social.coop is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
A Fediverse instance for people interested in cooperative and collective projects. If you are interested in joining our community, please apply at https://join.social.coop/registration-form.html.

Administered by:

Server stats:

499
active users

#Smotrich

3 posts3 participants0 posts today

Speaking of the fun house mirror that is internal American political discourse; while our media class is busy trying to figure out how serious the fascist president is when he announces his plans to do fascist things, Israel's Finance Minister is busy bragging that Trump's plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza is "taking shape" while revealing that the US administration and the Netanyahu government are working together to quickly make it a reality:

commondreams.org/news/smotrich

As Israel Pulls Plug on Gaza, Smotrich Says Trump's Ethnic Cleansing Plan 'Taking Shape'

"Israel's finance minister said Sunday that U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza is proceeding, remarks that came on the same day as Israel completely cut off electricity from the last receiving facility in the obliterated Palestinian enclave.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich of the far-right Religious Zionism party told fellow Knesset lawmakers that "this plan is taking shape, with ongoing actions in coordination" with the Trump administration.

Smotrich said that he is working with Cabinet members including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz to establish a "migration administration" that will oversee the removal of an indeterminate number of Gaza's approximately 2.1 million people, most of whom are descendants of Palestinians who fled or were ethnically cleansed from what is now Israel during the modern Jewish state's founding in 1948."

Folks, just because two fascist governments don't call removing a population based on ethnicity so you can build luxury condos on the ashes of their homes, "ethnic cleansing," does not in fact mean it isn't ethnic cleansing. In fact, if I'm being honest the term ethnic cleansing itself is a bullshit cop-out; the fact is forcingly removing a population based on ethnicity is in fact part of a process legally recognized as genocide; which is pretty on brand for an Israeli government credibly accused of genocide by international courts and a US government that's been actively arming, funding, and enabling the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza across multiple presidencies now, particularly the last two. Furthermore, while Smotrich claims the removals will be "voluntary" there is very little reason for anyone but the most credulous rubes to believe him. First of all, Israel has already engaged in an ongoing attempt to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, and they just cut off electrical power to an area that is essentially always in a state of humanitarian crisis even though they know that action will kill innocent Palestinians. Additionally, there is no reason to believe Palestinians who have fought to keep their homes in Gaza intend to leave "voluntarily" and every single country the US and Israel have said would be happy to accept "voluntary" Palestinian "refugees' is stridently opposed to the plan because they recognize it as ethnic cleansing. Finally, this very same fascist government in Israel has repeatedly and publicly made no bones about their intentions to remove every Palestinian from Gaza, by lethal force or otherwise.

Friends, say what you will about Russian ministers bragging that Trump owes them one for political points, but Israel is not a geopolitical rival of the United States; they're allied with the US government and we send them billions of dollars worth of military and financial aid. Smotrich has no reason to lie about Trump's intentions and cooperation; in fact, he clearly couldn't be happier to have an American president working to accomplish the Netanyahu regime's odious intentions. Just don't expect a pro-genocide American media and political establishment to explain all this to you; they would after all much rather debate whether or not Trump is "serious" about getting rid of all the Palestinians and turning Gaza into a luxury resort complex for all his rich friends, until it's already a genocidal reality.

Common Dreams · As Israel Pulls Plug on Gaza, Smotrich Says Trump's Ethnic Cleansing Plan 'Taking Shape' | Common Dreams"By openly trying to starve and freeze an entire civilian population to death, the far-right government of indicted war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu has once again clearly demonstrated its genocidal intent in Gaza," said CAIR.

