Israeli-Palestinian conflict

[ignatius]

via the UN regarding mass graves

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/04/1148876

The development follows the recovery of hundreds of bodies “buried deep in the ground and covered with waste” over the weekend at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, central Gaza, and at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City in the north. A total of 283 bodies were recovered at Nasser Hospital, of which 42 were identified. 

“Among the deceased were allegedly older people, women and wounded, while others were found tied with their hands…tied and stripped of their clothes,” said Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. 

 

Edited April 24 by ignatius

[ignatius]

mericuh

[cichlisuite]

i just heard on the radio that us senate ratified a bill to fund israel, but also humanitarian aid for gaza.

this actually made me feel terrible, it's such a fucking sick world, with sick minds running it

[ignatius]

slick and well done video about why evangelicals are fucking crazy and how they're funding settlers in west bank etc. 

there's a part two

 

Edited April 26 by ignatius

[ignatius]

 

Edited April 26 by ignatius

[decibal cooper]

https://www.axios.com/2024/04/26/antisemitism-monitor-colleges-columbia-israel?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_medium=social

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Why it matters: It's the first bill introduced in Congress as a direct response to the pro-Palestinian protests that have rocked Columbia University and other colleges in recent days.

Driving the news: Reps. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) and Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) are introducing the College Oversight and Legal Updates Mandating Bias Investigations and Accountability Act – or COLUMBIA Act.

• The bill would allow the Department of Education to send a "third-party antisemitism monitor" to any college that receives federal funding — and to revoke that funding for colleges that don't comply.

Feel like this bullshit is bound to backfire and to work toward actually making some Americans become legit anti-Semitic, especially younger people, which is not good for anybody. Still kind of shocking to me that a foreign government seems to have such a stranglehold over American representative democracy.

[decibal cooper]

damn even that right wing schemer Nixon was able to speak openly about these issues:

 

[ignatius]

interesting interview from diplomat who resigned. once she gets going.. some interesting facts about the system at work.. probably obvious or implied from a system like this but interesting to hear 

 

[Crazing]

Had a friend from way back got indoctrinated into Stand with Us https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StandWithUs...used to post straight hasbara shit on fb and twitter....then in 2018 was like okay guys maybe we have taken this too far...now hes calling himself some kind of peacenik....and ignoring everything....hands over ears...lalalalala

Edited 4 hours ago by Crazing
repetition

[decibal cooper]

6 minutes ago, ignatius said:

interesting interview from diplomat who resigned. once she gets going.. some interesting facts about the system at work.. probably obvious or implied from a system like this but interesting to hear 

 

Watched this yesterday, definitely learned some new things about the state department. Democracy Now has had good coverage on the people who resigned publicly, like Annelle Sheline and Josh Paul too.