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Your Pretty Brains

he/him/basic cishomo
So I'm trying to educate myself on the exact nature of the ceasefire starting Thursday morning. Obviously the fact that it's temporary from the get-go sucks, but I sincerely hope this gives the people of Gaza some time and some damn relief from what must be absolutely crippling fear. Per the current headline AP News article:

Truce deal
A cease-fire agreement between the Hamas militant group and Israel has been confirmed.
  • The Israeli government said that under the deal, Hamas is to free over a four-day period at least 50 of the roughly 240 hostages taken in its Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
  • In exchange, 150 Palestinian prisoners would be released by Israel, mainly teenagers detained over the past year for rock-throwing and other minor offenses.
  • The agreement would bring the first respite to war-weary Palestinians in Gaza, where more than 11,000 people have been killed, according to health authorities.
  • Some 1,200 people have been killed in Israel, mostly during the initial incursion by Hamas
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The fact that Palestine has faced -- officially -- 10x the casualties of the Hamas attack is ridiculous, and we all know the figures are higher in reality.

Also, I'm sorry, Israel is detaining teenagers who throw rocks? So let's recap, they are:
  • Imprisoning teenagers who are using rocks to protect themselves from bombs/expensive USD-funded military tech
  • Creating dystopian psyop videos on YouTube Kids
  • Asking Taylor Swift to get involved
  • Killing innocents in refugee camps where they told them to flee to for safety
Apparently that is what FiGhTiNg TeRrOrIsM looks like. Ugh. I hope somehow this temporary cease-fire becomes indefinite. And I hope the heads of state who are currently standing on the right side of history continue to shift the momentum globally towards a collective consciousness that realizes that the modern state of Israel is immoral. (Keep dreaming, right?)
 
Juango

Juango

Your Pretty Brains said:
  • Imprisoning teenagers who are using rocks to protect themselves from bombs/expensive USD-funded military tech
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Then there are those who have been imprisoned on no charges. Ahed Tamimi has been jailed for weeks and still has not had any charges issued against her. She is only being held because she is a high-profile activist.

The temporary ceasefire should be the time for media to go in, document further atrocities, for the public to start hammering their elected officials to call for a change. If they don't listen call them every single day!
 
Mikal

Mikal

Rmx said:
The Netherlands just voted an extreme right fascist party as the largest party. I'm so disappointed in my country, I literally feel sick and disgusted.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67504272
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It's not guaranteed Wilders will be able to form a coalition though. He has ~35 seats, 76 are needed. None of the parties in second to fourth place will go into government with him.

It is highly disappointing, if not exactly shocking. Like Le Pen in France he's been gradually moving from political outcast status to genuine contender for years now. Last time it took 9 months to form a government so we'll see how this develops, but a centrist coalition led by Frans Timmermans could still get in.
 
Your Pretty Brains

Your Pretty Brains

he/him/basic cishomo
devilpray said:
I blame Facebook for all of this.
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I've shilled it before but Johann Hari's Stolen Focus made an excellent case for Brazil's Bolsonaro specifically that he only won because of lies he propagated on Facebook. Good book: the thesis is basically that surveillance tech is a primary driver of society's ills, from children's (and adults') health and behavior, to politics.
 
Sanctuary

Sanctuary

he/him
It's disgusting that there is simply no mainstream outlet willing to engage in Israel's atrocities that hearing Norman speak about this is only possible to find on Candace Owen's podcast of all things.

His warnings on the crimes of Israel will be remembered as a voice we ignored for too long in history books.
 
Your Pretty Brains

Your Pretty Brains

he/him/basic cishomo
Sanctuary said:
It's disgusting that there is simply no mainstream outlet willing to engage in Israel's atrocities that hearing Norman speak about this is only possible to find on Candace Owen's podcast of all things.

His warnings on the crimes of Israel will be remembered as a voice we ignored for too long in history books.
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It really is stunning how deliberately oblique American reporting is on Gaza circa Q4 2023 especially. I keep expecting at least some discussion of the bigger historical picture and... nope!

Drives me fucking batty, so thank you for cluing me into this Norman Finkelstein fellow. I've really been enjoying (well, appreciating, not much to "enjoy") his content for the past 10 minutes. And you know damn well Mossad is all up in his business... fucking scary.
 
Rmx

Rmx

He/Him/His
Mikal said:
It's not guaranteed Wilders will be able to form a coalition though. He has ~35 seats, 76 are needed. None of the parties in second to fourth place will go into government with him.

It is highly disappointing, if not exactly shocking. Like Le Pen in France he's been gradually moving from political outcast status to genuine contender for years now. Last time it took 9 months to form a government so we'll see how this develops, but a centrist coalition led by Frans Timmermans could still get in.
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True. That's my only hope at this point. Hardly anyone wants to govern with Wilders so that's a small glimmer of hope.

I blame Dilan (VVD) for this. She let slip in a radio interview last week that she would perhaps be open to governing with Wilders, and then the polls for PVV exploded. I believe she took back her statement later but it was already too late. But you're right. It's not thát surprising (thought I was in genuine shock last night at the numbers. 35!!) but it's just all very disappointing.
 
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