Ireland, Spain and Norway have announced they will formally recognise a Palestinian state on 28 May, triggering an immediate response from Israel, which said it would retaliate by recalling its ambassadors from Dublin, Madrid and Oslo, and withholding vital funds from the Palestinian Authority....
All my life Israel has acted with total impunity, protected by the US. When historian Benny Moritz said "international law doesn’t matter’ on the Alex Friedman podcast referring to Israel he wasn’t being flippant, the US ensures that there is no accountability for its colony.
I’d love to see the end of Zionist apartheid and Israel ostracised by the World but I just don’t see it happening while the US gives unconditional support.
Bro read too much Hasbara. Read Ilan Pappe and how the Hagana had Plan Dalet to ethnically cleanse Palestine in 1948 which they did with gusto UN partition plan be damned. They even murdered the UN Special Rapporteur (a Swede who saved Jews from the Holocaust) because he got in their way.
History according to Zionists makes all Zionists the heroes. Big surprise.
The United States is focused on tracking down Hamas’s Gaza chief, Yahya Sinwar, amid a new push by the White House to help Israel declare “total victory” so it can bring an end to the war on Gaza, US officials have told Middle East Eye....
The Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has for years overseen a secret police force in Gaza that conducted surveillance on everyday Palestinians and built files on young people, journalists and those who questioned the government, according to intelligence officials and a trove of internal documents reviewed by The New York Times....
I wouldn’t dare defile Douglas Adam’s memory by not mentioning that you should keep a towel with you at all times, but my second contender is a surprisingly short three-parter:...
The UK’s economy grew stronger than expected at 0.6% in the first quarter of this year. However, the country’s economic growth after the COVID-19 pandemic has been slow....
Israel’s military said on Monday it had begun encouraging residents of Rafah to evacuate the southern Gazan city as part of a ‘limited scope’ operation, but did not immediately confirm media reports this was part of preparation for a ground assault....
Ireland, Spain and Norway to recognise Palestinian state (www.theguardian.com)
Ireland, Spain and Norway have announced they will formally recognise a Palestinian state on 28 May, triggering an immediate response from Israel, which said it would retaliate by recalling its ambassadors from Dublin, Madrid and Oslo, and withholding vital funds from the Palestinian Authority....
Why Israel is in deep trouble: John Mearsheimer with Tom Switzer [01:35:00 | May 17 24 | Centre for Independent Studies] (youtu.be)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15565320...
Squirrel king (lemmy.world)
Bing
International Criminal Court prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Israel's Netanyahu, Hamas leaders (www.cnbc.com)
You have been infected (lemmy.world)
EXCLUSIVE: ICC seeks arrest warrants against Sinwar and Netanyahu for war crimes over October 7 attack and Gaza war | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
let's goooooo (sh.itjust.works)
College Professors Are Being Fired for Activism on Gaza War (theintercept.com)
Campus In Crisis - Eli Valley (lemmy.world)
US focused on hunting down Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, in bid to end Gaza war (www.middleeasteye.net)
The United States is focused on tracking down Hamas’s Gaza chief, Yahya Sinwar, amid a new push by the White House to help Israel declare “total victory” so it can bring an end to the war on Gaza, US officials have told Middle East Eye....
Israel troops continue posting abuse footage despite pledge to act (www.bbc.com)
China is burning all its bridges with Israel (asia.nikkei.com)
Chinese planes 'increasingly provocative' to Taiwan (www.dw.com)
Taiwan reported 45 Chinese warplanes in its airspace within 24 hours, according to its defense ministry on Wednesday....
Who's counting? (lemmy.world)
Chabahar Port: US says sanctions possible after India-Iran port deal (www.bbc.com)
Secret Hamas Files Show How It Spied on Everyday Palestinians (www.nytimes.com)
The Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has for years overseen a secret police force in Gaza that conducted surveillance on everyday Palestinians and built files on young people, journalists and those who questioned the government, according to intelligence officials and a trove of internal documents reviewed by The New York Times....
If you had to give one piece of advice that is pretty much universally applicable, what would it be?
I wouldn’t dare defile Douglas Adam’s memory by not mentioning that you should keep a towel with you at all times, but my second contender is a surprisingly short three-parter:...
Britain's economy exits recession ahead of elections (www.dw.com)
The UK’s economy grew stronger than expected at 0.6% in the first quarter of this year. However, the country’s economic growth after the COVID-19 pandemic has been slow....
'Time to Wake Up' - FalseKnees (lemmy.ca)
Source: falseknees.com
Record-breaking increase in CO2 levels in world’s atmosphere (www.theguardian.com)
The Iran-Iraq War was a Terrible War, even by War Standards. (sh.itjust.works)
r*ddit
Israel military calls on Palestinian civilians to evacuate Rafah (www.reuters.com)
Israel’s military said on Monday it had begun encouraging residents of Rafah to evacuate the southern Gazan city as part of a ‘limited scope’ operation, but did not immediately confirm media reports this was part of preparation for a ground assault....