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https://colombiareports.com/colombia-to-press-war-crime-charges-against-netanyahu/

massacring children is bad? Oh wow, blood libel much???

PRCS says Israel ‘opened fire’ at ICU in al-Quds hospital

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) says Israeli forces have opened fire on the intensive care unit at Al-Quds hospital in Gaza.

Earlier, PRCS earlier said one person was killed and 20 others were wounded in a shooting by Israeli snipers targeting the hospital.

You can "nuance" the matter all you want but at the end of the day i cant shed many tears for those acting like comprador dogs in the face of genocide, fighting with the ones facilitating it no less. When you not only make a deal with the devil but actively help him and fight for him in such situations, you are one of his demons. No matter the "libertarian socialist" or whatever coating (that so many people still buy into)

Clashes are taking place between the American forces and the SDF from areas they occupy east of the Euphrates, and between the Syrian army and its allies in the axis of resistance from their points of control west of the Euphrates.

"We found a Mein Kampf book that is in pristine condition in a war zone totally not staged!!!!!"

Pope forcibly removes a leading US conservative, Texas bishop Strickland

Bishop Strickland is a conservative who is active on social media and has been a fierce critic of the pontiff and some of his priorities

Pope Francis on Saturday forcibly removed the bishop of Tyler, Texas, a firebrand conservative prelate active on social media who has been a fierce critic of the pontiff and has come to symbolize the polarization within the U.S. Catholic hierarchy.

A one-line statement from the Vatican said Francis had “relieved” Bishop Joseph Strickland of the pastoral governance of Tyler and appointed the bishop of Austin as the temporary administrator.

Strickland, 65, has emerged as a leading critic of Francis, accusing him in a tweet earlier this year of “undermining the deposit of faith.” He has been particularly critical of Francis’ recent meeting on the future of the Catholic Church during which hot-button issues were discussed, including ways to better welcome LGBTQ+ Catholics.

Earlier this year, the Vatican sent in investigators to look into his governance of the diocese, amid reports that priests and laypeople in Tyler had complained and that he was making unorthodox claims.

The Vatican never released the findings and Strickland had insisted he wouldn’t resign voluntarily, saying in media interviews that he was given a mandate to serve as bishop in 2012 by the late Pope Benedict XVI and couldn’t abdicate that responsibility.

The conservative website LifeSiteNews, which said it interviewed Strickland on Saturday, quoted him as saying one of the reasons given for his ouster was his refusal to implement Francis’ 2021 restrictions on celebrating the old Latin Mass.

Francis’ crackdown on the old liturgy has become a rallying cry for traditionalist Catholics opposed to pontiff’s progressive bent. Strickland told LifeSite he refused to implement the restrictions “because I can’t starve out part of my flock.”

He said he stood by his decision, would do it again and “I feel very much at peace in the Lord and the truth that he died for.”

His firing sparked an immediate outcry among some conservatives and traditionalists who had held up Strickland as a leading point of Catholic reference to counter Francis’ progressive reforms. Michael J. Matt, editor of the traditionalist newspaper The Remnant, wrote that with the firing, Francis was “actively trying to bury fidelity to the Church of Jesus Christ.”

“This is total war,” Matt wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “Francis is a clear and present danger not only to Catholics the world over but also to the whole world itself.”

The two Vatican investigators sent into investigate Strickland — Bishop Dennis Sullivan of Camden, N.J., and the retired bishop of Tucson, Ariz., Bishop Emeritus Gerald Kicanas — “conducted an exhaustive inquiry into all aspects of the governance and leadership of the diocese,” said the head of the church in Texas, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo

After their investigation, a recommendation was made to Francis that “the continuation in office of Bishop Strickland was not feasible,” DiNardo said in a statement Saturday.

The Vatican asked Strickland to resign Nov. 9, but he declined, prompting Francis to remove him from office two days later, DiNardo’s statement said.

It is rare for the pope to forcibly remove a bishop from office. Bishops are required to offer to resign when they reach 75. When the Vatican uncovers issues with governance or other problems that require a bishop to leave office before then, the Vatican usually seeks to pressure him to offer to resign for the good of his diocese and the church.

That was the case when another U.S. bishop was forced out earlier this year following a Vatican investigation. Knoxville, Tenn. Bishop Richard Stika resigned voluntarily, albeit under pressure, following allegations he mishandled sex abuse allegations, and his priests complained about his leadership and behavior.

But with Strickland, the Vatican statement made clear he had not offered to resign, and that Francis had instead “relieved” him from his job.

Francis has not been shy about his concerns about the right wing in the U.S. Catholic hierarchy, which has been split between progressives and conservatives who long found support in the doctrinaire papacies of St. John Paul II and Benedict XVI, particularly on issues of abortion and same-sex marriage.

