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I am so fucking sick of #Amazon #PrimeDay. 90% of my "Technology" feed in #GoogleNews is nothing but PrimeDay ads masqueraded as legit "stories" by tech bloggers and publications.

Since #Google #News doesn't give you the option to block based on "keywords" (a'la 'Prime Day' and the like) I've been going in and basically marking every keyword, brand, and anything else loosely related and tell Google I'm "not interested" in this shit.

I fucking hate Google but hands down it's still the best resource for me to get news. Sorry, but FlipBoard doesn't cut it. And Microsoft's "news" is a joke.

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Law enfocement need to shoot first (live ammunition, lethal force) and ask questions later...

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Anti-ICE Attackers Arrested In The SADDEST Ways

ICE rioters have been arrested or worse after attacking officers and facilities.Support me here! :)https://buymeacoffee.com/wegotreceiptsSPONSORSHIP INQUIRIE...
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📨 Today, EDRi and 51 civil society organisations, academics, and experts have written to the European Commission to oppose any attempts to suspend or delay the #ArtificialIntelligence #AI Act.

These attempts, especially in light of the growing trend of #deregulation of #FundamentalRrights and environmental protection, could undermine accountability and hard-won rights for people, the planet, justice and democracy 🚨

Read the open letter ➡️ edri.org/our-work/open-letter-…


European Commission must champion the AI Act - European Digital Rights (EDRi)

Instead of unraveling the EU rulebook, the Commission should focus on the full implementation and proper enforcement of its rules.
European Digital Rights (EDRi)

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At least 13 people, the majority of them children and women, were killed and dozens wounded after an Israeli airstrike targeted a line for distributing nutritional supplements for children in Deir Al-Balah, near Al-Zawari Junction in the central Gaza Strip. The identified victims are:

-Aya Ashraf Mishmish ( 4 years old)
-Ahmad Mohammad Abu Samaha (39)
-Yasmin Ahmad Abu Samaha (2 years)
-Shafa Muwiy Abu Qutta (child)
-Moataz Billah Saif Al-Bahtini ( 2 years old)
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"In der Genozidforschung ist bekannt, dass die meisten Völkermorde historisch mit einem Selbstverteidigungsnarrativ einhergingen. Gerade Deutsche sollten das wissen", schreibt
Riad Othman im Leitartikel des aktuellen medico-rundschreibens. Jetzt kostenlos abonnieren.
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Die Unterstützung für Israels Krieg in Gaza schwindet. Doch mehr Hilfe allein reicht nicht. Der Leitartikel des medico-Rundschreibens 2/2025
Riad Othman (medico international)
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Lady MountainJay

— BOTGR: I used to be a dog handler-in-training on a FEMA urban search and rescue team (NE-TF1). The red tape and delays involved in getting the team to Ground Zero after 9-11 were ridiculous, let alone being deployed to smaller incidents.

Drove the search teams crazy, since there’s a limited window of opportunity to find survivors. It wasn’t unusual for someone to say, “Why are we training all our dogs to find live people? We might as well just mostly train cadaver dogs.” 😞

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Lady MountainJay

— it was very eye-opening to see the incompetency and sluggishness of the federal bureaucracy, and how it hampered what was otherwise a well trained and highly competent SAR team (thanks entirely to the tireless efforts of local fire departments and various volunteers).

When I started hearing conspiracy rumors that FEMA was hopelessly corrupt, it wasn’t hard for me to believe!

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"Canada should have stood up for its principles and national sovereignty, even in the face of such transparent bullying. The alternative now emerging is the law of the jungle, brute power and Canada becoming, de facto, the 51st US state." - Joseph Stiglitz

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

#usa #canada #cdnpoli


Trump bullied Canada over ‘digital taxes’ – and Ottawa submitted

The question now: will countries cave in to these threats or stick together and collect the billions they are rightly owed?
Joseph Stiglitz (The Guardian)

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The Department of Homeland Security responds to our article revealing that ICE is searching a massive database of insurance claims and medical bills for deportation targets 404media.co/ice-is-searching-a…
The Department of Homeland Security's Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told 404 Media in a statement “DHS is not going to confirm or deny law enforcement capabilities or methods. The fact of the matter is the media is more concerned with peddling narratives to demonize ICE agents who are keeping Americans safe than they are with reporting on the criminals who have victimized our communities.”

