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Axios and other sources are reporting that Secretary of State, Antony Blinken is expected to announce sanctions against a specific unit of the IDF — the "Netzah Yehuda" battalion — for human rights violations it perpetrated in Gaza. This is the first...
by Munchausen
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on Sun Apr 21, 2024 at 12:01 PM PDT
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I am a presenter on netrootsradio.com, and a Jew. Not a very observant one, but nonetheless, a Jew. With the horror going on between Hamas & Israel, remember, Hamas doesn’t wear uniforms, so they are complicit in the deaths of 1,000s of Gaza civilians,...
by theRoaringGirl
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on Tue Mar 12, 2024 at 02:37 PM PDT
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I'm done with these passive aggressive threats from Medhi Hasan and others. As I showed in this diary , President Biden has been trying to protect the Palestinian civilians and advocate for them. Joe Biden is president of the United States, not the...
by Dem
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on Mon Nov 27, 2023 at 12:20 PM PST
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Former President Bill Clinton isn't very popular here, but I learned something from him. Undoubtedly a lot of you who are much smarter than I am already knew this, but I had not really thought about it before. He said that it was much wiser to be very...
by Dem
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on Tue Oct 24, 2023 at 01:23 PM PDT
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As coverage of the House Republican speaker fiasco continues to blot out the sun, two wars that feel a world away for many Americans should still command national attention. In each of them, democracy and the fundamental right to self-determination are...
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Fri Oct 20, 2023 at 03:05 PM PDT
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Admin note: the title of this story, “Israeli bomb named “Hydra” strikes hospital in Gaza City, death toll 500+ and counting,” has been edited to remove misinformation and clickbait, both of which are prohibited here per our Rules of the Road. The...
by lockedjew
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on Tue Oct 17, 2023 at 12:57 PM PDT
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I don't condone the violence against peaceful civilians by Hamas. Unless civilians are trying to use violence against you, you should not use violence against them. In addition to that, it is bad publicity and poor use of resources if you have a...
by workingwords
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on Tue Oct 17, 2023 at 10:57 AM PDT
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Another video from Hromodske.com Lviv got hit the other day. It’s not far from the border with Poland. People move there because it is “safer”. Stories of survivors from the shelled house in Lviv. Kyivans were saved by a miracle – they managed to run...
by stlgeek
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on Sun Jul 09, 2023 at 06:20 PM PDT
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It turns out that I can thank former Army colonel and historian Andrew Bacevich for the fact that U.S. Army Major Danny Sjursen...
by TomDispatch
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on Sun Mar 31, 2019 at 07:44 AM PDT
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UQ* has a number of questions about the missile attack on Friday, April 13, 2018 on a suburb of Damascas, Syria and Homs, Syria where chemical weapons were allegedly manufactured, stored, or deployed.
Accepted facts and...
by Robertkroll
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on Mon Apr 16, 2018 at 01:11 PM PDT
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In the aftermath of World War II, the U.S. occupation authorities in Germany, checking on the effectiveness of their “denazification” program, polled Germans on whether they believed a civilian was “less worthy than a soldier.” One wonders what they...
by Lawrence S Wittner
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on Sun Jan 28, 2018 at 07:25 PM PST
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“Americans see history as a straight line and themselves standing at the cutting edge as representatives for all mankind.”
― Frances FitzGerald
The Vietnam Memorial is a piece about death for a culture...
by Crimson Quillfeather
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on Sun May 28, 2017 at 10:30 PM PDT
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“I would bomb the shit out of them”
“The other thing with the terrorists is you have to take out their families, when you get these terrorists, you have to take out their families. They care about their lives, don’t kid yourself. When they...
by Swduncan
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on Sat May 27, 2017 at 08:21 PM PDT
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I have to get this off of my chest. It has been worrying me since the evening of April 6th when I heard of the US response to this massacre. There are a few things that really bother me. First of all, it seems staged. Second, the players involved....
by Coffae
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on Sat Apr 08, 2017 at 11:19 AM PDT
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Hello State's side...Regards from Blighty.
Just reading around and viewing media such as the Krugman highlight in a Kos blog today. And have been watching avidly DemocracyNow! and whilst taking in other various feeds and media from over there to...
by john leehane
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on Sat Feb 11, 2017 at 02:26 PM PST
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Syria Civil Defense called the White Helmets, a volunteer non-governmental organization operating in rebel-controlled Syria. When the bombs fly and civilians are endangered, in need of protection and aid they rush in to help. Today one of them, Raed Al...
by Marina Asbury
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on Wed Dec 14, 2016 at 08:49 AM PST
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The world was shocked by the most recent terror attacks in Paris. It is reported that at least 128 have died from multiple attacks all over the city. ISIS has claimed responsibility declaring ominousl
by Peter Bloom
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on Mon Dec 07, 2015 at 09:47 AM PST
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In my last diary a couple of weeks ago , I promised to be more "in your face", writing more regularly about Gaza rather than wait for the next round of mayhem or warfare. Since then I've been a bit ...
by Assaf
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on Fri Mar 13, 2015 at 05:37 AM PDT
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"The Supreme Leader, Ali Khameini, recently called Israelis 'animals.'"This is presented as an official statement.
Is this real? Or not?
The actual quote relates to loss of life among civilians ...
by waterstreet2008
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on Wed Feb 18, 2015 at 12:16 PM PST
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I only contribute infrequently being generally unimpressed with myself. But, as in previous vents, there are times that try men's hearts and this is one.
We are all genuinely puzzled as to how these,
by pnchad
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on Thu Dec 04, 2014 at 03:23 PM PST
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