everything seems very stupid and pointless

[Edited on April 29, 2024 at 2:47 PM. Reason : everything...]

4/29/2024 2:47:30 PM

It's about to get very real. Columbia has just been hit with a Title VI lawsuit, and the plaintiff is asking for class action status. A group of Congressional Democrats are also invoking Title VI in their demand that the university get things under control. Faculty members are forming a human chain around the encampment to obstruct police efforts at removing them. This puts Columbia in the unenviable position of explaining in a Title VI lawsuit why its faculty is literally standing beside Hamas supporters (lookup what SJP says, it's accurate).

4/29/2024 4:27:51 PM

the majority of those protesting Israel’s actions in Palestine aren’t supporters of Hamas

[Edited on April 29, 2024 at 5:17 PM. Reason : .]

4/29/2024 5:16:25 PM

Wild be nice if the protestors started called for Netanyahu‘s removal

Might help show a nuance that this isn’t about Jews

4/29/2024 7:07:01 PM

^^ got a cite for that claim? The student organizations involved in these actions signed open letters both on their own websites and in thrir respective student newspapers in the days after October 7th expressing solidarity with Hamas and its actions. I believe the main organization behind SJP has also explicitly stated their support for Hamas.

4/29/2024 9:00:12 PM

Send fascist Netanyahu to the Hague and free Palestine!

4/30/2024 5:08:10 PM

Quote :

"Send fascist Netanyahu to the Hague"

Anything to say about Sinwar?

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"Might help show a nuance that this isn’t about Jews"

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"free Palestine!"

anything to say about freeing the hostages?

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"Might help show a nuance that this isn’t about Jews"

4/30/2024 5:25:59 PM

The hostages thing is such a moot point. Most them ppl dead. It's so obvious

5/1/2024 1:35:47 AM

^^the hostages have the full support of the Israeli and US governments. They have powerful forces seeking justice and safety.

Gaza civilians have lots of international support, but that support is powerless unless it can pressure either the US or Israeli government. American citizens don't have much ability to do the latter (and surprisingly little to do the former unfortunately!).

5/1/2024 8:54:58 AM

Whoa nelly, this "anti-anti-semitism" bill is a doozy. Likely to be struck down by the courts.

5/1/2024 6:55:54 PM

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/16/1251564884/israel-gaza-day-after-gallant-netanyahu

Quote :

"Amid growing frustration in Israel over where the war is headed eight months in, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Wednesday accused Israel's leadership of ignoring his requests to discuss a replacement to Hamas rule in Gaza. "Since October, I have been raising this issue consistently in the Cabinet, and have received no response," Gallant said. His speech, broadcast live, is the harshest rebuke yet of Israel's war strategy in Gaza from within Israel's three-man war cabinet. It set off a political firestorm that could threaten Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hold on power. ... ... "

[Edited on May 16, 2024 at 10:21 AM. Reason : ]

5/16/2024 10:20:58 AM

Netanyahu needs to go

5/16/2024 2:26:27 PM

You almost convinced me, but then you failed to preface it with "hey hey, how ho". So, fuck you, shitlord

5/16/2024 4:22:55 PM

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"HEY HOW HO"

5/16/2024 6:49:59 PM

Can't hamas at least give the dead bodies back? Thats so gross toting that shit around, I'd hate to be the person in charge of lugging that shit around

5/17/2024 5:49:34 PM

Even other Israeli leaders are pissed at Netanyahu seemingly senseless quest
https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-05-18-24/index.html

5/18/2024 5:40:14 PM

Long thread of war crimes posted and generally horrible behavior posted on social media
https://twitter.com/ytirawi/status/1791770589985640847

5/18/2024 10:32:48 PM

^^yeah, moron, one dude from the war cabinet said he'd resign if they didn't develop an alternate plan within a few days

5/19/2024 1:06:37 PM

::video of man dancing in field alone::

5/19/2024 11:58:52 PM

hmm

5/20/2024 3:08:11 AM

too soon?

5/21/2024 12:33:13 AM

Is this more offensive to kobe or khomeini (and his +1 Amir-Abdollahian... although one could argue the foreign minister may have more going on)

5/21/2024 11:39:07 AM

Norway, Ireland and Spain say they will recognize a Palestinian state, deepening Israel's isolation

https://www.wral.com/story/israel-says-its-recalls-ambassadors-from-ireland-and-norway-over-recognition-of-a-palestinian-state/21444525/

5/22/2024 9:38:00 AM

I'm curious what the international response will be when the Islamic Republic of Palestine attacks and invades its neighbors

5/22/2024 1:09:15 PM

I'm curious what the international response will be when Israel drops a nuclear bomb on Tehran

5/22/2024 1:38:07 PM

What'll happen when Israel just takes more land from its neighbors? (I know... nothing)

[Edited on May 22, 2024 at 2:16 PM. Reason : ]

5/22/2024 2:16:35 PM

Iran is my favorite enemy state

5/22/2024 2:46:17 PM

Quote :

"NEW: Biden officials have become increasingly concerned that Hamas has been able to recruit during wartime — thousands over the last several months - allowing thee group to withstand months of Israeli offensives. w/@alexbward @laraseligman"

Who could have predicted

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/21/biden-admin-hammering-israel-military-strategy-gaza-00159262

5/22/2024 8:59:19 PM

I can't believe it.

5/22/2024 9:23:03 PM

Shocking

5/22/2024 11:39:29 PM

Didn't that happen in Iraq or somewhere like that?

5/22/2024 11:50:58 PM

Yes, I think it might have been Iraq....

