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Was listening to Democracy Now and an Al Jazeera journalist said something that had me screaming (www.democracynow.org)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by queermunist@lemmy.ml to c/chat@hexbear.net

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I recommend listening to the whole thing, but here's the nug:

YOUMNA ELSAYED: Yes, I just want to say one thing. I want to say this, and I want the world to remember my words. In my culture, in my language, we say, ”Kama tadinu tudan, walaw ba’ada heen.” In your culture, in your language, they say, “What goes around comes around.” And when it comes around, like this whole world is watching the genocides happening in the Gaza Strip, we shall be watching, too.

Israel fucked up. God damn journalists saying this openly? I mean, obviously the Western press won't cover this, but this is after Biden went whining to Qatar to reign in Al Jazeera lol

I held my nose for that shit in 2020 "to stop fascism" but fuck, this motherfucker endorsed genocide anyway. Not making that mistake again 🤢

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[–] sexywheat@hexbear.net 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I really don't think the rest of the world is ever going to look at USA/Israel the same way ever again after this. Of course the governments of the "always the same map" countries will go along business as usual, but for the rest of the world I think this is going to even accelerate the push for BRICS alternative to American empire.

[–] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

The country is still worshipped after arming the Contras, Islamic extremists, right-wing death squads, etc. Muh KFC and Netflix are powerful soft power tools that make the world forgive the US way too much. Same shit with Japanese anime and games allowing people to overlook Japan's extremely right-wing nationalism.

[–] edge@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

but this is after Biden went whining to Qatar to reign in Al Jazeera lol

Then Israel murdered the family of one of their top journalists. His wife, his daughter, his grandson, and his 15 year old son.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago

Yeah I gotta stop listening to DemocracyNow at work, I keep bursting into tears. When ElSayad described Israel's "warning shot" on the tower she was reporting from I could only imagine how fucking scared she must have been. Or when they bombed traffic and almost killed her. Fuck fuck fkfkfk

[–] Jenniferr@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

This story had me tearing up and tbh that is significant. Fucking disgusting