Israel - A Rant

[Gnasher]

I see Charlotte Church is getting the pile on treatment and being tarred as a thick cunt after her little speech voicing concerns for Palestinian children yesterday. 

 

Simon Schama's just one of the obnoxious cunts.

 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/2209597.stm

 

She didn't do that bad at school.

[Gnasher]

Happy Christmas from America and Britain to Bethlehem. I get the feeling they're not to impressed with us.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Jurgen Knows]

37 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Moving piece of satire. 

 

Normal Island News

 

@NormIslandNews

 

The BBC has taken great care to dehumanise a Palestinian writer who was murdered by Israel by calling him “controversial”. The BBC takes its obligation to report in a neutral manner (that doesn’t upset the Israeli government or its supporters in the British government) very seriously. If they ever failed to do this, the licence fee would be scrapped quicker than you can say ceasefire.

 

This is why the BBC spent half the article attacking the character of Refaat Alareer, rather than the people who murdered him. In fact, they didn’t even say who murdered Refaat, which is rather lazy journalism when you think about it, so let me set the record straight… Renowned poet, Refaat Alareer, who was known as “the voice of Gaza” and was beloved by his students, was killed by Israel in a surgical airstrike that targeted the apartment where he was staying. The airstrike killed Refaat, his brother, his sister and four of her children, but left the apartment building intact. Israel says this proves it always minimises civilian casualties, apart from all the times it doesn’t bother to.

 

In the spirit of minimising civilians, Israel destroyed the university at which Refaat taught, claiming it was the Hamas command centre that was also under Al-Shifa hospital. They destroyed every other university in Gaza just to be safe and explained they consider these actions “proportionate”. However, others have suggested that killing four children to get revenge on their uncle for getting likes on Twitter might be a war crime. Perhaps we need a Question Time debate to figure this one out. BBC guidelines currently state that wanting children to stay alive is needlessly divisive, hence, the emphasis of their article. An Israeli spokesman explained it was wrong that a man who had only known brutal occupation for 44 years of his life might side with his people in this conflict.

 

Others have an alternative view, but we’re going to ignore them. Refaat was controversial because he said insensitive things like “Please don’t kill us” and there is concern at the BBC that this was racist. Refaat was even guilty of suggesting Palestinians are human beings who deserve to be free of an illegal blockade so they can live prosperous and fulfilling lives on their native soil without the constant worry of being killed. An investigation is underway to ascertain how such a man was ever allowed to appear on the BBC. One of Refaat’s biggest crimes was responding to a propaganda story about an Israeli baby being cooked alive in an oven. Rather than pretend the fake story was real, Refaat showed it the contempt it deserved and this was unforgivable. Everyone knows you’re not allowed to mock Netanyahu’s ridiculous propaganda stories. You’re supposed to pretend they don’t insult our intelligence.

 

No wonder social media influencers decided to put a target on Refaat’s head. They must be so proud of themselves. The biggest crime that Refaat committed was to show the world the humanity of the Palestinian people through the beauty of words. Or as Refaat put it, “a way to break free from Gaza's prolonged siege, a teleportation device that defied Israel's fences and the intellectual, academic, and cultural blockade of Gaza”. Inexplicably, the UN doesn’t consider Palestinian poetry to be a war crime, but Netanyahu can’t destroy a city block these days without people calling the International Criminal Court.

 

Thankfully, the Israeli PM has responded in a sane and rational manner by accusing the UN of anti-Semitism for suggesting international law should apply to Israel. There has been a longstanding agreement that Israel is above international law and the only possible reason that legal experts across the globe want to change that is because they hate Jews. This is much more rational than suggesting they are upset that children are waking up to find they have no parents.

 

Refaat was often accused of being an anti-Israel conspiracy theorist because he predicted that Israel would kill him, including in a recent poem:

 

If I must die,

you must live to tell my story

to sell my things to buy a piece of cloth and some strings,

(make it white with a long tail) so that a child,

somewhere in Gaza

while looking heaven in the eye

awaiting his dad who left in a blaze

and bid no one farewell

not even to his flesh not even to himself

sees the kite, my kite you made,

flying up above

and thinks for a moment

an angel is there

bringing back love

If I must die

let it bring hope

let it be a tale.

