"The urban terrain, the resilience of Hamas and the people of Gaza, the balance of forces in the region and new warfare technologies posed distinct challenges for the Israeli Defence Forces, who were now fighting on multiple fronts with more ambitious goals than just recovering the hostages: destroying Hamas and then Hezbollah, controlling Southern Lebanon—in addition to making life unbearable for Palestinians in the Occupied Territories. It was the continuation of the Nakba—an uncivil war of land expropriation.
In those early days, watching with mounting anxiety the indiscriminate bombing of a defenceless population, I wondered why such an eruption of violence had not occurred in apartheid South Africa. Many had anticipated a similar Armageddon. The States of Emergency between 1984 and 1994 saw the militarization of townships, death squads, chemical warfare, assassinations, torture and detention without trial. During this period, an estimated 20,000 were killed in South Africa, the vast majority black; another 1.5 million died in South Africa’s ‘destabilization’ of neighbouring countries. How, after ten years of civil war, did this culminate in a negotiated settlement, the dismantling of the major planks of the apartheid order, and the first elections based on majority rule? Why does such an outcome—with all its problems—seem so remote when we turn to the plight of the Palestinians and the spiralling violence, internal and external, of the Israeli state? How was it that the Oslo Accords of 1993 and 1995 intensified confrontations rather than making progress towards a two-state solution? Why did Israel abandon the Abraham Accords, which outlined collaboration with Arab states, preferring the disproportionate massacre of Palestinians after Hamas’s incursion?"
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#SouthAfrica #Apartheid #Israel #Colonialism #LandTheft #Palestine #Gaza #SettlerColonialism #Afrikaner #Zionism
Michael Burawoy, Palestine through a South African Lens, NLR 153, May–June 2025
In a draft text sent to NLR before his tragically early death, the sociologist reflects on the reasons for the starkly different outcomes of Afrikaner and Zionist settler colonialisms: in South Africa, a unified democratic republic, with all its prob…New Left Review
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Video: ICE agents brandish rifles, drive through protesters at S.F. immigration court
Immigration agents clashed protesters, who were trying to stop an arrest at the courthouse, in San Francisco’s most violent ICE encounter of 2025.
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Video: ICE agents brandish rifles, drive through protesters at S.F. immigration court
Immigration agents clashed with protesters, who were trying to stop an arrest, in San Francisco’s most violent ICE encounter of 2025.Frankie Solinsky Duryea (Mission Local)
🚜 Loi Duplomb : Une « trumpisation en marche » du Parlement
En validant la loi Duplomb quelques jours après le Sénat, l'Assemblée nationale prête allégeance à l'aristocratie de l'agriculture mondialisée, en sacrifiant la santé humaine, la biodiversité et la paysannerie.
Pour Agir pour l’environnement, en renonçant à écouter les alertes de la communauté scientifique, une majorité parlementaire de circonstance verse dans un « trumpisme en marche ».
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Migranti, Piantedosi accusato di ingresso illegale e respinto dalla Libia di Haftar
Con i suoi omologhi greco e maltese e il commissario Ue Mark Brunner avrebbe dovuto incontrare il presidente e il governo per chiedere maggiori sforzi nel bloc…Alessia Candito (la Repubblica)
DOJ is epsteining the public and 9% falling for it
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#epstein #list
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Evening news: When journalists spread misinformation about vulnerable groups, it deepens division and distrust.
Sarah Vine’s (former wife of 'cocaine lines' Michael Gove!) inaccurate Motability claims show why stricter rules are needed.
Join the conversation on media accountability and protecting the truth.
#FakeNews #DisabilityRights #MediaAccountability #SarahVine #UKPolitics
voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=9890…
Should Fake News Journalists Be Silenced for Misinformation?
Should journalists who persistently publish fake news face penalties? We examine the case of Sarah Vine and call for tougher standards.Mike Sivier (Vox Political)
List of Jeffrey Epstein's associates named in lawsuit can be unsealed, judge rules. Here are details on the document release.
