And as always: Death to "America".

There is another place they can go to as well 🔥

Next thread here.

#Death to Israel #799 2/6
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https://games.oec.world/en/tradle

My mother passed away peacefully today in hospital, she didn't have any pain.

I'll try to keep posting news when I have time this week.

Hasan brought up a good point on his stream earlier. The “safe zone” is like 20 km from Rafah. That is not an easy hike to make quickly for a young person in good health. Now consider how much harder it is for an elderly person, a child, or someone who is injured. And that’s before considering that Gazans have been living in famine conditions for a while now. As a parent, even as a matter of life and death, I don’t think my little kids could walk 20 km in the timeframe the IOF is demanding.

This is inhuman evil. The Zionist entity is truly on an eye-to-eye standing with the Nazis, and all their enablers like the US are with them too. Death to “israel” and death to America.

Hamas knew the invasion of Rafah was imminent and made the correct decision to publicly announce as loud as possible that they accepted the terms of the ceasefire agreement.

This in turn put the zionists into an impossible position. Either they accept the terms of the ceasefire which would necessitate their eventual withdrawal from Gaza (accepting defeat) or they go forward with the incredible war crime of invading Rafah after the entire world was notified that Hamas accepted a ceasefire.

The US chose the latter. The zionist entity will be annihilated for their arrogance, God willing.

Additionally Yemen has already announced "phase 4" of their operations earlier this week. The pressure is on.

Pray for the martyrs and all the resistant peoples in the region and especially the steadfast people of Gaza. Pray for victory for the Resistance.

Reminder

Looks like those fucking ghouls are going into Rafah.

May there be hundreds upon hundreds of

Absolutely insane wording here from the times

Genocide Joe doubles down, endorses collective punishment, says support for apartheid state is "ironclad," refuses to mention Palestinian deaths or starvation.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/07/us/biden-holocaust

Biden says Palestinians are "driven by ancient desire to wipe out Jewish people off the face of the Earth".

Not surprising, but a revealing moment of police culture regarding the protests here.

For those that can't see the Twitter video...

Police are violently arresting protestors on the bridge. Batons out. Often five or sex different officers tackling individuals, kneeling on them, getting licks in.

One officer in a riot helmet and drawn baton is stood to one side, watching, but not wanting to get stuck in with the other five or six officers with a protester already on the ground.

A much larger superior comes over to him aggressively, getting in his face, and yells *"Let's go! Let's go! You're the police! Let's go! Don't be a fucking traitor!"

Not only is this very clearly gang shit, but the idea that he could be a 'traitor' clearly shows that the police view this as a war against the protesters.

Again, this won't be surprising to anyone. But it's laid out so perfectly in this five seconds or so of footage.

All i can do is wish good luck and plan for revenge from the sidelines. Free Palestine. Death to Israel. Death to America.

Hmm really not suspicious how all news outlets are plastered with talk about “The rise of antisemitism in the US” without explaining what they mean by antisemitism

Fascist shithole

My eye twitching as ITV News goes from talking about how the Israeli Eurovision singer cried in her dressing room because people were mean to her to casually mentioning that tens of thousands of Palestinians are being forced to try and leave Rafah like they were comparable in any way.

12 Israeli soldiers hospitalized after their tank runs over a wasp nest
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https://twitter.com/FuknSlammer/status/1788954065923178865

HOW IS HE SO FUCKING FAST

Very funny article ( archive link ) about a growing bizarre trend in germany: faking Jewishness.

Some years ago, a friend of mine was invited to a Shabbat dinner. The attendees all gave the appearance of being religiously observant. They knew the hymns, the men wore kippot, one even had payot. The hosts insisted that my friend recite the various blessings. Through a chance comment during dinner, he discovered he was the only Jew in attendance. They were Germans who enjoyed enacting Jewish rituals, and wanted a Jew to unwittingly give his blessing.

Reminds me of americans () insisting they are 1/24th cherokee.

NASA CONTRACTOR WARNS THAT BOEING LAUNCH MUST BE STOPPED "BEFORE SOMETHING CATASTROPHIC HAPPENS"

Quite interesting, particularly with boeing whistleblowers dying frequently recently.

https://futurism.com/the-byte/nasa-contractor-warns-boeing-valves

Reposting this one

Blinken says Israel’s propaganda fails to work because social media allows people see exactly what is happening without any ability to mediate it, and the imagery is very emotional. Romney then says yes, that’s why they've banned TikTok

https://streamable.com/mqhiqn

Minutes after the French Ambassador left the Russian Foreign Ministry, France has stated that no military forces will be sent to Ukraine

Isn't there someone you forgot to ask?

EU Says Ready to Use All Trade Tools to Defend Against China

“Europe cannot accept market-distorting practices that could lead to deindustrialization,” von der Leyen said.

I guess blowing up a gas pipeline doesn't count as a market-distorting practice

Journalists vagueposting on twitter but apparently the Israeli Eurovision delegation harrassed the Dutch participant and made fun of his dead parents (which his song is about), the Dutch guy punched someone and now Eurovision is (maybe?) disqualifying him. The show is being delayed, nobody is saying anything concrete. This is all rumours, could be wrong entirely, but something almost definitely happened between the Dutch and Israeli parties. The local reporters say it's total chaos and nobody really knows what's going on.

They're really gonna burn everything to the ground to protect Israel's impunity.

Edit: Apparently the Italian girl just sang Imagine by John Lennon for no discernable reason.

Edit 2: All press conferences scheduled for today have been cancelled, everyone is confused

Edit 3: Seems like the Dutch guy was a huge fan favorite and he called out the Israeli woman during press conferences before. Now the rumor is that he got in a fight with a photographer. It does seem like he's being disqualified. There's also a video of an Israeli journalist harassing him.

Edit 4: Spanish journalist also harrassed by Israelis at Eurovision

Edit 5: Joost Klein is not performing during the Jury show. They're saying this has nothing to do with Israel but there was an incident with a Swedish photographer but I don't buy it. This is, from what I know, the first time something like this has happened. You're telling me no Eurovision contestant has ever gotten in a fight before a big show? Nobody has ever thrown hands during this yearly freak show of rival countries? This is the first time someone needs to be disqualified? Shut the fuck up.

BREAKING: UN General Assembly (kind of) just Recocnized Palestina as a Member state (Basiclly and Un Veto-able in its 1967 borders , and its grands Palestina those Member rights "even if not passed by the security council" , meaning Biden. there is some caviats but --> It just Passed overwelmingly with 143 to 9 Votes in the General Assembly !

USA was completly blindsided by this it seems .. It was Brought in and Passed extremly fast , without US beeing able to activate its softpower slime ... Glorious !! Expect USA to stop their UN Founding and other tandrums btw..

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The original campus protest at Columbia has been successful beyond even what I thought was possible - and I was optimistic! Fuck the NYPD but I hope every student who got arrested and/or suspended can hold their head high and see how these protests are spreading and growing across the planet.

I’m not on twitter so I can’t link directly to the videos, but this news story has the videos embedded. It has Macklemore singing Hind’s Hall live at a concert in New Zealand. Crowd goes nuts, love it.

These are the kinds of videos that make every Zionist under 40 go . No way any of them would get applause like this. Everyone their age hates them, the movement for the liberation of Palestine has an entire generation on its side. The only people who cheer on Zionists are the ones who are as miserable as they are.

This is just pathetic. I'd do a lenghty ramble about this but I wont, I can't find the words to describe how awful this is going to be.

