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Image is of the Preah Vihear Temple on the Cambodian border. Image sourced from the UNESCO World Heritage website.


Over the last few days, Thailand and Cambodia entered into a heightened stage of conflict due to a long-running border dispute. Like many problems on this planet, Europeans are ultimately to blame - specifically France. Certain sections of the border drawn up by France about a century ago were not fully agreed upon by both sides, with the ownership of some Khmer temples being the most visible points of disagreement.

Despite interventions in favor of Cambodia in the 1960s and later 2010s by the ICJ - one of the mainly mostly useless global institutions that liberals periodically disown - the border conflict has simmered at a generally low level. Of the two countries, Thailand is significantly more militarily and economically powerful.

Last Wednesday, a Thai soldier lost his leg by stepping on a landmine, prompting a rapid escalation between Cambodia and Thailand that has since resulted in dozens of deaths and tens of thousands displaced. Cambodia was willing to come to the negotiating table fairly quickly, but Thailand was more hesitant. International pressure on the two countries by Malaysia, China, and the United States eventually forced Thailand to the table, and they have recently agreed to an immediate ceasefire courtesy of ASEAN.

Notably, Trump refused to hold trade talks with either country until they agreed to peace, which suggests that he really wants a Nobel Peace Prize - which he seems a shoe-in for given that he's met the two most important requirements that several Nobel Peace Prize recipients have needed to meet in the past, which are: 1) start at least one war, and 2) accelerate the genocide of millions of people as billions more people watch on. His policies vis-a-vis ICE creating a domestic terror regime only further increase his chances of winning the prize.


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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.
Simplicius, who publishes on Substack. Like others, his political analysis should be soundly ignored, but his knowledge of weaponry and military strategy is generally quite good.
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.

Pro-Russian Telegram Channels:

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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.
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[–] miz@hexbear.net 116 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

reminder that the coward zionist Bernie Sanders has used the word "genocide" both for Russia's attempts to stop Ukraine's ethnic cleansing of the Donbas and proxy war of NATO encroachemnt, and about China's supposed treatment of the Uyghurs, but still has not done so for the disgusting livestreamed genocide happening in Occupied Palestine. I expect that when he finally stops defending zionism will be when he dies and then I will spit on his grave. also I want my donations back you scumbag

EDIT: uhh source https://xcancel.com/zei_squirrel/status/1951047259996504123

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[–] dougfir@hexbear.net 114 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Chris Smalls, cofounder of the union for amazon workers, was on the latest Freedom Flotilla for Gaza and has been severely beaten by Israeli cops in detention. Smalls, who is Black, was the only abducted member of the crew to suffer such violence. he and the other activists are on a hunger strike https://xcancel.com/GazaFFlotilla/status/1950053773835108448#m

[–] Cimbazarov@hexbear.net 66 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Jeez was it because of us-foreign-policy or did he do something to agitate them? I think i already know the answer

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[–] redchert@lemmygrad.ml 109 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)
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[–] sempersigh@hexbear.net 106 points 3 weeks ago (56 children)

News thread discussing potential nuclear war, genocide, some ten paragraph analysis of the political situation in Estonia or something:

News thread discussing a certain candidate in the nyc mayoral election;

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[–] AlHouthi4President@lemmy.ml 101 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

Persian leopard managed to escape its enclosure, attacks and kills israeli settler zookeeper 36 year old Uriel Nuri at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo.

The leopard is ok 👍

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[–] smokeppb@hexbear.net 101 points 2 weeks ago

London underground yesterday:

[–] Lovely_sombrero@hexbear.net 97 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)
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[–] OnceUponATimeInWeHo@hexbear.net 94 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine leader Marwan Abdel-Al to L'Humanité:

“The so-called two-state solution conference is not so much a peace initiative as it is a recycling of a political illusion that reality has surpassed. The conference, in format and timing, resembles an official funeral for a solution that no longer exists except in diplomatic statements. What is being presented today under the title of “two-state solution” does not constitute a project for liberation, but rather a permanent management of a colonial tragedy.

Europe, including France, may now theoretically recognize a Palestinian state, but in reality, it finances coexistence projects with the occupation, funded the war—being the mother of the nuclear bomb—and avoids any real measures against settlements, the siege, or stopping the genocide.

