So far, it doesn't look to me like US is turning against Israel. I'd say it's more like a superficial change of narrative, abstaining is not the same as voting against. Due to elections coming in combination with Biden's unpopular foreign policy, he had to show a shift. As long as the US provides money and guns to Israel and doesn't even threaten them to stop doing so, I don't see Netanyahu, Smotrige or Ben-Gvir stopping their crimes against humanity.
Check it yourself and then you might have a legit question. This one is proof that you are just allowing yourself to be inconsiderate of another person. Maybe it's the first time you think of something like that. We -on the other hand- are asked to answer these "legit" questions daily. Bye bye now.
The video you linked, doesn’t constitute an unbiased source, it’s just someone in the UN is trying to defend Israel, by deflecting the topic of the Israeli apartheid. Instead of talking about what Israel is doing to Palestinians, he talks about jewish population in other countries. Also this video does not include what were the responses he got. Anyways, to answer Neuer’s question:
Where is the apartheid?
In Palestine.
I used the United Nations link because I don’t have a better one. Do you have any alternative link to suggest with an unbiased source? Or that supports the historical claims you provide? I honestly hope you won’t have a wiki page to suggest instead.
The growing global gay movement against the Israeli occupation has named these tactics “pinkwashing”: a deliberate strategy to conceal the continuing violations of Palestinians’ human rights behind an image of modernity signified by Israeli gay life. Aeyal Gross, a professor of law at Tel Aviv University, argues that “gay rights have essentially become a public-relations tool,” even though “conservative and especially religious politicians remain fiercely homophobic.”
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More important is the emerging Palestinian gay movement with three major organizations: Aswat, Al Qaws and Palestinian Queers for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions. These groups are clear that the oppression of Palestinians crosses the boundary of sexuality; as Haneen Maikay, the director of Al Qaws, has said, “When you go through a checkpoint it does not matter what the sexuality of the soldier is.”
The leaders of Venezuela and Guyana said Thursday that they would not use force against each other amid a dispute over an oil-rich piece of Guyanese land and agreed to create a joint commission to address the territorial spat.
A military conflict over colonial borders was avoided. A joint commission was created instead in order “to address matters as mutually agreed”, as they said. That's good news in my book.
Students were required to address ‘whiteness’ and describe what the term ‘white’ means, as well as explain how they ‘navigate race’ in their daily lives.
You are talking about the introductory text of the video. If you read it once more, you will see that what you mention in your comment is not relevant. Anyways, the important stuff are in the video.
I suggested the Ted talk because one can see her process, since she came to these conclusions thanks to self-reflection and thoughtfulness.
Biden: “This shameful Act is the latest development in an alarming trend of human rights abuses and corruption in Uganda...dangers...by this democratic backsliding are a threat to everyone...including U.S. government personnel...staff of...partners, tourists...the business community...others..." #LGBTQ#Uganda
Many of us believe that we're living in a meritocracy, deserving of what we have and compassionate toward those with less. But that's not true: white people have been given a headstart and ongoing advantages due to the color of their skin, while people of color suffer from equally arbitrary disadvantages, says scholar and...
Freedom of speech is different from country to country, and it tends to have some limitations that are regulated through constitution and/or laws. From the top of my head I remember this example that you can't scream Fire in a theatre, threaten people, tell lies about them. I mean you can, but you may also get sued for it, and get convicted.
Anyways, not too sure how censorship and freedom of speech snuk in a conversation on privilege?
I was looking for a better article on the topic but I didn't find one yet. If anyone has something in mind, please add a comment and I will edit the post and add this link.
Private foundation is an institution with a very special status. They are tax exempt private organizations yet they are still allowed to invest into for profit companies. Foundations can hold corporate stocks and bonds and generate revenue this way....
I think you might change your mind if you take a look at this video. It does a pretty good job explaining where this money is given and how it is actually used.
An Israeli whose family members were held by Palestinian militants tells of friendly fire deaths and complains, “We used to think the IDF knows what it’s doing.” Meanwhile, freed captives detail “horrifying captivity trauma” from Israeli bombings....
This article reports testimonies of people and provides the relevant links. It is not an opinion piece or an analysis to be influenced by bias.
Here are some examples taken from the article that illustrate what I mean:
“We know for sure that three people were killed by our fire, three hostages,” she declared, while demanding to be informed of whether the families of captives “were given up on” by the Netanyahu administration.
