HistoPol, to worldwithoutus
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#USpol #GeoPol #WarInGaza

(1/n)

New perspectives on the conflicts in the #MiddleEast by Firas Modad, "...a Middle East analyst for 20 years."

Via @thehill

"The foreign policy establishment fails to see that the Middle East balance of power has shifted"

"#Arab leaders in #Syria, #Egypt, #Jordan and #Lebanon 👉never wanted #Palestinian radicals to wage insurgency against #Israel👈, not out of hatred of the #Palestinians, but out of fear of the consequences.
The...

https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4492433-the-foreign-policy-establishment-fails-to-see-that-the-middle-east-balance-of-power-has-shifted/?utm_source=press.coop

HistoPol,
@HistoPol@mastodon.social avatar

@thehill

#MiddleEast #USpol #GeoPol #WarInGaza

(7/n)

...which is why the Saudis still talk to the Americans of normalization.

//

COMMMENT:

I have a lot of reasons to believe that #FirasModad of #ModadGeopolitics
is right in his assessment.

Continuing this train of thought, however, this leaves only dire outcomes for the #Israelis and the #Palestinians:
If no #Muslim country will grant them refuge for political reasons, a lot of the #Gazan #refugees will die on that border wall...

flawed, to Palestine

What would you call a society this genocidal whose blood thirst is still at this, after massacring 30,000 Palestinians & still continue to massacre them?

Most protests we hear about removing Nethanyahu are largely about internal power struggle, but not against genocide itself.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/02/over-2-3-of-jewish-israelis-oppose-humanitarian-aid-to-palestinians-starving-in-gaza

@palestine #palestine #israel #gaza

NoBeerToday,

@flawed @palestine

really became the New State. It actually started in 1948 but increasingly progressed over the decades to reach this stage. And most are just fine with that. Time for the world as a whole to realise what they are dealing with. And that includes especially the .


BruceMirken, to random
@BruceMirken@mas.to avatar

“Medical teams have added a new acronym to their vocabulary. WCNSF: wounded child, no surviving family,” he said. “Children who survive this war will not only bear the visible wounds of traumatic injuries but the invisible ones, too — those of repeated displacement, constant fear and witnessing family members literally dismembered before their eyes. These psychological injuries have led children as young as five to tell us they would prefer to die.”

https://truthout.org/articles/doctors-without-borders-slams-us-for-ceasefire-veto-in-devastating-un-address/

NoBeerToday,

@BruceMirken

And the #Israelis believes that their #genocidal actions in #Gaza will make #Hamas disappear? They're creating a whole generation of #Palestinians who will hate #Israel with an intensity never seen before.

#Israelisaterroriststate
#GenocideJoe

DrALJONES, to Israel
@DrALJONES@mastodon.social avatar

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  • HistoPol, (edited )
    @HistoPol@mastodon.social avatar

    @DrALJONES

    (1/3)

    The situation in the has gone from bad to worse. Past atrocities cannot be counted towards current potential .

    Thousands of had been protesting against the "" of the .

    Even though the saying goes, each country gets the government it deserves. Even a democratically elected government is not the same as its people.
    This is why I have started to...
    https://mastodon.social/@DrALJONES/111963080262253515

    Agent661, to Israel

    I like how #Israelis directly blame #JoeBiden for pushing against their settlements, yet, this means he's not doing anything against #Israel

    #JerusalemPost #Biden #USA #US #America #Gaza #GazaWar #Palestine

    paninid, to random
    @paninid@mastodon.world avatar

    🔥 take:

    Moshe Dayan, the one-eyed chief of staff of the #IDF “realized what many Jewish Israelis refuse to accept: #Palestinians would never forget the nakba or stop dreaming of returning to their homes.”

    https://www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/israels-netanyahu-self-destruction

    paninid,
    @paninid@mastodon.world avatar

    #Oct7 is still a turning point…up to #Israelis to decide…they finally heed Dayan’s warning, the country could…chart a path to…dignified coexistence with the Palestinians. But indications so far are that Israelis will, instead, continue to fight among themselves and maintain the occupation indefinitely. This could make Oct 7 the beginning of a #darkage in #Israel’s #history—one characterized by more and growing violence. The attack would not be a one-off event, but a portent of what’s to come.”

    Norobiik, to Israel
    @Norobiik@noc.social avatar

    has said it has informed the families of 31 people held in the territory since 7 October that their relatives are dead. The news came as the Qatari prime minister said had given a “generally positive” response to proposals for a deal trading a break in the fighting and release of prisoners for the return of more .