Revolut°Permanente🚩 « 5 000 Gazaouis par jour » : Bezalel Smotrich crée une agence spéciale pour déporter les Palestiniens: Bezalel Smotrich, ministre des finances de l'Etat israélien, a annoncé la création d'une « autorité d'immigration », chargée de superviser le nettoyage ethnique et la déportation des Palestiniens hors de Gaza, dans la droite lignée du plan génocidaire de Trump, qui veut faire de Gaza une… revolutionpermanente.fr/5-000- 🚩RP #Gaza #Palestine #Netanyahou #Smotrich #NettoyageEthnique

#palestine
#smotrich #thievingZionist
@palestine

"Smotrich signed an order on 17 February to seize NIS 320 million ($90 million) in Palestinian tax funds to use as compensation for families of Israelis affected by the war"
"In August, the finance minister confiscated NIS 100 million (nearly $27 million) from the Palestinian Authority (PA) in Ramallah, accusing it of supporting “terrorism.”" How is this character not in jail, where he belongs?

thecradle.co/articles/smotrich

thecradle.coSmotrich orders seizure of $90m in Palestinian funds to benefit Israeli settlersThe extremist official has said he expects the ethnic cleansing of Gaza to begin 'within weeks'
Continued thread

Qualunque sia il suo vero obiettivo, Trump è riuscito a risvegliare le forze più oscure del Medio Oriente: Itamar #Ben_Gvir e Bezalel #Smotrich, con le loro manie di pulizia etnica e di istituzione della Grande Israele.

Un piano del genere risveglierà ancora una volta i venti di guerra e incendierà anche i Paesi arabi.
Il piano di Trump è il caos, senza alcuna riflessione sul lungo termine, solo sparando per il proprio interesse in tutte le direzioni.

Ha anche un altro obiettivo: Trump ha dato a Netanyahu un'ancora di salvezza politica e stabilità per il suo governo.

Il governo porterà avanti il crimine del secolo nelle riunioni e sul terreno attuerà la dottrina della distruzione della Striscia di Gaza anche in #Cisgiordania, con l'obiettivo principale di annettervi il territorio. ⬇️5

Continued thread

⟦ E se il Presidente USA #Trump suggerisse di istituire campi di sterminio per gli abitanti di Gaza?
Cosa succederebbe allora?
Israele risponderebbe esattamente come ha fatto con le sue idee di deportazione, con l'estasi della destra e l'indifferenza del campo centrista.

Yair #Lapid annuncerebbe un suo viaggio a Washington per presentare un “piano complementare”, come si è offerto di fare per il piano di trasferimento.
Benny #Gantz direbbe che il piano mostra “un pensiero creativo, è originale e interessante”.

Bezalel #Smotrich, con la sua verve messianica, direbbe: “Dio ha fatto meraviglie per noi e noi ci rallegriamo”.
Benjamin #Netanyahu salirebbe nei sondaggi di opinione. ⬇️2

Continued thread

#Regavim, un'organizzazione di estrema destra fondata dal ministro delle Finanze Bezalel #Smotrich, ha accolto con favore le demolizioni di lunedì.
“A volte la verità sconfigge una falsa narrazione”, ha dichiarato in un comunicato su X.

“Dopo più di 30anni di immobilismo dello Stato, abbiamo avuto il privilegio di vedere un'azione significativa e risoluta che inizia a ripristinare la governance.
Insolitamente, lo Stato ha preso provvedimenti per rispettare la legge nonostante forti pressioni internazionali”.

Il #COGAT (Coordinatore delle attività governative nei Territori) ha dichiarato che l'Amministrazione Civile ha condotto operazioni di controllo contro diverse strutture costruite “in violazione della legge e senza i necessari permessi all'interno di una zona di tiro nelle South Hebron Hill”. ⬇️6

#Westbank #NurShams

Now they [ #netanyahu #Smotrich ] are calling it 'forced displacement'.
What's in a name ?
Call it #Genocide

"Pregnant woman killed during Israeli military raid on Nur Shams camp" [4:52 min]
by Al Jazeera English

youtube.com/watch?v=EAbxl7ZbFd

Quote by AJE:
"Feb 9, 2025
The Israeli military has expanded its assault on the occupied West Bank, where its forces have been raiding the Nur Shams refugee camp.
They opened fire on a Palestinian family in the camp, killing an 8-month pregnant woman and critically injuring her husband.
Israeli forces have announced a curfew.
The troops have been using Bulldozers to destroy roads and buildings in the camp.
Palestinian fighters say they're confronting the Israeli military in Tulkarem.
Since the Gaza ceasefire was announced last month, Israel has increased the frequency and intensity of its raids across the occupied West Bank and particularly in the north of the territory.
Israeli assaults have displaced more than 26,000 Palestinians from their homes in Jenin and Tulkarem.
Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh has the latest from Jordan's capital Amman, because the Israeli government and Palestinian Authority have banned Al Jazeera from reporting inside Israel and the occupied West Bank."