Palestinians do not need more words, but clear political action: recognition of a sovereign, independent state, the removal of the occupation, and an end to Western colonial partnerships with the "israeli" apartheid regime.

The real solution begins with changing the balance of power on the ground. Our people want an end to the occupation... not an international absolution.

Most Palestinians—especially the new generation—have come to consider this solution a political trap. How can one speak of “two states” when there are projects of annihilation, ethnic cleansing, annexation, and expansion, and there are more than 700,000 settlers in the West Bank?

Where is the state in the shadow of a wall that separates families, and with crossings managed at the whim of occupation soldiers?

We are not demanding a symbolic entity under "israeli" sovereignty; rather, we want real liberation, the right of return, and historical justice.

The majority of Palestinians, at home and in the diaspora, have come to see it as an illusion. How can we talk about "two states"? The issue has moved beyond symbolic recognition to a question of justice, the right of return, and the dismantling of the apartheid system.

The Palestine Liberation Organization is the product of a national experience and the foundation of Palestinian national action, and its pandemic stems from this basis.

[What is the alternative?] The alternative is the dismantling of the colonial system from its roots. The alternative is not a ready-made recipe, but a long liberatory path. It begins, however, with the recognition that Israel is not a "democratic" state but a colonial regime, as happened in South Africa. We do not reject the "two-state solution" because we are radicals, but because it is no longer viable.

The alternative is a single democratic state on the entire land, where all people are equal without religious or ethnic discrimination. Or, at the very least, a liberation framework that opens the door to all options, far from the logic of "peace in exchange for submission."

Palestine today is a mirror to the world: between international law and the force of arms, between the victim and propaganda. Standing with Palestine is a test of human conscience, not just a political stance. We do not want the colonial system to use the proposal of a two-state solution to whitewash its record or its inaction. This requires the French left to free itself from the pressure of the dominant imperialist media or the fear of moral blackmail. We expect the left to reclaim its radical language: to say that what is happening in Palestine is not a conflict, but settler-colonialism and systematic genocide. And to stand with the truth without a false equivalence between the murderer and the victim. There is no neutrality in the face of genocide.

We are not asking for emotional solidarity, but for political and moral commitment. Palestine today is not just the cause of a people being slaughtered, but a universal issue in which our humanity is being tested.

If Palestine falls, international standards and justice fall with it. From Paris to Gaza, the battle is one: against fascism and the new racism, and against the colonial memory that has not yet died.”

https://t.me/PalestineResist/80594

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[–] OnceUponATimeInWeHo@hexbear.net 87 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (6 children)

“ZIONIST SOLDIERS BARBECUED inside their APC

Footage released by Al-Qassam Brigades shows a resistance fighter throw an IED inside one of the Zionist APCs targeted in the ambush 2 days ago (post above); the end of the footage shows a Zionist excavator burying the APC to put out the fire

The enemy only admitted to 3 killed and others wounded in the ambush“

https://t.me/PalCommie/5851

https://tankie.tube/w/tXBZ3xqW6LXUqfhsG3nJFQ

These men are blowing up APCs and setting ambushes in bare feet (separate video). Incredible and inspiring

[–] Gucci_Minh@hexbear.net 64 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Just straight up hanging out hatches open yet 0 infantry cover, 0 situational awareness. The iof aren't even worthy of the grueling training the resistance had to do. If they didn't have full impunity in the air, they would be absolutely thrashed.

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[–] Rojo27@hexbear.net 84 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (10 children)

I like how when talking about the shooting victims in the NYC shooting they lead with "a mom" and then point out she was a Blackstone executive. Like damn, I wonder why they wouldn't just say Blackstone executive.

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[–] miz@hexbear.net 84 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

Israel [sic] abducted starving children at Gaza “aid” sites, then tortured them | Electronic Intifada

excerptOne of the children testified to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights that at the time of the kidnapping, the Israeli [sic] soldiers beat him with his hands and a stick and forced him to take off his clothes. He said that he and the other children were all placed inside metal cages that were one square meter large, where it was impossible to lay down or sit comfortably, and were given rotten food to eat.

