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[–] [email protected] 64 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

Germany to ban Hamas

As we reported earlier, Germany is banning the pro-Palestinian advocacy group Samidoun, now, the government has announced that the activities of Hamas will also be prohibited.

Interior minister Nancy Faeser said in a statement, “With Hamas, I have today completely banned the activities of a terrorist organisation whose aim is to destroy the state of Israel”.

But a Hamas representative in Lebanon said the ban showed that the country was in partnership with Israel on crimes against Palestinian people.

“This prompts us to question whether the German political mentality is a Holocaust mentality that affects all peoples and is not limited to one party or another,” Osama Hamdan said.

your fired Mr. Hamas

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 2 years ago (13 children)

Opened Reddit while on the shitter. Really need to start taking my Switch Lite with me to poop instead of my phone because holy hell.

Like the algo's feeding me all these pro-Palestine posts with a good amount of upvotes, but woebegone ye tides if you actually open the thread and read the comments. Genocidal freaks everywhere, but even more both sides liberals.

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 2 years ago (7 children)
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[–] [email protected] 63 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Cw: gore

altThe painting “The Nighthawks,” edited so that all the patrons are beheaded and gushing a fountain of blood, their heads lined-up along the counter, behind which stands the octopus plushie wearing the Hamas headband and a paper cook hat. Above the building, the restaurant sign reads “Unlimited Genocide on the 1st World.”

On the upper lefthand corner of the edited painting is a picture of Greta Thunberg wearing a New People’s Army bandana on her face.

The text reads “THE WEST IS NEXT.”

By slammer on bskkky

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 2 years ago (1 children)

you-think-this-is-funny Let me get this straight, you don't condemn Hamas and think it's "based" that they "own" IDF soldiers?

i-do I do and I'm tired of pretending it's not.

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Libs demanding the ICC to arrest hamas for breaking international law ,as if israel didnt regulary break 100 un resolutions every day.

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 2 years ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 62 points 2 years ago (3 children)

no i will not denounce HAMAS, in fact i will praise them

liberals really need to shut up about this

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I’m getting angrier every day

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 2 years ago (1 children)

27 days after the start of Al-Aqsa Flood, our fighters continue to confront the occupation forces in northwest Gaza, the south, and in Beit Hanoun, executing successful attacks against the occupation's vehicles and soldiers.

We can hardly count our fighter's operations... In the last 48 hours, our fighters have destroyed what amounts to a battalion of tanks and killed and injured a large number of the occupation forces' soldiers, using anti-tank weapons, direct clashes, and drones.

We carried out a major counterattack this evening on the northwest axis of Gaza City, destroying six tanks, two troop carriers, and a bulldozer.

The number of the enemy's dead is much higher than what the enemy command is announcing.

We managed to encircle behind enemy lines and attack them from point blank.

The "Namer" troop carrier, which the occupation army promoted as the most fortified vehicle in the world, failed in its first test against our shells.

To the occupation leadership: Await more of your soldiers returning in black bags. We will make Gaza a curse upon you as it has always been.

We feel proud when the enemy forces boast about breaching axes in the Gaza Strip, as if they are breaching the axes of a great power.

Our pain for the loss and martyrdom of thousands of our people will increase our determination and vigor to make the enemy pay a steep price.

from https://t.me/PalestineResist/17887 emphasis mine

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 62 points 2 years ago (9 children)

The israeli colonizer who posted a picture of himself inside a tank saying "how excited he was" as he goes into Gaza hasn't posted ever since. I hope his Merkava was blown apart, god that'll be so funny.

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 2 years ago

Cool to see that American media is reporting on Israel bombing a refugee camp (and literally admitted to it) as a hamas stronghold being struck by a blast of unknown origin.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 2 years ago (1 children)

george santos has survived the vote to oust him. they should now appoint him speaker of the house

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (11 children)

Ceasefire not the answer, says White House, despite rising civilian death tollThe US does not believe a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is currently “the right answer”, says National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby.

