How And Why Does Israel Have So Much Power?

[Stucky]

US backs UN Security Council statement denouncing Israeli settlements in rare move

Statement is the first time the US has allowed the security council to take action against Israel in six years

Israel was quick to hit back at the declaration, with the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying it denied the "historic" rights of the Jewish people.

WTF???

I really don't know what to make of this. America is on board with a 'statement' but would have used their veto to kill any resolution.

Abbas gets two choices, withdraw the resolution in favour of a statement and the U.S will give (bribe) you aid...or go ahead with the res and the U.S will veto.

Meanwhile Nuttyyahoo agrees to a "Temporary pause on settlement building" Temporary being the key word in all of this.

On the plus side it was good to see that Israel's new bestest Arab buddy was the sponsor of the res...Ooooftttt

On that aid. It's (was) estimated that 78% of international aid ends up in Israels economy

Seems like a win win for nutty and co.

 

[DavidSon]

I really don't know what to make of this. America is on board with a 'statement' but would have used their veto to kill any resolution.

Abbas gets two choices, withdraw the resolution in favour of a statement and the U.S will give (bribe) you aid...or go ahead with the res and the U.S will veto.

Meanwhile Nuttyyahoo agrees to a "Temporary pause on settlement building" Temporary being the key word in all of this.

On the plus side it was good to see that Israel's new bestest Arab buddy was the sponsor of the res...Ooooftttt

On that aid. It's (was) estimated that 78% of international aid ends up in Israels economy

Seems like a win win for nutty and co.

Yeah I was hesitant to post the news as we know the UN's handling of Israel is toothless either way. Yet as the Palestinian envoy said to have a unanimous vote isolates the problem, which is positive.

As many critics have commented, Israeli apologists want the facade of democracy and the new extremist government is an affront to their liberal sensibilities. It's really just hypocrisy but with large protests in Israel even this 1/2 step toward lawfulness is a step in the right direction.

Yet, if the United State is deeply troubled, these days, obviously, it is not because justice is not delivered to the Palestinians after almost a century of Western hegemony. It is because the pillars of Israel are shaking. Opposition leaders are warning of civil war, investors have started withdrawing their investments from Israel, the chiefs of the army, the police and the intelligence are warning against giving free-hand to lunatic ministers, the same ministers who are building militias in the West Bank under the pretext of self-defence, the judiciary and the opposition are opposing "judicial reform" which they called a "judicial coup" and every weekend more than hundred thousand people demonstrate against the current far-right government.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230220-america-is-deeply-troubled-so-what/

 

[Stucky]

Yeah I was hesitant to post the news as we know the UN's handling of Israel is toothless either way. Yet as the Palestinian envoy said to have a unanimous vote isolates the problem, which is positive.

As many critics have commented, Israeli apologists want the facade of democracy and the new extremist government is an affront to their liberal sensibilities. It's really just hypocrisy but with large protests in Israel even this 1/2 step toward lawfulness is a step in the right direction.

Yet, if the United State is deeply troubled, these days, obviously, it is not because justice is not delivered to the Palestinians after almost a century of Western hegemony. It is because the pillars of Israel are shaking. Opposition leaders are warning of civil war, investors have started withdrawing their investments from Israel, the chiefs of the army, the police and the intelligence are warning against giving free-hand to lunatic ministers, the same ministers who are building militias in the West Bank under the pretext of self-defence, the judiciary and the opposition are opposing "judicial reform" which they called a "judicial coup" and every weekend more than hundred thousand people demonstrate against the current far-right government.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230220-america-is-deeply-troubled-so-what/

Speaking of fascism and hypocrisy, that same state who is now apparently up in arms, voted This guy into office on two separate occasions during the '80s, and I'm pretty sure Israel was a much more 'liberal' state back then.

 

[DavidSon]

Speaking of fascism and hypocrisy, that same state who is now apparently up in arms, voted This guy into office on two separate occasions during the '80s, and I'm pretty sure Israel was a much more 'liberal' state back then.

