#for both israel and america

[crazysnakey]

Don't forget the reason the U.S. is supporting Israel's genocide of Palestine - hell, 90% of the reason they ever get involved into something in the Middle East is for ulterior purposes regarding oil.

That and the Ben Gurion Canal project, which you can learn more about:

Also this short video explaining the canal's significance and full history in summary:

Simply put,

#free palestine #israel is a genocidal state #israel is a terrorist state #fuck america #fuck israel #comic pic is from persepolis btw #which is an autobiography of the author growing up in iran during the iranian revolution #not to mention how the US destabilized iran bc their democratically elected leader was gonna nationalize its oil for iran #and they put someone who would play ball for them in charge #its always about the oil #EVEN IN THE MIDST OF EVERYONE GOING “THE FUTURE ISNT VIABLE W FOSSIL FUELS” #WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FORWARD FOR USING AND TRANSITIONING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES #BUT THE CAPITALISTIC FUCKS WANT MONEY NOW #AT THE EXPENSE OF HUMAN LIVES #THE LIVES OF ARABS AND BROWN PPL INDIGENOUS TO PALESTINE NOTE THAT #aaaaaaand of course the canal #much easier than dealing w egypt #for both israel and america #israel will be onboard w them and they'll have a way of strengthening their grip on the middle east and world economy #this is honestly disgusting and terrifying #egypt #suez canal

[sugas6thtooth]

They were among the aid workers murdered by an Israeli air strike.

What was their crime? Preparing meals?

#free palestine #palestine #gaza #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #free gaza #pray for palestine #may they both rest in peace #ceasefire #permanent ceasefire #genocide #humanitarian aid #israel #israeli airstrikes #america #usa

[carsonjonesfiance]

We (tumblr.edu) really went from “Judaism has several tenets that fully contradict American Evangelical Conservatism” to “all progressive policies in Israel are entirely performative and any recognition of gay rights is actually cynical pinkwashing”

#hey what if Israel is a nation of 9 million people and there are both good and bad policies in action #the same way America has LGBT protections but also violently antiLGBT politicians?

[heckyeahponyscans]

This is an excerpt from a Politico article. (Politico is a journal focused on US politics, especially Washington DC politics.) Keep making yourself heard! We can force a change!

Text of the excerpt under the cut for screen readers:

One House Democrat told me of a dinner last month with about eight other colleagues, a cross-section of the caucus ideologically and generationally. "It was unanimous that this Israel-Gaza war needs to end now and that Biden needs to stand up to Bibi," this lawmaker told me, before offering his own view.

"This is a disaster politically," said this House Democrat, who rarely criticizes Israel. "The base is really pissed--and it's not just the leftists. I have never seen such a depth of anguish as I've seen over this Gaza issue. Bibi is toxic among many Democratic voters and Biden must distance himself from him--yesterday."

#politics #united states #us politics #politico #Gaza #free palestine #one of the difficulties in America is that it's not like there's a pro-zionist party and an anti-zionist party #BOTH parties are pro-zionist #if you watch past presidential debates there's usually a question about how the candidates feel about Israel #and then the candidates all gush over how Israel is their favorite #honestly embarrassing #but anyway #even though this presents a challenge for stopping the US's support of a genocide #it is not an insurmountable challenge #politicians are beginning to see this issue is not going away #so keep the pressure on #do NOT give up #for the sake of the Gazan people we CANNOT give up #so many are dead but so many are still alive

[kittyprincessofcats]

Important about countries pulling funding from UNRWA:

Ayyy, Germany deciding International Holocaust Remembrance Day was the perfect date to start directly violating the Genocide convetion again!

@my fellow Germans: This better make you furious. Seriously, I'm not joking around or making excuses for your silence anymore. This should infuriate you. Your protests against the AfD and other right-wingers aren't worth shit if you don't speak out about this. Your "Never Again" means nothing if you stay silent when Germany literally does it again.

@everyone else: It's not just Germany (I'm just adressing them separately because I've got a bone to pick with my own country and their complicity right now), a lot of countries cut funding to UNRWA yesterday because of an accusation by Israel that 12 members of UNRWA's staff were involved in the 7th October attacks. So check whether your country also cut funding to UNRWA and if they did - get furious, protest, call your reps, etc.