#StopTheGenocide
#JailForNetanyahu #JailForGallant #SmotrichRaus

Continued thread

Da quando la coalizione di governo ha iniziato i suoi sforzi per il colpo di Stato, la parola “fascista” è sempre più usata per descrivere i membri dell'estrema destra.

L'etichetta si adatta effettivamente alle loro opinioni.
Ma gli uomini al tavolo accanto, che, come si è detto, non sembravano essere sionisti religiosi, non sembravano inorriditi dalle opinioni di Bezalel #Smotrich e Itamar Ben-Gvir.

Sembra che l'unico ostacolo che impedisce agli israeliani che non appartengono all'estrema destra di estendere la legittimità ufficiale al fascismo sia la sua associazione storica con la persecuzione degli ebrei.

Tuttavia, pur rifuggendo dall'etichetta, non esitano a sottoscrivere l'ideologia che rappresenta e a esprimere apertamente opinioni che un tempo esitavano a esprimere. ⬇️4

#Israel #Smotrich #PalestinianState

So sick of this cry baby. As if Oct 7 was the worst thing that happened in the world...
not by a long shot.
{Here i Should give a list of conflicts with more fatalities, like Sudan; Congo; but that list would be too long and would take me too long]
He applauds the idea the #OrangeBlob got into his head and with that burrying the 'idea' of a Palestine State.
How's that for a genocide.

"Smotrich commends Trump and vows to ‘permanently bury’ the idea of a Palestinian state"
by Middle East Eye

youtube.com/shorts/fxzKdqt0kgY

Quote by MEE:
"Feb 5, 2025
“Now, with God’s help, we will work to bury the dangerous idea of a Palestinian state permanently.”
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich commended US President Donald Trump after he said he plans to take over Gaza during a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington, DC on Tuesday."

#StopThisSleazeFire #StopTheGenocide
#JailForNetanyahu #JailForGallant #SmotrichRaus

Musk: X may have prevented Holocaust
🧵1/2
When Elon Musk visited Auschwitz a year ago, he said (source: lemonde.fr/en/pixels/article/2):

had there been social media at the time of World War II, the Holocaust "would have been impossible to hide" and lives could have been saved.

<cynicism>
Nobel peace price candidate?
<end of cynicism>

More can be read in the follow-up of this toot (🧵 2/2), describing even more hypocrisy of the maintaners of the former Auschwitz concentration camp. This includes their respectlessness w.r.t. Holocaust-victims in their automated stream of spam-toots - that get boosted a lot by naive Mastodonts.

Also do read the statement of the Auschwitz council at the bottom of auschwitz.org/en/museum/auschw, which includes:

Threatened in its existence, the State of Israel has the right to self-defense in accordance with international law and the principles of humanitarianism.

If you still do not get that the Auschwitz Memorial (aka Museum aka Council) is an IDF (Isaeli Destruction Forces) propaganda channel; from auschwitz.org/en/museum/auschw:

Avner Shalev - Deputy Chairman
[...]
Born in 1939 in Jerusalem, Shalev served in the Israel Defense Forces between 1956 and 1980, reaching the rank of brigadier general. Shalev was wounded in action on the Egyptian front during the Six-Day War.

