#hostages were found in so called civilian homes

[lucien-calore]

the problem with a two-state solution is that the israelis want to live in peace and the palestinians want the complete annihilation of the only jewish state in the world.

[matan4il]

Daily update post:

Today, Israel is voting in its local elections (for mayors and city councils). ALMOST all of Israel. The original date was at the end of October 2023, for obvious reasons, the elections were postponed. There were also a lot of mayor nominees, who were summoned for reserves service due to the war, and one of the reasons why the elections were postponed more than once, was to give as many of them as possible a chance to finish their service, and participate in their own election campaign. But even so, there are still hundreds of thousands of people from evacuated communities (displaced people, internal refugees, however you wanna call them), and therefore not everyone will be voting today. For the evacuated cities and towns, the elections were postponed until November. Looking at things, it's not sure they'll be back in their homes by then either, so IDK what their elections will look like. And then of course there are the hostages. Save for two, 4 years old Ariel Bibas and his 1 years old baby brother Kfir, they all had the right to vote, and none will get to. We remember them and hurt over their absence and everything being continuously being stolen from them on this day, too. On a side note, the national supervisor of these local electional is Rayan Ghanem. And if you know Jewish last names, you know Ghanem is not one of them. I'm trying to remember a time in apartheid South Africa when a non-white was a national supervisor of elections.

Despite still pointing out that the International Court of Justice has no right to judge the case brought to it by South Africa (becaue of SA's false claims to bring this case to court), Israel has filed a report in accordance with one of the ICJ's provisional measures, showing that its actions are in compliance with all of them (like providing humanitarian aid to Gaza, and doing all it can to protect civilians).

Meanwhile, at Harvard, just 6 weeks after she was appointed to lead the task force meant to combat Jew hatred, the university's antisemitism tsar has quit her position, with reports saying that she's frustrated over her inability to implement practical measures.

Remember when I wrote about Idan Amedi, the Israeli singer and actor that most people outside our country know from his role on Fauda? He gave a really moving speech when he was released from the hospital. I've wanted to share it for a while, but couldn't find it translated well. I found this bit:

But it really doesn't cover how moving the whole speech is (it's 9 minutes long). Among other things, he also thanked medical teams, assured Israelis we have the best ones, and apologized to his soldiers who died in the same incident in which he was injured. He also mentioned that he was unrecognizable when he was rushed into the hospital, and that doctors only identified him by the note that was attacked to his hand. It turns out, he really wanted people to see what he was talking about, and to understand that by the time he gave this public speech, he was already looking much better than on the day of he was wounded. So here is the image he shared himself on his IG (just scroll quickly past it, if you feel like it is too much for you, which is an understandbale reaction):

This is 68 years old David Edri.

On October 7, he was held hostage with his wife by Hamas for hours. At a certain point, he even covered his wife Rachel with his own body, in order to protect her from the terrorists' shots. They both survived. Yesterday, we got the news that he has passed away. His family said the trauma and stress from the massacre, and the news of its scale, had aggravated his medical problems for the last couple of months, until he could no longer go on.

This is 23 years old Raz Mizrachi.

In May 2021, she was injured in a vehicular terrorist attack in Jerusalem, but survived. On Oct 7, she was attending the Nova music festival. Her last phone call was to the police, to help instruct them on where she and dozens of others were hiding from Hamas terrorists, inside a public bomb shelter. Raz was murdered shortly after that. When her mom got a copy of the call's recording, she said it was a great source of comfort to the family, to know that Raz was a fighter till the last moment.

May their memory be a blessing.

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[spectral-honey]

-bruce Wayne isn't at the circus when dicks parents are killed, and the court of owls take him and he becomes a talon.

-timmy sees him one night, out in the garden of a party looking up at a sky when dick is killing some guy on the roof. Watches him quadruple somersault kick some guy so hard his neck snaps.

-dick talon, sees Tim seeing him. And stalks the kid home, because he might need to get rid of the witness. Or at least report back to the owls about him.

-talon is in Tim's kitchen and he's going to kill him and Tim sees him, gets excited that for some inexplicable reason a gnarly looking dick Grayson is in his house, and offers him a Popsicle.

-talon, for reasons unknown to him, ends up eating a Popsicle.

-somehow, even though it means nothing to him, should mean nothing to him, being called dick Grayson makes talon not kill him.

-somehow, it doesn't get told to the owls.

-somehow, talon finds a way to see Tim again. Made easier when Tim realizes they could meet in the middle and starts hanging out on dark rooftops.

-tim brings him the picture of the two of them and dicks parents two adults, and dick talon looks at the picture for hours.

-the next time, Tim brings him a handful of camcorder videos pilfered from across the internet. Of the flying Graysons. Of dick, and of his... Parents.

-tim also brings him fruit snacks.

-tim doesn't get why Dick doesn't know this, doesn't get why Dick looks different, doesnt get or think too much about the guy he saw dick kill. He doesn't get why he doesnt speak much or know much or acts weird. He's just happy to see dick again, cause he still remembers the kind boy who offered to do a special trick for him, who cried over his parents bodies, who Tim cried over when his parents read in the paper that he'd disappeared.

-somehow (Batman), the owls are taken down, or at least scattered so talon dick doesn't go back there anymore. He shows up at Tim's door and Tim is happy to have him in the house when his parents are away, and shows dick the treehouse Tim and his dad built, told him he could stay there when his parents were home because no one went there because his dad had a business trip that he had to go to before they finished the ladder and now it was too hard for anyone to get up to.

-dick gets found out by Batman, eventually.

-cause an undead kid is living in his city. A talon type of undead kid. In a little boys treehouse.

-jason found him, actually.

-Jason's Bruce's sidekick, his first one and his first kid, but he isn't a robin, because that name came from dick.

-he stopped for a quick breather in some nice neighborhood with actual yards, saw a treehouse and thought "cool, a treehouse", went in and thought "oh, uncool, a talon with a tiny civilian hostage", saw shitty pictures taped to the wall of the kid looking silly and the talon disarmed and confused, and shitty drawings with colored pencils and crayons, and the talon and kid were sitting close to each other with a kid-proof tablet shared on their laps playing a matching game and thought "weird possibly cool turn of events. A tamed talon", and called Bruce.

-batman comes, and now the talon, the civilian kid, and Jason have made a circle and Jason's reading something to them from the tablet.

-its the Wikipedia page for robins, btw. Tim is a weird kid and talon apparently likes robins.

-batman sees danger, first, because the talons body is shaped by it. The talon is tensed, scanning Bruce for an opening to kill. The talon is too close to Jason, to the civilian, Batman sees so many different ways the talon end them before Batman could take a step.

-but the talon hasn't, is waiting. Waiting for Batman to move. For Batman to attack first.

-and Jason briefed Batman, said he didn't think the talon was a threat. Batman couldn't take his word on it, but he could investigate himself.

-he saw the pictures. The drawings, the tablet and the way the civilian and the talon lean close to each other, how talon has set himself between the civilian and jason and batman.

-he also sees the bedding tucked into a corner. The stack of nonperishable foods tucked behind it. The little scraps of paper with simple words- no, yes, food, tired, game. The gray of talons skin, the hollowness settled deeper than bones. That talon became-was forced to become what he is when he was young. little. precious.

-bruce makes a decision.

-dick argues with Jason about who was really older. He was born first, and just because he couldn't grow for a long time, bruce helped fix that, didn't mean anything. Jason's genetics were freaky, letting him grow taller than dick anyway.

-eventually, when much of his growth and healing is done, he does regain his legal identity and legal age.

-dick loves calling jason his little brother in public, where Jason can only object so much.

-dick also takes extreme joy telling society folk that he just ages well, when they fawn over how youthful and pretty he is.

-tim and dick were introduced to Jason's teen titan friends, using the same costume and codename, around the time dick was the same height as Tim. All the titans are convinced the two are some kind of bat-cloned devil twins until dick finally finishes growing and is like over a foot taller than Timmy.

-it becomes an inside joke for the Titans to confuse their mentors by introducing Tim and dick as twins still anyways.

-when Damian comes he tries to stab dick once and dick is literally like wow. Your form was so bad try being a better child assassin <3 jk tho maybe try defeating me without maiming or killing. As a little challenge. Bet u can't. I could do it and look at me I was an awesome child assassin.

-and so Damian embarks on a journey of learning that he doesn't even know is learning

So the rest of this was supposed to be in the tags but apparently Tumblr only lets you have 30 tags. Boo u whore :/ so here's a bunch of shit that was meant to be in the tags & therefore is formatted weird and not at all like the stuff above:

This all came from 1) the idea of Tim figuring out dicks identity as talon rather than as Robin and 2) the image of talon dick living like in a treehouse like. Like a birdhouse.

I imagine Tim is like, little, maybe 6 or 7 or something when he meets talon dick the first time

And then maybe dick escapes the court when Tim's 9 and Jason finds them when Jason's 13 and Tim's 10

And dick was stuck in an undead talon body at the age of like 9 so he's a little shorter than both of them for a while before Bruce is able to get help to let him age normally again

And they get him a couple growth spurts before they let his body work out the rest

And he ends up like 5'10 and he's like I swear I would've been taller if I hadn't been talon

But no dick actually you were always destined to be a short king <3

For reference I usually hc Jason as 6'0 or taller, dick as 5'10, and Tim as like 5'5

Jason is a behemoth and dick and Tim are short kings. Damian is the tallest when he grows up tho

I also imagine that dick is sort of figuring out who he is and isn't totally there for a long time with Tim, and some time after the court of owls falls he remembers enough about his parents that he tracks down and kills Tony zucco

And Tim's like why did you do that killing is bad :( and dick is like he's why my parents died and Tim is like oh okay :) but dick is like internally going killing is bad? 🤔 I'll have to think on this.

Also like in general I was thinking about a little Tim trying his best to work with dick who is traumatized and not used to expressing himself in regular or healthy ways and Tim being just a little kid so it's not like he knows a lot of things or how to do that so they end up with a modge podge of strange coping skills and communication styles

Hence when I mentioned the papers with words on it .. idk if that was clear lol

Also tho Tim teaching him things that dick take as like. Facts but they're just things Tim does

Like if you whisper in someone's ear it's a secret and you can't tell anyone

And one time dick whispers something in Jason's ear and Jason immediately turns and shouts it to Alfred

And dick is so betrayed

Also Tim telling his parents about his grey friend who lives in his treehouse and can bend his bones and they're like that's nice you have an imaginary friend Tim

I also started writing a version of this post where Timmy like figures out dick is talon and like sleuths after him but it was too unclear how Tim would uncover the fuckin court of owls best agent so I scrapped that

But like fanon Tim probably could

I think its closer to canon Tim that its just something that kind of happens to him tho lol

'i found out the bats secret identities because I happened to see Robin do a trick a boy once told me specifically only he and his family could do'

'i found out Jason was alive because he showed up at me and my friends clubhouse and tried to beat me to death'

[cas-backwards-tie]

Music To My Ears

König x Reader

Summary: Uninspired by the monotonous lull of life, König can't help but feel there's something missing. Though he's not quite sure what it is, entirely... until it shows up in front of him.