ICE Is Searching a Massive Insurance and Medical Bill Database to Find Deportation Targets

The database, called ISO ClaimSearch, is nearly all encompassing and contains details on more than 1.8 billion insurance claims and 58 million medical bills.
Joseph Cox (404 Media)

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Ola de calor dejó 394 muertes en Barcelona y Madrid

Un estudio elaborado por dos organismos británicos y publicado este miércoles (09.07.2025) estima que la muerte de 394 personas de las más de 450 que fallecieron en Madrid y Barcelona durante la ola de calor registrada entre el 23 de junio y el 2 de julio de 2025 puede atribuirse al cambio climático.
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Ola de calor dejó 394 muertes en Barcelona y Madrid

El estudio estima que unas 2.300 personas murieron a causa de las temperaturas extremas en 12 ciudades de Europa.
Deutsche Welle

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🗨️👩🏽‍💻 "Israel 'has agreed'?! Can't believe, what I'm reading here. What a criminal syndicate of European leaders - we as the people - have been accepting! Far too long!

#genocide #gaza #palestine

#un #eu #europe #civilsociety

#icc #kajakallas #ursulavonderleyen

#warcrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity

Source: Anadolu JUL-10

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Israel has agreed to 'significant steps' to improve humanitarian situation in Gaza: EU foreign policy chief

Steps include substantial increase in number of daily aid trucks into Gaza, opening of additional crossing points in both north and south of enclave, and reopening of aid routes through Jordan, Egypt - Anadolu Ajansı
www.aa.com.tr

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It is not smart to wonder why there are no worthy and competent politicians in the #EU.
In fact it makes perfect sense.
For 40+ years the #US has been promoting everywhere in the West incompetent, unwilling, obedient puppets, capable only of bowing their heads and agreeing to whatever the #WhiteHouse ordered.
Regular YesMen.
So you can't demand competence from such useless people.
Radical change is the only solution.

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#Seoul repatriates six #DPRK citizens who were stranded while fishing in South Korean territorial waters.

All six had repeatedly expressed their desire to return, Seoul's Unification Ministry said.

Two of the #DPRKoreans had been detained for four months in #SamsungRepublic
after futile attempts to persuade them to stay in the South to bolster Western propaganda.

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Burmese Galvanized Meerkat) 🍁

@Kuenga @meowskiIt could be both. I think the Wikipedia article mentions rubber "sentries," and then there's this description:

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Colonial Belgian Congo: A Slave Father Gazing at His Daughter’s Severed Hand and Foot, 1904

The photograph was taken by Alice Seeley Harris, the man’s name is Nsala. Here is part of her account (from the book “Don’t Call Me Lady: The Journey of Lady…
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Burmese Galvanized Meerkat) 🍁

@meowski @KuengaI think you're looking for a way to deflect blame or rationalize what Europeans did.

Colonization is rarely possible without some form of compliance, and the French themselves cooperated with Nazis. It's always the case that there's always someone willing to sell out their neighbors for an extra crust of bread. It's also always the case that a region's ethnic groups has pre-existing conflicts.

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In case you're wondering like I did: unfortunately a European Arrest Warrant offers too many loopholes to act as a guarantee that genocide-complicit countries would be forced to execute it...
kolektiva.social/@oatmeal/1148…

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#Spain's top criminal court has initiated legal proceedings against #Netanyahu and several senior military officials for alleged war crimes related to the Israeli navy's assault on a Freedom Flotilla ship bound for #Gaza.

The court is evaluating its jurisdiction to open a full criminal case, seeking cooperation with the #ICC, which has already issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu related to the current conflict in Gaza.

