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Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.cato
World News@lemmy.world•Pro-Palestine activists sentenced as terrorists over damage at Israeli arms factory in UKEnglish
19·4 days agoAh, UK courts deciding to label people as terrorists even when that wasn’t the initial charge, and without a jury present (i.e. after they’ve already decided on criminal charges).
Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.cato
World News@lemmy.world•‘Condemnation, condemnation, condemnation’ of Israel, but no sanctions at next EU summitEnglish
4·4 days agoEdit: nevermind, he’s a shit poster
Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.cato
World News@lemmy.world•‘Condemnation, condemnation, condemnation’ of Israel, but no sanctions at next EU summitEnglish
3·4 days agoGermany and Czech are some of the biggest arms suppliers and buyers to/from Israel
What is incredibly stupid is that, sure, the topic is brought up at the EU council, but then why don’t the individual states also apply sanctions?
Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.cato
World News@lemmy.world•In Gaza, UN inquiry reports Hamas abuses against PalestiniansEnglish
4·5 days agoHere is the full report and definitely worth the read because the article cherrypicks what to report on
https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/coiopt/2606092E.pdf
What the article from Le Monde doesn’t mention is that the report is about both Israeli (state and settler) violence and crimes, Hamas and affiliates harm to civilians, and reinforces that Israel has perpetrated genocide.
Another thing that Le Monde mentions in the article while completely excluding Israeli crimes is that the refer to Israel for more info on Hamas.
The International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel gave a detailed account of violence perpetrated over the past two years by Hamas against Palestinian civilians in Gaza.
Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.cato
World News@lemmy.world•Erdogan threatens attacks against IsraelEnglish
3·6 days agoLoL if you think Turkey and Russia are friends, then your read on global politics is very misdirected.
Who do you think Russia has been fighting in Syria all these years?
Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.cato
World News@lemmy.world•What Visual Evidence Tells Us About Israel’s Use of White Phosphorus in LebanonEnglish
13·6 days agoWhy even ask the IDF as if they’re not performing a genocide and ethnic cleansing.
“Uh…excuse me…Mr Hitler! Could you please explain what you meant by “the final solution”? We see that people are being shipped off on trains never to be seen, can you please expand more on that? We need your side of the story.”
Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.cato
World News@lemmy.world•US destroys Iran reservoirs, leaving thousands without water in searing heatEnglish
16·6 days agoIf we’ve been paying attention, then the US is a vassal state of Israel and likes to support authoritarians globally (like Russia).
Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.cato
World News@lemmy.world•Car bomb kills senior Russian military official near MoscowEnglish
2·6 days agoYou’d be surprised that it’s Russian anarchists and leftists that are actually doing this.
Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.cato
World News@lemmy.world•Lebanese president accuses Iran of using his country as a bargaining chip in peace talks with the USEnglish
2·8 days agoI’m not sure what your argument is.
We can talk about the marginalization of the Shia and also their forced migration from central parts of Lebanon to the South all day long. Yes, it happened. I’m not denying that. But the primary reason that Hezbollah exists is as a resistance group, otherwise they wouldn’t need their weapons.
You’ll also notice that even in the article you quoted, issa mentions that the South was also unstable with the influx of refugees and skirmishes between them and Israel, AND the marginalization of the Shia.
The problem was not simply poverty, according to Issa, but government abandonment under the conditions of permanent threat.
So what’s your argument exactly?
Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.cato
World News@lemmy.world•Lebanese president accuses Iran of using his country as a bargaining chip in peace talks with the USEnglish
1·8 days agoIsrael pulled their occupation out of Lebanon in 2000, the Syrian occupation lasted until 2005 (post Prime Minister assassination). Then 2006 war, then 2008 clashes where Hezbollah attacked Lebanese because their communication system was threatened.
So to say that the South was neglected as if it was purposefully done by the central government and not that the central government was in disarray is heavily misunderstanding the political landscape.