Words: 600ish

Warnings: angstiness, misunderstanding,

A/N: Another song fic, inspired by... this song.

While he'd never admit it to you considering it'd be grounds for the termination of his position, you'd caught the Colonel's eye. After you've been in the military for a while things start to become monotonous in a way. Sure, there are things that are everchanging and always differing when it comes to the minutia of it, but truly... once you've been in the ranks for a while, it's safe to say that you've most likely seen it all.

Suffice to say, if his life were a movie, the Colonel doesn't think it'd be entertaining in the least. A book? Repeating stories over and over. A song? Something simple, like a children's song. Perhaps something with three chords in the melody. Nothing fancy. Despite his choices, despite what he'd been dealt in life. The truth is... deep down, the one thing that his enemies would probably never be able to guess that keeps him awake is not the actions he's taken, or the things he's done. It's all the things he hasn't. There are days, hours, and moments where all that feel left of him is a shell- a husk of a man, drowned by yearning, longing, and want.

It's not to say that the life he has isn't the one he wants. That he hasn't tried to get where he is or hasn't chosen to pursue what he has. No... no, he's worked hard to get where he is today. Yet, there's always been that part of him. That something, just there, tugging at him, at his heart, deep down- somewhere- deep within.

He has guesses of what'd fill that void. The longing, yearning, deep ache in his chest fulfilled by something so simple? It's a belief he holds. Yet, he's never found himself willing, or pushed, or whatever you'd want to call it. Perhaps, maybe, divinely persuaded to find purchase in pursuing such avenue. Not... until you.

Whether it was the way he found himself utterly enamored by the way he immediately noticed you and the humility you carry. Was there a chance it's the flaws you hold? Obvious in a glaring way when held up against a mirror to the almost perfect soldiers he and his captains train? Somehow you'd make it past selection. And he questions it every day, but doesn't send you home. Though you've only been sent out on a handful of missions he's seen the humanity you've shown not only the hostages, but the fatally wounded and surrendering enemy soldiers, the civilians. As Colonel it's his duty to uphold certain procedure and protocol, yet what could be deemed as a 'flaw', to him, is far more beautiful than everything that he's been taught, trained, and has been engrained into him to do.

Recently, you've been so kind to him. Treating him as an equal, not shying away your opinions or sucking up because of his position. It's clear you trust him, and while he knows that's a vulnerable thing to be given in this field, König knows he'd never betray you like that. Ever since you'd come into his life a few months ago when you'd been transported to base all he can hear is the way the simple music of his life has turned into far greater, more complicated music.

Maybe his outlook is different now, maybe there's a glimmer of hope, perhaps. Nevertheless, he knows his life could be ballads, or instrumental, or disco, or rave, or pop, or any sort of music he desires! Now, there's really a chance that those things he'd never let himself dream of having... of receiving... just maybe, he can dream of having them... with you.

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forever taglist: @ohdamnadam , @safarigirlsp , @jynzandtonic , @moonlightsolo

[beardedmrbean]

The most prominent Islamic scholar in Gaza has issued a rare, powerful fatwa condemning Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack on Israel, which triggered the devastating war in the Palestinian territory.

Professor Dr Salman al-Dayah, a former dean of the Faculty of Sharia and Law at the Hamas-affiliated Islamic University of Gaza, is one of the region’s most respected religious authorities, so his legal opinion carries significant weight among Gaza’s two million population, which is predominantly Sunni Muslim.

A fatwa is a non-binding Islamic legal ruling from a respected religious scholar usually based on the Quran or the Sunnah - the sayings and practices of the Prophet Muhammad.

Dr Dayah’s fatwa, which was published in a detailed six-page document, criticises Hamas for what he calls “violating Islamic principles governing jihad”.

Jihad means “struggle” in Arabic and in Islam it can be a personal struggle for spiritual improvement or a military struggle against unbelievers.

Dr Dayah adds: “If the pillars, causes, or conditions of jihad are not met, it must be avoided in order to avoid destroying people’s lives. This is something that is easy to guess for our country’s politicians, so the attack must have been avoided.”

For Hamas, the fatwa represents an embarrassing and potentially damaging critique, particularly as the group often justifies its attacks on Israel through religious arguments to garner support from Arab and Muslim communities.

The 7 October attack saw hundreds of Hamas gunmen from Gaza invade southern Israel. About 1,200 people were killed and 251 others taken hostage.

Israel responded by launching a military campaign to destroy Hamas, during which more than 43,400 people have been killed in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.

Dr Dayah argues that the significant civilian casualties in Gaza, together with the widespread destruction of civilian infrastructure and humanitarian disaster that have followed the 7 October attack, means that it was in direct contradiction to the teachings of Islam.

Hamas, he says, has failed in its obligations of “keeping fighters away from the homes of defenceless [Palestinian] civilians and their shelters, and providing security and safety as much as possible in the various aspects of life... security, economic, health, and education, and saving enough supplies for them.”

Dr Dayah points to Quranic verses and the Sunnah that set strict conditions for the conduct of jihad, including the necessity of avoiding actions that provoke an excessive and disproportionate response by an opponent.

His fatwa highlights that, according to Islamic law, a military raid should not trigger a response that exceeds the intended benefits of the action. He also stresses that Muslim leaders are obligated to ensure the safety and well-being of non-combatants, including by providing food, medicine, and refuge to those not involved in the fighting. “Human life is more precious to God than Mecca,” Dr Dayah states.

His opposition to the 7 October attack is especially significant given his deep influence in Gaza, where he is seen as a key religious figure and a vocal critic of Islamist movements, including Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

His moderate Salafist beliefs place him in direct opposition to Hamas’s approach to armed resistance and its ties to Shia-ruled Iran.

Salafists are fundamentalists who seek to adhere the example of the Prophet Muhammad and the first generations who followed him.

Dr Dayah has consistently argued for the establishment of an Islamic caliphate that adheres strictly to Islamic law, rather than the political party-based systems that Hamas and other groups advocate.

“Our role model is the Prophet Muhammad, who founded a nation and did not establish political parties that divide the nation. Therefore, parties in Islam are forbidden,” he said in a sermon he gave at a mosque several years ago.

He has also condemned extremism, opposing jihadist groups like Islamic State and al-Qaeda, and has used all of his platforms to issue fatwas on various social and political issues, ranging from commercial transactions, social disputes over marriage and divorce, to the conduct of political violence.

The fatwa adds to the growing internal debate within Gaza and the broader Arab world over the moral and legal implications of Hamas’s actions, and it is likely to fuel further divisions within Palestinian society regarding the use of armed resistance in the ongoing conflict with Israel.

Sheikh Ashraf Ahmed, one of Dr Dayah’s students who was forced to leave his house in Gaza City last year and flee to the south of Gaza with his wife and nine children, told the BBC: “Our scholar [Dr Dayah] refused to leave his home in northern Gaza despite the fears of Israeli air strikes. He chose to fulfil his religious duty by issuing his legal opinion on the attack”.

Ahmed described the fatwa as the most powerful legal judgment of a historical moment. “It’s a deeply well researched document, reflecting Dayah’s commitment to Islamic jurisprudence,” he said.

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

By: Rushdi Abualouf

Published: Nov 8, 2024

The most prominent Islamic scholar in Gaza has issued a rare, powerful fatwa condemning Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack on Israel, which triggered the devastating war in the Palestinian territory.

Professor Dr Salman al-Dayah, a former dean of the Faculty of Sharia and Law at the Hamas-affiliated Islamic University of Gaza, is one of the region’s most respected religious authorities, so his legal opinion carries significant weight among Gaza’s two million population, which is predominantly Sunni Muslim.

A fatwa is a non-binding Islamic legal ruling from a respected religious scholar usually based on the Quran or the Sunnah - the sayings and practices of the Prophet Muhammad.

Dr Dayah’s fatwa, which was published in a detailed six-page document, criticises Hamas for what he calls “violating Islamic principles governing jihad”.

Jihad means “struggle” in Arabic and in Islam it can be a personal struggle for spiritual improvement or a military struggle against unbelievers.

Dr Dayah adds: “If the pillars, causes, or conditions of jihad are not met, it must be avoided in order to avoid destroying people’s lives. This is something that is easy to guess for our country’s politicians, so the attack must have been avoided.”

For Hamas, the fatwa represents an embarrassing and potentially damaging critique, particularly as the group often justifies its attacks on Israel through religious arguments to garner support from Arab and Muslim communities.

The 7 October attack saw hundreds of Hamas gunmen from Gaza invade southern Israel. About 1,200 people were killed and 251 others taken hostage.

Israel responded by launching a military campaign to destroy Hamas, during which more than 43,400 people have been killed in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.

Dr Dayah argues that the significant civilian casualties in Gaza, together with the widespread destruction of civilian infrastructure and humanitarian disaster that have followed the 7 October attack, means that it was in direct contradiction to the teachings of Islam.

Hamas, he says, has failed in its obligations of “keeping fighters away from the homes of defenceless [Palestinian] civilians and their shelters, and providing security and safety as much as possible in the various aspects of life... security, economic, health, and education, and saving enough supplies for them.”

Dr Dayah points to Quranic verses and the Sunnah that set strict conditions for the conduct of jihad, including the necessity of avoiding actions that provoke an excessive and disproportionate response by an opponent.

His fatwa highlights that, according to Islamic law, a military raid should not trigger a response that exceeds the intended benefits of the action.

He also stresses that Muslim leaders are obligated to ensure the safety and well-being of non-combatants, including by providing food, medicine, and refuge to those not involved in the fighting.

“Human life is more precious to God than Mecca,” Dr Dayah states.

His opposition to the 7 October attack is especially significant given his deep influence in Gaza, where he is seen as a key religious figure and a vocal critic of Islamist movements, including Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

His moderate Salafist beliefs place him in direct opposition to Hamas’s approach to armed resistance and its ties to Shia-ruled Iran.

Salafists are fundamentalists who seek to adhere the example of the Prophet Muhammad and the first generations who followed him.

Dr Dayah has consistently argued for the establishment of an Islamic caliphate that adheres strictly to Islamic law, rather than the political party-based systems that Hamas and other groups advocate.

“Our role model is the Prophet Muhammad, who founded a nation and did not establish political parties that divide the nation. Therefore, parties in Islam are forbidden,” he said in a sermon he gave at a mosque several years ago.

He has also condemned extremism, opposing jihadist groups like Islamic State and al-Qaeda, and has used all of his platforms to issue fatwas on various social and political issues, ranging from commercial transactions, social disputes over marriage and divorce, to the conduct of political violence.

The fatwa adds to the growing internal debate within Gaza and the broader Arab world over the moral and legal implications of Hamas’s actions, and it is likely to fuel further divisions within Palestinian society regarding the use of armed resistance in the ongoing conflict with Israel.

