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[–] [email protected] 95 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Israel Launches Operation Rising Lion to Keep Netanyahu in Power and Out of Prison

[–] [email protected] 41 points 4 days ago (1 children)

And commit more war crimes since they had zero to none real consequences so far.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 days ago

Why stop at 1 genocide? Why not all the genocide?

[–] [email protected] 82 points 4 days ago (4 children)

The Zionist regime is completely out of control. They commit genocide and launch aggressive attacks on countries and face literally no consequences . Global security is at stake.

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

That's the most worrying thing, if you can't hold Israel responsible for this in the face of international law, literally nothing is stopping any other country from doing the same.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago

The US will raise a stink if anyone else does it. They will allow israel free reign .

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

The Zionist regime is completely out of control.

There are high ranking Hamas officials in Qatar. They openly conduct diplomacy there on behalf of Hamas and it is quite likely they are involved in the operation of Hamas. Why doesn't Israel just do airstrikes on Qatar and execute them like they executed Ismail Haniyeh in Iran? Are they more afraid of smol bean Qatar than Iran?

Nope. It's because the US won't let Israel attack Qatar but not only the US will let Israel loose on Iran as we see now, the US will defend Israel against retaliation, both militarily and otherwise. Like we have seen the US do for the past 19 months.

Everything is under control.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

You're right. The negotiations were a ruse. If Iran can't respond decisively they will repeat the approach used in Lebanon and Syria, decapitation strikes and degrading their military while fomenting internal rebellion. The goal is obviously regime change.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The Zionist regime is mostly just another word for religious extremist, doesn't matter what their religion is or if they actually believe it. What matters is that their followers & supporters believe it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Sorry, what exactly is your point that goes beyond the comment you're replying to?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionism 🤷‍♂️ seems pretty specific to me. I didn't read the whole article though. Maybe I'm missing something.

But yeah, either way, like the other person asked: what's your point?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

My point is Zionism is imperialism & fascism rebranded, & if you live in the US then prepare. Trump idolizes dictators for a reason & this attack is part of the plan.

Trump's base is largely composed of indoctrinated followers via a network of "faith" & "thought" leaders, who idealize an authoritarian world.

Years ago powerful individuals found a symbiotic relationship with politicians, working together to systematically brainwash the vulnerable, ignorant, & gullible. In return they benefited financially, while being able to discriminate & punish people trying to leave their control systems.

They found keeping people down, anxious, confused, scared, traumatized, & complacent was all they needed to gain consent. People agreed to be monitored & surveilled. For low wages or a music subscription, people blindly accepted the terms. They dismantled the protections & no one did anything.

Once Iran retaliates, you'll be expected to accept the narrative. Slave labor is what they're after & you're the target. The dissenters, resisters, etc. will be made to accept Trump as their king... unless.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

You know all those weapons we diverted from Ukraine to Isreal and the middle east, I don't think Isreal is acting alone.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 4 days ago (4 children)

It's so sad and bizarre. All the nations just stand by like idiots, while this one bloodlusting madman butchers all around.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Firstly, Israeli society writ large is incredibly fascist and generally on board with this shit.

Second, they aren't idiots, just demons, especially the US. Most western powers are basically vassals to the US empire and any individual country trying to break from our adenda will pay dearly.

Thankfully, we're doing a wonderful job isolating ourselves lately, so it's possible more worldwide resistance will flourish. It will cost a lot of people's lives and livelihoods in the death throes of empire though.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (3 children)

According to polling a majority of Israelis rejects the Netanyahu government.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

But not the genocide. They just don't like Hamas hitting back

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Maybe idk. Don’t want to defend Israel, just the notion that everyone there is on board with what’s happening.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I will wait for massive protests against netenyaho specifically about the war on iran to believe it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

There have been so many huge protests against Netanyahu dude.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Read again i said specifically against the terrorist attacks on iran

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Well on Iran you’re probably not wrong, I don’t think many Israelis feel sympathetic towards a regime that has vowed to destroy them by 2040.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (6 children)

They voted for him and his party 6 time.

I don’t think many Israelis feel sympathetic towards a regime that has vowed to destroy them by 2040.

You just repeating Israel propaganda which was also used to justify the genocide in Gaza. Aren't Zionist always saying Hamas want to kill every single jews so we have to keep occupying palestine?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Half are in favor of killing all the Gazan Palestinians and something like 80-90% are down with fully ethnically cleansing Gaza (source haaretz). I could also drag out the poll from about a year ago where the vast majority of Israelis agreed that the force used in Gaza was "just right" or "not enough".

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Also worth noting, they're against Netanyahu mostly just because he hasn't been prioritizing the hostages and rather going Hannibal directive instead.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

Problem is our fucking leaders are all insane religious nut jobs that believe that nuking our the destruction of Israel will somehow bring Jesus back. Its fucking insane. Same reason Israel believe it is their biblical right to overtake and destroy Palestine.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

Um, no, they will either enable Israel or shrug it off.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 days ago

Stop Israel before it is too late for all of us.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (5 children)

What's to stop Iran from just launching a dirty missile at Israel? Wouldn't interpreting it still cause a bunch of nuclear waste in Israel?

Not advocating for that, but I am just surprised I never see the topic come up.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 days ago

Iran not being the cartoon villain that decades of Zionist propaganda claims it to be.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Whats to stop Israel from doing it is the significantly better question. Iran is concerned about global backlash and Israel is clearly not.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The IR brutalizes its people, but doesn't treat other countries directly that way

It would be political suicide

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

The international response would be much stronger if Iran did something like that. Much like chemical weapons, actually employing such tools brings on unwanted responses.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Dirty bombs really aren't the issue everyone wants them to be. If you have enough to make a meaningful dirty bomb it's more rational to refine it and make an actual nuke.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well yeah, Iran probably could make a nuke today with what they have. The difference is if they did that and shot it at Israel and the nuke fails they would still have a dirty bomb plan B.

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

They're just not that useful they were a boogie man to hunt terrorists and later testimony came out that basically said it was all made up to hunt terrorists.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Isn't deliberately targetting a nation's MAD capabilities (as in their nukes) kind of a big no-no in international law ??

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 days ago

Israel has been breaking international law for decades.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Iran doesn't have nukes. Israel has been fearmongering about them having nukes since 92' and it was always "a year away from a bomb". None of that happened. This is an attack on a sovereign nation with the completely idiotic "preventative attack" defense (i.e. they'd have attacked us first, we had to defend ourselves!). Fun fact, this is exactly what Russia claims Ukraine would've done if they hadn't invaded them first. They also claim NATO as the aggressor and would love to pull the same "move" on NATO too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

IAEA board declares Iran in breach of non-proliferation obligations - https://www.reuters.com/world/china/iaea-board-declares-iran-breach-non-proliferation-duties-diplomats-say-2025-06-12/

Maybe if the world's #1 funder of terrorism wasn't building nukes they wouldn't be bombed.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

The US already have nukes.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago

Iran doesn't even have nukes yet.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago

You get a bomb and you get a bomb and you get a bomb! You're all getting bombed!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

...but will not admit on record that they themselves have nuclear weapons.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

Lots of updates, videos, and pictures in the article.

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