Seriously, think about this for just a second: A LITERAL DAY after the ICJ ordered that Israel must let more humanitarian aid into Gaza, most western countries cut off aid to the organisation delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza. Because of unverified claims by Israel, all of these governments are willing to cut off funding of help to all Palestinians in Gaza immediately (which is also a war crime by the way - Collective Punishment - all of our governments are now literally commiting a war crime themselves), but a genocide accusation against Israel that the ICJ has accepted and deemed "plausible" isn't enough to stop those countries from still delivering weapons to Israel. HOW FUCKED UP IS THAT? Israel can just claim something and all of these governments will act and even go against the ICJ's orders to help them kill more Palestinians, but the ICJ's orders themselves aren't enough to make any government stop helping to kill Palestinians.

When you all call & write to your reps, mention this! Demand that your governments resume funding UNRWA and mention the ICJ's ruling (in particular the provision to let more humanitarian aid into Gaza) to back up why!

And also:

Yeah, what she^ said. This is 100% Israel's revenge for their defeat in court.

(Does anyone know whether them doubling down harder now and asking other countries to cut off funding for humantarian aid can at least be used as more evidence by South Africa in the genocide case now? If the ICJ finds in a month that Israel hasn't done enough to abide by their orders, will there be any consequences? Can they issue another preliminary ruling?)

#Palestine #Free Palestine #Palestinian genocide #UNRWA #ICJ hearing #South Africa vs Israel #Israel #Gaza #trying to find the best time to post this so that both people in Europe and North America will see this

[layzeal]

the smear campaign towards aaron bushnell on tumblr is so insidious man

#there's an intrinsic difference in the way language is used between zionists on twitter vs on tumblr #both are equally bad. but on tumblr it just turns my stomach because of how psychology and social justice is weaponized #it's similar to how terfs do it. which is why seemingly harmless posts will fly under the radar #like on twt they'll not even try to pretend and just claim he's a dangerous anarchist who wants death to america or wtv #but on tumblr they know that won't fly so they say ''wow see how anti-israel people are obsessed with death. this is cultural christianity'' #and use psychological language to explain that you can't take him seriously cause he was mentally ill or grew up in a cult #and suddenly this is about how it makes THEM feel. when a man burned himself to death due to having been complicit in genocide #genuinely fuck all of you

[anthropomorphicbeancake]

Atrocities happening to innocents that are a part of the oppressor state or group, is still the fault of the oppressor, not the oppressed for using the same tactics in their defense.

#palestine #current events #there was another post earlier talking about people living in imperialist settler countries (i.e. america) can't recognize the violence #done by a fellow imperialist settler against the native population because it calls up their own hypocrisy and #makes them afraid of the possibility of the same thing happening in their own country #so they bend over backwards to overlook and justify violence in anti-colonialist rebellion #and it really do be like that #israel has been killing palestinian civilians for 60 years and the world turned a blind eye #hamas is absolutely awful sure but are we to pretend like america's hands are any cleaner? #not trying to start anything #but damn #since i'm getting some replies to this i'll just add: violence exists in context #you can't look at the situation happening today without examining what transpired before #where did the violence begin #what factors contributed to this explosive reaction #how many people have died before today #et cetera #there's that one graph going around comparing the human costs from both sides #you know the one #the violence of the colonized stems from the violence of their subjugation #or something #resistance to occupation and colonization is always justified

[chaiaurchaandni]

#victory is the destiny of the faithful #free palestine #palestine #gaza #israel #israeli war crimes #death to israel #long live palestine #glory to the martyrs #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #may this act of hatred and hubris be the final nail in the coffin for both both israel and america

[red-dragon-archfiend]

It's more or less just the guys on top supporting Israel, huh? The vast majority of the American public are opposed to Israel, including several government officials and employees who risk losing their jobs if they speak out, but their views and voices are irrelevant. American democracy is a sham

#musings #the thing is it's in america's interests as a global power to support israel #because israel is too useful #but it's also in america's interests from a social political perspective to support palestine #so you get people like biden trying to play both sides in a genocide #whilst blatantly favoring the people committing genocide #biden has tried to convince israel to not do what america did after 9/11 #but he evidently did not try hard enough

[mayorsprada]

#Food for Holy super bowl thought: @reign-factors

Look at Israel & Palestine like this... what if California did that to America how would you feel then? What side then?

