Democrats must become...the official anti-war party. and charge Satanyhu with war crimes agains humanity All members that suck on the tits of AIPAC must go NOW.
What do you think? Mossad, I bet, has videos of Trump and children, as does Putin. The only way to explain his behavior towards those 2 countries is that he's being blackmailed.
Regardless, there are many both inside and outside who agreed w/ the Chief ICC prosecutor. And I would point out that Israel dug up those charges (as it is so skillful at doing), but Epstein? Hell no. One of their own. And many others like him.
Bibi has been trying to get the U.S. to go along with him for yrs. Trump was the 1st president stupid enough to go along with it. Biden refused. Other presidents refused. In fact, if you'll remember, at the end of Biden's term, he & Bibi were totally on the outs.
But until there are SERIOUS consequences for actually committing crimes against humanity and War Crimes it will never stop leaders like Putin,Trump and Netanyau from doing whatever their sadistic little minds want to. The UN needs to put some bite behind their bark and stop acting as if they're playing a friendly little game of Go Fish. Being sanctioned by them should actually hurt, by loss of life, limb or all assets- whichever would be most painful for them. Send THEM to CeCott prison in El Salvador.
The DNC needs to stop asking for donations to do this, that and the other to stop Trump and start actually doing something to get this maniac out of office!
Democrat are also owned by AIPAC, and even though Republicans have lost their minds, the Democrats have lost their spines. We need to rid ourselves of the entire two party system altogether and build a system that will ensure that none of this ever happens again- No criminals or idiots can run for office- No foreign government can control our government and fleece our tax dollars while they are doing it- No lobbyists or special interest groups,No American Heritage Foundation and Every Millionaire, Billionaire and Trillionaire pays their full share of taxes while Americans finally get free medical care and education ..just for starters
Yup!! First move is ditch the 3 AIPAC Stooges.....Chuckles..AIPAC Shikur and Booker. Bring in the fired up intellegent younger generation that wants what you listed. Tell the corporate doners to take a flyiing leap.
(AIPAC is now concealing their name and funding candidates with a variety of BOGUS NAMES to avoid scrutiny.)
Please check OPEN SECRETS for contributions.
Too many DEMOCRATS do not accept PAC CONTRIBUTIONS and have spoken out!
I also suggest that OPEN SECRETS does impressive work and encourage a contribution - even just $5. Have you accessed the SITE?
It includes DONORS!
The BIG BEAUTIFUL DISASTER was passed by a MAGA GOP controlled CONGRESS.
If you want it changed, you need to work to inform yourself and support candidates who support their constituents.
Did you even notice that MAGA GOP avoided their constituents?
Did you notice that DEMOCRATS went into REPUBLICAN areas and held TOWN HALLS?
If you were paying attention the last time REPUBLICANS were in charge, you would remember the REPUBLICANS HEARINGS when REPUBLICANS spoke first, then adjourned the HEARINGS, SHUT OFF THE MICS AND LIGHTS and shut out the DEMOCRATS. Republicans behaved endlessly like dictators.
It also seems that you need to get involved. Have you ever campaigned to get a candidate elected? Have you knocked on doors, made phone calls or sent post cards?
There are numerous groups out there working to elect grassroots candidates who don't accept corporate contributions and need your help.
You've posted a laundry list of issues that you need to separate and address accordingly.
As images and accounts of human suffering in Gaza dominate headlines and social media, the accusation that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza has gained traction in protests and scholarly discourse, on social media, the vitriol of anti-Israel protesters, through a spurious accusation filed by South Africa in the International Court of Justice, and reports by so-called ‘UN experts,’ and sensational reports by NGOs. A United Nations Commission of Inquiry (COI) has also accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza and claimed that top officials, including Prime Minister Netanyahu, orchestrated these acts, a characterization Israel has called scandalous and strongly rejects.
Of course, the implied hypocrisy that the survivors of genocide are now committing one of their own makes for a powerful talking point in the war of words surrounding the conflict between Israel and Gaza. But it’s simply not true.
Even worse, charging Israel with genocide gives a free pass to the Hamas terrorists who are deliberately engineering the immense harm that innocent Palestinians are experiencing today.
Here are five reasons why the use of the term genocide to describe Israel’s self-defense campaign is inaccurate, misleading, and dangerous.
1. “Genocide” refers to the physical destruction of an entire group in whole or in part that has been targeted on the basis of its identity. This is not Israel’s objective in Gaza.
Raphael Lemkin, a Polish lawyer of Jewish descent, introduced the term genocide in 1944 to refer to events including the Nazis’ systematic extermination of Jews.
Lemkin explained the need for a new legal term to describe this horror, saying: “there has been no serious endeavor hitherto to prevent and punish the murder and destruction of millions.... there was not even an adequate name for such a phenomenon.”
The United Nations General Assembly recognized genocide as a crime under international law in 1946 and it was codified in the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in 1948.
Israel Is Not Committing Genocide
The Convention defines genocide as the commission of grave harm against members of a national, ethnic, racial or religious group - such as by killing, causing serious physical or mental harm, inflicting conditions that bring about physical destruction, imposing measures to prevent births or forcibly taking away children - with the intent to destroy the group as such.
Genocide means targeting members of a group because of their group identity and not something they are individually thought to have done.
Israel’s war is against Hamas: Israel is not seeking to destroy the Palestinian people or the Palestinian population of Gaza, which is what would need to happen in order to correctly apply the term “genocide.” Israel’s leaders have repeatedly asserted that their campaign in Gaza is solely against the terrorist organization Hamas. In fact, this type of military campaign is the exact opposite of reflecting an attempt to eliminate the Palestinian population.
2. Is Genocide Happening in Gaza? No. Israel is responding to a genocidal attack by Hamas
Since October 7, Israel’s objective in Gaza has been to destroy Hamas, a terrorist organization that carried out an unprecedented and brutal massacre against its people, including infants, children, elderly and disabled people.
A recent report concluded that Hamas used sexual violence as a tactical weapon of war during and after the October 7 attack that Hamas terrorists, using widespread and systematic sexual violence across geographic locations, and against hostages in captivity.
The goal of Hamas is to wipe Israel and Jews off the map, and in the aftermath of the October 7 terror attack, its representatives reiterated that they will never stop pursuing it. That’s an example of genocidal intent.
While Hamas’s military capacity has been significantly degraded by Israel, the group still retains control over roughly 47 percent of Gaza. This is despite a recent agreement between Israel and Hamas that calls for the group’s disarmament and removal from political power—terms that have yet to be fully implemented on the ground.
Israel is fully justified in using military force to respond to Hamas’s October 7 attack (read AJC’s explainer on Israel, Hamas, and international law). Israel’s use of military force in Gaza in the face of such an ongoing threat is not evidence of genocide, but completely consistent with international law.
3. Israel’s actions reflect its desire to spare Palestinian civilians from harm, not to deliberately harm them
The IDF’s practices also disprove claims of genocidal intent, as the Israeli military has repeatedly relocated Palestinian civilians within Gaza in an effort to ensure they are out of harm’s way as it undertakes its legitimate military campaign to destroy Hamas’s terrorist infrastructure.
In fact, at the start of the war, Israel called for the temporary evacuation of the local population in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, and delayed its ground operation in Gaza for weeks to allow civilians time to heed Israel’s warnings. It went to great lengths to designate humanitarian corridors, or safe routes for Palestinian civilians to relocate from northern Gaza.
The IDF still endeavors to warn Gazans prior to attacks and has allowed humanitarian aid for civilians to be delivered under arrangements intended to prevent Hamas from diverting aid or controlling its distribution to reinforce its authority.
4. Hamas’ actions are designed to cause harm to Palestinian civilians and blame Israel
In the months that followed the October 7 attacks, Hamas fired thousands of missiles on Israeli towns and cities. Those missiles were fired from civilian neighborhoods in the Gaza Strip, and from inside, next to, and underneath nominally civilian areas in Gaza like residential buildings, schools, mosques, and hospitals. Hamas’s actions transformed what were once protected civilian sites into legitimate military targets that Israeli forces are now working to dismantle.