It's just sad to see this man prostitute himself for free to the US and "Israel", not because I care for this man, but because I feel sad for us. This comprador piece of shit is giving everything away and not offering the slightest resistence, not even for a decent price tag. It's just for free, come and take it, while he wraps himself in a foreign flag showing the absolute disdain he has for our country and it's people. And a flag that represents a "country" that is carrying out a genocide, double insulting. And you know what? Apart from that piece of dog shit elon musk nobody must respect this asshole, even the US capitalists who are very interested in our national resources kinda dislike this guy, you can't be this bad man, you can't immediately begin sucking US cock the moment you take power. That mentality is not well received by the "self-made men" of the capitalist class.

May we behead this motherfucker soon.

Holy shit, diaper force took casualties from wasps

Twelve soldiers were wounded after being stung by wasps in the southern Gaza Strip earlier today.

The incident occurred amid an operation by the Gaza Division’s Southern Brigade in the border area, near the community of Nirim.

A tank had driven over a large wasp nest, leading the insects to sting the troops. One of the soldiers is listed in moderate condition, and the other 11 are lightly hurt, the IDF says.

They were taken to a hospital in Israel for treatment.

Even the wasps can see the red triangles over the diaper force!

https://youtu.be/POHeKWJ5qQU

Amerikkka threatening the ICC

5/8/24 - Hexbear user @SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net documents catching and releasing invasive Asian hornet.

5/10/24 - Asian hornets attack IDF troops, hospitalizing 10.

Coincidence?

Joost Klein (Dutch representative) officially disqualified from the Eurovision grand final. Fans are in outrage. The delegations from Switzerland, Ireland and Italy have complained about harrassment from the Israeli delegation and have refused to show up to the flag parade ceremony. Bambie Thug (Irish representative, one of the most vocal Israel critics) demands that the harrassment is addressed. Individual jurors are withdrawing in protest. EBU is having a crisis meeting.

Apparently, the Israeli delegation cheered when the disqualification of Joost Klein was announced. Do they want the world to hate them?

Edit: Libs have discovered that the Israeli representative Eden Golan is from Moscow. I think the only way this could be worse is if Eden Golan shot a puppy on stage Kristi Noem-style.

Edit 2: Norwegian spokesperson Alessandra Mele, who was supposed to give Norway's points at the grand final tonight, announced her withdrawal from said role in protest. The Portuguese representative Iolanda has expressed her support for a free Palestine ahead of the dress rehearsal today.

Edit 3: This is from last night's show: Finnish spokesperson refuses to say "Israel" when giving out points, instead saying "Ireland" even after the moderator asks her to repeat. Last night, the Finnish representative from last year appeared in an Instagram story with Eden Golan and was forced to apologize later. Eurovision fans really, really, really hate Israel right now.

Fuck OFF bitch. Jordan has done jack to help the resistance and you’ve helped the Israelis militarily. Change your policies or shut the fuck up

Indefinitely? That's fucking convenient.

US report on Israel's wartime conduct in Gaza delayed indefinitely - POLITICO

In reaction to student pressure (and possibly legal action) the UCLA Chancellor has finally agreed to an investigation of the Zionist/IOF/Proud Boy attack assisted and allowed by LAPD.

In fact, his statement names a new 'Chief Safety Officer' to lead the investigation:

To that end, inaugural Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Safety Officer Rick Braziel is leading a law enforcement investigation to identify the perpetrators of the violence and hold them to account.

If you recognise that name, it's because Rick Braziel was the guy who was put in charge of investigating the police handling of the Ulvade school shooting and ruled that there was no fault on behalf of any of the officers.

Everyone seems to be taking in stride that the FUCKING CIA was sitting in on the Palestine/Israel ceasefire negotiations. Jesus christ.

Is it true that Americans believe that if you die while committing a mass shooting you go to American Valhalla (an infinitely large Applebee’s)?

Israel is such a fucking pariah

Israel's ambassador to the UN is currently giving a speech condemning Palestine's bid to join. And he's shredding the UN charter, which is what he says the general assembly is doing.

https://nitter.poast.org/JoshuaPHilll/status/1788953068106920343#m

Fuck joe biden I hope he fucking dies

YouTube Accused of Censoring Macklemore's 'Hind's Hall' | Newsweak

YouTube has been accused of censoring the video for Macklemore's new song, "Hind's Hall," on its platform.

On May 6, the rapper shared the track, which supports a free Palestine and student protests, on his social media accounts. The song also pays tribute to 6-year-old Hind Rajab, a Palestinian child who was killed by the Israeli military days after she had called emergency services begging to be rescued.

Rajab has become a symbol for people protesting the Israel-Hamas war. After students occupied Columbia University's Hamilton Hall, they unfurled a banner over the hall's facade that said "Hind's Hall," paying tribute to Rajab, who was killed alongside her family and the EMTs who tried to save her.

The song's accompanying video is made up of clips of people protesting and showing support for Palestinians, plus various clips of police officers and politicians. At the time of writing, it had received 24.7 million views on X, formerly Twitter, and more than 75 million views on Instagram. However, the video has been age-restricted on YouTube, where it has been viewed 232,116 times, prompting social media users to accuse the company of limiting the song's reach.

as others have noted, YouTube is even age restricting audio-only reuploads of the song

Direct link, Archive link

Israeli society continues to fray. Displaced colonizers from the north are yelling about how they want to break away and create the "State of Galilee". I have no idea how serious their intentions or capabilities are, and I'd hazard a guess that if they try to go through with it, they'll just be a bunch of armed vagrants wandering around killing people.

russia finally going after kharkiv, this is like christmas for telegram power users

Some wholesome news today: Kissinger is still dead

Might be a hot take but it needs to be said that the Axis of Resistance are righteous heroes of justice armed with the light of Allah and anime on their side and they are on a quest to defeat one of the greatest evils in human history: Settler Colonialism, of which Israel is the most recent incarnation. This is not an opinion, this is not biased, this is not exaggerated, this is a fact, cold hard facts that are supported by science. No I will not elaborate.

Losing my marbles seeing every university in my area respond to the BDS/Palestinian solidarity camps on campuses in the exact same way: Shutting down all access to buildings overnight and restricting access to all buildings on campus throughout the day (therefore blocking access to bathrooms) to create disruption and "health and safety concerns" out of nothing to justify clamping down later.

Also, my university's faculty association sent an open letter to the university president in solidarity with the encampment, and no profs from my department signed their name i'm so cynical

Samsung Next Withdraws From Israel

Samsung Next, the innovation arm of the Korean technology giant, Samsung, is shutting down its Tel Aviv operations, yet another strong indicator of the dramatically declining confidence in the Israeli economy.

In withdrawing from Israel, Samsung Next, which had invested in some 70 Israeli start-ups to date, is the latest fund to divest from Israel’s once thriving hi-tech sector, which accounts for over 50% of exports. Quite a few US and Israeli tech firms have already withdrawn. In 2023, investment in Israeli tech firms plummeted by 56% compared to 2022.

I don't know if Samsung has other operations there, or if "Samsung Next" is the extent of their presence/involvement.

(EDIT: Oops. Almost a month old. Sorry if it's already been mentioned.)

Why are those pesky young people not voting for me smh.

context :

https://nitter.poast.org/tparsi/status/1789031773386527115

Stunning polll! Of Biden's 2020 voters, a very strong majority disapprove of Biden's Israel policy. And of those, only 50% plan to vote for Biden again. That is a HUGE loss of votes that Biden is sacrificing to enable Israel to continue its war crimes.