#america #palestine #israel #peace #deep thoughts #mayorsprada #Californian American #understanding both sides

[dirt-grub]

If you’re currently ONLY posting about the Israelis that are doing good things for Palestine/are against what their country is doing and pointing out when certain protestors that are not affiliated with the whole of the free Palestine movement are being antisemitic know I can fucking see you. Obviously these are important things to talk about as Israel does not equal all Jews and antisemitism should be called out every time because it’s fucking serious and disgusting that another entire group of people is being blamed for this genocide other than the colonists in charge and Zionists supporting it but you’re telling on yourself as only interested in covering your own ass and it’s embarrassing. I don’t know how you can see hundreds if not thousands of entire bloodlines being wiped from this earth and instantly think well um hashtag not all Israelis and that’s it. Again. I don’t blame the majority of the Israeli people for what’s happening I blame the governments tied up in this and those in the military who happily post bragging about the shit they stole and destroyed on tiktok. You may not have technically done anything pro Israel but like I said you’re obviously only interested in covering your ass and continuing to be seen as a good person without engaging with the absolute horror the apartheid state of Israel is carrying out and checking your pre existing beliefs.

#charlie talks #again. please READ this post #I’m talking specifically about people I’ve seen and unfollowed for only posting about the good Israelis who are helping and protesting #obviously a government does not define its people #I’m American I’d hate if anyone judged me for what my country does because I stand for none of it and contribute only by taxes #which is literally illegal for me to not do #it’s just very very obvious when you have a specific agenda towards protecting yourself and your image first #it’s like. embarrassing #also. I am Austrian. I grew up in America #every single piece of Shit nazi has been brainwashed that it’s us or them #like OG nazis. neo nazis are a different story #you think you’re being smart by saying well Israel has a right to exist because of the holocaust #poor Austrians thought the holocaust was great because ‘foreigners’ many of which had lived there for generations #if not most of them #we’re supposedly to blame #because they were starving. they were very obviously horrifically wrong. but it is factual they were starving #it is factual that the holocaust displaced and murdered millions of Jews #but colonizing displacing and murdering Palestinians is not anywhere close to an answer that will solve anything and pretending it’s valid #is insane. theres nuances to both situations that make comparing them a bit reductive but both were genocides #and genocide is always justified by the perpetrators in the ways some of y’all are claiming to be an exception this time #stop falling for it. this is game of money and power not Jewish liberation #when my grandparents cheered as hitler killed the baron who’d been keeping them poor guess what? their neighbors started going missing #and they new government kept them just as fucking poor #you’re being used #free Palestine

[lucyvsky]

oh my god are you fucking serious

#girl who has spent an entire quarter learning about the us and israels relationship. kys sociology teacher #while not. like explicitly condescending . it is condescending right question mark. do not both sides me on this #“was created for the jewish diaspora” . i think you might need to restate this. you cannot ask me a question based on a false assumption #sorry im in homework hell.... #israel may have been created for the jewish diaspora. “created” whatever that means but it has functionally served as a tool of oppression #and overreach from america + uk to the middle east for the last 70 years. go kill yourself

[hesitationss]

just scrolled thru an account harassing ppl for showing support for noury about being "anti ukr/aine" bcuz they tweet about palestine. they're saying they "don't give a shit about some random palestinian who lost their hand" and they said "germans were too kind to communists during ww2" i hate these nazi bitches!!! like the normalization of nazism is so incredibly fucked up and it's only going to get worse in europe and north america oh my god.

#just look at the media and material support. there is such a clear difference in how the west treats these issues! #russia is already a heavily sanctioned country and israel is recieving military and monetary support like... #these are 2 extremely different situations esp in how they are treated. even in just canada only 1000 palestinians are allowed in the countr #w out any other supports. 800k ukranians allowed into the country w housong and other support. the racism is unreal! this summer there was #also a sizeable number of refugees from various african countries who were left on HOMELESSS upon arrival. i'm so tired of the 1. nazism #2. racism and 3. false comparisons. and the funny thing is? america/NATO is at the root of both issues. #there's so many of these people online and IRL bcuz of my racist fucking city is full of white supremacists AND zionist white supremacists

[glompcat]

Fun fact (sure to fuck with the antisemites who love nothing more than to claim all Jews are connected to Israel) - under the laws proposed by the incoming Israeli government, the vast majority of the world’s Jews will not be considered Jewish in the eyes of that state!