Hamas puts civilians in harm’s way: While Israel goes to great lengths to avoid harming civilians as it targets Hamas’s weapons and operations centers in Gaza, Hamas typically proceeds to place Palestinian civilians directly in the path of the IDF’s targets. It has repeatedly called on Palestinian civilians to ignore Israel’s warnings about impending strikes and reportedly forced civilians to remain in the vicinity of military objectives, using them, like its hostages from Israel, as human shields.
Hamas’ actions are not only aimed at protecting its leaders, weapons, and property but also at vying for leverage in the public opinion war by inflating the number of civilian casualties.
Through its actions in Gaza, Hamas greatly increases the likelihood that military actions by Israel that are permissible in war and not prohibited by the law of war - let alone by the Genocide Convention - will nevertheless result in some harm to civilians. International law does not prohibit Israel from undertaking legitimate actions that will likely result in civilian harm unless the expected civilian harm will clearly exceed the anticipated military advantage from the attack.
While Israel takes many steps to minimize civilian harm resulting from its attacks against Hamas targets, as much as it can, it cannot eliminate it entirely. This is a horrible outcome of war, but it is not illegal, and it certainly is not genocide.
5. The “facts” of the genocide charge don’t add up
Those who claim that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza not only misunderstand the legal definition of genocide and what the laws of war permit; they also base the charge on unsubstantiated claims, such as a report issued by Amnesty International.
It is unquestionable that many civilians in Gaza have died and even more have suffered immensely since October 7. However, there are so many “unknowns” with an important bearing on Israel’s conduct in this war that it is impossible to say with certainty that it is acting wrongfully.
The number of “innocents” vs. terrorists that have died: This is impossible to know given that the Ministry of Health in Gaza is under the control of and susceptible to influence by Hamas, and does not separate innocent civilians from fighters in its announced death tolls.
The circumstances in which numerous innocents have been killed in Gaza: This includes whether they died because of attacks carried out by the IDF or because of intentional or unintentional harmful actions by Hamas or other Palestinian armed groups. A key example is the explosion at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City, which the U.S. and other governments have determined was caused by a failed rocket fired by Palestinian Islamic Jihad and not, as Hamas, the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health in Gaza, and many other sources claimed, by the IDF.
The nature of the military objective of attacks carried out by the IDF in which Palestinian civilians have died: Given that it is not possible for independent assessments to be conducted into whether a Hamas leader, tunnel, and/or weapons cache was present at the site of any specific IDF attack in Gaza, which Hamas still largely controls.
While some of those who claim Israel is engaged in genocide in Gaza are doing so for malign purposes - for example, justifying Hamas' October 7 massacre by claiming Israel is ‘worse,’ many others have been deliberately misled. Their goal of ending the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza would be far better served by placing blame for that suffering where it lies - with Hamas - and supporting efforts to ensure it is fully disarmed and unable to exercise control in Gaza.
ISRAEL IS COMMITTING GENOCIDE AND ETHNIC CLEANSING as well as WAR CRIMES by STARVING GAZANS, torturing prisoners, there are how many PALESTINIAN CHILDREN in ISRAEL'S PRISONS?
I'm posting lies?? Clearly you are not a rational thinker. Plus, you never provided links in your posts.
You are clearly Jew phobic. How about, instead of screaming, you do some reading/research on the mideast and stopping talking off the top of your head.
Not a good idea if one thinks about the ENTIRE picture. If the Big Oil Barons (republiCRAPS mainly) didn't have a strong grip on this source of energy, etc., then WAY BACK in 1973 (first oil embargo), we wouldn't have this problem. They stifled as much research as they could on developing alternative sources of energy. But no, they prevented doing that as much as they could. Here we are, 53 years later, still stuck and dependent on Iran for heating our homes, gasoline for our cars, manufacturing, and everything else we need oil for.
I am thinking the same thing if this isn’t a reason to get rid of oil and switch to renewable energy sources I don’t know what else would be. It pollutes our planet as well. And the WARS ARE NOT SO HEALTHY AS WELL
Thanks for your reply! And not to repeat, but WAY BACK IN 1973 we needed to really push for alternative sources. Some have come about, but not nearly enough. We WOULD BE ENERGY INDEPENDENT by now and tell the Middle East and the RepubliCRAP Big Oil Barrons to take their oil and......well....could probably get away with saying the word here vs. those "community guidelines" (article) comments but I'm trying to be well........"polite"!
Unfortunately there is so much BIG money here, the efforts to use "climate-friendly" methods are thwarted by those who only care about enriching themselves.
Speaking of . . . didn't certain people make a killing in the oil markets after that fake ceasefire was announced? I'm seeing multiple articles about Hegseth's suspicious trades now.
AGREED! But I am a firm believer in REDUCE YOUR CONSUMPTION!
Massachusetts upgraded their BUILDING CODES and now mandate LEDs among other things.
We began replacing our CFLs with LEDs and were paying $1 each - bought a few cartons and TRUMP imposed a TARIFF and the prices skyrocketed.
Trump also eliminated the ENERGY STAR ratings that we always used when replacing an appliance.
Replaced a TOP LOADING WASHER with a FRONT LOADER that paid for itself in ENERGY SAVINGS in ONE MONTH (but in fairness, we also purchased a 20 cubic foot FREEZER at the same time).
My CHRISTMAS present to myself one year was an INTERIOR CLOTHES LINE - lots of garments can't go in the DRYER and elastics last longer.
They tell you that 15% of your electric bill is lighting, but that's not totally accurate.
ALL of our ELECTRONICS, TV, computer are on SURGE PROTECTORS - when they're OFF, they're off and not using power.
We put an ENERGY METER on a SIDE BY SIDE REFRIGERATOR - ENERGY GUZLER was quickly replaced.
Recently, I got a lecture from a young man about his GRANDFATHER who bought a refrigerator that talked to him, provided a camera for the contents of his frig, outrageous price, GRANDPA lived alone. Friends bought a refrigerator that alerted them when the DOOR WAS OPEN! YUP! HUBBY made a mistake! It called MOM!
When SOLAR was in its infancy, I spoke with a SOLAR ENGINEER and asked him about SOLAR - FIRST THING HE SAID WAS REDUCE YOUR CONSUMPTION!
There are a lot of creative ideas out there - one man saved BUBBLE WRAP and used it to cover his sliding glass door - let light in but stopped heat/cold transfer.
Also - when it's COLD, check for AIR LEAKS and drafts. Address them in warmer weather.
MASSACHUSETTS has lots of old houses that have NO SNOW on the roof due to lack of insulation - there are subsidy programs available to provide for INSULATION as well as other rebates.
We replaced 2 ALWAYS ON LIGHTS (CFLs) with LEDs - the next month the bill dropped $5!
Impressive PAYBACK for a $2 investment!
OAKRIDGE did a great deal of testing regarding ENERGY EFFICIENCY, but BUSH/CHENEY removed public access. One of the studies that I printed at the time involved 2 identical houses built side by side in FLORIDA. In one, they lined the ATTIC with REINFORCED ALUMINUM SHEETING that you can purchase, in the other, they made no changes. The REINFORCED ALUMINUM significantly reduced HEAT TRANSFER. (It's like a thick aluminum foil.) That same HEAT TRANSFER thinking can be used on WINDOWS when seasonally appropriate or even insulated drapes or window coverings.
Someone also suggested using that reinforced aluminum on baseboard heat which seemed to propel the heated air into the room.
A recently widowed friend had to replace her ELECTRIC HOT WATER HEATER and added a TIMER that reduced her bill. Why heat water all day?
Get CREATIVE!
Every household is UNIQUE and energy usage, weather and geography differs...
a friend in CALIFORNIA complained about the HEAT while we dug out from a BLIZZARD!
There was a diagram on the site that offered tips beginning with your living space as a BOX - hot air rises, so start at the TOP - keep it simple.
Of course they've progressed from there.
But there's a great deal of information available & lots of inexpensive solutions.
