solo

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I left Reddit much too late. I guess some habits can be hard to break. Then I spent some time on kbin/mbin/fedia, but I’ll be staying here.

Btw I’m a non-binary trans person [they/she/he].

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solo OP ,

TIL

the Ronald Reagan administration banned transfers of cluster munitions to Israel for several years in the 1980s after it determined that Israel had used them on civilian targets during its invasion of Lebanon.

solo , (edited )

Gallant’s visit came as Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, repeated his claim that the Biden administration was presiding over a “dramatic drop” in arms shipments to Israel in recent months, a charge that has angered US officials, who have described it as “perplexing”.

What's that claim of “dramatic drop” in arms shipments?

In the following article I see a dramatic increase. In the budget at least.

U.S. Aid to Israel in Four Charts - Council on Foreign Relations

Since the start of Israel's war with Hamas on October 7, 2023, the United States has enacted legislation providing at least $12.5 billion in military aid to Israel, which includes $3.8 billion from a bill in March 2024 (in line with the current MOU) and $8.7 billion from a supplemental appropriations act in April 2024.

Am I missing something or Israel bluntly lying again?

[Edit: Within the link above there is another link and the section with the title "What's paused". It looks like Biden paused 1 shipment to my understanding]

solo , (edited )

Armenians know what genocide means.

So it looks that the State of Palestine is recognized as a sovereign state by 147 of the 193 member states of the United Nations. Hope I'm counting correctly and didn't leave out a country, cause it looks like the relevant wiki page [International recognition of the State of Palestine] has not yet been updated. Not even for Ireland's recognition of Palestine and that happened last month. Soon I hope.

For me the question remains. What could make the remaining white colonialists and Zionist settler colonialists change their minds and finally recognize Palestine, so that a 2-state solution is implemented.

solo ,

They also know what collaborating with the Nazis is like.

I haven't heard about this before, so I can't argue about it at this point.

Then you say:

So I don’t think Armenia’s decision will have much of an effect.

How you managed to draw this conclusion from your previous statement, is a mystery to me.

And since you mentioned Nazi collaborations, I'll say the following. I noticed that the sources you provided the one is Zionist and the other Polish, and both collaborated with Nazis for sure.

Zionist-Nazi Collaboration and the Holocaust-A Historical Aberration? Lenni Brenner Revisited - Edinburgh University Press

How Zionists collaborated with the Nazis, in conversation with Tony Greenstein | EI Podcast

we speak with activist and blogger Tony Greenstein, a veteran of the Palestine solidarity movement in the UK, about his new book "Zionism During the Holocaust: The Weaponization of Memory in the Service of State and Nation."

Collaboration in German-occupied Poland - wiki

solo ,

Cyprus was caught off guard by comments from Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Wednesday that the island could be a target if it permitted Israel to use its military facilities in the event of an attack on Lebanon.

So Cyprus was caught off guard because they were told "if we get attacked from your soil, you could be a target". This doesn't sound very complicated, why are they perplexed?

solo OP , (edited )

A two front war is never a good idea

Not too sure tho, how bombing and starving civilians including children on a strip of land for 8-9 months qualifies as war, now that I think about it.

solo OP ,

That’s always what this has been about.

I would add Zionist settler colonialism in the mix

solo OP ,

I think if they do a full-blown invasion, they’ll find out that Hezbollah (and quite possibly the regular Lebanese military) is a much bigger, experienced, and sophisticated (...)

Oh they know well. Israel has invaded Lebanon twice (at least?) and both times they failed in a humiliating way.

solo OP ,

Right now it’s just some tough talk from both sides

How do you know that? The Zionist settler colonialist side has been doing Genocide for the past 8-9 months, this is not as you say

Just another day in the Middle East.

And like Hitler, Netanyahu is unable to stop. And unlike Hitler he is not fighting and loosing battles. When Hitler started loosing in the front, part of his entourage tried to talk him out of it, without success. This is why, there was even an attempt to kill him from inside the Nazi party.

