I have a few "non political" friends who only listen the mainstream news. When Israel bombed the Iranian embassy in Damascus and Iran retaliated, Israel's bombing was reported, but way way down in the report. One of my apolitical friends, upset about Iran's action, did not realize that Israel had bombed the Iranian embassy killing 16 people. There was a resignation from Pride Toronto because of their unwillingness to work with Queer Palestine. I have a trans friend who didn't know about any of this. As you have said previously, the media is not reporting truthfully about what is happening in Gaza. The mainstream news contains nothing about organizations like this: canarymission.org, that keeps track of anyone who speaks out against genocide and puts them at risk of losing their jobs and reputations. They never talk about how much money is being made from the continuation of wars. They never talk about all the people who are dying in Gaza or in Ukraine. They sometimes mention "casualties" but just in passing. I have a Jewish friend who did not go see the film "Israelism", www.israelismfilm.com, made by young American Jews, because she said it promoted antisemitism. At least she is still talking to me. I have another Jewish friend who won't talk to me because she said I "love Palestinians". The mainstream news never talks about how Israel itself is causing more antisemitism and it promotes the idea that criticizing Israel is antisemitic. I have days when I feel as if the world is falling apart. I think it is possible that it is.
All on purpose Susan. Divide and conquer is a wartime strategy as old as time. I refuse to let them goad me into hating anyone (except maybe the parasites fomenting hatred). I applaud you for refusing to buy into the propaganda. It takes a strong will to see through it.
I have always been contrary. I have never quite believed everything in front of me. Sometimes I have tried to be "normal" but that has never worked out very well.
If they solely rely on mainstream news they are not political, since they would have long learned how biased and untrustworthy the mainstream media is.
I still have idiots who have NO knowledge of the Middle East telling me, Don’t believe everything you read on the internet!
Just yesterday, an acquaintance told me that Genocide Joe was no longer funding the war on Gaza(!!!) I had to correct her, telling her that ByeDone refused to fund an IsraHelli war on IRAN. 🙄 Cause, you know, he doesn’t want the Straits of Hormuz shut down before the election.
My US Rep, Dan Kildee, voted against sending billions to the Apartheid Genocide state. If yours did as well, please call and thank them, as I did.
Same was true during our Middle Eastern wars, people stayed stupid. I think I told you how a 4th cousin was able to stay stupid through all of them and she has 2 college degrees, but you would never know it based on her ignorance as to what was going on in the world. She literally make stuff up. Almost a 100 billion to fund the wars in Ukraine, and the genocide in Gaza, we're sick, and some millions for Taiwan. You have to tell your friends about Joe's generosity when it comes to war. Funny so many thought he would be our savior. I really mean this, if anything he will destroy us.
I think they are afraid to really look at what is going on. They enabled the holocaust which is now being used as an excuse to foment another one. And I can kind of understand because when I bring up horrible things like the genocide that is presently happening, it is often me who is accused of "being negative". I am told I should turn off the news.
They are not afraid but prefer the easy way out. I have absolutely no compassion for them. It is no different then the many generations that turned a blind eye to child abuse, just made it easier for themselves.
I was abused as a child. The neighbours knew and, although they didn't call the "authorities", they took me in, fed me and comforted me; they did not turn a blind eye. If the authorities had been called in, I am not sure what would have happened to me.
I am sorry to hear this Susan I really am BUT MOST people have horrendous lives. Put your problems aside and concentrate on what is happening to a whole nation of people.
I love you too Jenny. If misery loves company, I’ve had a shit life too…not because of my circumstances but suffering from depression, OCD, anxiety and anorexia. I’m currently taking a medication that fortunately is helping a great deal, but it wasn’t always so.
I feel as though I’ve long gotten past the sexual abuse.
Sorry to hear that, but glad to hear there were those who could be there for you. My father's family knew of his abuse but they bought his story and his sister helped him sell it and it was just easier that way for all of them. It's really not until later in the 20 century did we begin to deal with this issue, even deal with sexual child abuse. Lets not forget in America we still have Americans housing in tents, sleeping in the street, in their cars, and begging for food money. Yeah they care as they make a spectacle at the border of their caring and don't give a damn about their own, which includes no health care for many. Some 10 percent, or a bit more live in abject poverty, not to mention how many die in our nursing homes from inadequate care, or the many, many thousands who contract a disease when they enter our hospitals they never came in with, and die of it. Where are those mental hospitals for the mentally ill. etc, etc,
Also, if we were so caring how do you explain our many middle eastern wars that killed and displaced millions as most in America kept their mouths shut. Not to mention a country who is capable of providing billions to Israel to implement it's genocide. A country that lied us into wars like Vietnam and let it's young men die for a lie, not to mention the millions world wide who suffered our lies and abuse as we over turned their governments.
In order to consider ourselves caring people, I think we also need to care about those who choose to hide their heads in the sand. Encourage change. Don't succumb to hate. Not even of those people. Most of my therapy involved trying to understand my abuser and how they got to that place. It helped me a lot more than being supported in hating that abuser.
I was able to overcome with a loving mother and the help of an uncle, who was like a father, who if anything gave recognition to that abuse and really gave a helping hand. I am not succumbing to hate and I don't know how you would imply that from what I said. Letting go of hate is not the main issue for those who are abused, other then letting go of self hate, or coming to understand you are okay.
I guess it is different for everyone. I didn't mean to imply that you succumb to hate. It was your statements that you have no compassion for those who hide from what is happening that inspired some of what I replied. I did hate my abuser when I was younger. That changed with therapy. Additionally, I was not talking about countries. I am sickened that the US, the UK and other countries are giving weapons and bombs to Israel.
What I basically said was that my father's family was complicit in his abusive behavior since they chose to look the other way. No different then Americans who don't want to face the truth about that their country is helping Israel to implement in Gaza, a genocide, since it's more comfortable to see the world in a benign way then to face the horror of what we have become complicit in. Nothing good to be said about that, and one can understand why it's true, but not see it as a good thing.
Let me also say Susan due to my own background I got a degree in clinical counseling and worked with many people who were abused. My approach didn't focus on understanding the abuser, but on the feelings one develops about oneself due to the abuse and ultimately to feel as a person you are A-O-K as they way which most abused people ultimately seek .
Upton Sinclair-"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his Not understanding it". Every person who benefits from a government falls in that category. Of course this applies to those who are tax leaches such as politicians,police, military and all those employees of government and the MIC as well as pensioners. Fortunately though many are beginning to see the truth.
Those in America who solely rely on the mainstream media, know they are receiving a highly biased perspective, and deep down know that is what they want to hear, so they don't have to get upset. So common place.
This is what our government is afraid will happen in their support of the genocide in Israel. The news was an honest player and told the truth and people didn't cave to letting the government shut their mouths.
The student movement arose to demand free speech on college campuses, but as the US involvement in the Vietnam war expanded, the war became the main target of student-led protests.
News coverage of the war, which included graphic visual testimonies of the death and destruction in Vietnam, turned US public opinion increasingly against the war.
Revelations that the Johnson and Nixon administrations had lied to the American people about the war undermined the public’s trust in government.
No question we have done a lot of bad things and during this century it's been hard with our many middle eastern wars, and now this, but I also know what preceded it wasn't much better. Since I was a kid I try to define my country as the people, and my allegiance is to them, not my government.
Barrack H. Obama said there are 2 Americas. I see it as America, Americans vs the US government cartel of traitors. They are definitely the enemy; because they have declared financial, psychological, and through the police and FISA out right war on Americans. They have completely abandoned the founding principles. Voting is a fool's errand.
I think that is absolutely true, and the democrats whom I use to support back in the day when they had some commitment to their base no longer do. They are nothing but a bunch of autocratic asses. Our government is basically self serving and serve the community who maintain their power and their wallets, and the people be damned. It's gotten worse through the decades and will continue to do so.
Well, they disappoint for sure, but as I said, I prefer them a lot more then I do my government that is on a forever spree since I was born of going around the world killing people, and not fair to the people they supposedly represent.
>>"The mainstream news never talks about how Israel itself is causing more antisemitism"
Susan T: You hit the nail on the head. Israel's behavior over the last 75 years (and especially since oct 7th) has made the world very unsafe for Jews. Israel has created more antisemitism than the rest of the world put together. Israel is giving all Jews a bad name. Israel is a Jew's worst and greatest enemy. Jews of conscience need to disown Israel completely (many already have). The whole world needs to disown and boycott Israel!
