A land without a people for a people without a land. The horrors of Gaza, & the scale of Western complicity, have begun to rupture the indifference that has long emboldened Israel’s unchecked exercise of military power. Public opinion is shifting, even as political elites struggle to contain it.
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People will say "why do you only talk about Israel when there's other countries doing massive violence?" And so with that in mind I'll just note that the UAE, which is backing a genocide in Sudan, as well as being a slave state, is being treated with delicate kid gloves by the government.
I *STILL* don’t know what’s happening in Gaza; I cannot tell you if Israel is engaging in a ground war, ethnic cleansing, or a genocide. BUT I know that the term “indiscriminate slaughter” is a specific and drastic accusation you cannot make lightly without a bevy of evidence no one has provided me
Did 700,000 Israelis die in that attack? Pretty sure it wasn't that many. But, it conveniently gave Israel an excuse for all-out Genocide on Gaza civilians, CHILDREN, schools, hospitals etc. Netanyahu was warned about the Hamas attack. He did nothing to prevent it because it suited his agenda.
The EU is ramping up the Hybrid War narrative with Black Rock Merz saying Germany is under attack from Russia. Due to the drone at Leipzig, of which there is no video footage at all. I anticipate false flag attacks with lose of life within the EU borders within the next 6 weeks, we'll see
When Hamas killed 1200 people on October 7, 2023, that was a massacre. A terrible crime against humanity. Inexcusable. When Israel then killed 75000 people in Gaza over the next 3 years, that was also a massacre, and a terribe crime against humanity. Also Inexcusable. There is no side to choose.
Memo to @news.abc.net.au - you are on and on and on about Hamas killed 1,200 Israelis in Oct7 attack. But never mentioned that - As October 2026, the Gaza Health Ministry documented 74,237 deaths and over 175,000 injuries. This is a war crime of dis-proportion response
t's become impossible to discuss Israel's actions. The discussion immediately gets twisted into something else entirely. And yet the destruction of Gaza, West Bank, South Lebanon, South Syria, Iran continues. With a side order of Yemen.
On the third anniversary of the attack in Israel by Hamas that killed 1209 people, it's time to look at the response by Israel. You don't kill 74,000 people, including more than 20,000 children by mistake. This is not acceptable collateral damage, it is ethnic cleansing.
So typical of the Israeli Govt, whose response is about blocking the UK's ability to support Palestinians, rather than the issue of UK-ISraeli relations themselves When any accountability is sought - Israel responds: "how can we hurt the Palestinians further" www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
Some might not know this but Russia's reliance on the Chinese economy, and the bigger role China plays in Russia's, is already causing negative externalities like, say, gangs of hooligans harassing Chinese students at all the major universities basically unimpeded.
UK consulate in Israel has been downgraded to a "mission". That's how Israel is responding to the trade ban imposed by UK on illegal settlements on Palestinian land & associated ethnic cleansing. This should be a signal to our govt to be bolder & condemn the genocide. Not holding my breath.
The Problem With Israel Goes Much Deeper Than 'Netanyahu’s Extremist Government' commondreams.org/opinion/probl…
I don’t know that word counts are an appropriate metric for talking about atrocities in an armed conflict. I could write at length about the failures of the US Army in Afghanistan while making only glancing mentions to the crimes of Al Qaeda, The Taliban or HQN.
Russia sinks two civilian vessels in NATO waters of Bulgaria and Romania. This is 1941 all over again. Only this time, the US president is siding with the Nazis. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/1…
Defending the Western order means defending "international law, territorial sovereignty and the rules-based order against revisionism, hybrid threats and coercion." War crimes and repression of free speech are the US-powered opposites. www.rferl.org/a/athens-rub...
This escalation by Russia into International Waters and the EU is not good. What will DFT do about it? Probably just cozy up to Putin and let it continue. I have a bad feeling about this! #Russia #drones #EU #Ukraine arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/1…
Since when has a population grown during a ‘genocide’? Since when has death by hunger fallen during a campaign of ‘state starvation’? www.spiked-online.com/2026/10/06/g...
News recaps today of the 7 October attacks by Hamas that don't even mention the strong indications that Netanyahu had prior knowledge are not serious. See e.g. haaretz.com/israel-news/israel…
How Israel's relentless killing of over 1000 Palestinians in Gaza since October 2025 can be called a "ceasefire" is beyond me- its brainwashing. Aljazeera noted: Israel attacked Gaza on 325 of the past 361 days, leaving only 36 days with no reported attacks, deaths or injuries.
UKRAINE IS SHOOTING DOWN BALLISTC MISSILES BUT FOR HOW LONG Ukraine shot down 5 ballistic missiles in the past few days showing they do have some Patriots - but how many nobody knows and how long they can keep it up is uncertain. But it does show you that when they have them they’re effective.