“They then took me to a barrack containing four rooms with steel mesh roofs and concrete floors,” the child said. “The rooms had beds without mattresses and only one blanket. We were forced to remain seated on the beds all day and were not allowed to move.”

The child said that he was interrogated for a full week, with daily sessions of four-hour questioning about “Hamas, tunnels, hostages, cameras, handmade bombs, and identifying houses in my residential area.”

The Israeli [sic] interrogator, the child explained, “was dissatisfied with my answers because I had no answers to his questions. He beat me with his hands while my hands and feet were tied to a chair. Sometimes the interrogation was done without anger or threats, because the investigator already knew detailed information about my family, which made me fear for them.”

The child was taken to what is known as the “disco room,” where Hebrew-language songs “were played loudly, and the air conditioner was set to a high temperature. I was blindfolded and my hands and feet were tied to a pipe all day. I remained there for seven days on the floor,” he said.

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[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 83 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (38 children)

Sky News (tv) has been banging on ALL DAY that China is preparing to invade Taiwan. Why are they suddenly on this shit again? Is it true? I don't even know anymore.

[–] Lovely_sombrero@hexbear.net 65 points 3 weeks ago

News: The United States of America are preparing to invade Florida

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[–] AlHouthi4President@lemmy.ml 82 points 3 weeks ago

Despite heavy rainfall, in the capital Sana'a, the people of Yemen once again took to the streets in a powerful show of solidarity with the people of Gaza.

August 1, 2025.

[–] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 80 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

The recent rants of Dmitry Medvedev, ex President and Prime Minister of Russia, and current deputy head of the security council. Medvedev has been Putin's right hand man since the 1990s, for over three decades, this is why what he says matters to an extent. Russia uses Medvedev's social media posts and ramblings to portray more controversial (and sometimes straight up outrageous) opinions, allowing Putin to avoid the flak, and allowing for these posts to be seperate from official government statements. A "good cop bad cop" strategy, if you will. Medvedev's not just a random shit poster, though you'd be forgiven for thinking that, given just how out there some of his statements are. Up until now, no one has taken what he's said completely seriously, because of the above. But that's changed.

Medvedev, July 15th, in response to Trump's press conference with NATO leader Rutte on Twitter:

Trump issued a theatrical ultimatum to the Kremlin. The world shuddered, expecting the consequences. Belligerent Europe was disappointed. Russia didn’t care.

The usual type of thing you'd expect from him. But Medvedev's tone changed abruptly two days later, July 17th, in a TASS interview. Turns out Russia did actually care, and Medvedev starts talking about pre-emptive strikes:

"We [Russia] need to act accordingly. To respond in full. And if necessary, launch preemptive strikes [against NATO]. What is happening today is a proxy war, but in essence it is a full-scale war (launches of Western missiles, satellite intelligence, etc.), sanctions packages, loud statements about the militarisation of Europe".

On July 28th, when Trump announced a 10 day deadline for a ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war, Medvedev took to Twitter again:

Trump's playing the ultimatum game with Russia: 50 days or 10… He should remember 2 things:

  1. Russia isn't Israel or even Iran.
  2. Each new ultimatum is a threat and a step towards war. Not between Russia and Ukraine, but with his own country. Don't go down the Sleepy Joe road!

And in response to Lindsey Graham:

It's not for you or Trump to dictate when to 'get at the peace table'. Negotiations will end when all the objectives of our military operation have been achieved. Work on America first, gramps!

Medvedev then took to his personal Telegram to issue a thinly veiled nuclear threat, with regards to a second strike this time:

About Trump's threats against me on his personal network Truth, which he banned from operating in our country

If some words of the former president of Russia cause such a nervous reaction from the whole so formidable president of the USA, it means that Russia is right in everything and will continue to go its way.

And about India and Russia's "dead economy" and "entering dangerous territory" - well, let him remember his favourite Walking Dead movies and how dangerous a non-existent "dead hand"😂 can be.

In reference to the Perimeter/Dead Hand nuclear weapons control system in Russia, designed to launch Russia's ICBMs even if all command centres are taken out, by detecting radiation from a first strike on Russia. It's speculated to be both operational in a semi automatic mode, where a commander must first activate/switch on the system, and after that it can operate in a fully automatic mode, operating without the need of human intervention to launch ICBMs. Medvedev could be hinting that the system is in high alert mode/operating fully automatically at the moment, or threatening to put it in such a mode.

