Gaza under attack yet again.

[8den]

Fair enough but it still doesn't explain the seemingly unequivocal support from all levels of American society?

The perception that Israeli is a Western democracy defending itself from terrorism has been going on for decades.

 

[RhymnRzn]

@HaniSiliman The whole strip now is under severe airstrikes.

@dawouda Now: series of #Israeli airstrikes across #Gaza Strip.

edit;

@OccPalGaza Just saw huge missile go over and heard impact..was the home in Sabra getting demolished by Israeli F16. Praying no one inside #Gaza 8.36pm

@GazaYBO more than 30 injuries have reached al-shifa hospital in the last 15 minutes.

only been disposed to scouring mainstream headlines of late (and your posts on urban, thanks), but it seems that any kind of this news is being delegated to back-page publishing, if that: secondary news items are given the trumpet, however. the false prophets and ministers must be feeling pretty stately right now, thinking they just love to have it so. know-it-all commentators on news programs are treating the middle east like a seance, feeling for public opine like which direction the wind is blowing, if they may forecast incoming severe weather, and therefore resort to sandbagging to protect royalty-fee collections.

 

[coley]

The perception that Israeli is a Western democracy defending itself from terrorism has been going on for decades.

Aye, but I doubt that I am the only one that has realised their mistake in believing that.

 

[Sirena]

The perception that Israeli is a Western democracy defending itself from terrorism has been going on for decades.

......and the image of all muslims being terrorists is reinforced almost daily by Hollywood.....

 

[uk benzo]

......and the image of all muslims being terrorists is reinforced almost daily by Hollywood.....

Indeed:

 

[Sirena]

Indeed:

All quite innocent and accidental of course.....

 

[uk benzo]

 

[SpackleFrog]

PFLP salutes the martyred resistance leaders: the occupiers assassinations will not break our will

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine joins the masses of our people and the Arab nation in mourning three of the most prominent leaders of the Brigades of the Martyr Izzedine al-Qassam, the martyrs Mohammed Abu Shamala, Raed al-Attar and Mohammed Barhoum, who were martyred with a number of our people on Thursday, August 21 in intensive Zionist raids which targeted a full residential block in the Tal al-Sultan neighborhood in Rafah city, Gaza, Palestine.

Palestine and Gaza have lost three of the greatest leaders of the resistance in Gaza at the hands of the enemy. Over the years, they caused great woes for the Zionist enemy and were responsible for a large number of quality military operations, and who always worked together with other resistance factions, in operations including the capture of the Zionist soldier Gilad Shalit, for whom over a thousand of our political prisoners were released and the development of the tunnels on the edge of the Gaza Strip from which Palestinian resistance fighters inflicted serious blows on the enemy.

The martyred leaders of the resistance in Rafah today join their predecessors, the martyred leaders Mohammed al-Aswad (Guevara Gaza), Wadie Haddad, Salah Shehadeh, Abu Jamal Abu Samhadana, Jihad al-Ammarin, Khaled Dahdouh and other resistance leaders who took up the commandment of resistance and gave their lives for the freedom of their land and people.

The martyrdom of the leaders in Rafah today will not break our will and will only increase our commitment and determination to continue the struggle and confrontation, adhere to the choice of resistance, and motivate the resistance factions and their military wings to attack the occupier everywhere.

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine extends its deepest condolences to the brothers in the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on the martyrdom of its leaders, and to the bereaved families in Rafah attacked in the bombing of Tal al-Sultan. We vow to continue the resistance and the goals for which these martyrs struggled, until the achievement of the liberation of our people, the expulsion of the occupier, the return of the refugees and the establishment of our independent Palestine on the entire land of historic Palestine.

Glory to the martyrs! Victory is inevitable!

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

Gaza Strip

Link please if thats ok Limerick.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Give over what? Isn't that the most reasonable conclusion from someone posting anti-semitic content from an anti-semitic source?

Not if you've read any of his other posts on this thread.

 

[ViolentPanda]

There is that.

It's easier to criticise Israel in Israel than the USA. The Israeli lobby is massive and Democrat leaning.

The Israeli lobby prefers the Democrats for historical reasons. Ex-Nazis brought into the security apparatus etc.

The Israeli and Zionist lobbies aren't even "massive". What they are is influential, especially in terms of individual pro-Zionists making campaign contributions. This is rarely about policy, and almost always about realpolitik, with regard to the pro-Zionism of members of congress. It's pure and simple instrumentalism except in a few cases (the likes of Jesse Helms, for example) where the honorable member is actually a raving loon.