Agree with you Chang Chokaski that Israel is seemingly giving all Jews a bad name. But to name the loathing and revulsion we feel for Israel's actions of brutality, carnage and war crimes is NOT antisemitism. We shouldn't let them - the media, the political class, the Israeli lobby - get away with framing it as such. It is the natural reaction any caring human being would feel for the terrible suffering of fellow human beings. It is compassion, empathy and caring. We shouldn't let it be sullied by ugly labels.
Indu, you are reading more into what I said than what was mentioned in my comment above.
My comment is about how Israel is creating an environment where they:
(1) Create hatred against Israelis and Zionists with their behavior and actions (fully deserved IMO)
(2) They then play the trick of conflating Israel and Zionism with Jews and Judaism. This causes less-discerning people with inferior critical thinking skills (and there are many) to blame all Jews for the actions of Israel and Zionists. This is a calculated strategy on Israel's behalf that causes people (that fall for this trick) to hate all Jews. This then increases 'real' antisemitism. Israel & the Zionists then use this 'antisemitism that they created in the first place' to play the role of victims and to say - "hey look, antisemitism is real. See, we were right all along." This is a devious and mind-fucking strategy played by Israel and Zionists that entrap many people. I, for one, am not falling prey to their tricks.
In terms of anti-semitism, there is FAKE antisemitism and REAL antisemitism. In the US, 90% of the antisemitism is FAKE - there is very little REAL antisemitism. In fact, there is more ISLAMOPHOBIA than 'real anti-semitism' in the US currently. When it comes to REAL anti-semitism, most of it comes from far-right white nationalists - and was there before Oct 7th and was not dependent on Palestine. (i.e. REAL anti-semitism is a hatred of Jews just because they are Jews).
>>"the loathing and revulsion we feel for Israel's actions of brutality, carnage and war crimes is NOT antisemitism"
- Yes, this is NOT anti-semitism. It never was. This natural reaction would be there for any Genocidal regime, regardless of religion. i.e. If Israel was made up of Hindus (for example) instead of Jews, this reaction would still be there. And might I add - this reaction is a healthy one. Being outraged, bewildered, depressed, consumed with disgust and disbelief, and engulfed with 'feelings that are hard to put into words' IS NORMAL (and moral).
>>"We shouldn't let them - the media, the political class, the Israeli lobby - get away with framing it as such."
- Yes, we shouldn't. No one should. Unfortunately, very few people have media literacy and critical thinking skills. They are too easily influenced by the opinions of people in positions of power & authority, fake experts, and master propagandists. The media IS, and HAS ALWAYS BEEN, a tool wielded by 'empire managers' and the 'power elite'. Most people are too busy trying to survive in our dystopian capitalist system to have the time needed to read up on history and differentiate between truth and lies. Some people (that have the time) are just intellectually lazy. It's a tough battle to win against the 'Media Empires' of the world.
Hello Chang, Many thanks for your thoughtful learned analysis, with which I have no disagreement at all. My apologies if I gave the impression that I was contradicting you in any way. I like to think we are on the same page - Caitlin's page too! - so to speak.
We can have philosophical arguments about Israeli tactics. But our main concern should always be the plight of the people of Gaza. It is soul shattering the way Israel has weaponised so many sacred cows - from the Holocaust to antisemitism. It is designed to criminalise support for Palestinians and terrorise everyone into silence. To shut down voices against a genocide. For US/ West manufacturing consent has lost its effectiveness, so they are criminalising dissent and critical thought as we can see on university campuses all over the US. And the tightening of repressive laws in the West. The entire western political establishment is complicit, and in the grip of "the corrupting power of the Zionist movement".
We should pause to think that Arabs are Semites but denied the word -antisemitism.
Hi Indu, all good - no need for apologies. We are on the same page. I appreciate your critical thinking, your morality, and your grasp on reality - and am always open to learning and improving my thinking. One of the many reasons I enjoy reading Caitlin Johnstone's articles so much is because she highlights these exact same qualities - good critical thinking, high moral values, and a good grasp on reality.
Possible that it is? Clearly, the world IS falling apart, as never before, all around us, more and more. Only denial would deny it. And it is becoming increasingly obvious almost every single day.
For some, our experiences influence how we look at the world. I have realized that the abuse I received as a child helped me to see that life is not a bowl of cherries. Not for me; not for anyone. It is because of my experiences that I have been able to empathize with others.
The clever Jews have always had a marketing program on the go. After the war it was the creation of Holocaust museums all over the world and they dined out on that theme for a long time. All pictures the same, well organised and funded. It has worn thin of late and the response to the museum attendance loss of traffic has been "same old, same old”, together with a distinct lack of respect for what they have become of late. But Holocaust magic worked for a while. Somewhat tattered now.
Today however, with the help of the fully paid for politicians in all geographies, but predominantly in the US, sitting with 86% owned by Netanyahu and his nasties, the strategic theme for trying to create sympathy and support by those too weak to see through the campaign has been and still is "anti-Semtiism", almost becoming enshrined in the minds of the corrupted Israeli sympathisers as is the US Constitution in the minds of loyal Americans.
Perhaps that is the aim of the bankers and big money men to see a rewrite of that once respected document as it does seem to able to be interpreted to suit the climate. Ask George Bush. Something of an expert on the subject. Bush broke new constitutional ground in authorisng coercive interrogations, denying suspected terrorists the privilege of habeas corpus and the warrantless surveillance of Americans. And how!
Now if the US Jews, neocons, electoral funders, political manipulators, corrupting specialists and genocidists having got away with their crimes for such a long time, see a possibility to add a clause stating that nobody can criticise a Jew in the USA as they are a special breed, "God's Chosen People" as they say, above the law, able to commit genocide as required , finding a way to include under one of their puppet Presidents from this day on a special place in the Constitution, so it will happen. The apathy of voters is such that it could all be over before they even knew it happened. A sort of Jewish Patriot Act.
They have the political numbers and will be aiming in November for an increase to consolidate their controlling position with help from the state stolen from Palestine. Bush broke constitutional ground, so the Jews can probably do the same. That will enable, for example, the Universities to do what they like to students, universities having been one of their targets to infiltrate for the past 50 years. Successful too. Just count up the academic staff numbers from Israel, the influence they command. Thousands, the cause of so much anti-Palesdtine, anti-justice, Israel-oriented mayhem, with so many state governors, dependent on Jewish money to retain their positions, going along with their demands, every one of them structured by AIPAC, America’s real government.
Lots of food for thought in your post. When I was in Krakow, I stayed at a hostel and in the basement of that building there was a windowless room where people waited to be transferred to Auschwitz. I could not understand all that was written on those walls in o languages other than English. But the whole atmosphere put me right off the whole idea of going to visit Auschwitz. I have never understood really why anyone would want to visit Auschwitz as a tourist. I had not considered that someone was making quite a lot of money off those visits. That is repugnant. A lot of non-Jews suffered during that time as well, Poles were forced to work to support the Nazis. Some were also killed. It was an ugly time in our history and it is horrible to use it in any way as a tourist attraction to draw in dollars. I didn't think of it exactly that way at the time; I just found the idea of going there repellent. Instead of Auschwitz, I went to visit the salt mines just outside of Krakow. They were amazing, altho probably many also suffered having to work so far underground in those mines. And it is people who live in Poland who make money from those visits. Altho, I suppose they could be owned by people outside Poland.
Yes, Gypsy33, and then some. This last allocation of US funding for the Jewish Genocidists is the absolute crime ……..and not a squeak from the White Christians, anywhere.
If it is any comfort, and although the level of atrocities has gone beyond anything previous, this has been going on for 75+ years. Some of us have known the truth for almost that long. We will overcome.
The bombing of the Iranian consulate got the short shrift in the press partly because that was the same day the World Central Kitchen murders occurred.
NPR has a lengthy story where you can see in the photo information about how the strike actually occurred "the day before [Tuesday]." Monday of that week was April 1.
The WCK killings overtook the entire news cycle, so I'm not surprised that many people don't realize that these things happened the same day.
Israel remained mum, and even the US to this day hasn't said one way or the other what their determination is as to who is responsible for the consulate bombing, but it's pretty clear. Several foreign governments have said that Israel is the most likely culprit -- it doesn't make sense that the US, with its vast intelligence network, hasn't come out with at least its best guess. To me, this is clear obfuscation. And, at the time, it seemed to me that the reticence served the interests of Israel & the US, as the WCK killings were just devastating to Israel on the PR front and they couldn't afford a further burden of blame. So they (and we, the US) just didn't talk about it.