Netanyahu on the other hand, is not loosing battles since he is just bombing and starving people, while being supported in all possible ways by the US and most of the west. Why should he stop now? The Zionist plan of eliminating or displacing all Palestinians is working fine so far.

Netanyahu is so pumped up he could easily invade Lebanon. Also Israel has attacked Lebanon twice and got defeated twice in a humiliating way. Last time was in 2006, meaning not that long ago. This is why Netanyahu has such a beef with Hezbollah. I'm afraid that Netanyahu has been given so much support and leverage from the West, he's about to start an actual war with Lebanon.

solo OP ,

This article is based on a Guardian report and has some quotes. Is there something specific you find conspiratorial? Do you think for example it is unfair of them to say:

Smotrich has called for the destruction of Gaza, the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from the strip, and its annexation as well.

solo OP ,

That does not answer my question but that's ok I suppose?

Anyways, this list does not include many Israeli lobbies, newspapers etc from what I see. Times of Israel is not there. Impressive.

I'll add a relevant comment I did earlier so I'll just copy-paste it:

Also, please keep in mind when using wiki links on anything (even loosely) related to Israel, that it has been edited by Zionists. This part of wiki doesn't work like the rest. See a 2 min video below from13 years ago.

Course: Zionist Editing on Wikipedia - Israel National News - Arutz Sheva

solo OP ,

The way you ignore my input is so funny.

solo OP ,

Hahaha no, this one was addressed. I'm talking about the second comment, the one with the link of Zionist editing of wikipedia. I know, should have said "the way you keep ignoring my input is so funny"

solo OP ,

I wish reporting like this would bother to define what they mean when they say children.

I'm pretty sure that they define children like the rest of the planet does.

Also, please keep in mind when using wiki links on anything (even loosely) related to Israel, that it has been edited by Zionists. This part of wiki doesn't work like the rest. See a 2 min video below from13 years ago.

Course: Zionist Editing on Wikipedia - Israel National News - Arutz Sheva

solo OP ,

Thanks for pointing that out, I didn't know the Mises caucus, and they sound terrible. Actually, I only knew of Mises and some other dudes from the Austrian school of economics and thought it would be a legit institute. Looks like that's not the case.

solo ,

Please keep in mind when using wiki links on anything (even loosely) related to Israel, that it has been edited by Zionists. This part of wiki doesn't work like the rest. See a 2 min video below from 13 years ago.

Course: Zionist Editing on Wikipedia - Israel National News - Arutz Sheva

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    solo OP ,

    if it is can we get a better source

    That would be so great, I did look around for the "typical" western media but I didn't find any outlet mentioning it. Maybe I missed it, I dunno. So If anyone spotted a recent relevant article, please do share.

    We do know for sure that the 50-years petrodollar agreement that Nixon signed with Saudi Arabia ended this June.

    ‘MILESTONE’ PACT IS SIGNED BY U.S. AND SAUDI ARABIA - NYT - June 9, 1974

    solo ,

    Here is a link to watch it: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8g8x54

    solo ,

    It looks like this BBC article has very misleading numbers. Please see:

    The UN Refugee Agency - One year on from the tragic shipwreck off Pylos, Greece - 14 June 2024

    The boat, carrying up to 750 people according to testimonies, capsized on 14 June 2023. Only 104 people were rescued and 82 bodies were retrieved, leaving hundreds missing.

    Since the Pylos shipwreck, more lives have been lost in the Mediterranean Sea. In particular, since 14 June last year, IOM’s Missing Migrants Project has recorded at least 1,516 deaths and disappearances on the Central Mediterranean Route, with 175 recorded on the Eastern Med. In 2023, 3,155 people lost their lives or went missing trying to cross the Mediterranean, while so far in 2024 the toll has reached 923.

    solo , (edited )

    After learning about this:

    Encrypted email provider ProtonMail has drawn criticism from users after it gave a French climate activist's IP information to French police, who subsequently arrested them.