Trump and the United States have, for the first time, chosen to take Medvedev seriously and at his word, and have publicly announced that two Ohio Class Ballistic Missile Submarines are currently patrolling with Russia in mind , via Trump on Truth Social.

Based on the highly provocative statements of the Former President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, who is now the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, I have ordered two Nuclear Submarines to be positioned in the appropriate regions, just in case these foolish and inflammatory statements are more than just that. Words are very important, and can often lead to unintended consequences, I hope this will not be one of those instances. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Each Ohio Class SSBN can carry 24 Trident II SLBMs each, with either 8 high yield nuclear warheads (475kt W88) per Trident II, or 12 lower yield warheads (5-100kt W76, depending on variant) per Trident II. Under the NEW START treaty, the SSBNs were limited to 20 Trident IIs each, and averaged around 4 warheads per Trident II. But Russia withdrew NEW START in 2023, neither Russia or the United States are obligated to follow it as of now, and it's set to expire in February 2026. The submarines were likely already there beforehand, the US has 4 SSBNs on patrol at any time. Trump's statement just serves as a very public reminder. Russia is not the only country that can play this game in the media with thinly veiled nuclear threats, and mentioning pre-emptive and second strike capabilitiy, is what Trump is trying to say.

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[–] AlHouthi4President@lemmy.ml 79 points 3 weeks ago

Posted on EQB Al Qassam official telegram

Captioned: They eat from what we eat ,They drink from what we drink

This is commenting on the recently released videos of settler prisoners talking about how they are starving alongside Gazans.

There were large protests in tel aviv in response to the released videos, demanding a deal.

[–] joaomarrom@hexbear.net 78 points 3 weeks ago

Treating Gaza's Collective Trauma

I have no words. If there is one thing that I firmly believe it's that the people who supported this and who let this happen should never ever ever be able to live it down. In fact I don't think they should ever be able to live at all.

[–] Aradino@hexbear.net 78 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

90,000 people marched across the Sydney harbour bridge for Palestine, 40,000 more than the organisers expected.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-03/pro-palestinian-march-sydney-melbourne-august-3/105605280

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[–] Lovely_sombrero@hexbear.net 77 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (5 children)

The Kamala Harris campaign has made $7 million in 2025 so far! Being a Dem consultant is awesome.

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[–] SexMachineStalin@hexbear.net 75 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

There was a protest outside the home of John Acree (the Neo-Nazi who is the head of the GHF) on 26 July.

hero-of-socialist-labor to Nebuchadnezzar ☭ for divulging the Nazi monster's address for others to use as they deem appropriate.

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[–] thethirdgracchi@hexbear.net 74 points 3 weeks ago (13 children)

So the trade "deal" between the EU and the United States is naked capitulation, no doubt about it. America gets 15% tariffs on goods coming from the EU, the EU drops tariffs entirely on American goods like cars, and pledges to spend hundreds of billions on American weaponry (which it was already doing because of Trump's "5% of GDP" NATO push earlier in the year) and some other hundreds of billions on undefined "American investments." But surprise surprise, this "deal" was negotiated between Trump and von der Leyen, the ostensible "head" of the EU but not the head of any one nation state, and she basically just admitted that that $600 billion investment the "EU" is promising is just smoke and mirrors.

The European Union has admitted it doesn’t have the power to deliver on a promise to invest $600 billion in the United States economy, only hours after making the pledge at landmark trade talks in Scotland. That’s because the cash would come entirely from private sector investment over which Brussels has no authority, two EU officials said.

“It is not something that the EU as a public authority can guarantee. It is something which is based on the intentions of the private companies,” said one of the senior Commission officials. The Commission has not said it will introduce any incentives to ensure the private sector meets that $600 billion target, nor given a precise timeframe for the investment.

So basically, like the deal with Japan, the EU is "promising" to invest a shit ton of money but there's no mechanism to ensure or even outline that investment, and I would be shocked if it ends up investing even a fraction of that outside of the existing arms deals. Obviously a capitulation to their imperial overlords, but perhaps not as bad as the deal initially looked.

