#“Terrorist War Criminal Isra-helli Military”

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“Terrorist War Criminal Isra-helli Military” Refusers Appeal To “Demented, War Criminal & Genocidal Biden”: “Stop Arming Isra-helli’s War”

Tal Mitnick and Sofia Orr, Who are in Prison for Refusing to Serve in “Terrorist War Criminal Isra-hell’s Military,” are Pleading with Genocidal Biden to Help Stop the War on Gaza.

— Prem Thakker | May 9, 2024

On Municipal Elections Day, activists hold a series of signs at an anti-war protest in the center of Tel Aviv in Habima Square. The signs say "end the siege," "Israelis for Ceasefire" and "Stop the War; Peace is the Only Solution," and one sign shows an image of a Gazan man holding a bloody child after an Israeli airstrike. Photo By Emily Glick/Middle East Images/Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by Emily Glick/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

Tal Mitnick And Sofia Orr — Two Israeli teenagers who are in prison for refusing to serve in the Israel Defense Forces — sent a letter to President Joe Biden, beseeching him to use his power to stop Israel’s war on Gaza, including through placing conditions on military aid.

“Your unconditional support for [Prime Minister Benjamin] Satan-Yahu’s policy of destruction, since the war began, has brought our society to the normalization of carnage and to the trivialization of human lives,” they wrote. “It is American diplomatic and material support that prolonged this war for so long. You are responsible for this, alongside our leaders. But while they’re interested in prolonging the war for political reasons, you have the power to make it stop.”

The teens wrote the letter before reporting to prison for their most recent sentences. They sent it to Biden on Thursday, a day after he confirmed in an interview for the first time that Israel has used U.S. bombs to kill civilians and said that he will not supply Israel with arms if it moves toward a major invasion of Rafah. Biden did not specify what he considers to be a major invasion; Israel already reportedly has troops on the ground in Rafah, which is considered the last refuge for displaced Palestinians in Gaza and which the Israeli military has long been bombing.

The White House’s National Security Council declined to comment.

Mitnick was first sentenced to prison in December for refusing Israel’s mandatory military conscription at age 18. His successive prison terms have added up to 150 days, while Orr has been sentenced to a total of 85 days. The pair are part of Mesarvot, a growing refusenik network within Israel of teenagers and former dissenters supporting each other as they refuse to serve in the Israeli military.

Another teenager in the network, Ben Arad, was sentenced to 20 days last month for refusing, and his sentence has since increased to a cumulative 50 days. “I oppose senseless killing, the policy of intentional starvation and sickness, and the sacrifice of soldiers, civilians, and hostages for a war that cannot and will not achieve its declared objectives and that could escalate into a regional war,” Arad said in April. “For these reasons and more, I refuse to enlist.”

The refuseniks are not alone in their opposition, nor in the treatment they face. Throughout the war, Israelis have taken to the streets of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem to protest the war and Netanyahu’s government. This past week, Israeli police arrested and beat protesters and hostage family members calling for an end to the war, just the latest example of Israelis being punished for voicing dissent or sympathy with the people of Gaza.

While the U.S. paused one shipment of weapons out of concerns over the Rafah operation, the refuseniks are calling for a ceasefire. “Biden’s announcement that he will not deliver offensive weapons to Israel for its Rafah campaign is a positive development, but it is not enough,” a spokesperson for Mesarvot told The Intercept. “By using the leverage of arms transfer, the President can force Israel not only to downscale its Rafah offensive but to actually reach a Hostage/ceasefire deal with Hamas that will end the war. This is within reach and is in the best interest of Israeli society, just as it is in the interest of the Palestinians in Gaza and elsewhere.”

In their letter to Biden, Mitnick and Orr note that they will be watching his next steps from their prison cells, where they are serving time “because we keep on objecting to this war.”

They acknowledge that the president has signaled frustration with Israel’s military campaign in recent weeks, yet they draw a contrast between his rhetorical shifts and the military support the U.S. continues to provide (just a few weeks ago, the U.S. sent another $17 billion to Israel).

“We want to tell you, Mr. Biden, that harsh words and condemnation will not make a change,” the refuseniks wrote. “The only way to make Netanyahu stop is to apply real pressure — and to stop arming Israel’s war.”

The pair argue there is no military solution — that no amount of destruction in Gaza could resurrect those killed on October 7, and that hostages have been freed almost exclusively through negotiation. They appealed to Biden to not just stop the violence that has killed more than 34,000 Palestinians, but to save Israeli society too.