We were initially purchasing LEDs from 1000BULBS in California, but look around for bargains.
The POWER SURGE STRIPS used to be available for ~ $5.
We have a municipal gas & electric that offers rebates, but just replacing CFLs with LEDs has reduced our consumption. (Make sure you dispose of CFLs responsibly - they contain MERCURY.)
I know a woman who spent lots of money buying EXPENSIVE NAME BRAND WINDOWS - except it was an ANTIQUE HOUSE with NO INSULATION!
The US needs to cut ties with Putin, and follow through with trump's claim that he will put a 50?% tariff on any country that sends arms to Iran. That is exactly what Putin is doing, sending satellite intel and drones. Let's see if he can take his lips off Putin's a$$ long enough to do that. And vance has the gall to say that Zelinsky is in the wrong when he and trump have threatened just about every ally we have and several other countries i.e. Venezuela, Ecuador, Cuba etc.
He is Thiel's boy. I heard on the post "I've Had It" where they call him a prostitute because he will do whatever his buyers want. It is a very appropriate title.
WE !! NEED To Stop !! Funding Israel For While !! Let There Dark Funding MONEY 🤑💰 !! Go To Israeli Defense Spending !! Instead Of US Taxpayers !! Besides We Can't Afford IT ! 😮 Anymore ! Thanks To Trump !! ….🤔🤔🤔🤔
Yup. Hegseth's head looks lizardlike to me when he is talking. I expect to see his tongue dart out.
J D Vance is a big ole hypocrite. He is influencing the election in Hungary and then complaining that the EU, of which Hungary is part, is influencing their elections. Well, hey, perhaps JD and Donald should be claiming Hungary as the 51st state
Chuckles, Jeffries in return for the millions from AIPAC the get..........Isreal has universal healthcare.....full womens healthcare and .....bulldozers to demolish Palestinian homes and unlimited bombs in order to continue the genocide.
Oh please. Give me a break. This isn’t reliable independent reporting on the military action of the IDF in Lebanon. How many of these alleged 300 were armed fighters of Hezbollah or other Iranian proxies ? How many were civilians? Why wasn’t it reported that, as usual, the IDF gave advance notice to the Lebanese civilians so they could take preventative measures? I don’t care what side of this current disaster you favor, if you are going to keep people believing in you as an independent pro democracy media outlet, perhaps getting sources that reliably report from Israeli sources in a story such as this on the same day we learn that outside investors are now investing in Meidas Touch?
The Trumpster was duped just like with Putin. Give him praise and he's putty in their hands. Now Netanyahu wants to continue fighting and the Cheeto "thinks" he will stop if he tells him. Good luck with that. LOL
Once the Epstein Files are fully released, Israel will have no hold on this corrupt US Government! Start the impeachment proceedings now so we can find a true path to peace! Free Palestine and free Lebanon from the corrupt State of Israeli regime (NOTE THEY ARE NOT A COUNTRY)!!! War crimes for Netanyahu, Trump and all who follow illegal orders!
bibi should have been locked up and left to die just like the orange felon should have...and now the entire planet is stuck with two fearful little boys who don't want to pay for their lifetime of crime!
That's a dispicable why of thinking. Israel may have some fucked up people but I am sure not all are in that same group of terror. It's like if the rest of the world thought all Americans were like trump.
When I say fuck Israel it means the asshole in charge of them…. Netanyahu!! I’m sorry I didn’t break it down for you….. sometimes you just need to read between the lines…
You shouldn't have to apologize. Most of us totally feel you! Israel has a far-right extremist regime like the US and they are all complicit. Your comment was spot on!
Seems the Israeli citizens are in the same boat we are. Nobody seems capable of throwing these asshats out of office and into jail. Bibi keeps doing wars to stay out as the idiot in chief needs to get re-elected to do the same. My guess is both Putin and bibi have Epstein stuff on the Trump. Meanwhile both countries reputations are in the shit can because of two ‘men’. Yes. There are accomplices and they shall face accountability as well.
I agree . The opposition in the government was actually angry at Netanyahu for entertaining a ceasefire before all their “war goals” were met - I.e. More dropping bombs on innocent Lebanese and killing hundreds every day.
I agree. A government doesn’t really represent all the people. I have nothing against most Israeli people but don’t like their current government. Of course I don’t support the current government of the USA. As to Israel fucking up ‘Some People’ - don’t play semantics. Israel has committed genocide. And now they are looking to wipe out Lebanon the same way. Lastly, sorry. The world is looking at ALL Americans the same. Trump represents us and a majority of our fellow citizens voted for exactly what we are getting. Israel and USA - the new axis of evil in the world
Well, actually enough Americans voted for Trump. Enough of them still would vote for Trump. That kinda makes at least 1/2 of Americans neanderthal stupid. Same with Israelis though Netanyahu set up elections so he can't lose.
So true I have to keep an open mind to everything but sometimes there are rare times stupid weak people think if they pull their tough guy power trips eventually and all in due time karma brings it back round them 10 fold.
Doesnt Iran have a few well trained snipers like every other military in the world? Maps can be provided…just end this clusterfuk already. 😂 🤣 no but FR
Having followed what they were doing to Palestinians and the West Bank for years, I have been OVER it for a long, long time. People just didn't want to know and our "legacy media" was very helpful about that denial.
I am drowning in disgust for our entire administration. They should all be thrown out & prosecuted for too many crimes to count. It is a complete shit show up there and it’s killing my soul💔
Robin, I’m in the same boat. My heart is broken for all the people who live day to day wondering what new hell is headed their way. Hate what this administration has done to the world and to the citizens of the US. My heart (and head) hurt.
I often sit at night, watching films or whatever, and remember that millions of people have to spend 24 hrs. a day wondering when their houses will be hit. I can't imagine children growing up that way. 24 hr. PTSD.
Israel will never let go. They want Lebanon for themselves and ensure Iran is a failed state forever. It's only partially about them having nukes. Iran without sanctions was building a strong country notwithstanding theocratic rule, where a middle class was growing. This threatens Israel's hegemony .
For those who don't know the story of Amalek from the Bible, look that up. It's what Bibi talks about in private to his Israeli audiences. I hate to say the US must pull all support from Israel, but here we are. We commit enough crimes against humanity on our own. We should not add multiple genocides to our list of things we effed up.
Trump did Everything Illegally, we, found out after he did it. Trump, His Evil Posse of Warriors Are Not Condoned By the American People. No more Support or War for Israel. Netanyahu, Trump are Guilty of War Crimes. The Trump Regime is Guilty as well.
Their imperialism certainly wasn't in the 1947 agreement to establish the State of Israel. No one expected them to expand. A lot of post-WW II Jews in the Diaspora were happy where they were and didn't want to move to Israel, which was a nation "guilted" onto other people's land in the ME. Bibi's own political party, the Likud, has a direct legacy to the pre-Israeli Zionist terrorist gangs roaming around that region.
It's been strange, because I remember when Israel was damned close to being destroyed by its neighbors. And while obviously I'm not going to approve of groups firing rockets into Israel, internally Israel has changed a lot, and not just the government. The disproportionate response to attacks on Israel have been going on a very long time, and now it's gotten so obvious even insular Americans can't ignore it.
We should not be able to compete in the 2028 Olympics (which is in the US). The Russians weren't allowed twice now and we have shown recently that we are no better. Also, for the first time in the history of the Olympics, the US had to give proof that the athletes and their coaches etc. would be safe to compete. Also, I cannot believe many of the World Cup attendees feel particularly safe. As of two months ago, there were over 50,000 cancellations.
Hopefully the rest of the world will boycott the olympics. Let team USA compete with themselves. I remember the boycotted olympics in 1984 where none of the communists countries (before the fall of the European communist countries) were invited, including Russia and China. There wasn't any competition really. That's why Team USA had so many gold medals. I truly believe Mary Lou Retton would have never won the gold if Romania, Russia, China etc. would have attended the olympics.
I remember it also. We seem to excel at getting gold when Russia is sanctioned. I do not mean to demean any of our athletes; but Russia and other countries sponsor their athletes from childhood and the US doesn't.