Germany finds roundabout way to commemorate the Wehrmacht and SS:
https://twitter.com/dwnews/status/1788859019488108910

Germany is introducing a Veterans Day for the first time since its reunification. In a country that is very ambivalent about its armed forces, this is a sensation.

❗The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine on US President Joe Biden's recent statements:

○ The American President is a war criminal and his criminal administration must be tried before international courts, just like the Zionist war criminals.

○ Biden’s recent statements confirm that his administration is directly involved in the war on Gaza and in managing field operations with the entity, and that it can stop the war with the blink of an eye.

○ The recent American criticism of the Zionist entity, and its decision to suspend sending a bomb shipment, are mere formalities that will not stop the aggression or the ongoing war of extermination against our people.

○ They are also merely anesthetizing messages to American public opinion that is angry at the American administration’s policy and its unlimited support for the entity.

https://t.me/thecradlemedia/15098

British Fire Brigades Union stay winning.

Lmao at Liz basically making a episode doing a deep dive into mainstream coverage of Vietnam student protests in the new TrueAnon ep

About a dozen far-right Israeli protesters have blocked the Latrun Interchange of Highway 1 in the occupied West Bank to stop trucks carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, Israeli media reports.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/7/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-blasts-rafah-fate-of-ceasefire-uncertain?update=2883906

An estimated 1.6 million people packed Copacabana beach last night to see a free, 2.5 hour show by Madonna, who a drew a crowd that was 48 times larger than Jair Bolsonaro's recent anti-Supreme Court protest at the same location.

Unfortunately I have to inform you all that a certain zionist, known as "Tank Posting" on Twitter, is unfortunately still alive and is seen celebrating the IOF's entry into Rafah, comparing the destruction of the "I LOVE GAZA" monument with the famous video of the destruction of the swastika in Nuremberg in 1945.

However, there is still time. This little fuck is on active duty and from what appears the IOF not only eats shit in Gaza but his deployment may take him to face Hezbollah in the north. Not all is lost, he can still get reduced to nothing by Yasin 105 RPG, or later on, by Kornet ATGM.

Nothing but death and misery for all zionists around the world, especially those engaged in genocide directly.

Death to israel

Meanwhile in KKKalgary, Alberta, Canada

Pigs use fire bangs and riot shields to clear a university encampment on its first day

All cops should be minecrafted

Liberals can't even tolerate performative anti-genocide in their privileged faux-woke parties.

Burning Man festival removes "From the River to the Sea" sculpture from website amid allegations of antisemitism. The pro-Palestinian artwork, shaped like a sliced watermelon, was set to be displayed at the Nevada festival from August 25 to September 2, 2024.

Burning Man Removes Pro-Palestinian Sculpture Amid Antisemitism Allegations

Apparently LAPD unexpectedly ("unprovoked" is used to describe it) arrested the press and legal observers in a parking garage today, along with a mayoral candidate and a bunch of UCLA students. /r/ACAB thread

(Camera person does some good swearing at the pigs. Sounds like he's absolutely shocked they would do this. I guess they didn't pay any attention during BLM....)

After 1.5 years of me, 72T and the other nerds here being in pain when looking at Ukraine-Russia War maps, Russian troops have finally crossed the northern section of the Ukraine-Russia border and have reactivated the Kharkov front. Multiple reports are now flowing in and all are saying the same things, Russian units have captured some of the border villages and the main Russian forces still haven't deployed yet. My short dumb megathread guy analysis says that the attack north of Kharkov is another 5D diversion tactic, but the thrust from the Vovchansk direction is the main one and it will be in the direction of the Kupiansk-Izium-Liman line.

Between campus protests in Europe, invasion of Rafah, the UN vote, and Eurovision shenanigans… it almost feels like this has been the worst few days for “controlling the narrative” on behalf of US and Israeli interests. I’m not suggesting some Israeli singer getting booed will stop a solitary bomb from dropping on Gaza… but narratives do matter. That’s why the US works so hard to control it.

Today marks the two year anniversary of the Israeli assassination of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, a United States citizen. The Biden administration dropped it's position of calling for investigation and prosecution, and failed to condemn the Israeli assault on Abu Akleh’s funeral in Jerusalem, wherein armed officers beat her pallbearers with batons. To date no one has been held accountable.

Student interviewed by fox

‘If our government and academic institutions are complicit in this [genocide] there comes a point where we say we are not following orders because there are principles & human lives that matter more than our careers and our futures’

https://nitter.poast.org/SanaSaeed/status/1788211323177714152#m

i hope biden fucking dies soon

Friends just keep doubling down on voting for Joe Biden in the fall. I must accept that I am surrounded by fascists who don’t care about genocide

I am here to remind everyone of Bangladesh and their relations with "Israel". Well, first they have none. Second it gets funnier because in 1971, during the Bangladesh War of Liberation, "Israel" stated that they supported the Provisional Government of Bangladesh against Pakistan. And then, when Bangladesh gained independence in 1972, "Israel" was among the first nations (if not even THE first) to recognize Bangladesh. However, Bangladesh quickly rejected this recognition calling it not acceptable, basically telling "Israel" to "fuck off and die and shove your recognition up your ass", then Bangladesh recognized the Palestinian state and has maintained this position ever since.

All passports issued in Bangladesh read: "This passport is valid for all countries in the world except Israel", something I find extremely funny. By 2021, however, Bangladesh was forced to erase this text from their passport but this has only happened on the e-passports, printed ones still have it.

I wish everyone was a bit more like Bangladesh.

https://twitter.com/darrion_nguyen/status/1788834313791844485

Vietnam just arrested a spy from ministry of labour who leaked state secret in an effort to establish “independent trade uinion”, just like the “sorlidanorc” which destroyed socialist poland. It is banned under our goverment and as usual western MSM (AP) said we are “repressing”

Swedish stormtroopers have arrested Greta

"US offers Israel intel on Hamas leaders in exchange for limited Rafah op"

You have probably seen this ridiculous story in many places. I would like to discuss it because it reveals one of the major strategies of the psychological information warfare occurring at the moment.

According to Washington Bezos' Post:

Washington “is offering Israel valuable assistance if it holds back, including sensitive intelligence to help the Israeli military pinpoint the location of Hamas leaders and find the group’s hidden tunnels.”

We should be asking a few questions:

1. Where is Washington getting this "valuable intelligence"? Did they pull it out of the air? No, this is an implicit admission of what we already knew and many of us have been saying for months. US troops are on the ground in Gaza right now and they have been part of the campaign in many different ways. Remember when Tasnim revealed 5,000 US soldiers were involved in the initial invasion of Gaza? I do.

2. If Washington actually had this intelligence to find Yahya al-Sinwar and Mohamed al-Deif, don't you think they would have already acted upon it? The US needs Sinwar eliminated in order to implement their "New Middle East." Other leaders in Hamas have shown willingness to co-operate and co-ordinate with Qatar to sabotage the liberation project. It was the Yahya Sinwar faction that reclaimed Hamas after that betrayal at the start of the war on Syria and re-oriented it to what it is today. What kinds of intelligence could they actually have anyways?

3. Does Washington actually want "israel" to so-called "hold back" in Rafah? It seems the answer is no. The 20+billion dollars given to the zionist entity last month reveals far more than any words being said. The "pier" being constructed in Gaza reveals the US is All-In on this nazi project. This whole narrative that the US is reigning in the "israeli extreme right" is dedicated to the natsec state plot of eventually building the "two-state solution" after Netanyahu is removed from office following the end of this war.