“Mr. Biden, we need your help. Not with weapons delivery but with the conditioning of aid. Not by giving the Israeli government diplomatic backing, but by turning a cold shoulder to its fanaticism,” they wrote. “This might be seen as a harsh action against the Israeli government, but it would be a great service for us, the Israeli citizens, and for the future of all people living in this land.”

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A Key Demand By Pro-Palestine Students Protesting on US Campuses has been for their schools to provide greater transparency about their ties to the “Terrorist, War Criminal, Genocidal, Fascist, Apartheid Isra-helli Zionist 🐖 🐷 🐖 🐗 Defence Industry,” particularly in regards to funds received from pro-Israel donors - some of whom began withdrawing funding from US universities for a lack of 'stronger condemnation' of Hamas and antisemitism following October 7 - and their contributions towards Israel's military activities in Gaza. The students are calling for universities to disengage from investments, partnerships and endowments that advance Israel's military efforts in Palestine's Gaza.

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UN legal experts said in a report that “Terrorist, Fascist, War Criminal Zionist 🐖 🐷 🐗 Isra-helli Military” personnel and civilian officials responsible for the country's deadly strike on Iran's consulate in Syria may have "committed crimes under an international counter-terrorism treaty of 1971, the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons."

"All countries are prohibited from arbitrarily depriving individuals of their right to life in military operations abroad, including when countering terrorism," they said. "Killings in foreign territory are arbitrary when they are not authorised under international law."

Terrorist, Fascist, War Criminal Zionist 🐖 🐷 🐗 Isra-hell's attack consequently violated the prohibition on the use of armed force against another state under Article 2(4) of the Charter,' they added. "Illegal force was used not only against Iran's armed forces but also against Syrian territory. Israel's attack was partly launched from the Golan Heights, which is illegally annexed Syrian territory!"

The experts also said that Iran's retaliatory attack was "a prohibited use of force under international law." They argue that since Israel's attack ended on 1 April, Iran did not have the right to self-defence as the latter is "only lawful where is it necessary to stop a continuing armed attack."

"For the same reason, Israel's initial right of self-defence against the unlawful Iranian armed attack on 13 April no longer persists since the attack has been successfully repelled," they added.

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Illegal Regime of the Zionist 🐖 Isra-hell and Terrorist, Fascist, Genocidal, War Criminal Zionist 🐖 Isra-hell Alone Kicked Off This Escalation — In a Bid to Drag U.S. Into War With Iran

Satan-yahu’s Recklessness was Fostered by Blind U.S. Support, but Isra-hell is the One Pushing its War with Iran Out of the shadows

— Murtaza Hussain | April 14 2024

War Criminal, Terrorist, Fascist, Genocidal Zionists 🐖 Isra-helli Prime Minister Benjamin Satan-Yahu greets War Criminal, Complicit in Gaza Genocide and Demented U.S. President Joe Biden upon his arrival at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport on Oct. 18, 2023. Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

The Isra-helli Bombing of an Iranian Consulate Office in Damascus on April 1 was the first salvo in a new phase of a regional conflict between the two countries. The attack, which killed several senior Iranian military officials, took the conflict from proxy warfare to direct confrontation.

On Saturday night, Iran launched its long-expected response to Israel, targeting the country with hundreds of drones and ballistic missiles. The attacks, reportedly telegraphed in the days beforehand as part of backchannel negotiations between the U.S. and Iran, were mostly intercepted en route to Israel.

The first direct attack by a state military against Israel since Iraq’s Scud missile launches during 1991’s Gulf War, the Iranian salvo — slow, deliberate, and forewarned — appeared calculated not to escalate the situation. The same cannot be said of Israel’s strike against the Iranians in Syria.

While Israeli officials, not least Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, have sought to portray the Jewish state as the victims of an unprovoked Iranian attack, it was their own deadly strike on the Damascus consulate that triggered the new phase of the conflict. Though the U.S. created the conditions that may have encouraged Netanyahu’s gambit, it was reportedly Israel, acting on its own behalf, without coordination with its allies, that precipitated the latest grave escalation.

Even Israel’s patron and closest partner, the U.S., indicated it had not been involved or aware of planning for the consulate attack. Following this weekend’s Iranian response, which did very limited damage, the U.S. cautioned patience and encouraged Israel to see the barrage as an end to the current standoff.

The reciprocal blows between Israel and Iran have now pushed the Middle East into dangerously uncharted waters, at a time when many U.S. policymakers are seeking to leave the region and refocus attention on Europe and east Asia.