Despite pursuing justice against Israeli leaders, Spain continues defense collaborations with Israel, including a recent agreement with Israeli arms manufacturer #Elbit Systems despite the fact that 82% of Spaniards view Israel's actions in Gaza as genocide, according to a survey by the Elcano Royal Institute.

newarab.com/news/spain-opens-w…

@palestine
@israel
#GazaGenocide



Spain opens war crimes case against Netanyahu over Gaza flotilla

Spain's top criminal court launched legal action against Netanyahu over war crimes and degrading treatment of Freedom Flotilla crew.
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Reed Mideke

@Infoseepage I suspect "AI" in this case means the operator designates an object in the video feed and the drone uses machine vision to home in on it even if the radio link is lost, similar to how various fire-and-forget PGMs have worked since the 80s, or the kind of subject tracking consumer cameras have had for a decade or so

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#Spain's top criminal court has initiated legal proceedings against #Netanyahu and several senior military officials for alleged war crimes related to the Israeli navy's assault on a Freedom Flotilla ship bound for #Gaza.

The court is evaluating its jurisdiction to open a full criminal case, seeking cooperation with the #ICC, which has already issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu related to the current conflict in Gaza.

Despite pursuing justice against Israeli leaders, Spain continues defense collaborations with Israel, including a recent agreement with Israeli arms manufacturer #Elbit Systems despite the fact that 82% of Spaniards view Israel's actions in Gaza as genocide, according to a survey by the Elcano Royal Institute.

newarab.com/news/spain-opens-w…

@palestine
@israel
#GazaGenocide


Spain opens war crimes case against Netanyahu over Gaza flotilla

Spain's top criminal court launched legal action against Netanyahu over war crimes and degrading treatment of Freedom Flotilla crew.
The New Arab Staff (The new Arab)

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In this historic clip, comedian Konstantin Kisin discusses shocking facts about British censorship in comedy that has led to a steep rise in arrests across the country.

youtu.be/39hiOZJxYQo

#FuckTheUK


"Arrested For A Social Media Post" | Konstantin Kisin

In this historic clip, comedian Konstantin Kisin discusses shocking facts about British censorship in comedy that has led to a steep rise in arrests across t...
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Someone told me that what the world needs most right now is another podcast, and by the time I figured out that person was being facetious, it was too late.

Announcing the launch of "KOHN'S ZONE: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom About Education and Kids." (Three episodes are available, and new ones will drop every 2 weeks.)
I invite you to listen and to spread the word!

alfiekohn.org/podcasts/

Logo of Kohn's Zone podcast

Podcast

The Writings Of Alfie Kohn
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A senior official in the Hamas movement, Taher Al-Nounou, has confirmed that the group has agreed to release 10 Israeli captives currently held in Gaza in order to guarantee the delivery of humanitarian aid and bring an end to the ongoing war on the Strip.

In remarks made to the press on Wednesday, Al-Nounou said that Hamas is showing a high degree of flexibility during the current negotiations taking place in Doha.

middleeastmonitor.com/20250710…

🕎 🇵🇸 ☮️
#Gaza #Palestine
#Press #News


Hamas official: We agreed to release 10 Israeli captives to ensure aid delivery, halt war

...
Middle East Monitor

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Dear Media,

The story is that he’s a fascist, not that he’s ignorant.

Thank you. frontrange.co/@apnewsbot/11482…

AP News (@apnewsbot@frontrange.co)

Trump praises Liberian President's English, the official language of the West African nation President Donald Trump was hosting West African leaders in Washington, where he praised the English of President of Liberia Joseph Boakai and asked where he…
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BeeCycling

Well exactly. I didn't know until now that the official language of Liberia is English, so I was ignorant of that fact (though I'm not the POTUS, and meeting a fellow world leader in an official capacity.) But I'm pretty sure I wouldn't do that condescending racist BS thing of praising the guy's English like it's some kind of shock to me that an African man might speak good English.