Not to mention that Hezbollah and allies have had a majority of seats in parliament for most of that period. So the question is, why didn’t Hezbollah provide more support to the South through the central government rather than their own networks?
Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.cato
World News@lemmy.world•Lebanon says Israel has bombed it nearly 3,500 times during ceasefireEnglish
29·8 days agoThe past few years there was a great “purge” of journalists that were publicly against the genocide with the excuse that the news outlets needed to stay independent (this was at Reuters and AP news). Because being against genocide is equated with supporting Hamas.
But while those who protested the genocide were fired, those supporting the genocide were simply supporting a country against terrorism, and so they remained.
And you can see how apparent that is in the language used by most media outlets.
Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.cato
World News@lemmy.world•Lebanese president accuses Iran of using his country as a bargaining chip in peace talks with the USEnglish
11·8 days agoSince its founding in the 1980s, Hezbollah has gone to war with Israel multiple times.
CNN should probably mention the conditions that led to Hezbollah’s founding.
Admittedly, Hezbollah hasn’t been great to Lebanese either, but Israel never let up the pressure and aggression that only continued to justify Hezbollah’s argument to exist. And a fractured neighbor is much better than a unified neighbor.
Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.cato
World News@lemmy.world•UK readies sanctions against Israel to deter proposed illegal West Bank settlementEnglish
3·8 days agoWhen there’s a case of genocide being investigated, the UK would like to say that they did all they can to prevent it. All while the beat and outlaw protests against the genocide.
It’s OK to call out the hypocrisy.
Or do you want me to clap for them like a trained monkey and say “what a great step in the right direction”?
Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.cato
World News@lemmy.world•UK readies sanctions against Israel to deter proposed illegal West Bank settlementEnglish
10·8 days agoLip service. With no actual sanctions on the state itself or ceasing to send weapons and components, then it’ll be more useless than the paper it’s written on.
Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.cato
World News@lemmy.world•Iran fires missiles at Israel; official warns Tehran: ‘We won’t let this pass’English
4·9 days agoShould just start downvoting all Israeli sources
Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.cato
World News@lemmy.world•Israel hit by wave of Iranian missiles. Iranian military says: "This is the beginning of a full week of continuous strikes"English
58·8 days agoThe BBC doesn’t capture the sequence of events on purpose and Wuddi is trying to obfuscate even further.
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Israel has been threatening to bomb a densely populated area in a Beirut suburb (this is while there’s supposed to be a ceasefire in Lebanon)
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Iran warns Israel saying that they will retaliate if they do
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Israel bombs that area
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Hezbollah respond with rockets
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Iran makes good on their retaliation
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Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.cato
World News@lemmy.world•Ukraine targets St. Petersburg again after Putin rejects Zelenskyy's offer for direct talksEnglish
13·10 days agoListen, fuck Putin and Slava Ukraine your analysis is mostly sounds, but civilians are definitely getting hit and I wouldn’t generalize or gloss over the loss of life
A bus being hit https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp3peyykxd5o
A school with children casualties https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/05/1167579
But while this is a protracted war where civilians are still being hit, we can see how accurate both sides can be. Meanwhile Israel is carpet bombing and calling it precision strikes.
Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.cato
World News@lemmy.world•Israeli strike kills Lebanese army general, two soldiers; IDF says incident under reviewEnglish
8·10 days agoYeah, I wouldn’t direct traffic of Israeli war crimes to their propaganda outlets. Best to choose a better news source or a Lebanese one.
And Israel actually killed 12 people, but are reporting on only these 3
Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.cato
World News@lemmy.world•Pentagon raised threat of Israeli spying on U.S. to highest level, sources sayEnglish
7·10 days agoThat’s pretty much what happened with USAID. Their reports kept mentioning how Israel was blocking aid trucks and shooting at civilians. The director said that Israel was in breach of the Leahy law. Biden admin censored them and pulled the operations out of Palestine. Trump came in and completely dismantled it.





Not enough genocide for their liking.