Sheikh Ashraf Ahmed, one of Dr Dayah’s students who was forced to leave his house in Gaza City last year and flee to the south of Gaza with his wife and nine children, told the BBC: “Our scholar [Dr Dayah] refused to leave his home in northern Gaza despite the fears of Israeli air strikes. He chose to fulfil his religious duty by issuing his legal opinion on the attack”.

Ahmed described the fatwa as the most powerful legal judgment of a historical moment. “It’s a deeply well researched document, reflecting Dayah’s commitment to Islamic jurisprudence,” he said.

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Reminder that the Islamic Fatwa Council issued a fatwa against Hamas back in March 2023, declaring "the Muslim Brotherhood movement and all of its branches as terrorist organizations".

Reminder also that Hamas tortures citizens. They are the enemy of free people.

Hamas is responsible for every single death.

[eretzyisrael]

Like sadistic Nazis: Secret Hamas papers reveal step-by-step action plan for Oct. 7

Uncovered documents and eyewitness accounts obtained by Israel Hayom and Bild reveal the chilling extent of Hamas' meticulous planning for how to kidnap women and children and brutally take over homes. "The cruelty was supposed to be as graphic as possible because that's how you show your superiority," expert says.

By  Itay Ilnai and Filipp Piatov / Bild

The "first wave" and "second wave" of armed individuals were not the only forces that invaded Israeli territory. They were joined by an additional wave, a third, of what is called in the Israeli intelligence community "looters" or "mob." These were civilians, not necessarily armed with firearms, who simply took advantage of the opportunity presented to them. "There were civilians who got the understanding - and someone took care to create this understanding - that the fence had fallen," says a military source. "As a result, so many civilians entered Israel, some of whom say in interrogations that they just wanted to infiltrate Israel to look for work. There was a mixed crowd of all types of people there, including 12-year-old children." According to testimonies obtained by Israel Hayom and Bild, Gazan women also participated in the attack.

In police interrogations of some of the "mob" caught in Israeli territory, they said that the calls in the mosques and the rumor about the breached border fence were the catalyst that caused them to storm the Gaza envelope. "There are quite a few people who say in interrogations 'we heard Mohammed Deif in the mosque, we took a knife, and our goal was to slaughter Jews'," says a police source.

Some of the looters "settled" for slaughtering Jews, while others kidnapped people as if finding great spoil. According to a source familiar with the information, a kind of "price list" developed in real-time around the issue of Israeli hostages, with Hamas offering money to anyone who had an Israeli hostage. "In one case, someone holding a hostage was offered an apartment in exchange," says the same source.

The different waves that crashed with force on the Gaza envelope mixed with each other and operated in parallel. "These were 'breathing' waves," as a military source defines it. From testimonies and videos, one can get the impression that everyone who entered Israel from the Gaza Strip that day, regardless of which wave they were in, acted in synchronization that seemed to be dictated in advance. One of the places where this synchronization can be closely examined is Kibbutz Nir Oz.

Prof. Danny Orbach: "The cruelty, according to Hamas, was supposed to be as graphic as possible because that's how you show your superiority. Hamas believes that if our security is shaken, Israel will disintegrate, disappear. This is very similar to the Nazi way of thinking."

IDF forces arrived at Nir Oz only in the afternoon hours of October 7 and found it almost completely empty of terrorists. In the many hours that passed until then, the kibbutz became completely exposed and Palestinians from Gaza did as they pleased. So much so, that a Palestinian journalist entered the kibbutz with a camera crew and broadcast live on television. In total, 77 people were kidnapped from Nir Oz, and 40 were murdered – one out of every three residents who were in the kibbutz that Saturday.

Hamas' method worked well in Nir Oz. The first to arrive were the Nukhba men dressed in olive uniforms. They breached the gate at exactly 6:35 AM, entered on about ten Toyota pickup trucks, dispersed throughout the kibbutz according to orders received in advance, and quickly neutralized the standby squad. On the body of the only terrorist found in the kibbutz was a map dividing Nir Oz into different sectors. Attached to the map was one operational instruction: "Kidnap everyone you can. If there's resistance – kill."

Irit Lahav, a 57-year-old resident of Nir Oz, was born and raised in the kibbutz. In her youth, she went on a long trip abroad, including long stays in India, Japan, and Brazil, and five years ago returned to live in Nir Oz, in the new expansion neighborhood. When the invasion began, Lahav locked herself in the house's safe room along with her daughter and their dog. "I had to clean and organize," says Lahav, but in the pictures she shows us on her phone, one can see the total chaos left behind by the terrorists and looters on October 7.

An hour and a half after completing the construction of the lock, someone entered her house. "It sounded like seven or eight men," she recounts. "They were here for 20 minutes, banging on the safe room door and shouting. At this stage, there's no fear anymore, there's acceptance of death. The shaking stops, the body is limp, you know these are the last moments. My daughter and I said goodbye words to each other and 'I love you'. Until the terrorists gave up and went to the neighbors' house. The lock I built worked."

Those who weren't resourceful that day in Nir Oz didn't survive. They were kidnapped or murdered. Out of 135 houses in the kibbutz, only five weren't entered by terrorists. If you didn't manage to lock the safe room door, your fate was bitter. "They came to me, and came back again and again, about every hour," Lahav recounts. The first people who entered her house still tried to open the safe room door by force, those who came after barely bothered. They settled for looting. "Each time someone else came to see what else they could steal," says Lahav. "Around four in the afternoon we heard two teenagers entering the house. They were inside for 45 minutes. They were the last to 'visit' us."

A Gazan woman entered one of Lahav's neighbors' houses. "The family, who was locked in the safe room, heard her turn on the TV, exit Netflix, put on some program in Arabic, and for four hours prepare food and sing in Arabic."

The Gazans who entered the houses in Nir Oz barely left any property behind. "They took everything," says Lahav. "Shoes, sandals, bicycles, children's toy cars, mobility scooters, scooters, tractors, agricultural machinery, electrical appliances – microwave, TV, mixer. All the computers, phones, wallets. They even took my kettle, spoons, and knives."

Some of the "mob" in Nir Oz also engaged in kidnapping. According to testimonies of female hostages from the kibbutz who returned from Gaza, some were taken out of the house by unarmed people, driven to the border by an armed person in civilian clothes, and from there taken further. "In my opinion, the trend was first to kidnap, then to loot, and finally – to burn," says Lahav. "The pyromaniacs didn't reach my neighborhood, but 60% of the houses in Nir Oz were set on fire. They simply cut the gas pipe in the kitchen and lit it."

[workersolidarity]

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REVIEW OF "BE'ERI MASSACRE", DETAILS CATASTROPHIC ERRORS BY ISRAELI OCCUPATION ARMY

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have released the results of a review of the so-called "Be'eri Massacre" on October 7th, 2023, when Palestinian Resistance factions from the Gaza Strip launched a major attack on Israeli military bases and settlements; assaulting, shooting and kidnapping settlers and soldiers, and bringing them back to Gaza as hostages.

The review, one which continues to develop, has been divided into several parts as separate investigations, alongside a general one, with the first of these covering the Be'eri settlement attacks, an event which took place on the morning of October 7th.

The Israeli occupation army claims that "hundreds" of Palestinian resistance fighters entered Kibbutz Be'eri, an Israeli settlement northeast of northern Gaza and roughly 15 kilometers west of the settler city of Netivot, where resistance fighters are alleged to have attacked and killed scores of security personnel and settlers, while also attempting to take large numbers of hostages, successfully taking several dozen back to Gaza.

The occupation army claims that residents were "left to fend for themselves" for several hours as the IOF failed to arrive to the Kibbutz, while the resistance fighters are accused to going home to home kidnapping, "brutalizing" and "massacreing civilians" well into the afternoon, according to the official account.

In a statement issued by occupation army spokesperson, R.Adm. Daniel Hagari, hr describes the Be'eri settlement as one of the largest occupation settlements in the western Negev Desert area.

Hagari alleges that 101 "members" (settlers) were killed, while 30 "members" were taken hostage by resistance forces, and, additionally, two Nova festival-goers who sought to hide in the kibbutz were found and taken hostage by the fighters.

Of those, 11 remain in Resistance custody to this day.The statement argues that the resistance fighters penetrated the settlement from several different entry-points, for what Hagari claims was a total of "340 terrorists by midday on October 7th."

"In the fighting that lasted three days, our forces overcame the terrorists but at a very heavy price: 31 members of the security forces – members of the rapid response team, IDF soldiers, and Israel Police officers fell in the battle," Hagari said of the attacks.

Additionally, Hagari states that "There is almost no unit that participated in the battles that did not lose a soldier or commander."

"Alongside acts of heroism and bravery, serious mistakes and errors were made, which were examined in the inquiry and must be acknowledged," the army spokesperson added.

The investigation of the events in Be'eri on October 7th were conducted by Maj. Gen. (res.) Mickey Edelstein, former commander of the Gaza Division of the occupation forces, according to the statement.

Hagari stated that, after an investigation, the inquiry team found that the settlers and soldiers that occupied Kibbutz Be'eri received no assistance in the fighting from the IOF for at least the first 7 hours of the attack.

Hagari argues that many of the mistakes made by occupation army commanders and security forces were a result of a "lack of understanding of the events magnitude" and the absence of an "operational assessment" and a "deployment of forces built in relation to the scenario the forces trained for that did not match the harsh reality on the ground."

The review found that, despite accumulating as many as 700 occupation soldiers and security personnel, it lacked a command and control until late in the afternoon, resulting in a lack of coordination.

This resulted in several incidents of a lack of engagement with resistance forces in combat, a pattern Hagari says came to define the events for the rest of the evening, which will continue to be "examined" by the general inquiry, which he stated will be released to the public at a future date.

Hagari next examined the infamous Cohen home hostage event that has been so heavily publicized by both the Hebrew and Western media for maximum dramatic effect.

The army spokesperson called the incident an "extreme hostage" event, describing the situation as one in which dozens of Palestinian resistance fighters attempted to take a number of hostages "in the heart of a combat zone," framing the coming admissions in such a way as to preliminarily lowering the expectations that the army might own responsibility for the outcome of the events.

Hagari goes on claim that all security forces, including Yamam forces (Israeli counter-terrorism units), Shin Bet and the Israeli occupation army all "operated professionally and orderly".

He made this claim just moments after admitting the response to the attacks were characterized by a "lack of coordination and order."

Hagari then goes on to claim that the Israeli security forces "exhausted all negotiating efforts", and only after the situation deteriorated did the occupation forces "carry out tank fire" in a "joint decision" to try to "apply pressure to the terrorists."

For Hagari at least, the insanity of firing a tank's artillery shells into a residential home filled with hostages and fighters, which he claims was done only after hearing suspicious sounds of gunfire, seems completely lost on him.