Per https://www.politico.eu/article/eus-600bn-us-investment-will-come-exclusively-from-private-sector/

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[–] Boise_Idaho@hexbear.net 74 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

https://xcancel.com/HudaAmmori/status/1950548115024421112

BREAKING: Permission granted for a full judicial review of the Home Secretary's decision to proscribe Palestine Action.

If the legal challenge is successful, the ban would be quashed and rendered unlawful.

This is a significant win against the state.

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[–] Nomisslehere@hexbear.net 74 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

We have another crashed F-35 in Central California
Non-archive Link sicko-yes

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[–] ourtimewillcome@hexbear.net 73 points 3 weeks ago

Gaza famine ‘unlike anything in this century,’ experts warn – the cradle

Scores of skeletal children and aid-seekers killed at distribution points underscore the total humanitarian collapse imposed by Israel

the image in the article is extremely disturbing, death to Israel

[–] Socialism_Is_The_Alternative@hexbear.net 73 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] StillNoLeftLeft@hexbear.net 73 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

Some smol bean nazi country news:

Looks like the question of Palestine might break the Finnish government coalition.

The people in charge atm are all top tier ghouls, including the turbolib nato president. Here's hoping that this will bring down the house of the people who mostly compete on who is the least or most fascist, depending on the issue.

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[–] Salem@hexbear.net 71 points 3 weeks ago (16 children)

Why is the starvation of Gaza the pivotal point for these western liberal democracies and not the genocidal rhetoric, bombing, and annihilation beforehand?

Is it because the starvation is more apparent an act of sadism than simply immolating civilian population through bombings?

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[–] OnceUponATimeInWeHo@hexbear.net 71 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

NSFL: footage of decaying bodies from the netazarim death camp (“””aid site”””)

Death to Israel, death to america, no punishment is too great, either in this world or the next

https://t.me/PalestineResist/80549

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[–] OnceUponATimeInWeHo@hexbear.net 71 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (256 children)

Zohran Mamdani claims he has “grown” from previous “defund the police” tweets while speaking to reporters at a cop funeral

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[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 70 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The Russian Tsars did a great deal that was bad. They robbed and enslaved the people. They waged wars and seized territories in the interests of landowners. But they did one thing that was good – they amassed an enormous state, all the way to Kamchatka. We have inherited that state. And, for the first time, we, the Bolsheviks, have consolidated and strengthened that state as a united and indivisible state, not in the interests of the landowners and the capitalists, but for the benefit of the workers, of all the peoples that make up that state. We have united the state in such a way that if any part were isolated from the common socialist state, it would not only inflict harm on the latter but would be unable to exist independently and would inevitably fall under foreign subjugation.

~ Stalin, The Diary of Georgi Dimitrov, 1933-1949

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[–] very_poggers_gay@hexbear.net 70 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Report suggests arms still flow from Canada to Israel despite denials

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Link to the report itself. Plus some highlights:

While former Foreign Affairs Minister Joly and Prime Minister Trudeau, as well as current Prime Minister Mark Carney have repeatedly insisted that Canada has restricted arms exports to Israel, this report uncovers:

47 shipments with detailed commercial shipping records uncovered from manufacturers in Canada selling military-related components to Israeli weapons companies between October 2023 and July 2025;

421,070 bullets exported to Israel since the Gaza assault began, including one shipment in April 2025 alone containing 175,000 bullets;

Three shipments of cartridges from a General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GD-OTS) facility in Repentigny, Quebec, including one that occurred nine days after the then-Foreign Affairs Minister publicly pledged that Canada would block munitions exports from the same Quebec company to the Israeli military;

391 shipments including bullets, military equipment, weapons parts, aircraft components, and communication devices exported from Canada to Israel between October 2023 and June 2025, according to data from the Israeli Tax Authority (ITA) - representing only a portion of total exports;

Shipments from seven Canadian cities destined primarily for Israel’s largest weapons company Elbit Systems and its subsidiaries, along with other Israeli defence firms including Elta Systems, WaldyTech, Snunit Aviation and NIRON Systems;

Around 100 international flights transporting Canadian components to Israel – 64 of them commercial passenger flights where military cargo was loaded beneath civilian travelers on routes through Frankfurt, Paris, New York, Abu Dhabi, and New Delhi.