Conclusions:

Stop listening to what the US and "israeli" politicians and their mouthpieces are saying. Everything is a misdirection scheme that aims to make the United States seem innocent, to promote future normalization schemes, and to distance criticism of the US government. The "good cop bad cop" routine. Anthony Blinken was in "tel aviv" just before this operation on Rafah began. Remember what every Axis of Resistance leader has emphasized: The US is involved at every level in this war of annihilation and it making all of the strategic decisions while "israel" is merely its tool.

This principle is important to build a broad-based internationalist coalition of forces dedicated to saving our planet from the 4th Reich known as the United States of America. We cannot be distracted thinking the problem is the zionist lobbies and Netanyahu and the israeli "right wing". (In my opinion, Netanyahu basically has as much power as Zelensky at this point.)

The United States of America as an economic/political/military institution is the enemy of almost all human beings on earth. This is our point of unity.

Joe might be lying. We will see idk.

"Everybody keeps talking about pausing weapons shipments. Weapons shipments are still going to Israel. And they're still getting the vast, vast majority of everything that they need to defend themselves," White House NSC spox John Kirby, yesterday.

https://nitter.poast.org/halalflow/status/1789054795912753556

Then an article saying

White House says Israel still getting 'vast majority' of weapons 'they need'

F-22 crashed

It’s crazy to me that western leaders are still insisting that Ukraine get favorable terms and will join NATO. They know that’s the red line and trigger for the whole war, they know that giving up on that is strategic defeat. Russia is in no rush, they can keep the war they are winning going as long as the west refuses to give up on Ukrainian NATO membership. They can’t join NATO while they are in an ongoing war cause that would cause instant WW3 and is useless as deference since Russia wasn’t deterred, so why ever end the war? Even after other objectives have been secured like buffer zones, securing all annexed Russian oblasts, denazification, end of shelling (especially of Donetsk and Belgorod); Crimean land bridge, water and rail lines, etc. if Ukraine won’t fold then Russia can and should just keep them on simmer.

This is talked about so little in the west, at least in public. It’s the elephant in the room that they are all talking around in their articles and cope. They will have to give in to Russian demands

Russia appears to have taken more land in the past 48 hours than Ukraine took during the entire summer offensive.

Note the dashed arrows indicate where Russia has not yet attacked - presumably, they want to do as much fighting outside the city as possible.

Bernie is running for re-election. I guess he doesn't want the tail end of his legacy to be "supported a genocide" so he needs another term to make people forget.

The Cradle: Yemen’s strategic escalation into the Mediterranean

The Yemeni “circle of fire” – its maritime reach – now encompasses the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the Indian Ocean, and the Mediterranean Sea. On land, Sanaa’s focus is on impacting Israel’s geographic depth, particularly its southern regions which abut the Red Sea. In multiple speeches, Ansarallah leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi has emphasized Yemen’s staggering advances in military capabilities, both quantitatively and qualitatively. These advancements are made possible by various factors, most notably the real-world testing of their arsenal. Recent broadcasts showcased a distant suicide drone targeting a ship in the Red Sea, equipped with a camera on its nose. Additionally, there has been significant Yemeni progress in the use of winged and ballistic missiles: according to military analysts, for the first time in history, anti-ship ballistic missiles were deployed against seaborne vessels, a qualitative advancement in Ansarallah’s military bag of tricks.

[...] Since early April, various European naval commanders have thrown their hands up in full public view. Jerome Henry, commander of France’s Aquitaine-class FREMM frigate Alsace – deployed in the Red Sea for 71 straight days – said on 11 April that his ship had depleted its entire combat arsenal, and while it would head to port to replenish those munitions, would return to face an impossible mission: "We didn’t necessarily expect this level of threat. There was an uninhibited violence that was quite surprising and very significant. [The Yemenis] do not hesitate to use drones that fly at water level, to explode them on commercial ships, and to fire ballistic missiles."

[...] Yemeni Brigadier-General Shamsan points out that the US defense system failures, and growing risks faced by the anti-Yemen naval coalitions, have “forced it and its allies to withdraw more than 18 ships from the theater of operations, as the number of American ships that left reached 10, while eight ships belonging to European tools left.”

Shamsan says the rapid development of Sanaa’s military capabilities during the ongoing war has positioned Yemen as a pivotal player not only regionally but globally, owing to its strategic position overseeing one of the world’s most crucial maritime passages. As Ansarallah’s phase four operations commence in the Mediterranean Sea, Shamsan declares that Yemen has now effectively implemented a maritime blockade and economic stranglehold on Israel, which heavily relies on sea routes for the vast majority of its imports. This blockade, in turn, represents a significant leverage point against both Tel Aviv and its western allies, which have failed to protect their interests in the Red Sea or counteract Sanaa’s embargo on ships entering the ports of the occupation state.

Far from being a mere political and military backwater, Yemen has demonstrated far-reaching military capabilities and impressive strategic planning that has confounded the world’s greatest naval powers. Sanaa’s formidable maneuvers in West Asian maritime zones have catapulted it to the forefront of the region’s Axis of Resistance as the member most capable of influencing global maritime security and regional stability. As the US and its allies rally around their newly constructed “aid pier” on Gaza’s Mediterranean coastline to, as many suspect, consolidate the area as a future site for US military operations and protect Israel’s oil and gas platforms, Yemen is emerging as a frontline adversary in that far-flung theater.

Western navies are complete paper tigers.

Kristi Noem is banned from a fifth tribe, meaning she isn't allowed to enter around 20% of her own state (assuming you consider reservations as part of states)

4 tribes to go before they all ban her lol

Slovenia Prepares to Recognize Palestine as a State

"Atrocities that we see in Gaza every day are inadmissible and have to stop," PM Golob said.

On Thursday, the government of Slovenia began the procedure of recognizing the State of Palestine to help end the violence in Gaza.

"Atrocities that we see in Gaza every day are inadmissible and have to stop," Prime Minister Robert Golob told a news conference following a government session.

Slovenia's government coalition, which is composed of three center-left parties, is united on the plan to recognize the State of Palestine, he said, adding that he hopes other countries will follow Slovenia.

The Slovenian government will send a formal request to the parliament to recognize the State of Palestine by June 13.

"I am pleased that the government has taken a decisive and irreversible step in the process of recognizing Palestine. Slovenia thus sends a clear message on the urgency of Middle East peace and a two-state solution," Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon said.

Over 100 students from Ljubljana University's Faculty of Social Sciences protested on the premises for the second day in a row on Thursday, calling on the university to issue a clear condemnation of the genocide in Gaza and end any cooperation with Israel's Bar Ilan University.

Slovenia, an incumbent non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, issued a joint statement with Spain, Malta and Ireland in late March saying that the countries stand ready to recognize the State of Palestine when "the circumstances are right".

Moscow Warns It Will Strike UK Military Targets If British Weapons Are Used in Attacks on Russia

Russia has warned the UK that it could target British military installations and equipment in “Ukraine and beyond” if Ukrainian forces use British-provided weapons to strike Russian territory.

Russia made the warning directly to the British ambassador in Moscow, who was summonsed in response to UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron saying Ukraine has the “right” to use British weapons in attacks on Russia.

“Any British military facilities and equipment on the territory of Ukraine and beyond could be a response to Ukrainian strikes with the use of British weapons on the territory of Russia,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

“The ambassador was called upon to reflect on the inevitable catastrophic consequences of such hostile steps by London and to immediately refute the belligerent provocative statements of the head of the Foreign Office in the most decisive and unequivocal way,” the ministry said.