Hagari goes on to conclude that "The team determined that from the information examined so far and to the best of our assessment, no civilians inside the building were hit by tank fire."

The Israeli army spokesperson fails to address whether or not damages caused by the tank fire was responsible for killing any of the hostages, only claiming they were "not hit" by the shelling, and only quickly claiming that it "appears" that "most" of the hostages were "murdered by the terrorists," without expounding on the claim further.

However, Hagari does add that one of the hostages outside of the building (which raises its own questions) was "hit by shrapnel" and that it is "highly likely that one of them was killed as a result."

"The families asked tough questions and raised additional incidents that we will need to inquire, and we will do so together with the families to clarify all circumstances," the army spokesperson added.

Again, despite earlier stating that the response was chaotic and suffered from a "lack of command and control," as well suffering from issues with coordination, Hagari later makes the claim that the inquiry team found that "senior commanders at the scene" had acted in a "coordinated and professional manner," and that they did everything they could to "save civilians", but that, unfortunately, the event ended with "painful results."

Hagari goes on to conclude by saying that the findings were part of a "developing inquiry" in which new information added will be "examined and checked," adding that the occupation army "understand[s] there will be further questions, and answers will need to be provided. We will be there to provide answers."

He continued by stating, "At this stage, the IDF is implementing the lessons learned from the inquiry."

"What stands in front of us is the public’s trust, reaching the truth, and the duty to create good defense – better defense – that the civilians of Israel deserve."

"Even at this moment, the IDF is in the midst of a multi-front, complex war – in the north, Gaza, Judea and Samaria, on land, in the air, and at sea. The inquiries and the pursuit of truth are central values in the IDF in order to avoid past mistakes and to operate in the best way both now and in the future."

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@WorkerSolidarityNews

[bopinion]

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Aperçu of the week

“The first casualty, when war comes, is truth”

(Hiram Johnson, progressive US politician, who was Governor of and Senator for California, among other things, on World War 1)

Bad News of the Week

Bavaria is Germany's largest federal state. It is larger than Ireland, for example. Or Denmark. Or Belgium or the Netherlands or Croatia or Switzerland. So it's pretty big by European standards. So if an area is three times the size of Bavaria, that's a lot. And the area of forest that has already been burned in Brazil this year is just as large.

A total of 22.38 million hectares caught fire between January and September, according to a report by the MapBiomas initiative. This corresponds to an increase of 150 percent compared to the same period in 2023. The MapBiomas network consists of universities, non-governmental organizations and technology companies and examines satellite images, among other things, to keep track of environmental developments.

According to the WWF (World Wildlife Fund), the main reason for the fires is deliberate arson. To create grazing land for cattle and arable land for soybean cultivation. Brazil's President Lula da Silva is committed to better protecting the forests and has already achieved success through stricter legislation and prosecution, as well as defining new protected areas.

So why are the figures still soaring? Researchers attribute this to the ongoing drought stress in the Amazon and its neighboring regions, which simply makes it easier to burn and causes it to spread more quickly. At the same time, the second largest tributary of the Amazon, the Rio Negro, is currently drying up, with the water level at its lowest since records began - in 1902!

The first researchers already fear that the first tipping points have also been passed in Brazil. This would be a catastrophe for the planet's largest C02 reservoir, oxygen producer and biodiversity guarantor. And therefore for humanity. It shocks me that there is still political support for fossil fuels. For example, in the current US presidential election campaign, where even Kamala Harris has backed away from her opposition to fracking because it could cost her the swing state of Pennsylvania. Or in Germany, the automobile country, there is talk of “technological openness”. Or Hungary would prefer to buy Russian gas again. Or...

Good News of the Week

The first anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel. A sad day. Because it brought immeasurable suffering. First for the Israeli victims of the Hamas act of terrorism. And then on practically the entire Palestinian people. Both triggered by the extremism of individual so-called leaders who accept any victim for their ideologically blinded egoism - except themselves. The fact that there are now (one year after the attack!) still Israeli hostages with unclear whereabouts or conditions and at the same time the number of civilian victims of this war - because it is nothing else - is increasing daily is unbearable.

What I find good in this context is the differentiated view among the population here. In Munich, there have already been demonstrations with different points of view, which have certainly sharpened their own different points of view: “365 days - Munich against anti-Semitism” and “Palestine speaks Munich - 365 days of genocide”. The events took place on the same street. And remained peaceful and no clashes were reported. Even if both are too short-sighted, because not every Jew is a Zionist and not every Palestinian is a terrorist. On the contrary: a demonstrator holds up a sign that reads “Palestinians against Jew-hatred”.

Recently, an acquaintance told me about a video conference that a conversation partner from the USA suddenly left. He later apologized: he had been in his home office, his partner and he were of opposing political opinions and there would have been a huge row at home if he had found out what his international colleagues thought of Donald Trump. Namely nothing.

Such fundamental differences, which run like a deep rift even within families, were previously only known to me in the context of corona, when it seemed that vaccination supporters and opponents could no longer build any kind of bridge to each other. In the current political debate, there seem to me to be very few uncompromising hardliners. On both sides. Because there is consensus on one thing: the suffering must come to an end. That of the Palestinian civilian population and that of the Israeli hostages and their families. As long as we can agree on that, there will still be a basic understanding. For the good.

Personal happy moment of the week

We have been struggling with coronavirus and other colds for some time now and are still not really fit. As a result, real life is only taking place on the back burner: work gets done and we don't have the energy for the rest. Work-life balance looks different. But now we've finally been “outside” again. For brunch with friends. And we'll be doing it again a week later. It's nice to meet other people again without it being a meeting.

I couldn't care less...

...that the European Union can and probably will now impose punitive tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles. The official reason is that Beijing is promoting car production with so many subsidies that competition is being distorted. In reality, however, the European automotive industry has simply been asleep. And what's more, the subsidy was invented in the European single market, so to speak.

It's fine with me...

...that a large majority of the CDU state associations (of the conservative Christian Democratic Union) are open to black-green coalitions. A corresponding blanket rejection, as repeatedly demanded by the Bavarian CSU (the sister party Christian Social Union) and its Minister President Markus Söder, is “absurd”. Exactly. In addition, North Rhine-Westphalia, Baden-Württemberg and Schleswig-Holstein are recognized as having good, solid and pragmatic governments. In a coalition of conservatives and the Greens.

As I write this...

...the clean-up work in Florida is progressing after Hurricane Milton plowed through the peninsula like Helene shortly before. The extent of the damage was less severe than feared, even though it could run into the billions and there were also fatalities. What is terrible, however, is how even such disasters are being instrumentalized by the Republicans in the US election campaign to support the dystopian future scenarios that Donald Trump is creating ever more blatantly. Particularly perfidious: the Democrats would take away urgently needed funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to “rescue” Americans in order to buy the votes of illegal migrants. Unbelievable: these guys still manage to leave me at a loss for words...

Post Scriptum

Asylum is a hot topic in Europe right now. The increasing popularity of right-wing parties is mainly due to the fact that (too) many believe the propaganda that the entire continent has a migration problem. As a result, even more moderate centrist parties now also have this issue on their radar and in their election manifestos. The lowest common denominator: less immigration is better than more.

It is therefore surprising that the right of asylum is now being extended. But fortunately, justice is blind. The European Court of Justice has now decisively strengthened the protection of Afghan women. It has stated that the repression of the Taliban regime is now so massive that they are generally considered to be persecuted.

They are therefore entitled to asylum in the European Union. In principle and regardless of individual examination and interpretation. Women are systematically discriminated against by the Taliban - simply because they are women. The fact that this discrimination means, among other things, that no woman is even allowed to leave her home without a male escort makes it unlikely that the theory will be put into practice. But for me, this decision alone is a very strong symbol.

[ntls-24722]

ok so i feel like it's about time i've talked about the weird, convoluted headcanon lore i've made for DJMM. everything i leave in my head for too long gets distorted and unrecognizable from.the source

ok so i think a lot of DJMM enjoyers have seen this tweet and while it's fake, because there's like 5 sentences alluding to DJMM in the entire game i've accepted it as fact and I went so overboard with the detail that it says home language. Not like, "original language" or nothing like that, home language

So, alongside the fact that DJMM has a couple things implying that he wasn't originally from Fazbear Entertainment (why would fazbear entertainment issue a warranty... to themselves?...), and that there also just happens to be a wedding dj company called The Music Man IRL that I found by accident, I kind of just made this whole weird thing that before he was bought by Fazbear Entertainment he was a Wedding DJ in Japan.

Alongside being able to set up practically everything, clean up afterwards, and cater to guests in all sorts of ways, he was also made to be able to just... hit the town and stroll down to his destination instead of being directly shipped to or brought there. Imagine being some little kid watching this giant spider thing stroll down the street.

Hold on to that visual, actually, because that brings me to why he considers Japan his home rather than just his... place of origin.

So his bouncer mode. It actually wasn't experimental but rather a very often-used mode of his since I imagine he's attended many weddings were someone has had to be... forcibly escorted out. But what the problem is with it is that during that mode, he is essentially given no restrictions on what he can do and has just been activating it so he can go against orders.

He's big, but he's travelling on hand, hulking around a big bag of supplies on the way, it may take a while for him to get from headquarters to his destination, maybe even days. But what his creators don't know is that he's been taking detours and entire days off to bond with civilians that have been fascinated by him, originally just children marvelling him, but he grew closer to them and becoming much more like a weird uncle to them, growing a bond with a rural community to the point even their families know of him and see him as a friend, and it's this bond that starts to bring problems.

DJMM starts to demand things that robots don't really get to demand, like days off and privacy, which concerns the company as for why he'd even need that. He starts committing outright fraud to insert legally insert himself into society and starts taking tips or some of the profit to spend for himself. He starts tearing out/ sabotaging GPS systems, or disabling microphones so they can't figure out where he's been going or what he's saying. It gets to the point where he outright threatens employees' lives and keeps some hostage to force them into allowing him to do what he wants.

The arms race between DJMM and his creators comes to a close when his creators decide to sell him off to Fazbear entertainment, sieging him and choking him of his battery life before doing a factory reset and sending him off, finally getting rid of him (also voiding Fazbear's warranty on him if his bouncer mode is ever activated again)

While he was able to secretly save his memories, it's not much use now that he's in a whole new country. He's still figuring out how to reconnect with the kids he practically watched grow up but he's also still getting up to trouble in America. we stan a dude who commits... all of this

His design is, now that i realize it, very much inspired by Moguro from the Laughing Salesman. Also he's got the fun eye liquid swirlies from DJMM's Beta design

which, speaking of DJMM's weird design elements. ✨weird things i've noticed about DJMM's design✨

Weird long hole things in the sides of him??? I've seen NO-ONE talk about this

Those aren't speakers. I thought they were, too, for the longest time, but while staring at his ass for a particularly long time I realized that A. They don't have the texture of his other speakers and B. They go in?

