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The Latest Trouble In Russian-Azerbaijani Relations Might Be Part Of A Turkish-US Powerplay korybko.substack.com/p/the-lat…

The Latest Trouble In Russian-Azerbaijani Relations Might Be Part Of A Turkish-US Powerplay

Turkiye sees an opportunity to turbocharge its rise as a Eurasian Great Power along Russia’s entire southern periphery in ways that autonomously align with American grand strategic interests.
Andrew Korybko (Andrew Korybko's Newsletter)

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Join us at Jura Books for “Sydney Skill Sharing” a series of workshops on diverse topics. Grab some friends, collectivise our skills!

Workshops are held fortnightly on Saturdays, 5PM-6PM.

Our next upcoming workshop will be run by a talented guest visiting from the UK. They've offered bunch of exciting workshops that they could run on the 12th of July.

Which one do you want to see? Let us know in the comments 😀

> making an 8 page mini zine

> doing creative coding from the browser using p5.js

> hands-on data scraping (available in two versions: for those that know basic programming and those that don't)

> lino printmaking - carving anarchist stamps

Plain grey background with black text and small Windows 98 icons. Text reads: What do you want to see at the next skill share? Workshop options: lino printmaking, 8 page mini zine, creative coding, data scraping. Let us know in the comments, and we'll see you on the 12th of July with one of these workshops ready!

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Hungary: Antifa Prisoner Maja Hospitalized Following Hunger Strike


For almost a month, the non-binary antifa activist Maja has been on hunger strike to denounce the conditions of their imprisonment in Hungary and to ask to be sent back to Germany. On Tuesday, July 1, their health deteriorated so much that hospitalization was necessary. Maja was moved 260 km from Budapest to a hospital near the Romanian border.

Solidarity actions continue (banks have been stoned in Shwelm and Leipzig – see here and here), but in the face of this alarming situation, their supporters are calling for an intensification of mobilization.

Source: secoursrouge.org/hongrie-la-pr…

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#antifa #europe #hungary #hungerStrike #Maja #PoliticalPrisoners

Hongrie : La prisonnière antifa Maja hospitalisée suite à sa grève de la faim

Depuis près d’un mois, la militante antifa non-binaire Maja a entamé une grève de la faim pour dénoncer les conditions de son emprisonnement en Hongrie et demander à être renvoyée en Allemagne (voir notre article).
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#2002
Tell me just what you want me to be
One kiss and boom, you're the only one for me
So please tell me why don't you come around no more
'Cause right know I'm crying outside the door of your candy store
Michelle Branch is 42
Catholic church south of the US border is not Christian..
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Santana - The Game Of Love (Video) ft. Michelle Branch

Santana's official music video for 'The Game Of Love' ft. Michelle Branch. Click to listen to Santana on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/SanSpot?IQid=SanGOLAs fe...
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#1978
I don't know how this whole business started
Of you thinkin' that I have been untrue
But if you think that we'd be better parted
It's gonna hurt me, but I'll break away from you
Joe Puerta, American rock bassist (Ambrosia) is 74
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How Much I Feel (Remastered Version)

Provided to YouTube by Rhino/Warner RecordsHow Much I Feel (Remastered Version) · AmbrosiaThe Essentials: Ambrosia℗ 1978 Warner Records Inc.Producer: AMBROSI...
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Apple's lawyers are complaining to me that I'm communicating with Apple, but those lawyers aren't Apple's lawyers on the new thing, & Apple hasn't retained lawyers & Apple won't let me talk to their own env lawyers. Lots of "na na na na can't hear you" energy going on right now.

It's like I'm some boyfriend they hate & never want to talk to again, except they committed crimes against me, nearly murdered me & have been trying to destroy my life. So, not quite the same.

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FM explains why Botswana is interested in cooperation with Belarus eng.belta.by/economics/view/fm…

FM explains why Botswana is interested in cooperation with Belarus 

Belarus and Botswana will intensify cooperation in many areas of mutual interest. Such an arrangement was reached at the meeting between Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maksim Ryzhenkov and Botswana’s Minister of International Relations …
Belarusian Telegraph Agency

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Friedrich Merz ist ein Typ von Schönwetter-Diversitäts-Repräsentant, der persönlich Minderheiten über die Klinge springen lassen würde.