5/23/2024 9:17:15 AM

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"when Israel drops a nuclear bomb on Tehran"

if they haven't done it in the last 60 years, doesn't seem likely they will do so any time soon

meanwhile in that same period the Palestinians have tried to coup Jordan, caused a civil war in Lebanon and are not exactly welcome in Egypt either.

but I do hope that they get their State and figure out how to be responsible members of the international community. just not getting my hopes up

5/23/2024 11:37:12 AM

Taking hostages is "peaceful protesting," right? Smirks have sent in the SWAT team with orders to shoot to kill.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/13/us/cal-state-palestinian-protests/index.html

6/13/2024 7:25:16 PM

^
I was gonna ask how this is still going on if their semester is over, but I know a guy who went to the UC system and their thing started a whole month later than here, so maybe they end later as well.

6/13/2024 8:02:55 PM

https://www.npr.org/2024/06/23/g-s1-5810/israel-injured-palestinian-tied-military-vehicle?

Human shields??

6/24/2024 10:13:40 AM

https://www.wral.com/story/israeli-supreme-court-says-ultra-orthodox-must-serve-in-military/21497573/

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"The ultra-Orthodox see their full-time religious study as their part in protecting the state. Many fear that greater contact with secular society through the military will distance adherents from strict observance of the faith."

6/25/2024 10:51:38 AM

^^https://www.wral.com/story/a-palestinian-was-shot-beaten-and-tied-to-an-israeli-army-jeep-the-army-says-he-posed-no-threat/21498512/

6/26/2024 3:11:25 PM

Damn

6/27/2024 11:07:49 AM

Quote :

"BREAKING: The Lancet has just published this article "conservatively" estimating that the death toll in the Gaza genocide could be 186,000 people or more. That's 8% of the population, obliterated. These are apocalyptic figures"

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01169-3/fulltext

[Edited on July 8, 2024 at 9:25 AM. Reason : E]

7/8/2024 9:24:31 AM

I think I would do well as a monarch of the Levant. I don't think I'd want to leave here though. maybe come back every summer?

[Edited on July 8, 2024 at 10:56 AM. Reason : I feel like everyone knows exactly one person named Summer, no more, no less]

7/8/2024 10:56:20 AM

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"Al Jazeera releases the video of the actual moment the israelis chose to bomb Awda school in Abasan in Khan Yunis: they were playing football"

https://twitter.com/swilkinsonbc/status/1810774334769860915

7/11/2024 6:56:41 AM

Jesus

7/11/2024 9:48:16 AM

Dozens of civilians are still being bombed daily in "safe zones"

https://www.wral.com/story/israeli-strikes-across-gaza-kill-more-than-30-as-the-sides-weigh-the-latest-cease-fire-proposal/21527310/

7/17/2024 9:42:22 AM

https://www.wral.com/story/as-gaza-s-doctors-struggle-to-save-lives-many-lose-their-own-in-israeli-airstrikes/21528628/

Quote :

" Dr. Hassan Hamdan was one of the few trained plastic surgeons in Gaza, a specialist in wound reconstruction. His skills were vitally needed as Israel’s military onslaught filled hospitals with patients torn by blasts and shrapnel, so the 65-year-old came out of retirement to help. Earlier this month, an Israeli airstrike killed him along with his wife, son, two daughters, a daughter-in-law, a son-in-law, six grandchildren and one other person, as his family sheltered in their home in an Israeli-declared “safe zone.”"

[Edited on July 17, 2024 at 11:40 AM. Reason : ]

7/17/2024 11:40:26 AM

https://www.wral.com/story/israeli-government-quietly-sends-millions-to-unauthorized-west-bank-settler-outposts/21536835/

Quote :

"JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli government has budgeted millions of dollars to protect small, unauthorized Jewish farms in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, underwriting tiny outposts meant to grow into full-fledged settlements, according to an anti-settlement monitoring group. Documents uncovered by Peace Now illustrate how Israel's pro-settler government has quietly poured money into the unauthorized outposts, which are separate from its more than 100 officially recognized settlements. Some of those outposts have been linked to settler violence against Palestinians and are sanctioned by the U.S."

7/23/2024 11:05:54 AM

It's horseshit how they draw a distinction between settlements and outposts. Both are illegal. Outposts are just what even Israel won't officially support (until they make it a settlement).

7/23/2024 5:05:12 PM

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"Seven major unions just sent a joint letter to Biden calling on him to "immediately halt all military aid to Israel" ahead of Netanyahu’s visit to Washington: --SEIU --NEA --UAW --UE --APWU (postal workers) --AFA (flight attendants) --IUPAT (painters)"

7/23/2024 8:24:05 PM

Kamala posted this earlier today



and just made these remarks after meeting with Netanyahu




nothing earth shattering in terms of policy stances, but i'm glad she's addressing important/controversial topics head on

7/25/2024 6:42:14 PM

Kamala's statement feeds into the BS filled propaganda Netanyahu spilled before Congress (who gave him standing ovations). Who gives a shit about an American flag when there is a genocide in progress? Also criticizing Israel and Zionism is not antisemitic. I am tired of that crap and it cheapens the problem of actual antisemitism by neo-nazi and far right groups etc. Finally, when it comes to "supporting Hamas" the vast majority of protesters are not there for that reason. There are always a few problematic people on the very fringes of these things but of course that is what they focus on.

Going back to Netanyahu it was an absolutely disgusting display by him and Congress. Where is the outrage over a foreign leader calling Americans utilizing their 1A rights "useful idiots"? He did so after making claims with absolutely no evidence to prove it. Anyway, you can't claim empathy for Palestinians while also sending this guy more weapons and bombs to keep killing them.

7/27/2024 8:45:31 AM