@LovesTha @fixatedpersonsunit
We need to fix the problem of #Lobbyists in Canberra, period. But I agree, the #Israeli lobby is a worldwide issue. I can understand the need to remember the Holocaust because ‘genocide’ is a scourge on humanity, but that ‘essential need’ is manipulated by the current Israeli govt as a prop for their #UltraNationalism and their own #genocide goals.
Medya News (Fréderike Geerdink): *Long way to go to score the Grey Wolves into oblivion*
"The Grey Wolves, founded in the 1960s, and the hand gesture that emerged in the early 1990s, could only become as influential as they did because there was a fertile soil in which the seed was planted. That fertile soil is Turkish fascism since the foundation of the Turkish Republic in 1923."
https://medyanews.net/long-way-to-go-to-score-the-grey-wolves-into-oblivion
#Apartheid / What if Israeli TV starts telling its viewers the truth…?
Arad Nir, head of the foreign news desk and international commentator for Channel 12 News tweeted back at (anti democratic) #Smotrich, who demanded of #Schumer that "the great democracy of the world is expected to respect Israeli democracy":
“Even apartheid South Africa was a democracy in its own eyes - of whites who voted and chose racial segregation by majority rule. It had a weapons industry, atomic bombs, a skilled air force, and powerful allies. But the crippling sanctions supported by the United States in order to back the popular uprising crushed the thriving economy and the remarkable military.” https://twitter.com/arad_nir/status/1768549921479708676
"Finally, I will attempt to shed light on the historical forces and scenarios that might return Japanese ultranationalists to the center of political influence and power in the Japanese state and overturn Japan’s postwar pacifist constitution and noninterventionist military foreign policy."
Skya, W. A. (2023). The Other Japan: Back to Japan’s Religious Roots for a New Japanese Nationalism? Journal of Right-Wing Studies, 1(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.5070/RW3.1500 Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/53w442f7 #OpenAccess #OA #Article #DOI #History #Histodon #Histodons #Asia #Japan #Japanese #RightWing #Ultranationalism #Nationalism #Academia #Academic #Academics @histodon @histodons
Skya, W. A. (2023). The Other Japan: Back to Japan’s Religious Roots for a New Japanese Nationalism? Journal of Right-Wing Studies, 1(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.5070/RW3.1500 Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/53w442f7 #OpenAccess #OA #Article #DOI #History #Histodon #Histodons #Asia #Japan #Japanese #RightWing #Ultranationalism #Nationalism #Academia #Academic #Academics @histodon @histodons
#US / Rafah Operation 'Is a Red Line,' Netanyahu 'Hurting Israel More Than Helping'
Biden [on MSNBC, the Saturday Show with Jonathan Caperhart]:
“The defense of #Israel is still critical, but there's red lines that if he crosses… cannot have 30,000 more Palestinians dead.”
https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/1766602299923653009
@israel
@palestine
#Israel #Gaza #WarCrimes #Rafah
#netanyahu #ultranationalism
#Israel / 20,000 people protested against the government in TLV, many more around Israel
Former head of Military Intelligence Directorate: "Advancing the elections will have a price - but the price of this messianic government remaining will be much higher"
@Maariv [Hebrew] https://m.maariv.co.il/news/israel/Article-1082353
#US / AIPAC: Everything you need to know about the revered, feared and reviled lobbying and political fundraising group
As the 2024 elections approach, #AIPAC is poised to play a significant role, with a $40 million war chest and plans to target progressive Democrats perceived as insufficiently supportive of Israel.
AIPAC's shift in recent years from its claimed political neutrality to more explicit alignment with the Republican Party and the Israeli right-wing, particularly under Benjamin Netanyahu's leadership led to growing tensions with the Democratic Party's progressive wing and criticism from liberal American Jews, who accuse #AIPAC of not representing the diversity of views on #Israel.
[…] In his memoir "A Promised Land," #Obama wrote that "members of both parties worried about crossing" AIPAC, adding that "those who criticized Israeli policy too loudly risked being tagged as 'anti-Israel' (and possibly antisemitic) and confronted with a well-funded opponent in the next election." He wrote that clashing with Israel "exacted a domestic political cost that simply didn't exist" when dealing with any of the U.S.' other close allies.
[…] It was during the Trump administration that AIPAC's identification with the GOP intensified and it got more explicitly involved in U.S. domestic politics, particularly by criticizing the Democratic Party's rising progressive wing. Since Sen. Bernie Sanders, then a presidential candidate, declined to participate in AIPAC's 2016 conference, the pro-Israel lobby started going on the offensive – but especially after a wave of pro-Palestinian progressive candidates entered office in 2018, several of whom successfully defeated pro-Israel incumbents.
#Haaretz https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2024-02-28/ty-article-magazine/.premium/aipac-explained-the-inside-story-of-americas-powerful-and-divisive-pro-israel-lobby/0000018d-e4ac-d972-a5bf-efaf96c60000 or https://archive.is/wi7ps
@israel
#Ultranationalism
#GOP #trump #netanyahu
#palestine
#antisemitism
#Israel / High Court is hearing petitions challenging the military exemption for ultra-Orthodox #yeshiva students
This is a contentious issue that has sparked mass protests outside the court in Jerusalem. The "Movement for Quality Government", joined by "Brothers and Sisters in Arms" and 240 citizens, petitioned the court, arguing that Defense Minister Yoav #Gallant is illegally exempting tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox youths from military service, defying the law and court rulings. Last week, the state told the High Court of Justice that unless a military draft bill is advanced by April 1, ultra-Orthodox men will be conscripted to the army.