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[–] da_gay_pussy_eatah@hexbear.net 70 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

https://archive.is/L6pKH

There was a shooting at the Blackstone offices in NYC, got like 5 people with one officer-down. "Motives unclear" but I suspect luigi-dance

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[–] dougfir@hexbear.net 69 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (6 children)

Things are great for the US economy at the moment:

"May’s estimated 144,000 net gain [in jobs] was revised down by 125,000 to 19,000; and June’s preliminary tally of 147,000 was slashed by 133,000 to 14,000, according to data released Friday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics ... the meager job gains in June were the weakest since December 2020, the last time the labor market had monthly job losses. The pace of job creation seen so far this year is the weakest in decades, outside of recessions ... Health care and social assistance, which added 73,300 jobs, accounted for the entirety of [July]’s gains."

I'm sure the big beautiful bill's cuts to health care and social services will make things even better

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[–] WIIHAPPYFEW@hexbear.net 69 points 3 weeks ago (25 children)

Mark Carney says Canada will recognize Palestine as a country only if they hold Hamas-less elections by the end of 2026 and completely demilitarize. I would compare this to apartheid bantustans but at least those didn’t have half their de jure territory blocked off from them by their overlords

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[–] Lovely_sombrero@hexbear.net 68 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This is a company that officially has $37 billion cash on hand.

Tesla (TSLA) is not paying its bills, and this has led to at least two small American businesses going bankrupt. The automaker had over $110 million in liens with contractors over the last 5 years.

In two cases, contractors, most often small American businesses, had to file for bankruptcy due to the unpaid bills.

https://electrek.co/2025/08/01/tesla-tsla-is-not-paying-bills-destroying-small-american-businesses/

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[–] Lovely_sombrero@hexbear.net 68 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

One month ago I was banned from r/europe for saying that all that the EU will do is just buy more oil & gas and weapons from the US. And I was being too pessimistic, this deal is much worse!

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[–] Metabola@hexbear.net 66 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Two reports released today concluding Israel is committing genocide, both by Israeli orgs. Nothing we didn't already know but useful for convincing libs.

Our Genocide (B'Tselem, 88 pages)

ConclusionSince Israel launched its assault on the Gaza Strip, we have witnessed relentless human suffering and loss of life on a scale unimaginable just months prior. Entire cities bombed and razed, with scarcely a house left standing; hundreds of thousands torn from their lives, roaming dusty roads like human shadows, with what little they could take on their backs, searching for temporary shelter; adults and children jostling in endless lines for a little food, risking life and limb for the chance to feed their starving families; and above all, death looming everywhere. This is a human catastrophe being broadcast live from the inferno. Genocide goes beyond the horrific harm to its direct victims. It is an assault on humanity itself: on the fundamental belief that every life is precious, and the core principle that every human being is entitled to basic rights affording protection from arbitrary violence. History shows that attempting to eradicate a group of human beings is a crime with catastrophic consequences — a crime that every person has the duty to oppose and act to stop immediately. This is a moral, legal, and human imperative: to acknowledge the facts, call them by name, stand with the victims, and demand an end to destruction and extermination while they unfold.

The review presented in this report leaves no room for doubt: since October 2023, the Israeli regime has been responsible for carrying out genocide against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Killing tens of thousands of people; causing bodily or mental harm to hundreds of thousands more; destroying homes and civilian infrastructure on a massive scale; starvation, displacement, and denying humanitarian aid — all this is being perpetrated systematically, as part of a coordinated attack aimed at annihilating all facets of life in the Gaza Strip. Moreover, Israel's decision to continue this assault despite countless warnings and ample evidence of its deadly consequences, combined with repeated public clarifications by Israeli policymakers that the target is the entire population of Gaza, demonstrate the intent of Israel's political and military leadership to irreversibly destroy Palestinian life in the Gaza Strip.

While genocide is underway in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli regime is leading an assault on the Palestinian population in the West Bank and a policy of egregious rights violations against Palestinian citizens of Israel. The form and extent of these actions may vary across the different areas under Israel's control, but they are rooted in the same underlying logic: denial of Palestinian humanity. In a process beginning with the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 and expedited after the criminal Hamas attack on 7 October 2023, the lives and dignity of Palestinians have come to be regarded as disposable by most Jewish-Israelis, and violence against them normalized.