Strickland backed Vigano’s conspiracy theories (theories rather than conspiracies themselves, right?) about the COVID-19 pandemic, and on Saturday Vigano wrote that Strickland’s ouster showed a “cowardly form of authoritarianism” by Francis. “This affair will reveal who stands with the true Church of Christ and who chooses to stand with His declared enemies,” Vigano wrote on X.

In Gaza, ‘even children think of death’, says resident

Yousri al-Ghoul, a Palestinian political writer, said Israel is committing “ethnic cleansing” in Gaza.

Al-Ghoul left al-Shati refugee camp for Jabalia in northern Gaza.

“We didn’t know where to go,” he told Al Jazeera. Al-Ghoul said he and his family did not make the trip to the south due to safety concerns.

He said people who made it south have told him that Israeli troops set up multiple checkpoints, “killed many and took many as prisoners stole their money, stole their jewellery, everything they have”.

“No place in Gaza is safe,” he said. “We don’t have fuel, we don’t have bakeries, we don’t have bread, we don’t have water.

“Everyone here, even children, think of death.”

-Al Jazeera

Awful. And that's the first I've heard of checkpoints in Gaza.

If you see a gofundme request for the , report it. I've already seen a couple on social media.

According to their FAQ:

Can I raise funds for the military?

No. While you may raise funds for humanitarian aid, fundraising to support any armed conflict is not allowed, regardless of the country. This includes funding weapons, protective gear, defensive equipment, travel to participate in any armed conflict except as required by a national government, or goods and services for soldiers, territorial defense or security force, and more.

https://archive.ph/90ukk

Middle East Monitor: Spain ‘neo Nazi’ mercenary among others helping Israel in Gaza

Long story short, per the Spanish newspaper El Mundo, this guy Pedro Diaz Flores who fought with other neo nazis in Ukraine last year, said that he's being paid by Israel now. Flores says that mercenaries are only being used for security support and not directly participating in the fighting. He, personally, is stationed in the Golan Heights. An additional note of context about the history of mercenaries working with the IDF follows:

“We are in charge of the security of the checkpoints and access control on the borders of Gaza and Jordan. There are many PMCs [private military companies] here and they share the work. Traditionally they have guarded border terminals between Eliat and Aqaba,” [Flores] added.

🚨 The Islamic Resistance in Iraq hit a target in Umm al-Rashrash in occupied Eilat in the Zionist entity with appropriate weapons. The Islamic Resistance confirms that it will continue to destroy Zionist enemy strongholds in response to their crimes in Gaza 🇮🇶

the IDF seems to give out ranks like how strip mall tae kwon do schools give everyone a black belt. if you show up more than two weeks in a row, you’re made a lieutenant colonel. they have maybe 20 corporals in the entire army

Cornel West gets a lot of shit and rightfully so, but I just saw him essentially say that NATO aggression caused the Ukraine war on CNN. I'll have to find the clip, but shit was wild

Here's the edited version his campaign put out on his twitter. He couched it in lib statements but also included the hashtag #AbolishNATO

I'm interested if this signals any shift in the discourse at all wrt NATO, etc in the general lib populace or if this will be dismissed as wack and fanatic

Will the american empire abandon the zionist project the same way it's abandoning once it becomes a net strategic detriment to them? (Tbh that point has probably already been reached)

Or is the zionist lobby sufficiently powerful and well-resourced/funded to prevent that?

Danish government-controlled broadcaster DR brought an article about an increasing number of "antisemitic incidents" worldwide due to the ongoing genocide in Palestine. They provide the following tally:

Austria: According the time Jewish community in Vienna there were 79 antisemitic incidents from October 7th to October 19th which is a 300 percent increase compared to last year.

Brazil: According to CONIB who tracks antisemitism in Brazil there has been 467 antisemitic incidents since October 7th, an increase of 961 percent compared to last year.

France: According to the French minister of the interiors Gerald Darmanin there were 1040 antisemitic incidents and 486 arrests since October 7th.

Germany: According to RIAS, an NGO who registers antisemitic incidents in Germany - from October 7th to October 15th there was an increase in antisemitic incidents of 240 percent since October 7th compared to the same period last year. 91 percent of these are anti-"Israel" related antisemitism.

South Africa: According to the South African Jewish Board of Deputies there were 41 antisemitic incidents in October which is a significant increase compared to previous years.

Great Britain: According to the Jewish community's security organisation, CST, from October 7th to 31st there has been 893 antisemitic incidents, an increase of 609 percent compared to the same 25 day period in 2022. The highest amount measured since the organisation was founded in 1984.

USA: Since October 7th ADL has registered a total of 312 antisemitic incidents between October 7th and 23rd of which 190 were directly connected to the war in "Israel" and Gaza

Reports like these are very nebulous about what constitutes an "antisemitic incident" but the numbers highlighted above suggests that most of what western propaganda calls antisemitism is in fact anti-zionism. It suggests that the term "antisemitic incident" can be anything from a swastika-waving Nazi riot to the guy in my city who has put up a "Palestinian children have the right to live" sign on his house.