And read what Avner Shalev wrote in yadvashem.org/about/former-cha:

Recently, yet another Hamas spokesperson compared the situation in Gaza to events during the Holocaust.
[...]
The ubiquitous use of Holocaust imagery in the propaganda efforts of Hamas and other organizations is dangerous and worrying. Such toxic imagery is frequently invoked in combination with elements of classic anti-Semitism and virulent anti-Israel invective.
[...]
In the rest of the world as well, ostensibly objective observers have adopted this code, or uncritically parrot those who compare Gaza to the Warsaw Ghetto, ignoring both historical details and context.

Language has power. The words we choose to use carry weight, and are meaningful. If we elect to label every event a "genocide," or equate every event with the Holocaust, then we detract from the real meaning of those words and reduce their ability to represent true horror.

Subsequently, when faced with a real incident of genocidal murder, people will be less likely ot be moved to act. If everything is genocide, nothing is genocide.

P.S.1: My grandfather was a Jew (born in 1900). His family was murdered by Nazis. I want to remember WWII victims when *I* find that approriate. I hate to be continuously distracted (on Mastodon and TV) by Zionists, corrupt politicians and naive parrots who insist that everybody should keep feeling sorry for "all those poor Jews". It is ordinary propaganda, intended to distract as many people as possible from the genocide that Israeli Jews are inflicting on Palestinians and other Arabs. I.e. humans with rights who are defending themselves against the theft of their land, deportation, massive bombing, snipers, torture in "prisons" and apartheid.
#OpenYourEyes

P.S.2: I'm blocking anyone who boosts Auschwitz spam-toots, favours them or likes them in comments. They are complicit to the abuse of Holocaust victims (without consent) for Israeli propaganda purposes. IMO more people should block such idiots....

P.S.3: Below two images can be seen. The first one shows an (a hypocrite as well) friend of Avner Shalev, Benjamin Netanyahu (at the time he should already have been on the #ICC "most wanted" list).

The second screenshot shows a picture of Doris Mireille Lewy, a Jewish BABY girl from Toulouse, who was "among 865 MURDERED after selection in gas chambers" - BEFORE she was TWO YEARS OLD.

The maintainers of the Auschwitz concentration camp do not care SHIT about Holocaust-victims (this is far from the only mishap in their spams, see 🧵2/2). Their intention is to distract you with "you *must* feel sorry for all Jews, they are ALWAYS the victims" bull shit. Tip: do read the naive comments in mastodon.world/@auschwitzmuseu.

#gaza
#trump #smotrich #fascists
@palestine

"Speaking to reporters ahead of a meeting of his Religious Zionism party, Smotrich told reporters that he’s working with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on an “operational plan” to implement Trump’s proposal"
"The finance minister claimed there is “no doubt that in the long term, encouraging emigration is the only solution that will bring peace and security to the residents of Israel...""

news.antiwar.com/2025/01/27/sm

Het "generaalsplan" lijkt te zijn mislukt, aldus (aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/20) Giora Eiland, de generaal die het plan bedacht had.

Dat is een hondenfluitje voor minister Smotrich, voormalig minister Ben Gvir en Donald Trump om de vernietiging van de Palestijnen zo snel als mogelijk te kunnen hervatten.

🔸 TOELICHTING
Noord-Gaza is het deel boven de "Netzarim corridor" waar je meer over kunt lezen in aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/20.

Gazanen keren vandaag weer terug naar het noorden (waar ook Gaza-stad gelegen is) - om daar weinig anders dan een enorme verwoesting aan te treffen. Ziekenhuizen zijn voorlopig onbruikbaar, en alle infrastructuur (waaronder wegen) zijn verwoest.

Zolang Israël geen humanitaire hulp vanuit het noorden gaat toelaten, zitten Palestijnen in noord-Gaza voorlopig letterlijk en figuurlijk in de kou.

Ministro israelí amenaza con derribar gabinete tras tregua en Gaza

fuente
HISPANTV

El ministro israelí de finanzas, Bezalel #Smotrich, ha amenazado con derrocar al gabinete de coalición del primer ministro, Benjamín #Netanyahu, si la Franja de Gaza no es ocupada.