Freed Israeli captives have also delivered harrowing accounts of the massive Israeli bombings they endured. According to a Facebook post by Israeli television producer Hagai Levi, “From the reports of the returning abductees, it is repeated that the most horrifying captivity trauma they experienced was probably the IDF bombings.
In a previous appearance on Israel’s Channel 13, Dan told her interviewer that “we know for sure that not only did [Israeli civilians] hear bombings, but buildings collapsed on top of their inhabitants,” and that “hostages were injured” in the attacks.
Israeli forces stormed southern Gaza's main city on Tuesday in what they called the most intense day of combat in five weeks of ground operations against Hamas militants, and hospitals struggled to cope with scores of Palestinian dead and wounded.
Since the truce collapsed, Israel has been posting an online map to tell Gazans which parts of the enclave to evacuate. Khan Younis' eastern quarter was marked on Monday, home to hundreds of thousands of people, many of whom took flight on foot.
Gazans say there is no safe place, with remaining towns and shelters already overwhelmed, and Israel continuing to bomb the areas where it is telling people to go.
First of all, it’s not my place to sue Somerton. The work I produced for Vice is owned by Vice, which was outlined in the contract I signed when I took the job.
Plagiarism is terrible. Not owning what you wrote by default is as bad. Dammit.
Relevant article from the Times of Israel
[https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-years-netanyahu-propped-up-hamas-now-its-blown-up-in-our-faces/]
For years, Netanyahu propped up Hamas. Now it’s blown up in our faces
The premier’s policy of treating the terror group as a partner, at the expense of Abbas and Palestinian statehood, has resulted in wounds that will take Israel years to heal from
For years, the various governments led by Benjamin Netanyahu took an approach that divided power between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank — bringing Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to his knees while making moves that propped up the Hamas terror group.
The idea was to prevent Abbas — or anyone else in the Palestinian Authority’s West Bank government — from advancing toward the establishment of a Palestinian state.
Thus, amid this bid to impair Abbas, Hamas was upgraded from a mere terror group to an organization with which Israel held indirect negotiations via Egypt, and one that was allowed to receive infusions of cash from abroad.
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In a way I tend to agree with you in the sense that european colonisers have been doing this for centuries, even through christian religion. On the other hand I am not sure about the rest of the world, especially during last century.
I must admit I am not a fan of Time magazine. So far, and according to my knowledge, I highly appreciated Shuster even though I seldom agree with him, and I held a high opinion of his reporting. As it happens, I agree with his take this time.
The testimony of Darka Hirna is news to me and I have to take it into consideration.
Within the next week I will hopefully have the time to reevaluate his journalistic approach, taking into account what is mentioned above. If I have something to add, it will be in a comment bellow. Unless this post is removed anyway.
In case you have some additional elements that would help me in this research, please provide them here. I would be grateful.
What happened, how many killed?
At least 50 people were killed after six Israeli air raids hit a residential area of the camp on Tuesday. A Hamas statement said there were 400 dead and injured in the attack. Casualty figures for Wednesday’s attacks are still not known.
In the article here it says
killing or wounding at least 400 persons
So it's not about only about the people being killed, it's also about the wounded ones.
WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - When Joe Biden met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his war cabinet during his visit to Israel, the U.S. president assured them: "I don't believe you have to be a Jew to be a Zionist, and I am a Zionist."
Israel’s Escalated Efforts to Silence Opposition to its Apartheid
Israel’s Fear of Criticism Reaches New Levels – Outlawing Palestinian CSOs
Anti-Zionism is not Anti-Semitism
Recommendations: We call on Member States of the Council to:
• Recognize Israel’s policies to silence opposition including against Palestinian CSOs as part of its apartheid;
• Call on Israel, to immediately cease its systematic policies and practices aimed at silencing Palestinian CSOs and HRDs, in breach of their right to freedom of expression, privacy, and association, and to urgently rescind the designations, which amount to acts of apartheid;
• Publish a bulletin to banks and financial institutions, putting them on notice to dismiss as inapplicable, Israel’s designation, and call on the European Union and States to remove ‘terrorism’ clauses as internal conditions placed on donor funding of Palestinian CSOs;
• Call for an independent investigation into Pegasus-NSO Group’s operations within Palestine, in order to identify the scope of its surveillance activities against Palestinian HRDs, and their ties to the Israeli government;
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“I Will Be Damned if I’m Going to Give Another Nickel to the Netanyahu Government” (www.thenation.com)
Bernie Sanders and two Senate colleagues defined a new standard for foreign aid packages: No more complicity with Israel’s assault on Gaza.