Wenn er sich jetzt gütig gibt, weil an einem Tag die Pride Flagge am Bundestag gehisst wird, ist das auch nur so Feel-Good-Minderheitenrpogramm. Gerade so, dass es halt staatstragend wirkt, aber auf keinen Fall mehr.

Währenddessen haben Angehörige der LBGTIQA* täglich mit immer mehr Anfeindungen zu tun. Auch weil die Regierung das mitträgt.

in reply to Bianca Kastl

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Bianca Kastl

Beispiel zu Friedrich Merz' feindlicher Haltung gegenüber Schwulen:

„Über die Frage der sexuellen Orientierung, das geht die Öffentlichkeit nichts an. Solange sich das im Rahmen der Gesetze bewegt und solange es nicht Kinder betrifft - an der Stelle ist für mich allerdings eine absolute Grenze erreicht - ist das kein Thema für die öffentliche Diskussion.“

handelsblatt.com/politik/deuts…

(2020)

Handelsblatt

www.handelsblatt.com
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Bianca Kastl

Haltung zum Thema "zwei Geschlechter": Konservativ diskriminierend, aber halt so, es lieber andere sagen lassen:

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(2025)


Friedrich Merz und das dritte Geschlecht: Wo die Union in der Gender-Debatte steht

Friedrich Merz hat Wirbel ausgelöst mit der Aussage, er könne US-Präsident Donald Trumps Haltung zu nur zwei Geschlechtern nachvollziehen. Will die Union also das dritte Geschlecht wieder abschaffen? Nein, heißt es in der Partei.
Alisha Mendgen (RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland)
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Uwe

Na klar will Frau #Klöckner nicht, dass im Bundestag #Lügen auch klar als soche bezeichnet werden. Sie hat doch schon oft genug selbst Lügen verbreitet und will sich diese Option offensichtlich weiter offen halten.

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Die Fake News der Julia Klöckner: Unehrlichkeit als roter Faden einer Karriere

Ex-Ministerin Julia Klöckner scheint es mit der Wahrheit nicht so genau zu nehmen. Ihr Tweet zu Zahnarztkosten von Migranten ist nur der neueste Fall.
Sebastian Leber (Der Tagesspiegel)

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Hebrew media warned settlers around the Gaza Strip as far as Beersheba that tonight you will hear the terrible sounds of explosions from Gaza, and that the intensity of the attacks and explosions tonight will be much greater and stronger than the previous nights.

#Gaza #SaveGaza #StopIsrael #SanctionIsrael #BDS
#palestine #Israel #Politics #Genocide #PeaceNow #StopTheWar #CeasefireNow @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel @palestine@lemmy.ml

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Written by Scott VanBommel, Planetary Scientist at Washington University in St. Louis Earth planning date: Monday, June 30, 2025 Our weekend drive placed Curiosity exactly where we had hoped: on lighter-toned, resistant bedrock we have been eyeing for close study. Curiosity’s workspace tosol did not contain any targets suitable for DRT. After a detailed discussion […]

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4586-4587: Straight Drive, Strategic Science

Mars Science Laboratory Mission Team Members (NASA Science)

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#GazaGenocide / A cafe in the Gaza Strip was bombed from the sea, killing 34 of its residents, including a journalist

At least 20 people were killed and many more injured in intensive bombing by Israeli forces across Gaza, according to medical reports. The bombing began at dawn, hitting multiple locations and causing severe damage to buildings and civilian infrastructure. Seven of the dead were reportedly shot while waiting for humanitarian aid. A cafe in the Gaza City port, which also provided internet services, was struck, killing journalist Ismail Abu Hatab and injuring journalist Biyan Abu Saltan. The situation in Shifa Hospital is catastrophic, with many wounded arriving with burn injuries and a lack of resources. Since the start of the offensive on October 7, 56,531 civilians have been killed and 133,642 injured.