London has been providing Ukraine with Storm Shadow missiles, which have a range of up to 155 miles. Earlier this year, the UK confirmed it had a “small number” of troops inside Ukraine, and a German military leak revealed British troops “on the ground” in Ukraine are helping Ukrainian forces fire the Storm Shadow missiles.

The NATO missile supply and targeting support for Ukraine has always risked a major escalation of the war. But as the conflict has dragged on, the US, Britain, and other NATO countries have increased their involvement in the war despite the risk of provoking a direct confrontation between the Western alliance and Russia, which could quickly turn nuclear.

The other day I made this post about how we could flood the Utah hotline to report trans bathroom usage with false reports, and now Utah is reporting that the hotline is nearly unusable because of all of the false reports lol

The onslaught has led the state official tasked by law with managing the tip line, the Utah auditor, John Dougall, to bemoan getting stuck with the cumbersome task of filtering through fake complaints while also facing backlash for enforcing a law he had no role in passing.

“No auditor goes into auditing so they can be the bathroom monitors,” Dougall said on Tuesday. “I think there were much better ways for the legislature to go about addressing their concerns, rather than this ham-handed approach.”

In the week since it launched, the online tip line already has received more than 10,000 submissions, none of which seem legitimate, he said.

Folks, direct action gets the goods

The auditor’s office has encountered many reports that Dougall described as “total nonsense”, and others that he said appear credible at first glance and take much longer to filter out. His staff had spent the last week sorting through thousands of well-crafted complaints citing fake names or locations.

Now is a great time to remind everybody to keep sending in false reports (via this site) that sound legitimate and make this hotline unusable.

Do something funny, Iran. These cowards are too scared to fight someone their own size.

In a further example of how petty universities are getting (while turning blind eyes to Zionist hate) I offer this from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland Ohio:

CWRU has a 'spirit wall' where students are encouraged to express themselves with paint, chalk, fliers and more.

Students opposing the genocide in Palestine and organising against it used this wall, with great support from others, and completely within the published policy available on the university website.

The university decided they were going to have contractors go in and paint over the entire wall to remove the pro-Palestine messages.

Students stood in front of the wall so that the work couldn't be done and demanded to know why the university was removing pro-Palestine messages when it had never done previously.

So university staff ordered the contractors to paint over the students.

The university later finished respraying the wall and it was immeadiately covered in graffiti by Zionists calling the students "terrorists". It remains up.

Comrades, it is Victory Day today, although this victory was 78 years ago, its impact has only grown with time.

Long live the USSR, Glory to the Red Army, All Power to the Anti-Fascist Heroes! The defeat of Fascism will forever be one of the defining moments in all of human history!

A tribute

This Year's Victory Day Parade

The Eurovision has released an official explanation for why the illegal zionist entity is allowed in the contest while Russia is not.

The Eurovision makes a song and dance about how the contest is "apolitical" and how it is "not a contest between governments". They claim that while Russian broadcasters were suspended for "persistent breaches of membership obligations and the violation of public service values", the zionist broadcaster has been a member for more than 60 years.

To underline their moral cowardice they state that their decision to ignore the ongoing genocide and allow a zionist entry is aligned with many other international organisations like sport unions who allow zionist participation.

It is a bullshit explanation that puts a fig leaf on their blatant loyalty to western imperialism, but at least that is the explanation they give.

Greta Thunberg was arrested outside of Eurovision Concert

Live stream and a news article for this one.

Protesters demanded Yle [Finnish state media] withdraw from the Eurovision Song Contest at Yle broadcasting in Helsinki

Demonstrators in the lobby of Ylen Mediatalo. Photo: Petteri Sopanen / Yle

On Saturday morning, a group of protesters arrived at Yle's Helsinki office to demand that Yle withdraw from Eurovision because Israel is participating in the competition.

Israel's participation has attracted strong criticism , as Israel is waging a war in the Palestinian territory of Gaza.

In the press release, the protesters say that Israel will get a platform to polish its own image in Eurovision.

Union theological seminary, which is housed on Columbia's campus and a partner of Columbia but has separate endowments, has officially divested. They had been working towards this since November 2023. Some may know Union as where Cornell West has taught.

https://twitter.com/BrianMteleSUR/status/1787529786916483537

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is back in the hospital with a rare skin infection. The doctors announced that the antibiotics are working, but he's being transferred from Manaus to a hospital in Brasilia today.

David Cameron made a statement recently where he said British weapons could be used by Ukraine against Russia.

Russia summoned the ambassadors of Britain and France to a 30minute meeting. They then exited the building in total silence.

Later, the Russian foreign ministry said:

A strong protest was expressed to the British Ambassador in connection with Foreign Minister Cameron’s statement about Kiev’s right to strike Russia with British weapons.

The ambassador was warned that the response to Ukrainian strikes using British weapons on Russian territory could be any British military facilities and equipment on the territory of Ukraine and beyond, the Russian Foreign Ministry reports.

Excerpt from an insightful interview with Palestinian communist Khaled Barakat

As for Palestine’s geopolitical significance, Barakat highlighted that “Palestine signifies the balance of power” both regionally and globally. “Everything related to Palestine is by default related to the Zionist entity as well. So if there is a war, then everybody gets affected, and the effects are immediately felt worldwide, but particularly in our region, in West Asia, which is a very important area in determining the global system,” he explained.

Based on their position towards Palestine, Barakat divided the West Asian countries into three groups: countries like Turkey and Qatar that have close relations with the US and the NATO, which are trying to push the Palestinian resistance into accepting a two-state solution or to extract concessions; the camp comprising Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt that is directly collaborating with the Zionist entity to the detriment of the Palestinian cause; and countries like Iran and Syria and entities like Hezbollah, Ansarallah, Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units, etc., that are openly backing the Palestinian resistance. “These three camps actually exist globally, not just in our region,” he pointed out. “In the fight that is happening in Gaza, you have a Global South pushing for Gaza’s victory because it is pushing for its own victory, while the Western imperialist powers are supporting Israel because they are supporting their own interests. So this fight is not just between Palestinians and Israelis, instead it is two international camps that are actually in this conflict in a time when a new world order is needed. People cannot go on living with the United States determining the fate of the world, and a multipolar system is being born.”

“At the same time, the United States must accept the fact today that the world is changing and its empire is shrinking, it is getting weak,” he continued. “We are going to witness more and more internal crises in the United States, and Palestine would have a lot to do with that.” As an example of this, he highlighted the pro-Palestine student protests in several US universities. “Those who think that the battle in Gaza will remain in Gaza, that is not going to happen… Those who support the Palestinian people are actually playing a major role today worldwide, in geopolitics, while those who are not supporting Palestine are actually on the sidelines.”

UK 's Labour Party inadvertently endorses armed struggle against Israel by the students

David Lammy thinks students should copy Mandela’s protest style. Apparently Lammy doesn’t know about uMkhonto we Sizwe.

https://nitter.poast.org/DavidVeevers1/status/1788455122009210897#m

And now a massive crowd forging new barricades at Rokin in central Amsterdam. They emptied the tires of the buses supposed to transport the people arrested at the omhp encampment. Oh @UvA_Amsterdam you have started a revolution

https://nitter.poast.org/HarrygPettit/status/1788287605676662795#m

Edit: Also I'd like to note that at this uni the cops literally bulldozed the encampment

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68987130

Unrwa closes East Jerusalem compound after attacks

head of the UN's largest aid agency in Gaza says he is temporarily closing its headquarters in occupied East Jerusalem after a number of attacks.

Philippe Lazzarini said "Israeli residents" twice set fire to the compound's perimeter on Thursday evening.