Especially if we ask them to. Y’know like the Iranians are begging us to carry on bombing them, only for real from us? (Sorry for sounding snarky—it’s just late and my nerves are truly frayed.)
Look, no one has to be a geopolitics expert to understand that a) Israel was not a party to this agreement, and B) Israel was not going to stop flattening Beirut.
I believe we could have stopped Israel from all of that just the same as during Nam when I believed we could stop that war by denying funds. Our political establishment is generally more concerned for their positions than the nation, and consistently fail us. When they do the right thing, it's out of fear of the voters. We need to keep them on their toes, but most of us revert back to our chosen bread and circuses as long as things are relatively comfortable for us. The utter failure of the fourth estate for decades does not help either. We've gone through periods like this before and ended up in a place where regular people forced change. I guess I know how I'm spending what passes for retirement.
Israel could never have gone to war with Iran unilaterally. It needed partnership with the US both militarily and diplomatically - to avoid the international condemnation of acting alone.
But, it you want to pretend that Israel is it's own country and can ignore all the obligations of partnership with the US in the war with Iran, then fine.
Happy to oblige.
Israel can be cut off from the US. No more special relationship. No more funding. No more sale of weaponry. Israel, it's own country.
Trump speaks for Israel in this case. If Israel didn't agree to the ceasefire, that's on Trump. The War against Iran was a joint effort, after being initiated by Israel during Gaza.
Basically, both parties were well aware of what would happen after their fake ceasefire. It was buying time and Israel still comes out like a spoiled, dangerous killer brat.
War is stupid, Trump was stupid to get us in another pointless war over oil but the Iran regime is not some innocent bunch of harmless folks.
The Iranian regime just killed thousands of it's own citizens for protesting.
Did Heabollah agree to not bomb Israel or to stop acts of terrorism?
Iran offered a shitty deal. If Trump had a brain he woukd have put his own mines in the straight of Hormuz that way no one coukd use it until both sides came to a real agreement.
Kegsbreath couldn't run a lemonade stand much less a war. Absolutely no ability to think strategically.
My point was not to condone mining the straight it was to high light how Kegsbreath lacks any ability to conduct a war.
If the straight is the problem then remove Iran's stranglehold by mining the damn thing ourselves. That woukd give us negotiating leverage.
If an old cat lady can think that stragically not even trying you think someone calling himself secretary of war coukd do better. I would be more likely to run a better war than the guy in charge of running the war
Iran has just announced that it's closed the strait of Hormuz due to Israel continuing to attack Lebanon
"MAJOR BREAKING: Benjamin
Netanyahu is now saying the two-week ceasefire does not include Lebanon, directly undercutting earlier framing that the agreement covered the wider regional war and making clear that Israel still intends to keep fighting Hezbollah.
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REMOVE THESE VILE COMPULSIVE LIERS
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DO NOT LOOSE FOCUS ON THE DEMENTED MENTALLY DERANGED IDIOT
The Doomsday Clock- which measures how close humanity is to destroying itself- was reset to 85 seconds on Tuesday, January 27, 2026. by ‘The Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists’. This is the closest to midnight ever in the Clock’s 79-year history..
President Trump is still in charge of several thousand million tons of thermonuclear weapons . . . He and Netanyahu may have just started WWIII ? . . . . . Good luck and bless us all . . . . So much for the ‘Nobel Peace Prize’ ! . . . . . sigh
All congresspersons took a solemn oath to "Protect and Defend the US Constitution", and so did SCOTUS ! . . . . So, start protecting and defending ! . . . .
Get rid of Netanyahu calling any shots here. They agreed to a ceasefire and Israel is bombing Lebanon. It was in black and white. I read it, Trump read it, Netanyahu read it, and guess what-they all freaking agreed to it! If all you’re going to do is lie about things, why the hell bother🤬
BeeBee needs a forever war to keep from paying for his corruption. Dumbo on a Jumbo needed an Epstein distraction. Vwalah. And we all get to pay for it. MAGA...Making Americans Grab Ankle.
Petey is so full of it, all of the military members are in harms way in the region. The only one who isn’t is Petey because he sitting in Washington DC closely guarded and living in government base housing-“I’m scared!”😱
we have to cut ties with Israel 😡
Democrats must become...the official anti-war party. and charge Satanyhu with war crimes agains humanity All members that suck on the tits of AIPAC must go NOW.
ICC has already stated bibi has committed crimes against humanity.... what does bibi have on trump ..
What do you think? Mossad, I bet, has videos of Trump and children, as does Putin. The only way to explain his behavior towards those 2 countries is that he's being blackmailed.
Most likely true but Trump is nuts anyway.
And Bibi has an undue influence on Mr. Junior Authoritarian. Trump hangs out w/ authoritarians, and looks up to Bibi and Putin. They can do no wrong.
Very likely!
Chief icc prosecutor resigned over sexual predator charges. He was also Islamist who wouldn’t condemn Hamas. Very objective!!!
Every single humanitarian organization has labeled it a genocide. Because it is. Objectively. Take your hasbara and go away
Really. Namely the UN whose troops on the ground were Hamas terrorists.
Making a statement like you have made, requires evidence to back it. If you provide no evidence, I am calling your comment BS.
Regardless, there are many both inside and outside who agreed w/ the Chief ICC prosecutor. And I would point out that Israel dug up those charges (as it is so skillful at doing), but Epstein? Hell no. One of their own. And many others like him.
what is your source for this?
He has FILES AND LAND TAKEN FROM PALESTINE…where they acted like Hitler. These old convicted Felonys in both their countries
.need to GO
Bibi has been trying to get the U.S. to go along with him for yrs. Trump was the 1st president stupid enough to go along with it. Biden refused. Other presidents refused. In fact, if you'll remember, at the end of Biden's term, he & Bibi were totally on the outs.
But until there are SERIOUS consequences for actually committing crimes against humanity and War Crimes it will never stop leaders like Putin,Trump and Netanyau from doing whatever their sadistic little minds want to. The UN needs to put some bite behind their bark and stop acting as if they're playing a friendly little game of Go Fish. Being sanctioned by them should actually hurt, by loss of life, limb or all assets- whichever would be most painful for them. Send THEM to CeCott prison in El Salvador.
I don't think he has anything on trump..he doesn't need to. He knows he just has to praise him and trump will do anything he asks.
He has already been charged with war crimes by NATO
LOVE the term Satanyhu! We need to put pressure on DNC to stop supporting corporate candidates taking AIPAC bribes - ENOUGH is ENOUGH 😡
The DNC needs to stop asking for donations to do this, that and the other to stop Trump and start actually doing something to get this maniac out of office!
They do need donations to take the actions we want from them, though
Agree but all I see is donation asking no action
I really like that name by the way, "Satanyhu" that's brilliant! 😆
How about candidates taking CAIR and Qatar bribes?
They bow to the Israeli lobbyists!
HAKEEM JEFFRIES has accepted AIPAC (ANTI-DEMOCRACY) contributions.
Chuckles puts"Israel-AIPAC" over medicad,.healtcare,womens health in America
I like the nickname you use for Bibi. 👍🏼
Democrat are also owned by AIPAC, and even though Republicans have lost their minds, the Democrats have lost their spines. We need to rid ourselves of the entire two party system altogether and build a system that will ensure that none of this ever happens again- No criminals or idiots can run for office- No foreign government can control our government and fleece our tax dollars while they are doing it- No lobbyists or special interest groups,No American Heritage Foundation and Every Millionaire, Billionaire and Trillionaire pays their full share of taxes while Americans finally get free medical care and education ..just for starters
Yup!! First move is ditch the 3 AIPAC Stooges.....Chuckles..AIPAC Shikur and Booker. Bring in the fired up intellegent younger generation that wants what you listed. Tell the corporate doners to take a flyiing leap.
Don't paint ALL Democrats as owned by AIPAC!
(AIPAC is now concealing their name and funding candidates with a variety of BOGUS NAMES to avoid scrutiny.)
