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Then we cannot understand the present and its motivations. None of this happens in a vacuum.

A no then good I çondemn both and claim the high moral ground above the slaughter.

This didn't start on October 7th nor will it end there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killings_and_massacres_during_the_1948_Palestine_war

Anybody ? If they don't then they support the bombing of King David's Hotel with the death of over 90 British and the summary execution of 2 British seargants in an olive Grove and numerous other crimes in order to get the British out. As well as the massacres at Deir Yassin and Tantura amongst other heinous crimes. Zionism was born in blood and rules in blood. As does Hamas.

As did the Jewish war of independence. Do you condemn Haganah,Irgun and the Stern Gang ? Yes or No ?

With the communist Jews on our side and leading on the strategy and execution of the battle you will lose. Come out waving a white flag and I promise we won't shoot ( unlike the IDF ! ). I stand with Nornan Finkelstrin.

In 2002 the US ran its biggest ever wargame where they ran a 250 million dollar simulation against a fictional foe in the ME widely thought to be Iran. The Iranian side defeated the armed might of the navy within 24 hours by swarming kamikaze suicide boats at an aircraft carrier and the rest of the navy. It was so successful that they had to run it again with invented restraints to ensure they won. They are terrified of humiliation by low tech asymmetric warfare exposing their weaknesses. So expect a lot of bluster and posturing but no real significant blows against Iran. It was called Millenium Challenge 2002. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Challenge_2002

No but I wouldn't mind if they could accept me. Here you are Jewish Voices for Labour and why Jews should have solidarity with the progressive moment and eschew Zionism. We stand on the shoulders of Marx,Trotsky,Rosa Luxemburg and the founder of the British 4th International Tony Cliff. Momentum in the Labour Party was mostly founded by Jews Jon Lansman. Stop the War Colition, again Jews play a big role on the steering committee. In the 1930s in Nazi Germany they had common cause against the Nazis and went to their deaths together. Zionism actually divides us not unites us. https://www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/

I have marched a couple of times before I left for our 3 month stay here. There was a wonderful 1000 strong Jewish bloc with a wide range of British Jews and my old mucker Alexei Sayle. Shalom comrades solidarity with progressives.

1 year ago when he was still on FOX just going to watch this now to see how it aged.

Apparently the Hill has fallen hosting Max Blumenthal wokes be dumping it,big time.

They do repeatedly. The IDF. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/comment/2023/12/06/idf-israeli-defense-force-hamas-hostages-hospital-gaza/

3.5 million spend for a 17 billion outcome that's what I call a cracking return bar none. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/03/us-house-israel-aid-package-mike-johnson?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

The Iraqi government has repeatedly asked for all US troops to leave their sovereign territory and the US has refused. So much for sovereign territory. I'm sure most will join with me in asking them to get out. Otherwise rather like the British in America in 1776 it maybe necessary to use righteous force. https://thehill.com/newsletters/defense-national-security/4392394-iraq-wants-us-military-out/

Well the Buddha preached absolute non violence in all instances indeed the Abbott and the temple represents an alternative way of seeing the world and solving personal conflicts. Jesus was the same - turn the other cheek and there's a reason for that as violence begets violence and as humanity reaches peak numbers a recourse to violence to solve didputes may result in the end if humanity itself. And the endpoint of civilsatio will be we were nothing better than the animals that we evolved from. The Abbott is in charge of the temple by the way, the trustees help administer it under his benighteddirection.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_and_violence

That's not a conspiracy but a cold hard fact. Probably the most powerful lobby group in the world bar none. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIPAC

The inherent logic of this thread is UNWRA are Hamas. Who says so ? This report by Israeli intelligence services that they have shared with compliant partners. Can we see it - no it is privileged intelligence material. Any other sources well these 12 that took part in October 7th. Err and that's it so jolly well go and defund the UN agency that is responsible for administering humanitarian aid to 2 million now intensively suffering people starved of shelter,food and medicine whilst being subject to relentless military attacks. How pitiless must be the heart that supports this how devoid of humanity. The most humanitarian army in the world apparently....

Fighting if folks don't back down inevitably leads to escalation.

Indias a big winner in all of this as well gets cheap hydrocarbons that have been sanctioned in the west, they get to condemn all the trouble as European problems nothing to do with us and sees a dilution of western power as a result. And as a fairly sworn enemy of China the west can do little but shrug. We have effectively sanctioned ourselves and helped to unite Iran,Russia,China and North Korea into an alternative authoritarian-power, loose coalition. Collectively they have all the parts of a manufacturing and military industrial powerhouse with complimentary synergies. And on top of all this is the middle east, oh yes they are loving it too. Here's the UEA condemning Russia on a recent state visit by Putin. They are effectively laughing at us and at our diminished influence. They always feared when the oil ran out the west would abandon them to their fates. They now have options that don't include Uncle Sam anymore. And Iran will shortly get those nukes they have always wanted check mating Israel at last.

Hadn't heard that one before,very poignant. I asked the Abbott a good man in our Thai temple back in the UK as to what you should do if someone attacks you. He said in the first instance run away !

Very true they want massive rearnament to combat the Russian threat and then claim they have been virtually decimated. A wake up moment for me what comparing the BBC osint figures for casualties with those put out officially by both sides. There are huge differences and of course Ukrainian casualties are a well guarded secret. https://en.zona.media/article/2022/05/20/casualties_eng Now Ukraines official figures are hugely north of that with some reports saying Russia has lost nearly 90% of their men https://www.reuters.com/world/us-intelligence-assesses-ukraine-war-has-cost-russia-315000-casualties-source-2023-12-12/ Given that Russia has 5 times the population of Ukraine it would mean that they could sustain 5 X the casualties for stalemate. So all of this combined leads me to believe at least neither side can win indeed we are in the Stalemate that Zalunhyi publically admitted much to the anger of Zelenskiy and to break that would require criminal levels of further lives lost to most probably no avail. If ghe western public were truly availed of the facts and could see the true horror on both sides I truly believe most would sat enough. Time for peace as a dead man has no freedom is merely dead. There is nothing glorious about it.

I feel a Frank Sinatra song voting on......another busy day on the keyboard front lines in Ruritania.....

I suspect you're right I for a long time suspected that Russians had stuff on Boris Johnson re his weekend trips to Italy to party in Eugeny Lebedevs fathers mansion rumoured to have bunga bunga parties with Russian supermodels. John Sweeney did an excellent doc you can see on YouTube about them. After his huge support for Ukraine if they did exist then they would surely have released him to compromise him. They have never surfaced so the logical conclusion is they don't exist. Of course the real treasure trove is the Epstein tapes I'm convinced at least they did exist and if ever some wikileaks dump did occur it would shake the foundations of western leaders to their very core. You're also right that AI can muddy the waters to such an extent that if that did happen they could be easily briefed away. That said I would look not the Stephen Hawkins one though I'm not that depraved !

A personal hero of mine and I knew him vaguely back in the day at the Comedy Store. A genuis no less and stuck to his principles through thick and thin. Whether you take me seriously or not is entirely up to you. But in the end just one source the Israeli intelligence services. Probably the same team that helped prepare their cunning defence at the ICJ. I'll put that in my cabinet marked dodgy dossier alongside Iraqi WDM.

Bingo you are playing the anti semitic card when I did no such thing. Can I recommend Alexei Sayles wonderful alternative Christmas message. here he explains it wonderfully and very humorously and he can be found marching in the 1000 strong Jewush Bloc on many ceasefire demos in London.