Israel / Palestine News Thread

[PurpleTree]

4 minutes ago, CuriousJames said:

@PurpleTree Khazar refers to Turkic speaking people and so could they not be found in both Asia and Europe? Read the details in the image provided. Russia is part of Europe, is it not?

A small part of Russia is in Europe the bigger part is in Asia. Many peoples in Russia aren’t European but Asian.

[CuriousJames]

@PurpleTree Fair enough. What are your thoughts about the DNA tests that say Ashkanazi Jews are Europeans?

 

Edited February 24 by CuriousJames

[PurpleTree]

2 minutes ago, CuriousJames said:

@PurpleTree Fair enough. What are your thoughts about the DNA tests that say Ashkanazi Jews are Europeans?

I don’t know and don’t really care that much really.

Obviously many Ashkenazi Jews are European like Einstein, Spielberg, Weinstein, Stern, Oppenheimer etc. those are all German names.

Also many came from Russia.

I guess many Israelis claim that they were displaced in the middle east and then moved to Europe but who knows.

[Nivsch]

Edited February 26 by Nivsch

[Loveeee]

 

[zazen]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/03/israel-prepares-gaza-hell-plan-to-pile-pressure-on-hamas-reports

During the fasting month of Ramadan: 

“The Israeli government is reportedly planning to ratchet up its blockade on Gaza as part of what it has called a “hell plan” to pressure Hamas into further hostage releases without a troop withdrawal from the Palestinian territory.“

Disgusting and sick state.

[CuriousJames]

”Trump Administration has approved nearly $12 billion in major FMS sales to Israel.”

https://www.state.gov/military-assistance-to-israel/#:~:text=Since taking office%2C the Trump,major FMS sales to Israel.

Make Israel Great Again but if Americans question it you’ll be considered racist. Truth is you should be able to say, “go fuck yourself and I don’t have to explain why I don’t want to send our money to any other nation”. In a democracy one should be able to vote how ever they like without explaining themselves.   

Some people think the right is the biggest threat to democracy meanwhile the west has been funding this since it’s inception, both left and right. Thinking that oligarchy’s are now in control because of Musk, Trump, Thiel (Palantir Technologies) is akin to thinking the conflict/terror started on Oct 7.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/thiels-palantir-dumped-by-norwegian-investor-over-work-israel-2024-10-25/

Solution: we need a new vision for politics. Voting for parties/parts in the way we do will be insufficient in dealing with oligarchical/billionaire influence. 

[Nivsch]

It is very hard to see from outside how Israel is being torn in the middle, divided and fragmented due to the judicial overhaul this government is attempting to implement.

Edited March 5 by Nivsch

[CuriousJames]

@Nivsch what sources would you recommend to get more clarity on the political situation?

[Nivsch]

15 minutes ago, CuriousJames said:

@Nivsch what sources would you recommend to get more clarity on the political situation?

Thank you for the question, I will try to make a list of key journalists here and add it to here. Just to say it will require translation to english but it is quite easy to translate the page / post on twitter via google at the menu of the chrome page. I will search also for ones who write in english too to begin with.

Edited March 5 by Nivsch

[CuriousJames]

 

@Nivsch

2 minutes ago, Nivsch said:

Thank you for the question, I will try to make a list of key journalists here and add it to here. Just to say it will require translation to hebrew but it is quite easy to translate the page / post on twitter via google. I will search also for ones who write on english to begin with.

I’m on twitter and so feel free to share any names of people  or outlets. Thanks

[Nivsch]

Leader of the Opposition in Israel (2023-today) Yair Lapid.

Edited March 10 by Nivsch

[Nivsch]

[zazen]

 

[Raze]

[Nivsch]

Edited Saturday at 07:54 PM by Nivsch

[PurpleTree]

4 hours ago, Nivsch said:

Seemingly those peaceful protests are beautiful but don’t help much? 

[Raze]

20 minutes ago, PurpleTree said:

Seemingly those peaceful protests are beautiful but don’t help much? 

They’re a reason why the war was renewed. But they’re just protesting for the hostages, they are fine with Palestinians being killed.

[Terell Kirby]

the saga continues:

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/15/nx-s1-5329257/gaza-air-strike-israel-al-khair-foundation

[Nivsch]

2 hours ago, PurpleTree said:

Seemingly those peaceful protests are beautiful but don’t help much? 

The protests, the mainstream media every evening, the radio stations almost all day, but doubtfully it helps. Only pressure from Trump has really caused a change, but now it is stuck again.

Edited Sunday at 02:41 AM by Nivsch