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Israel has sparked global outrage after dropping leaflets over the besieged Gaza Strip, warning Palestinians to either cooperate with its forces or face forced displacement or eradication. The messages, written in Arabic, carried explicit threats, including the chilling statement: "The world map will not change if all the people of Gaza cease to exist."

The move, condemned as a psychological warfare tactic, has intensified concerns over Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, with many seeing the leaflets as an open admission of ethnic cleansing.

The threats also reference a so-called "Trump plan", aligning with recent remarks by US President Donald Trump. who suggested the mass expulsion of Gaza's population to neighbouring countries. The posters featured images of Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is facing accusations of war crimes and crimes against humanity and wanted by the IC

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[–] [email protected] 157 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh look.

The thing we said would happen is gonna happen.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (23 children)

I didn't vote for Harris because Trump didn't do genocide

I wonder where all those people are now. Because they were REALLY active leading up to the election (and shortly after).

I wonder if they realize they were wrong.

EDIT: Oh, they're here, just had to scroll more.

At a glance, no, they don't seem to be taking responsibility, and even still seem to be taking the moral high ground.

Which suggests it wasn't even astroturfing...lol

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago (9 children)

Harris and Biden prioritized continuing the genocide over beating Trump. They are to blame for this just as much as Trump

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[–] [email protected] 102 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Imagine there are people who want you dead for existing. They tell you to leave but you have nowhere to go, because they took your home and nobody wants you. You don't have anything and aren't even able to leave, even if you wanted to. So they come, they kill your family and they kill you.

Now imagine there are people in other parts of the world, they have everything and they didn't even know you, but they consider it served you right.

This world is fucked up.

[–] [email protected] 62 points 4 months ago (8 children)

They tell you to leave but ~~you have nowhere to go, because they took your home and nobody wants you.~~

Actively block you from leaving and attack you when you try to leave via "safe routes".

FTFY

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[–] [email protected] 96 points 4 months ago (1 children)

As a German I'm absolutely horrified by this cruel and inhumane repetition of history.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)

As a multi-national, multi-ethnic, mutt, I am too.

Given that part of my mutt-makeup is Austrian, I'm offended that Austria and our northern neighbor have greatly contributed to this. Our deserved guilt over the Holocaust blinded us to decade after decade of human rights abuses by Israel.

We've seen this coming for a long time and, as a taxpaying contributor to the biggest funder of Israel, I'm ashamed.

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 4 months ago (7 children)
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[–] [email protected] 53 points 4 months ago (9 children)

*Biden enables genocide

Progressives: that's fucked up, we should stop supporting Israel

Liberals: ackchually its not a genocide because they only killed a quarter of the population, and you should stay quiet about this because it'll just help trump win

*Trump enables genocide

Progressives: that's fucked up, we should stop supporting Israel

Liberals: I told you so, I told you so, I told you so....

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"many seeing the leaflets as an open admission of ethnic cleansing"...

Gee, ya' think?

Netanyayhoo only more emboldened since his butt buddy in office now.

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 4 months ago (38 children)

The deafening silence from all the people who were so noisy about gEnOcIdE in October 2024.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hey, how about instead of chastising people for telling biden/kamala they needed to pivot here you look at the DNC that took a campaign strategy of "Well, let's ignore a huge issue because we don't want to lose donor money".

Trump won by unabashedly appealing to his base. Biden/Kamala lost because they ignored their base and chased after Trump's base instead.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago (12 children)

What point? That trump allowed the same genocide that biden did? That functionally trump and biden had the same policy for gaza?

Tell me, how would Biden or Kamala have responded to this news? Whispering to someone "Wow, netty sure is an asshole"? Would they have actually even threatened to cut aid? What are current democrats in congress saying about this? Has any non-progressive democrat condemned this?

Yeah, that's the point. One that you are missing. The party didn't listen to it's base and lost an election because of it. Gaza is just as fucked as it would have been under either presidency.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Okay, I'll spell it out then.

Before the election, there were all sorts of people crowing about the one genocide going on that they could use to get their fascist elected, and now that that very fascist is accelerating that very genocide - fucking crickets.

Those pre-election gEnOcIdE people were being disingenous then, as is evidenced by the deafening silence now.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago (9 children)

You are literally talking to one. And frankly, you are covering your eyes because you are uncomfortable with the fact that they are STILL protesting the genocide.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/thousands-across-the-u-s-protest-trump-policies

But go ahead and try to act like they aren't being consistent. Cling to your conspiracy theories rather than recognizing the party needs to change to be responsive to it's voters.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 4 months ago

It’ll be interesting to see how the media companies deny that this is an open admission of genocide.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Following through on this threat would likely result in another Arab-Israeli war.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Mask completely off now. It's good old Ethnic Cleansing time, with our full and enthusiastic support.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Always was.

It was blindingly obvious this was a genocide on like Oct 8th or 9th. The atrocities have simply ramped up every month.

The IDF started Oct 7 shooting hostages to kill hamas. They spent every month after that bombing the hell out of every bit of infrastructure in gaza.

They used snipers to kill children. They shot more hostages with a "woopsie" after the fact. They shot aid workers trying to bring food. They shut off power/water/electricity. They shot at doctors working in hospitals. And they didn't constrain their genocidal thoughts to just gaza. They expanded into the west bank and later into Lebanon.

The Israeli fascists have simply relied on calling everyone "antisemitic" for calling out the actions of a rouge state.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago (12 children)
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[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago

Sick ceasefire bro

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Serious question. Is leaving an option? Is there some kinda line they can go stand in that will relocate them to another country?

Feels like that scene in Independence Day.

"What is it you want us to do?"

"DIE. DIEEEEEEEE!"

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago

Let's watch the zionists scramble to protect the settler colonial entity and calling the use of the word "genocide" an overreaction, or even more hilarious, antisemitic.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago (6 children)

I've seen a couple of news articles saying the U.S. is setting itself up for another terrorist attack, but a couple of Americans have told me that's not the case and they're not worried about it... anyone have any insight into this they can offer?

[–] [email protected] 39 points 4 months ago (6 children)

They still don't really know why 9/11 happened, they still believe the 'they hate us for our freedoms' line.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I’ve seen a couple of news articles saying the U.S. is setting itself up for another terrorist attack

But why would the trump administration want an excuse to declare martial law?

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (5 children)
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[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago (13 children)

How’s all the progressives feeling about Genocide Joe and Kamala now?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago (5 children)

I feel like this is not functionally different from what they did. I feel like, if this was such a fucking important election that MAYBE Biden and Kamala should have changed policies on Gaza rather than continually sending aid, weapons and bombs to genociders. That if they truly believed their rhetoric then maybe they should have actually listened to the base that told them aiding genocide would lose them the election.

Yeah, I'm pretty fucking pissed at Biden and Kamala for losing to Hitler 2.0.

Oh, and before you say it, yes I voted for Kamala and told everyone I could that it was the best person to vote for. I also said this would be the thing that lost her the election.

The DNC had to do so little to appease the progressives. Literally just let a Palestinian speak. Or say anything other than "Israel has a right to defend itself". Maybe actually host a sympathetic Imam. That's all they had to do and they didn't even try to do that.

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