I listen to all sorts of people on u-tube. Finkelstein/Mate/Meersheimer and it seems they all believe it was Israel. Then there is Scott Ritter as well.
The Spanish Chef is a zionist and knows Biden which is how he got the food into Israel.
I hope he has changed his mind.
It seems the depravity of the thugs in Israel is getting worse. They now have to finish the first job of genocide then they will I am sure, turn to Iran!
José Andrés, the chef, was really pressing for an independent investigation. He went on several news shows, denouncing Israel's actions and advocating for an international team to examine what happened.
"They were targeted," Andrés told SBS News of Australia.
Israel didn’t bomb the embassy they bombed a building next to the embassy where planning was taking place.I noticed you don’t include the Hamas/Palestinian Genocide against Jews and they videotaped their atrocities. Giving Israel the facts.
So was the building next to the embassy a daycare? Oh yes, the Hamas atrocities were terrible and even worse once it was noted that the Israelis had killed some of those people themselves. It is so annoying how Israel is so misunderstood.
This is not surprising, given how the current rules of polite educated discourse focus entirely on the complainant's subjective state of mind ("I felt unsafe!") and not on whether that the accused did is in fact offensive.
Not only that, but once a member of an approved victim class makes an accusation, the burden of proof falls to the accused to prove they didn't do anything wrong, in other words, to prove a negative. This is a game that the accused can rarely win, which is why the Zionist lobby choose to play it.
That said, those who rule over us care nothing for our clever word games, our cute memes, our tightly reasoned arguments or close readings of texts. They know full well that they are hypocrites. They do not care, any more than the schoolyard bully cares about your witty insults, as long as he still can smash your face in.
the state of mind of Palestinian students is not of any interest at all, even though some student have apparently been killed for being Palestinian. Did you see that video of Columbia's president being interrogated by a Christian Zionist? he asked her if she was aware that she was risking bringing down the wrath of God on the college by allowing the Gaza protect camp to exist, and she meekly replied "no". Then he asked if she wanted that to happen, and again she meekly replied "no". there you have it, oppose genocide and Jehovah will smite your ass, yay verily even unto the Halls of Ivy.
These 'congress hearings' are mostly for show - to be used as sound bites by the media and whomever else wishes to use these acts to further their agendas. (Same thing with all the Big Tech hearings, etc.)
What really disgusts me is that the President of Columbia, an intelligent person, purposedly plays along with the game - acting meek and pretending to be intimidated, flustered, etc. If this was really her level of argumentation/reasoning/confidence, she would never have made it to the position of 'president of Columbia'.
Think about it, if you were the president of Columbia, is this the best you could do?
Sad but true. The lies and spin are so blatant. I have never witnessed this to such an outrageous extent before. I hope that with so much live coverage of the atrocities in Palestine, at least, we must reach a tipping point where the truth has to be admitted. Anything else is both absurd and unconscionable.
>>"those who rule over us care nothing for our clever word games, our cute memes, our tightly reasoned arguments or close readings of texts. They know full well that they are hypocrites. They do not care, any more than the schoolyard bully cares about your witty insults, as long as he still can smash your face in."
So very true! (Not just in this instance, but in other areas of life as well)
The "I felt unsafe" complaint only seems to apply to Zionists who don't like opposition to their behaviour. Other people who feel unsafe are not even heard. Like people forced to live in tents, women who are abused by men, addicts whose drug supply might kill them, Palestinians.
Remember how quick Western media claimed that, on fairly flimsy satellite picture evidence, Russian troops committed a massacre of civilians in Bucha, Ukraine?
Also at the time there was a decades long blockade in Yemen and over 300,000 people had died, but once the white Ukrainians started leaving Ukraine in droves the media stated paying attention to them while still ignoring the Yemen crisis. And many Americans rushed to send money to the Ukraine ‘victims'…. It’s just so nauseating that people can’t see that they are being manipulated by the stenographers.
Ghadaffi was a weird person, but the people of Libya were doing quite well before the Americans went in, murdered Ghadaffi and took "democracy" to Libya. Just like they took "democracy"to so many other places. Such fine people those American killers.
Those poor Jewish Columbia students who feel threatened by demonstrators protesting Zionists slaughtering Palestinians. Not many fucks given, sorry bitches !
All hospitals in Gaza are now fair game as graveyards for Palestinians. Why is nobody of the great world saying enough. We are getting used to the silence of all although this burial of participants is considered a war crime but then everything is Ok as long as Israel is doing it. We the brown people have had enough of this choosing to ignore us since unlike zionists who are historically considered to be blonde and blue eyed we do not get the attention we should have. Palestinians who are really suffering and who continue to do so unfairly, are ignored and die without any remorse on the part of the world.
I agree totally with you. The blind eye that has been turned on Palestine and the accompanying silence are deplorable and utterly cruel and heartless. Some of us do most certainly share your pain and horror and we are with you in spirit night and day. It is unconscionable that the destruction of Palestine continues in plain sight and often unacknowledged by the mainstream. What must we do, what can we do to turn this injustice around? The current powers that be are morally corrupt and not to be trusted.
Well, have you seen the joke that is the U.S. president? How about the idiot posing as UK’s prime minister? Who’s going to even care to speak the truth, let alone intervene and stop this madness.. it’s a race to the bottom!
Agree re Jordan and this does not bode well for Abdullah internally from his Palestinian population.. but also now Iran as he’s seen as coconspirator with the Israelis. The Houthis have shown remarkable courage and resolve. And they are backed by Iran.. the cards have been reshuffled.
Even though many protests against Israel's genocide against Gaza are led by Jewish people, the west focuses on anti-semitism. What an insult to our intelligence! Genocide should always be protested.
Israeli’s are defending themselves against lying, demonic, murderous thugs, who practice deception continually. They lie about everything, in a similar fashion as our politicians. They launch their missiles from Palestinian schools, hospitals, crowds of women and children, on the playground. Cowards, all. They will gun down other Palestinians, so that they can falsely accuse the IDF of
“genocide.”
MSM is eager and glad to report this false “genocide” to lazy, clueless libtards who faithfully parrot MSM’s pack of lies. How convenient it is to listen to the latest “facts from the battlefield,” while listening to NPR, ABC, NBC, MSNBC, CBS, OPRA, PBS (PUBLIC BRAINWASHING SYSTEM.)
Palestinians are indoctrinated into antisemitism beginning at only a few months of age. Their toys, coloring books, clothing, board games, depict
the hostile destruction of any and all Jews. Palestinian boys play “cowboys and Indians” by pretending they are chasing down, and torturing, and murdering Jews. Their Islamic parents emphasize that their reason for living is to torture and murder as many Jews as possible.
The Israelis can do anything they want, including wholesale massacres of children, because they control the Western governments and the Media in the West...That's the reality, and that's why the public is astonished when reality breaks through the propaganda, as in the Ukraine...and that is why the Western world is cratering, because the fools in DC, London, and Paris believe their own propaganda....
PTSD. Worldwide PTSD is what Israel has unleashed on most of us. Clearly PTSD is a psycho- physical illness, neuroendocrine disruptions affecting immune competence and variety of hormonal processes, as well as leading to anxiety and depression. As such, the entire planet should be suing the Zionist regime and its enabler the filthy blood-engorged USA for reimbursement of medical or other psycho-physical costs related to this fiasco.
Couldn't agree with you more! The unfolding genocide is breaking the bonds of humanity, our understanding of what it means to be human, and how humans could possibly behave in such a monstrous and evil way as to make even the evil creatures of fairy tales seem less evil in comparison.
How is this any different from the dark ages or any other evil period in history? Apparently we humans haven't evolved a bit in the last 5,000 years (IMHO). What is the point of all this technological advancement if it does not improve the human condition (for the majority of the people) ?
The point of the technology is to morph Capitalism into TechnoFeudalism; any improvement in the human condition is, to me, merely accidental side-effect.
Tell me about it. I work in the technology industry (as a software engineer) and am disgusted by the attitude of my co-workers and peers and their general ignorance of all things outside of tech. (Thank God I don't work in Silicon Valley anymore - it is run by Zionist tech entrepreneurs and VCs).
You have my sympathy. I'm an academic biologist but before I retired from daily interaction with my own species (gratefully, except my former students), I had the displeasure to work a few years at Sandia Natl' Labs, where although I mostly stayed close to the theoretical chemistry, I still couldn't avoid the stench of MIC and DARPA in the air -- such despicable ongoings like bioweaponry that they treated with the same easy attitude with which the warmongers regard genocide.
