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https://t.me/s/FFC_official_channel
https://xcancel.com/QudsNen/status/1931860628660207986#m (video of chemical being sprayed)
https://xcancel.com/DropSiteNews/status/1931867344822817110#m
https://xcancel.com/GazaFFlotilla/status/1931872075653980567#m (video of ship being boarded)
The social medias are now uploading pre-recorded videos of each crew member saying they were kidnapped.
This demonic non-entity disguised as a country needs to be razed to the ground. These criminals need to be seen a shameful stain on this world's history, and every single person who has taken any part in assisting this criminal project needs to face the harshest of consequences. How much longer are we going to let this assembly of sociopaths that pretends to be a nation get away with whatever their rotten souls leads them to do?
This is an act of WAR. It is also a WAR CRIME. They have kidnapped civilians in international waters. They did so in full view of the entire world, confident in their impunity. If the countries to which these twelve activists belong do not immediately cease ANY collaboration with Israel in ANY way shape or form, then what the fuck is it that we're even doing? This is an insult to the entire world, and if it's unanswered, the cowardice of every single one of these leaders will be made even more obvious.
Once again, I have no words to express how much I am in awe of the spirit and bravery of these twelve activists. May their actions serve as an example, and I can only wish that more celebrities and notable people used their positions in society to break this siege, to break this blockade and force this demonic genocide to end.
All of this goes double for France. They kidnapped a French politician, a member of the European Parliament, from international waters. It’s one of the most “declare war” worthy things I’ve ever heard
Still nothing but fucking crickets here in the french media
I truly don't understand why almost every country in the world seems to love Israel so much. Israel can abuse and insult them all they want and at best they'll just send Israel a strongly worded letter, only to beg for more afterwards.
Israel has done a very effective job of selling "we are the Jewish community" so governments tended to handle them with kid gloves for fear they would be seen as trying to replay tbe Holocaust.
Unfortunately, it went the other way. Decades of blank cheque support let them act with impunity and eventually deliver their own genocide.
I worry this tarnishes the image of Jews elsewhere, who are going to get blowback resentment for the livestreamed horrors. Chuds don't have the nuance to figure out that their neighbour who has never set foot in Israel but places a menorah by the window probably didn't personally slaughter infants, and there are surely peiole who will profit from magnifying that unawareness.
I can already see blatant antisemitism becoming not just tolerated but celebrated in social media. It's not at all surprising, either, which is why a lot of orthodox Jew organizations are very anti-Zionist.
It's probably the desired outcome by the zionist state as well, that's their preferred rhetorical weapon.
A form of idpol so advanced it's indistinguishable from magic.
I wonder more and more every day if it isn't just the "unofficially-nuclear-equipped rogue state that has made it clear they will take everyone else down with them" thing.