There were no casualties but the fire "caused extensive damage to the outdoor areas," he wrote on social media.

"Once again, the lives of UN staff were at a serious risk."

Our director with the help of other staff had to put out the fire themselves as it took the Israeli fire extinguishers and police a while before they turned up," he added.

There was no immediate response from the Israeli authorities.

Mr Lazzarini also posted a video of what he said was a "crowd accompanied by armed men" who were chanting "burn down the United Nations". This video has not been verified by the BBC.

He said it was the second time this week the compound has come under attack, and it would not be reopened until "proper security is restored

Egypt to back South Africa genocide case against Israel at world court ^[SCMP]

From what I've heard Egypt cracked down pretty hard on the protests and I'm under the impression no one expects the government to do the right thing unprompted so this was kind of surprising.

John Bachtell, previous National Chairperson (Revisionist version of General Secretary) of CPUSA, member of their national committee (revisionist version of Central Committee), and president of Long View Publishing Co., the publisher of People's World (The mouthpiece of CPUSA that puts out articles so bad they stopped printing physical copies so as to avoid having them used as toilet paper.), one of the few public faces of the right-opportunist anti-communist rot that has killed CPUSA and reanimated its corpse into a DNC sheepdog, turboshitlib extraordinare, and coincidentally has worked personally with former President Obama back in the day with his senatorial campaign as some kind of precinct coordination officer.

This is someone in CPUSA's leadership who openly pushes the party to support the Democratic party and calls any third party candidate a running-dog for 'fascist' trump, (and we know for a fact he'd call PSL anti-democratic and 'progressive', if it wasn't for the fact that he'd face greater backlash) as I've previously quoted before...

Third-party candidates prevented both Democrats and Republicans from surpassing 50% in 2016, playing a key role in Trump’s victory. Therefore, another GOP scheme is to siphon off votes from Democrats by flooding the zone with third-party candidates or supporting those that develop independently in order to widen division, play on concerns about Biden’s age, and tap disappointment with the policy promises that Biden and the Democrats haven’t been able to fulfill.

In 2024, the GOP and MAGA are excited by the “No Labels” Party, the Democratic primary challenge of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and the Green Party candidacy of Cornel West. They see all of these campaigns as opportunities to disrupt the election, divide the anti-MAGA majority, and undercut the progressive voter mobilization needed to defeat fascism.

~ John Bachtell, previous leader of CPUSA and president of People's World

MAGA Republicans will use any means necessary to win—including ‘progressive’ third parties

And of course if you feel like torturing yourself more with his writing here's another one titled: Biden’s ‘crisis presidency’ and potential for transformative change

So anyways, now that I've riled you up, allow me to drop the feather to break the proverbial camel's back.

John Bachtell says "I condemn Hamas" because of some video showing some dude getting his ass beat because he was stealing phones, food, solar cells, etc. from refugees and got caught. (link to proof)

Zero investigation into the image and he immediately begins to push pro-fascist talking points.

tweet link

And if that's not disgusting enough, not much later he begins posting in support for the Georgian color revolution thats happening right now

Good fucking luck actually having your social fascist and class traitor leadership willingly relinquish power - and thats assuming you can actually vote them out to begin with - any members of CPUSA here. You'd literally have better luck trying to learn as much as you can and getting as many resources as you can then bailing for an actual communist party.

Edit: I also forgot to mention he's unironically repeats nazi propaganda and is a banderite

Biden administration moves to terminate agreement governing conditions for migrant children in US custody

(Al Jazeera) United Nations General Assembly backs Palestinian bid for membership

Resolution does not give Palestine full UN membership, but recognises them as qualified to join and extends rights.

143 yes, 9 no, 25 abstained.

And here is the list of countries exact votes. US, Israel, and US puppet regimes are predictably the no votes: https://twitter.com/Raminho/status/1788956393438859580

Hey remember that video of the sniper lighting that IDF dumbass on fire with a bullet and we all were wondering how that happened?

I got decently reliable info saying the sniper was indeed using an Armor-piercing incendiary round.

I can't keep up with Eurovison drama, but it seems like the Israeli delegation kept pissing people off?

Proposal includes 'far-reaching' conclusions Israel doesn't agree to - report

THE ZIONISTS ARE CLAIMING THEY DO NOT AGREE TO WHATEVER HAMAS JUST AGREED TO - WHAT IS HAPPENING?

Pentagon has confirmed a pause of bombs to Israel.

https://apnews.com/article/israel-weapons-shipment-us-eed365ebef0477ba74bf9848cacae4f4

US official says Chinese seizure of TSMC in Taiwan would be 'absolutely devastating'

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/us-official-says-chinese-seizure-151702576.html

Xi pls

Listening to Mearsheimer is so weird. It’s pure historical materialism that walks straight up to the point of being Marxism, but then he takes a turn and says “…and this is why we must focus on containing China to maintain the US empire, because that’s what it is it’s an empire.”

I love how there's an entire genre of news articles coming out every day about "How Joe Biden actually saved the economy" and yet we have to listen to libs shout about how "the media isn't telling the voters about all the good stuff Biden has done".

I somehow completely missed that Ukraine is now using civilian planes to bomb Russia. You'd think the international "rules based" order people would have something against this but they predictably do not.

A Ukrainian Sport Plane Drone Just Flew 800 Miles Into Russia To Blow Up An Oil Refinery ^[forbes]

If you destroy a wasp's home, they will retaliate. A lesson the IOF doesn't understand

I just saw some images from southern Brazil on Twitter. The cities are destroyed and flooded, really terrible. And there are still people denying that global warming is real. Fortunately Lula da Silva is the current president and he is acting like a normal human being by sending help. I 100% believe that if it had been Bolsonaro the president, he would have said that this was a punishment from God because the big cities in the south are pro Lula or some shit like that.

Ukrainian military claim that there was no first line of defense along the border, and that desertions by some units have already begun.

Take everything with a grain of salt, but things may start moving more quickly than we're used to. If the map nerds are to be believed, they already are.

Colombia Proposes Arrest of Netanyahu and Peace Force in Gaza

President Petro made these proposals given that Israel will not stop the genocide against the Palestinian people.

On Friday, Colombian President Gustavo Petro called for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu due to his genocidal military offensive on the Gaza Strip.

“Netanyahu will not stop the genocide, which implies an international arrest warrant from the Criminal Court,” he said.

“The United Nations Security Council must consider establishing a peacekeeping force in the territory of Gaza,” he added.

Since October 7, 2023, Israeli occupation forces have killed 34,904 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, where they have also injured 78,514 people.

The number of fatalities, however, could be much higher given that the Palestinian authorities have not been able to recover the bodies that lie under the rubble of buildings and homes destroyed by indiscriminate bombings.

During all these months, the Colombian president has maintained strong criticism of the bombings carried out by the Zionist state. On May 1, at a massive event for International Workers' Day in Bogota, Petro announced the breaking of diplomatic relations with Israel.

Meanwhile, in the last week, Netanyahu has confirmed that he will continue the military offensive in Gaza even if he does not have the support of U.S. weapons.

BenarNews (US Funded Media) - US officials to discuss with Malaysia ‘potential impact’ of Iran sanctions’ violations

Treasury Department says it’s concerned about Washington-sanctioned Iranian oil being moved from ship to ship in Southeast Asian waters.

A U.S. Treasury delegation will discuss the consequences of allowing transshipments of Washington-sanctioned Iranian oil in meetings with government officials here this week, amid longtime allegations by Western news and research firms that Malaysia permits Iran to use its waters for ship-to-ship petroleum transfers.