En declaraciones a la radio del ejército, el ministro de extrema derecha #israelí, ha remarcado que Israel “debe ocupar Gaza y crear un gobierno militar temporal porque no hay otra manera de derrotar a #HAMAS”.
“Derribaré al gabinete si no vuelve a luchar de una manera que [nos lleve] a tomar el control de toda la Franja de #Gaza y gobernarla”, ha agregado el ministro.
En otras partes de sus declaraciones, Smotrich ha arremetido contra el jefe del estado mayor, general Herzi Halevi, por ser “débil en la estrategia”.

El ministro de asuntos exteriores del régimen sionista admitió que el régimen de Tel Aviv no ha logrado ninguno de sus objetivos de la agresión militar contra Gaza.
“Si yo fuera el primer ministro, le diría al jefe de gabinete, esta es mi política, si no la ejecuta, váyase a casa”, ha agregado.

Ha calificado el acuerdo de alto el fuego con los grupos de Resistencia palestinos como “peligroso” para el régimen ocupante.
Ben Gvir dimite del gabinete de Netanyahu por acuerdo con HAMAS
Itamar Ben-Gvir, ministro de seguridad interna de Israel, y algunos otros ministros ya han dimitido de la coalición gobernante de Netanyahu debido al acuerdo de alto el fuego en Gaza.

Los ministros habían subrayado en declaraciones anteriores que Israel debe tener un plan para conquistar u ocupar permanentemente el territorio palestino asediado.

La tregua en Gaza enfrenta a la ultraderecha israelí con Netanyahu

El miércoles, HAMAS e Israel alcanzaron un acuerdo del alto el fuego de tres fases, que incluye un intercambio gradual de 33 retenidos israelíes a cambio de más de 1900 presos #palestinos. La pausa de seis semanas de combates irá acompañada de la apertura de negociaciones para poner fin a la guerra en su totalidad.

En el primer día de la tregua entre Israel y HAMAS, que entró en vigor la mañana de este domingo, las partes han comenzado el intercambio de prisioneros. Esta jornada, HAMAS ha liberado a las tres mujeres retenidas israelíes a cambio de los 90 prisioneros palestinos que se encuentran en las cárceles israelíes.

Link
hispantv.com/noticias/asia-occ

Continued thread

Questo è un altro costo dell'accordo sugli ostaggi: pogrom sotto l'egida dell'esercito, con decine di nuovi posti di blocco istantanei, il tutto allo scopo di placare Bezalel #Smotrich e le sue bande e di impedire ai palestinesi di godere del rilascio dei propri ostaggi.

Siamo rimasti lì 6 ore, più di quanto ci voglia per volare a Londra.

Se la rabbia di quella notte a quel posto di blocco non porta uno degli autisti al terrorismo, allora i palestinesi sono tra le nazioni più moderate, tolleranti e non violente.

Quando finalmente è arrivato il nostro turno, con i soldati che ci sbraitavano ordini anche in arabo, una soldatessa è emersa all'improvviso dall'avamposto dei soldati, ha chiuso il posto di blocco e ha detto ai suoi compagni di andarsene. ⬇️7

#WestBank, l'altra faccia della tregua. 🧵1/8

"#Pogrom sotto l'egida dell'esercito, con decine di nuovi posti di blocco istantanei, il tutto allo scopo di placare Bezalel #Smotrich e le sue bande e di impedire ai palestinesi di godere del rilascio dei propri ostaggi."
✍️#GideonLevy

#CeasefireNOW #SanctionIsraelNOW
#ZionistTerrorism
#GazaGenocide#Gaza #Israel #IsraeliOccupation #PACE #23gennaio

haaretz.com/opinion/2025-01-23

"#Smotrich is a jewish terrorist, but he kept silence, and because we do not interrogate jewish terrorists the way we interrogate palestinian terrorists, he did not confess, and this is why he is not in jail. (...) Ben #Gvir supported the assassination of prime minister #Rabin. He was condemned in court as one who supported jewish terrorism".

Amy Ayalon, former head of Israeli intelligence (Shin Bet)