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I am not anti-Israel; nor am I anti-Palestine. I am anti-war and pro-peace.
by Perlinator
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on Thu May 09, 2024 at 04:31 PM PDT
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I've been reading comments in Times of Israel strings attached to articles about Biden's decision to temporarily withhold 2,000 pound bombs, and other higher intensity unguided offensive weaponry, to reduce the chance that Netanyahu will to do to Rafah...
by DrLou
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on Thu May 09, 2024 at 06:32 PM PDT
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NBC reported last week that Russia has shifted its propaganda focus in the US to Gaza since October 7th, according to two sources familiar with US Intelligence. Russia is employing both “overt” and “covert” methods to stoke division over the issue....
by Weeping Willow
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on Thu May 09, 2024 at 09:49 AM PDT
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Like someone trying to salvage a tattered relationship, President Joe Biden has taken too long to tell Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that’s his killing spree through Gaza has to end or he can forget about any more aid – military or...
by RickElia
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on Tue May 07, 2024 at 06:14 AM PDT
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To start this off, I want to recall a story on this site that has stayed with me since the day I read it: Is Comer's probe somehow part of Smirnov's mission? Were the dopes duped? In this text, it suggests that Alexander Smirnov was a Russian asset...
by Skeptic Theorist
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on Mon May 06, 2024 at 06:33 PM PDT
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The conditions are beyond dire in Gaza-punishing summer heat will only intensify agony in the strip. Eleven days ago in Gaza, a heatwave topping 100 degrees Fahrenheit enveloped the Gaza strip, bringing with it even more misery, which piled on to starvation, no potable water, the smells of decomposing bodies buried under tons of rubble with raw sewage...
by Pakalolo
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on Tue May 07, 2024 at 01:45 AM PDT
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When Hamas attacked civilians in southern Israel on October 7, the world was aghast, and sympathies were with Israel, the victims, and their families. And it was clear that something would have to be done about Hamas. But thanks to the actions of the...
by K S LaVida
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on Mon May 06, 2024 at 12:09 PM PDT
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Rather than treat Palestinians as human beings and recognize the Palestinian Authority and support a true State of Palestine, Netanyahu chose Hamas. www.timesofisrael.com/… For years, the various governments led by Benjamin Netanyahu took an approach...
by sbd
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on Mon May 06, 2024 at 07:27 AM PDT
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UPDATE: Sunday, May 5, 2024 · 8:54:59 AM +00:00 · BayAreaKen There are several requests in the comments for me to cite the source of the speaker at the UVM protest encampment. I responded to those comments (in the comment section), but someone...
by BayAreaKen
165 comments
on Sat May 04, 2024 at 11:45 AM PDT
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American televised news’ superficiality is creating an inflammatory picture of the protests, reducing it to hyper-charged good-bad, us-them. Quick clips of violent action to sum up everything. On the ground of the conflict, the really bad actors are...
by Soulfulpsy44
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on Thu May 02, 2024 at 07:11 PM PDT
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Back to 1968? I’ve had enough. 2024 is not remotely or in any way analogous to 1968. Screams for intifada, of extreme violence to Jews and Israel with the dissolution of the state of Israel are not remotely related to America’s political violence of...
by DrLou
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on Wed May 01, 2024 at 09:24 AM PDT
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Overnight pro and anti Jewish groups clashed at UCLA with many hospitalizations etc. Large groups of people attacking and beating other large groups in the dark, no police. I’d hardly call this peaceful protests. Eventually the police moved in, I’m not...
by Somchai
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on Wed May 01, 2024 at 03:31 AM PDT
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and �...
by Chitown Kev
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on Tue Apr 30, 2024 at 08:59 PM PDT
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TimesOfIsrael May 30, 2024 [EU] foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says countries include Spain, Ireland, Belgium, Slovenia and Malta, as Arab and European officials discuss end to Gaza conflict in Riyadh Several European member states are...
by mettle fatigue
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on Tue Apr 30, 2024 at 02:28 AM PDT
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The Progressive Left not only ignores Jew-Hatred. In many cases it denies, dismisses, and even promotes Jew-Hatred. It has corrupted the meaning of both intersectionality and Settler-Colonialism to use against Israel, and by extension against Jews in...
by David B
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on Sat Apr 27, 2024 at 05:59 PM PDT
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UPDATE: Thursday, Apr 25, 2024 · 10:51:00 PM +00:00 · 1BQ CNN now puts the number of corpses at Nasser Medical Complex at 392, of which about 100 had been buried before the IDF operation there. This is in addition to the 180 bodies found earlier at...
by 1BQ
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on Thu Apr 25, 2024 at 02:19 PM PDT
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Suppose for a second, the Pentagon started installing long range missile batteries on hospital roofs, town squares, in school yards, theaters, markets, and farm buildings, and created a vast network of tunnels for maintaining offensive arsenals...
by Grandpa Fred
122 comments
on Thu Apr 25, 2024 at 03:21 PM PDT
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and �...
by Chitown Kev
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on Tue Apr 23, 2024 at 08:59 PM PDT
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Qatar PM says Doha 're-evaluating' its role as Israel-Gaza mediator, claims some parties misusing Qatar's role for their own political goals link to Haaretz Qatari Prime Minister Muhammad Al-Thani said that his country is reconsidering its role as a...
by LaFeminista
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on Wed Apr 17, 2024 at 01:26 PM PDT
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Back on April 4, 2024, Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo offered up an observation that I found rather striking. Many people have been outraged that Biden has not forced Israel into a cease-fire and are angry that the U.S. is still sending weapons...
by xaxnar
29 comments
on Mon Apr 15, 2024 at 06:56 AM PDT
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- Last winter, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lost all nine of her congressional staffers. On November 1, 2023, she fired her chief of staff, Dan Hanlon. In the next three months, the other eight quit. The reviews were not good. Mace earned a reputation as an...44 comments 110 Recs
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- I know that the GOP believes a lot of ridiculous nonsense. It’s their stock-in-trade. But hearing this nutty theory espoused by the current Speaker of the House is more than a little jarring. In a clear attack on the executive branch, the judicial...191 comments 252 Recs
- UPDATE: Friday, May 10, 2024 · 2:15:25 PM +00:00 · distraught Over 2 months ago, Biden nominated someone to fill 1 of 2 vacancies on the Postal Board. Walsh would be the fourth Democrat to sit on the board, joining three Republicans and one...182 comments 292 Recs
- A lot has changed since I first wrote about E-bikes back in 2020. Today sales of E-bikes are vastly outpacing sales of electric cars. Seems like they’re everywhere now. In 2023 roughly 40 million E-bikes were sold worldwide. I was just at the local...117 comments 219 Recs
- Early this morning a Russian oil refinery in Kaluga Oblast had a full 30 minutes warning that a Ukrainian drone was headed their way. The drone arrived right on time to hit the facility …. unmolested and with devastating effect. What air defense doing?...50 comments 135 Recs
- Primum non nocere (first, or above all, do no harm) is a Latin expression generally applied to the medical profession. However, I viewed it as equally applicable to the practice of law and often reminded myself of it in my own practice. Trump’s...415 comments 917 Recs
- ...until someone called. I’m feeling a bit good about myself today. Because I was the person who called. And then called another number and a couple more numbers. And then sent some emails. And then made another call or two. A couple of days ago, I...12 comments 38 Recs
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