Image is from the January 2023 World Economic Forum meeting in Davos. Over 50 heads of state and 600 CEOs attended.
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Imagine a terrifying world where we are all ruled by monsters of every stripe. And not hot ones like werewolves, but instead decaying zombies and mummies who are both insensitive to, and actively benefit from the immense suffering they cause on a daily basis. The top echelon of society, filled with profit-seeking, bloodsucking vampires. And the worst of it is that they repeat on a daily basis that what they are doing is not only just, but there is no other possible way to do it.
Pretty spooky, right? What if I told you that this world... was our own?
Happy Halloween!
Friendly reminder: when commenting about a news event, especially something that just happened, please provide a source of some kind. While ideally this would be on nitter or archived, any source is preferable to none at all given.
Sources on the fighting in Palestine against Israel. In general, CW for footage of battles, explosions, dead people, and so on:
UNRWA daily-ish reports on Israel's destruction and siege of Gaza and the West Bank.
English-language Palestinian Marxist-Leninist twitter account. Alt here.
English-language twitter account that collates news (and has automated posting when the person running it goes to sleep).
Arab-language twitter account with videos and images of fighting.
English-language (with some Arab retweets) Twitter account based in Lebanon.
English-language Palestinian Twitter account which reports on news from the Resistance Axis.
English-language PalestineResist telegram channel.
More telegram channels here for those interested.
Various sources that are covering the Ukraine conflict are also covering the one in Palestine, like Rybar.
The Country of the Week is Lebanon! Feel free to chime in with books, essays, longform articles, even stories and anecdotes or rants. More detail here.
Here is the map of the Ukraine conflict, courtesy of Wikipedia.
This week's first update is here.
Links and Stuff
The bulletins site is down.
Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists
Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Add to the above list if you can.
Resources For Understanding The War
Defense Politics Asia's youtube channel and their map. Their youtube channel has substantially diminished in quality but the map is still useful.
Moon of Alabama, which tends to have interesting analysis. Avoid the comment section.
Understanding War and the Saker: reactionary sources that have occasional insights on the war.
Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don't want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it's just the two of them if you want a little more analysis.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent and very good journalist reporting in the warzone on the separatists' side.
Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.
Telegram Channels
Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.
Pro-Russian
https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR's former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR's forces. Russian language.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist, but all socially reactionary. If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one.
https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.
https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster's telegram channel.
https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator.
https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps.
https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a 'propaganda tax', if you don't believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses.
https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.
Pro-Ukraine
Almost every Western media outlet.
https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord.
https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.
Last week's discussion post.
I've seen this leaked Israeli Ministry of Intelligence document mentioned on Twitter and by MoA. The one which outlines the plan to expel the population of Gaza into the Sinai, among two others. I got curious what the others were, so I fed the document through OCR and machine translation. The other alternatives mentioned are A: "the population remaining in Israel and importing the Palestinian Authority rule." and B: "the population remaining in the village and the emergence of local Arab rule."
A group of shared objectives is listed near the top of the document for all of the plans:
With regards to the Sinai plan ("Alternative C")
The other plans are downplayed
C is the dictionary definition of genocide, modern day trail of tears shit
"Alternative C" - The Trail of Tears
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Alternative C Evacuation of the civilian population from Gaza to Sinai Mikos and Sheltonoperational
1 Call for the evacuation of the non-combatant population from the combat area of the Hamas attack..
3 In the second stage, a ground maneuver to occupy the territory gradually from the north and along the border until occupation. The entire strip and the cleansing of the underground bunkers from Hamas fighters..
4 The intensive ground maneuvering phase will be conducted less and less compared to alternatives I and B and therefore will reduce the and from the exposure to the opening of the Northern Crossing at the same time as fighting in Beot.
Legitimate binil legal.
At first glance, it seems that this alternative, which involves a significant evacuation of a population, could be. complex in terms of legitimacy,
In our estimation, fighting after the evacuation of the population will lead to fewer casualties among the population the civilian population compared to the expected number of casualties if the population remains (as appears in the alternatives. E + B).
Massive immigration from war zones (Syria, Afghanistan, Ukraine) and population movement is A natural and desirable result in light of the dangers involved in remaining in the combat zone..
Even before the war, there was a great demand for emigration outside of Eve among the local population
And the war is only expected to increase the phenomenon.
Legally:
A. This is a defensive war against a terrorist organization that carried out a military invasion of Israel.
B. The requirement to evacuate non-combatants from the area is an accepted method that saves human lives. And this is how the Americans acted in Iraq in 2003.