 

The fact that Refaat predicted that Israel would kill him, and then Israel killed him, shows that the poetry is the problem here. If we allow Palestinians to make poetry, next thing we know they will be making music and art and baring the souls we pretend they don’t have.

 

I remember the time Palestinian children made some art and it was removed from display in a British hospital because apartheid supporters felt “vulnerable, harassed and victimised” by painted paper plates. Obviously, their vulnerability and victimisation was much more pronounced than that of Palestinian children hoping bombs don’t land on them. If we allow Palestinian children to make art, who knows what they might grow up to be? Artists? The last thing the world needs is Palestinian artists because that would force people to see them as human beings.

 

The much more rational approach is to ensure Palestinians are allowed no form of artistic expression. This is bound to ensure they have a healthy relationship with their neighbours and turn away from Hamas. Sensibly, Israel has confirmed it is targeting only Hamas which is why it’s targeting journalists, doctors, writers, artists, academics, and teenage boys.

 

If you’re one of the best and brightest in Gaza or look like you might throw a stone, they will have no choice but to consider you Hamas. This is the law x

His last recorded words here

 

https://x.com/nournaim88/status/1733900531926503922?s=46&t=rTM5huSAdkyumn9JrNS_MQ

[Jurgen Knows]

And his poem here:

 

https://x.com/yasser_gaza/status/1733625763021062509?s=46&t=rTM5huSAdkyumn9JrNS_MQ

[Gnasher]

[Gnasher]

It's amazing people still believe a word an Israeli spokesman says.

 

 

 

[Jurgen Knows]

We become the beasts we accuse the oppressed of being.

 

https://x.com/middleeasteye/status/1733907750608835012?s=46&t=rTM5huSAdkyumn9JrNS_MQ

[Gnasher]

Looks like they're going to go through the Dictionaries and traditional song books with a bucket of tippex. Another day, another word ready for the chop.

 

[TheSire]

18 hours ago, Bjornebye said:

Moving piece of satire. 

 

Normal Island News

 

@NormIslandNews

 

The BBC has taken great care to dehumanise a Palestinian writer who was murdered by Israel by calling him “controversial”. The BBC takes its obligation to report in a neutral manner (that doesn’t upset the Israeli government or its supporters in the British government) very seriously. If they ever failed to do this, the licence fee would be scrapped quicker than you can say ceasefire.

 

This is why the BBC spent half the article attacking the character of Refaat Alareer, rather than the people who murdered him. In fact, they didn’t even say who murdered Refaat, which is rather lazy journalism when you think about it, so let me set the record straight… Renowned poet, Refaat Alareer, who was known as “the voice of Gaza” and was beloved by his students, was killed by Israel in a surgical airstrike that targeted the apartment where he was staying. The airstrike killed Refaat, his brother, his sister and four of her children, but left the apartment building intact. Israel says this proves it always minimises civilian casualties, apart from all the times it doesn’t bother to.

 

In the spirit of minimising civilians, Israel destroyed the university at which Refaat taught, claiming it was the Hamas command centre that was also under Al-Shifa hospital. They destroyed every other university in Gaza just to be safe and explained they consider these actions “proportionate”. However, others have suggested that killing four children to get revenge on their uncle for getting likes on Twitter might be a war crime. Perhaps we need a Question Time debate to figure this one out. BBC guidelines currently state that wanting children to stay alive is needlessly divisive, hence, the emphasis of their article. An Israeli spokesman explained it was wrong that a man who had only known brutal occupation for 44 years of his life might side with his people in this conflict.

 

Others have an alternative view, but we’re going to ignore them. Refaat was controversial because he said insensitive things like “Please don’t kill us” and there is concern at the BBC that this was racist. Refaat was even guilty of suggesting Palestinians are human beings who deserve to be free of an illegal blockade so they can live prosperous and fulfilling lives on their native soil without the constant worry of being killed. An investigation is underway to ascertain how such a man was ever allowed to appear on the BBC. One of Refaat’s biggest crimes was responding to a propaganda story about an Israeli baby being cooked alive in an oven. Rather than pretend the fake story was real, Refaat showed it the contempt it deserved and this was unforgivable. Everyone knows you’re not allowed to mock Netanyahu’s ridiculous propaganda stories. You’re supposed to pretend they don’t insult our intelligence.