[…] Shifa Hospital reported last night that 34 people were killed in an Israeli military strike in the Gaza City port area, including women and children. Palestinian media reported that the navy carried out the strike, targeting an area where civilians were not asked to evacuate. It was also reported that the target of the strike was a cafe in the port that provided internet services to dozens of people. The Israeli military stated that several "Hamas terrorists" were attacked and that the incident is under investigation. According to the French news agency, the cafe where the strike occurred was a cafe that provided internet services, and among the dead was journalist Ismail Abu Hatab, and among the wounded was journalist Biyan Abu Saltan.

Hebrew zoha.org.il/138342

@palestine
@israel
#GazaGenocide


בית קפה ברצועת עזה הופצץ מן הים ו-34 מיושביו נהרגו בהם עיתונאי - זו הדרך

מנהל בית החולים שיפא:
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EscapeVelocity

Yes I have 2 Camrys.

The 2002 is the beater Daily Driver.
The 2014 is the Sunday Best vehicle.

I actually like the engine on the 2002 better. But they are both pre Gasoline Direct Injection ie traditional Fuel Injector engines. 4sp Aisin automatic on the 2002 and 6sp Aisin automatic on the 2014. Bulletproof.

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NEW: The President of the United States just threatened to arrest Zohran Mamdani, strip his citizenship, and dump him in a detention camp — not for any crime, but for standing up to ICE raids in NYC.

The message is clear: if you speak up, they’ll come for you. We have to defend our democracy. #press

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Microplastics Are Waging WAR Against Our Bodies! w/ Kim Bright

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Microplastics Are Waging WAR Against Our Bodies! w/ Kim Bright

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I’m getting so fed up with this horseshit… Do you know what female teachers looked like back when I was in school? They looked like fat old men in drag. Every time one of these broads gets arrested for fucking one of her teenage students, I should be entitled to a $1000 check from the government as compensation for having been born into the wrong era and thus denied the red, white and goddamn blue American right to be statutorily raped by a hot teacher when you’re a teenaged high school student. :penis_angry:

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Weird Science (1985)
94min | Comedy Fantasy Romance | Aug 1985

Two nerdish boys attempt to create the perfect woman, but she turns out to be more than that.

Director: John Hughes

Cast: Anthony Michael Hall, Kelly LeBrock, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Bill Paxton, Suzanne Snyder, Judie Aronson, Robert Downey Jr., Robert Rusler, Vernon Wells, Britt Leach, Barbara Lang, Michael Berryman, Ivor Barry, Ann Coyle, Suzy J. Kellems

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Watch Weird Science (1985)

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#IBM Lays Off 8,000 #Employees for #AI #Automation, Only to #Rehire Just as Many Soon After Because Of…
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IBM Lays Off 8,000 Employees for AI Automation, Only to Rehire Just as Many Soon After Because Of…

IBM made a bold move by laying off thousands, only to bring back just as many. A surprising shift in strategy is changing the way tech companies use AI. Routine tasks were automated, but something unexpected followed.
Juliette Dubois (The Daily Galaxy - Great Discoveries Channel)

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Linux's remarkable journey from one dev's hobby to 40 million lines of code - and counting zdnet.com/article/linuxs-remar… by @sjvn

An insider tells the story of the #Linux kernel's 30+ year history.


Linux's remarkable journey from one dev's hobby to 40 million lines of code - and counting

Longtime programmer Jonathan Corbet tells the story of Linux and reveals what's made it successful over its three decades.
Steven Vaughan-Nichols (ZDNET)

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We shouldn't call it #AlligatorAlcatraz because that was a prison meant for people who committed horrific crimes.

Those migrants have not.

It's a concentration camp.

It's Alligator Auschwitz.

Also #auschwitz started with 2000 people capacity.

The Alligator version is twice as big.

#uspol #fascism #politics

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“I’ve written a lot about the issue of Palestine being a model for the surveillance and weapons industry, and it’s now exported globally. What I am already hearing is that what Israel and America is doing in Gaza is looked at by other countries as a model,”

“You and I might see this as a disaster – civilians are being murdered at huge rates – but that’s not an impediment to other countries doing the same thing in their own conflicts.
1/
Antony Loweinstein

@palestine
#Gaza
#Israel

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earthling

2/
“Why? Because there’s no accountability. There’s been hundreds of Palestinians killed in the last month, but no Israeli soldiers are being held to account, no trial is happening in Israel, and there frankly won’t be.