Second, he has a gummy smile. It's not shown a lot since i guess his default position is just an agape mouth but in the rare occassion he clicks his teethplates together, or this one Particular render, he's got gums for days

also what the freak, anytime i try to look up a specific facial feature for reference im always finding procedures for removing it!! i'm sick of it!! it popped up when i was looking up cleft chins for Music Man and it popped up for gummy smiles! we can't have SHIT in his household!! goddamn!!!

[gaykarstaagforever]

So Biden wants a two-state solution and a ceasefire...but he also will give Netanyahu whatever high explosives he wants, to blow up any children and journalists he feels like...?

You can't do both, Joe. What the hell game are you trying to play? This is why everyone calls you a confused old man.

"The hostages need to come home."

And how many of them can't because the IDF exploded the house they were being held in, because their intel is a joke and their strategy is the indiscriminate bombing of civilian targets?

Who has killed more hostages at this point? The IDF or Hamas? How can we even know? Because I'm confident the IDF doesn't. And doesn't seem to care, outside of propaganda.

Plus the 30? 40? 60,000 innocent Palestinians who have been massacred in retaliation hasn't balanced the sheets yet? What's the math on this, Joe? Is wiping them all out acceptable until the IDF admits to accidentally killing the rest of the hostages?

You're propping up a government that calls it's enemies sub-human and has openly called for their annihilation since their colonial marcher state was founded, Joe. Not great optics, to say the least.

But the important thing is no one can say you are Antisemitic.

Is wiping out all the Palestinians acceptable as long as you don't get accused of racism, Joe? Seems to be your plan.

Fuck Joe Biden.

[lostbluewind]

Hind's Hall is currently at over 5,500,000 plays on Spotify, over 2 million views on Youtube for the music video, and over 700,000 views on Youtube for the audio only version. All proceeds, of course, are going to UNRWA. I'm so happy to see the turnout on the song and videos. Please, please keep streaming the song and doing your daily clicks on Arab.org.

But I found another couple of songs I thought people would like to know about. The singer's name is Seth Stanton Watkins. The song above is an original song, written by Seth, and posted to Youtube on December 22, 2023. It currently, as of May 14, 2024, has 444,158 views on Youtube, and 62,909 plays on Spotify.

Seth is donating all streaming revenue of both this song and Fields of Palestine to Operation Olive Branch to go to families in Gaza. The link to stream on Spotify can be found here.

Please consider streaming Oh Palestine, Oh Palestine and Fields of Palestine alongside Hind's Hall, that way both UNRWA and Operation Olive Branch are able to do their jobs to help.

The description of the Youtube video reads:

"*All streaming revenue will be donated to families in Gaza via Operation Olive Branch*

"You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know." - William Wilberforce

The US once again vetoed an amendment to the UN resolution on Gaza calling for a permanent ceasefire and abstained from the vote for a neutered resolution calling for increased aid but no ceasefire.

At the time of writing (12/22/2023), 20,000+ Palestinian civilians have been martyred in Gaza over the past 77 days. In other modern conflicts, the proportion of children killed is usually around 6-8%. In Gaza, it is 40%, roughly 8,000 and counting. Many thousands more are likely dead beneath the rubble. Half the population is starving and hundreds of thousands now suffer from the spread of preventable disease. Hundreds of trucks with aid are waiting at the border as Israel prevents most from entering.

At this point, Israel has bombed virtually every corner of Gaza, including any space they have designated as a 'safe zone'. They have captured and summarily executed, point blank, men, women, and children. Zionist settlers have already drawn up plans for beachfront properties where Palestinian homes once stood. The Israeli civilian fatalities from Oct. 7th now sit at 695 individuals (we mourn their loss) and we now have video evidence of Israeli tanks in Kibbutz Be'eri shelling Israeli homes with as many as 15 occupants still inside.

The death and destruction wrought by the IDF is unprecedented in modern times and must be unilaterally condemned. The callous disregard for Palestinian lives from the Israeli and US governments is depravity beyond comprehension. This disregard resulted in the execution of three Israeli hostages by the IDF, mistaken for Palestinian civilians, who despite having been shirtless, weaponless, and bearing clearly visible white flags, were shot and killed, one in the back as he ran away crying for help in Hebrew.

I have seen footage that I cannot unsee and I weep for the martyrs and all those still suffering. Please follow the brave journalists and reporters on the ground in Gaza for daily updates and first hand accounts of the many war crimes now attributable to the IDF. Motaz, Bisan, and Ahmed Hijazi are but a few. If you want to learn more about the history referenced in each verse, you can read the following books by Palestinian, Israeli, and Jewish authors.

1. "The Hundred Years War on Palestine" by Rashid Khalidi

2. "The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine" by Israeli historian Ilan Pappe 3. "The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of Gaza and the Occupied Territories" by Ilan Pappe

4. "Gaza: An Inquest Into Its Martyrdom" by Norman Finkelstein

5. "On Palestine" by Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappe

6. "The General's Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine" by Miko Peled

7. "Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History" by Nur Masalha

8. "Ten Myths About Israel" by Ilan Pappe

9. "The Palestinian Laboratory" by Antony Loewenstein

10. "The Punishment of Gaza" by Gideon Levy

Finally, I reject wholeheartedly any and all forms of anti-Semitism but also recognize the basic truth that anti-Zionism does not equal anti-Semitism. There are many thousands of Jewish people around the world who are anti-Zionist, many of whom are very outspoken, and we need only listen.

CEASEFIRE NOW.

END THE APARTHEID.

FREE PALESTINE."

Lyrics:

In 1948, the natives were expelled From the land of the ancestors, their homes and cities shelled

From the traitors in Transjordan and the clandestine British demand, by the settler Zionist army that rampaged across the land

Oh Palestine, oh Palestine, We hear your desperate plea That once again across the land Your people can be free

Oh Palestine, Oh Palestine Your people live in fear We demand your emancipation From the river to the sea

In 1967, Israel did invade To conquer and to colonize What little had remained

The people of old Palestine Once again their fates entwined With the Zionist occupation Of their homes and weary minds

Oh Palestine, oh Palestine, We hear your desperate plea That once again across the land Your people can be free

Oh Palestine, Oh Palestine Your people live in fear We demand your emancipation From the river to the sea

In 2023, they’ve come a final time To destroy your homes and families With a murderous lethal design

The bombs o’er head are falling As our leaders continue their lies The sky does glow and the blood it flows As we hear the children's cries

Oh Palestine, oh Palestine, We hear your desperate plea That once again across the land Your people can be free

Oh Palestine, Oh Palestine Your people live in fear We demand your emancipation From the river to the sea

We stand with your emancipation Your people will be free

[matan4il]

Daily update post:

Probably the biggest news in Israel today is how many of the hostages are already confirmed dead. The thing isn't that we didn't know some were. If you've been following my update posts, then you know that more than once, we got the news that a hostage was confirmed to have been killed, and their body held hostage in Gaza. The thing is that up until now, no one talked about the total number of dead, or the number of those with an indication (which still needs to be verified) that they might be dead. So here are the numbers, as published: out of the official number of 136 Israeli hostages in Gaza, 32 are dead bodies, with the IDF trying to determine whether at least 20 more were also killed. That means that it's confirmed there are no more than 104 living hostages abducted from Israel and held in Gaza, and potentially no more than 84.

In the wake of the Oct 7 massacre, Hamas has been self contradictory. On the one hand, they shared footage of the carnage themselves, many times live (this website is dressed as if it's Hamas', and presents some of the evidence from that day, for all the deniers). The footage and testimonies of survivors, as well as forensic evidence collected from the slain shows that civilian communities were intentionally targeted, and that women, men, kids were intentionally raped, maimed and murdered under close proximity, where no mistake about the identity of the victims could have been made. A Hamas senior has openly said that they would repeat the massacre until Israel is destroyed. All of Israel destroyed obviously harms the civilians, including the women and kids. Following the massacre, Hamas has also called for Oct 13 to be a global 'Day of Rage' where Hamas supporters were called upon to attack Israelis and Jews worldwide. They did not specify leaving women and kids out of it, and when Jews are made into targets globally, meaning way beyond Israel and its army, that obviously means civilians. Yet at the same time, Hamas has denied having targeted civilians, that if Hamas did kill them it was due to confusion, and even blamed Israel for the civilian deaths. But now, Israel has released evidence of a book of fatwas (Islamic religious decrees) found in Gaza, which exlpictly allowed the Hamas terrorists to target civilians, including women and kids. The pic on the right shows the cover of the fatwas book, with Hamas' emblem, and the left shows the relevant fatwa.

The newly elected president of Argentina is visiting Israel, to announce the moving of the Argentinian embassy to Jerusalem. I'm just gonna remind everyone that foreign embassies normally are in a country's capital, and that foreign countries don't get to choose a capital instead of a country's own people. In fact, I personally don't know of any other case where foreign nations refuse to acknowledge a country's choice of capital by keeping their embassies out of there. Originally, the refusal to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital happened before the war in 1967 (when the two parts of the city, torn apart by Jordan in 1948, which also ethnically cleansed East Jerusalem of Jews, were re-united), and was connected to the fact that in the 1947 UN partition plan (which wasn't legally binding, and was nullified by the Arabs' refusal to accept it, and them starting a war against Israel), Jerusalem was supposed to be an internationally governed area. In other words, this isn't the world acting on behalf of the Palestinians, it's acting on behalf of its own political and religious interests in the historical Jewish capital, and the city holiest to Judaism for over 3,000 years. Currently, Jerusalem is home to the embassies of the US, Honduras, Guatemala, Kosovo (the first Muslim country to have an embassy there), and Papua New Guinea.

And while it's not an official embassy, because it doesn't represent an actual country, the other day a symbolic one was opened in Jerusalem, the Indigenous People embassy. And to see other native people connecting with the Jews, who are native to the Land of Israel, warms my heart. The embassy may not be an official one, but it has the support of various indigenous leaders from around the world, and its opening was attended by over 100 ambassadors.

This is 42 years old Lara Tannous.

She's a Palestinian from East Jerusalem. On Jan 7, 3 Palestinian terrorists opened fire at the car she was in. Another Palestinian man who was driving along the same road, 32 years old Amar Mansour, was killed immediately. Lara was seriously wounded. She was hospitalized in Hadassah Ein Kerem, the Jerusalem medical center where she's been working as a pharmacist for the last 17 years, but succumbed to her wounds on Jan 24. She was buried in the Palestinian-ruled city of Ramallah. The three terrorists thought they were shooting at Jews. According to at least one source, they were 2 doctors and a male nurse, before choosing to take lives instead. This morning, I happened to undergo a procedure at Hadassah. Before leaving, I noticed there's a corner for the workers or their family members killed on or since Oct 7. Here's the corner dedicated to the hostages, the one to the victims of Palestinian terrorism, and one zoomed in pic, where you can see Lara's photograph a bit better:

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[female-malice]

By Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib November 26, 2023

As battered Gazans emerged from their destroyed homes in northern Gaza after the temporary four-day cease-fire took effect, a Palestinian reporter working for Hamas’ own TV station ironically captured dozens of resentful civilians cursing Hamas and accusing the group of having destroyed their lives.