#they are literally going to define it as Orthodox and Hasidic only #Conservative - the largest denomination of Jews in the world #and Reform - the largest denomination of Jews in America #are both going to be classified as Gentiles #and the only way you can meet Israel's legal definition of a Jew is to have 1 grandparent who was either Orthodox or Hasidic #which most people do not have #because those have been niche minority groups in the international Jewish community since they were fucking invented in the 1800s #this literally is in response btw #to Jews around the world pressuring Israel to get its shit together #because no one like what they are doing #but hey sure #continue to pretend Jewish symbols are actually Israeli state symbols #and that all Jewish people are fine with things there #🙄

[cinnabargirl]

Its crazy how much the adage "a lot of you would have gone crazy about WMDs un 2003" holds up time and time again

#i remember 2003 when there were these huge protests about the iraq war and how p much everyone in the country thot it was a bad idea #except the usual ghouls #and then i look at the american perspective and even seemingly progressive ppl were eager about the war and insisted on the whole wmds thing #im not saying that other western countries dont have a good amount of propaganda and whatnot #but i feel like at least in my circle ppl regardless of age and background take things regarding war with much more caution than americans? #even older conservative (as in right wing) ppl that i know share a certain amount of empathy and solidarity with palestinians #whereas when you see polls in the us a lot of usamerican boomers are staunchly pro israel #and from what ive seen readily willing to believe anything incriminating palestine or both sides type argument #maybe its because the civil war ww2 and the post war period is remembered/felt much closer for europeans than for americans #bc yeah the us has participated in many wars in the latter 20th and early 21st century #but its not stuff that has happened to them #like it wasnt their villages that were bombed their people killed their land razed #obvs im excluding a lot of history relating to indigenous and other minorities' struggle in america but you catch my drift

[magnoliamyrrh]

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#i need to stop doomscrolling its four in the morning im so exhausted i technically have school shit i needed to finish and i have to get up #to go to class in a few hours too #it helps nothing either. its horrible to look and its horrible to look away and they both do absolutely nothing past a point just like w th #other endless amount of absolutely horrible things going on in the world rn #theres no new information now either. just the fallout and seeing what comes next #this and no other horrible thing going on in the world is abt us and how it affects us emotionally obviously like that's just specs of dust #on the thing itself #but. yeah. i. i dont think the human mind copes well w going from locally based ape empathy to exposure to every horrible thing everywhere #....... russia has bombed more apartments and civilian buildings too :( ppl caught under the rubble and dead #just. dear god.. i just keep thinking that. i just keep saying that to myself. dear god #dear god oh lord of duamne ya allah yarabbi whatever variation its most of what goes through my mind on loop #while my mind runs through so much of it. palestina and all the videos of dead and murdered and the children the videos from last week of #that tourist girl in israel the war in ukraina whats happening in kosovo armenia the uyghurs and china all the conflict in india and #pakistan the state of afghanistan yamen civilians being tortured by gangs in south america torture in general and the prisons around the #world and the slavery and the torture and the killing and the starvation and the pain and the million other things going on i don't even #know about and the fucking climate jesus christ the climate change??? #and my mind just doesnt stop. it goes through so much shit it maps out this horrible web of pain and pain and pain throughout the entire #world ;;_;; #i uh. i desperately need to take more time in my life and for years on end ive needed to tske more time in my life to think #of the good things happening in ths world too. small things big things anything just anything good anything getting better anything thats #working any proof of humanity in this species #i just. . #. #i go through the full range of human emotion from rage to numbness and dissociation to bitterness to shock to nothing shocks me to endless #sorrow to disgust and i end up at the end #feeling like the same kid who wants to cry and ask why can't we just be nicer to each other please. as if its that simple. j wish it was. #god. i wish