Western news

YOU YOURSELF ARE WESTERN NEWS?

…The American officials who arrived in Kuala Lumpur late on Monday will engage in blunt discussions with their Malaysian counterparts, U.S. Ambassador Edgard Kagan said on the sidelines of Asia’s largest defense show.

“You brown orientals need to listen to the White Man and stop trading with the Islamofascist Terrorists”

“We are confident that the Malaysian government understands the U.S. position with regard to transshipment of oil that has been sanctioned, and understands the potential impact that this could have,” Kagan said in response to a question about whether Washington sees Malaysia as a transshipment hub for Iranian oil.

These Crakkkers need to STFU. Keep swinging buddy, it’ll just encourage further decoupling from the West.

He did not elaborate on what he meant by “potential impact,” which could mean anything from sanctions on Malaysia to an emboldened Iran potentially causing more trouble for Washington.

Sanctions deny people or companies access to assets within the United States and prevent American citizens or financial institutions from doing business with them.

Don’t know how that concerns people in Southeast Asia but okay

“We look forward to candid and frank discussions that are going to be done very much from our standpoint in the spirit of working together to address a common problem,” Kagan said.

Go ahead and sanction. I don’t think the numerous American companies based in Malaysia are gonna react too kindly to the political machinations of the warmongers affecting their bottomline.

common problem

It clearly ain’t a problem for the numerous local businesses benefiting from trade with Iran.

In December, the U.S Treasury Department imposed sanctions on four Malaysia-based companies it accused of helping Iran’s production of drones. Washington accuses Iran of supplying deadly drones to what it says are terrorist proxies in the Middle East, and to Russia for use in Ukraine.

Only four? The companies in Malaysia need to step up their game.

On Friday, the Treasury Department said that two of its top officials would visit Malaysia and Singapore on May 6-9 to advance its work in countering what it called terror financing by Iran and its proxies, and the implementation of sanctions against Russia.

Only Singapore has imposed sanctions on Russia. The USA is not in the position to dictate how an independent country wants to handle their own trade and diplomatic relations. Fuck off

“In Malaysia, Under Secretary Nelson and General Counsel MacBride will discuss the United States’ efforts to disrupt terrorist financing, including through fundraising for fraudulent charities and illicit oil sales, while ensuring that U.S. sanctions and other financial measures do not impede the flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza.”

efforts to disrupt terrorist financing, including fundraising for fraudulent charities

We should ban the New Endowment for Democracy to be in line with the stated objectives.

humanitarian aid

Such as “lethal aid” for Israel mayhaps?

BenarNews contacted the Prime Minister’s Office and the foreign ministry for comment on the U.S. officials’ visit and Kagan’s comments, but did not immediately hear back.

I don’t think they care to respond to US propaganda outlets.

Both the issues – sanctions against Russia and Iran – have seen the East and the West divided in their responses.

No shit.

…Malaysia has taken a stance supporting Iran, which launched drones and fired missiles at Israel on April 13. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim described Iran’s actions as a “legitimate act” in response to Israel’s “barbarous” attack on Iran’s consulate in Damascus.

This is the opinion of the Global Majority.

‘I will not accept any threats’ …He said in November that Malaysia would maintain ties with Hamas and not be cowed by the threat of “unilateral” sanctions for doing so in the face of a proposed U.S. law to sanction the group’s supporters.  He was responding to the Nov. 1 passage by the U.S. House of Representatives of the Hamas and Other Palestinian Terrorist Groups International Financing Prevention Act. It has yet to be passed by the Senate. “I will not accept any threats, including this,” Anwar said in Parliament back then.  “This action is unilateral and not valid because we, as members of the United Nations, only recognize decisions made by the United Nations Security Council.”

I have covered this before but I’ll repeat again: Anwar faces internal opposition from more radical Islamic political factions that are staunchly pro-Palestine and Anti-Zionist. Even if he wasn’t himself a believer of a modernist Islam, it would be political suicide if he did not take a stance for Hamas.

The government’s position is entirely in line with the opinion of the vast majority in Malaysia.

In December, Malaysia banned Israeli shipping company ZIM, vessels flying the Israeli flag and those headed there from docking at its ports, saying the move was a response to the Jewish state’s actions in Gaza.

Is the article trying to imply hypocrisy here? Lmao.

Washington ups the pressure Still, allegations about Malaysia’s support for Iran evasion of U.S.  sanctions have been made for years, and long before the latest crisis in the Middle East.  More recently, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (USEIA), in September, noted that China’s oil imports from Malaysia in the first half of 2023 rose to 1 million barrels a day – a figure that exceeded total production in Malaysia.

Actually maybe Malaysia increased production imo I think we are rushing too much on our conclusions.

USEIA pointed to a May 2021 article from the Washington-based Middle East Institute’s website  to explain this discrepancy. The article was titled “Iranian sanctions evasion and the Gulf’s complex oil trade,” and cited news sources like Bloomberg and Reuters as well. “With a heavy discount on Iran’s high-risk, illegal oil exports, buyers in China are purchasing so much that oil tankers are ‘clogging up’ ports in the country,” the article said, referring to a Bloomberg News story for the information about the choked ports.

Thank you China, very cool.

The Treasury officials’ visit to Malaysia comes less than two weeks after President Joe Biden signed a national security package that included the “21st Century Peace through Strength Act,” which extends the statute of limitations for violations of sanctions to 10 years.

“Peace through Strength Act” sounds like satire

In a recent article for The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, research assistant Rebecca Redlich wrote that “Kuala Lumpur is once again displaying its willingness to facilitate Iran’s illicit activity.”

It’s the free market at work baby. The invisible hand supports Iran and Hamas, what can I say?

“The United States has repeatedly sought to curb Kuala Lumpur’s growing ties with Iran by sanctioning various Malaysia-based entities,” she said in her article dated April 24.

Ya’ll repeating what the colonizers did 300 years ago and think no one here will see the ploy for what it is.

“U.S. officials have focused most of their outreach and punitive actions on areas where Malaysian decisions directly threaten U.S. objectives, such as facilitating illicit Iranian oil sales and creating a permissive environment for sanctions evasion.”

So much for the free and open trade and markets.

Again - why should Malaysia care if what they do threaten US objectives? Should a Global South country not advocate for and do stuff that is in their best interests?

Death to Amerikkka

on top of the obvious evil of the iSSraeli government, it's frankly ridiculous how officials refer to "the Nazi organization Hamas" or "Hamas-ISIS". embarrassing stuff, not a serious "country".

Zionazis really do be treating Rafah as the "final battle" and will most definitely finish off the "terrorists" for good.

Would like some affirmation that this is, you know, bullshit.

I began to get the awful feeling last night that the Biden admin is going to let the Rafah invasion go on the full 90 days that Israel claims is planned (meaning it ends in August), and then let them slow roll/block letting aid until closer to the election. He will claim a "victory" in "forcing" Israel to let more aid in closer to the election, even though its all kayfabe. The casualty count in Gaza is almost assuredly undercounted by an order of magnitude. Part of the reason for Israel attacking all of the hospitals and emergency services was definitely to make an accurate count during the war (and for a while after) logistically impossible. If the war ended today, there would be enough time for an official casualty count to begin, and for the death toll to reach six figures before the election. Hitting 100K+ is going to tank what's left of Biden's approval, and I suspect that the White House is going to do everything possible to make sure that doesn't happen until after the election.

yfw you'll never be as cool as the dude with the DPRK flag

https://twitter.com/african_stream/status/1787682258138055127

Several hundred protesters gathered on 3 May outside the US embassy in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, expressing anger and discontent with Washington for recently criticising the African state's military leadership.