 

[ViolentPanda]

If you're not anti-Semitic then it strikes me as odd (if not suspicious) to be posting crude propaganda pictures from anti-Semitic sources.

Even if 90% of the illustration is actually apt regarding the current situation in Gaza, and the wider political picture?

 

[ViolentPanda]

Fuck! This is the last place I'd expect to see some of Dees' vile fascist artwork.

You've been doing a great job on this thread Mr.Bishie, this was just a lapse, right?

No need to worry about Mr.Bishie , he's not the sort of hysteric who goes off on one and labels normal social disruption as Kristallnacht.

 

[8den]

Aye, but I doubt that I am the only one that has realised their mistake in believing that.

You're not.

Its a no brainer for American Politicians. There's very little to be gained by verbalizing Israeli criticism, and a great deal to be lost.

 

[nino_savatte]

Link please if thats ok Limerick.

http://pflp.ps/english/2014/08/21/p...piers-assassinations-will-not-break-our-will/

 

[ViolentPanda]

It wouldn't be true? How do you explain the unequivocal support Israel gets from the US?

What you mean is "the unequivocal support that the state of Israel gets from the state of the USA". Well, it's not entirely unequivocal, but in terms of realpolitik, especially with regard to the State Department and the Department of Defense, it makes strategic sense - at least currently.
Everything else - the support of the state of Israel by some Jewish American and Christian American citizens, is just gravy besides the strategic interest.

 

[SpackleFrog]

What you mean is "the unequivocal support that the state of Israel gets from the state of the USA". Well, it's not entirely unequivocal, but in terms of realpolitik, especially with regard to the State Department and the Department of Defense, it makes strategic sense - at least currently.
Everything else - the support of the state of Israel by some Jewish American and Christian American citizens, is just gravy besides the strategic interest.

Currently and probably until such time as the US has a sufficient number of allies in the Middle East, a region it prioritises above all else.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Why?

Campaign contributions.

 

[butchersapron]

Hollywood heavyweights come out in support of Israel (note that's their headline and the signatories will say bollocks about rockets and all that shit)

 

[coley]

Currently and probably until such time as the US has a sufficient number of allies in the Middle East, a region it prioritises above all else.

Aye whey, it will have to wait some time for " new allies" in that region given its support for what must be the most hated nation in the region.

 

[SpackleFrog]

Aye whey, it will have to wait some time for " new allies" in that region given its support for what must be the most hated nation in the region.

And that's precisely why Israel enjoys the support it does - and by the way, if the Israeli state ever did show any sign of siding against US imperialism (not saying this is likely) it could probably expect this support to melt away rapidly.

 

[Theisticle]

This piece on racism against Arabs in Israel is scary:

http://www.haaretz.com/mobile/.premium-1.611822?v=C1FFA498A4B3F60AC8696D3A46E2F4D2

 

[coley]

Hollywood heavyweights come out in support of Israel (note that's their headline and the signatories will say bollocks about rockets and all that shit)

"Raining rockets" ignorant bunch of wankers, and quoting the Hamas charter, simplistic shytebags

 

[DotCommunist]

no suprise to see republican fucknuts sly&arnie there

 

[8den]

no suprise to see republican fucknuts sly&arnie there

Depressing to see Sarah Silvermann and Aaron Sorkin on it though

 

[Mr.Bishie]

Fucking nora

@LayanBaker Bombing AlZafer tower with tens of civilian appartment result in a huge number of casualties reaching hospitals.

@Scriptonite Israeli F-16s just fired upon tens of civilian apartments in AlZafer Tower. Many victims.

@AHashim_ SHOCKING: Occupation forces has just destroyed a whole 13-story Tower (Zafer Tower) in #Gaza city.

 

[Pickman's model]

Fucking nora

@LayanBaker Bombing AlZafer tower with tens of civilian appartment result in a huge number of casualties reaching hospitals.

@Scriptonite Israeli F-16s just fired upon tens of civilian apartments in AlZafer Tower. Many victims.

@AHashim_ SHOCKING: Occupation forces has just destroyed a whole 13-story Tower (Zafer Tower) in #Gaza city.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

@Palestinianism Residents of Zafer building were called to evacuate the building, they were given 30 mins to leave. 56 apartments, at least 30 families.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

@Palestinianism Al Noor residential building behind Al Zafer building was called by IDF to be evacuated.


Looking they're going to hit another apartment block.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

@ChrisGunness Total number of displaced staying in shelters supported by UNRWA is 327,118 (including 34,159 IDPs in 7 government shelters)

 

[Mr.Bishie]

@ChrisGunness Appalling stat: We estimate that 1,000 of the 3,000 children injured in #Gaza will suffer from a life-long disability.