The routine killing and destruction in the Gaza Strip and the forced displacement of tens of thousands in the West Bank would not have been possible without international inaction in the face of the unfathomable scale and severity of these crimes. Most of these crimes have been extensively documented and made public throughout almost two years of war. Yet many state leaders, particularly in Europe and the United States, have not only refrained from effective action to stop the genocide but enabled it — through statements affirming Israel's "right to self-defense" or active support, including the shipment of weapons and ammunition. Even after the International Court of Justice ruled there is plausible risk that Israel's actions amount to genocidal acts, and even after the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Prime Minister Netanyahu and then-Defense Minister Gallant on suspicion of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the international community failed to bring these actions to an immediate halt and hold those responsible to account.

The genocidal nature of Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip and the international community's failure to prevent them will not only affect Israel's future conduct toward the Palestinian people. They are also likely to reshape norms of conduct in international relations and the protection of human rights around the world. Trampling fundamental principles of international law underfoot, and blatantly disregarding the moral norms that shaped the post-WWII world order, may turn the use of indiscriminate lethal force and deliberate targeting of civilians into the starting point in the conduct of future violent conflicts. Confronting the immense destruction and moral disintegration requires not only acknowledging the crimes but also commitment to action and to accountability — both international and domestic. We acknowledge that rebuilding after such devastation will be a long and arduous task that will require a fundamental shift in the foundations of the88Conclusion Israeli regime. This change is essential also because the Israeli regime, which has stripped every moral value and obligation of meaning, is a danger to all people under its rule. Therefore, everything must be done to prevent it from claiming more victims.

In the immediate term, the recognition that the Israeli regime is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip and the deep concern that it may expand to other areas where Palestinians live under Israeli rule demand urgent and unequivocal action from both Israeli society and the international community.

This is the time to act. This is the time to save those who have not yet been lost forever, and use every means available under international law to stop Israel's genocide of the Palestinians.

Destruction of Conditions of Life: A Health Analysis of the Gaza Genocide (Physicians for Human Life Israel, 65 pages)

SummaryPhysicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) presents this health-focused legal analysis of Israel's military campaign in Gaza since October 2023, concluding that it constitutes genocide under the 1948 Genocide Convention. The evidence shows a deliberate and systematic dismantling of Gaza's health and life-sustaining systems - through targeted attacks on hospitals, obstruction of medical aid and evacuations, and the killing and detention of healthcare personnel.

Over a 22-month period, Israel's actions have destroyed Gaza's healthcare infrastructure in a manner that is both calculated and systematic. The chronology of attacks reveals a deliberate progression: beginning with the bombing and forced evacuation of hospitals in northern Gaza, the health system's collapse extended southward as displaced populations overwhelmed remaining facilities, which were then subjected to further bombardment, siege, and resource deprivation. Gaza's health system has been systematically dismantled - its hospitals rendered non-functional, medical evacuations blocked, and essential services like trauma care, surgery, dialysis, and maternal health eliminated. The killing and detention of over 1,800 healthcare workers, including many senior specialists, has decimated Gaza's medical capacity and rendered recovery nearly impossible. Humanitarian relief has been deliberately restricted, forcing civilians to approach militarized distribution points that have often become sites of mass killings. This coordinated assault has produced a cascading failure of health and humanitarian infrastructure, compounded by policies leading to starvation, disease, and the breakdown of sanitation, housing, and education systems.

This paper also addresses evidence of mass killing and widespread harm. As of mid-2025, over 57,000 Palestinians - primarily women and children - have been confirmed killed, with estimates nearing 100,000 when indirect deaths are included. Tens of thousands have been injured, including thousands of amputees and individuals requiring long-term care that is unavailable due to the collapsed health system. Gaza residents who have been detained and held in Israeli facilities6 report systematic torture, medical neglect, and degrading treatment, contributing to both physical and psychological harm. Children face psychological trauma, while women endure sharp increases in miscarriages, preterm births, and maternal mortality amid famine and lack of reproductive healthcare services.

