Look at these giggling old men. This is what they're saying to the interviewer (see video link, sorry it's Xitter) about their actions in 1948.
Left:
"I didn't talk to anyone about it."
"What about your wife? I assume you lived with her for many years. You never talked to her about it?"
"I never told her. What would I tell her - that I'm a murderer?"
Right:
"And some guys took flamethrowers and ran after people and incinerated them."
@fkamiah17 I watched the documentary that these veteran IDF interviews were a part of & it was horrifying to hear/see their complete lack of humanity towards Palestinians. I wasn't shocked because I already knew about decades long ethnic cleansing efforts by Israel govts, under several different leaders. I was only horrified by how those interviewed had no remorse for their cruel actions.
meanwhile in there US, Boeing's troubles look to be about to get (even) worse.
After the two 737Max fatal crashes, the US Dept. of Justice agreed not to prosecute if it addressed the issues that had led to the engineering mistakes that causes the crashes... some saw that as letting Boeing off the hook.
Now the DoJ has decided that the agreement is off because Boeing had not honoured the 'deal'; might we now see major prosecution of Boeing?
"The real tragedy here is that the ‘change’ that Keir Starmer promises is no change at all, all he offers is the same corporate private sector bullshit repackaged and rebranded and he will do nothing to change the dysfunctional structures of Westminster upon which he depends as much as Sunak for the near absolute power both of them crave."
And now, a report from eldiario.es in Spanish (1) on remarks made by Oxford academic Janina Dill (2) to the effect that the US, the UK and Germany are undermining the rule of international law by their support for Israel.
I can't find any record of her remarks in the UK media, perhaps that's because I'm an "extremist" #ScottishIndependence supporter?
"An extremism expert has warned there is a danger that campaigning for – or even debating – #ScottishIndependence could come under UK counter-extremism legislation in the future.
"Professor Chris Allen – who leads the extremism hub at Leicester University’s Centre for Hate Studies – told @TheNational that Yessers could potentially even be referred to the [UK] Home Office’s 'Prevent' counter-extremism programme."
The housing crisis is multidimensional - from renters being bankrupted by landlords, to home-owners finding owning a house is (as the saying goes) a 'money pit'.
Here are another (albeit relatively small group) that have been skewered by regulatory change & (now) high interest rates - the mortgage prisoners.
The UK's mode of residential property has so many problems, you can hardly think anyone would invent such a system... but then you look at who benefits!
The sectoral balances show that the government has very little control over the national debt https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/05/15/the-sectoral-balances-show-that-the-government-has-very-little-control-over-the-national-debt/ When the government discusses what it calls national debt, it forgets something really important - that if it supposedly owes money, there must be someone it owes to. Those people it might owe it to are either households, businesses, or people from overseas saving in sterling in the UK. And if all those three groups decide to save then the government has no choice but to borrow.
"If asked, teachers will have to be clear gender ideology is contested."
Can they make it clear that contest is between obsessed culture warriors who've invented it as a bogeyman to scare people with and people who have no idea what they're talking about and want to get on with their lives? #ukpolitics https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-69013002
Daily #Wales continues the Clough Williams-Ellis theme from yesterday’s Plas Brondanw with his best-known project: Portmeirion. Seen from Ynys, across the estuary.
The recreated crannog on Loch Tay, at the amazing Scottish Crannog Centre near Kenmore in Perthshire. It has since been sadly destroyed but has been replaced nearby. This is a type of dwelling that 2,500 years ago would have been a common sight across Scotland and Ireland. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kenmore/crannogcentre/index.html