May 27, 2024
Propaganda Watch
Palestine: The IOF’s attack on Rafah beheaded an infant. The IOF used a hospital as a base. The US used its “aid port” to deliver military equipment, but no aid, then part of the port broke off. Israel seized AP equipment and stopped its live stream. More than half of Gaza’s Christian population has fled the enclave since Oct 7. An “unnoticed” war is intensifying in the West Bank. Netanyahu cited a biblical genocide reference.
Empire: Blinken threatened global starvation if Palestine were to become a state. Wage theft surpasses all other forms of theft in the US. The US wants to sanction the ICC for its arrest warrant on Israeli war criminals. The Israel lobby funded a third of sitting British Conservative MPs. The Atlantic said it’s possible to kill children legally.
Global South: Georgia’s Pro-NATO president vetoed a bill that would force NGOs to disclose foreign funding. A UN special rapporteur said that US sanctions on China violate human rights, particularly in Xinjiang. The indigenous Kanaks in New Caledonia are escalating their protests against French colonial rule. There’s no indication the failed coup in DRC was Western-backed.
New on Informed Leftist: A bullet-point debunking sheet with sources of anti-Palestinian talking points, always accessible on the Informed Leftist website.
Non-Taught History
“In September [2023], Israel broke the 30-year record for the number of Palestinians in administrative detention [de facto hostages held for no stated reason] with 1,264. Now Israel holds 3,424 Palestinians hostages.” — @StephenSemler
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