This isn’t an isolated example.

In a short BBC clip showing the aftermath of a deadly Israeli strike that killed civilians in Gaza, a grieving Palestinian mother screams in agony, “This is all because of Hamas’ dogs.” A nearby man, likely a family member, can be heard quickly telling her, “Enough!” He places his hand on her mouth to prevent her from saying more.

Many Palestinians are either reluctant or fearful to express what they are honestly thinking about Hamas, the Islamist group that has ruled Gaza since 2007 and perpetrated the Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel. The massive Israeli bombardment throughout the Gaza Strip killed hundreds of people daily, many of whom were neither Hamas members nor supporters. Most, including my family members, are experiencing blowback for actions they didn’t commit, plan or endorse.

Immediately after the horrific Oct. 7 attack on Israeli towns and kibbutzim, I encountered dozens of social media posts from Gazans who expressed immense concern, fear, horror and worry about what this event would unleash. Hundreds condemned Hamas’ “adventures” and reckless disregard for the well-being of its people in the coastal enclave. They considered the attack a suicide mission that would inevitably result in the total and utter destruction of the strip.

Unfortunately, so far their fears have proven accurate.

After the first massive Israeli strike on the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza, another short video captured a grieving man’s defiant outburst against Hamas during a press conference by one of the group’s spokespersons, blaming the group for what has befallen the coastal enclave.

“Why are they hiding amongst the people?” asked a battered man inside a Gaza Hospital on Aljazeera’s live Arabic news channel, referring to Hamas fighters. “Why don’t they go to hell and hide there?” The interviewer quickly cut him off.

Hamas is deeply unpopular with the people of Gaza. But the way that Israel is waging war in the strip will ultimately make things much worse for both Palestinians and Israelis long-term.

How Hamas uses the Gaza Strip

While ignoring its own people, Hamas has managed to insulate itself and its patrons from the impact of Israel’s 16-year-long blockade. There is rising anger among Gazans at this reality, as well as a rejection of Hamas’ methods, beliefs, ideologies and governance of the strip.

A recent popular Facebook post by a frustrated Gazan inside the strip lambasts the “Iranian-back armed factions” led by Hamas. “It doesn’t seem that we as civilians are remotely considered in their plans or calculus,” he adds, saying that militants “depict themselves as being perfectly fine” with their tunnels and well-prepared supplies and stockpiles while no such preparations were put in place to support the civilian population’s needs.

The post called for the release of all hostages in exchange for the complete withdrawal of IDF troops, stressing that the sanctity of Gazans’ lives is more valuable than prisoner swaps or Hamas’ ideologies and beliefs.

Right before Oct. 7, a survey by the Arab Barometer found a continuing decline in Gazans’ trust in Hamas’ governance along several metrics. Sadly, the intensity of Israel’s military operation is overshadowing dissenting voices, both those that existed before Oct. 7 and those that are increasing as a result of the destruction of Gaza.

Interestingly, Hamas enjoys much more support among the West Bank’s population despite lacking a robust presence in the territory. Resentment of settler violence, Israel’s occupation and the impotent Palestinian Authority likely fuel support for the violent resistance represented by Hamas’ ideology and tactics.

But despite the widespread suffering, the West Bank is light-years ahead of Gaza in terms of quality of life. The violent reality that Hamas rule would bring would seriously reverse support for the group.

Something that makes it difficult to assess Palestinian public opinion, including in Gaza, is that the concept of “resistance” enjoys widespread support, even if people dislike Hamas’ governance and practices. Hamas exploits this, and hides its failures behind its “acts of resistance,” which makes it possible to claim any “achievement.”

This is precisely why Hamas launched its attack on Oct. 7. The attack was not about settler violence in Jerusalem or seeking to break the blockade. It was about stemming the tide of resentment and discontentment. A recent poll suggests that Hamas’ gambit may have worked. Evidence suggests wide Palestinian public support for the Oct. 7 attack. Despite the severe limitations of this survey, the impending release of 150 Palestinian prisoners is already being spun by Hamas as a victory despite the unbearable death toll and cost.

Top Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya told The New York Times — from Qatar — that the group’s goals are not to “run Gaza and bring it water and electricity,” or to “improve the situation in Gaza,” but rather to put the Palestinian cause back on the map.

In other words, Hamas aims to use Gaza as a citadel from which it can drag 2.3 million people along in a “resistance” project that entails continuous and permanent war and violence.

The people of Gaza know this. Poor and working-class residents of the coastal enclave have paid the ultimate price in blood, misery, suffering and hardship without any hope for a prosperous and peaceful future. Amid the devastation of the IDF’s response to Oct. 7, more Gazans have been criticizing Hamas’ actions and hold on power.

Thousands took to the streets in Gaza this summer to protest against Hamas’ rule and their miserable living conditions, a rare display of defiance. The Islamist group quickly quashed the protests, arresting and beating hundreds of people. This is the group’s playbook whenever civilians demand improvements to dire living conditions. And yet there are still people daring to speak out.

I know Gaza well, and have a deep understanding of its population. The aforementioned anecdotes, my lived and professional experiences, friends and family currently in the strip, Palestinian social media, Hamas’ own statements, multiple past protests and the group’s brutal rule clearly demonstrate deep unpopularity and disdain for Hamas, both now and before Oct 7.

The unfortunate truth, however, is that the way Israel is waging this war will prove ineffective in achieving long-term and sustainable security. It is ultimately planting seeds for further violence, extremism and hate while also making it difficult for anti-Hamas activists and the general Gazan population to express what they truly feel and to challenge the Islamist group’s rule.

A counterproductive operation

Many Gazans blame Israel for their displacement from the land their families lived on for generations — about 70% of Gazans are refugees or descendants of refugees from the 1948 Nakba — as well as much of their current predicament. But they have no illusions about Hamas’ nefarious intentions, incompetence and selfishness. And they see the Israeli blockade as enabling Hamas to conveniently absolve itself from its responsibility to govern effectively and provide for their needs.

If Israel were to wave a magic wand over Gaza and somehow dislodge Hamas and remove its grip on power without civilian casualties, I am willing to bet my life that at least half of the strip would welcome such a move, and yell in unison: “Do us a favor!”

However, I am not optimistic that we are on the course to achieving anything close to that. Israel’s past political decisions, poor strategic choices and the conduct of the current military operation in Gaza point to an uncomfortable and deeply disturbing inevitability: Hamas will not be eradicated. And the group will survive as a cohesive entity, ideology and component of the Palestinian national project.

Israel’s military actions in response to the Oct. 7 attack have already killed over 14,000 people. Many bodies, like that of my dad’s youngest brother, uncle Riyad, 57, are long buried under rubble. My uncle was killed in a massive raid that destroyed our entire neighborhood. His body was only extracted from the rubble after six days. Nothing and no one has been spared, including aid workers, many of whom are in southern Gaza.

The unprecedented death toll and destruction have expended most of the international political capital that the Israeli government garnered after Hamas’ horrendous attacks. The IDF estimates its operation inside the strip has killed up to 2,000 Hamas fighters (not including Hamas and other groups’ members killed on Oct. 7) out of a force it estimates to be around 30,000 strong — a shockingly low number of combatants killed relative to dead civilians. Former CIA director and experienced counterinsurgency commander Gen. David Petraeus cautioned that “there’s got to be a real concern about the Palestinian people in Gaza,” especially as the IDF gears up for a ground operation in the south of the strip.

Instead of carrying out a targeted, low-intensity, long-term operation that could sustainably reduce Hamas’ military capabilities and create conditions to introduce a new administration in Gaza, the massive bombardment and destruction throughout the strip have set the scene for what will be one of the most complicated predicaments that Israel has ever found itself in: ambitious, difficult-to-achieve tactical and strategic goals, continued occupation of a ruined Gaza, and most importantly, a highly resentful and deeply antagonistic Palestinian population that will be even more hostile to Israel and more likely to embrace violence as a strategy.

Hamas is resilient

Multiple analysts and observers, including an unnamed senior U.S. defense official, have stated that Israel’s campaign thus far hasn’t even “come close” to eradicating Hamas’ mid- and senior-level leaders.

Unlike other Islamist groups, the official argued that Hamas has a “deeper bench of experienced midlevel military leaders,” in essence making it impossible to destroy the group by eliminating individual commanders.

As a child growing up in Gaza, I remember vividly when Israel assassinated founding and senior Hamas officials, including people like Salah Shehade, Ahmed Yassin and Adnan al-Ghoul. The killing of these leaders was thought at the time to be a fatal blow to Hamas.

Instead, the group’s arsenal, capabilities, political clout and position grew exponentially and expanded beyond what its founders could have ever dreamed of achieving. Not only have I observed this over the last two decades, but I am certain that Hamas today is militarily and politically prepared to successfully withstand Israel’s onslaught in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 attacks.

This isn’t to suggest that Israel cannot or shouldn’t seek to weaken Hamas and target its terror infrastructure. Instead, thinking critically and methodically is an operational and strategic imperative to move forward meaningfully.

Tunnel warfare is dirty, complicated, costly and requires lengthy efforts and campaigns, not the short and swift operations upon which Israel’s military doctrine is built. Rather than weakening Hamas, which is underground, the current Israeli military operation in the strip is killing supporters and opponents of the group alike, inflaming the region, exacerbating anti-Israel sentiments worldwide, silencing political opposition to Hamas inside Gaza, complicating efforts at normalizing relations with Arab countries and achieving precisely what the group wanted in the first place: to reinvigorate the Palestinian cause and force Israel to act in a manner that in essence proves Hamas’ claims.

Despite our mistakes during the global war on terror, the U.S. took numerous steps to minimize civilian casualties. Consider the raid on bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad in 2011. Instead of flattening the entire building, the U.S. surgically raided the structure and methodically separated bin Laden’s family from his guards and defenders, sparing the lives of women and children. 

Even if Hamas operates near civilian targets, making it difficult to clearly identify the group’s combatants, international and humanitarian law does not absolve the IDF of its responsibility to operate with due regard for civilians’ lives. If an active shooter is rampaging through a shopping mall, the response would not be to call an airstrike that levels the whole complex. Rather, the counterattack’s top priority would be eliminating the threat while minimizing civilian loss of life.

Defeating an ideology — and what comes next

By indirectly and inadvertently allowing Hamas to cement its rule over Gaza, Israel helped the group further entrench itself as an indisputable component of the Palestinian national project.

Even if the IDF were to permanently occupy Gaza at the end of this war — an option politically and diplomatically untenable —  the moment it leaves, Hamas would find a way to reconstitute. Remember, the Taliban survived 20 years of U.S. occupation in Afghanistan. Plus, an occupation will always entail some degree of populace resistance, including through violent means.

