The Israel-Palestine Politics Thread II

[DA_Champion]

Antony Blinken might well be the biggest piece of garbage in the Biden administration.

Blinken Says He Wants To Work With Congress To Punish the ICC - News From Antiwar.com

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said he wanted to work with Congress on legislation to punish the International Criminal Court (ICC) for seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. Blinken was asked by Sen. Jim Risch...

news.antiwar.com

Separately, I heard Laith Marouf articulate what may be the real purpose of the US pier in Gaza. Its there in case the Israeli military collapses, the US military can go in and cover for them.

 

[blueharvest]

How does this end? With Hamas holding firm and fighting back in Gaza, Israel faces only bad options

Hamas is still putting up a fight after seven brutal months of war with Israel, regrouping in some of the hardest-hit areas in northern Gaza and resuming rocket attacks into nearby Israeli communities.

apnews.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Top UN court orders Israel to halt military offensive in Rafah; Israel is unlikely to comply

The top United Nations court has ordered Israel to immediately halt its military offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah — but stopped short of ordering a full cease-fire.

apnews.com

 

[squeekness]

How does this end? With Hamas holding firm and fighting back in Gaza, Israel faces only bad options

Hamas is still putting up a fight after seven brutal months of war with Israel, regrouping in some of the hardest-hit areas in northern Gaza and resuming rocket attacks into nearby Israeli communities.

apnews.com

It ends with Gaza in ruin and no one left alive to care. ;(

 

[blueharvest]

It ends with Gaza in ruin and no one left alive to care. ;(

Yeah, that's probably Netanyahu's plan, unfortunately.

 

[blueharvest]

UN court order demanding Israel to halt Gaza offensive further isolates US position

The operation faces mounting international condemnation, but American officials describe it, at least for now, as limited and targeted.

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1793876987389341991

 

[OtherwiseKnownAs]

Palestinian medics say Israeli airstrikes kill 35 in Gaza's Rafah as displaced people are hit

Palestinian health workers say Israeli attacks have killed at least 35 people and hit tents for displaced people in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.

apnews.com

 

[squeekness]

Palestinian medics say Israeli airstrikes kill 35 in Gaza's Rafah as displaced people are hit

Palestinian health workers say Israeli attacks have killed at least 35 people and hit tents for displaced people in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.

apnews.com

How can anyone defend actions like this? Out of control!

 

[OtherwiseKnownAs]

Heads up for anyone searching Twitter about this bombing, there is footage of the destruction going around that includes one of the worst things I’ve ever seen, so be careful.

 

[squeekness]

Heads up for anyone searching Twitter about this bombing, there is footage of the destruction going around that includes one of the worst things I’ve ever seen, so be careful.

Horrors like this are not for entertainment.

 

[squeekness]

Isreal is claiming they got 2 "senoir" Hamas guys in that strike. Seems to be on par for them-- 35 civilians for 1 or 2 Hamas guys. Way to go, Isreal!

 

[blueharvest]

'Where's your red line?': Tlaib hits Biden, others on Gaza war at Detroit Palestinian conference

Tlaib, the only Palestinian American member of Congress, sharply criticized President Biden and others for not doing enough to end the war in Gaza.

www.detroitnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1794935570071793909

 

[DA_Champion]

I already knew that The Atlantic is a garbage publication, but ...

 

[OtherwiseKnownAs]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[DA_Champion]

These are the worst photos I've ever seen.

If I had to hold my decapitated baby's head, I would be a broken man, broken beyond anything I can conceive.

Nobody should ever have to go through that.

 

[blueharvest]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1794105164460073142

 

[squeekness]

'Where's your red line?': Tlaib hits Biden, others on Gaza war at Detroit Palestinian conference

Tlaib, the only Palestinian American member of Congress, sharply criticized President Biden and others for not doing enough to end the war in Gaza.

www.detroitnews.com

I agree! Though I get Biden doesn't have full control of Netanyahu.

 

[squeekness]

These are the worst photos I've ever seen.

If I had to hold my decapitated baby's head, I would be a broken man, broken beyond anything I can conceive.

Nobody should ever have to go through that.

I agree. That should be a war crime.

 

[:eek:]

Spying, hacking and intimidation: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the ICC exposed

Exclusive: Investigation reveals how intelligence agencies tried to derail war crimes prosecution, with Netanyahu ‘obsessed’ with intercepts

www.theguardian.com

 

[OtherwiseKnownAs]

 

[squeekness]

American enginuity at its worst.

 

[OtherwiseKnownAs]

White House signals Rafah strike doesn’t cross ‘red line’

Israeli tanks seen advancing into Rafah despite international calls to halt offensive | CNN

Israeli military tanks were seen in central Rafah on Tuesday for the first time since the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) entered Gaza’s southernmost city earlier this month, two eyewitnesses told CNN.

amp.cnn.com

Bigfoot, Nessie, Biden’s Red Line.