“Israel investigates itself, and easily finds itself innocent,

“This is what worries me, that what’s happening in Gaza is a model that other countries will follow in the months and years ahead.”

Antony Lowenstein

#Israel
#accountability
#quotes
#news

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Great infographic of companies involved in the genocide of Palestinians. Taken from this article, which also has more information on each: aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/1/un…

#politics #bigtech #degoogle #aljazeera #palestine #gaza #israel #genocide #lockheedmartin #ibm #microsoft #alphabet #google #amazon #palantir #chevron #cat #airbnb #volvo #bp

Sorry, will write more complete caption soon.

UN report lists companies complicit in Israel’s ‘genocide’: Who are they?

UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has named several US giants among the companies aiding Israel.
Federica Marsi (Al Jazeera)

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Gaza Resistance Targets Soldiers and Settlements, Yemen Targets Ben Gurion Airport


The al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced on Tuesday that it launched a salvo of Q20 rockets targeting the Zionist settlements of Nir Yitzhak and Mivtahim.

The rockets were fired from an area close to where military vehicles were operating north of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.

Al-Qassam targets engineering equipment, armored units


On Saturday, June 28, al-Qassam announced its fighters had targeted four Zionist engineering excavators with al-Yassin 105 shells in the town of Aabasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Younis, setting the equipment ablaze.

The group confirmed that its fighters observed casualties among occupation soldiers at the site and noted that Zionist helicopters landed in the area to evacuate the wounded.

In a separate operation, the al-Qassam fighters also targeted a Merkava tank and a D9 military bulldozer with powerful roadside explosive devices in the same area.

Al-Quds, al-Qassam Brigades conduct joint operations


Meanwhile, the al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) movement, announced two operations on Tuesday against Zionist gatherings and vehicles in Khan Younis.

In a joint operation with al-Qassam, the al-Quds fighters shelled a Zionist military gathering east of Khuza’a, north of Khan Younis, using multiple mortar shells.

In another operation, the group reported detonating a shock-activated explosive device successfully targeting a military vehicle near Street 5, north of Khan Younis.

Resistance confronts occupation forces amid ongoing genocide


These operations come as the Palestinian Resistance in Gaza continues to repel Zionist incursions, engaging in confrontations and ambushes that have resulted in casualties among occupation forces and damaged their equipment.

The Resistance activity unfolds amid the occupations ongoing genocidal war on Gaza, which includes systematic killing, starvation, siege, and forced displacement, in blatant disregard for international appeals.

Yemen targets occupation


The Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) announced on Tuesday evening a series of military operations against Zionist targets in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree said that the YAF’s Rocket Force launched a top-tier operation targeting al-Lydd Airport, also known as Ben Gurion Airport, in occupied Yafa using a Palestine-2 hypersonic ballistic missile.

The operation successfully hit its target, resulting in the fleeing of millions of Zionist settlers to shelters and the complete halt of airport operations, Saree confirmed.

Drone strikes against sensitive targets


Simultaneously, Saree mentioned that the YAF’s UAV unit executed three military operations targeting sensitive Zionist sites in Yafa, Askalan, and Umm al-Rashrash, using three drones.

The spokesperson reiterated that the latest operations come in support of the oppressed Palestinian people and their Resistance fighters and in retaliation for the ongoing genocidal crimes committed by the Zionist occupation against the Gaza Strip.

He added that these strikes come as part of Yemen’s sustained support for Gaza and its categorical rejection of the genocidal war being waged against its people.

The Yemeni Armed Forces reaffirm that this Ummah will not abandon its responsibilities toward the oppressed Palestinian people, Saree affirmed, underscoring that the YAF will continue their operations until the war on Gaza ceases and the siege imposed on the enclave is lifted.

53 Yemeni missiles launced since resumption of war on Gaza


According to a correspondent from the Zionist Army Radio, Yemen has launched approximately 53 ballistic missiles toward the occupation since the resumption of the war on Gaza nearly three and a half months ago.

abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=…

#alAqsaFlood #ansarallah #gaza #hamas #palestine #pij #westAsia #yemen

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Trump's tax bill defunds the police who target Wall Street criminals (CFPB) and uses the savings to boost funding for the police who target immigrants (ICE).