Unconventional and creative thinking is the only way to stop the massive bloodshed and stabilize the strip. Secretary Blinken stated recently that “there may be a need for some transition period at the end of the conflict.” Before then, greater U.S. and European pressure on the Israeli government to minimize civilian suffering, protect hospitals, and allow for more humanitarian aid to make its way into Gaza could help achieve meaningful outcomes. Vengeance is not a productive military strategy.

U.N. peacekeeping troops, with Arab and international support and participation, could provide a transitional period that stops the war and provides Israel with an offramp. Deploying these forces along Gaza’s borders with Israel to prevent future infiltration and attacks against Israel, and acting as a quasi-government while Gaza rebuilds, could allow for the emergence of a capable Palestinian body that can govern the strip. The U.N. could operate aerial and maritime corridors over the Mediterranean Sea to facilitate the movement of people and cargo, using existing U.N. infrastructure, protocols, and commonly deployed practices after wars and natural disasters.

Many have taken issue with calls for a cease-fire, fearing that it would freeze the conflict, abandon the remaining hostages and allow Hamas to re-attack Israel. But short-term and temporary cease-fires, not localized and inconsistent “pauses,” can allow for negotiations to release more hostages, revision of battle plans, further evacuations of civilians in Gaza and the delivery of desperately needed humanitarian aid. The impending four-day cease-fire is an example of this.

My brother, who works for a British medical NGO in Gaza City and has lost his home, told me that in addition to enduring heart-stopping daily bombardment, his family sometimes had to drink salt water (seawater) and boil grassy plants to sustain themselves in Gaza City. How is his suffering and that of hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians going to help eliminate Hamas?

Thousands of innocent Gazans are paying with their lives for a sin they didn’t commit. Israel and its international partners should actually implement steps that will weaken and eventually marginalize Hamas. The group and its extremist ideology will never be entirely eliminated in a military operation, just like the U.S. could not destroy the Taliban even after 20 years. However, there are practical steps to take that would give Gazans a fighting chance for political self-determination and stability in the strip.

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Actual nonsense. Israel is a legally established country. Hamas is the recognized official government of Gaza, which Israel was not occupying in any manner prior to October 7th.

You can say they had a blockade which is "basically occupation" [it is not] but so does every other neighboring country with Gaza because they've done nothing but launch rockets and invade and attempt coups any time anyone has extended hands to them.

It's why Jordan won't deal with them. Lebanon won't deal with them. Syria won't. Egypt blockades them as well. So if you're saying Israel is an occupier yada-yada, then you'd better be protesting about how Egypt shouldn't be a country, too.

See, when you say "Israel has no legal right to defend itself," not only is this incorrect - Israel is a legally recognized sovereign country and you cannot invade countries at will and kill civilians and take hostages at will - it obviously means you don't believe Israel has a right to exist.

Which is of course, antisemitic bullshit gibberish nonsense. Only 31% of Israel's entire population is Ashkenazi, anyway. You claim that Israel isn't legitimate and that Jews should go back to Europe. A land that 61% of Israeli Jews are not from. You preach Land Back but deny Jewish people, the indigenous inhabitants of Israel, their rightful place in their rightful homes. You accuse Jews of colonizing Israel by returning the street names and buildings to their original Hebrew.

Because Israel was colonized, literally, by Arabs. Who are not indigenous to Israel. Who are from Paran. Some are descended from Jewish tribes like Ishmael, but they left. They started a new religion, one deeply steeped in foundational antisemitism. They invaded and conquered the Middle East, and they wholly rejected Judaism and their connection to Israel in doing so when they then came back to conquer Israel.

You say shit like Iran is an Arab country. It isn't. You oppose colonization at all costs and demand every country established via colonization to dismantle itself yet ignore the dozens of countries Arabs colonized, to the point that you're now rejecting the idea that the real indigenous inhabitants aren't really indigenous. You post these incoherent, irrational, word salad takes from the comfort of your houses in North America, lands which were founded on genocide and colonialism, calling all Israeli civilians "complicit in genocide." You see zero irony.

You did it with Iran, and you did it with Israel. This is the insidious nature of genuine colonialism and historical revisions. You turn around and twist victim and perpetrator. Then you say shit like Iran (run by colonialist IRGC) wouldn't nuke Israel because of Al-Aqsa, whenever we point out that USA defense funding for Israel is ensuring that their neighbors won't annihilate them. Al-Aqsa, which was built the fuck on top of our most holy temple.

But I guess indigineity has an expiration date for you people.

You cheer when the Houthis block a cargo ship to protest Israel's existence. I don't believe you give a single fuck about Palestinians at this point, why? There are zero Jews in Yemen. They were all ethnically cleansed whilst an actual, literal genocide of 200,000 people happened. There was one left, the Houthis put him in jail. Then they turn around and say Israel shouldn't exist. Do you think we believe they give a fuck about a Palestinian? They obviously just want Israel to be destroyed and Jews to die.

Hamas violated the Geneva Convention when they invaded a foreign country and began killing civilians and taking hostages. Israel positively has a legal right to defend itself. We can talk about what that looks like in greater detail. Because obviously, Likud are religious extremists and terrorists themselves. Like, yes.

They are founded in terroristic, extremist views. Ben Gvir, Smotrich, Halevi, Netanyahu, they should all be arrested and deported to the Hague. Israel's use of Lavender is indiscriminate and there are war crimes happening. This is entirely separate to the fact that Israel still has the right to defend itself, legally, according to all international law.

It basic rocket science. (Pun intended.)

Israel as an occupying power has no legal right to defend itself from the Palestinian people it occupies.

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Dickheads of the Month: September 2024

As it seems that there are people who say or do things that are remarkably dickheaded yet somehow people try to make excuses for them or pretend it never happened, here is a collection of some of the dickheaded actions we saw in the month of September 2024 to make sure that they are never forgotten.  

It looks like the Israeli Defence Force is starting to get creative in blowing up civilians, given they turned numerous Lebanese into unwitting suicide bombers by planting explosive devices in a shipment of pagers and detonating all of them at once, of course claiming every single one person hit in this act of international terrorism was a member of Hezbollah which was plainly horseshit - and that's before the question of collateral damage

Mr Mileikowsky's baby boy Benjamin Netanyahu created a new euphemism for genocide: "de-escalation by escalation" for Lebanon, which definitely doesn't sound a lot like depopulation that happens after saturation bombing of civilian areas before moving in the troops - which is exactly what the Israel Defence Force is doing

...and when genocidal maniac Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the UN he came up with the blatant genocide-enabling lie that every single home in Lebanon has Hezbollah rockets hidden in them so all homes are legitimate military targets - and if that wasn't enough of a red flag, he also showed a map of the Middle East with a conspicuous lack of Palestine or the West Bank on it. Hmm, maybe that's a few more reasons for Joe Biden to stop arming the genocidal maniac with more munitions than the average war uses?

Brilliant optics in the first Keir Starmer's Labour Party conference when in government, when a heckler is bundled out of the hall in a chokehold while Rachel Reeves robotically repeats the "not a party of protest" line onstage as she apparently cannot do anything other than repeat pre-installed inputs, then Wes Streeting lost his shit during an interview when asked about the amount of Labour MPs taking backhanders, a proposed vote on keeping the Winter Fuel Allowance was blocked right out of the gate, and attendees were told the words "apartheid" and "genocide" were verboten when they walked in the doors

...meanwhile, somebody should tell Oliver Ryan that when he's in a marginal seat, and that marginal seat being Burnley, maybe don't yuk it up on Twitter when somebody is being manhandled out of the conference hall in a chokehold for heckling Rachel Reeves, especially not in a way that is practically guaranteed to come back to bite him at the next election

...and then the great leader Keir Starmer decided he wanted in on that action by sneering that somebody getting manhandled out for heckling him about children being murdered in Gaza during his speech must have had a ticket for the 2019 conference, which is pretty cocky for somebody who can't tell the difference between "hostages" and "sausages"2" when reading the autocue with those £2600 pair of glasses he was gifted...

...and when bacon of hope Keir Starmer was found to have been gifted use of Lord Alli's townhouse his immediate response was to throw his own son under the bus by saying it was to help him study for his GCSEs without having to wade through a phalanx journalists - in spite this taking place after the GCSE period, and several of Starmer's neighbours stating they've never seen Starmer's house doorstopped like Jeremy Corbyn's was for four years

Brilliant idea by billionaire manchild Elon Musk after losing the entire Brazilian userbase after not complying with a government request (which he doesn't have issues with in India or Turkey) to go on the quote-unquote offensive against Alexandre de Moraes by setting up a Twitter account called Alexandre Files...which doxxed numerous Twitter users in its very first post

...and then billionaire manchild Elon Musk had another brilliant idea when he posted an AI generated image of Kamala Harris supposedly made up to look like a communist dictator (but actually looked more like Mario), something which definitely wouldn't age like milk at any point if the scale of Russian interference in US politics gets blown wide open

...and of course billionaire manchild Elon Musk was all over JD Vance's patently racist fearmongering about Haitians eating people's pets faster than you can say "торопиться!"

...and because billionaire manchild Elon Musk just cannot help but demonstrate that Glass Onion didn't go in harshly enough, he then started tweeting about how he'd be glad to make Taylor Swift happy. By impregnating her. Fucking hell...

...but just when billionaire manchild Elon Musk couldn't sound unhinged enough, he's asking why nobody is trying to assassinate Joe Biden or Kamala Harris

...and then billionaire manchild Elon Musk had another one of his brilliant ideas: oh hey, why not remove the block function entirely? Of course, this definitely was not inspired by the fuckwit learning that he is the most-blocked user on Twitter

...soon followed by billionaire manchild Elon Musk throwing one hell of a temper tantrum at not being invited to an investor summit in the UK due to his habitually acting like a spiteful cunt on Twitter, so of course he responded to his lack of invite by acting like a spiteful cunt on Twitter that only justifies not inviting him, doesn't it?