    I just started looking for any other option of secure email service provider.

    solo ,

    it sounds like they had their hand forced

    This is how they try to portray it after their choice to comply. Fully.

    They also said in the clarification thingy:

    The identity and location of the activist was already known to the French authorities...

    It's only by them I heard this claim.
    Proton gave the IP address, person got arrested is the story I know and it's the one presented in the euronews article.

    ...(they had already been evicted once before for squatting, and the nature of squatting means that their location is known).

    What a weird statement to make to justify giving up an IP address. Actually, I find it weird in all contexts.

    So sure you do you. I totally don't trust them.

    solo , (edited )

    Cmon… It’s a sentence linked to the next one. They are not using that as a way to justify anything, they just explained...

    This is precisely the reason why I used both quotes. For me, their "explanation" is pure nonsense. Even more so due to their claim latter on in this same text, saying that:

    we are activists, too.

    On your question on which email provider I'm using, I could say that my activity does not demand precautions like VPN but there are some providers that I don't use. Proton is one of them, because they promised to users and delivered for police. And what did they have to say on their promises?

    We will be making updates to our website to better clarify Proton Mail’s obligations in cases of criminal prosecution and we apologize if this was not clear.

    This sounds to me like "sorry for making false promises, we just wanted our statement to sound cool enough to convince you to use our services".

    solo ,

    Promises were never false. They did not track ip and they don’t. They had to start for that specific user after the order…

    That's the definition of a false promise.

    solo ,

    According to IOM, 2023 was the

    Deadliest Year on Record for Migrants with Nearly 8,600 Deaths in 2023

    And BBC talks about 43 deaths in 3 years?

    The 15 incidents we analysed - dated May 2020-23 - resulted in 43 deaths.

    I'm not denying they analysed 15 incidents, I'm just saying that the number of deaths presented in this article is far to low, to be close to the actual number.

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    I thought of sharing this documentary even tho I am not a fan of ELF. This is due to the dynamics between the people participating. or my understanding of those dynamics. Still, I think we can learn from their experience and I find this super important....

    solo OP ,

    Yes, it was graphic design all along.

    I honestly don't understand where you got this from. Listening to this article lead me to very different conclusions. That we were trained to be wasteful after the invention of plastic by big corporations. That when people started, many decades ago, understanding this and wanted to make corporations "clean their sh*t", the corporations managed to shift the public narrative and put the focus/blame on us. And that we still live in a world that these corporations are actively influencing policies through lobbying for their monetary profit.

    So consequently I cannot agree with you when you say

    How could we not see that a symbol would want to put plastic in our balls?

    We are the dumbest for not noticing that all along.

    because it's not a matter of being smart or dumb. Smart people are not immune to being manipulated.

    solo ,

    Quite refreshing that this article was published by Forbes. Even tho I think more studies need to be made, I would argue that it's public perception that needs changing. Public perception is not necessarily influenced by science, if that was the case we would be living in different societies worldwide. I think public perception is more influenced by the existing narratives, and we have a saying on them. Maybe among other things, we might need to start asking different/new questions?

    solo ,

    Nuclear is green but not renewable.

    Is it tho? Can we really have green energy production under capitalism? How can we achieve sustainability within a plan that is based on eternal growth?

    solo ,

    Well that’s not a productive question.

    You're right.

    solo ,

    For anyone watching ... Like I say: All speculation. The truth is I have no idea.

    What a weird rant to share.

    solo ,

    Well I dunno, defending Palestinians doesn't sound like spamming to me. I'd call it solidarity.

    solo ,

    Check out their post history and decide for yourself.

    I have, and this is why when you say

    This is cosplaying online for clout.

    I really don't see what you are referring to.

    solo ,

    Title:

    Israel says Hamas rejects key elements of US ceasefire plan for Gaza

    From the same article:

    The United States has said Israel accepted its proposal, but Israel has not publicly said this.

    So instead of focusing on what Israel has to say about this proposal, we are asked to focus on what Israel has to say about what Hamas allegedly says on this proposal.

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