Informative article, thanks. As you're implying, Israel could never really be called "liberal". Those who defend Israel's cruelty are obviously so obsessed that every crime is excused, every lie is (attempted to be) swept away from history. Thankfully we have such accurate records and the world will always know how Israel came to be.

 

[Orwell's mentor]

Israeli Airstrikes Target Sites in Besieged Gaza (VIDEOS)

Israeli Airstrikes Target Sites in Besieged Gaza (VIDEOS)

Israeli warplanes attacked on Thursday morning two locations in the besieged Gaza Strip, causing damage but no injuries.

www.palestinechronicle.com

Violence flares around Gaza after deadly Israeli raid

Violence flares around Gaza after deadly Israeli raid

Trails of smoke are seen as rockets are fired from Gaza toward Israel during sunrise on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. AFP PHOTO

www.manilatimes.net

 

[Stucky]

Informative article, thanks. As you're implying, Israel could never really be called "liberal". Those who defend Israel's cruelty are obviously so obsessed that every crime is excused, every lie is (attempted to be) swept away from history. Thankfully we have such accurate records and the world will always know how Israel came to be.

Sad thing is, that in just over two months time, we're going to be bombarded with the grotesque sight of the settler state 'celebrating' its 75th birthday. All those lies they tell will be rammed down our throats. That's why i started a thread in an attempt to expose the lies. I hoped some members would add to it but it never seemed to take off. But still, its there for posterity. The link in this Comment certainly deserves more attention and a wider audience.

Also, if anyone is interested, this video would be worthwhile watching. run time around 30 mins

 

[Stucky]

In just two days – and despite international condemnation – Israel has approved more plans for housing units in the West Bank than the total approved in previous years and is legalizing numerous outposts

JFJFP

jfjfp.com

 

[Orwell's mentor]

Sad thing is, that in just over two months time, we're going to be bombarded with the grotesque sight of the settler state 'celebrating' its 75th birthday. All those lies they tell will be rammed down our throats. That's why i started a thread in an attempt to expose the lies. I hoped some members would add to it but it never seemed to take off. But still, its there for posterity. The link in this Comment certainly deserves more attention and a wider audience.

Also, if anyone is interested, this video would be worthwhile watching. run time around 30 mins

Thanks for posting this. I didn't know about Nurit Peled-Elhanan, she's such an insightful woman. Looking at her she seems to be around the same age, as my Jewish friend who I posted about here and seems to saying something very similar:

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel

I dont see it as logical at all, but I do see it as a very common human reaction. People pushed to the edge will do all sorts of wacky things, and the Zionists are intent on pushing that edge to the brink of WW3. But so many Palestinians refuse to engage in the type of resistance that can...

vigilantcitizenforums.com

I think it's important to note that what Israel teaches their children is a lot hatred for people who are different than them in their schools. It's a place that ultimately lacks humanity. In the end, even Nurit also said the segregationist mindset being taught to the Israeli children is not exclusive to them either, which I think is telling.

 

[Stucky]

I didn't know about Nurit Peled-Elhanan, she's such an insightful woman.

You might like this speech she made in 2008. NP-E

 

[Stucky]

Israel, Palestinians meet in Aqaba, pledge to prevent unrest but no consensus over talks | | AW

The joint statement said participants further agreed to pursue "confidence-building measures" to help "address outstanding issues through direct dialogue".

thearabweekly.com

From the article,

"This includes an Israeli commitment "to stop discussion of any new settlement units for four months" and to not legalise any unofficial wildcat outposts for six months, it said."

the Americans said,

""We recognise that this meeting was a starting point and that there is much work to do over the coming weeks and months to build a stable and prosperous future for Israelis and Palestinians alike," Sullivan said of the Aqaba meeting. "Implementation will be critical," White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said in a statement."

Then The extremist zionist minister,


"I have no idea what they spoke about or not in Jordan," said Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who also has responsibilities over Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

"But one thing I do know: there will not be a freeze on the building and development in settlements, not even for one day (it is under my authority)," he wrote on Twitter."