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/06/fifth-of-remaining-hostages-in-gaza-are-dead-report-says

    Norobiik,
    @Norobiik@noc.social avatar

    "There is a tiny, reed-thin chance that something better might come out of this horror show of a war. To grasp it, the #Palestinians need to be free of #Hamas and #Israelis free of #Netanyahu. Every day those men remain in power is a curse on both peoples – who have surely been cursed long enough."

    Hamas and Netanyahu are a curse on their peoples. Yet amid the horror, there is a sliver of hope | Jonathan Freedland
    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/23/hamas-benjamin-netanyahu-rafah-talks-paris

    skaly, (edited ) to random

    When super religious chauvinistic Jews try to tell you that all wars are the fault of women and queers... Don't forget to be Jewish queer and hot :)
    ❤️✡️

    Art stuff: https://linktr.ee/skalymusic

    #jewish #jews #israelis #babka #queer #bi #pan #theythem

    18+ NaturaArtisMagistra, to Instagram
    @NaturaArtisMagistra@mastodon.world avatar

    UNRWA staff participated in the October 7 massacre. At least 12 employees were involved in the assault and even used U.N. vehicles and facilities during the terror attack.

    NoBeerToday,

    @CivilityFan @thepoliticalcat @NaturaArtisMagistra

    “Yes, I wanted to see evidence too, but you noted these perps were terminated by the UN, so you know it’s a legit story.” - Unwarranted extrapolation. Unless actual, independent, evidence is shown neither you or I know if it is as the claim it is.

    FloydyStu, to Palestine
    @FloydyStu@c.im avatar

    #BennyMorris has become an advocate of ethnic cleansing. In an interview in #Haaretz, Morris had this to say:

    "Ben-Gurion was right … Without the uprooting of the Palestinians, a
    Jewish state would not have arisen here … There are circumstances in
    history that justify ethnic cleansing. I know that this term is completely
    negative in the discourse of the 21st century, but when the choice is
    between ethnic cleansing and genocide … I prefer ethnic cleansing. "

    Advocating old and new Zionist colonial methods, Morris (echoing demands by Israeli politicians and ministers) threatens the
    Palestinians with another Nakba.

    A excerpt from The #Palestine Nakba, by Nur Masalha.

    As if anyone needed proof of what the #Israelis were doing.

    @DrALJONES

    rameshgupta, to China
    @rameshgupta@mastodon.social avatar

    #China has entered the room, with extremely carefully crafted words from FM #WangYi.

    #Yi said conflict in #Gaza "is causing massive casualties among innocent civilians, leading to serious humanitarian disasters and accelerating the spread of negative spillover effects" without saying who is at fault and without using the word #genocide.

    "Influential countries, in particular, need to play an objective, impartial and constructive role," said Yi & #Gheit of #ArabLeague.

    https://www.reuters.com/world/china-calls-larger-scale-peace-conference-gaza-crisis-wang-yi-2024-01-15/

    rameshgupta,
    @rameshgupta@mastodon.social avatar

    ⬆️ #Netanyahu FAILS to seize the opportunity, and #Israelis let him fight #inTheirName

    #Blinken said Israelis need to decide on their leadership, saying it’s up to them to “seize the opportunity…” He called this “an inflection point” for the #MiddleEast that requires hard decisions.

    #SaudiArabia agreed “regional peace includes peace for #Israel” and said it WOULD recognize Israel as part of a larger political agreement

    #RightWing #Bibi is against #Palestinian statehood

    https://apnews.com/article/zelenskyy-davos-blinken-guterres-amirabdollahian-world-economic-forum-373494e853e64422674b9c3130fb3806

    taylorlorenz, to random
    @taylorlorenz@mastodon.social avatar

    ‘It is a time of witch hunts in Israel’: teacher held in solitary confinement for posting concern about Gaza deaths.

    Meir Baruchin, who was fired and jailed for criticising the military and says that many who agree with him are afraid to go public https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/13/it-is-a-time-of-witch-hunts-in-israel-teacher-held-in-solitary-confinement-for-posting-concern-about-gaza-deaths

    ZhiZhu,
    @ZhiZhu@newsie.social avatar

    @taylorlorenz

    "“Most #Israelis don’t know much about #Palestinians. They think they are terrorists, all of them, or vague images with no names, no faces, no family, no homes, no hopes,”Baruchin said. “What I am trying to do in my posts is present Palestinians as #human beings.”

