The thing about the "Israel wants Trump" argumemt is that I think what #Israel wants even more than #Trump is to not have a #US#POTUS be seen to lose reelection for supporting Israel.
And I don't say that as some kind of checkmate, just a consideration I haven't seen brought up before.
According to a United Nations official, the extensive rubble and unexploded ordnance left behind by Israel's devastating war in the Gaza Strip could require up to 14 years for removal. Pehr Lodhammar, a senior officer at the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), made this statement during a briefing in Geneva.
While everyone wants a permanent ceasefire, the US still talks of a temporary one.
'Earlier Monday, US Deputy Ambassador to the UN Robert Wood told reporters it is “the best, most realistic opportunity to bring at least a temporary halt to this war”."
Israel's deliberate targeting of UNRWA sites sheltering displaced Palestinians has become a daily occurrence, sparking global outrage at these heinous crimes.
I'm so fed up with mods falling for the #aipac "holocaust inversion" bullshit, I'm going to start reporting all #Israel apologist posts as "supporting violent ideologies."
Remember the morons who said back in December that bypassing #congress to give arms to #Israel unconditionally would make it more compliant with #US demands?
There's a new #ceasefire proposal on the table, and yet Mastodon is awfully quiet about it. This is even more strange given how widely the last #hamas proposal was received.
In the proposal, #israel moves again quite a lot. Partial withdrawal of #IDF before any #hostages are released.
Given the nonexistent reception, my impression that quite a few folks here care less about lives in #gaza and more about hating on "the west" hardens.
Two more #US officials resign over #Biden administration’s #genocide in #Gaza, accusing the administration of lying about Israel’s obstruction of aid to Palestinians
Only one day after an evacuation order, issued by Israeli authorities against UNRWA in occupied Jerusalem, Deputy Mayor of occupied Jerusalem Arieh King presents plan to build Jewish-only settlement on the ruins of the UNRWA building.
Indiana University's "Liberation Commencement" was a celebration of the students' brave commitment to fighting powerful institutions and their involvement in challenging Zionism and the Palestinian genocide.
yes, because of #Zionism, the political ideology that #Israel has a right to Palestine.
Israel has illegal settlements in the #WestBank.That is an invasion because it is illegal.
The fact that #Gaza has no free access to the outside world (no international maritime port, no air space/airport, endless checkpoints) amounts to invasion in the form of #IsraelApartheid
Israel is a US-funded nuclear outpost: that is an invasion of Palestine.
This is roughly how mainstream Israel media whitewashes IDF’s war crimes. If you start with Hamas militants targeted, every atrocity is acceptable to the Israeli ear
Haaretz: dozens dead in an Israeli strike at a camp; IDF: we attacked Hamas militants
Ynet: IDF eliminated senior Hamas commanders; Palestinians (claim): tents set a blaze (nothing to do with the attack on a densely populated refugee camp, presumably), 28 dead
[cont'd] Israel's Media Silence: Fear of Exposing National Joy Over Gaza Suffering [Prof.
Dmitry Shumsky]
So why is Israeli media coverage of the war on Gaza so biased, focusing solely on the Israeli narrative while downplaying the suffering of Palestinian civilians? Here's another perspective on the disturbing complicity of Israeli media in the on going massacre in Gaza:
[translation of key paragraphs from the article:]
[...] "Israelis do not acknowledge that before the murderous attack on Israeli civilians on October 7, the Palestinians lived under oppressive conditions and a denial of basic human and national rights by Israel (it should be emphasized: this in no way justifies or normalizes the brutality of Hamas on October 7). Most Israelis are convinced that the Israeli-Palestinian situation prior to October 7 was normal and even understandable from the Palestinian perspective. In their eyes, the occupation, not to mention apartheid, are inventions of anti-Semites; and in fact, they believe that the Palestinians living beyond the Green Line (another invention of Israel-haters) live reasonably well, certainly compared to their Arab brothers in Syria, Iraq, and every other Arab country, except for the oil and gas producing nations. In Gaza, Israelis believe, the Palestinians even had a state in every respect. And yet, despite all this, they chose a deadly, treacherous, and forced campaign of terror."
