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🇱🇧: Mona Khalil spent decades working to protect nesting sites of endangered loggerhead and green sea turtles on Lebanon’s southern coast.
Israel bombed her home in early June. She died from her injuries on June 19.
Israel killed Zahra and her entire family today in Sharqiyeh, South Lebanon.
They dropped a bomb on their home as they slept at night — massacring them instantly.
This is Trump donor and Mar-a-Lago neighbor John Cafaro who got the no-bid contract to install a water purification system for the reflecting pool. He has 2 prior convictions, one for bribing a member of Congress and another for an illegal loan that violated campaign finance laws.
If you were to write this headline or article in a variety of US, UK, German or French media outlets, your career might be on the line and you’d probably be accused of antisemitism.
And yet the author of this piece is a former prime minister for Israel.
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#جاویدشاه اصلا معنیش چیه؟
تمام این چند ماه که در خفقان محض بر ما گذشت دوست داشتم از کسایی که شعار «جاوید شاه» رو فریاد میزدن و سعی میکردن این شعار رو به بقیه هم تحمیل کنن همینو بپرسم: #جاویدشاه اصلاً یعنی چی؟
وقتی میشد برای آزادی، دموکراسی و ضدیت با استبداد شعار داد، چرا باید شعار اصلی میشد «جاوید شاه»؟
امیدوارم حالا بخصوص شما که با این شعار ما رو خفه کردین بنویسید این شعار پیامش چی بود؟ هدفش چی بود؟ به هدفش رسید؟
⭕️ Israel’s far right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir responds to Vice President JD Vance: “For every tear shed by an Israeli mother, a thousand Lebanese mothers should cry. All of Lebanon should burn.”
He writes:
“With all due respect to the Americans, Israel must make it clear to the entire world that the blood of our sons and the security of our citizens are not up for grabs. All of Lebanon should burn. Our highest duty is to protect Israel’s citizens and IDF soldiers, and that commitment comes before any other consideration.
I tell the Prime Minister, including in our meetings: for every tear shed by an Israeli mother, a thousand Lebanese mothers should cry.
Enough with the ping-pong. In the Middle East, you do not win through measured responses and restraint. You have to go crazy. Erase. Defeat terrorism.”
Paint was seen peeling from the floor of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, weeks after a $14 million renovation that included a new color President Trump called “American Flag Blue.”
⭕️ JD Vance’s message to Israel:
“You’re a country of 9 million people. You can’t just kill your way out of solving every single national security problem that you have.”
Noting that significant segments of the Israeli population and political system are anxious about the deal, Vance said it is inconceivable that the United States would release sanctions on Iran if Iran continues to fund Hezbollah.
He characterized the criticism from some in the Israeli government as a “freakout” stemming from mistrust, while saying that the United States has been an “incredible partner” to Israel and has earned trust, and that this deal is in the best interest of the entire region.
(Interesting Times With Ross Douthat)