Israel versus Palestine, Lebanon, Iran, Syria, aid workers, journalists, and UN peacekeepers. 2023-24

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Xitter King Propagating Propaganda

One posts antisemitism, the other, Russian propaganda.

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BBC News - Giving birth in Gaza amid shelling and power cuts

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Tik tok

eta:

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Israel says ground forces ‘expanding operations tonight’
Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari says Israel’s ground forces are “expanding their operations tonight”.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-middle-east-67223217

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New liveblog on the Guardian as the war seems about to move into a new phase (Israeli ground assault)

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And MBS can fuck right off, but the Saudis are not wrong about the impact that a ground invasion IS going to have on the whole region… but really, the whole world. We’re really on a dangerous precipice here and if we take the plunge, we’re all fucked in some way or another…

https://archive.ph/yS3AM

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Thinking about some of the precursors for the most awful periods in the 20th century and seeing how current events are rhyming…It’s really terrifying.

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Yeah, I was thinking much the same earlier today…

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UNITED NATIONS: Can everybody please stop fucking around and do the right thing instead?

EVERYBODY: No.

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To be fair, that’s only the US, much of the EU, the Israeli government, Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad… everyone else is like “listen to the UN, dipshits!”

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Guardian liveblog:

25m ago20.59 BST

UN General Assembly votes to call for immediate humanitarian truce in Gaza

The UN’s general assembly has overwhelmingly called for an immediate humanitarian truce in Gaza.

The resolution, drafted by Arab states, passed with 120 votes in favor, while 45 abstained and 14 - including Israel and the US - voted no, Reuters reported.

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Sad Anthony Anderson GIF

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I normally wouldn’t put up a twitter link, but it’s worth seeing the short clip embedded here…

More of this, less of tribalist blaming, please. Israelis need a ceasefire as much as the Gazans.

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CNN is apparently doing NYT-style semi-interactive articles. Keep scrolling down, it’s not super obvious sometimes the article continues.

“A rolling start will be an operation where you put in reconnaissance forces, you sort of gain a feel for the battlefield, and then pull your main forces in behind them,” McKenzie told CBS News Friday.

They’re calling what’s happening a rolling start. Not really sure why it’s not being called a ground invasion.

Also, the person we essentially sent to tell them a ground invasion would be hard:

The Pentagon sent a Marine general experienced in special operations and urban combat to advise the Israelis on how to do it. He has since left Israel.

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