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something to watch whilst doing stretches.
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An Israeli blockade on food, aid and medicine has been fuelling a man-made starvation crisis in Gaza for months.

Now, a notorious Israeli- and US backed group seems to be using aid to move hundreds of thousands of people to the south - where Israel plans to forcibly transfer Palestinians into a “concentration zone.”

On Wednesday, GHF announced that it's now going to operate only one distribution center.

youtube.com/watch?v=A2QKV01H8e…

🕎 🇵🇸 ☮️
#Gaza #Palestine
#Press #News


Only one GHF site open in Gaza, forcing starving Palestinians to move south for aid

An Israeli blockade on food, aid and medicine has been fuelling a man-made starvation crisis in Gaza for months.Now, a notorious Israeli- and US backed group...
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An Israeli drone strike has hit Deir el-Balah in central Gaza close to the site of a charity staffed by volunteers providing food to Palestinians.

Such aid sites have been increasingly targeted by Israeli forces in recent weeks.

Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum reports from the scene of the latest attack in Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, Palestine.

youtube.com/watch?v=v4XrwY2nvE…

🕎 🇵🇸 ☮️
#Gaza #Palestine
#Press #News


Israeli drone strike hits civilians near volunteer-run charity in central Gaza

An Israeli drone strike has hit Deir el-Balah in central Gaza close to the site of a charity staffed by volunteers providing food to Palestinians.Such aid si...
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Proletarian Rage

These suckers of #EU funded a #genocide. They kept giving political and military cover for the zionist regime for 19 months of genocide. Or for more than 2 months now of total blockade of #Gaza.
19 months saying "Israel has the right to defend itself". For European leaders the colonizer has this right but the colonized not. The colonized needs to be under the genocidal intentions of the colonizer forever.
After all, what we have from the heads of EU? "They WANT TO review their trade relations" with an entity that commits genocide while they took immediate measures against Russia for the invasion of 2022. They haven't take ANY MEASURE against Israel who commits genocide for 19 months and 77 years.
There is no doubt. Current and previous EU leaders commit ethnic cleansing and genocide in Gaza.
A post of Deutche Welle PoliticsEurope EU decides to review its trade ties with Israel over Gaza Tessa Walther in Brussels 13 hours ago Amid growing pressure over Gaza, EU foreign ministers say they want to review their trade relations with Israel, but they have stopped short of announcing firm action.
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Proletarian Rage

A group of #EU officials has written to the leaders of the European institutions criticising the bloc for “little or no meaningful action” in response to the dire humanitarian crisis in #Gaza.

EU “inaction” has “contributed to the environment of unaccountability that resulted in the full-scale invasion of the Gaza Strip taking place at this moment”, continues the letter sent to the presidents of the European Commission, European Council and the #European parliament.

The letter was sent less than a week after the EU foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas announced a review of the EU’s trade agreement with Israel, at the behest of a large majority of member states. The EU staff group welcomed this move, but said it was “devastatingly late for thousands killed in Gaza”.

EU Staff for Peace last year called for a suspension of the EU-#Israel agreement, an end to member states’ arms exports to Israel and “concrete efforts” to support the work of the international criminal court and international court of justice. The group has now accused the institutions they work for of an “apparent double standard” by failing to condemn European leaders who discussed hosting Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister wanted for alleged war crimes by the #ICC.
theguardian.com/world/2025/may…
#eucomplicity


EU officials accuse bloc of taking ‘little to no meaningful action’ on Gaza

EU Staff for Peace letter accuses institution bosses of failing to exert influence to help Palestinians
Jennifer Rankin (The Guardian)
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Proletarian Rage

There are protests everywhere, including here in #Belgium. On Sunday (11 May), tens of thousands of Belgians took to the streets in #Brussels to demand an end to the blockade and the war on #Gaza.

A week later, on 18 May, a hundred thousand #Dutch people held a march through The Hague with the same demands.

