As many said, it’s common knowledge if you’ve been generally knowledgeable about the colonialism from the 80s and/or if you’ve been informed because of the current escalation of the genocide.

Israel has had a “military rule” (administratively, judicially, and physically) over a good chunk of Palestinian lands since 1967 (other than what was colonized already). Under military rule law, even the Palestinian flag could put a child in administrative detention (prison with abuse) for an indeterminate amount of time (months to years).

To circumvent the oppressive rule, Palestinians took up the watermelon 🍉 which has the green, black, red, and white of the Palestinian flag.

Um…Israel voted the death penalty by hanging for anyone they deem a terrorist. Gvir had a big hand in pushing that legislation forward…

They’re not civilized at all…

Basque country is one of the many autonomous regions within Spain - based on Spanish constitution, there are varying degrees of autonomy and basque is one of the most autonomous regions, nearly seeing itself as it’s own country and would probably split off from Spain if their economy wasn’t so dependent on remaining Spanish.

I understand it, I just have a dislike for how the “news” which is supposed to be informative and deliver truth (in an ideal world) needs to tip toe around the whims of a genocidal state while not (rightfully) doing the same for other countries like Russia.

“Allege” - the bruises and videos are there.

If you see Bibi’s statement about it, he only condemns that the actions aren’t in line with “Israel’s values” (which is bullshit), but goes on to say that all of these flotilla members are Hamas operatives and that they should be punished.

So speaking out of both sides of his mouth in the same breath.

What about all the young IOF prison guards that gang up and systemically rape and beat Palestinian prisoners?

When the flag symbol is being branded on civilian’s faces during a genocide, it’s a Nazi symbol and flag.

I also support people’s self determination, I don’t like double standards.

So if he’s okay supporting separatists for one country but not the other, then that’s just unabashed foreign interference while looking the other way at what the US does to us.

That’s generous, what Israel does is wait till the person returns home to their family and then bombs the whole home - the “where’s daddy” protocol

https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/5/israel_ai

Fuck NPR trying to white wash and do damage control for the fascist state as if they have rule of law or anything.

Bibi is just annoyed that Gvir’s video is making the rounds, not that Gvir is being an ethnosupremacist cunt.

Will they sanction Israel now? No, they’ll work on implementing laws that stifle their own citizens’ speech.

I wonder how he feels about US delegations meeting with his party colleague Dianelle Smith and the Alberta separatist movement.

Still no sanctions, still buying Israeli goods (like Pegasus spyware), still hosting Israeli politicians - Carney is your typical snake oil salesman, gives good speeches and lies in your face while his hand is in your pocket.

The whole country is filled with massive pieces of shits.

If it’s Pegasus (the infamous Israeli company that tested their product on Palestinians), then it can be done remotely.

For example, Whatsapp has a known security flaw when sharing a link, there’s that picture preview that comes up. In order for that picture preview to display (both on sender and receiver device) the device requests a packet of data.

If they simply have you phone number, then they can see if it’s registered with Whatsapp. They can then send you a fictitious link that they’ve created where, even if you don’t like on it, it will send that packet data to your phone. The packet data can contain malware that is then used to infiltrate your phone.

Whatsapp knows this and has not fixed it.

I’m sorry, this is focusing on one thing rather than the whole.

It’s not just about military spending, it’s the fact that the neoliberal policies are effecting everything from food, to housing, to social safety nets, to etc.

If taxes were raised on companies or high earners, or on unrealized capital gains, etc… then I’m sure there would be more money in government coffers.

Instead, we’re told that the average Canadian has to tighten their belts and pay taxes because of saber rattling while the rich continue unaffected at worst, and at best are raking in piles of money through the government contracts (Carney’s “sovereign wealth fund”).

Poland, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, etc… you’re assuming that the average citizen isn’t annoyed about the expenditure either, or that Germany and Sweden don’t rely on the MID for their economy, or also that their healthcare, housing, cost of living, etc. isn’t better than ours.

Meanwhile 1 in 4 Canadians are going hungry and are asked to foot the bill. Instead of food, we’re going to be handed an enlistment pamphlet.

Thank you for the level-headed and informed response!

Yes, the DRC is definitely less stable than the West African countries affected a decade ago. I know China and parts of Europe have provided aid since the last Ebola epidemic, I’m hoping that aid ramps up to contain this one.

That’s likely the case and they don’t want the additional scrutiny. They already have enough bad publicity with the 3 Ontario officers sexually harassing and assaulting a sex worker in Spain.