Despite reported pleading from the Biden administration to seek a diplomatic off-ramp, Israeli officials are promising an escalated response to Iran. They are threatening to target military sites inside Iran, as well as sites tied to the country’s nuclear program, a longtime Israeli obsession.

The Iranians have said continuing this cycle of strikes would trigger another reciprocal attack against Israel, far broader in scope and less likely to be coordinated with the U.S. or other regional powers to minimize damage. The result could be a full-scale war between two powerful states, including one whose security is all but politically guaranteed by the U.S. military. In that light, the prospect of the U.S. “pivoting to Asia,” or even recommitting fully to the defense of Ukraine would likely become farcical.

The potential handcuffing of U.S. policy has not gone unnoticed in Washington. A report by NBC News on the morning after Iran’s strikes quoted three individuals close to Joe Biden as saying that the president “privately expressed concern that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to drag Washington into a broader conflict.”

“War Criminal, Complicit in Gaza Genocide, Demented President Joe Biden” meets with members of his national security team on April 13, 2024, regarding the unfolding missile attacks on Israel from Iran, in the White House Situation Room in Washington, D.C. Photo: Adam Schultz/White House

Reaping What Is Sown

Despite Biden’s concerns, the U.S. is the one that created a moral hazard by encouraging Israel to act more recklessly. Israel’s decision to attack Iran’s consulate building, where it killed a number of top officials from the elite Quds Force, itself was unlikely to have happened without Netanyahu’s belief that he could count on U.S. support no matter what Israel does.

Who could blame him? There have been sudden U.S. shifts on the war in Gaza, and Biden apparently rejected further Israeli strikes against Iran, but American officials including the president have by and large struck a tone of total, unflinching support for Israel. Though this support has not always extended to Netanyahu himself, the strike against Damascus seemed to be a test of that distinction.

And the violent exchange with Iran also highlights a much wider chasm between the interests of the U.S. and Israel — and the countries’ leaders. The U.S. has material incentives to draw down its focus on the Middle East and does not want to fight another major war in the region, but for Israel and for Netanyahu personally, there are strong reasons to start a direct confrontation with Iran and its allies.

Since the start of its post-October 7 assault on Gaza, Israeli civilians have mostly abandoned the northern area of the country due to the nearby presence, across the Lebanese border, of fighters from the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah. Many Israeli security officials feel that a war with Hezbollah and by extension Iran is inevitable. They prefer a strategy of initiating one now on Israel’s terms while the U.S. still has a military presence in the region that could be forced into the fight.

From Netanyahu’s perspective, once the current war ends, he is likely to face serious political and legal problems inside Israel. Expanding the conflict to a regional one could delay his day of reckoning — or even change his personal fortunes entirely.

Israeli incentives for war with Iran should logically put it on a crash course with the U.S. political establishment. Yet the deep ideological, economic, and political ties that supporters of Israel have cultivated with U.S. politicians and security elites make it possible that the U.S. may wind up in a war with Iran, whether they like it or not.

It would not be a cakewalk. Iran is larger than Iraq, boasting vastly more sophisticated defenses and a huge web of regional military assets. A major war would not be limited in time or scope. At a moment when the U.S. is running short of munitions and funding to support Ukraine and is nervously eyeing China’s military buildup in east Asia, it is hard to think of worse timing for such a conflict, regardless of how opportune it may be for Israel.

Israeli officials are now reportedly debating whether to “go big” with strikes against Iran, or take a more measured response. Iran meanwhile has said that if Israel lashes out, it will hit back harder — ostensibly in a manner calculated to overwhelm Israeli air defenses. If that happens, Biden will have to confront the contradictions of a policy of embracing Israel and enabling its most extreme tendencies, while at the same time trying to do what is best for the U.S.

Contrary to the words of some sycophantic U.S. politicians, the interests of the two countries are not identical and, today, do not even appear to be aligned.

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"War Criminal, Terrorist, Fascist and Genocidal Benjamin Satan-Yahu has been Prime Minister for longer than other Isra-helli leaders since the country's birth in 1948 and is increasingly unpopular, but many of his policies in Gaza and the occupied West Bank enjoy huge Israeli support.

The problem in Illegal Regime of Isra-hell isn't solely Satan-Yahu. He's the symptom of a major larger societal shift. Replacing him with another carbon copy will change little for the millions of Palestinians who live under a brutal military occupation.

One possible successor, Benny Gantz, has spent his career proudly promoting the destruction he's caused in Gaza in previous wars.

