So, what I'm hearing is that Biden was within his full cognitive abilities when he lied about seeing evidence of 40 beheaded babies—a lie that led to the stabbing of a 6-year-old Palestinian child 26 times in Chicago? Got it.
SO when it comes out that Israel Lied *Again*, & the entire west ran with the lie anyway *Again*, do you think there will be consequences?
The west Cut off All funding for desperate aid, & subsequently handed out collective punishment to all of Gaza, based on "Israel Said"
Whatever your position is, just take a moment to reflect on just how dark this is.
Just hours after the ICJ concluded that Israel was plausibly committing genocide and ordered it to dramatically step up humanitarian efforts, 7 Western countries sanctioned... not Israel but the Palestinians and the UN (!!!).
They cut funding for UNRWA, which is THE UN agency tasked with humanitarian assistance to Palestinians (and therefore their main lifeline).
Even if you were the world's worst cynic, you'd still have a hard time expecting such sheer level of cruelty and depravation. This is absolutely unfathomable.
They did so with the cheapest possible excuse, effectively using Israel's narrative that "UNWRA is Hamas" and allegations by Israel that some UNWRA staff were involved in the 7th Oct attack but 1) Israel has been making these accusations for months (so the timing of cutting funding right after the ICJ ruling is obviously not a coincidence) and 2) UNWRA has announced it's terminated the contracts of the staff members accused (12 people out of its 30,000 strong workforce) and launched an investigation, so it obviously doesn't condone this. Even if the allegations were to be proven correct, how can an organization of 30,000 staff be held collectively accountable for the individual actions of 0.04% of its workforce? Especially in the current context when its work is a life or death matter for millions of people.
To add to the cynicism here, UNWRA staff are actually a major victim of the war with at least 152 UNRWA staffers killed by Israel in Gaza to date. In a normal world, it is Israel that should be punished for killing so many members of a humanitarian organization. But nope, it's the humanitarian organization that's getting punished, alongside with the very vulnerable population it's committed to helping.
I can't think of a more perfect illustration of how broken American democracy is, than the fact that for the first time ever it's basically 100% certain who both parties' nominees are before the first primary, even though they're two of the most unpopular candidates in history.
Local sources: Israeli forces left detonators, that resemble food cans, at schools in Khan Yunis. Displaced children thought they were food, as soon as they open these cans, they exploded and killed them instantly.
Everyday a new Israeli atrocity.
Remember the pitched controversy months ago as claims were made that Israel had gone so far as to commit the terrible war crime of actually bombing A HOSPITAL in Gaza? Charts & graphs & radar were brought forth to try to assess blame. 36 hospitals later now there are none left.
Hearing these chants for a ceasefire drowned out by "four more years" reminded me of what Kwame Ture said about liberals:
"The liberal is so preoccupied with stopping confrontation that he usually finds himself calling for law and order, the law and order of the oppressor."
There are literally five pages, 59 to 64, in the suit which just lay out all the statements made by Israeli officials, in their own words. It’s all there. In black and white. With footnotes. Kirby can disagree with the suit but he can’t say it is ‘without any basis in fact’.
Once again, Western media tacitly justifies Israeli attacks on Lebanon by referring to Dahiye, a densely populated residential area, as a “Hezbollah stronghold” a deliberate and disgusting semantical choice which makes it sound like some kind of military fortification/target.
remember not to water down your demands. a ceasefire is the bare minimum.
we want a genuinely decolonized palestine, where all palestinians in the diaspora have the right of return, the land is returned to the indigenous population, we want a real end to israeli occupation
the fact motaz is out there fighting for his life daily documenting the genocide of his own people and he's also here on social media not letting those sick fucks spread their bullshit, only hours after they directly targeted his home. god please keep him safe 🙏