EDIT: "
But hours after the joint statement was released, Netanyahu tweeted that “the building and authorization in Judea and Samaria will continue according to the original planning and building schedule, with no change,” using the biblical term for the West Bank.

There is not and will not be any freeze,”

The maniacs continue to urinate all over uncle sam. Biden will probably respond by giving them more money...





Meanwhile,

Israeli settlers rampage after Palestinian gunman kills two

One man killed and four wounded in apparent worst outburst of settler violence in northern West Bank in decades

www.theguardian.com

 

[Stucky]

The Israeli Pogrom: Settler Violence in the West Bank

On 21 January 2022, an organized gang of over a dozen masked Zionist “settlers” from the Givat Ronen outpost on the Occupied West Bank attacked

www.counterpunch.org

Violence will continue in the Mideast as Long as the US runs interference for Israeli Squatting and its Pogroms against Palestinians

Belfast (Special to Informed Comment) - I was horrified to watch the February 22 Israeli army assault on Nablus where I was born. I grew up on its outskirts and completed my secondary education there. I yearn for its beautiful old city, renowned for Turkish baths, a traditional olive-oil soap...

www.juancole.com

Between army invasions and settler pogroms, the West Bank rises

Amid Israeli army assassinations and settler terror, Palestinians rally around armed resistance in a showing of spontaneous mass mobilization that has not been seen in decades.

mondoweiss.net

JFJFP

jfjfp.com

 

[Stucky]

The Palestinian Authority is a figleaf for Israeli apartheid. Disband it.

At this point in history, the Palestinian Authority serves only to empower the two-state ruse until Zionism has achieved its singular, century-old goal: a race state in all of historic Palestine.

mondoweiss.net

 

[Stucky]

'Watering Down' the Reality of Life Under Israeli Apartheid Is a Crime

On February 20, the United Nations Security Council approved a statement, described in the media as a ‘watered-down’ version of an earlier draft resolution which would have demanded that Israel “immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory.”

www.commondreams.org

 

[Stucky]

Israelis donate over $300,000 for Palestinians attacked by settlers

Horrified by the sites of destruction cause by settlers at the Palestinian Huwara village, thousands of Israelis donated money for reconstruction.

www.al-monitor.com

 

[Orwell's mentor]

Victory is defeat: Palestinian children’s art exposes Israel’s cultural genocide

Victory is defeat: Palestinian children’s art exposes Israel’s cultural genocide

The following text tells the whole story of what pro-Palestinian communities around the world are fighting for, and what pro-Israelis are fighting against: “We are delighted to report that Chelsea and Westminster Hospital has removed a display of artwork designed by children from Gaza.”

www.jordantimes.com

 

[Stucky]

Victory is defeat: Palestinian children’s art exposes Israel’s cultural genocide

Victory is defeat: Palestinian children’s art exposes Israel’s cultural genocide

The following text tells the whole story of what pro-Palestinian communities around the world are fighting for, and what pro-Israelis are fighting against: “We are delighted to report that Chelsea and Westminster Hospital has removed a display of artwork designed by children from Gaza.”

www.jordantimes.com

The Art in question,

 

[Orwell's mentor]

The Art in question,

BTW, I like Handala as your avatar!

 

[Stucky]

BTW, I like Handala as your avatar!

I thought it would be a nice gesture given that it's now the 75th year of the ongoing Nakba. I'll probably change it to the original at some point.

On an aside, have you seen this about the gangster ben gurion while living in his native homeland. If not you may find it interesting.

Extorter

Edit:Great. now the link doesn't work.

The link works in firefox.

Screenshot just in case,

 

[Stucky]

Full Text Plan Dalet

 

[Orwell's mentor]

Israeli Occupation Forces open fire at farmers in Gaza

Israeli Occupation Forces open fire at farmers in Gaza

Israeli Occupation Forces open fire at farmers in ....

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Israeli Martial Law Authorities Impose Closure on West Bank, Gaza

Israeli Martial Law Authorities Impose Closure on West Bank, Gaza

The military authorities that rule the Palestinian Territories (West Bank and Gaza) under martial law ordered a closure of all parts of the West Bank and Ga ...

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