The official was asked in a White House briefing about the US position on a ceasefire, after it voted against a UN General Assembly resolution calling for humanitarian pauses on Friday.

“We do not believe that a ceasefire is the right answer right now,” Kirby said. “We believe that a ceasefire right now benefits Hamas, and Hamas is the only one that would gain from that right now.”

Israeli attacks have killed more than 8,000 Palestinians since October 7, almost half of them children, and the number of dead is expected to rapidly rise as Israel expands its ground operations in Gaza.

Kirby said that instead of a ceasefire the US administration was pushing for “temporary, localised humanitarian pauses for aid, and for people to get out”.

8,000+ deaths not enough, Biden needs more blood

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 2 years ago

Makes you think

[–] [email protected] 61 points 2 years ago

when you are out of sarcastic shitposts and pro-palestine jokes, when it is in the middle of the night where you live and you realize people on the other side of the world are still being genocided

guts-pain

[–] [email protected] 61 points 2 years ago (5 children)
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[–] [email protected] 61 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Bolivia breaks off diplomatic ties with Israel

The South American nation announced the move in a statement, according to Reuters.

hope more countries join

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 2 years ago (3 children)

In light of the IDF launching its own official podcast, I've decided to launch my own IDF podcast. The "I Didn't Fart" podcast will feature a guest and myself farting for 30 minutes to an hour while denying responsibility for them while blaming hummus.

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

https://streamable.com/vgjaeo

Video of Merkava tank shooting a civilian vehicle. Geolocated to this location:

This looks like an incursion occurring here:

Unknown at what time this was, or whether they have since left the area.

EDIT: Possibly left the area.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡️ Israel stops offensive in residential areas of Gaza

Several Israeli tanks, which broke into the Gaza Strip and blocked the main road connecting the northern and southern regions, left the enclave. According to the press service of the Palestinian government, Israel is not conducting offensive operations in residential areas of the sector.

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Why are rapper subreddits consistently some of the funniest places on the entire internet

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Germany must be annihilated

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I genuinely believe the best PR move for zionists is to simply STFU.

Like seriously each time zionists post stupid cringe bs it just repulses anyone who isnt a full on zionists.

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (14 children)

Been a real adventure watching posters flip from “he’s going to nuke Tel Aviv” to “well of course he wasn’t going to do anything, I knew that all along and this is genius 10D chess actually, this actually proves that total war is coming”

Ima be honest with you chief, it comes off as some real cope. “Trust the plan” vibes.

I think the nothingburger speech was just that. Just like Putin’s speeches weren’t followed by shock and awe, so won’t this one.

Still isn’t as bad as the “Putin/Prigo is just a Russian psyop” cope from earlier

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 years ago

UN denounces ‘latest atrocity’ in Gaza

actual headline from the Al Jazeera livefeed. sounds like The Onion headline or a Kelly sketch. * latest atrocity

[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm on a little posting spree now, but my wife is at her parents house and I'm bored.

Crazy how the Russia vs Ukraine war seems to be developing in the exact way Russian non-doomers started preaching about back in Sep-Oct 22 after the successful Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kharkiv and the start of Russian mobilization.

Limited Ukrainian gains that elevate morale but not end the war ✅

Russia ramps up production and mobilizes more troops after chilling too much in the start of the war ✅

Western backers steer Ukraine into investing everything into a summer counter-offensive ✅

Wagner dudes slowly taking Bakhmut despite strong Ukrainian defence ✅

Russia getting its shit together and building good defences ✅

Ukrainian counter-offensive sees limited success but failing hard when it comes to major objectives ✅

Ukraine loses its momentum, West gets bored, Russia gets ready for their offensive --> We're here

Gradual economic, morale and military collapse for Ukraine as Western supports dries up ⏳

Russia regains positive momentum as material gap gets bigger ⏳

Internal issues start to clearly fuck up Ukrainian military operations ⏳

Finally the big fist offensive by Russia that builds the foundations of the end of the war ⏳

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 years ago (11 children)

Israel-Palestine war: Israeli minister says nuking Gaza 'an option'

Published date: 5 November 2023 10:29 GMT

Israel's Jerusalem Affairs and Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu said on Sunday that dropping a nuclear weapon on the Gaza Strip is "an option", according to Haaretz.