Thank you. I am planning on making some good use of my skills (NO CAPITALISM INVOLVED) by contributing to projects at "Tech for Palestine" (https://techforpalestine.org). It is a non-profit that has many projects that techies (and non-techies) can help with the Palestine struggle for freedom and independence.
CPTSD at this point, right? Unpredictable and ongoing. When we are stuck in or cycling through fight, flight, fawn, freeze...we are not asking disruptive questions.
Tale as old as time. Anything as long as Israel and their brand of Jews are the victim and the American government and universities fall for it every time. What the do ought to be damn illegal! It's definitely psychological abuse.
"If you belong to a group that the empire regards as human, then even someone offending your feelings will be viewed as an unforgivable hate crime."
You know, there's a time and a place for everything--including "hate crime." It's time to offend the "feelings" of these non-feeling, non-empathetic sociopaths/psychopaths who are conducting and/or condoning the genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza. Offend them repeatedly and with vigor!
I just don't care anymore what happens to selfish a**wipes who think they're being "targeted" because the majority of people are protesting in favor of the Palestinians. They need to learn what it means to truly be an oppressed people. #FreePalestine!
They are using regular Jewish people as body shields. They know and they don't care. That's why I'm grateful for all the very vocal Jewish people opposing this genocide.
It's always easy to hide behind tribal loyalty. Not only that, but Jewish people opposing this genocide take flak from other Jewish people and the nutbar fringe that want to make Jews the problem and not genocide.
The same old thing over and over again. The western media is owned by and in lockstep with whomever tells them what to write. Freedom of the press disappeared years ago, especially in the U.S. There is no money to be made in reporting the truth anymore. So they don't. The U.S. can't afford the negative press of being complicit in Israel's genocide. Joe Biden can't afford any negative press because it is an election year. The same for a large part of the EU.
So, massacres are buried. War crimes are buried. Someday, they will come to light again, when these reports will no longer have any effect on sitting governments.
Democracy is a farce. Just words in the wind to make the poor masses do as they are told. Lie to them to keep them working to pay the taxes needed to keep the elitist's in power. Democracies are now just schemes to make people vote for whom the elites want them to vote for. There are very few choices anymore by design. This fake democracy business is rampant all over the globe. There are a small handful of developing countries who are giving it a try but eventually, they too will succumb to the addiction of power and greed. And so it goes.
Well, those Western Zionists are going to feel a lot more uncomfortable once all those photos and films of children the Israelis starved to death come out. The protests, yes plural because more protesters came back, at Columbia show that BDS has come to America to stay, and the Zionists will be unable to stop it in the long run.
"Well, those Western Zionists are going to feel a lot more uncomfortable once all those photos and films of children the Israelis starved to death come out."
Hardly, unless and until voices of power tell them how they had best feel. Germans were all for the Holocaust, until the Red Army showed up and they lost their prior enthusiasm, right quick.
The pictures are their on the net for them to see and Aljazeera does a great job revealing the truth of the Israeli genocide. Biden is talking to the many who listen only to mainstream news and don't want to hear anything else other then lies. Makes their lives easier. Biden sold every Middle Eastern war the US was involved in, since this is a man who doesn't give a damn about people.
It has occurred to me that the lot of us might be the INFJ personality type; it is the rarest (only 2% of the population) and thus we are frequently misunderstood. One of our traits is that we feel TOO deeply.
This blatant genocide & open terrorism by Israel in broad daylight on the world stage has clearly demonstrated that we live in a vile & putrid world. To each their own. We have to fend for ourselves. There are no such things as fairness, justice, equality, humanity etc. These are just absolutely meaningless words in the dictionary. Israel is raping the world & the shameless world leaders are openly cheering on. How much more disgusting can things get? Folks who really understand the situation are a huge minority, unable to really affect much consequential change. The Zionists have overshadowed the truth with smear & slander campaigns & fake news from the main stream media that they totally own. They have forced us to be culpable in these crimes as our tax dollars are directly paying for the genocide. It is appalling that the world is being totally taken over by the wealth of the Zionists & there is nothing any other humans can do to stop them. How can the west be so mindless & stupid? Is it impossible for all humans, governments & world leaders to decide to care about humanity & come together against the Zionists & collectively boycott their wealth & expose their evil agendas? It is possible, but they don’t want to do it. They are all OK with what’s going on because “It’s not happening to me” phenomenon. The world has become a ticking time bomb due to the terrorist, criminal & genocidal acts of the Zionists & we all enabled it, so we will need to suffer for it. No respite! Just wait for armageddon!
Well said. The corruption has to stop. The world cannot continue to like this with the rule book thrown out of the window and an unholy stream of bloodshed in Palestine, and elsewhere.
I have a few "non political" friends who only listen the mainstream news. When Israel bombed the Iranian embassy in Damascus and Iran retaliated, Israel's bombing was reported, but way way down in the report. One of my apolitical friends, upset about Iran's action, did not realize that Israel had bombed the Iranian embassy killing 16 people. There was a resignation from Pride Toronto because of their unwillingness to work with Queer Palestine. I have a trans friend who didn't know about any of this. As you have said previously, the media is not reporting truthfully about what is happening in Gaza. The mainstream news contains nothing about organizations like this: canarymission.org, that keeps track of anyone who speaks out against genocide and puts them at risk of losing their jobs and reputations. They never talk about how much money is being made from the continuation of wars. They never talk about all the people who are dying in Gaza or in Ukraine. They sometimes mention "casualties" but just in passing. I have a Jewish friend who did not go see the film "Israelism", www.israelismfilm.com, made by young American Jews, because she said it promoted antisemitism. At least she is still talking to me. I have another Jewish friend who won't talk to me because she said I "love Palestinians". The mainstream news never talks about how Israel itself is causing more antisemitism and it promotes the idea that criticizing Israel is antisemitic. I have days when I feel as if the world is falling apart. I think it is possible that it is.
All on purpose Susan. Divide and conquer is a wartime strategy as old as time. I refuse to let them goad me into hating anyone (except maybe the parasites fomenting hatred). I applaud you for refusing to buy into the propaganda. It takes a strong will to see through it.
I have always been contrary. I have never quite believed everything in front of me. Sometimes I have tried to be "normal" but that has never worked out very well.
Amen, Sister, from this "Brother"! Every time I tried to fit in, it ended up in disaster.
What IS normal?
You must be Canadian.
One definition of normal: conforming to popular public opinion without critical thinking.
If they solely rely on mainstream news they are not political, since they would have long learned how biased and untrustworthy the mainstream media is.
Hi Fran
I still have idiots who have NO knowledge of the Middle East telling me, Don’t believe everything you read on the internet!
Just yesterday, an acquaintance told me that Genocide Joe was no longer funding the war on Gaza(!!!) I had to correct her, telling her that ByeDone refused to fund an IsraHelli war on IRAN. 🙄 Cause, you know, he doesn’t want the Straits of Hormuz shut down before the election.
My US Rep, Dan Kildee, voted against sending billions to the Apartheid Genocide state. If yours did as well, please call and thank them, as I did.
Hi, Gypsy,
Same was true during our Middle Eastern wars, people stayed stupid. I think I told you how a 4th cousin was able to stay stupid through all of them and she has 2 college degrees, but you would never know it based on her ignorance as to what was going on in the world. She literally make stuff up. Almost a 100 billion to fund the wars in Ukraine, and the genocide in Gaza, we're sick, and some millions for Taiwan. You have to tell your friends about Joe's generosity when it comes to war. Funny so many thought he would be our savior. I really mean this, if anything he will destroy us.
Interesting article in Consortium news.
https://consortiumnews.com/2024/04/23/israels-architect-of-ethnic-cleansing/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=b26c57af-1911-4bfa-afce-2aeb19c26819
The Palestinian/ Hamas Genocide State ?
"Apolitical" people are the consistently the most intellectually dishonest, no matter the topic.
I think they are afraid to really look at what is going on. They enabled the holocaust which is now being used as an excuse to foment another one. And I can kind of understand because when I bring up horrible things like the genocide that is presently happening, it is often me who is accused of "being negative". I am told I should turn off the news.
They are not afraid but prefer the easy way out. I have absolutely no compassion for them. It is no different then the many generations that turned a blind eye to child abuse, just made it easier for themselves.
I was abused as a child. The neighbours knew and, although they didn't call the "authorities", they took me in, fed me and comforted me; they did not turn a blind eye. If the authorities had been called in, I am not sure what would have happened to me.
