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Bulletins and News Discussion from March 24th to March 30th, 2025 - The Genocide Continues - COTW: Qatar (hexbear.net)

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Image is of Gazans breaking their fast with the Iftar meal during the ongoing Ramadan.

Due to a request by @miz@hexbear.net, this thread's COTW is Qatar.

The ceasefire deal broke down early last week after Israel unilaterally changed the terms of the agreement and then blamed Hamas for not meeting them. Violence against civilians has rapidly accelerated to pre-ceasefire levels, with many hundreds dead already, aid once again cut off, and Israeli soldiers once again entering and occupying the attritional labyrinth that is Gaza.

I'm not yet in a position to make any solid predictions or analysis, as the geopolitical situation in and around Israel has changed fairly substantially over the last 6 months; in some ways benefiting Israel, and in other ways not. We know for sure how Hamas and Ansarallah are reacting (thankfully, with open hostility to both Israel and the United States), but the state of Hezbollah has been a giant question mark for months now, and precisely what Iran plans to do (beyond the usual level of supplying weaponry and intelligence to all the allies it can) is unknown. Syria will be almost certainly be a big wildcard, and we'll have to see if the compradors in Damascus can weather the storm.

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[–] Boise_Idaho@hexbear.net 29 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Damn, it took almost dying from a lynch mob of rabid Zionists for him to be properly credited:
https://xcancel.com/MayadeenEnglish/status/1906129001405399463

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has apologized for excluding Palestinian co-director Hamdan Ballal’s name in its response to the Israeli settler attack and his subsequent detainment.

Following global outcry from the film industry, including 690 Academy members, among them Mark Ruffalo, Riz Ahmed, Ava DuVernay, and Alfonso Cuaron, the Academy issued a follow-up letter on Friday acknowledging its omission.

“We regret that we failed to directly acknowledge Mr. Ballal and the film by name,” read the statement from Academy CEO Bill Kramer and President Janet Yang, adding that the Academy “condemns violence of this kind anywhere in the world” and opposes the suppression of free speech "under any circumstances."

[–] bbnh69420@hexbear.net 13 points 6 days ago

Disgusting

[–] Lemister@hexbear.net 12 points 6 days ago

Cowards.

[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 26 points 6 days ago (3 children)

The T-4 airbase in Syria, which was intended for use by the Turkish Armed Forces, has been rendered unusable after Israeli airstrikes targeted the facility to prevent Turkey from utilizing it.

[–] Monk3brain3@hexbear.net 25 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Imagine thinking you can be allies or work with fucking Israel. Even the US is completely compromised the the fucking Zionazi scum. They are completely hollowing it out which is good for the world but really bad for average Americans.

I can't wait for the US to invade Canada to supply Israel with fresh water when climate change really ramps up

[–] kittin@hexbear.net 23 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Israel attacks Turkey

Turkey invokes article 4

USA bombs itself for supporting Israel

[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 23 points 6 days ago

jdpon don and ml-islamist watermelon seller strikes again

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 11 points 6 days ago

Skirmishes in the middle east between the US Air Force and the US Navy. Northrup Grumman stocks up 15 points

[–] ziggurter@hexbear.net 5 points 5 days ago

If only rules not for-thee-not-me. SMDH.

[–] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Here's some satellite imagery of both the strike on the Palmyra and T4 airbases. Yellow pins are airstrikes from the second wave, light blue from the first wave.

Runways, taxiways, aircraft hangars and parking, along with the entrance/exit gates and storage buildings were destroyed, so it's unusable for now. Turkey cannot fly in and use it in it's current state. But it can be repaired if the will to do so is there.

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[–] edge@hexbear.net 27 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Apparently Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa is in Florida to beg for US troops to be sent to Ecuador. Ostensibly to help in their “drug war”, but conveniently only two weeks before the runoff of their presidential election where Noboa was only 0.17pp above the center-left Correist candidate in the first round and is currently polling 7pp below her in the runoff.

[–] bbnh69420@hexbear.net 20 points 6 days ago

Damn it feels like this guys has spent more time in Miami than Ecuador

[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 20 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Noboa spends more time in the USA partying than in his own country, but what did they expect from a failson that uses child slave labor. He also somehow had a fight with his far-right zionist VP, and refused to give her the presidency during the elections period.

[–] miz@hexbear.net 22 points 6 days ago

Anti-genocide activists exposed by pro-"Israel" groups using facial recognition tech | The Cradle

Washington has revoked hundreds of student visas in recent weeks as part of a crackdown on foreign university students who oppose the mass killing of Palestinians by Israel

[–] edge@hexbear.net 23 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Apparently in El Salvador Nayib Bukele did the exact same thing that got Evo Morales ousted: had the Supreme Court declare that term limits don't apply and got re-elected despite the constitution.

Weird how the US didn't coup him thonk . It's almost as if term limits exist solely to keep leftists from holding power for too long.

[–] Lemister@hexbear.net 15 points 6 days ago

You kinda have to do a coup as a leftist because BS like that gets you taken down if you actually manage to do electorialism.

