@MichaelWestBiz@NickRiemer1 Wait, what? Minns is Labor?! I just assumed he was Liberal, based on his Sky News and Israeli govt written talking points. Fuck me, this is far worse than I thought. (NZer who *thought* I was relatively well-informed).
@MichaelWestBiz check it out: the ABC is bravely, um, reporting what no other MSM will: that maybe, just maybe Bondi was an attack on Zionism, not Judaism
Absolute insanity today in Bnei Brak. Two female IDF soldiers made a house visit to a soldiers family in the ultra-orthodox city and a massive riot started. A crowd of hundreds chased the soldiers, who were forced to hide in a dumpster and eventually a local resident's home for protection.
Three police officers injured, police cars overturned, they set a police motorcycle on fire, and threw stones and trash, journalists who came to cover it were beaten. The soldiers and police were called Nazis. Then the police brutally beat protestors. 23 people were arrested.
What we are seeing is Israeli society falling apart. Secular Israelis are increasingly militaristic and are focused on trying to force the ultra orthodox into the army. The military has issued over 24,000 draft notices to Haredi men, but compliance remains extremely low (only 1,200 reporting), fueling secular demands for stricter enforcement. Meanwhile, the protestors are increasingly alienated from a state they see as illegitimate and a betrayal of Judaism.
Liberal Israelis are leaving the country, leaving only the ultra-orthodox and Kahanist clans to fight each other. They will tear each other apart.
@Marc_Leibowitz@RheaKarys@grok How many incidents were people shouting 'free Palestine', or wearing a keffiyeh? Also, what is the total number of incidents vs total pop? How many racist and other anti-minority incidents occured in the same period? Once again this is a nothing burger beat up of the mayor.
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@cessonmute@chamfy That’s the best thing about the singles party they have at AM every year. Not the singles, but the opportunity to wander around the museum at night. Spooky and fun!
@chamfy Many years ago, I lived on the 5th floor of 9 Hopetoun St. That ridge, with Western Park directly in front, gave us unobstructed views from the Waitaks to the city. Such a great spot!
This is one of the most extraordinary and illuminating passages in all journalism.
CNN frames Maduro as a paranoid liar for claiming the CIA is trying to overthrow him.
Yet in the very next sentence, it casually notes that the CIA did, in fact, overthrow him.
The level of cognitive dissonance and imperial brain rot you must have to write this, and then have it read by an editor and published, is truly breathtaking.
@BrianOl58344251@jacksonhinkle The US spent TRILLIONS on the so-called GWOT and what was the result? Afghanistan run by the Taliban, and Iraq friendlier to Iran.
Me, growing up in the '80's, thinking it was ridiculous the Soviet newspaper was called Pravda ('Truth'), because it was so blindingly obvious it was no more than a government mouthpiece.