Has The Israeli Goverment BecomeThe Monster?

[Ellie]

A son of the Hamas founder thinks the ceasefire proposal is a trap...

This guy is a virulent anti-Muslim and Israeli asset. He is a hateful fool and an useful idiot.


Israel took him when he was only 10, for throwing rocks, and put him in prison. He has the look of a man who has been brainwashed and suffered much.Tragic.


"Mosab Hassan Yousef...is a Palestinian ex-militant who defected to Israel in 1997, thereafter working as an undercover agent for the Shin Bet until he moved to the United States in 2007. His father is Sheikh Hassan Yousef, a co-founder of Hamas."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosab_Hassan_Yousef

 

[Ellie]

Palestinians celebrating the ceasefire before it all fell through. Heartbreaking to watch.

 

[Ellie]

Cenk nails it.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

The USA stopped a shipment full of bombs hailed to Israel due to concerns it will go ahead with its ground operation in Rafah.

"As a result of that review, we have paused one shipment of weapons last week. It consists of 1,800 2,000lb bombs and 1,700 500lb bombs," the unnamed official added.

The larger 2,000lb bombs are most likely to be Mk-84s or possibly BLU-109s - or both.
The former is a cheap, general purpose munition and the latter a penetration bomb designed for use against hardened or underground targets. Both can be fitted with JDAM kits that deliver precision capability using satellite navigation. Laser guidance kits can also be fitted.
These bombs can be made to be very accurate, down to just a few metres. But in a dense, urban environment like Gaza the risk of so-called "collateral damage" is high. And that is where the concern lies. The smaller 500lb bombs can also be fitted with guidance units dropped from jets.
We do not know exactly how Israel uses these weapons, but media posts from the Israeli Air Force frequently show F-16 and F-15 jets loaded with JDAMs for strikes.
It is worth remembering that such weapons would not just be used in Gaza but also targets in southern Lebanon belonging to the Iran-backed group Hezbollah, which has been involved in almost daily cross-border exchanges of fire with Israeli forces since the start of the Gaza war.

The weapons being held back by the US are related to a future delivery, so it is unlikely to have any immediate impact. But given the rate at which Israel is bombing it will likely affect future strikes fairly soon.

US reveals it paused shipment of bombs for Israel over Rafah concerns

A bomb shipment was halted last week over concerns Israel was going ahead with a Rafah offensive.

www.bbc.com

 

[Isabeau]

Unrwa Jerusalem HQ closed after ‘Israeli extremist’ arson attack

He said: “A crowd accompanied by armed men were witnessed outside the compound chanting ‘Burn down the United Nations’.”

Unrwa and staff from other UN agencies were on the compound, which has on its grounds petrol and diesel stations for a fleet of UN cars.

“While there were no casualties among our staff, the fire caused extensive damage to the outdoor areas,” Lazzaroni said, adding that Unrwa staff had put out the fire themselves.

The attack came after two months of “Israeli extremists staging protests outside the Unrwa compound”, he said. One protest earlier this week “became violent when demonstrators threw stones at UN staff and at the buildings of the compound”, he said.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

 

[Ellie]

Comparing the above YT with the white supremacist violence in Charlottesville, including on the grounds of the University of Virginia, the police response, and murder of Heather Heyer. Some marchers even chanted, “Jews will not replace us.”


In the UK, as well as the US, anti-Muslim sentiment has risen dramatically, egged on by politicos.

"Braverman labelled legitimate protests against the killing of civilians in Gaza as hate marches. This kind of rhetoric risks putting a target on the back of the thousands of Muslim protesters....It’s clear that Braverman’s comments speak to a rightwing panic over the pro-Palestine marches – many see them as a symbol of uncontrolled immigration and the growing presence of Muslims in society. But it isn’t just Muslims who are calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. The demands are coming from a wide spectrum of society, including those of Jewish, Christian, Hindu and various other faiths, as well as those with no religious affiliation at all."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/26/anti-muslim-rightwing-politicians-hate-crime-lee-anderson

 

[Ellie]

"Teeming with tents and overcrowded street corners and sandy plots, Rafah is right now the most densely populated place on earth. People sleep in the streets, makeshift shelters, public housing, cemeteries, and whatever empty space available. According to UNICEF, there is approximately one toilet for every 850 people, and one shower for every 3,600 people. Food and water are scarce. Medicine is depleting fast. Orphaned children wander the streets searching for food, barefoot and dusty, with no family or relatives to watch over them; many families can’t even find or afford tents. There are three hospitals serving 1.5 million displaced people."

Israel Is Carrying Out a Horrific Ground Invasion of Rafah

 

[Isabeau]

Strapped down, blindfolded, held in diapers: Israeli whistleblowers detail abuse of Palestinians in shadowy detention center

CNN spoke to three Israeli whistleblowers who worked at the Sde Teiman desert camp, which holds Palestinians detained during Israel’s invasion of Gaza. All spoke out at risk of legal repercussions and reprisals from groups supportive of Israel’s hardline policies in Gaza.

They paint a picture of a facility where doctors sometimes amputated prisoners’ limbs due to injuries sustained from constant handcuffing; of medical procedures sometimes performed by underqualified medics earning it a reputation for being “a paradise for interns”; and where the air is filled with the smell of neglected wounds left to rot.

 

[Aeon Jiminy]

Strapped down, blindfolded, held in diapers: Israeli whistleblowers detail abuse of Palestinians in shadowy detention center

This thread asks "Has The Israeli Goverment Become The Monster?"

Yes.

 

[Ellie]

This thread asks "Has The Israeli Goverment Become The Monster?"

Yes.

Always was.

Tantura: New documentary sparks debate about Israel and the Palestinian Nakba

(Trigger warning)

 

[Aeon Jiminy]

God's chosen people destroying relief supplies to Gaza. Keep those American tax dollars coming.

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

God's chosen people...

You can attack the government of Israel without the casual anti-Semitism, you know.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

God's chosen people destroying relief supplies to Gaza. Keep those American tax dollars coming.

You know, I actually agreed with you, for once, with your previous post. And then you had to go and ruin it with this one.

Do better.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

The IDF killed another hezbollah commander.

 

[Aeon Jiminy]

You can attack the government of Israel without the casual anti-Semitism, you know.

Sure, I'll withdrawal my statement and hopefully it will sanitize this genocide within acceptable boundaries. I'm not well-versed in mass murder etiquette.
But does Israel really try to separate church and state? That's news to me.

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

Sure, I'll withdrawal my statement and hopefully it will sanitize this genocide within acceptable boundaries. I'm not well-versed in mass murder etiquette.
But does Israel really try to separate church and state? That's news to me.

You are being intentionally obtuse, as per usual. "God's chosen people" is a knock on all Jewish people world wide, not just the Israeli government or right wing Israelis. This isn't a difficult concept. Even if we agree unequivocally that the Israeli government is genocidal, that doesn't justify anti-Semitism AT ALL.

It's kind of like if you had made an anti black comment in response to a genocide performed by the government of Congo.

 

[Lexxi]

Sure, I'll withdrawal my statement and hopefully it will sanitize this genocide within acceptable boundaries. I'm not well-versed in mass murder etiquette.
But does Israel really try to separate church and state? That's news to me.

Netanyahu’s Government Takes a Turn Toward Theocracy

The Israeli Prime Minister’s new coalition includes members who would enforce religious prohibitions over democratic liberties.

www.newyorker.com

 

[Ellie]

 

[detrius]

You know, I actually agreed with you, for once, with your previous post. And then you had to go and ruin it with this one.

Do better.

Comments like that one before yours are why I won't touch this topic with a stick.