Ukraine successfully hitting Russian infrastructure as usual, not civilians. #SlavaUkraini
Three years of genocide.
Happy anniversary to that war criminal scumfuck Benjamin Netanyahu and his Gulf of Tonkin level event he orchestrated to dodge getting arrested and/or ousted. I pray the sane people of Israel wake up and overcome the Zionist oppression
On the anniversary of October 7th so many world leaders stand with us (not sure if "us" is Jews or Israel). Thanks for standing there and doing nothing when Hamas terrorists and their allies and Iranian sponsors want to wipe us off the face of the earth Crossposted with @openvibe
Netanyahu armed and funded Hamas for years to undermine the Palestinian Authority. There are now reports he knew about the 10/7 attack ahead of time and did nothing. Netanyahu is a master mind of destruction. He dedicated his life to undermining the hope of a Palestinian state
Hegseth taunting Iran from the safety of the "U.S." If he is so sure why doesn't he lead the charge into the Strait?
So sad and angry that the past three years have resulted in so much bloodshed in the middle east, as well as the ongoing struggles elsewhere. We need to find #peace among ourselves.
We remember the innocent lives lost, including nine Canadians, due to the Hamas terror attacks three years ago.
I feel like the first step to a peace is for people to want peace and they just fucking don't. You can sit down with some people say "hey, so you can't force a win here- you just can't, like it physically can't be done- and you're killing children" and they'll say "those aren't children."
The shame of the wold!!
Why sending Syrian fighters to Yemen is ill-fated idea • Destabilizes a fragile Syria • Strengthens Hezbollah remnants • They don’t know Yemen terrain: Just ask Egyptians & Sudanese • Prolongs war, fuels sectarian divide beyond Yemen while potentially empowering Houthis
Die Ukraine hätte schon viel früher alle in Reichweite befindlichen Orc Datacenter angreifen sollen. Hoffentlich ohne Handschellen.
Netanyahu was willing to kill his own people on October 7 as pretext for a genocide. That’s not only terrorism, it’s treason, and it’s yet another reason this man belongs behind bars. open.substack.com/pub/councile...
When you hear and read mainstream Israeli media critiques of their own government, it only reminds us how craven and pathetic most western media is.
Israelis for Peace are anti-Likud, and anti-occupation. They want immediate and permanent end to the war, and they want Netayahu to go to the Hague for war crimes. The pro-pallies still treat them as enemies
It's possible to point out that the EU will have a comprehensive range of demands and expectations towards the UK if the Brits want to Rejoin as well as that if the Brits meet those conditions the UK will be allowed back in. Whether Brits rejoin or not comes down to what Brits are ready to accept
"The war has hacked our empathy, flattened our ability to see people on the other side as fully human."
They really just need to hit a couple of ships, not even sink them. If they manage to sink one it’s an added bonus.
The fact that I still have to explain any part of the Palestinian plight when we have drone footage showing Gaza reduced to a literal parking lot makes me think humanity should just end.
“Moscow has denied any involvement in the incident.” I encourage journalists seeking to make impartial statements that it would give the reader/audience a clearer picture to routinely add: ”but has a proven pattern of denying things it has done, as misinformation to create doubt and uncertainty.”
Don't let them tell you to condemn October 7th. The people of Palestine have been facing genocide for multiple generations already. The right to resist apartheid and genocide is the right of the oppressed. The world knows it. Do not agree to their terms, anymore.
So the only reason Putin can not do the same (as Trump did) is that Putin's bargaining power is not that strong as Trump's? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
On the 3rd anniversary of the start of Netanyahu's #genocide in Gaza, the BBC has managed to produce this. In the small print it mentions IDF outright denials, a convoluted way of saying Israel is rapidly land grabbing - expanding the yellow line No mention of continuing restrictions on aid🤔
Hamas murdered this entire family. If you think that this was an act of “resistance”, then you’re a soulless ghoul devoid of humanity.
Russia has no respect for anything. Frankly, I'm beginning to believe that Ukraine is playing too nice. Screw world opinion if your country is being destroyed, piece by piece, and the rest of the world mostly just shrugs its shoulders and offers words of encouragement, along with a few handouts. 🤬
To be fair actually globally competitive farming would kill almost all EU farms for non high value crops
He was warned, he was warned repeatedly, so naturally, being someone who cares deeply about the life of Israeli's he allowed it.
Considering that Mossad had penetrated the highest echelons of Hamas, I suspect he knew quite a lot, including writing the orders that initiated Oct 7. All in the name of #genocide www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