I am sorry to hear this Susan I really am BUT MOST people have horrendous lives. Put your problems aside and concentrate on what is happening to a whole nation of people.
Hi Jenny
I was sexually abused as a very young child; it was NOTHING compared to what the Gazans ( and West Bank Palestinians) are enduring.
Gypsy my darling friend. IF this happened to you IT was important and I now understand your vigilance.
Can I say one thing to you everything matters.
Your experience matters.
Your anger matters.
All of us have had things happen in our lives which makes a big difference of how we view our humanity.
I never talk very much about what happened to me in my several lives.
I don't speak because I have come to terms with my SHIT life which is why I never record it here. Maybe some day I will if I could figure out substack
In the light of what is happening to the Palestinians I go DEAD.
Love you.
xxx
I love you too Jenny. If misery loves company, I’ve had a shit life too…not because of my circumstances but suffering from depression, OCD, anxiety and anorexia. I’m currently taking a medication that fortunately is helping a great deal, but it wasn’t always so.
I feel as though I’ve long gotten past the sexual abuse.
Sorry to hear that, but glad to hear there were those who could be there for you. My father's family knew of his abuse but they bought his story and his sister helped him sell it and it was just easier that way for all of them. It's really not until later in the 20 century did we begin to deal with this issue, even deal with sexual child abuse. Lets not forget in America we still have Americans housing in tents, sleeping in the street, in their cars, and begging for food money. Yeah they care as they make a spectacle at the border of their caring and don't give a damn about their own, which includes no health care for many. Some 10 percent, or a bit more live in abject poverty, not to mention how many die in our nursing homes from inadequate care, or the many, many thousands who contract a disease when they enter our hospitals they never came in with, and die of it. Where are those mental hospitals for the mentally ill. etc, etc,
Also, if we were so caring how do you explain our many middle eastern wars that killed and displaced millions as most in America kept their mouths shut. Not to mention a country who is capable of providing billions to Israel to implement it's genocide. A country that lied us into wars like Vietnam and let it's young men die for a lie, not to mention the millions world wide who suffered our lies and abuse as we over turned their governments.
In order to consider ourselves caring people, I think we also need to care about those who choose to hide their heads in the sand. Encourage change. Don't succumb to hate. Not even of those people. Most of my therapy involved trying to understand my abuser and how they got to that place. It helped me a lot more than being supported in hating that abuser.
I was able to overcome with a loving mother and the help of an uncle, who was like a father, who if anything gave recognition to that abuse and really gave a helping hand. I am not succumbing to hate and I don't know how you would imply that from what I said. Letting go of hate is not the main issue for those who are abused, other then letting go of self hate, or coming to understand you are okay.
And that it was NOT your fault!
I guess it is different for everyone. I didn't mean to imply that you succumb to hate. It was your statements that you have no compassion for those who hide from what is happening that inspired some of what I replied. I did hate my abuser when I was younger. That changed with therapy. Additionally, I was not talking about countries. I am sickened that the US, the UK and other countries are giving weapons and bombs to Israel.
What I basically said was that my father's family was complicit in his abusive behavior since they chose to look the other way. No different then Americans who don't want to face the truth about that their country is helping Israel to implement in Gaza, a genocide, since it's more comfortable to see the world in a benign way then to face the horror of what we have become complicit in. Nothing good to be said about that, and one can understand why it's true, but not see it as a good thing.
Susan you are still talking about yourself!
Let me also say Susan due to my own background I got a degree in clinical counseling and worked with many people who were abused. My approach didn't focus on understanding the abuser, but on the feelings one develops about oneself due to the abuse and ultimately to feel as a person you are A-O-K as they way which most abused people ultimately seek .
That sounds like a fine approach too. I did, of course, get some counselling in that direction.
Susan that should have been your therapists main focus. However that being said, you sound just fine. Very smart too.
Upton Sinclair-"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his Not understanding it". Every person who benefits from a government falls in that category. Of course this applies to those who are tax leaches such as politicians,police, military and all those employees of government and the MIC as well as pensioners. Fortunately though many are beginning to see the truth.
I agree, except for the part, "...many are beginning to see the truth." Although I hope you are right.
Apologies.
Same! Haha
Those in America who solely rely on the mainstream media, know they are receiving a highly biased perspective, and deep down know that is what they want to hear, so they don't have to get upset. So common place.
This is what our government is afraid will happen in their support of the genocide in Israel. The news was an honest player and told the truth and people didn't cave to letting the government shut their mouths.
The student movement arose to demand free speech on college campuses, but as the US involvement in the Vietnam war expanded, the war became the main target of student-led protests.
News coverage of the war, which included graphic visual testimonies of the death and destruction in Vietnam, turned US public opinion increasingly against the war.
Revelations that the Johnson and Nixon administrations had lied to the American people about the war undermined the public’s trust in government.
I remember in London marching against Vietnam and it did change things.
The premise now is: How many people does it take to change things?
The US is spending money on war games in the China sea with the help of corrupt Filippino Govt.
I don't know what China has done to us people except give the cheap toys which the US people gobbled up.
My 'gut' feeling is: The US is a dying Empire...the only way the US makes money is through weapons sales throughout the world.
I am here in Europe and I wish for only one thing: Europe suddenly realises that this illegal empire of the USA does not exist any more.
The US has depleted weapons supplies (according to talking heads) who know things.
I don't know what is going to happen but it is about time Americans had war on their land.
No question we have done a lot of bad things and during this century it's been hard with our many middle eastern wars, and now this, but I also know what preceded it wasn't much better. Since I was a kid I try to define my country as the people, and my allegiance is to them, not my government.
I have NO allegience to any country I have lived in.
My birthplace is Sri Lanka and I have never supported the ensuing governments after Independence.
Yes I loved the Sri Lankans in all their naivety BUT I do not support them.
Jenny, OMG! I have a bit of Sri Lankan ancestry!
You told me............Ha ha. Maybe we have relatives?
Barrack H. Obama said there are 2 Americas. I see it as America, Americans vs the US government cartel of traitors. They are definitely the enemy; because they have declared financial, psychological, and through the police and FISA out right war on Americans. They have completely abandoned the founding principles. Voting is a fool's errand.
I think that is absolutely true, and the democrats whom I use to support back in the day when they had some commitment to their base no longer do. They are nothing but a bunch of autocratic asses. Our government is basically self serving and serve the community who maintain their power and their wallets, and the people be damned. It's gotten worse through the decades and will continue to do so.
Agree Jenny!!!
And those who solely rely on media pray to either Joe Biden or Donald Trump as their Lord and Savior whether they realize it or not.
I think Fran you have 'hit the nail on the head.'
Thanks Jenny, and if you live hear and pay attention, it's rather easy.
Hi Fran. I don't live in the US.
After 4 countries I have lived in I have absolutely NO faith in people.
Well, they disappoint for sure, but as I said, I prefer them a lot more then I do my government that is on a forever spree since I was born of going around the world killing people, and not fair to the people they supposedly represent.
I used to claim that apolitical, when in reality I'm the exact opposite.
All Libertarians I think.
>>"The mainstream news never talks about how Israel itself is causing more antisemitism"
Susan T: You hit the nail on the head. Israel's behavior over the last 75 years (and especially since oct 7th) has made the world very unsafe for Jews. Israel has created more antisemitism than the rest of the world put together. Israel is giving all Jews a bad name. Israel is a Jew's worst and greatest enemy. Jews of conscience need to disown Israel completely (many already have). The whole world needs to disown and boycott Israel!
Agree with you Chang Chokaski that Israel is seemingly giving all Jews a bad name. But to name the loathing and revulsion we feel for Israel's actions of brutality, carnage and war crimes is NOT antisemitism. We shouldn't let them - the media, the political class, the Israeli lobby - get away with framing it as such. It is the natural reaction any caring human being would feel for the terrible suffering of fellow human beings. It is compassion, empathy and caring. We shouldn't let it be sullied by ugly labels.
Indu, you are reading more into what I said than what was mentioned in my comment above.
My comment is about how Israel is creating an environment where they:
(1) Create hatred against Israelis and Zionists with their behavior and actions (fully deserved IMO)
(2) They then play the trick of conflating Israel and Zionism with Jews and Judaism. This causes less-discerning people with inferior critical thinking skills (and there are many) to blame all Jews for the actions of Israel and Zionists. This is a calculated strategy on Israel's behalf that causes people (that fall for this trick) to hate all Jews. This then increases 'real' antisemitism. Israel & the Zionists then use this 'antisemitism that they created in the first place' to play the role of victims and to say - "hey look, antisemitism is real. See, we were right all along." This is a devious and mind-fucking strategy played by Israel and Zionists that entrap many people. I, for one, am not falling prey to their tricks.