This is what I mean when I say the Trump tax cut bill is the class war in legislative form. levernews.com/why-is-trump-rus…


Why Is Trump Rushing To Pass The Tax Cut Bill?

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro explains what Republicans don’t want you to know about their legislation — and how it “screws over the people who voted for this president.”
The Lever

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@Tfmonkey Were you a Ninja Turtles fan back in the day? You were pretty young when this came out, I'm guessing, but turtle mania lasted a good while so maybe it got you too.

There are a few higher-end theaters here that do Fathom Events and I take my nephew, brother, and son to watch Castle in the Sky and things like that.

I just thought I'd throw this your way in case this is a special movie for you that you could enjoy in a nice theater with a beer and some food.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 35th Anniversary | August 17 & 20

Four baby turtles come in contact with a mysterious substance called ooze and then are transformed into human sized crime fighters. The leader of the turtles...
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One of the major problems I see with the younger generations is that even though many of them will place blame on the boomers for many of their financial issues (correctly), many of them will still somehow think that going to college was worth it in spite of the crippling debt and wasted years on a degree that gets them no job.

It's okay, you can admit it was the wrong decision. The boomers led you astray there, so you don't have to defend that choice. You were lied to about that too.

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Global Climate Change is Accelerating


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Indicators of Global Climate Change 2024: annual update of key indicators of the state of the climate system and human influence

Abstract. In a rapidly changing climate, evidence-based decision-making benefits from up-to-date and timely information. Here we compile monitoring datasets (published at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15639576; Smith et al.
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Greg A. Woods

@Nanook I see you're continuing to ignore even the facts I put in front of you. Your story about pre-history does not seem to match those facts.

As for even further back, i.e. "500 million years ago", well you've clearly not kept up with the current science, as per Tom's demonstration.

Meanwhile it is becoming clearer and clearer that rapid changes in CO₂ levels will change the climate too fast for plants and animals to migrate and evolve and survive, even when "fast" is considered on geological timescales, never mind the abrupt changes we humans are causing. We simply don't know where the tipping points are for these problems within the current conditions on Earth, so even threatening to continue as-is is a risk beyond insane.

Your apparent claim that the continuing use of fossil fuels will somehow cause us to succeed faster on fusion and better fission reactors is so blindingly backwards I can't even begin to figure out where to start. In fact it is clearly stated by all of those working on such technology that one of their primary motivations for doing so is to be able to replace fossil fuel use! Indeed Bill Gates is one of the large investors supporting nuclear reactor technology development.

Conflating deaths from the cold with having any part of the problem is gas-lighting.

BTW, who is this Klaus? I assume by "Gates" you mean Bill Gates?

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Dalian: A vital engine of China’s innovation and sustainable growth tehrantimes.com/news/515184/Da…

Dalian: A vital engine of China’s innovation and sustainable growth

DALIAN - A group of international journalists kicked off a five-day tour of northeast China’s Liaoning Province on Tuesday, with their journey beginning in the dynamic port city of Dalian—a coastal metropolis that has become a powerful symbol of Chin…
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From Victims to Perpetrators: Israeli Soldiers’ Nazi Comparisons and the Unfolding War Crimes in Gaza


Scott #Rickard

This article critically examines the disturbing testimonies of Israeli soldiers involved in the #Gaza offensive, many of whom have drawn explicit parallels between their own actions and those of Nazi soldiers during World War II. Through verified first-hand accounts, credible human rights reports, and international legal standards, this analysis reveals how #Israel's military campaign in Gaza has crossed into the territory of systemic war crimes, carried out with impunity under the guise of security. The moral and legal implications of these acts challenge the international community’s tolerance of sustained and brutal violations of human rights.


