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#Palestine # welfare state Socialist, Irish, Worker. Worked in Korea and China for 12 years now living in Ireland. MA in early modern history (UCD) and Social Policy (UClan)
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Israeli military says it has begun new ground operation in Gaza www.irishtimes.com/world/middle... #Gaza #Israel #Palestine #US / again,”new ground operation” minimalises the savagery evoked by a violent “invasion” on top of deliberate starvation amidst devastation.’Israel begins another invasion’

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#Israel #US #Palestine #gaza / This is the savagery western media casually refer to as “a new operation”

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www.rte.ie/news/middle-... #Israel #gaza #Palestine #US / “launched a new ground operation” . This is an “invasion”“Israel launched an invasion into besieged and destroyed Gaza”. “Operation” minimalises the extreme violence of a modern army towards a defenceless starved population in a genocide

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#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #US / By whom? Israel missing from the headline amazingly. Perpetrator of a killing omitted from a headline. “Israel kills UN staffer in an attack on an internationally protected UN guesthouse” Surely that captures the event better. Stop minimising Israeli savagery

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#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #US “relative calm” doing a lot of work here, like a genocidal siege, and 150 civilians killed during that time, and then there’s the violence in the West Bank , Israel’s worst attack since ‘67

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#Israel #Gaza #Palestine #US “Israeli attack killed at least six Palestinians “ changes the tone somewhat and more appropriate than “strike”

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#Israel never plays by the rules, that’s for the others Hamas, etc. Israel consistently destroys infrastructure, bombs schools, hospitals during every assault on #Palestine #gaza / “loosening the rules” falsely implies they abide by the law usually, when the opposite is true #US

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#Israel #palestine #US / this isn’t a war. Ukraine is a war between 2equipped armies. Palestinians in #Gaza or West Bank don’t have tanks, anti aircraft guns,or even helmets ffs. It’s a slaughter of civilians,a genocide. A few guys running around in sandals with magyver style weaponry is not an army

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#Israel genocide of #Palestine continues. It’s not a war nor on Hamas only. #gaza has no defense against a modern military machine intent on complete annihilation. During WW2 would u refer to the Nazi Jews war ?. Enough of your “Israel Hamas war” bullshit. #US #UK

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#Palestine #Westbank #gaza #Israel #US / The war on Palestine never ceased as the West Bank came under worst attack since 67’. Gaza ceasefire violated before yesterday 150 dead, and they publicly reneged on the original ceasefire, while committing a war crime cutting of aid. Israel says shit

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#Israel #Gaza #Ireland #Palestine / Maybe the IDF soldier in Dublin hotel might get more than a spit next time he comes to Ireland. In the same league as ISIS now

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#Israel #Palestine #gaza #ireland #US / “loses”. They are not car keys. They were ‘killed’, ‘slaughtered’ in ‘horrific Israeli attack’ .It was an attack,an act of aggression by a state that publicly reneged on an agreed ceasefire. Always the victim never the aggressor despite killing 13,000 children

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#Israel #Palestine #gaza #US #UK / “Israeli air strikes” Does Israel ever simply attack at all? “Israeli attacks on Gaza’ is more accurate in violation of a ceasefire they publicly reneged on.

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#Israel #Palestine #gaza #Ireland typical weasely both sidesism from our government. “All parties”. Israel has violated and actually reneged publicly on the ceasefire agreed previously. No secret there

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#Israel #gaza #palestine #US “Deadly new strikes in Gaza” by who? “Israel kills 400 using US made bombs” you know, connect the reader to the event. That’s what journalism is supposed to do

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#Israel #Gaza #US #Palestine / Should read “ killed by Israeli US made bombs” , which would be of interest to US readers. That would be responsible journalism

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#Ireland #US / This tiresome shtick. Don’t look at my extraordinary wealth, I’m like you, watch football, drink beer and “what about those foreigners anyway”, just don’t look at my extraordinary wealth, my property portfolio, my extensive business empire just like yours

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#Israel #UK #US #Palestine no contradiction here. Likud believes antisemitism is innate to human nature. They accept this as long as it’s ‘out there’ justifying the existence of their own racist state. Yes, it’s that insane. Make life hell for diaspora Jews so they will come to Israel.