    Ten days after that #Facebook message, he was fired from his #teaching job... Less than a month later he was in a high-security jail"
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/13/it-is-a-time-of-witch-hunts-in-israel-teacher-held-in-solitary-confinement-for-posting-concern-about-gaza-deaths

    #Israel #Palestine #FreeSpeech #News #WorldNews #NoPaywall

    TonyStark, to random
    @TonyStark@progressivecafe.social avatar

    Not the biggest fan of HRW these days but even they know Houthis are attacking civilian ships along with commercial vessels.

    Biden can only do so much. But all of our NATO allies transport goods through the lanes. Using our military to stop them is not "expanding the conflict." It is stopping terrorists from killing innocent sailors and civilians and from disrupting the world economy.

    Yemen: Houthis Attack Civilian Ships | Human Rights Watch:
    https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/12/13/yemen-houthis-attack-civilian-ships

    rameshgupta,
    @rameshgupta@mastodon.social avatar

    ⬆️ @steviesyerda

    You did NOT learn a thing from our interaction

    >>>> what part of it is incorrect?

    I said, That #US allegedly not acting to support dying people is dead WRONG.

    >> west's unconditional support for Israel is a problem

    You are still spreading the SAME disinformation about West's "unconditional support for Israel"

    Follow #Blinken around on his trips to #MiddleEast and follow his discussions with #Arabs and #Israelis to learn about US support

    @GreenFire @ArenaCops @TonyStark

    SallyStrange, to random
    @SallyStrange@eldritch.cafe avatar

    Today in Things That Did Not Happen:

    AnthonyFStevens,
    @AnthonyFStevens@mastodon.online avatar

    @Miro_Collas @SallyStrange @DavidBruchmann

    The #Israelis have a professional troll factory called 'Team Jorge'. They specialise in spreading #Zionist disinformation & global election interference on an industrial scale.

    Once you out he/she/it for the pathetic troll it is, they'll block & run to the next victim. What they're doing is too coordinated to just be mere coincidence.

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/15/revealed-disinformation-team-jorge-claim-meddling-elections-tal-hanan

    DrALJONES, (edited ) to Israel
    @DrALJONES@mastodon.social avatar

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  • EricsAuntStormy,

    @DrALJONES

    #Israelis are allowing their government to do to their world-standing what Donald “Loose Butt” #Trump started - and hopes to finish - to that of the United States, namely, smearing shit all over it and setting it ablaze. #Bibi is doing too #Biden what I and Eric, who spreads and hills his dad’s cheeks akimbo, frequently do to Donny’s rear-end: pile drive that thang.

    #Israel won’t recover from this and neither will the #Palestinians. It’s fucked.

    GW, to Israel

    Prominent #Israelis Demand End to Calls for Outright #Genocide From Top Officials

    "When it comes to the statements of #Jews instigating mass deportation and even genocide—the legal adviser to the government, the state attorney, and the entire prosecution system are silent," wrote a group of prominent Israelis.

    A #HumanRights rights lawyer representing influential Israeli #journalists, #academics, #scientists, and other public figures who have demanded an end

    https://www.commondreams.org/news/genocide

    fulelo, to Israel
    @fulelo@journa.host avatar

    #BBCNews - #Israel - #Gaza war: #Hamas says deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri killed in blast in #Lebanon capital #Beirut
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67859135

    Al-Arouri is said to have been among four people killed in an explosion at Hamas's office in Dahiyeh, one of the Lebanese capital's southern suburbs

    Al-Arouri was the deputy head of Hamas's political bureau and known to be deeply involved in its military affairs

    fulelo,
    @fulelo@journa.host avatar

    #BBCNews - 'Evacuating was a mistake': #Israelis push to return to border homes
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68338551
    #Israel #Gaza

    Lastresponder, to palestine
    @Lastresponder@mstdn.social avatar
    rameshgupta,
    @rameshgupta@mastodon.social avatar

    ⬆️

    @NoFlexZone

    Here is a great explanation of the original meaning of #Nakba and how its meaning changed from #Arab loss in the 1948 war to #Palestinian suffering ➡️
    https://mosaicmagazine.com/essay/israel-zionism/2023/11/ecstasy-and-amnesia-in-the-gaza-strip/

    It is very well-written, and it has important lessons for #Israelis, #Palestinians, other Arab states, and rest of the world. The end of the essay is a clincher. Do not skip it regardless of which side you support.