Please check OPEN SECRETS for contributions.
Too many DEMOCRATS do not accept PAC CONTRIBUTIONS and have spoken out!
I also suggest that OPEN SECRETS does impressive work and encourage a contribution - even just $5. Have you accessed the SITE?
It includes DONORS!
The BIG BEAUTIFUL DISASTER was passed by a MAGA GOP controlled CONGRESS.
If you want it changed, you need to work to inform yourself and support candidates who support their constituents.
Did you even notice that MAGA GOP avoided their constituents?
Did you notice that DEMOCRATS went into REPUBLICAN areas and held TOWN HALLS?
If you were paying attention the last time REPUBLICANS were in charge, you would remember the REPUBLICANS HEARINGS when REPUBLICANS spoke first, then adjourned the HEARINGS, SHUT OFF THE MICS AND LIGHTS and shut out the DEMOCRATS. Republicans behaved endlessly like dictators.
It also seems that you need to get involved. Have you ever campaigned to get a candidate elected? Have you knocked on doors, made phone calls or sent post cards?
There are numerous groups out there working to elect grassroots candidates who don't accept corporate contributions and need your help.
You've posted a laundry list of issues that you need to separate and address accordingly.
Things will not change until YOU get involved!
Create a 21 st century Fairness Doctrine. So much of our division and discontent traces back to the arrival of Fox.
Lovr Satanyhu goes with the Filth
Exactly! We also need to cut off their money train. Sick of millions of our tax money going to Israel!
Imagine what Trump has in his pockets.
Actually, it's in his account in Qatar.
You are correct! You get another spin!!!
Never happen, rump kick-back agreement will upset the level of his graft stream!
rump wealth that USA regulators can see is about 4Bil$ a year now!
Even corrupt regulator' eyebrows are raised!
So uncomfortable as regulators realize-they may face charges too!
Chump is losing his mind he's helping no one but himself and billionaire friends and abroad.
Actually it’s the only idea that makes any sense. The US is complicit in the genocide that is Israel right now.
No genocide.
Where have you been...?
Investigating false claims of genocide such as yours.
So what did your investgation
uncover ? Please provide documentation!
March 18, 2026
As images and accounts of human suffering in Gaza dominate headlines and social media, the accusation that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza has gained traction in protests and scholarly discourse, on social media, the vitriol of anti-Israel protesters, through a spurious accusation filed by South Africa in the International Court of Justice, and reports by so-called ‘UN experts,’ and sensational reports by NGOs. A United Nations Commission of Inquiry (COI) has also accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza and claimed that top officials, including Prime Minister Netanyahu, orchestrated these acts, a characterization Israel has called scandalous and strongly rejects.
Of course, the implied hypocrisy that the survivors of genocide are now committing one of their own makes for a powerful talking point in the war of words surrounding the conflict between Israel and Gaza. But it’s simply not true.
Even worse, charging Israel with genocide gives a free pass to the Hamas terrorists who are deliberately engineering the immense harm that innocent Palestinians are experiencing today.
Here are five reasons why the use of the term genocide to describe Israel’s self-defense campaign is inaccurate, misleading, and dangerous.
1. “Genocide” refers to the physical destruction of an entire group in whole or in part that has been targeted on the basis of its identity. This is not Israel’s objective in Gaza.
Raphael Lemkin, a Polish lawyer of Jewish descent, introduced the term genocide in 1944 to refer to events including the Nazis’ systematic extermination of Jews.
Lemkin explained the need for a new legal term to describe this horror, saying: “there has been no serious endeavor hitherto to prevent and punish the murder and destruction of millions.... there was not even an adequate name for such a phenomenon.”
The United Nations General Assembly recognized genocide as a crime under international law in 1946 and it was codified in the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in 1948.
Israel Is Not Committing Genocide
The Convention defines genocide as the commission of grave harm against members of a national, ethnic, racial or religious group - such as by killing, causing serious physical or mental harm, inflicting conditions that bring about physical destruction, imposing measures to prevent births or forcibly taking away children - with the intent to destroy the group as such.
Genocide means targeting members of a group because of their group identity and not something they are individually thought to have done.
Israel’s war is against Hamas: Israel is not seeking to destroy the Palestinian people or the Palestinian population of Gaza, which is what would need to happen in order to correctly apply the term “genocide.” Israel’s leaders have repeatedly asserted that their campaign in Gaza is solely against the terrorist organization Hamas. In fact, this type of military campaign is the exact opposite of reflecting an attempt to eliminate the Palestinian population.
2. Is Genocide Happening in Gaza? No. Israel is responding to a genocidal attack by Hamas
Since October 7, Israel’s objective in Gaza has been to destroy Hamas, a terrorist organization that carried out an unprecedented and brutal massacre against its people, including infants, children, elderly and disabled people.
A recent report concluded that Hamas used sexual violence as a tactical weapon of war during and after the October 7 attack that Hamas terrorists, using widespread and systematic sexual violence across geographic locations, and against hostages in captivity.
The goal of Hamas is to wipe Israel and Jews off the map, and in the aftermath of the October 7 terror attack, its representatives reiterated that they will never stop pursuing it. That’s an example of genocidal intent.
While Hamas’s military capacity has been significantly degraded by Israel, the group still retains control over roughly 47 percent of Gaza. This is despite a recent agreement between Israel and Hamas that calls for the group’s disarmament and removal from political power—terms that have yet to be fully implemented on the ground.
Israel is fully justified in using military force to respond to Hamas’s October 7 attack (read AJC’s explainer on Israel, Hamas, and international law). Israel’s use of military force in Gaza in the face of such an ongoing threat is not evidence of genocide, but completely consistent with international law.
3. Israel’s actions reflect its desire to spare Palestinian civilians from harm, not to deliberately harm them
The IDF’s practices also disprove claims of genocidal intent, as the Israeli military has repeatedly relocated Palestinian civilians within Gaza in an effort to ensure they are out of harm’s way as it undertakes its legitimate military campaign to destroy Hamas’s terrorist infrastructure.
In fact, at the start of the war, Israel called for the temporary evacuation of the local population in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, and delayed its ground operation in Gaza for weeks to allow civilians time to heed Israel’s warnings. It went to great lengths to designate humanitarian corridors, or safe routes for Palestinian civilians to relocate from northern Gaza.
The IDF still endeavors to warn Gazans prior to attacks and has allowed humanitarian aid for civilians to be delivered under arrangements intended to prevent Hamas from diverting aid or controlling its distribution to reinforce its authority.
4. Hamas’ actions are designed to cause harm to Palestinian civilians and blame Israel
In the months that followed the October 7 attacks, Hamas fired thousands of missiles on Israeli towns and cities. Those missiles were fired from civilian neighborhoods in the Gaza Strip, and from inside, next to, and underneath nominally civilian areas in Gaza like residential buildings, schools, mosques, and hospitals. Hamas’s actions transformed what were once protected civilian sites into legitimate military targets that Israeli forces are now working to dismantle.
Hamas puts civilians in harm’s way: While Israel goes to great lengths to avoid harming civilians as it targets Hamas’s weapons and operations centers in Gaza, Hamas typically proceeds to place Palestinian civilians directly in the path of the IDF’s targets. It has repeatedly called on Palestinian civilians to ignore Israel’s warnings about impending strikes and reportedly forced civilians to remain in the vicinity of military objectives, using them, like its hostages from Israel, as human shields.
Hamas’ actions are not only aimed at protecting its leaders, weapons, and property but also at vying for leverage in the public opinion war by inflating the number of civilian casualties.
Through its actions in Gaza, Hamas greatly increases the likelihood that military actions by Israel that are permissible in war and not prohibited by the law of war - let alone by the Genocide Convention - will nevertheless result in some harm to civilians. International law does not prohibit Israel from undertaking legitimate actions that will likely result in civilian harm unless the expected civilian harm will clearly exceed the anticipated military advantage from the attack.