Introduction

The Israeli military's ongoing assault on the Gaza Strip has reached a tipping point—not just in terms of human suffering and infrastructural devastation, but also in moral clarity. In a shocking turn, several Israeli soldiers have publicly likened their conduct in Gaza to that of Nazi forces during the Holocaust, a parallel long considered taboo within Israeli discourse. These admissions, reported by Haaretz, illuminate the horrifying extent to which violence has been normalized and rationalized within the ranks of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), even as the civilian population of Gaza is subjected to what many experts deem deliberate and criminal acts of warfare.

Testimonies of Atrocity: The Nazi Analogy

In interviews published by Haaretz, multiple IDF soldiers confessed to feelings of deep unease and moral disintegration during operations in Gaza. One soldier, in particular, stated, “I felt like a Nazi in Gaza. It looked exactly like we were the Nazis and they were the Jews.”1 Such a statement is not merely self-indicting—it exposes a grotesque inversion of historical memory. Soldiers describe firing indiscriminately, targeting unarmed civilians, and obliterating entire neighborhoods without strategic justification. Civilians were shot while trying to retrieve food at aid stations, and the command structure often issued vague or open-ended fire orders with little concern for civilian life12.

The Dehumanization of Palestinians

These testimonies underscore the systemic dehumanization of Palestinians within the Israeli military apparatus. The logic of occupation and collective punishment has replaced any semblance of proportional response or adherence to international humanitarian law. Palestinians in Gaza are not seen as civilians, but as potential threats to be neutralized en masse. This ideological framework mirrors the totalizing worldviews of other regimes historically condemned for ethnic violence—hence the disturbing Nazi comparison by Israeli soldiers themselves.

War Crimes and Humanitarian Catastrophe

According to data compiled by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor and corroborated by Al Jazeera and Human Rights Watch, more than 500 Palestinians were killed in May 2025 alone while waiting for humanitarian aid, not as casualties of crossfire, but as targets in supposedly secure zones34. The Israeli government has repeatedly bombed aid distribution centers, refugee camps, and UN schools, while enforcing a siege that has led to famine-like conditions. UN officials have warned that Gaza is facing a man-made famine, the result of deliberate obstruction of food, fuel, and medicine5.

These actions—targeting civilians, destroying civilian infrastructure, and using starvation as a method of warfare—constitute grave breaches under the Geneva Conventions, and are classified as war crimes under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC)67.

Legal and Ethical Implications

The repeated and systematic nature of these crimes places Israel in violation of multiple international laws. Yet the continued political and military support from Western powers, especially the United States, has shielded Israeli leaders and military officials from accountability. This impunity emboldens further atrocities and undermines the international legal order. Calls by organizations such as Amnesty International, UNRWA, and B’Tselem for investigations into these abuses have largely been met with diplomatic deflection or outright denial by Israeli authorities89.

Conclusion

When Israeli soldiers themselves begin to draw parallels to the Nazi regime, it is a dire alarm—not just for Israeli society, but for the international community. These testimonies are not anomalies but reflections of a system that devalues Palestinian life. The world must reckon with the dual reality: that a state born from the trauma of #genocide is now inflicting mass suffering on a besieged population. Moral clarity demands more than condemnation—it requires accountability

References

  1. Harel, Amos. “Testimonies from IDF Soldiers in Gaza: ‘I Felt Like a Nazi’.” Haaretz, June 2025. haaretz.com ↩︎ ↩︎
  2. Alsaafin, Linah. “Israeli Troops Ordered to Shoot Anyone Approaching Aid Trucks in Gaza.” Al Jazeera, May 2025. aljazeera.com ↩︎
  3. Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor. “500+ Palestinians Killed at Aid Centers Since May.” May 2025. euromedmonitor.org ↩︎
  4. Human Rights Watch. “Israel’s Attacks on Humanitarian Infrastructure in Gaza.” May 2025. hrw.org ↩︎
  5. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). “Gaza Emergency Situation Report,” May–June 2025. unocha.org ↩︎
  6. Geneva Convention IV Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (1949), Articles 32–33. ↩︎
  7. Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (1998), Articles 7 and 8 – War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity. ↩︎
  8. Amnesty International. “Gaza: Patterns of War Crimes and Civilian Targeting.” June 2025. amnesty.org ↩︎
  9. B’Tselem. “Erasure of Accountability: Gaza Under Fire Again.” May 2025. btselem.org ↩︎

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