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Hasbara (Hebrew: הַסְבָּרָה) has no direct English translation, but roughly means "explaining". It "seeks to explain actions, whether or not they are justified." “That’s kind of conversation between the sword and the neck.” - Ghassan Kanafani
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“Israeli” “Human Rights Lawyer” Arsen Ostrovsky declares that there are no civilians in Gaza and calls on Trump to carry out ethnic cleansing. Arsen first came on my radar when he was retweeted by my own Democratic congressman @repdangoldman.bsky.social.

German Chancellor Olaf Schulz makes the case that he did not just commit genocide.

Antony Loewenstein’s done some great work on the Israeli weapons industry, so if that’s something you’d like to know more about, I highly recommend checking out his book and additional podcast series “The Palestine Laboratory” (same name for both).

There is a delightful discussion about this run-in here 👇🏻

Betar USA, a pro-Israel organization mostly operating in New York City, recently became notorious for trying to dox protesters and report them to ICE. After even the ADL got sick of their shit and denounced them, they shot back by listing members of the Israeli government who belong to Betar.

Hebrew language Telegram comments (helpfully translated for you here) reacting to the revelation about the identities of the perpetrators. (Source: t.me/newsil_tme/1...)

Cool update: Israeli news is reporting that suspects in last night’s bus bombing attack have been arrested and they’re all Israeli. One of them is an IDF officer. (Sources: t.me/N12chat/120061, t.me/N12chat/120073)

The vast majority of this destruction was done after the “ceasefire”.