While Israel takes many steps to minimize civilian harm resulting from its attacks against Hamas targets, as much as it can, it cannot eliminate it entirely. This is a horrible outcome of war, but it is not illegal, and it certainly is not genocide.
5. The “facts” of the genocide charge don’t add up
Those who claim that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza not only misunderstand the legal definition of genocide and what the laws of war permit; they also base the charge on unsubstantiated claims, such as a report issued by Amnesty International.
It is unquestionable that many civilians in Gaza have died and even more have suffered immensely since October 7. However, there are so many “unknowns” with an important bearing on Israel’s conduct in this war that it is impossible to say with certainty that it is acting wrongfully.
The number of “innocents” vs. terrorists that have died: This is impossible to know given that the Ministry of Health in Gaza is under the control of and susceptible to influence by Hamas, and does not separate innocent civilians from fighters in its announced death tolls.
The circumstances in which numerous innocents have been killed in Gaza: This includes whether they died because of attacks carried out by the IDF or because of intentional or unintentional harmful actions by Hamas or other Palestinian armed groups. A key example is the explosion at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City, which the U.S. and other governments have determined was caused by a failed rocket fired by Palestinian Islamic Jihad and not, as Hamas, the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health in Gaza, and many other sources claimed, by the IDF.
The nature of the military objective of attacks carried out by the IDF in which Palestinian civilians have died: Given that it is not possible for independent assessments to be conducted into whether a Hamas leader, tunnel, and/or weapons cache was present at the site of any specific IDF attack in Gaza, which Hamas still largely controls.
While some of those who claim Israel is engaged in genocide in Gaza are doing so for malign purposes - for example, justifying Hamas' October 7 massacre by claiming Israel is ‘worse,’ many others have been deliberately misled. Their goal of ending the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza would be far better served by placing blame for that suffering where it lies - with Hamas - and supporting efforts to ensure it is fully disarmed and unable to exercise control in Gaza.
MARILYN, GET A LIFE! STOP POSTING LIES!
ISRAEL IS COMMITTING GENOCIDE AND ETHNIC CLEANSING as well as WAR CRIMES by STARVING GAZANS, torturing prisoners, there are how many PALESTINIAN CHILDREN in ISRAEL'S PRISONS?
I'm posting lies?? Clearly you are not a rational thinker. Plus, you never provided links in your posts.
You are clearly Jew phobic. How about, instead of screaming, you do some reading/research on the mideast and stopping talking off the top of your head.
Not a good idea if one thinks about the ENTIRE picture. If the Big Oil Barons (republiCRAPS mainly) didn't have a strong grip on this source of energy, etc., then WAY BACK in 1973 (first oil embargo), we wouldn't have this problem. They stifled as much research as they could on developing alternative sources of energy. But no, they prevented doing that as much as they could. Here we are, 53 years later, still stuck and dependent on Iran for heating our homes, gasoline for our cars, manufacturing, and everything else we need oil for.
I am thinking the same thing if this isn’t a reason to get rid of oil and switch to renewable energy sources I don’t know what else would be. It pollutes our planet as well. And the WARS ARE NOT SO HEALTHY AS WELL
Thanks for your reply! And not to repeat, but WAY BACK IN 1973 we needed to really push for alternative sources. Some have come about, but not nearly enough. We WOULD BE ENERGY INDEPENDENT by now and tell the Middle East and the RepubliCRAP Big Oil Barrons to take their oil and......well....could probably get away with saying the word here vs. those "community guidelines" (article) comments but I'm trying to be well........"polite"!
So spot-on! I agree!!!
Unfortunately there is so much BIG money here, the efforts to use "climate-friendly" methods are thwarted by those who only care about enriching themselves.
Speaking of . . . didn't certain people make a killing in the oil markets after that fake ceasefire was announced? I'm seeing multiple articles about Hegseth's suspicious trades now.
Didn't know that but totally not surprised.
AGREED! But I am a firm believer in REDUCE YOUR CONSUMPTION!
Massachusetts upgraded their BUILDING CODES and now mandate LEDs among other things.
We began replacing our CFLs with LEDs and were paying $1 each - bought a few cartons and TRUMP imposed a TARIFF and the prices skyrocketed.
Trump also eliminated the ENERGY STAR ratings that we always used when replacing an appliance.
Replaced a TOP LOADING WASHER with a FRONT LOADER that paid for itself in ENERGY SAVINGS in ONE MONTH (but in fairness, we also purchased a 20 cubic foot FREEZER at the same time).
My CHRISTMAS present to myself one year was an INTERIOR CLOTHES LINE - lots of garments can't go in the DRYER and elastics last longer.
They tell you that 15% of your electric bill is lighting, but that's not totally accurate.
ALL of our ELECTRONICS, TV, computer are on SURGE PROTECTORS - when they're OFF, they're off and not using power.
We put an ENERGY METER on a SIDE BY SIDE REFRIGERATOR - ENERGY GUZLER was quickly replaced.
Recently, I got a lecture from a young man about his GRANDFATHER who bought a refrigerator that talked to him, provided a camera for the contents of his frig, outrageous price, GRANDPA lived alone. Friends bought a refrigerator that alerted them when the DOOR WAS OPEN! YUP! HUBBY made a mistake! It called MOM!
When SOLAR was in its infancy, I spoke with a SOLAR ENGINEER and asked him about SOLAR - FIRST THING HE SAID WAS REDUCE YOUR CONSUMPTION!
There are a lot of creative ideas out there - one man saved BUBBLE WRAP and used it to cover his sliding glass door - let light in but stopped heat/cold transfer.
Also - when it's COLD, check for AIR LEAKS and drafts. Address them in warmer weather.
MASSACHUSETTS has lots of old houses that have NO SNOW on the roof due to lack of insulation - there are subsidy programs available to provide for INSULATION as well as other rebates.
We replaced 2 ALWAYS ON LIGHTS (CFLs) with LEDs - the next month the bill dropped $5!
Impressive PAYBACK for a $2 investment!
OAKRIDGE did a great deal of testing regarding ENERGY EFFICIENCY, but BUSH/CHENEY removed public access. One of the studies that I printed at the time involved 2 identical houses built side by side in FLORIDA. In one, they lined the ATTIC with REINFORCED ALUMINUM SHEETING that you can purchase, in the other, they made no changes. The REINFORCED ALUMINUM significantly reduced HEAT TRANSFER. (It's like a thick aluminum foil.) That same HEAT TRANSFER thinking can be used on WINDOWS when seasonally appropriate or even insulated drapes or window coverings.
Someone also suggested using that reinforced aluminum on baseboard heat which seemed to propel the heated air into the room.
A recently widowed friend had to replace her ELECTRIC HOT WATER HEATER and added a TIMER that reduced her bill. Why heat water all day?
Get CREATIVE!
Every household is UNIQUE and energy usage, weather and geography differs...
a friend in CALIFORNIA complained about the HEAT while we dug out from a BLIZZARD!
Thanks for the info and good ideas!
Check out ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE and AMORY LOVINS who has been promoting the issues for decades.
There are some books listed & other projects:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMI_(energy_organization)
There was a diagram on the site that offered tips beginning with your living space as a BOX - hot air rises, so start at the TOP - keep it simple.
Of course they've progressed from there.
But there's a great deal of information available & lots of inexpensive solutions.
We were initially purchasing LEDs from 1000BULBS in California, but look around for bargains.
The POWER SURGE STRIPS used to be available for ~ $5.
We have a municipal gas & electric that offers rebates, but just replacing CFLs with LEDs has reduced our consumption. (Make sure you dispose of CFLs responsibly - they contain MERCURY.)
I know a woman who spent lots of money buying EXPENSIVE NAME BRAND WINDOWS - except it was an ANTIQUE HOUSE with NO INSULATION!
...and again!
...and again!
The US needs to cut ties with Putin, and follow through with trump's claim that he will put a 50?% tariff on any country that sends arms to Iran. That is exactly what Putin is doing, sending satellite intel and drones. Let's see if he can take his lips off Putin's a$$ long enough to do that. And vance has the gall to say that Zelinsky is in the wrong when he and trump have threatened just about every ally we have and several other countries i.e. Venezuela, Ecuador, Cuba etc.