There's long been a western obsession with Satan-Yahu, wrongly believing that he's the impediment to a more humane "Illegal Jewish State". It's the same mistake recently made by US President Genocidal Joe Biden and Senate Leader Chuck Schumer, who argued that Satan-Yahu was blocking any prospect of peace in the region.

It's his belligerence, we're told, that makes ending the Gaza onslaught impossible.

When cautiously questioned by CNN recently, Netanyahu said that he wasn't some fringe player in Israel but a leader who spoke for many Israelis, pursuing policies in Gaza with broad mainstream backing.

He was right, and ignoring this reality doesn't make it go away."

— Antony Loewenstein

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Illegal & Apartheid Regime of “Cursed People, Terrorist and War Criminal Zionist 🐖 🐖 🐖 Cunts,” Isra-hell's, Fight With “Freedom Fighters Hamas Against Occupation” Just a 'Pretext' for Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza — Ex-Marine

— James Tweedie | Thursday November 09, 2023

© Photo: Mahmoud Mazloum

Illegal & Apartheid Regime of Isra-hell has killed more than 10,000 Palestinian Civilians since the start of its latest assault on Gaza. Geopolitical analyst Brian Berletic, a former US Marine, said Israel had made its intentions to depopulate the enclave clear from the start.

Tel Aviv is using attacks on Southern Isra-hell by the Hamas movement as an excuse to depopulate the Gaza Strip, says a military expert.

The October 7 surprise breakout by the Hamas (also known as Islamic Resistance) and other groups from the besieged territory left almost 300 Israeli soldiers and 1,100 civilians dead, with more than 200 taken back to Gaza as captives.

Following weeks of bombing of the densely-populated Palestinian enclave, the Isra-helli Defense Forces have surrounded Gaza City and are trying to fight their way into its outskirts.

The Palestinian Authority's Health Ministry, based in Ramallah in the West Bank, said on Wednesday that after a month of attacks, Isra-helli forces and settlers had killed 10,515 Palestinians, including 4,324 children, 2,823 women and 649 elderly people, and injured 2,600 others.

It said that 2,550 others, with 1,350 children among them, were still missing under the rubble of bombed buildings in Gaza.

Former US Marine and geopolitical analyst Brian Berletic told Sputnik that Isra-helli Prime Minister War Criminal Benjamin SATAN-YAHU's declaration of "war" on Hamas was "just a pretext" for ethnic cleansing.

"Isra-hell is using Hamas as a pretext to erase Gaza," Berletic said. "This has been an ongoing plan, especially for the War Criminal Satan-Yahu administration."

The commentator noted that Hamas was an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood which "has played a role for decades in the region as tools of Western hegemony over the region." and tried to overthrow secular governments from Egypt to Syria. He said the movement rose to power in the Gaza Strip only with Israel's help in order to create a rival to the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO).

"I know it's unpopular to point this out, but it is an admitted fact that the SATAN-YAHU Administration helped manoeuvre Hamas into power," Berletic said. "If Israel wanted to eliminate Hamas, they could have started by not putting them into power in the first place."

Isra-hell favoured Hamas over the PLO because the Islamic resistance movement "was utterly opposed to a two state solution" — as was Satan-Yahu's hard-line government. "That is that is what is mandated under international law — a two state solution is an Israeli state, a Palestinian state. This occupation has to end," Berletic said.

Israel has made its intention to force out the 2.3 million Palestinian inhabitants of Gaza since the start of its bombing campaign a month ago, the analyst said, telling civilians to flee to the southern end of the enclave so it could bomb Gaza City in an attempt to destroy Hamas bunkers and tunnels.

"In the very beginning, they were quite open. They wanted to just displace the civilian population of Gaza and move in militarily," Berletic said. "Once it's erased, they don't have to worry about a two state solution ever again."

He noted that the Israeli invasion had already lasted longer than previous operations since 2008, ostensibly aimed at destroying Hamas.

"That may suggest that this is their final attempt to achieve this to at least clear out northern Gaza, forcing over a million people to move to southern Gaza where there is no capacity to to house them, feed them, provide them medical care," Berletic said, which had already caused a "humanitarian catastrophe."

Egypt, which borders Israel and Gaza, has been under "tremendous pressure" from the West to open the Rafah checkpoint and allow refugees onto its territory in the Sinai peninsula — but has resolutely refused to do so.

"It's not Egypt being heartless, " Berletic stressed. "They understand that if the people in Gaza are displaced, they will never be allowed to return."