 

No wonder social media influencers decided to put a target on Refaat’s head. They must be so proud of themselves. The biggest crime that Refaat committed was to show the world the humanity of the Palestinian people through the beauty of words. Or as Refaat put it, “a way to break free from Gaza's prolonged siege, a teleportation device that defied Israel's fences and the intellectual, academic, and cultural blockade of Gaza”. Inexplicably, the UN doesn’t consider Palestinian poetry to be a war crime, but Netanyahu can’t destroy a city block these days without people calling the International Criminal Court.

 

Thankfully, the Israeli PM has responded in a sane and rational manner by accusing the UN of anti-Semitism for suggesting international law should apply to Israel. There has been a longstanding agreement that Israel is above international law and the only possible reason that legal experts across the globe want to change that is because they hate Jews. This is much more rational than suggesting they are upset that children are waking up to find they have no parents.

 

Refaat was often accused of being an anti-Israel conspiracy theorist because he predicted that Israel would kill him, including in a recent poem:

 

If I must die,

you must live to tell my story

to sell my things to buy a piece of cloth and some strings,

(make it white with a long tail) so that a child,

somewhere in Gaza

while looking heaven in the eye

awaiting his dad who left in a blaze

and bid no one farewell

not even to his flesh not even to himself

sees the kite, my kite you made,

flying up above

and thinks for a moment

an angel is there

bringing back love

If I must die

let it bring hope

let it be a tale.

 

The fact that Refaat predicted that Israel would kill him, and then Israel killed him, shows that the poetry is the problem here. If we allow Palestinians to make poetry, next thing we know they will be making music and art and baring the souls we pretend they don’t have.

 

I remember the time Palestinian children made some art and it was removed from display in a British hospital because apartheid supporters felt “vulnerable, harassed and victimised” by painted paper plates. Obviously, their vulnerability and victimisation was much more pronounced than that of Palestinian children hoping bombs don’t land on them. If we allow Palestinian children to make art, who knows what they might grow up to be? Artists? The last thing the world needs is Palestinian artists because that would force people to see them as human beings.

 

The much more rational approach is to ensure Palestinians are allowed no form of artistic expression. This is bound to ensure they have a healthy relationship with their neighbours and turn away from Hamas. Sensibly, Israel has confirmed it is targeting only Hamas which is why it’s targeting journalists, doctors, writers, artists, academics, and teenage boys.

 

If you’re one of the best and brightest in Gaza or look like you might throw a stone, they will have no choice but to consider you Hamas. This is the law x

That's a great publication that. Subscribed a few weeks back. 

[Gnasher]

[Gnasher]

Jurgen?

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Gnasher]

Aww poor woman. 

 

 

 

 

 

[Jurgen Knows]

7 hours ago, Gnasher said:

Jurgen?

 

 

 

 

 

 

True … Just like in 1973 when King Faisal, President Sadat and Yasser Arafat did all of that.

 

The occupation ended, Palestinian refugees were allowed to return home, and a two-state solution was enforced. 
 

Who needs the intervention of the international community and the enforcement of international law when the solution is that simple?

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_oil_crisis

[TheHowieLama]

Yemeni Navy getting involved bigly.

[Gnasher]

11 hours ago, Jurgen Knows said:

True … Just like in 1973 when King Faisal, President Sadat and Yasser Arafat did all of that.

 

The occupation ended, Palestinian refugees were allowed to return home, and a two-state solution was enforced. 
 

Who needs the intervention of the international community and the enforcement of international law when the solution is that simple?

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_oil_crisis

 

But it's not one or the other is it? Both Saudi Arabia/UAE AND the international community could do more. Although Saudi is a Muslim country so maybe more shade could be justified being thrown? 

[TheHowieLama]

Just a matter of time if this continues.