[–] miz@hexbear.net 11 points 6 days ago (2 children)

term limits exist solely to keep leftists from holding power for too long

Consider term limits. The US Constitution was amended to enforce term limits in direct response to FDR’s popular 12-year presidency (he died in office, going on for 16). As a policy, it is self-evidently quite anti-democratic (robbing the people of a choice), but nevertheless it has been conceptually naturalized to the extent that the 2019 coup against Evo Morales was premised explicitly on the idea that repeated popular electoral victories constituted a form of dictatorship. If rotation was important to avoid corruption or complacency, corporations and supreme courts would institute term limits too. Term limits ensure that in the miraculous scenario that a scrupulous, charismatic, and intelligent individual becomes a rebellious political executive, they won’t be in power long enough to meaningfully challenge the entrenched power of corporate vehicles manned by CEOs with decades of experience. Wolfgang Schäuble, a powerful advocate of austerity policy in Europe, succinctly summarized the extent to which electoral democracy is subordinate: “Elections cannot be allowed to change economic policy.” One Party States and Democratic Centralism are not the result of lack of sophistication or cronyism, they are a proven bulwark that acknowledges that political power will often need to be exerted against the will of Capital, and so the wielders of said power must necessarily undergo a much more serious vetting process than a popularity contest.

from https://redsails.org/why-marxism/

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[–] Lemister@hexbear.net 8 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Pretty rich of Schäuble to critic term limits. Germany doesnt have it and Merkel was Chancellor for 16 years and would have likely been reelected.

[–] Sebrof@hexbear.net 8 points 6 days ago

He wasn't saying that as a criticism, he was saying that as fact that he supported. The quote is from Varafoukas' own accounts in dealing with him.

As he spoke, Schäuble directed a piercing look at Sapin. ‘Elections cannot be allowed to change economic policy,’ he began. Greece had obligations that could not be reconsidered until the Greek programme had been completed, as per the agreements between my predecessors and the troika. The fact that the Greek programme could not be completed was apparently of no concern to him. What startled me more than Wolfgang Schäuble’s belief that elections are irrelevant was his total lack of compunction in admitting to this view

[–] miz@hexbear.net 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I don't really see that he is critiqueing term limits in that quote, it's more about "depoliticizing" economic policy, i.e. removing it from the sphere of things politicians can act on

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[–] Socialism_Is_The_Alternative@hexbear.net 17 points 6 days ago

A little combat footage from the Donbass and Kursk fronts for today.

Russian drones strike Kiev regime military equipment and positions on the Kursk front: https://s5.cdnstatic.space/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/33432.mp4

Russian drone operators repel Kiev regime attacks near Chasov Yar in the DPR: https://news-pravda.com/world/2025/03/29/1189196.html

Russian attack helicopter’s ATGM strike destroys Kiev regime armored vehicle: https://s5.cdnstatic.space/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/33075.mp4

Plus, a bonus video… a Russian soldier has a firm message for NATO: We defeated you. https://news-pravda.com/world/2025/03/29/1189593.html

[–] detergent@hexbear.net 14 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Any news on resistance operations in Gaza? I haven't seen any reports posted here since the ceasefire ended, I checked Radio War Nerd but they didn't say anything about how they are doing, their morale, or whether their operational capacity has been degraded or strengthened

[–] CleverOleg@hexbear.net 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I don't believe the IOF has entered into Gaza in any meaningful sense, just bombs. So there isn't much for the Resistance to do until the IOF (foolishly) tries to put boots on the ground.

[–] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

There is IDF presence in Gaza, mainly in the south around Rafah and Khan Yunis, and in the north around Beit Lahia and Jabalia. And the Netzarim Corridor have been re occupied. So there are IDF troops in Gaza, even outside of the self declared "buffer zones". The most that has been reported is an attempted motar shelling of the IDF troops in terms of confronting them. (Update: the Al Quds Brigades, armed wing of the PIJ, has taken responsibility for that and an explosive device that damaged an Israeli bulldozer). Here's a decent map to get an idea of the current situation: IDF: Blue, Hamas: Orange, "buffer zones": green.

[–] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 8 points 6 days ago

Only news is a handful of rocket launches towards Israel from Gaza.

[–] SexUnderSocialism@hexbear.net 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Amsterdam knife attacker is a 30-year-old Ukrainian, Dutch police say (SexUnderSocialism News)

Earlier this week, there was a knife attack near Dam Square in Amsterdam, in the fascist kingdom of the Netherlands. Five people were randomly stabbed in broad daylight. The suspect was arrested, and has now been identified by police as a 30-year-old man from Ukraine. The country's strictly controlled press claims that the suspect is from the Donetsk region, in the eastern part of Ukraine.

This has fueled wild speculation among the country's homegrown social fascists, who support the Zelensky regime, that Russia was involved in this attack, while the country's Zelenskeptic mask-off fascists see it as an opportunity to strengthen their "anti-war" stance while pushing for more fascism at home.

The suspect's motives remain unclear.

[–] Z_Poster365@hexbear.net 12 points 6 days ago

Schroedinger’s Donbas inhabitant

Both a russian puppet and Ukrainian regime Nazi at the same time

[–] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

US airstrikes on Yemen continue for the 15th night in a row, with multiple airstrikes reported in Saada city and Saada Governorate.

More strikes reported in Saada and Sana'a Governorates.

No statement from the Yemeni Armed Forces tonight. This is the third night in a row of US airstrikes with no statement by them, and there have been no operations against Israel either during this time period (announced or unannounced), no ballistic or cruise missiles launched at Israel.

Al Masirah TV twitter

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