Zionist propaganda has been crying wolf for decades, working hard to conflate racism against Jews with support for anticolonial struggle in Palestine. It is entirely within the realm of possibility that some idiots blames "the Jews" for the genocide, led along by zionist propaganda who conflates Judaism and Zionism, and turns to antisemitic reactions but in all likelihood the vast majority of "antisemitic incidents" is just zionist crybullies pissing and moaning about being called out for their genocidal ideas.

So I guess Ukraine really is an artillery war now? Seems like the primary force for attrition is drones, for offence is artillery, and for defence is trenches.

Who would have thought that WW1 doctrine would reign supreme in the 21st century?

By slammer on twitter

I have a blueskkky code if anyone wants it

Jim Acosta on CNN tonight to some other bozo clown: "Do we know who's firing on the people trying to leave the hospitals?"

Gee pal I dunno, it's probably evil Hamas shooting their own people to make perfect heaven baby angel soldiers the IDF look bad.

In some good news, elections on constitutional amendments for recreational marijuana and abortion rights up to fetal viability (22-24 weeks) both passed in GOP-controlled Ohio.

NATO allies condemn Russia's withdrawal from CFE treaty, will suspend its operation

So turns out NATO is still plenty scared of Russia's conventional army, huh?

in today's MoA about Ukraine I learned there is a Dutch politican named Tiny Kox

Israel has an extremely racist football team apparently: https://nitter.cz/redstreamnet/status/1721478751265931466

Leftist subs need to stop going private because of Vaushite/Destiny brigaders. It's only fueling them more.

I just saw a dead child in Gaza with their head blown open on twitter without a graphic content warning.

I understand what the poster was trying to do but who are you helping at that point?

The final chapter of that CIAnarchist saga

ladies and gentleman

we got 'im

I stg if this massacre ends in a puff of pink smoke announcing Netanyahu's baby daughter I'm gonna be so mad

🚨🚑 Israeli occupation forces shot at a PRCS ambulance while attempting to reach an injured person and preventing the staff from transporting him. Crews are still trying to reach the injured at the entrance to Jenin camp. #NotATarget #IHL

:officer-down::officer-down::officer-down::officer-down:

🚨 Al-Mayadeen reports that a number of American soldiers were killed during the recent bombing with 15 missiles of the Conoco gas field in eastern Syria by the resistance.

from https://t.me/PalestineResist/19211

We've entered that part of the war where all the uncertainties feel mostly settled and now it's just grind and I hate it.

All avenues for aid feel like they're closed. All pressures for a ceasefire feel closed. Best we can do is getting unions to strike against support.

North Gaza will eventually be defeated, it's a matter of time and grind on the current trajectory with no other forces doing anything worthwhile (fuck you hezbollah). Israel will hand it over to their puppets at the PA and will regularly intervene in any attempts to dislodge the PA's control there. This will cost Israel a lot but it won't matter as every other power in the region has made it clear that they're cucked.

Either a huge surprise happens and one of the players actually does something (unlikely now) or this is the path things are on.

once the news mega hits posts lemmy will fall

U.S. Weapons Transfers to Israel Shrouded in Secrecy

The Biden administration released a three-page itemized list of weapons provided to Ukraine, down to the exact number of rounds, the information released about weapons sent to Israel could fit in a single sentence.

US carried out strike on facility in eastern Syria: Pentagon

The Pentagon said the targeted facility was being used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and affiliated groups.

In a statement, the Pentagon said the “precision self-defense strike” was carried out by two US F-15s in response to attacks on American personnel in Iraq and Syria over the past weeks.

The US also said the targeted facility was being used to store weapons.

“The President has no higher priority than the safety of US personnel, and he directed today’s action to make clear that the United States will defend itself, its personnel, and its interests,” the Pentagon statement read.

This is the second US attack on facilities in Syria since the war in Gaza began.

precision self-defense lethal aid was administered to the region

Who knew that so much raw crankery could be so boring

The final two sentences

Central Gaza hospital says it saw over 100 fatalities in one day

On a day of heavy Israeli bombardment, workers at central Gaza's Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital saw more than 100 fatalities in a single day, according to the institution's media office.

Separately, journalist Hassan Eslayeh saw dozens of casualties brought into the hospital Monday. Most came in private cars since people have not been able to call for emergency service due to the disruption in communications in Gaza.

Ambulances were seen following cars back to bombing sites and returning with more casualties.

CNN video shows more than 20 body bags lined up in front of the hospital during the day for funeral prayer. People then carried the bags into trucks and ambulances for burial.

https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-11-06-23/h_ce295adb4f293e819db6fff39e3c73d5

This happened on 18 Oct 2023

Note that israel was part of this joint statement of nations

https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/joint-statement-on-human-rights-violations-in-xinjiang-at-the-un-third-committee