 

A French warship, known as the FREMM Languedoc, has been destroyed in a drone attack that targeted the Norwegian oil tanker Strinda by Yemen's Houthis, the French defence ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

The ministry said the attack had taken place in the evening of 11 December, and had caused a fire on board the tanker, which was sailing under the Norwegian flag.

 

 

According to a statement by the Pakistani army, 23 soldiers and 27 "terrorists" have been killed in a gun and bombing attack in northern western parts of Pakistan.

[Gnasher]

Nice..

 

 

 

[Gnasher]

[Jurgen Knows]

2 hours ago, Gnasher said:

 

But it's not one or the other is it? Both Saudi Arabia/UAE AND the international community could do more. Although Saudi is a Muslim country so maybe more shade could be justified being thrown? 

Agreed that all could do more.
 

I wouldn’t frame this as a religious struggle though. It’s 100% political. It gets resolved by political will rather than religious affiliation. World leaders need to show the way for others to jump on the wagon.

[Jurgen Knows]

https://x.com/jonnyfx1/status/1734269271595769911?s=46&t=rTM5huSAdkyumn9JrNS_MQ
 

 

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

1 hour ago, Gnasher said:

Nice..

 

 

 

A disgusting example of right wing, nationalistic rhetoric accompanied by the dehumanisation of a particular social group of people and the use of horrific violence against that other group of people. 
 

Don’t say where you’ve seen similar abhorrent behaviour in the past though. You’ll get in trouble for telling that truth…

[polymerpunkah]

Joint statement today from Australia, Canada and New Zealand:

 

Australia, Canada, and New Zealand mourn every Israeli and Palestinian innocent life which has been lost in this conflict and express our condolences to all families and communities affected by the violence.

We unequivocally condemn Hamas’ terror attacks on Israel on October 7, the appalling loss of life, and the heinous acts of violence perpetrated in those attacks, including sexual violence. We condemn Hamas’ unacceptable treatment of hostages and call for the immediate and unconditional release of all remaining hostages.

We recognise Israel’s right to exist and right to defend itself. In defending itself, Israel must respect international humanitarian law. Civilians and civilian infrastructure must be protected. We are alarmed at the diminishing safe space for civilians in Gaza. The price of defeating Hamas cannot be the continuous suffering of all Palestinian civilians.

We remain deeply concerned by the scale of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and ongoing risks to all Palestinian civilians. Safe and unimpeded humanitarian access must be increased and sustained.

The recent pause in hostilities allowed for the release of more than 100 hostages and supported an increase in humanitarian access to affected civilians. We acknowledge the persistent diplomatic efforts of the United States, Qatar, and Egypt to broker this pause, and we regret it could not be extended.

We want to see this pause resumed and support urgent international efforts towards a sustainable ceasefire. This cannot be one-sided. Hamas must release all hostages, stop using Palestinian civilians as human shields, and lay down its arms.

There is no role for Hamas in the future governance of Gaza.

We support Palestinians’ right to self-determination. We oppose the forcible displacement of Palestinians from Gaza, the re-occupation of Gaza, any reduction in territory, and any use of siege or blockade. We emphasize that Gaza must no longer be used as a platform for terrorism. We reaffirm that settlements are illegal under international law. Settlements and settler violence are serious obstacles to a negotiated two-state solution.

We recommit ourselves to working with partners toward a just and enduring peace in the form of a two-state solution, where Israelis and Palestinians can live securely within internationally recognised borders. 

We remain concerned about the impact of the conflict spilling across the region and urge all governments in the region to work towards containing the conflict. We call on the Houthis to cease immediately their attacks on international shipping and crew operating in the Red Sea.

We condemn rising antisemitism, Islamophobia, and anti-Arab sentiment in our countries and around the world and remain firmly committed to combatting prejudice, hatred, and violent extremism.

 

 

Every "i" dotted and every "t" crossed.

 

Six weeks too late, but better late than never, I guess.

[Gnasher]

 

 

 

 

https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/status/1734687937185612146?t=CpZXkVA-PWCrCjpR4C_x2A&s=19

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Gnasher]

[Bjornebye]

9 minutes ago, Gnasher said:

 

Micronesian cunts