Palestinian Resistance Launch Major Attack on Israel: What Happened? – LIVE BLOG

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Excerpt,

  • 90 per cent of children under the age of 2 and 95 per cent of pregnant and breastfeeding women face severe food poverty – meaning they have consumed two or less food groups in the previous day – and the food they do have access to is of the lowest nutritional value.
  • 95 per cent of households are limiting meals and portion sizes, with 64 per cent of households eating only one meal a day.
  • Over 95 per cent of households said they had restricted the amount of food adults received in order to ensure small children had food to eat.



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From MEE live feed,

US vetoes UNSC motion calling for immediate ceasefire

The US has vetoed a motion at the UN Security Council calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

"Proceeding with a vote today was wishful and irresponsible... we cannot support a resolution that would put sensitive negotiations in jeopardy," said Washington's ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield while advocating an alternate resolution drafted by the US.

It is the third such use of its veto on the council since the conflict began on 7 October.
13 votes for. 1 vote against (USA). 1 abstention (UK)

Shameful!

US vetoes UN Security Council Gaza ceasefire push

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Rabbi Schmuck is one loud, flushed looking sweaty Zionist. Shouting down Finklestein because he has absolutely nothing of merit or credibility to say. On this episode of ‘It’s not us it’s Khamas’, we’re told by the Rabbi that the reason children have been indiscriminately bombed in Gaza, is because they’re walking under tunnels built by Hamas which stretch as far and wide as the NY subway.


The same tunnels that belong to your brethren Rabbi? Literally everything dodgy or strange they say or accuse others of doing, they’ve done themselves.

https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/09/brooklyn-synagogue-secret-tunnel-dispute-arrests
 

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Criminalizing Criticism of Israel

I was looking for something and found @UnderAlienControl 's old posts and feel like they are relevant here and now
"So the Israel Lobby has turned to Donald Trump to achieve by executive order what they have not achieved by legislation.

As the Israel Lobby has succeeded in equating criticism of Israeli government policies with anti-semitism or hatred of Jews, Trump’s executive order against anti-semitism permits the US government to cut off money to universities and organizations in which criticism of Israel is expressed in lectures, colloquiums, or debates."


Long and detailed read (2017)
As the world has witnessed the oppression and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, many people have risen in protest. In response, the Israeli government and certain of its advocates have conducted a campaign to crack down on this activism, running roughshod over civil liberties (and the English language) in the process.

The mechanism of this crackdown is the redefinition of “antisemitism”[1] to include criticism of Israel, and the insertion of this definition into the bodies of law of various countries.

Where most people would consider “antisemitism” to mean bigotry against Jewish people (and rightly consider it abhorrent), for two decades a campaign has been underway to replace that definition with an Israel-centric definition. That definition can then be used to block speech and activism in support of Palestinian human rights as “hate.” Various groups are applying this definition in law enforcement evaluations of possible crimes.


Proponents of this Israel-centric definition have promoted it step by step in various arenas, from the U.S. State Department and European governments to local governments around the U.S. and universities.
 
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I don’t want to be the one that relates race into everything but it’s very telling that this is the 2nd black person they’ve chosen to sit in that chair and veto a ceasefire.

Personally, I think it’s to appear as if they have the support of all Americans, but also appeal to those ethnic minorities. It takes away from the issue of Zionism being a white Christian issue and makes it an all-round American ‘requirement’ to believe in the ‘democratic’ and maintenance of Israel in the Middle East.

Just an observation I thought I’d share; everything they present is intentional so it’s good to be critical about their choices.

 

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TPTB hired a PR firm to sell the 9/11 wars and the Covid psyop and while i haven't seen anything yet on Israel's part (or the Lobby) in this regard, this Semafor article provides some juicy bits in the infowar (apologies if it was already posted....it's from November). Apparently, Israel has hired PR firms in it's previous Gaza campaigns...post conflict, that is.

Wall Street and Hollywood billionaires have discussed in recent weeks a plan to spend as much as $50 million on a media campaign to “define Hamas to the American people as a terrorist organization.”

Real-estate billionaire Barry Sternlicht launched the campaign in the days after the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, and in an email viewed by Semafor, sought $1 million donations each from dozens of the business world’s wealthiest people.

He wrote that he’d had “a great conversation” about the effort with CNN owner David Zaslav, and that Endeavor CEO and talent agent Ari Emanuel had agreed to coordinate the campaign, though spokespeople for both men said they aren’t involved now.

The campaign would aim to “distinguish between anti-Semites and the Palestinian situation,” he wrote, as U.S and global media increasingly focus coverage on deaths in Gaza, potentially eroding sympathy and support for Israel.

“Public opinion will surely shift as scenes, real or fabricated by Hamas, of civilian Palestinian suffering will surely erode [Israel’s] current empathy in the world community,” he wrote. “We must get ahead of the narrative.”

The email was sent to more than 50 household names, including media mogul David Geffen, investors Michael Milken and Nelson Peltz, and tech luminaries Eric Schmidt and Michael Dell. All told, the recipients have a net worth of nearly $500 billion, according to Bloomberg and Forbes data.


It’s unclear how far the effort has advanced or who is on board, but it has raised several million dollars, hired Josh Vlasto, a former aide to Sen. Chuck Schumer and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, to advise it, and quietly launched a website, people familiar with the matter said.

Some of those on the chain have been vocal already. Investor Bill Ackman and Apollo CEO Marc Rowan criticized universities for their handling of pro-Palestinian student demonstrations, and Michael Bloomberg donated $44 million to Israel’s nonprofit emergency medical service. Some have criticized the Israeli government as well: Emanuel denounced Bibi Netanyahu just days after the attacks, saying: “I just think it’s time that we get rid of this man.”

Sternlicht wrote that he’s trying to raise $50 million from the group and seek a matching donation from a large Jewish charity for a media blitz to “define Hamas” as “not just the enemy of Israel but of the United States.”

This is just one of several behind-the-scenes efforts by business tycoons — many, though not all of them Jewish — to support Israel since the attack by Hamas. Most CEOs have been noticeably quiet on the issue, a shift from years of public statements on geopolitical or social issues
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Why did I watch the whole thing?

Anyone else who is willing to subject themselves to the torture of listening to Schmoley:

I think smiley Shmuley was probably the best representation Israel could have utilized for this debate. What a treasure this guy is, he'd even make @irrationalNinja wince! He pretty much mirrors the general psycopathy of the more fervent Zionists that run the country....and who post here.

One of the comments lifted my spirits, because it's a difficult listen for the full 45 mins, it reads....

"Norm just took the Sun Tzu approach..."when your enemy is making a fool of themselves....don't interrupt them"
 

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I think smiley Shmuley was probably the best representation Israel could have utilized for this debate. What a treasure this guy is, he'd even make @irrationalNinja wince! He pretty much mirrors the general psycopathy of the more fervent Zionists that run the country....and who post here.

One of the comments lifted my spirits, because it's a difficult listen for the full 45 mins, it reads....

"Norm just took the Sun Tzu approach..."when your enemy is making a fool of themselves....don't interrupt them"
He’s just one angry ginger rodent; reminds me of a horrid hamster my dad bought us as kids. Vicious little shite that would gnaw us when we held it.
 

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Listening to the first hour of today's presentation at the ICJ from South Africa, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, the Netherlands, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil and Chile- on the "Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem".

https://www.icj-cij.org/multimedia/203577

The hearing today was 5 hours so I doubt I'll listen to it all but very important and powerful arguments against Israeli apartheid.
 
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