    @TruthSandwich @dung_eater @palestine @argumento @HistoPol @Lastresponder @Outpatientzero

    GoWeaponsHot, to Israel

    “People self-censor, people do not even try to report the stories they know won’t get through,” Omer-Man said. “And that is really showing right now in how little regular #Israelis are seeing in the press about what is happening in #Gaza to #Palestinians.”

    #IDF #Censorship #Israel

    https://is.gd/3BfPqm

    w7voa, to random
    @w7voa@journa.host avatar

    "President Biden spoke with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to discuss the latest developments in Israel and Gaza." - White House

    HistoPol, (edited )
    @HistoPol@mastodon.social avatar

    @w7voa

    (1/3)

    Wrong call, Mr. President!

    Even by the yardstick of the #Torah (#Pentateuch), "an eye for an eye", way more blood has been shed.

    How many more eyes need to be gouged out for it to be enough?

    The tribal trauma of the #Exodus inspired 4 of the 5 books. The memory of this lives on about 3.500 years later*, is even celebrated (#Passover**).

    The rift between #Palestinians and #Israelis will not be possible to heal within President #Biden's or...

    https://journa.host/@w7voa/111631646753383005

    dancingdogs, to Israel
    @dancingdogs@forall.social avatar

    “The current socio-political reality in Israel is unbearable. Unending occupation feeds violence, fear, and hatred between Israelis and #Palestinians. Economic inequality is widening. Poverty is deepening. #Israel’s Palestinian minority faces increasing discrimination. #Women, Mizrahim [#Israelis who trace their roots to #Arabcountries], immigrants, the LGBTQ+ community, the elderly, and people with disabilities are marginalized socially, economically, and polit

    https://theconnector.substack.com/p/if-its-not-helping-then-shut-the

    #gaza

    hope_n_beauty, to random German
    @hope_n_beauty@mastodon.world avatar

    "Netanyahu habe in der nicht-öffentlichen Sitzung gestern zudem erklärt, das Osloer Friedensabkommen mit den Palästinensern in den 1990er-Jahren sei "eine Erbsünde" gewesen."

    Ich hoffe für die Sicherheit der #Israelis dass sie #Netanyahu schleunigst davon jagen🤬. Er und seine rechtsextreme Regierung haben kein Interesse am Frieden. Wie auch die #Hamas.

    https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/nahost-krieg-100.html

    DavidBruchmann, to Israel
    @DavidBruchmann@mastodon.world avatar

    Is Israel losing the social media war?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O48XUHCzd_s

    AnthonyFStevens,
    @AnthonyFStevens@mastodon.online avatar

    @HeavenlyPossum @NoBeerToday @bdsint @DavidBruchmann @jhavok

    They repeated the feat yesterday, but unintentionally killed 3 #Israeli hostages.

    The #Israelis were murdered in cold blood because the #IDF thought they were #Palestinians. 🤷🏾‍♂️

    https://news.sky.com/story/israeli-pm-speaks-of-unbearable-tragedy-after-three-hostages-killed-by-idf-in-gaza-13031440

    fulelo, to random
    @fulelo@journa.host avatar

    V NYtimes:
    'The U.S. Must Change Course on Gaza Today' - open letter of leaders of six major humanitarian organizations - Ms. Nunn is president and C.E.O. of CARE USA. Ms. McKenna is C.E.O. of Mercy Corps. Mr. Egeland is secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council. Ms. Maxman is president and C.E.O. of Oxfam America. Mr. Konyndyk is president of Refugees International. Ms. Soeripto is president and C.E.O. of Save the Children U.S https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/opinion/international-world/us-government-gaza-humanitarian-aid.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FU0.WxH4.mLGV46GB6W6f&smid=nytcore-android-share

    fulelo,
    @fulelo@journa.host avatar

    UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron:

    "Extremist settlers, by targeting and killing #Palestinian civilians, are undermining security and stability for both #Israelis and Palestinians.

    #Israel must take stronger action to stop settler violence and hold the perpetrators accountable.

    We are banning those responsible for settler violence from entering the UK to make sure our country cannot be a home for people who commit these intimidating acts."

    msquebanh, to Israel

    Keep them.

    last year came under fire from some and after the head of the retailer's local franchise in hosted a campaign event for an politician.

    https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/zara-pulls-advert-website-front-page-after-gaza-boycott-calls-2023-12-11

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