Jump to content
  • Sign up for free and receive a month's subscription

    You are viewing this page as a guest. That means you are either a member who has not logged in, or you have not yet registered with us. Signing up for an account only takes a minute and it means you will no longer see this annoying box! It will also allow you to get involved with our friendly(ish!) community and take part in the discussions on our forums. And because we're feeling generous, if you sign up for a free account we will give you a month's free trial access to our subscriber only content with no obligation to commit. Register an account and then send a private message to @dave u and he'll hook you up with a subscription.

Israel - A Rant


Rashid
 Share

Recommended Posts

“Israel is not invading Lebanon, it is liberating it.” So proclaimed France’s pre-eminent liberal philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy as Israeli tanks drove across the border and its war planes bombed villages in the south and residential districts in Beirut. “There are moments in history,” he exulted, “when ‘escalation’ becomes a necessity and a virtue.” For Lévy, it is not just Lebanon that Israel is liberating, but much of the Middle East, too.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 hours ago, Section_31 said:

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called on the UN chief Antonio Guterres to remove peacekeeping forces in southern Lebanon "immediately".

Bloody Peacekeeping forces, going around keeping peace and stuff.

No-one needs that shit.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 hours ago, Planet Origi said:

“Israel is not invading Lebanon, it is liberating it.” So proclaimed France’s pre-eminent liberal philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy as Israeli tanks drove across the border and its war planes bombed villages in the south and residential districts in Beirut. “There are moments in history,” he exulted, “when ‘escalation’ becomes a necessity and a virtue.” For Lévy, it is not just Lebanon that Israel is liberating, but much of the Middle East, too.


Synchronized theatrics between Iran and Israel at the expense of Arab land and blood.

  • Upvote 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

I haven’t read the full judgment, but this summary of it seems to indicate that the courts do not view the terms Zionist and Jewish to be synonymous. 
 

Another nail in the coffin of the ridiculous, mendacious and disingenuous slur that anti-Zionist equates to antisemite. 
 

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/oct/14/anti-zionist-beliefs-worthy-respect-uk-tribunal-finds-israel

Link to comment
Share on other sites

4 hours ago, Section_31 said:

Interesting how no Arab countries are getting involved, I've heard it said they despise Iran and their proxies as much as Israel, as ever with this stuff though, I don't know if that's bollocks or not.


Theres loads to it.

 

In its most basic form Iran looks after Shia and Saudi looks after Sunni Muslims, latterly the UEA has tied self to that wagon also.
 

Tribal shit involving hundreds of millions of people. Saudi are back by the US, mainly as a stabilisation force in the ME for oil prices.
 

But, Saudi exports Wahhabism and funds the majority of mosques worldwide, and this branch of Islam is the head the ball types who are walking into boots ‘cause it makes you want to bang white slags’. Which is obviously wild and makes you wonder is the tail wagging the dog?

 

The big normalisation push for relations between Isreal and various Middle East countries, including Saudi and the UAE is tied up in this shit somewhere.

 

Post horrors someone has to rebuild Palestine and due to their ‘impartiality’ the UAE will be picking up fucking massive contracts to do that, as they will in Sudan when that horror show finally comes to an end.

 

Same as it ever was, people using religion as an excuse to be cunts whilst making a profit in a prophets name. 

 

 

  • Upvote 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

GZ2YnxiWQAEIAso.thumb.jpg.c3554a5b190f5da477ce8a3319581a6b.jpg

 

In years to come, students in university departments around the world will be studying the propaganda embedded in this headline.

 

As someone who regularly lectures in sociology, journalism and media studies, I could teach an entire lesson on the title alone.

 

For example:

 

1. Treating the 4 Israeli soldiers as more important than the 23 Palestinian children (by leading the story with their deaths and just chucking in the others at the end) implies their lives are of higher value.

 

2. Infantilizing active duty soldiers as "teenagers" while not emphasizing the age of the schoolkids, despite many of them being demonstrably younger.

 

3. The classic use of the passive voice: Israelis are "killed" while Palestinians merely "die".

 

4. Putting scare quotes around "23 die" subtly undermines the credibility of that claim. Maybe no one died, and the Palestinians are just lying?

 

5. Using the word "attack" for Hezbollah actions, but choosing a more neutral, clinical word like "strike" for Israeli aggression.

 

6. Allowing Israeli sources to dictate the framing of the story ("Israel names teenage soldiers") etc.

 

7. Actually naming the Israeli soldiers, but not doing the same for the far greater number of Palestinians, again sends the message to the reader that Palestinian lives don't matter nearly as much, if at all.

 

It's truly incredible how much propaganda has been packed into 16 words. We are swimming in an ocean of propaganda. That's why it is crucial to deconstruct it and critically assess everything you read, see and hear.

 

https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1845804207867056271

 

  • Upvote 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

 Share

×
×
  • Create New...