Pro-Palestine ‘Drag Race’ Queens Outraged By Viral Image of Their Names On An IDF Missile (www.them.us)
Pro-Palestine Drag Race queens are speaking out about a viral image that appears to show their names written on an Israeli missile....
In the Shadow of the Holocaust - How the politics of memory in Europe obscures what we see in Israel and Gaza today (www.newyorker.com)
Archive link: https://archive.is/7me3a...
"you shouldn't be supporting Palestinians if you are LGBTQ, seriously, they will murder you..." (m.facebook.com)
“so we went to Gaza and handed out aid”
Leaders of Venezuela and Guyana agree to avoid use of force in land dispute | CNN (www.cnn.com)
The leaders of Venezuela and Guyana said Thursday that they would not use force against each other amid a dispute over an oil-rich piece of Guyanese land and agreed to create a joint commission to address the territorial spat.
Far-right Polish lawmaker uses fire extinguisher on Hanukkah candles in parliament (www.reuters.com)
Zara pulls advert from website front page after Gaza boycott calls (www.reuters.com)
The images: ibb.co/zGDm9wF...
Ohio State University health sciences course requires students to engage with ‘White Privilege Knapsack’ (nypost.com)
Students were required to address ‘whiteness’ and describe what the term ‘white’ means, as well as explain how they ‘navigate race’ in their daily lives.
Peggy McIntosh: How to recognize your white privilege — and use it to fight inequality (www.ted.com)
Many of us believe that we're living in a meritocracy, deserving of what we have and compassionate toward those with less. But that's not true: white people have been given a headstart and ongoing advantages due to the color of their skin, while people of color suffer from equally arbitrary disadvantages, says scholar and...
Billionaire Foundation - The Most Immoral Charity In The World (invidious.no-logs.com)
Private foundation is an institution with a very special status. They are tax exempt private organizations yet they are still allowed to invest into for profit companies. Foundations can hold corporate stocks and bonds and generate revenue this way....
Relative of Israeli captives confirms ‘3 hostages killed by Israeli fire,’ blasts military - The Grayzone (thegrayzone.com)
An Israeli whose family members were held by Palestinian militants tells of friendly fire deaths and complains, “We used to think the IDF knows what it’s doing.” Meanwhile, freed captives detail “horrifying captivity trauma” from Israeli bombings....
Israeli forces storm Khan Younis in south Gaza, killing scores of Palestinians (www.reuters.com)
Israeli forces stormed southern Gaza's main city on Tuesday in what they called the most intense day of combat in five weeks of ground operations against Hamas militants, and hospitals struggled to cope with scores of Palestinian dead and wounded.
Netanyahu says Israel will retain open-ended control of security in Gaza long after war with Hamas (apnews.com)
Under U.S. pressure to prevent further mass casualties, Israel says it is being more precise as it widens its offensive into southern Gaza.
Please Stop Asking Me To Sue James Somerton - Aftermath (aftermath.site)
Article from Gita Jackson detailing the legal and other complications about mounting a law suite against Somerton
Blowback: How Israel Helped Create Hamas (www.youtube.com)
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Inside Volodymyr Zelensky’s Struggle to Keep Ukraine in the Fight (time.com)
“Nobody believes in our victory like I do. Nobody,” Zelensky told TIME in an interview after his trip to Washington, D.C.
Israel in Search of Its Hiroshima: Massive Bomb Wipes Out 20 Apt. Buildings, Kills, Wounds 400 Civilians (scheerpost.com)
'I am a Zionist': How Joe Biden's lifelong bond with Israel shapes war policy (www.reuters.com)
WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - When Joe Biden met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his war cabinet during his visit to Israel, the U.S. president assured them: "I don't believe you have to be a Jew to be a Zionist, and I am a Zionist."
The Lobby P1: Young Friends of Israel l Al Jazeera Investigations [25:50] (yewtu.be)
Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceCOhdgRBoc...
Can't Get You Out of My Head - Adam Curtis (2021) - Part 1: Bloodshed on Wolf Mountain [01:14:15] (invidious.no-logs.com)
Part 2: Shooting and F**king are the Same Thing...