Geert Wilders wrote on X: "Today demo in Dhaag against Israel + for Hamas. Thousands of confused people draw a red line. I also draw a red line. Against terror and starving their own people by Hamas and for maximum destruction of their murderous infrastructure. And for Israel."
So the rest of the world sees this differently.

...For about a week now, we have been reading increasing criticism of Israeli and US policy in #US newspapers. #France, the #UK and #Canada are suddenly threatening concrete action if Israel continues the blockade and war. Belgian rectors took the lead with the joint demand to suspend the #European Association Agreement with Israel.

Many will feel that all this does not go far enough. Indeed, that resolution can be criticised.

The decision by the European Foreign Affairs Council to first "investigate" whether or not Israel is in compliance with human rights before it wants to review the association agreement is also more than cynical.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-worl…


Europe's Gaza protests are starting to have results

I read Israeli newspapers every day, and in them I notice that European protests do get coverage and are thus noticed. Nor should one doubt that Israeli embassies relay every protest to the foreign ministry in Jerusalem.
EUobserver
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Proletarian Rage

A senior #EU official has been lobbying against sanctions on Israel, using claims of antisemitism and arguments that critics say cross the line from political advocacy into disinformation. But what does the leaked diplomatic cable reveal?

Von Schnurbein warned that reviewing the agreement could be based on “rumours about #Jews,” and claimed that humanitarian actions in #Gaza were being ignored by the media and the #UN. She also described charity bake sales for Gaza within EU institutions as creating an atmosphere of "ambient antisemitism."

Her remarks directly contradicted findings from the EU’s own foreign service, the UN Human Rights Office, and the International Court of Justice, bodies that have documented starvation, large-scale civilian deaths, and possible war crimes in Gaza.

By framing calls for sanctions as antisemitic, she didn’t just misrepresent policy, she attempted to delegitimise criticism altogether. That’s a dangerous move, especially when it risks silencing evidence of war crimes and civilian suffering.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-worl…
#icj #eucomplicity #eupol #gazagenocide #israelsanctions


Listen: Why EU antisemitism coordinator's actions matter

In this episode, Evi Kiorri breaks down EUobserver’s exclusive report on controversial comments made by Katharina von Schnurbein, the EU’s antisemitism coordinator, during a May meeting with ambassadors in Tel Aviv.
EUobserver

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New report. Not a lot to say. EU actively support the slaughter of Palestinians.

"Meanwhile, In a significant diplomatic step, the EU is set to deepen its cooperation with Israel, and nine southern neighbors, including Syria and Libya. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar appeared unfazed when asked about reports the European Union is weighing up potential actions in response to allegations that Israel is breaching the EU-Israel Association Agreement, including suspending visa free travel and blocking imports from the Jewish settlements."
africanews.com/2025/07/15/gaza…
#eu #palestine #eucomplicity


Gaza conflict overshadows EU-Southern Neighbourhood talks in Brussels | Africanews

Foreign ministers from Egypt and Israel joined EU officials in Brussels on Monday for the fifth EU-Southern Neighbourhood Ministerial Meeting.
Africanews

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How European Ministers came from "review trade ties" to "keep a close watch on Israel’s compliance with a recent agreement to improve humanitarian aid access into Gaza."???

"Member states were presented with 10 options, including:

Full suspension of the agreement.
The EU suspension of its preferential trade and/or research pillars.
An arms embargo.
Sanctions on Israeli ministers.
Halting visa-free travel for Israeli citizens to the #EU.
Banning trade with Israeli #settlements.
However, none of the options gathered the necessary support during the meeting.