[...] "Against the backdrop of this distorted reality perception, it's no wonder that the Israeli national anger towards the Gazan Palestinians, the Israeli indifference to their suffering, and especially the sense of national joy, sometimes suppressed and sometimes bursting forth, in the face of fragmented information about the scope of the destruction and killing in Gaza – a joy that is evident to anyone who lends an ear to the whispers of the Israeli public on the street – are the main and total characteristics of the Israeli view of the current war."
[...] "In light of all this, it would not be far-fetched to assume that the refusal to direct the Israeli media spotlight towards the civilian victims of the IDF's pointless strategic campaign in Gaza stems, in part, from the fear of shaping public opinion in Israel, lest it arouse overly explicit and intense feelings of joy and celebration among the broader Israeli public. This would certainly not contribute to improving Israel's already tarnished image in the world."
[*] Prof. Dmitry Shumsky is Israel Goldstein Chair in the History of Zionism and the New Yishuv at the Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry, and Director of the Bernard Cherrick Center for the study of Zionism, the Yishuv, and the State of Israel at the Hebrew University.
[cont'd] Israel's Media Silence: Fear of Exposing National Joy Over Gaza Suffering [Prof.
Dmitry Shumsky]
So why is Israeli media coverage of the war on Gaza so biased, focusing solely on the Israeli narrative while downplaying the suffering of Palestinian civilians? Here's another perspective on the disturbing complicity of Israeli media in the on going massacre in Gaza:
[translation of key paragraphs from the article:]
[...] "Apparently, as many critics of the Israeli media believe, the avoidance of presenting the enormous dimensions of the killing and suffering of the civilian population in Gaza stems from the fear that exposing Israelis to these horrific images could shake their faith in the sacred morality of the IDF and lead to doubts about its combat policies - which could harm national morale during wartime."
[...] "Israelis do not acknowledge that before the murderous attack on Israeli civilians on October 7, the Palestinians lived under oppressive conditions and a denial of basic human and national rights by Israel (it should be emphasized: this in no way justifies or normalizes the brutality of Hamas on October 7). Most Israelis are convinced that the Israeli-Palestinian situation prior to October 7 was normal and even understandable from the Palestinian perspective. In their eyes, the occupation, not to mention apartheid, are inventions of anti-Semites; and in fact, they believe that the Palestinians living beyond the Green Line (another invention of Israel-haters) live reasonably well, certainly compared to their Arab brothers in Syria, Iraq, and every other Arab country, except for the oil and gas producing nations. In Gaza, Israelis believe, the Palestinians even had a state in every respect. And yet, despite all this, they chose a deadly, treacherous, and forced campaign of terror."
[...] "Against the backdrop of this distorted reality perception, it's no wonder that the Israeli national anger towards the Gazan Palestinians, the Israeli indifference to their suffering, and especially the sense of national joy, sometimes suppressed and sometimes bursting forth, in the face of fragmented information about the scope of the destruction and killing in Gaza – a joy that is evident to anyone who lends an ear to the whispers of the Israeli public on the street – are the main and total characteristics of the Israeli view of the current war."
[...] "In light of all this, it would not be far-fetched to assume that the refusal to direct the Israeli media spotlight towards the civilian victims of the IDF's pointless strategic campaign in Gaza stems, in part, from the fear of shaping public opinion in Israel, lest it arouse overly explicit and intense feelings of joy and celebration among the broader Israeli public. This would certainly not contribute to improving Israel's already tarnished image in the world."
[*] Prof. Dmitry Shumsky is Israel Goldstein Chair in the History of Zionism and the New Yishuv at the Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry, and Director of the Bernard Cherrick Center for the study of Zionism, the Yishuv, and the State of Israel at the Hebrew University.
It's probably best not to trust any Israeli voices on the state of things in #Israel or #Gaza. Even this Israeli "scholar," who admits that Israelis are almost unanimously pro-genocide, is pushing the "sexual violence" lie about Oct. 7.