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#Russia #China #US #gaza #Israel #Palestine When the media is the source of disinformation and the US president and Elon Musk, the far right here in Ireland, we don’t need to frame this in a xenophobic way. Easy prey when western institutions have lost all credibility. Start by fixing those

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#US #Gaza #Israel #Palestine Alternatively “Israel breaks ceasefire again by killing more Palestinians” That’s what has actually happened

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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m... / #Israel #Gaza #Palestine #UK #US / headline should read ‘destroyed by Israel’. The above headline minimises and obscures Israel’s systematic erasure of Palestinian identity history and culture

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#UK /Yes, but going to a psychiatrist and being given pills and told that your brain chemistry is the problem, after describing your mind numbing job, financial stress etc individualises a structural problem. It’s not a substitute for collective action. Same with corporate wellness nonsense

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The Irish Times view of events in #Gaza: despite the ceasefire, civilians are still suffering www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit... #Ireland #Israel #US there’s no both sides ing a genocide! Editorial describes a genocide without naming it, equating Hamas holding of hostages as “abuse of civilians”

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Yes. The same way #Israel has been masquerading as the “only liberal democracy in the Middle East” since 1948 . #Palestine #Gaza #US #westbank #UK

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#UK #US Why should ‘bond investors’ have so much power over our lives? Have so much control over collectively produced wealth? What’s government for or the economic system for that matter ? Why do we consent to a system that’s about providing security to everyone not for securing wealth4 a minority

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www.rte.ie/news/world/2... “14 killed” by who? Israel of course. Important information missing from the headline. #Israel #Gaza #Palestine #US #Ireland

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#Israel #Palestine #Gaza /A Palestinian attacked “Hamas militant” no matter how peripheral, (if at all,accusation is enough) cos lives are complex. “Israeli man” IDF soldier recently. Complexity+humanity emphasised4Israelis, Palestinians presented as “terrorists” “Hamas affiliated” humanity erased.

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#Israel #Palestine #gaza /Makes sense when one believes antisemitism is a given fact of nature driving the need for one’s own state. Ben Gurion did say Anti Semites (in other countries) could be our greatest allies. Shlaim refers to Israel provoking hatred of Jews in Iraq.

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www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025... #Israel #Palestine #gaza / The weasely conflation of Jews with Zionism+Israel again. “Performative” support for Palestinians, support4Hamas “dedicated to the destruction of Israel” elides the fact that Israel has consistently tried to eradicate Palestinian identity

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www.irishtimes.com/business/202... #Ireland #housing Continue to bleed the state dry of subsidies, as the state competes to keep prices artificially high, impacting job creation as people have less money to spend in the economy. No thanks

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#US #Israel #Palestine / key point here is who is making the determination, the gatekeepers who can revoke privileged status as they please. There is an acceptance of subordination here whether intentional or not. Trusting a racist who decides your status should be humiliating

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#US #Israel #Palestine #Gaza / Lot of people claiming this might be the end of Israel, with the death of liberal Zionism and shared “western values”. Rests on the assumption that the west will tilt back from the authoritarian trend which is by no means certain. Israel fits right in at the moment

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#US #Israel #Palestine / Curious to hear Niall Ferguson of Harvard on the issue

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#Israel #Palestine #US #Gaza / disavowed by the man who produced the IHRA definitions, there is an element of a triumph of the will about forcing a completely disingenuous definition through. Equating all Jews with the state of Israel is antisemitic in itself

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#UK Sickening how politicians never actually bear the consequences of the “hard choices” they always like to talk about . Nothing hard about making choices you never have to experience yourself

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#Gaza #Israel #US #Palestine Normalisation of a war crime as a mere tactic “ramp up pressure”

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www.rte.ie/news/analysi... #Ireland #Gaza #Palestine / Hamas violence described as ‘disgusting, despicable, horrific’ , words never used to describe the killing of children, the use of starvation against civilians, mass slaughter destruction of homes, by #Israel. Our media+politicians in MAGAland

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www.rte.ie/news/middle-... #israel #gaza/ #US Incredibly “putting pressure on” is a war crime ie mediaeval siege, yet international law, nor genocide charges , ICC or ICJ mentioned in this article . A mere tactic to strongarm Hamas

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www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu... #Ireland #housing / giving tax breaks to landlords, and corporations paying so little tax is the main reason we have crippled infrastructure. Piling extra charges on people who can least afford it isn’t fair. Industry should pay more tax- simple

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www.irishexaminer.com/business/com... #US #Ireland “Activist investors” sounds edgy and revolutionary. When increased financialisation and excess profit making are the problem,which logically are the basis for making one a more influential investor, otherwise u simply fail, how does this make sense

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