Trump is putins puppet
Vance will tell anyone what they want to hear. He's a lightweight up against true dictators.
He is Thiel's boy. I heard on the post "I've Had It" where they call him a prostitute because he will do whatever his buyers want. It is a very appropriate title.
Jennifer calls him "Shady Vance".......one of the DL Queens. By the way....Malcolm Nance would make Jennifer Welch the next Press Secretary!!
When will Ben bring on Jen and "Pumps???"
I would love that. I really like their reporting and it would be a great matchup.
Ben had Pumps on before. It was great! It was on YouTube. I don't remember the exact date, it was sometime last year.
That was obvious 20 years ago to cut ties with Israel. Everybody's making so much goddamn money that they don't want to stop.
WE !! NEED To Stop !! Funding Israel For While !! Let There Dark Funding MONEY 🤑💰 !! Go To Israeli Defense Spending !! Instead Of US Taxpayers !! Besides We Can't Afford IT ! 😮 Anymore ! Thanks To Trump !! ….🤔🤔🤔🤔
Yup. Hegseth's head looks lizardlike to me when he is talking. I expect to see his tongue dart out.
J D Vance is a big ole hypocrite. He is influencing the election in Hungary and then complaining that the EU, of which Hungary is part, is influencing their elections. Well, hey, perhaps JD and Donald should be claiming Hungary as the 51st state
And, the next non-MAGA government needs to do what Brazil did and try these criminals right away as the first order of business.
Agree, starting with cutting off the subsidies we send them for their military.
Chuckles, Jeffries in return for the millions from AIPAC the get..........Isreal has universal healthcare.....full womens healthcare and .....bulldozers to demolish Palestinian homes and unlimited bombs in order to continue the genocide.
Oh please. Give me a break. This isn’t reliable independent reporting on the military action of the IDF in Lebanon. How many of these alleged 300 were armed fighters of Hezbollah or other Iranian proxies ? How many were civilians? Why wasn’t it reported that, as usual, the IDF gave advance notice to the Lebanese civilians so they could take preventative measures? I don’t care what side of this current disaster you favor, if you are going to keep people believing in you as an independent pro democracy media outlet, perhaps getting sources that reliably report from Israeli sources in a story such as this on the same day we learn that outside investors are now investing in Meidas Touch?
The Trumpster was duped just like with Putin. Give him praise and he's putty in their hands. Now Netanyahu wants to continue fighting and the Cheeto "thinks" he will stop if he tells him. Good luck with that. LOL
Once the Epstein Files are fully released, Israel will have no hold on this corrupt US Government! Start the impeachment proceedings now so we can find a true path to peace! Free Palestine and free Lebanon from the corrupt State of Israeli regime (NOTE THEY ARE NOT A COUNTRY)!!! War crimes for Netanyahu, Trump and all who follow illegal orders!
bibi should have been locked up and left to die just like the orange felon should have...and now the entire planet is stuck with two fearful little boys who don't want to pay for their lifetime of crime!
I agree, Mark! Despicable! 😡
Finally! Only Israelis can take him out of office. Let's pray hard and regularly that they do!,🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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You supported Israel??? I never did.
FUCK ISRAEL! I’m over their bullshit!!!
That's a dispicable why of thinking. Israel may have some fucked up people but I am sure not all are in that same group of terror. It's like if the rest of the world thought all Americans were like trump.
When I say fuck Israel it means the asshole in charge of them…. Netanyahu!! I’m sorry I didn’t break it down for you….. sometimes you just need to read between the lines…
You shouldn't have to apologize. Most of us totally feel you! Israel has a far-right extremist regime like the US and they are all complicit. Your comment was spot on!
80% of Israelis support the war
Yes, that's why I told Michelle she shouldn't have to apologize for her initial comment she made. I guess somebody didn't like her comment.
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Seems the Israeli citizens are in the same boat we are. Nobody seems capable of throwing these asshats out of office and into jail. Bibi keeps doing wars to stay out as the idiot in chief needs to get re-elected to do the same. My guess is both Putin and bibi have Epstein stuff on the Trump. Meanwhile both countries reputations are in the shit can because of two ‘men’. Yes. There are accomplices and they shall face accountability as well.
If people cannot understand how a complex, nuanced centuries old conflict can include multiple truths, they need an education.
Exactly. They have the same problem as the US.
I believe the anger is aimed at Israeli leadership.
I disagree. There is no strong opposition peace party in Israel. It is fair to lump the people of Israel in with Netanyahu.
No it’s not fair to lump the people of Israel in with Netanyahu just like it’s not fair to lump all of us with fucking MAGA and Trump…..
I agree . The opposition in the government was actually angry at Netanyahu for entertaining a ceasefire before all their “war goals” were met - I.e. More dropping bombs on innocent Lebanese and killing hundreds every day.
I agree. A government doesn’t really represent all the people. I have nothing against most Israeli people but don’t like their current government. Of course I don’t support the current government of the USA. As to Israel fucking up ‘Some People’ - don’t play semantics. Israel has committed genocide. And now they are looking to wipe out Lebanon the same way. Lastly, sorry. The world is looking at ALL Americans the same. Trump represents us and a majority of our fellow citizens voted for exactly what we are getting. Israel and USA - the new axis of evil in the world
Well, actually enough Americans voted for Trump. Enough of them still would vote for Trump. That kinda makes at least 1/2 of Americans neanderthal stupid. Same with Israelis though Netanyahu set up elections so he can't lose.
Not half, more like one third. There are 236 million eligible voters in the US. 77 million of them voted for trump.
1/3 voted for Harris, 1/3 voted for Trump. 1/3 didn’t vote.
Their whole society wanted the genocide, they think they are chosen people and everyone else is cattle. The circumstances are not the same.
So true I have to keep an open mind to everything but sometimes there are rare times stupid weak people think if they pull their tough guy power trips eventually and all in due time karma brings it back round them 10 fold.
At least they don’t slaughter their own citizens as they do in Iran
Doesnt Iran have a few well trained snipers like every other military in the world? Maps can be provided…just end this clusterfuk already. 😂 🤣 no but FR
Kkkkkkarma donald
I agree, Michelle!! Fuck Bibi!!! 🖕
Having followed what they were doing to Palestinians and the West Bank for years, I have been OVER it for a long, long time. People just didn't want to know and our "legacy media" was very helpful about that denial.
I think there are many Americans who think they are the chosen people. Think hegseth, miller, trump, and those who voted for this.
What's Terrorism?
I am drowning in disgust for our entire administration. They should all be thrown out & prosecuted for too many crimes to count. It is a complete shit show up there and it’s killing my soul💔
Thank you Ben for the updates.
Not "administration" but rather "regime." People NEED to call it as it is! A fucking regime!
Terrorist regime!
Exactly!!!
You’re right.
By the way, Robin, it's killing my soul as well. 😔
Robin, I’m in the same boat. My heart is broken for all the people who live day to day wondering what new hell is headed their way. Hate what this administration has done to the world and to the citizens of the US. My heart (and head) hurt.
I often sit at night, watching films or whatever, and remember that millions of people have to spend 24 hrs. a day wondering when their houses will be hit. I can't imagine children growing up that way. 24 hr. PTSD.
Absolutely. Consequences must be given!
Israel will never let go. They want Lebanon for themselves and ensure Iran is a failed state forever. It's only partially about them having nukes. Iran without sanctions was building a strong country notwithstanding theocratic rule, where a middle class was growing. This threatens Israel's hegemony .
Greater Israel = lebensraum
For those who don't know the story of Amalek from the Bible, look that up. It's what Bibi talks about in private to his Israeli audiences. I hate to say the US must pull all support from Israel, but here we are. We commit enough crimes against humanity on our own. We should not add multiple genocides to our list of things we effed up.
Trump did Everything Illegally, we, found out after he did it. Trump, His Evil Posse of Warriors Are Not Condoned By the American People. No more Support or War for Israel. Netanyahu, Trump are Guilty of War Crimes. The Trump Regime is Guilty as well.