Reacting to the decision, Amnesty International’s secretary general Agnès Callamard said: “The EU’s refusal to suspend its agreement with #Israel is a cruel and unlawful betrayal of the European project and vision, predicated on upholding international law and fighting authoritarian practices, of the European Union’s own rules and of the human rights of Palestinians."
thenational.scot/news/25317209…

The #Palestinian Authority’s (PA) minister for foreign affairs, Varsen Aghabekian Shahin, described as “shocking and disappointing” the European Union’s refusal to act against Israel for violations in #Gaza and the #WestBank.
euronews.com/my-europe/2025/07…
#Eucomplicity #gazagenocide #doubleStandards #EuHypocricy #EUcomplicity #WarCriminals #warcrimes


Refusal to suspend EU-Israel deal ‘cruel and unlawful betrayal’ – Amnesty

AMNESTY have branded the European Union's decision to stand by a deal with Israel as "one of the most disgraceful moments in the EU’s…
Laura Pollock (The National)

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Proletarian Rage

@Ryan @Mogleg in reality I believe they mostly afraid of Their power. The Western imperialist project. todon.nl/@prolrage/11307593962…

Proletarian Rage

2024-09-03 22:18:30

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Since the beginning of the Al-Aqsa Flood, the main concern of Western governments has been to prevent the defeat of the #Zionist entity both militarily and politically. Yes, the primary concern is economic interests. But beyond that there is the Paradigm. The Western (and also the eastern) #capitalist hegemony does not want an example of poor human beings, oppressed for decades, and subjected to constant humiliation, standing up. If the #Palestinian #Resistance wins, it will mean that we, the oppressed, here in the West, can win too. This is one reason why we see small States (based on imperialist hegemony) taking a protective position for the Zionist entity. If this is defeated, the power of their governments will be challenged the next day. And if the Power of the small State Entities is challenged, it will be the turn of the driving forces of #imperialism.
So if the Palestinian Resistance wins, then we will have an example of how our empires could fall.
Finally it's a great opportunity for the oppressed people around the world to shout: Victory for the Palestinian Resistance!
#alaqsaflood #palestine #gaza #nakba #capitalism #authoritarianism #authority #oppression #fightback #ClassWar

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ole skovgaard 🇩🇰 🍉🌻

About f*cking time! Fascist Russia should have been sanctioned TOTALLY in February 2022, if not already in 2014 when they annexed the Crimea, but all their European sycophants have stalled it so far...and still will, because the morally corrupt EU is infiltrated with pro-Russian politicians, probably bought and paid for by Putin!
#NoToPutin #NoToFascism 🌻🌻🌻#SupportUkraine🌻🌻🌻
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styxrafting

it's always been like that. Europe has always been hostile to Russia and abhorringly racist. Either directly through colonialism, or indirectly through their corporations appropriating resources and labour in the Orient, Africa and south America.

The difference is that Israel is being a little bit too loud nowadays and that they are crumbling economically. The shortlived prosperity after ww2 and the liberal facade(caused mainly by that prosperity imo) in domestic policy have created an absolutely undeserved idea that somehow Europe is mature, just, progressive etc. And even these freedoms are being taken away from us now that there is no economic growth.

I am simplifying a little bit but the main power structures that enabled Europe to get where it's at today have never changed, so even though we truly have more freedoms on average than the rest of the world, it's because we don't affect the ruling class' foreign policy too much and because we have been systemtically oppressing either directly or indirectly the countries outside the West and stealing their wealth.

The Palestinian struggle for freedom and self determination is a perfect opportunity for all of us to realize this and demand a truly just world.

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Proletarian Rage

@villebooks "Nevertheless, known EU military exports to Isr can be directly connected to the genocide in Gaza. Israeli’s Merkava tanks, operating in Gaza since the ground invasion began in late October, are using engine components manufactured by German company MTU (a subsidiary of Rolls Royce), while Sa’ar corvettes, warships built by German company ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, have been active in the waters surrounding the besieged strip.
British company BAE Systems, in conjunction with German company Rheinmetall, manufactures M109 self-propelled howitzers which have been used to shell densely populated areas in Gaza. Amnesty International has found evidence that these artillery weapons also deployed white phosphorus munitions.
US-manufactured F-35 fighter jets used to carpet-bomb Gaza rely on European components with at least 25 percent of spare parts being exported directly to Israel from Europe.
Since October 7, the EU has granted 126 million euros ($136.5m) in funding to 130 research projects involving Israeli entities. Of these projects, two are providing a total of 640,000 euros ($693,000) to arms company Israel Aerospace Industries. In the years preceding October 7, 2023, Israeli entities received 503 million euros ($545m) under Horizon Europe (2021-2023)."
aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/7/…