C, Egypt has an obligation under international law to allow the passage of population.
Israel must act to kiddos and a broad diplomatic mission with the goal of countries that will contribute to aid To the population that was evacuated and who will try to take in Otes as immigrants.
For a list of the countries that are eligible and will participate in it, see Appendix I to the document.
In the long term, an alternative will be more legitimized since it is a population that will be integrated In a state framework there are guests.
Creating ideological change
Even in this alternative, it will be necessary to change the ideological perception of the population, but not for Israel There will be the ability to control the program since it takes place outside its territory.
In relation to alternative E and B, instilling a sense of failure among the population will help create reality. Improved security for many years and the deterrence of its population
strategic implications.
Deterrence - an appropriate response will enable the creation of a significant deterrence in the entire space, and will be a conclusion Conveying a strong message to beg Allah not to rush to make a similar move in South Lebanon.
The overthrow of Hamas will be subject to support from the violator countries). In addition, this alternative will be a significant blow and unequivocal.
3 This alternative would abolish Egyptian rule in North Sinai. Care should be taken to limit the introduction of weapons to the North Sinai and not to legitimize the change of the parvo clauses of their peace agreement,
Annex I: States and bodies that can contribute to the solution of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
United States.
possible donation; Aid to Kidus and the Yuma against many countries, including the application of moisture to Egypt,
Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have lost their lives either in resources or absorption
displaced people,
Incentives: interest in a clear Israeli victory and the deterrence of the entire West that was damaged as a result. The attack on Israel. Restoration of its position as a world leader and a key country for solving crises. An interest in creating a significant regional change and giving a blow to the radical axis,
Egypt
Possible donation. Opening passages and immediate absorption of a deformed population that will leave and gather. Bayor in Sinai; to allocate an area for settlement; Applying political pressure on Turkey and other countries do and out of preference over the absorption of a large number of displaced persons; Security envelope For the initial regrouping areas outside the strip.
Possible incentives.
Pressure from the United States and European countries to take responsibility and open the Rafah crossing for exit. God of Sinai; Financial aid for the current economic crisis in Egypt.
Saudi Arabia.
Possible contribution: absorption baskets and a budget for organizing efforts to transfer the population to different countries; In a non-public way, campaigns will be budgeted that show the nook that Hamas is tearing and pogeis in its image.
Incentives: Pressure from the United States in addition to the commitment to use the protection umbrella of The battle groups diverted to Iver against Iran as an insurance certificate; Interest in positioning Saudi Arabia as a helper For Muslims in crisis; Saudi interest in an Israeli victory over Hamas is clear.
European countries and in particular the Mediterranean Sea-- Spain. contribution; Kalith and Yishuv.
incentives; Absorption baskets and financial support for the benefit of the process from the Arab countries.
Additional North African countries (Morocco, Libya, Tunisia) contribution. absorption and settlement; Immediate assistance in the organizing areas outside the strip. incentives. Absorption baskets and financial support for the benefit of the process from Arab countries, Arab brotherhood;
humid from European countries; Action through the relations that Israel has with some of those countries in a way which will allow them to maintain these ties while their image among the Arabs of the world is not damaged.
canada
Contribution, absorption of a population and its settlement within the permissive immigration policy.
Large advertising agencies.
possible donation; Campaigns that promote the plan in the western world and the effort to solve the. The crisis in a way that does not incite and blacken Israel; Dedicated campaigns for a world that is not pro- An Israeli where they are focused on the message of aid to the Palestinian brothers and gross shikomas at the price of a ton Disrespectful or even offensive, in Israel, intended for populations that will not be able to receive a different message.
Dedicated campaigns for the residents of Gaza themselves to motivate Otes to agree to the plan - the messages are needed To be sobbis around the loss of the land, that is to say that there is no more hope for the land That Israel will conquer the nearest Boman, whether it is true or not. The image should live "these". Doug that you lost the land is because of the leadership of Hamas -- there is no choice but to move to another location With the help of your Muslim brothers
Some more analysis of "Alternative A" - Installing the Palestinian Authority in Gaza
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"Alternative B" is ruled out flatly as an unacceptable victory for the cause of Palestinian Nationhood.
is this a translation issue? makes no sense to me
The original document was uploaded to Scribd, which demands a credit card number to download the PDF or highlight text, so I had to screenshot it and run everything through OCR (Optical Character Recognition A.K.A. Image to Text). So we've got potential errors introduced by OCR on top of the certainty of errors introduced by machine translation. The original document is in Hebrew script.