Honestly, I feel sorry for you. Family members of the Israeli dead witnessed the Israeli Apache helicopters dropping bombs on their own homes. This has been reported by Ha'aretz, reportedly. The Israeli government, especially Bibi who is under the gun in internal politics, have much to benefit from this. The propaganda version of Oct. 7 …
Honestly, I feel sorry for you. Family members of the Israeli dead witnessed the Israeli Apache helicopters dropping bombs on their own homes. This has been reported by Ha'aretz, reportedly. The Israeli government, especially Bibi who is under the gun in internal politics, have much to benefit from this. The propaganda version of Oct. 7 gives them the excuse to carpet bomb Gaza and kill as many Palestinians as they can before they are stopped by the highly ineffectual, intellectually challenged American President. The more Palestinians they kill, the more Palestinian land they can take possession of, and the more land already stolen they will not have to return when, inevitably, they will be forced to follow international law and return Palestinian land. Unfortunately for Israelis and Jews who identify with Israel, this time Israeli violence is being watched by the whole world and they are hurting themselves more than they are hurting Palestinians. This time everyone has a cell phone with video, photographing and Internet capabilities. This doesn't render Israeli propaganda ineffective but it does even the conversation a lot. And it makes the mainstream press less significant. Everyone is watching so it behooves the Israelis to behave like decent human beings. They are so used to having free rein to do whatever they want and being paid handsomely (by the American taxpayer) to do so. Those days are over. They have been given all the rope they want and they have hung themselves. The question is only how long will it take for them to realize who they are really damaging? Every bomb makes the Palestinians more sympathetic to people who don't know much about the Middle East. It's shockingly bad optics. I'm so glad the rest of the world is finally seeing what has been going on in Palestine for 103 years. About time.
Dunno. I'm not Israeli. Don't really care about their media environment. Ha'aretz is noteworthy because it's a main outlet for English-speakers. Sick and tired of the pro-Israeli lobby. Really tired of another country controlling who I get to vote for. Not playing that game anymore.
Thank you so much for your righteous but articulate anger. I actually feel my blood pressure going down when I read comments like yours. We need more truth-telling and bullshit detection!
Actually the people in the streets demonstrating are lowering my blood pressure. I do feel more hopeful about the Palestinian future than I have in a long time. With internet, cellphones, independent citizen journalists, etc. it is not so easy for Israel to skulk around and break international law and hide it with outrageous PR. COVID helped because people are a lot more skeptical about what they're told by "experts". It is outrageous that the Israelis are getting away with murdering so many Palestinians, for the umpteenth time. But I don't think those deaths are in vain. I've never seen the world so aware of the Palestinian situation. And the Israeli propaganda machine cannot cover up the truth this time. A couple more countries cut ties with them yesterday. What they should do, if they could afford to, is to cut ties with the U.S. while they're at it. And we need a law that Congress cannot invest in arms dealers while they're in office. This is a blatant conflict of interest.
100%. I helped get divestment at my university in the 80s. I do think there comes a tipping point when oppression gets so much visibility it becomes impossible for people to credibly defend it. As for Congress, I've never been more disgusted by these absolute pigs on both side of the aisle. They are utterly immune to the concerns of their constituents and I will not vote for any of them ever again. As Matt Taibbi says, no hell is too hot for them.
Thanks. We need to teach our kids how to consume media. But that will never happen. And we need to reform our tax system so that billionaires cannot commit tax fraud and contribute to political favorites and write off the cost (and then engorge their bank accounts with profits from investments supported by their tax-free "gifts")--we need to democratize our system completely. Citizens United was a terrible move. The Supreme Court justices need to be held to a higher standard of conduct, frankly.
Honestly, I feel sorry for you. Family members of the Israeli dead witnessed the Israeli Apache helicopters dropping bombs on their own homes. This has been reported by Ha'aretz, reportedly. The Israeli government, especially Bibi who is under the gun in internal politics, have much to benefit from this. The propaganda version of Oct. 7 gives them the excuse to carpet bomb Gaza and kill as many Palestinians as they can before they are stopped by the highly ineffectual, intellectually challenged American President. The more Palestinians they kill, the more Palestinian land they can take possession of, and the more land already stolen they will not have to return when, inevitably, they will be forced to follow international law and return Palestinian land. Unfortunately for Israelis and Jews who identify with Israel, this time Israeli violence is being watched by the whole world and they are hurting themselves more than they are hurting Palestinians. This time everyone has a cell phone with video, photographing and Internet capabilities. This doesn't render Israeli propaganda ineffective but it does even the conversation a lot. And it makes the mainstream press less significant. Everyone is watching so it behooves the Israelis to behave like decent human beings. They are so used to having free rein to do whatever they want and being paid handsomely (by the American taxpayer) to do so. Those days are over. They have been given all the rope they want and they have hung themselves. The question is only how long will it take for them to realize who they are really damaging? Every bomb makes the Palestinians more sympathetic to people who don't know much about the Middle East. It's shockingly bad optics. I'm so glad the rest of the world is finally seeing what has been going on in Palestine for 103 years. About time.
Haaretz is the anti-Israel Israeli newspaper. THey seem to be outdoing themselves these days.
Dunno. I'm not Israeli. Don't really care about their media environment. Ha'aretz is noteworthy because it's a main outlet for English-speakers. Sick and tired of the pro-Israeli lobby. Really tired of another country controlling who I get to vote for. Not playing that game anymore.
Thank you so much for your righteous but articulate anger. I actually feel my blood pressure going down when I read comments like yours. We need more truth-telling and bullshit detection!
Actually the people in the streets demonstrating are lowering my blood pressure. I do feel more hopeful about the Palestinian future than I have in a long time. With internet, cellphones, independent citizen journalists, etc. it is not so easy for Israel to skulk around and break international law and hide it with outrageous PR. COVID helped because people are a lot more skeptical about what they're told by "experts". It is outrageous that the Israelis are getting away with murdering so many Palestinians, for the umpteenth time. But I don't think those deaths are in vain. I've never seen the world so aware of the Palestinian situation. And the Israeli propaganda machine cannot cover up the truth this time. A couple more countries cut ties with them yesterday. What they should do, if they could afford to, is to cut ties with the U.S. while they're at it. And we need a law that Congress cannot invest in arms dealers while they're in office. This is a blatant conflict of interest.
100%. I helped get divestment at my university in the 80s. I do think there comes a tipping point when oppression gets so much visibility it becomes impossible for people to credibly defend it. As for Congress, I've never been more disgusted by these absolute pigs on both side of the aisle. They are utterly immune to the concerns of their constituents and I will not vote for any of them ever again. As Matt Taibbi says, no hell is too hot for them.
Thanks. We need to teach our kids how to consume media. But that will never happen. And we need to reform our tax system so that billionaires cannot commit tax fraud and contribute to political favorites and write off the cost (and then engorge their bank accounts with profits from investments supported by their tax-free "gifts")--we need to democratize our system completely. Citizens United was a terrible move. The Supreme Court justices need to be held to a higher standard of conduct, frankly.