Richard Medhurst is not somebody you want to trust as a âsourceâ, heâs a tankiesphere propagandist.
His opinion that Hamas are not terrorists makes that obvious.
Absolutely disgusting behaviour by Israel. Biden should hang his head in shame.
I wouldnât ride them into battle
Sounds like things have gotten alot trickier for the IDF since they pushed deeper into Gaza city.
The pro-hamas accounts are full of claims of successful attacks and it looks like at least some of them are true.
https://twitter.com/TreyYingst/status/1734914423351808148?t=wHsiahVyfkGLGf7XkZKmkw&s=19
Hamas have never had the capability to compete seriously with Israel in conventional war, no more than the Iraqi army had the capability to compete with the US in conventional war in 2003.
The conflict in Iraq did not end on April 9th, 2003, or when Bush declared âmission accomplishedâ. The conflict was only starting then.
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Alan MacLeod is another tankie grifter.
This doesnât mean the Al Jazeera story is untrue.
Iâm just saying that Alan MacLeod is a pro-Russia, pro-Assad tankie grifter affiliated to the Grayzone sphere.
As are Richard Medhurst, Rania Khalek, Arnaud Bertrand, Pepe Escobar, Cailin Johnstone, Jackson Hinkle, Lucas Gage etc. (and the last two are straight up white supremacists).
The self styled free speech warriors will say: âSILENCE THEM!â
The permanently outraged would give one a serious pain in the hoop,it has to be said.
Cheer up ffs,you doom mongering cabbageđ
Cheer up and learn to love genocide.
Masha Gessenâs point has been thoroughly proved for her.
https://twitter.com/Return2Sanders/status/1734982374297866480
Between democratic regimes and autocratic regimes there are quasi-democratic regimes. Autocracies arenât good but they often have a measure of stability. Quasi-democratic regimes, where democracy has been hollowed out and norms eroded, are the most dangerous in terms of risk to populations of mass atrocity. Anything the state does is done, in their eyes, legally. Anything can be justified. It seems pretty clear that Israel is such a state.
Like FFG and their dystopian hate speech legislationâŚ
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In that category I would have:
Russia
Israel
Iran
India
Hungary
Serbia
South Africa
The US is in big danger of sliding into that camp too if indeed it has not already done so and indeed the evidence since World War II is that in terms of its foreign policy it slid into it 70 years ago.
Britain too is not far off it, maybe itâs there already.
The IDFâs chief rabbi thinks rape is permissable for morale and, get this, fitness purposes.
I know, I didnât believe he said it either, I thought it had to be a wind up. But itâs not.
Col. Eyal Karim, the IDFâs intended next chief rabbi, has previously provided misogynistic interpretations of Jewish law that consider female conscription âutterly forbiddenâ and permits raping âattracting Gentile womenâ as a way to keep up morale; female MKs and womenâs rights organizations, incensed, call for his appointment to be cancelled.
Elisha Ben Kimon, Telem Yahav & Kobi Nachshoni|Published: 07.12.16 , 10:24
Rabbi Col. Eyal Karim, who was announced on Monday as the IDFâs intended new chief rabbi, has provoked controversy with previous misogynistic statements, such as opposing female conscription and implying that rape was permissible in times of war.
The 59-year-old colonel was chosen to replace the outgoing chief rabbi, Brig. Gen. Rafi Peretz, who is stepping down after six years in the position. Karim has been serving as the head of the Rabbinate Department in the Military Rabbinate. He is an alumnus of the Bnei Akiva Nachalim and the Ateret Cohanim yeshivas, and he served previously as a combat paratrooper, eventually commanding their elite reconnaissance unit, before taking a break from the military and eventually returning to its rabbinate. However, a number of Karimâs controversial statements that have come to light have cast a shadow on his impending appointment.
Eyal Karim (Photo: Shaul Golan)
For several years, Karim has responded to questions posed to him on the religious website Kipa. One such question was âWhat are the problems with conscripting girls to the army?â Karim replied, "In a situation that existed, such as in the War of Independence, that exposed the nation of Israel to an existential threat, and the reality is defined as actually pikuach nefesh (a Jewish concept that requires setting aside most religious restrictions in order to save a life âed.), then women also participated in defending the people and the country, even though the reality wasnât so modest. But currently, we arenât in a situation of actual pikuach nefesh. âBecause the damage to modesty that is likely to be caused to a girl and to the nation is decisive, the greats of the generation and the chief rabbinate have ruled that girls serving in the IDF is completely forbidden.â The rabbi gave a more shocking answer on the same site when asked if soldiers were permitted to rape women during war. Karim replied that, as part of maintaining fitness for the army and the soldiersâ morale during fighting, it is permitted to âbreachâ the walls of modesty and âsatisfy the evil inclination by lying with attractive Gentile women against their will, out of consideration for the difficulties faced by the soldiers and for overall success.â In 2011, the colonel gave an opinion that, according to Jewish law, female singers should not perform at IDF ceremonies. âItâs desirable to create a ceremonial post that respects the views of all those present at the ceremony, and, to that end, to bring a male and not a female singer,â he wrote. âWhen this would not be possible, due to various reasons, those whose sensitivities would be offended must be excused from attending the ceremony.â After Karim was announced as the intended new IDF chief rabbi, members of Knesset and womenâs rights organizations called for the decision to be revoked. The head of the Knesset Committee on the Status of Women and Gender Equality, MK Aida Touma-Sliman (Joint Arab List), said, âCol. Karimâs ruling on permitting raping non-Jewish women is similar to the fatwa of a murderous organization thatâs not so far from Israelâs borders. I will contact the attorney general and oppose the appointment, and I call on female and male members of Knesset to join my request.â The chairperson of Naâamat âMovement of Working Women & Volunteers, Galia Wolloch, said that Karimâs appointment was unfortunate and that she intended to contact the IDF chief of staff to insist on its revocation. âAnyone who thinks that rape is okay as a morale-booster for soldiers, so long as itâs of gentile women, cannot lead the army to good moral and spiritual places.â Meretz Chairperson MK Zehava Galon, announced, âCol. Eyal Karim is not suitable to be the chief rabbinical authority of the IDF, a body in which tens of thousands of women serve, and he isnât suitable to represent Jewish morality in any way whatsoever. His appalling, racist and violent statement makes women fair game.â MK Michael Rozin (Meretz), formerly the executive director of the Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel, said, âI demand that in honor of his new position, Col. Karim go through a training course in preventing sexual assaults.â The IDF Spokespersonâs Office issued a reply: âCol. Karim asks to clarify that his statement was issued as the answer to a theoretical question and not in any way whatsoever a question of practical Jewish law. Rabbi Karim has never written, said or even thought that and IDF soldier is permitted to sexually assault a woman in warâanyone who interprets his words otherwise is completely mistaken. Rabbi Karimâs moral approach is attested by his years of military service in command, combat, and rabbinical positions in which he displayed complete loyalty to the values and spirit of the IDF, in particular the dignity of the person.â
Youâre not far off on most of them. Iâd have some faith for the UK yet, it at least still has separation of powers and independent court system.
Not for want of trying (excuse the pun)