago

I think you spelled "slave" wrong, Steve.

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 2 points 6 months ago

Isn't it? And it has been going on since long before you and me heard about it. The best we can do for justice is to just spread truths like this, because the only reason injustices like that find so much success is that they are hidden and done in secret.

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 3 points 6 months ago

Look up AIPAC to start. They can effectively write the rules in the U.S., like this one

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/894/text

Opensecrets.org is a good website to follow political financing too. Check how much Biden got this election cycle.

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 3 points 6 months ago

Israel is really against free speech. This law might in the future be used to make BDS a hate crime or some equally perverse analogy like that. Israel will gladly throw away other people's rights for their own benefit (not least their neighbors' rights), and they are completely throwing Jews in general under the bus, as it has been from the beginning:

Herzl described [Jewish] opponents of the Zionism he was proposing as "Jewish vermin"

In fact, the more anti-semitism rises in the world, the more Jews will believe they should move to Israel, thus serving the Zionist agenda. Israel might throw America under the bus too, just to get their way.

The current struggle is not Israel vs. Palestine or Israel vs. Hamas but Israel vs. human rights and freedom, and we do have to pick a side.

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

  • Elie Wiesel
[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 2 points 6 months ago (8 children)

Isn't this only Google Maps though?

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I think you're mis-reading it. My take on it is that they already have Trump in their pocket, so why pay? They also have much more info than we do e.g. maybe Trump will not be the Republican nominee after all, maybe he'll be barred from running, in prison etc. so I wouldn't say this means Israel prefers Biden over Trump.

But yes Israeli aggression will be much worse and much more flagrant with Trump in power in the U.S.

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 1 points 6 months ago

Lmao. It might be a skill issue but I've noticed a special breed of coward that defends capitalism (while simultaneously being crushed by it) in the hopes that the master will give them a few crumbs somewhere down the line. Sometimes they even sacrifice their own brother for said promise of extra crumbs, it's disgusting.

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I fucking hate Amazon, like, literally refuse to purchase anything from them. I'd rather pay 3 times the price then give Amazon a penny for literally anything.

I like you, man.

Let me just plug here 2nd hand stores and just not buying stuff.

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 19 points 6 months ago

It also doesn't distinguish between anonymous and pseudonemous, which is important.

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