The list of names could include Epstein's accused co-conspirators and others named in a settled lawsuit against Ghislaine Maxwell.Cara Tabachnick (CBS News)
Jeffrey Epstein's Little Black Book (unredacted) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Jeffrey Epstein's Little Black Book (unredacted).Internet Archive
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France Travail : des robots pour contrôler les chômeurs·euses et les personnes au RSA
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France Travail : des robots pour contrôler les chômeurs·euses et les personnes au RSA
France Travail déploie actuellement des robots visant à automatiser et massifier le contrôle des personnes inscrites à France Travail. Depuis le 1 janvier 2025, cela inclut également les (...)labogue.info
⚡️🇺🇦News Pulse: Trump’s major announcement: U.S. steps up support for Ukraine (UATV News VIDEO) #Ukraine #Mastodon #NukesForUkraine #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
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Healthy Pup, Happy Wallet: 8 Preventative Care Wins
Do you dread taking your dog to the vet? I know it can be stressful. Your dog is stressed. Then you never know exactly what your vet will say or find. …tailwagwisdom.com - Terri Rodefer
"Job market cooling may be an early omen for midterms" Bloomberg writes.
Ya think?
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Trump rimanda le armi a Kiev, 'Putin dice stronzate' - Notizie - Ansa.it
E rievoca le sanzioni. Mosca: 'Non si promuove così la pace'. Media, l'Ue valuta un fondo da 100 miliardi per l'Ucraina (ANSA)Agenzia ANSA
Comincia la raccolta dei semi dai fiori del giardino (e da quelli che crescono spontanei lungo le strade che percorrono, come la Nigella). La speranza è quella di aiutare a crescere sempre più erbe spontanee e qualche pianta resistente e colorata per abbellire il giardino!
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Cyberwell, the Israel intel-linked censorship organization run by veterans of the IDF’s Unit 8200, takes credit for the removal of the viral AI track “Boom Boom Tel Aviv” from virtually all social media and streaming platforms
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@palestine @yemen @irannachrichten #SettlerColonialism
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in reply to George Takei 🏳️🌈🖖🏽 • • •Dear Nobel committee:
Don't you fucking dare.
Zark Muckerburg
in reply to George Takei 🏳️🌈🖖🏽 • • •yru_bob
in reply to George Takei 🏳️🌈🖖🏽 • • •Humble Fan of Atty. Woo
in reply to George Takei 🏳️🌈🖖🏽 • • •Mike Mattatall
in reply to George Takei 🏳️🌈🖖🏽 • • •Brendan
in reply to George Takei 🏳️🌈🖖🏽 • • •"I'll bomb them if you nominate me for the Nobel Peace Prize."
Well Nobel invented dynamite and sold lots of weapons so maybe Trump is on to something.
And we're the deranged ones,
Bandersnatch
in reply to George Takei 🏳️🌈🖖🏽 • • •Will 🇯🇵
in reply to George Takei 🏳️🌈🖖🏽 • • •JTinMI
in reply to George Takei 🏳️🌈🖖🏽 • • •PetraPanda
in reply to George Takei 🏳️🌈🖖🏽 • • •Michael St. Laurent
in reply to George Takei 🏳️🌈🖖🏽 • • •Alun Jones
in reply to George Takei 🏳️🌈🖖🏽 • • •nowhereman (nicht der andere!)
in reply to George Takei 🏳️🌈🖖🏽 • • •We (the remaining non-US people) should not stand behind.
There are still some left.
We can demand from our government to follow the example.
Noble Price for Trump for...
... Literatur: regarding all those fantastic political nicknames, and fantastic political fairytales
... Economics: Tarifs (of course)
... Mathematics: Tarifs (why not again? )
... etc. (It's up to you - be creative)
Lord Siegelbewahrer
in reply to George Takei 🏳️🌈🖖🏽 • • •Next picture I’d like to see: Nobel prize commitee uses the letter for removing cat poo.
But I am sure there will be humans in the committee who seriously think of and discuss a nomination.
aunt bea
in reply to George Takei 🏳️🌈🖖🏽 • • •