60% of Dems think this is a genocide and there are now just stopping shipment of JDAMs/big bombs...

Iron dome is exempt tho.

I'm thinking someone in the DoD has a redline cus Biden clearly doesn't. They probably are fearing blowback. For reference, Arab world opinion of the US is at an all-time low, there would probably be more public protests if citizens didn't fear for their safety in the Arab world, since the anonymous scientific polls are really bad. Note that even in countries that have normalized, the opinion on Israel has always been low. The rulers don't respect the people tho

Apache crashed

Two Army aviators were injured when their AH-64 Apache helicopter was involved in a mishap on Tuesday at Fort Riley, Kansas, said Lt. Col. Jefferson Grimes, a spokesman for the Army’s 1st Infantry Division.

“The crew is receiving all necessary medical treatment,” Grimes told Task & Purpose. “They are in stable condition.”

...

At the time, 11 helicopters and one C-12 fixed-wing aircraft have crashed since October,

The crash is the latest in a rapid series of flying mishaps for Army pilots. Army officials announced in April that all aviation units would be required to undergo mandatory training to reinforce basic flying skills following 12 crashes in the past six months that had killed nine soldiers and one Border Patrol agent.

This is the saber American politicians constantly rattle at Russia, China, and Iran!

It is pretty interesting to see the gradual decline of America’s image since the Bush administration. Obama managed to bring some life back into it and everyone after him only continues to dig it further.

US soft power becoming more controversial for the wrong reasons (“woke culture”) has somewhat helped as well in leading people to look for alternatives. Europe and the rest of NATO will probably keep worshipping them with a few outliers. They seem to love slop.

Russia crossing into Sumy and Kharkov has finally made Twitter exciting again, thank you Mr Putin

Palestinians Flee Rafah for Fear of Israeli Ground Offensive

UNESCO Director Russell warned that 600,000 children of Rafah have no safe place to go.

Since Monday morning, thousands of Palestinians began to flee the area east of Rafah to avoid bombing by the Zionist army.

Previously, through leaflets dropped from the air, the Israeli occupation army announced that it "will work with extreme force" in neighborhoods such as Al-Salam, Al-Jeneina, Tabba Zaraa, and Al-Byouk, as well as in the blocks 10-16, 28, and 270.

Due to this announcement, the Palestinians fear that the Israeli State will soon order a ground military assault against Rafah, which is home to over 1.2 million internally displaced Palestinians due to the violence that the Israeli forces have deployed since October 2023.

Thousands of Palestinians began evacuating from areas east of Rafah amid Israeli plans to invade this city in the southern Gaza Strip.

According to local accounts, at least 100,000 could evacuate the area east of Rafah and head west towards Khan Younis and north towards Deir al-Balah.

“Rafah is now a city of children, who have nowhere safe to go in Gaza," said Catherine Russell, the director of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

"If large scale military operations start, not only will children be at risk from the violence, but also from chaos and panic, and at a time where their physical and mental states are already weakened,” she pointed out.

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) stated that Israel is preparing to launch a large-scale ground offensive "without considering the humanitarian catastrophe in the Strip" or the fate of the Israeli hostages.

"We affirm that any military operation in Rafah will not be a picnic for the fascist occupation army. Our brave resistance, led by the Al Qassam Brigades, is fully prepared to defend our people, defeat this enemy, and thwart their plans and objectives," Hamas said.

Currently, the Palestinian presidency is intensifying its contacts with the United States and other countries in the region to avoid a massacre in Rafah.

I've become like really actually prejudiced against the Baltics, like not "I have a cogent critique of the ruling regime of the nation state of Lithuania" or "Official sanction of revisitionist history and anti-semetic violence within the Baltics is bad", but like prejudice against the people and the non-Nazi parts of the culture. Gonna work on that. : |

Al Jazeera calls this a "significant step" by Israelis.

25m ago

Palestinians now trapped in Gaza

Tareq Abu Azzoum reporting from Rafah, southern Gaza

The Israeli military carried out a limited incursion on the eastern side of Rafah and the main target was to control the crossing.

Israeli military tanks were stationed at the Rafah crossing, as we have seen images emerging from there, in which these tanks were moving on the yards of the crossing.

That is devastating because this is the only point that Palestinians have been using to travel abroad and leave Gaza. Palestinians will no longer be able to leave the territory in light of this limited Israeli operation.

During the raid on the crossing, there was a heavy exchange of fire between Hamas fighters and the Israeli military, accompanied by an intense bombing campaign.

This is a significant step taken by the Israeli side.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/7/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-blasts-rafah-fate-of-ceasefire-uncertain?update=2884264

‘My vote snatched’: How to win India’s election without a single vote

Two weeks [before the election], the Election Commission of India (ECI) had already called the seat in favour of Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after cancelling the nominations of the opposition Congress party’s candidate and five others. The eight remaining candidates all withdrew.

Yet, Surat is only the most extreme example of a peculiar phenomenon that is playing out in multiple constituencies across India: opposition candidates dropping out, joining the ruling BJP or alleging threats to their lives. Even as the BJP has denied any foul play, opposition candidates claim these instances are evidence of an uneven political playing field.

The Cuban Communist Party is mad at the German Embassy over a Facebook post.

On that same date, Press Freedom Day, 8 161 kilometers from Berlin, the German Embassy in Cuba, and through the Facebook account of that legation, consummated a gross act of interference and flagrant violation of international standards for diplomatic relations, by altering the text and photo on the front page of Granma with erasures typical of (un)classified documents, even on the name of Palestine. "There is not much to see here," the publication added.

Can I get a DEATH TO ISRAEL! in here

Palestine Action's recent action in Leicester, where they ripped a hole in the roof with pickaxes and vandalized a partially constructed drone:
https://twitter.com/Pal_action/status/1788523404225544631

It turns out that "I feel unsave and I'm afraid" loser served in the IOF as a naval officer lmao:
https://twitter.com/LegalishCA/status/1788690668027519190

Shout-out to our Macedonian comrades for tripling (from 2 to 6) their numbers in parliament yesterday. May the growth continue and may some more of the countries of former Yugoslavia follow your lead.

Israelis in the North seek to partition, become 'State of Galilee'

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Israeli media
Today 12:47

As a result of the loss of deterrence, the Israeli Conflict Zone Forum plans to announce the establishment of the "State of Galilee" and full separation from "Israel".

"The full details of the tender can be found in the evacuated hotels and the accommodation apartments of the displaced throughout the country, with the business owners who collapsed in the north, in the dead tourism areas in the north, and in the offices of the authorities in the north."

15m ago

BREAKING via Axios:

Israeli forces are going to take over the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza in the next few hours.

https://bsky.app/profile/yasharali.bsky.social/post/3kru3gqqjqd24

US & Friends are complaining a lot about China subsidizing their EV industry, so I tried to look up what those subsidies are, but it seems like no one really knows any specifics? Maybe I'm just bad at searching for information, but I couldn't really find much at all about what kinds of subsidies they're supposedly using, and how they're different from the subsidies the Western countries are handing out to their own industries. It looks to me like they're just mad coz bad at free market competition.

MIT's encampment got Israelied

I still can’t believe the democrats just accepted Bibi and Likud doing anything they wanted. Likud has been forcing democrats into horrible positions since the early 90s. They actually had an opportunity to clear a huge thorn in their side, but they chose to keep it in because…. Lobbying?

It really shows how captured the party is by large donors.