Israel to World: "Suck It."

better hair

in light of their current hard right reactionary politics, it's v depressing to recall that Israel has a stockpile of nuclear bombs, whose reality they consistently deny so that, among other things, they don't have to make public statements about their policy concerning when they'd use them.

this is gonna get really fucked up

Netanyahu, Kahanist ally agree to nix Knesset ban on parties inciting racism https://t.co/OqoIiwehlu

— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) December 22, 2022

this is all very bad!

What what is so racist that it’s banned from the Knesset?

Despite what some will have you believe, Lapid is better than Netanyahu

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, November 1, 2022 1:50 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink

In what way?

― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, November 1, 2022 3:54 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink

Sadly we're all going to find out and this sucks really hard for Israel and Zionism.

And obviously sucks for everybody else in the region, too, I should have said.

I wish this weren't happening.

Lapid/Gantz and their ilk are all committed to preserving the terrible status quo for the occupied territories. But Ben Gvir can still make everything way more fucked up, particularly for Arab citizens of Israel and any remaining Israelis that oppose this slide into fascism. It's almost worse that this is happening because Netanyahu needed to shield himself from legal consequences for his corruption.

When you've lost Marty Peretz.....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/02/wieseltier-peretz-berman-walzer-israel-netanyahu/

Government of Israel to Israel: "Suck It."

The attack on Huwara is so disgusting. And half the government actively cheering it on

https://www.972mag.com/huwara-pogrom-settlers-elimination/

Just fantastic timing on this rollout, 10/10

News: Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced last night that he is launching an organization called Progressives for Israel.

“I am going to call the question for Democrats,” he said. “Do you stand with Israel or do you stand against Israel, because silence is not an option.” pic.twitter.com/SiZCz45syb

— Matthew Kassel (@matthewkassel) March 14, 2023

Do you stand near Israel, or do you rub yourself against Israel?

I get why Cuomo's trying to rehab himself, but how on earth would anyone else think having him on your side is a good thing?

noted progressive Andrew Cuomo

Seems a very weird time to demand a binary answer -- are the hundreds of thousands of Israelis marching in the streets waving Israeli flags and denouncing the government of Israel "standing with Israel" or "standing against Israel"?

yeah this whole 'valid critique of Israel's state policies = antisemitism' is getting really old

Cuomo happy to let Republicans undermine and deplete support and funding of Ukraine huh

I don't know much about Israeli's government, but I hadn't realized that they don't actually have a constitution

(China has one and that doesn't mean jack-shit, but I was just kinda surprised about this)

Firing the Defense Minister was a really big mistake by Beebs, I don't remember this level or protests (outside of Palestinians, obviously)

https://www.972mag.com/israelis-bds-government-protests/

15,000 people live in the Jenin refugee camp. Israeli occupation forces have closed the entrances to the camp (blocking ambulance access), targeted journalists and a hospital, shut off water and electricity, & bulldozed streets. Videos show bodies strewn on the street. Massacre. https://t.co/bsjnTy1u4d

— Michael Bueckert (@mbueckert) July 3, 2023

Things ain't goin great: https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2023-07-07/ty-article-opinion/.premium/israel-is-hours-away-from-becoming-a-de-facto-dictatorship/00000189-2c91-d145-a1e9-3ff74bd30000

Barak is already under investigation by the state for "alleged incitement": https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/28/former-israeli-pm-ehud-barak-and-ex-parliamentarian-yair-golam-investigated-by-police

Government of Israel to Israel: "Suck It."

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, March 2, 2023 3:27 PM (four months ago) bookmarkflaglink

I came in to type exactly this, forgot I'd done so in March, still applies.

Not so smart now is it! https://t.co/TVn0DVt4CT

— Arbeitology (@Arbeit_Fish) October 7, 2023

🇵🇸🇮🇱 BREAKING: Israel's second largest powerplant, Rotenberg, has been attacked by rockets. pic.twitter.com/XWKsIjLRgb

— DD Geopolitics (@DD_Geopolitics) October 7, 2023

Fuck.

Sadly we all know what's likely to happen to Palestine after this - it's not the 1990s anymore, no one has their backs. The Gulf Monarchies are all in bed with Israel, as is Egypt and others, Israel will use the attacks to justify being even worse (US won't do shit either)

— The Kavernacle (@TheKavernacle) October 7, 2023

otm

This is something to look out for.

on the 'don't waste a good crisis' principle, wonder if/when the israeli government starts blaming the constitutional protest movement for weakening the state in the face of Hamas terrorism etc etc

— jamie k (@jkbloodtreasure) October 7, 2023

Be surprised if they didn't tbh.

Seems incredibly bad!

Israel was in talks to normalize relations with Saudi Arabia. This is Iran seeking to disrupt that.

Seems like a nation-scale version of suicide by cop, honestly. A huge mistake, whoever's behind it.

I think the two things could both be true. It’s catastrophic and awful in any case.

yeah palestinians are going to get utterly slaughtered as a result of this. what a shitshow.

Like this is so incredibly miserable my brane goes full conspiracy mode. Is iran trying to get into a shooting war w israel to draw the US/NATO into direct defense of israel and then direct conflict w/ iran+russia?

Seems like a nation-scale version of suicide by cop, honestly. A huge mistake, whoever's behind it.

― read-only (unperson), Saturday, 7 October 2023 bookmarkflaglink

Maybe that's just me but some people don't want to live their lives in a concentration camp.

Like this is so incredibly miserable my brane goes full conspiracy mode. Is iran trying to get into a shooting war w israel to draw the US/NATO into direct defense of israel and then direct conflict w/ iran+russia?

― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, October 7, 2023 11:55 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

I don’t think we need to go as far. Gazans were protesting Hamas like never before this past year. Plus, everything is leading towards Saudi Arabia recognising Israel in the near future which would be the end of the one Palestinian state dream extremists like Hamas want.

a lot of people want one state

Let’s hope no one gets it.

I'm glad you've come around to the abolition of the nation state but in the meantime I would still prefer a secular non-apartheid state over constant bloodletting or genocide

it didn't take long for israel to overtake hamas's death toll - at least 232 people now killed by retaliatory air strikes in gaza (according to al jazeera)

Talking about geopolitics and moralising is colonizer behaviour when this is the reality

reminder that i*rael controls all the food that enters gaza thus keeping gazans on a starvation diet; unemployment is roughly 70%; around 50,000 people are disabled - many deliberately maimed by the occupying forces in their 'shoot to maim' policies. no bomb shelters. no escape.

— mira | ميرا (@_her_moth_) October 7, 2023

Hamas shouldn’t have looted the greenhouses imo.

oh fuck off

stop pretending to care about people

fuck off VHS

Hamas shouldn’t have looted the greenhouses imo.

― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 7 October 2023 bookmarkflaglink

If you're expecting the media to cover this uprising fairly, only a few days ago the Guardian described those rising up as "receiving bullets" in their bodies. 🙃🇵🇸 pic.twitter.com/Ku3pYKTlLj

— Alan MacLeod (@AlanRMacLeod) October 7, 2023