In terms of anti-semitism, there is FAKE antisemitism and REAL antisemitism. In the US, 90% of the antisemitism is FAKE - there is very little REAL antisemitism. In fact, there is more ISLAMOPHOBIA than 'real anti-semitism' in the US currently. When it comes to REAL anti-semitism, most of it comes from far-right white nationalists - and was there before Oct 7th and was not dependent on Palestine. (i.e. REAL anti-semitism is a hatred of Jews just because they are Jews).
>>"the loathing and revulsion we feel for Israel's actions of brutality, carnage and war crimes is NOT antisemitism"
- Yes, this is NOT anti-semitism. It never was. This natural reaction would be there for any Genocidal regime, regardless of religion. i.e. If Israel was made up of Hindus (for example) instead of Jews, this reaction would still be there. And might I add - this reaction is a healthy one. Being outraged, bewildered, depressed, consumed with disgust and disbelief, and engulfed with 'feelings that are hard to put into words' IS NORMAL (and moral).
>>"We shouldn't let them - the media, the political class, the Israeli lobby - get away with framing it as such."
- Yes, we shouldn't. No one should. Unfortunately, very few people have media literacy and critical thinking skills. They are too easily influenced by the opinions of people in positions of power & authority, fake experts, and master propagandists. The media IS, and HAS ALWAYS BEEN, a tool wielded by 'empire managers' and the 'power elite'. Most people are too busy trying to survive in our dystopian capitalist system to have the time needed to read up on history and differentiate between truth and lies. Some people (that have the time) are just intellectually lazy. It's a tough battle to win against the 'Media Empires' of the world.
Hello Chang, Many thanks for your thoughtful learned analysis, with which I have no disagreement at all. My apologies if I gave the impression that I was contradicting you in any way. I like to think we are on the same page - Caitlin's page too! - so to speak.
We can have philosophical arguments about Israeli tactics. But our main concern should always be the plight of the people of Gaza. It is soul shattering the way Israel has weaponised so many sacred cows - from the Holocaust to antisemitism. It is designed to criminalise support for Palestinians and terrorise everyone into silence. To shut down voices against a genocide. For US/ West manufacturing consent has lost its effectiveness, so they are criminalising dissent and critical thought as we can see on university campuses all over the US. And the tightening of repressive laws in the West. The entire western political establishment is complicit, and in the grip of "the corrupting power of the Zionist movement".
We should pause to think that Arabs are Semites but denied the word -antisemitism.
Hi Indu, all good - no need for apologies. We are on the same page. I appreciate your critical thinking, your morality, and your grasp on reality - and am always open to learning and improving my thinking. One of the many reasons I enjoy reading Caitlin Johnstone's articles so much is because she highlights these exact same qualities - good critical thinking, high moral values, and a good grasp on reality.
Possible that it is? Clearly, the world IS falling apart, as never before, all around us, more and more. Only denial would deny it. And it is becoming increasingly obvious almost every single day.
Sometimes my tongue gets stuck in my cheek.
Susan. I know you are a nice person, grappling with what is going on and nobody wants to think their country is to blame.
As it is we are people who have had 'horrible' things happen to us and we tend to think we are the ONLY ones.
IF I told you my life story you would wonder why I am still alive.
This is not about you or me.
This is about a whole generation of Palestinians being wiped out.
Forget about what you have been through this is about Palestinians.
I have no problem seeing that my country as well as other countries are responsible for the mess the world is in.
We can share our own experiences and still talk about Palestinians and global issues. We can do more than one thing at once.
For some, our experiences influence how we look at the world. I have realized that the abuse I received as a child helped me to see that life is not a bowl of cherries. Not for me; not for anyone. It is because of my experiences that I have been able to empathize with others.
The clever Jews have always had a marketing program on the go. After the war it was the creation of Holocaust museums all over the world and they dined out on that theme for a long time. All pictures the same, well organised and funded. It has worn thin of late and the response to the museum attendance loss of traffic has been "same old, same old”, together with a distinct lack of respect for what they have become of late. But Holocaust magic worked for a while. Somewhat tattered now.
Today however, with the help of the fully paid for politicians in all geographies, but predominantly in the US, sitting with 86% owned by Netanyahu and his nasties, the strategic theme for trying to create sympathy and support by those too weak to see through the campaign has been and still is "anti-Semtiism", almost becoming enshrined in the minds of the corrupted Israeli sympathisers as is the US Constitution in the minds of loyal Americans.
Perhaps that is the aim of the bankers and big money men to see a rewrite of that once respected document as it does seem to able to be interpreted to suit the climate. Ask George Bush. Something of an expert on the subject. Bush broke new constitutional ground in authorisng coercive interrogations, denying suspected terrorists the privilege of habeas corpus and the warrantless surveillance of Americans. And how!
Now if the US Jews, neocons, electoral funders, political manipulators, corrupting specialists and genocidists having got away with their crimes for such a long time, see a possibility to add a clause stating that nobody can criticise a Jew in the USA as they are a special breed, "God's Chosen People" as they say, above the law, able to commit genocide as required , finding a way to include under one of their puppet Presidents from this day on a special place in the Constitution, so it will happen. The apathy of voters is such that it could all be over before they even knew it happened. A sort of Jewish Patriot Act.
They have the political numbers and will be aiming in November for an increase to consolidate their controlling position with help from the state stolen from Palestine. Bush broke constitutional ground, so the Jews can probably do the same. That will enable, for example, the Universities to do what they like to students, universities having been one of their targets to infiltrate for the past 50 years. Successful too. Just count up the academic staff numbers from Israel, the influence they command. Thousands, the cause of so much anti-Palesdtine, anti-justice, Israel-oriented mayhem, with so many state governors, dependent on Jewish money to retain their positions, going along with their demands, every one of them structured by AIPAC, America’s real government.
Lots of food for thought in your post. When I was in Krakow, I stayed at a hostel and in the basement of that building there was a windowless room where people waited to be transferred to Auschwitz. I could not understand all that was written on those walls in o languages other than English. But the whole atmosphere put me right off the whole idea of going to visit Auschwitz. I have never understood really why anyone would want to visit Auschwitz as a tourist. I had not considered that someone was making quite a lot of money off those visits. That is repugnant. A lot of non-Jews suffered during that time as well, Poles were forced to work to support the Nazis. Some were also killed. It was an ugly time in our history and it is horrible to use it in any way as a tourist attraction to draw in dollars. I didn't think of it exactly that way at the time; I just found the idea of going there repellent. Instead of Auschwitz, I went to visit the salt mines just outside of Krakow. They were amazing, altho probably many also suffered having to work so far underground in those mines. And it is people who live in Poland who make money from those visits. Altho, I suppose they could be owned by people outside Poland.
Amerikkka is IsraHelli-occupied territory.
Yes, Gypsy33, and then some. This last allocation of US funding for the Jewish Genocidists is the absolute crime ……..and not a squeak from the White Christians, anywhere.
It is indeed, the crtme of the century.
If it is any comfort, and although the level of atrocities has gone beyond anything previous, this has been going on for 75+ years. Some of us have known the truth for almost that long. We will overcome.
Hitler had Joseph Goebbels to create the lies, and together, they repeated those lies until they became reality.
Hitler himself, proudly acknowledged this.
America’s liberals have public schools, colleges, and universities to inspire and indoctrinate all its students.
And now, what’s called the mainstream media, is actually owned and operated by two or three individuals.
You know that they would never try to deceive you about anything, right?
The bombing of the Iranian consulate got the short shrift in the press partly because that was the same day the World Central Kitchen murders occurred.
I hadn't realized that both those attacks happened on the same day. Busy day for Israeli killers.
I am pretty sure it wan not the same day.
They both happened on April 1.
NPR has a lengthy story where you can see in the photo information about how the strike actually occurred "the day before [Tuesday]." Monday of that week was April 1.
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/01/1242177519/world-central-kitchen-workers-deaths-gaza
(Note also the date line in the URL.)
The consulate was bombed April 1.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-bombs-iran-embassy-syria-iranian-commanders-among-dead-2024-04-01/
(Again, note the date line, not only in the URL but as the article begins as well.)