PHRI concludes that these acts are not incidental to war, but rather part of a deliberate policy targeting Palestinians as a group. They fulfill at least three core acts defined in Article II of the Genocide Convention: (a) killing members of the group; (b) causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; and (c) deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its destruction in whole or in part.

Despite international legal rulings, Israel has not complied with its obligations, and global enforcement remains weak. PHRI urges international bodies and states to fulfill their duty under Article I of the Genocide Convention to stop the Gaza genocide. The organization also calls on the global health and humanitarian communities to act, as the destruction of Gaza's health system is not only a legal violation but a humanitarian catastrophe demanding urgent global solidarity and response.

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[–] Parzivus@hexbear.net 66 points 3 weeks ago (19 children)
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[–] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 65 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (11 children)

So why are multiple countries, including Qatar (where much of Hamas' civil leadership is currently located), Egypt, the UK, France and other EU member states suddenly putting out statements or making UN statements about recognising a Palestinian Authority led Palestine State, with Gaza demilitirised and Hamas surrendering all power?

I think it's because of the latest Israeli ultimatum, according to Israeli sources. These sources have said that if Hamas do not sign the "60 day ceasefire", Israel will formally annex parts of Gaza, speculated to be the so called "buffer zone" first, followed by the rest of Gaza if no agreement is reached. The Israeli plan is obviously supported by the United States, if the US didn't come up with it themselves. There's speculated to be a 48 hour countdown on this, which started at 14:00 UTC, July 29th. It's currently 01:00 UTC, July 31st, so 35 hours have passed. This means that Israel, if they're going to follow through on this, will have to announce the plan sometime on July 31st. This would explain all the statements on recognising a Palestinian state sans Hamas that have come out over the past days, both a last ditch effort to pressure Hamas into signing the 60 day ceasefire/surrender (especially in the case of Qatar) to avoid the formal annexation being triggered, and as a way for some western European countries to wash their hands clean of the potential upcoming formal annexation of Gaza, as they won't officially recognise it.

I could obviously be very wrong here, this is speculation. But the timeline is very coincidental. It also lines up with the September 2025 part of the Palestinian recognition. If a 60 day ceasefire is signed on July 31st, it would last until 29 September.

Why is a formal annexation different from current and previous Israeli military occupation? To reverse/undo annexation, two thirds of the Israeli parliament must vote in favour of it's reversal (80/120 seats) or a national referendum must vote in favour of reversal, according to past precedent. The military or Netanyahu can't just decide to withdraw if annexation goes forward, any withdrawal or reversal will require large political alignment.

Netanyahu Proposes to Annex Parts of Gaza in Attempt to Appease Far-right Minister if Hamas Does Not Agree to a Deal - Haaretz

Yes this is a low follower random twitter account, but their reporting has been highly accurate in the past:

Israel is set to decide on the annexation of territory in the Gaza Strip within 48 hours, should Hamas fail to agree to a deal - 29 July 2025, 14:00UTC

Prime Minister Netanyahu is considering a plan to annex territories in Gaza if Hamas doesn't agree to a ceasefire plan - ABC News New York affiliate

Qatar, Saudi, Egypt join call for Hamas to disarm, give up Gaza rule - France24

Precedent on annexation, archive link

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[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 65 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Rishi Sunak, PM of Israel.

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[–] gwysibo@hexbear.net 80 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

how is recognising statehood contingent on a ceasefire? either you believe they deserve a state or you don't

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[–] AlHouthi4President@lemmy.ml 65 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Satellite image (source) of starving Palestinians in southern Gaza converging on the small number of aid trucks that were allowed in and not looted by us-israeli backed gangs....Image from July 26, 2025.

Civil society organizations in Gaza have reported that the small number of trucks that get to the people are redirected by the child-killing israeli army away from any warehouses of international institutions which would allow for fair and equitable distribution of goods. Instead the people of Gaza are subjected to another layer of humiliation. Its truly endless the layers of depravity of the us-israeli.

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[–] AlHouthi4President@lemmy.ml 63 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

"Basically the rate of killing is the rate of profit"

Lebanese Marxist Economist Ali Kadri delivered a very important interview this weekend that I highly reccomend.

https://www.youtube.com/live/J1HNOqzu8W4

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