...and next up billionaire manchild Elon Musk showed his commitment to Freeze Peach by suspending Ken Klippenstein's account for posting the JD Vance dossier, which only demonstrates that he has no idea how the Streisand Effect works as all that did was increase interest in the JD Vance dossier

Such change from Keir Starmer's Labour Party when they used the party whips to bully their MPs into submission like the depths of Theresa May's premiership in order to pass their bill to scrap winter fuel allowance, which wasn't mentioned in the election manifesto

...and how did unifying force Keir Starmer defend the move? By claiming that scrapping winter fuel allowance will help the NHS. Because if one thing is going to help the NHS, it's dumping a lot of elderly people suffering from hypothermia who otherwise wouldn't be on their doorstep in the middle of winter

...which would be the same unifying force Keir Starmer who accepted countless gifts from Lord Waheem Alli of not just regular financial donations, but also £16,000 worth of clothes for his wife which Starmer neglected to declare on the Register of Interests. Luckily for Starmer, he could send out David Lammy to argue that it's okay to receive bribe after bribe gift after gift while also saying MPs deserve a clothing allowance (said days after Starmer whipped his MPs to say people don't deserve a heating allowance...) and there isn't any way that Lammy could look like a hypocrite in saying this

It took El Hijo del Austerity Bob Lucy Powell a while to try and find some utterly horseshit defence for Rachel Reeves pulling the winter fuel allowance, but she finally hit on one: it would have caused a run on the pound to maintain it, which suggests that Reeves' handling of the economy is so bad that being in charge for less than two months sees existing benefits tank the economy

Slumlord Jas Athwal thought that he would get ahead of the story of him owning multiple flats caked in black mould by saying that he had sacked the managing agent, which only served to make it look like he never paid attention to his properties

Militant TERF JK Rowling decided that she was going to be wholly inclusive and also screech like the brainrotted harridan she is during the Paralympics, habitually tweeting abuse in Valentina Petrillo's direction - while somehow missing that Petrillo did not even qualify for the 400m final, which rendered the vast majority of Bobby Galbraith's ranting null and void

Such compassion from Eric Pickles at the Grenfell enquiry where he was far more concerned about the lunches he had to cancel to attend than he was in maintaining existing safety regulations when he was Housing Secretary that set in motion the events that allowed the Grenfell Tower fire to take place thanks to the regulations he was only too happy to remove

I'm sure that beanie-wearing testicle Tim Pool doing a sudden pivot to say Ukraine is the US's greatest ally is unrelated to the unsealing of DoJ documents which stated that Tenet Media has been on the Kremlin payroll for years and handing highly scripted talking points to their podcasters...

...and because Tim Pool is not noted for his intellectual prowess, he thought it was a brilliant idea to go on record claiming that the $100k per podcast episode isn't abnormal at all and is the going rate for a podcast which gets between 100-200k views...which was rapidly exposed as bullshit as podcasts don't make $1 per view, instead they make around $9 per 1000 views so Beanie's take-home would be $7,200 per podcast, which wouldn't be revealed if Pool had the sense to shut the fuck up about the subject especially as it is part of an ongoing investigation

So when noted couchfucker JD Vance isn't responding to school shootings by saying "That's life" he's spreading some utter batshittery about Haitians eating people's pets, as if the rampaging cokehead more likely to kill, stumpfuck then eat somebody's pet RFK Jr isn't on the Trump ticket

...which registered sex offender Donald Trump brought up in the first Presidential debate, apparently under the impression that he would look sane when he blurted it out

...and to prove how it wasn't racist in any way Rich Lowery literally blurted out the n-word when talking about the dogwhistling bullshit on The Megyn Kelly Show, which Megyn Kelly failed to call out

...but then Roseanne Barr did us the discourtesy of reminding us she's still alive by saying that Haitians don't eat just cats and dogs but they also eat babies, all to nodding approval from noted Russian asset that dense motherTucker Carlson who somehow convinced himself that Barr was an authority on the subject and not a babbling, racist fuckwit

Noted sociologist Kemi Badenoch showed her firm understanding of social mobility when she said she was born and raised in a middle class family - but as soon as she got a job at McDonalds she immediately became working class, because apparently she didn't go home to that same middle class family at the end of every shift

...sadly that was not the last we heard from Kemi Badenoch this month, as in an interview with Laura Kuenssberg she outlined an immigration policy straight out of the Middle Ages and that some cultures are not "equally valid" which is a phrase which should have been pushed back on immediately (so, of course, Kuenssberg did jack shit), saying that anti-Israel sentiment is entirely from migrants of "non-specific backgrounds" (and yes, dogs started howling when she said that) and that migrants should see the Star of David at point of entry into the UK because apparently that represents either the UK's main religions and/or flag

...so of course Liz Truss was all for what Badenoch was offering, as that was about the only thing she said all month that wasn't her repeating for the umpteenth time that she shouldn't be blamed for her budget from the Chancellor of her choosing crashing the UK economy just prior to her killing the Queen

TERF headbanger Rosie Duffield couldn't flounce out of Keir Starmer's Labour Party fast enough one they were in government, because after Starmer & Friends bent over backwards to accommodate her and the rest of the Gender Critical cult with policies towards the trans community that looked uncannily like a JK Rowling tweet instead of removing the whip for her transphobia, homophobia and Holocaust revisionism while spouting some utter gibberish about Starmer not respecting women - which is ironic, given Duffield said jack shit about Starmer's abysmal treatment of female MPs who don't suckle on the teat of centrism such as Diane Abbott, Zarah Sultana, Apsana Begum et al

...and isn't it funny that militant TERF JK Rowling had far more to say about Duffield's flounce than she did about the death of Dame Maggie Smith. But I guess Harry Potter isn't paying the bills anymore, is it?

Sex trafficking rapists Andrew & Tristan Tate had a novel idea to prove their innocence: just when they were being led out of court while being filmed by their usual cameraman somebody completely out of the blue walks out of the nearby bushes and says she was paid by Romania's DIICOT agency into identifying as a victim so the phoney charges could go ahead - and this completely independent woman who volunteered this information at the perfect time for the Tates and their cameraman to be there and film everything was known Tate associate Ivona Ray who was presumably coerced into this obviously staged incident not by DIICOT but by the Tate brothers in a desperate attempt to convince their fanbase to rise up and fight for them, because a gang of 12 year old incels are so going to worry the Romanian authorities

Isn't it funny how proven liar Boris Johnson suddenly remembered so many details that he told the Covid enquiry that he couldn't remember just in time for his book to come out...?

Absolutely no reason to ask why The Jerusalem Post ran an article outright stating Israel has a divine right to Lebanese land as if sovereignty is for other countries - only to swiftly delete the article when it drew comment, specifically comments about the very different geography which Benjamin Netanyahu outlined to the UN

Pet shop arsonist Wes Streeting probably thought he looked really clever when he responded to being reminded that Jeremy Corbyn wanted to retain the winter fuel allowance by saying, live on TV, "We dealt with him, didn't we?" - when in actual fact he sounded like a lickspittle cunt moonlighting as a professional hitman

Noted sex criminal Vince McMahon finally broke his silence that he has maintained ever since his sex crimes became public knowledge, and that silence-breaking was to act huffy about his own participation in Netflix's Mr McMahon documentary and try to claim that he was playing a character...in real life, while being a sex criminal with a laundry list of charges stacked up against him already

Funny how a podcast named Two Nice Jewish Boys is hosted by two nice boys who happily joke about being able to press a button that would nicely exterminate all Palestinians in one go, and to show just how nice they are they issued a nice statement saying their nice comments were taken out of context and they were actually advocating for a Nice Solution to the Palestinian problem

We're not supposed to know that Nicholas Lissack is actually the PA of Isabel Oakeshott whenever he describes himself as an "independent journalist" - though it's pretty bloody obvious he's not a journalist if he doesn't realise that tweeting about a super injunction is a surefire way to land yourself in court PDQ even if you did delete the tweet, and in cases where it's patently obvious that you made up a super injunction you're likely to end up in court twice, which would make for good material for Darren Grimes' podcast which Lissack also happens to work on as an "independent journalist"

Somehow the NYPD turned somebody skipping on paying a $2.90 subway fare into a mass shooting that left the perpetrator, two bystanders and one of their own officers hospitalised with gunshot wounds. So at least that IDF training is showing results...

Grifting bore Mark Kern sure seems to be unhappy about McDizzle Gaming giving his Kickstarter project Em-8er the most coverage it has had in years...mainly because it revealed that the game he's worked on for five years looks uncannily like any other asset flip you find on Steam, which would surely be welcome news to the people who have been funding the project while Kern spends his time fighting one-man culture wars against anything that breathes

The certifiable Laura Loomer being involved in the Trump campaign is already paying off, as after Trump got soundly spanked in the first presidential debate and offered nothing but the bizarre ramblings of a crazy person, Loomer was quick to come up with the surefire strategy of...saying that Harris' earrings were in fact discreet headphones so she could be fed lines, before settling for posting outright racism

...outright racism that JD Vance saw and decided "Hey, I want to get a piece of that action too!"

There's normal responses and then there's what Nicki Minaj did when she heard that Sean Coombs had been charged with sex trafficking, which was use it as an excuse to go on the offensive against the four women accusing her husband Kenneth Petty of rape, which is a totally normal reaction to have...

When Naomi Campbell set up Fashion for Relief she should have been a tad more specific about who the charity was helping, considering it turns out it was mainly funding her smoking habit and shopping binges

Not only did Star Wars Theory demonstrate what a lazy chode they are by stealing Paul Tassi's content and XQCing over it occasionally and when called on it tried to pass it off as giving Tassi "exposure" as if that made up for stealing Tassi's content and monetising it, but strangely Tassi soon started receiving abusive text messages from SWT fans which begs the question how they got his number

Those free speech lovers at Reform Ltd showed just how much they care about free speech by cancelling the tickets of Josiah Mortimer and Carole Cadwalladr for their "party" conference to guarantee they would be unable to gain entry

Classy move by WWE when they saw the fan-made bracelet that CM Punk and Drew McIntyre have been feuding over like it's the world title and decided to sell replicas of it on their store - without asking the creator of the original bracelet as a courtesy whether they could, let alone consider the idea of royalties. But fret not! After the initial backlash they...changed the design, while still giving no credit, let alone royalties

Is it time for the annual Adam Blampied apology video already? It's almost as if there's a pattern of behaviour...

Narcissistic orange liar Hulk Hogan really cannot stop himself from giving one dogshit take after another if he thinks it will benefit him in some way, can he? Oh, you want specifics? Okay, how about him making an appearance on Logan Paul's podcast to say that wrestling fans have forgiven Chris Benoit for murdering his wife and son (they haven't) so why can't they forgive Hogan (for being a racist cunt who consistently lies to the point that it wouldn't surprise me if a Savile-like discovery was made when he pops his clogs)?

Fucking hell, one draw and Arsenal fans have fixed the tinfoil hats to their heads with rivets and the conspiracy theory shrieking has gotten ridiculous even for them. Hey, maybe don't play nine men behind the ball and timewaste like it's going out of fashion for every single game and you won't concede 98th minute equalisers?

It's been seven years since Kyle Walker was tapped-up by Manchester City, and yet again he uses an interview to spin the demonstrably untrue theory that he "had" to leave Tottenham in 2017 entirely because Kieran Tripper was chosen ahead of him to play in an FA Cup semi final and nobody should do the slightest bit of digging to see who was the preferred right back for the twenty or so matches prior to that one match which took place after his head was turned

What happened to registered sex offender Donald Trump saying he would debate Kamala Harris "Anytime, Anywhere"? Because after one debate where he got spanked so hard he started calling Harris "Mummy" he waddled away from having another as fast as his lifter-filled shoes would let him and instead started asking the pertinent questions like why Johnny Carson isn't hosting The Tonight Show anymore - which may have something to do with Johnny Carson dying in 2005