The minister made the comments in a radio interview during which he maintained that "there are no non-combatants in Gaza", adding that providing humanitarian aid to the Strip would constitute "a failure".

Eliyahu was then asked if, since there are no non-combatants in his view, a nuclear attack on the Gaza Strip is an option. "That's one way," he responded.

When asked about the fate of Palestinians, he said: "They can go to Ireland or deserts, the monsters in Gaza should find a solution by themselves."

He also said the Gaza Strip has no right to exist, adding that anyone waving a Palestinian or Hamas flag "shouldn't continue living on the face of the earth".

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-war-minister-nuking-gaza-option%3Cbr%20/%3E

[–] [email protected] 61 points 2 years ago (3 children)

saying that you should nuke the place you're invading is usually a pretty good indication that the invasion is going very well with few problems

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

! Absolutly Insane Footage of IDF getting Slaughtered in their Armor .. !

( @rania rudaz posted this allready , but the Caption simply wasnt adequate ! its like 14 tanks or something .. )

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 years ago (17 children)

— 🇾🇪 Yemen's Houthi movement posted this satellite image of Israel's Dimona nuclear site, with the text 'we will not hesitate'

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 years ago (6 children)
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[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children)

Yemen is in the war and doing what they can from their geographical position. The main problem I think t hey have is Saudi being in the way and they can't just put troops on ships because the US have deployed strike forces that would almost certainly attack if they knew that was occurring. Unless the US naval blocking assets are removed the only acts they'll be able to perform are missile strikes.

https://streamable.com/in9mys

The #Yemeni Armed Forces: We are ready to do everything within our sacred duty to defend Palestine. If we were next to Palestine, we would go with hundreds of thousands of #Yemenis to fight with the #Palestinian people. We are ready for that, but we need a way to reach Palestine.

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 years ago (3 children)

https://english.news.cn/20231102/42e8323c7d4b4b7a9362b672e4f67319/c.html

The death toll in Gaza is over 10,000 with 70% being women and children.

Save the Children, an international non-governmental organization, reported that nearly 3,200 children have been killed in Gaza in just three weeks.

This surpasses the number of children killed annually across the world's conflict zones since 2019, Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner-general of the United Nations (UN) Agency for Palestine Refugees, said on Monday. "This cannot be 'collateral damage,'" he noted.

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Moldova on some real democracy hours rn, blocking their main opposition party second time cause they are under russian mind control

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 years ago (2 children)

We can't trust the numbers of dead palestinians coming from hamas

spoilerThey're almost certainly an under count

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 years ago (10 children)

Sick with Covid and consumed a bunch of content from 2016-2020 for some reason. Seeing them years later really shows how bizarre the Trump years were. Jussie Smollett, SNL, Maddow, Ben Shapiro and Jordan Peterson being taken seriously, Colbert crying over Trump, etc. It's somehow worse than the media was during the Bush years.

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Israel defense minister says says military operating on ‘large scale, deep in’ Gaza

Yoav Gallant was speaking to soldiers at the Palmachim airforce base, according to the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation.

He added the military had “paid a heavy price” over the last day.

they're like one day into the 'ground invasion' and already talking about how they "paid a heavy price" hahaha

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Israeli army confirms it hit ambulance, says it was being used by Hamas

The Israeli military has confirmed its “aircraft struck an ambulance” outside al-Shifa Hospital.

The army claims it was being used by Hamas fighters.

The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said the ambulances were transporting injured patients to the Rafah border crossing with Egypt.

A ministry spokesman also said earlier that the Red Cross had been informed the medical convoy was leaving the hospital before it was attacked.

almost comedic at this point

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Another day, another 300 crimes against humanity committed by Israel yea

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 years ago (13 children)

Zelensky in Time Magazine, one year apart:


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