See also this segment from The Rational National: "Israeli Govt. Goes on Psychotic 24h Rampage"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2Kg6iaw5Do
Thanks so much for this. I am getting old!!
It's all good!
The WCK killings overtook the entire news cycle, so I'm not surprised that many people don't realize that these things happened the same day.
Israel remained mum, and even the US to this day hasn't said one way or the other what their determination is as to who is responsible for the consulate bombing, but it's pretty clear. Several foreign governments have said that Israel is the most likely culprit -- it doesn't make sense that the US, with its vast intelligence network, hasn't come out with at least its best guess. To me, this is clear obfuscation. And, at the time, it seemed to me that the reticence served the interests of Israel & the US, as the WCK killings were just devastating to Israel on the PR front and they couldn't afford a further burden of blame. So they (and we, the US) just didn't talk about it.
I listen to all sorts of people on u-tube. Finkelstein/Mate/Meersheimer and it seems they all believe it was Israel. Then there is Scott Ritter as well.
The Spanish Chef is a zionist and knows Biden which is how he got the food into Israel.
I hope he has changed his mind.
It seems the depravity of the thugs in Israel is getting worse. They now have to finish the first job of genocide then they will I am sure, turn to Iran!
José Andrés, the chef, was really pressing for an independent investigation. He went on several news shows, denouncing Israel's actions and advocating for an international team to examine what happened.
"They were targeted," Andrés told SBS News of Australia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddoBO4KToSw
But he was told by the Biden administration that no independent inquiry would proceed.
He is a changed man!
I hope you love death because Hamas and Iran don’t Tolerate GAY people.
I am not sure what you are responding to. Lots of people everywhere don't tolerate gay people. I hope you are part of working to change that.
Israel didn’t bomb the embassy they bombed a building next to the embassy where planning was taking place.I noticed you don’t include the Hamas/Palestinian Genocide against Jews and they videotaped their atrocities. Giving Israel the facts.
So was the building next to the embassy a daycare? Oh yes, the Hamas atrocities were terrible and even worse once it was noted that the Israelis had killed some of those people themselves. It is so annoying how Israel is so misunderstood.
It was the CONSULATE, asshole. STILL SOVEREIGN TERRITORY.
This is not surprising, given how the current rules of polite educated discourse focus entirely on the complainant's subjective state of mind ("I felt unsafe!") and not on whether that the accused did is in fact offensive.
Not only that, but once a member of an approved victim class makes an accusation, the burden of proof falls to the accused to prove they didn't do anything wrong, in other words, to prove a negative. This is a game that the accused can rarely win, which is why the Zionist lobby choose to play it.
That said, those who rule over us care nothing for our clever word games, our cute memes, our tightly reasoned arguments or close readings of texts. They know full well that they are hypocrites. They do not care, any more than the schoolyard bully cares about your witty insults, as long as he still can smash your face in.
the state of mind of Palestinian students is not of any interest at all, even though some student have apparently been killed for being Palestinian. Did you see that video of Columbia's president being interrogated by a Christian Zionist? he asked her if she was aware that she was risking bringing down the wrath of God on the college by allowing the Gaza protect camp to exist, and she meekly replied "no". Then he asked if she wanted that to happen, and again she meekly replied "no". there you have it, oppose genocide and Jehovah will smite your ass, yay verily even unto the Halls of Ivy.
These 'congress hearings' are mostly for show - to be used as sound bites by the media and whomever else wishes to use these acts to further their agendas. (Same thing with all the Big Tech hearings, etc.)
What really disgusts me is that the President of Columbia, an intelligent person, purposedly plays along with the game - acting meek and pretending to be intimidated, flustered, etc. If this was really her level of argumentation/reasoning/confidence, she would never have made it to the position of 'president of Columbia'.
Think about it, if you were the president of Columbia, is this the best you could do?
The irony being that the Christian Right normally has zero cultural influence. In fact, they happen to be favorite whipping boys most of the time.
Just they happen to be convenient ATM.
100% … any treaty with Israel is a one sided treaty
What I am interested in:
I watched today as Armenian (Israelis) were marched out of their houses. I don't know what happened next because the video was short.
IF Christians (white) think that Israel is going to protect them??????????
yeah i saw a video about that I think, they had been there for a thousand years and it was some kind of religious site.
Forced sterilization of black African Israelis!
No prejudice there….
Sad but true. The lies and spin are so blatant. I have never witnessed this to such an outrageous extent before. I hope that with so much live coverage of the atrocities in Palestine, at least, we must reach a tipping point where the truth has to be admitted. Anything else is both absurd and unconscionable.
Dear Jane.
When the ICJ in the court of The Hague has to take days to come to a conclusion......whether this is GENOCIDE we are completely screwed.
Meanwhile the GENOCIDE goes on with the pontificating ICJ takes their time owned by the USA.
>>"those who rule over us care nothing for our clever word games, our cute memes, our tightly reasoned arguments or close readings of texts. They know full well that they are hypocrites. They do not care, any more than the schoolyard bully cares about your witty insults, as long as he still can smash your face in."
So very true! (Not just in this instance, but in other areas of life as well)
The "I felt unsafe" complaint only seems to apply to Zionists who don't like opposition to their behaviour. Other people who feel unsafe are not even heard. Like people forced to live in tents, women who are abused by men, addicts whose drug supply might kill them, Palestinians.
"I felt unsafe" =/= "I am unsafe".
I hope so Feral.
Remember how quick Western media claimed that, on fairly flimsy satellite picture evidence, Russian troops committed a massacre of civilians in Bucha, Ukraine?
Textbook worthy and unworthy victims.
Also at the time there was a decades long blockade in Yemen and over 300,000 people had died, but once the white Ukrainians started leaving Ukraine in droves the media stated paying attention to them while still ignoring the Yemen crisis. And many Americans rushed to send money to the Ukraine ‘victims'…. It’s just so nauseating that people can’t see that they are being manipulated by the stenographers.
Not to forget The infamous weapons of mass destruction in Iraq!!!
Or Assad 'using chemical weapon on his people', or Ghadaffi 'slaughtering his own people' - both also may have been greatly exaggerated.
Ghadaffi was a weird person, but the people of Libya were doing quite well before the Americans went in, murdered Ghadaffi and took "democracy" to Libya. Just like they took "democracy"to so many other places. Such fine people those American killers.
Jane D. yeah, those weapons turned out to be American military
Those poor Jewish Columbia students who feel threatened by demonstrators protesting Zionists slaughtering Palestinians. Not many fucks given, sorry bitches !
All hospitals in Gaza are now fair game as graveyards for Palestinians. Why is nobody of the great world saying enough. We are getting used to the silence of all although this burial of participants is considered a war crime but then everything is Ok as long as Israel is doing it. We the brown people have had enough of this choosing to ignore us since unlike zionists who are historically considered to be blonde and blue eyed we do not get the attention we should have. Palestinians who are really suffering and who continue to do so unfairly, are ignored and die without any remorse on the part of the world.
I agree totally with you. The blind eye that has been turned on Palestine and the accompanying silence are deplorable and utterly cruel and heartless. Some of us do most certainly share your pain and horror and we are with you in spirit night and day. It is unconscionable that the destruction of Palestine continues in plain sight and often unacknowledged by the mainstream. What must we do, what can we do to turn this injustice around? The current powers that be are morally corrupt and not to be trusted.
Well, have you seen the joke that is the U.S. president? How about the idiot posing as UK’s prime minister? Who’s going to even care to speak the truth, let alone intervene and stop this madness.. it’s a race to the bottom!
I’m appalled at all the Muslim leaders who once threatened Israel if they did ….., but once Israel started doing …..they did nothing.
I can’t imagine how Palestinians feel knowing that the world doesn’t give a damn about them. Humanity is very lacking.
Not one Arab leader threatened the Israelis. Iran is the only thorn in Israel’s side. They neutered Iraq long ago.. not one Arab leader has a spine..
Hi Diana
Jordan especially are traitors.
Much love to the brave and resourceful Hout’hi who are wrecking IsraHell’s economy.
Agree re Jordan and this does not bode well for Abdullah internally from his Palestinian population.. but also now Iran as he’s seen as coconspirator with the Israelis. The Houthis have shown remarkable courage and resolve. And they are backed by Iran.. the cards have been reshuffled.
Even though many protests against Israel's genocide against Gaza are led by Jewish people, the west focuses on anti-semitism. What an insult to our intelligence! Genocide should always be protested.
Absolutely. Always.