Thank you for enlightening me. There is always something new to learn. Too bad some are not interested in history.
Whats the meaning of Terrorism? Look it up.
Not sure what you mean by that bit of vaguery.
Steven Cheung is too ugly for his face….he's such a vile creature, who ate all the noodles.
Jabba the Hutt!
Their imperialism certainly wasn't in the 1947 agreement to establish the State of Israel. No one expected them to expand. A lot of post-WW II Jews in the Diaspora were happy where they were and didn't want to move to Israel, which was a nation "guilted" onto other people's land in the ME. Bibi's own political party, the Likud, has a direct legacy to the pre-Israeli Zionist terrorist gangs roaming around that region.
It's been strange, because I remember when Israel was damned close to being destroyed by its neighbors. And while obviously I'm not going to approve of groups firing rockets into Israel, internally Israel has changed a lot, and not just the government. The disproportionate response to attacks on Israel have been going on a very long time, and now it's gotten so obvious even insular Americans can't ignore it.
Fair enough.
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Iran has been under sanctions for 47 years!
Israel wants to do the same thing with Lebanon that they’re doing in Gaza. 🤬😤
The rest of the world should be sanctioning US!
I agree and Israel too! Fuck'em!
We should not be able to compete in the 2028 Olympics (which is in the US). The Russians weren't allowed twice now and we have shown recently that we are no better. Also, for the first time in the history of the Olympics, the US had to give proof that the athletes and their coaches etc. would be safe to compete. Also, I cannot believe many of the World Cup attendees feel particularly safe. As of two months ago, there were over 50,000 cancellations.
Hopefully the rest of the world will boycott the olympics. Let team USA compete with themselves. I remember the boycotted olympics in 1984 where none of the communists countries (before the fall of the European communist countries) were invited, including Russia and China. There wasn't any competition really. That's why Team USA had so many gold medals. I truly believe Mary Lou Retton would have never won the gold if Romania, Russia, China etc. would have attended the olympics.
I remember it also. We seem to excel at getting gold when Russia is sanctioned. I do not mean to demean any of our athletes; but Russia and other countries sponsor their athletes from childhood and the US doesn't.
I know exactly what you mean and I totally agree.
Especially if we ask them to. Y’know like the Iranians are begging us to carry on bombing them, only for real from us? (Sorry for sounding snarky—it’s just late and my nerves are truly frayed.)
Who says they won't?
What about the other one????
Look, no one has to be a geopolitics expert to understand that a) Israel was not a party to this agreement, and B) Israel was not going to stop flattening Beirut.
No excuse. If you believe in US strength, militarily and economically, you have to believe that the US could have stopped Israel. It didn’t try.
I believe we could have stopped Israel from all of that just the same as during Nam when I believed we could stop that war by denying funds. Our political establishment is generally more concerned for their positions than the nation, and consistently fail us. When they do the right thing, it's out of fear of the voters. We need to keep them on their toes, but most of us revert back to our chosen bread and circuses as long as things are relatively comfortable for us. The utter failure of the fourth estate for decades does not help either. We've gone through periods like this before and ended up in a place where regular people forced change. I guess I know how I'm spending what passes for retirement.
Israel is it's own country. If they did not agree to Iran's cease fire then they aren't bound by it.
If Iran wants Israel to stop bombing Lebanon then maybe they should should negotiate with Israel NOT the USA.
Don't agree.
Israel could never have gone to war with Iran unilaterally. It needed partnership with the US both militarily and diplomatically - to avoid the international condemnation of acting alone.
But, it you want to pretend that Israel is it's own country and can ignore all the obligations of partnership with the US in the war with Iran, then fine.
Happy to oblige.
Israel can be cut off from the US. No more special relationship. No more funding. No more sale of weaponry. Israel, it's own country.
Did Israel agree to the cease fire or not? Just because Trump is stupid enough to accept the suckie ass deal Iran offered doesn't mean Israel did.
I don't think the attack on Iran was right. Trump shoukd have told Bi-Bi "no" and continued on with the negotiation.
At the end of the day, If Israel.did not sign the treaty then they are not bound to it.
Trump speaks for Israel in this case. If Israel didn't agree to the ceasefire, that's on Trump. The War against Iran was a joint effort, after being initiated by Israel during Gaza.
Basically, both parties were well aware of what would happen after their fake ceasefire. It was buying time and Israel still comes out like a spoiled, dangerous killer brat.
War is stupid, Trump was stupid to get us in another pointless war over oil but the Iran regime is not some innocent bunch of harmless folks.
The Iranian regime just killed thousands of it's own citizens for protesting.
Did Heabollah agree to not bomb Israel or to stop acts of terrorism?
Iran offered a shitty deal. If Trump had a brain he woukd have put his own mines in the straight of Hormuz that way no one coukd use it until both sides came to a real agreement.
Kegsbreath couldn't run a lemonade stand much less a war. Absolutely no ability to think strategically.
War IS stupid. I'll agree w/ you there. Trump mining the Strait? Not so much.
My point was not to condone mining the straight it was to high light how Kegsbreath lacks any ability to conduct a war.
If the straight is the problem then remove Iran's stranglehold by mining the damn thing ourselves. That woukd give us negotiating leverage.
If an old cat lady can think that stragically not even trying you think someone calling himself secretary of war coukd do better. I would be more likely to run a better war than the guy in charge of running the war
That is triple dog scary.
Iranian naval vessels? I thought we destroyed there naval fleet 🤷🏻♂️
Right?! 🤷🏻♀️ Just fucking lies they tell!
Not all of it they have swarm boats underwater drone and lots of missiles
Iran has just announced that it's closed the strait of Hormuz due to Israel continuing to attack Lebanon
"MAJOR BREAKING: Benjamin
Netanyahu is now saying the two-week ceasefire does not include Lebanon, directly undercutting earlier framing that the agreement covered the wider regional war and making clear that Israel still intends to keep fighting Hezbollah.
Full story:
iamdonnyevans.substack.com/l/.
193466514/b..."
Trump has just announced that the ceasefire with Iran has failed.
https://libertybeats.substack.com/p/apocalyptic-scenes-from-beirut-and?r=1x361o&utm_medium=ios
Because of fucking Israel they never obey ceasefire. Even in Gaza fuck Israel
Everything Trump does fails that is why Putin supports his " presidancy"
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President Trump is still in charge of several thousand million tons of thermonuclear weapons . . . He and Netanyahu may have just started WWIII ? . . . . . Good luck and bless us all . . . . So much for the ‘Nobel Peace Prize’ ! . . . . . sigh
Oh well, Donnie has Machado's Nobel. That was the most ridiculous and childish thing that I have ever seen from a U. S. "President."
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Get rid of Netanyahu calling any shots here. They agreed to a ceasefire and Israel is bombing Lebanon. It was in black and white. I read it, Trump read it, Netanyahu read it, and guess what-they all freaking agreed to it! If all you’re going to do is lie about things, why the hell bother🤬
They bothered because it was the only way for Taco to save face. They didn’t mean it - but now trump doesn’t have to destroy an entire civilization.
Trump needs to stand up to Netanyahu, instead of supporting him.
Lynda, that will never happen to him or Putin! They both have lots of goods on him as well as money!
Just imagine that Israel has Epstein info on Trump. He has done almost anything to keep HIS secrets,
Like that's going to happen…too laughable!
Total shit show, as per usual.
BeeBee needs a forever war to keep from paying for his corruption. Dumbo on a Jumbo needed an Epstein distraction. Vwalah. And we all get to pay for it. MAGA...Making Americans Grab Ankle.
Wth Israel!!! Stop!!!
I absolutely knew it would come to this! Bibi doesn't want a ceasefire!
How can a Secretary of DEFENSE say that troops were NEVER in harm’s way?
Petey is so full of it, all of the military members are in harms way in the region. The only one who isn’t is Petey because he sitting in Washington DC closely guarded and living in government base housing-“I’m scared!”😱