The EU’s support for Israel makes it complicit in genocide

The EU continues to export weapons to Israel and provide funding to various Israeli entities.
Niamh Ní Bhriain (Al Jazeera)
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Proletarian Rage

@villebooks (gr, machine translation)
"The second reason why the EU leadership will not allow the questioning of economic cooperation with Israel is because Israel is economically dependent on the EU. Although Israel is the EU's 25th largest trading partner, the EU is Israel's largest trading partner. In 2022 28.2% of its trade was related to the EU. Also, 32% of its imports come from the EU and 26% of its exports are directed to the EU. Its imports from the EU were machinery and transport equipment, chemicals and industrial goods, i.e. high value-added goods. This means that if Israel relies militarily on the US, it relies economically on the EU. Washington is Israel's military lung and Brussels is its economic lung. There are therefore increasing reasons for us to call for boycotts and economic sanctions against Israel!"
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Οι εγκληματικές ευθύνες της ΕΕ στην γενοκτονία της Παλαιστίνης, του Λεωνίδα Βατικιώτη - INFO-WAR

Οι εγκληματικές ευθύνες της ΕΕ στην γενοκτονία της Παλαιστίνης, του Λεωνίδα Βατικιώτη
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@villebooks
#Palestine / Israeli [defense] exports surge 13% to $14.8 billion despite #Gaza #genocide impact

Israel's defense exports jumped over 13% in 2024 to $14.8 billion, even as overall Israeli exports contracted 5.6%. The defense sector now represents nearly 25% of Israel's goods exports and approaching 10% of total exports.

Europe became the dominant market, accounting for 54% of defense exports (up from 35% in 2023) as countries increased military spending amid the #Ukraine #war. Air defense systems, missiles and rockets comprised 48% of exports, with Israeli technology proving effective against drone and missile threats.
#eucomplicity #zionism #palestine
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2025-06-04 11:46:24

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#Palestine / Israeli [defense] exports surge 13% to $14.8 billion despite Gaza genocide impact

Israel's defense exports jumped over 13% in 2024 to $14.8 billion, even as overall Israeli exports contracted 5.6%. The defense sector now represents nearly 25% of Israel's goods exports and approaching 10% of total exports.

Europe became the dominant market, accounting for 54% of defense exports (up from 35% in 2023) as countries increased military spending amid the Ukraine war. Air defense systems, missiles and rockets comprised 48% of exports, with Israeli technology proving effective against drone and missile threats.

However, industry sources report that images from #Gaza are complicating deal closures. #Spain recently froze a nearly $300 million Spike missile deal due to the situation in Gaza. Defense companies face parliamentary opposition in European countries and competitors using the Gaza war to discourage purchases of Israeli systems.

Sales to Abraham Accords countries reached $1.8 billion (12% of total exports), while Asian exports dropped from $6.3 billion to $3.4 billion due to major 2023 deals with India and Azerbaijan not repeating.

Hebrew themarker.com/allnews/2025-06-… or archive.ph/B0bED

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היצוא הביטחוני נהפך לדומיננטי במיוחד במשק, נוכח זינוק של 13% בו ב-2024, ל-52 מיליארד שקל ■ העוסקים בתחום מדווחים כי התמונות מעזה מקשות על סגירת עסקות, אך יש המאמינים ש-2025 תהיה אפילו טובה יותר
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Dear US Governors:
Begging Canadians to return as tourists is as insulting and absurd as Russia trying to advertise tourism in Ukraine

✅ Your ambassador insults and gaslights
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