Israeli’s are defending themselves against lying, demonic, murderous thugs, who practice deception continually. They lie about everything, in a similar fashion as our politicians. They launch their missiles from Palestinian schools, hospitals, crowds of women and children, on the playground. Cowards, all. They will gun down other Palestinians, so that they can falsely accuse the IDF of
“genocide.”
MSM is eager and glad to report this false “genocide” to lazy, clueless libtards who faithfully parrot MSM’s pack of lies. How convenient it is to listen to the latest “facts from the battlefield,” while listening to NPR, ABC, NBC, MSNBC, CBS, OPRA, PBS (PUBLIC BRAINWASHING SYSTEM.)
Palestinians are indoctrinated into antisemitism beginning at only a few months of age. Their toys, coloring books, clothing, board games, depict
the hostile destruction of any and all Jews. Palestinian boys play “cowboys and Indians” by pretending they are chasing down, and torturing, and murdering Jews. Their Islamic parents emphasize that their reason for living is to torture and murder as many Jews as possible.
The Israelis can do anything they want, including wholesale massacres of children, because they control the Western governments and the Media in the West...That's the reality, and that's why the public is astonished when reality breaks through the propaganda, as in the Ukraine...and that is why the Western world is cratering, because the fools in DC, London, and Paris believe their own propaganda....
You know what they say: you’re in trouble when you start believing your own PR..
PTSD. Worldwide PTSD is what Israel has unleashed on most of us. Clearly PTSD is a psycho- physical illness, neuroendocrine disruptions affecting immune competence and variety of hormonal processes, as well as leading to anxiety and depression. As such, the entire planet should be suing the Zionist regime and its enabler the filthy blood-engorged USA for reimbursement of medical or other psycho-physical costs related to this fiasco.
Couldn't agree with you more! The unfolding genocide is breaking the bonds of humanity, our understanding of what it means to be human, and how humans could possibly behave in such a monstrous and evil way as to make even the evil creatures of fairy tales seem less evil in comparison.
How is this any different from the dark ages or any other evil period in history? Apparently we humans haven't evolved a bit in the last 5,000 years (IMHO). What is the point of all this technological advancement if it does not improve the human condition (for the majority of the people) ?
The point of the technology is to morph Capitalism into TechnoFeudalism; any improvement in the human condition is, to me, merely accidental side-effect.
Tell me about it. I work in the technology industry (as a software engineer) and am disgusted by the attitude of my co-workers and peers and their general ignorance of all things outside of tech. (Thank God I don't work in Silicon Valley anymore - it is run by Zionist tech entrepreneurs and VCs).
You have my sympathy. I'm an academic biologist but before I retired from daily interaction with my own species (gratefully, except my former students), I had the displeasure to work a few years at Sandia Natl' Labs, where although I mostly stayed close to the theoretical chemistry, I still couldn't avoid the stench of MIC and DARPA in the air -- such despicable ongoings like bioweaponry that they treated with the same easy attitude with which the warmongers regard genocide.
Thank you. I am planning on making some good use of my skills (NO CAPITALISM INVOLVED) by contributing to projects at "Tech for Palestine" (https://techforpalestine.org). It is a non-profit that has many projects that techies (and non-techies) can help with the Palestine struggle for freedom and independence.
CPTSD at this point, right? Unpredictable and ongoing. When we are stuck in or cycling through fight, flight, fawn, freeze...we are not asking disruptive questions.
So am I getting this straight ?
The press is selling anti-zionism at colleges as anti-semitic violence ?
That’s about right..
Tale as old as time. Anything as long as Israel and their brand of Jews are the victim and the American government and universities fall for it every time. What the do ought to be damn illegal! It's definitely psychological abuse.
I only remind people NOT TO EQAUTE the jewish people with the state of Israel
Yes, it’s like equating ISIS with Muslims. Zionism, though, has become much more successful than Islamism..
"If you belong to a group that the empire regards as human, then even someone offending your feelings will be viewed as an unforgivable hate crime."
You know, there's a time and a place for everything--including "hate crime." It's time to offend the "feelings" of these non-feeling, non-empathetic sociopaths/psychopaths who are conducting and/or condoning the genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza. Offend them repeatedly and with vigor!
I just don't care anymore what happens to selfish a**wipes who think they're being "targeted" because the majority of people are protesting in favor of the Palestinians. They need to learn what it means to truly be an oppressed people. #FreePalestine!
N.b. the Zionist insistence on conflating Jews and Israel has created more genuine antisemites than all the protest marches since the dawn of time.
They are using regular Jewish people as body shields. They know and they don't care. That's why I'm grateful for all the very vocal Jewish people opposing this genocide.
This cat agrees with that cat.
It's always easy to hide behind tribal loyalty. Not only that, but Jewish people opposing this genocide take flak from other Jewish people and the nutbar fringe that want to make Jews the problem and not genocide.
The same old thing over and over again. The western media is owned by and in lockstep with whomever tells them what to write. Freedom of the press disappeared years ago, especially in the U.S. There is no money to be made in reporting the truth anymore. So they don't. The U.S. can't afford the negative press of being complicit in Israel's genocide. Joe Biden can't afford any negative press because it is an election year. The same for a large part of the EU.
So, massacres are buried. War crimes are buried. Someday, they will come to light again, when these reports will no longer have any effect on sitting governments.
Democracy is a farce. Just words in the wind to make the poor masses do as they are told. Lie to them to keep them working to pay the taxes needed to keep the elitist's in power. Democracies are now just schemes to make people vote for whom the elites want them to vote for. There are very few choices anymore by design. This fake democracy business is rampant all over the globe. There are a small handful of developing countries who are giving it a try but eventually, they too will succumb to the addiction of power and greed. And so it goes.
Well, those Western Zionists are going to feel a lot more uncomfortable once all those photos and films of children the Israelis starved to death come out. The protests, yes plural because more protesters came back, at Columbia show that BDS has come to America to stay, and the Zionists will be unable to stop it in the long run.
"Well, those Western Zionists are going to feel a lot more uncomfortable once all those photos and films of children the Israelis starved to death come out."
Hardly, unless and until voices of power tell them how they had best feel. Germans were all for the Holocaust, until the Red Army showed up and they lost their prior enthusiasm, right quick.
The pictures are their on the net for them to see and Aljazeera does a great job revealing the truth of the Israeli genocide. Biden is talking to the many who listen only to mainstream news and don't want to hear anything else other then lies. Makes their lives easier. Biden sold every Middle Eastern war the US was involved in, since this is a man who doesn't give a damn about people.
This is what makes me laugh about the right wing throwing around "woke." This is as woke as it gets baby.
To me a 'citizen of the world' means only one thing.
You have NO allegiance to a country.
I have never fitted in (like a jig-saw puzzle) which is what our countries want us to do.
Welcome to the mutant misfits club!
Me too, JennyStokes.
Yes, me too!
Me too. Never fitted in.
Same here!
Hi Jenny
It has occurred to me that the lot of us might be the INFJ personality type; it is the rarest (only 2% of the population) and thus we are frequently misunderstood. One of our traits is that we feel TOO deeply.
I am an INFJ.
This blatant genocide & open terrorism by Israel in broad daylight on the world stage has clearly demonstrated that we live in a vile & putrid world. To each their own. We have to fend for ourselves. There are no such things as fairness, justice, equality, humanity etc. These are just absolutely meaningless words in the dictionary. Israel is raping the world & the shameless world leaders are openly cheering on. How much more disgusting can things get? Folks who really understand the situation are a huge minority, unable to really affect much consequential change. The Zionists have overshadowed the truth with smear & slander campaigns & fake news from the main stream media that they totally own. They have forced us to be culpable in these crimes as our tax dollars are directly paying for the genocide. It is appalling that the world is being totally taken over by the wealth of the Zionists & there is nothing any other humans can do to stop them. How can the west be so mindless & stupid? Is it impossible for all humans, governments & world leaders to decide to care about humanity & come together against the Zionists & collectively boycott their wealth & expose their evil agendas? It is possible, but they don’t want to do it. They are all OK with what’s going on because “It’s not happening to me” phenomenon. The world has become a ticking time bomb due to the terrorist, criminal & genocidal acts of the Zionists & we all enabled it, so we will need to suffer for it. No respite! Just wait for armageddon!
Well said. The corruption has to stop. The world cannot continue to like this with the rule book thrown out of the window and an unholy stream of bloodshed in Palestine, and elsewhere.
Or….
We start the revolution.
I’m in.