A reminder of the potential consequences of integrating settlers and ultra-Orthodox into the #IDF/#IOF:
[...] The Netzah Yehuda battalion was originally set up to allow ultra-Orthodox Israelis to serve in the military. But over the years, the unit has attracted not only some of the most religious soldiers, but also a growing number of far-right extremists, including many settlers. Unlike other units, enlistment in Netzah Yehuda is voluntary; until recently, it was deployed exclusively in the West Bank, where its members were in daily contact with Palestinians living under occupation. As such, the unit — whose name is an acronym for “Haredi Military Youth” — was known for getting “a lot of action,” the former member said.
[...] The harassment and dehumanization of Palestinians living under Israeli military occupation are a daily affair, and Netzah Yehuda soldiers are hardly the only culprits. But on some occasions, the unit’s actions in the West Bank escalated into gross human rights violations and potential war crimes. Since 2015, members of the unit have killed several Palestinians and beaten and tortured others with electric shocks, according to documentation submitted by DAWN to the ICC, which in 2021 opened an investigation into alleged crimes committed in the occupied territories.
https://theintercept.com/2023/02/11/israel-idf-netzah-yehuda-accountability/
#Haaretz https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-02-26/ty-article/.premium/israels-high-court-hears-draft-law-petitions-as-protesters-call-for-equal-service/0000018d-e46b-d7f4-a3dd-e66f39fc0000 or https://archive.md/AJjIv
@israel
@palestine
#Apartheid
#SettlerViolence
#WestBank
#Ultranationalism
#Israel / Israel Gives Authoritarian Regimes a Run for Their Money
I’m pretty sure that revoking an award from candidates who voice criticism of the regime, or its ruling class, should raise red flags about the state of #democracy and freedom of expression in Israel.
Education Minister Yoav Kisch decided to cancel Israel's prestigious prizes in the fields of scientific research this year, after learning that a committee had selected business leader Eyal Waldman as one of the winners. Waldman was a leading critic of the government's judicial overhaul and harshly criticized #Netanyahu after Waldman's daughter Danielle and her partner were murdered at a party on October 7th.
Journalist Ben Caspit reported that the committee for entrepreneurship and technological innovation had chosen Waldman "by a large margin," with the committee headed by Ami Appelbaum, formerly the chief scientist at the Ministry of Economy. When Kisch learned of Waldman's selection, he allegedly tried to change it. The committee refused, so Kisch canceled that entire category and then all the others.
Kisch denied Caspit's claim, saying the decision to postpone was solely due to the "wartime situation" in the country, not any specific selection. He claimed no winners had been chosen yet. However, #Haaretz learned Kisch made the decision to cancel the science prizes after receiving notice of Waldman's selection a few weeks ago.
##Haaretz [Hebrew] https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/education/2024-02-25/ty-article/0000018d-e085-d972-a5bf-eb8747590000 or https://archive.is/D2ot7
[cont’d] Supreme Court rejected petition against the appointment of Ben Gvir as Minister of National Security.
Justice Amit criticized Ben Gvir's past and current conduct, but emphasized that the minister declared before #Netanyahu and the Court that he has changed his ways, and that Netanyahu has the authority to make decisions based on political considerations.
"The Prime Minister has the authority to consider also political, coalition, and party considerations, within the framework of his decision to appoint a person to the role of minister in his government. The complexity of life in general and political life in particular presents a wide range of possible appointments, including those that clash with the purpose of integrity and public confidence that is required. Therefore, there is room - and even a necessity - to exercise discretion. But this will be done with care, and intervention will be in exceptional cases."
#Haaretz [Hebrew] https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/law/2024-02-21/ty-article/0000018d-cb2e-d6e9-a38d-fb3ff8d70000 or https://archive.is/SDoBz
* the petition is not related to this particular call for war crimes made recently by Ben Gvir
@israel
@palestine
#ultranationalism
#EthnicCleansing
#BenGvir
#Khaneizm
#jewishsupremacy
#Israel / Ben Gvir: encouraging Gazans to voluntarily emigrate to places around the world is the real humanitarian thing to do
Ben-Gvir, Israel’s national security minister [convicted for incitement to racism]:
“Instead of giving us his full backing, Biden is busy with giving humanitarian aid and fuel [to Gaza], which goes to Hamas, [...] If Trump was in power, the U.S. conduct would be completely different.”
#WSJ https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/the-israeli-firebrand-driving-netanyahu-further-to-the-right-dd9e8113?mod=hp_lead_pos2 or https://archive.is/BH4T8
@israel
@palestine
#Ultranationalism
#Gaza
#Ethnocide
#WarCrimes
#ICJ
Following his participation in the "Resettle Gaza" conference in Jerusalem (among other things https://kolektiva.social/@oatmeal/111861259760886267) Israeli minister Avichai Chikli was dis-invited from a conference organized by the right-wing conservative Israeli and German newspapers Jerusalem Post and Die Welt.
#TAZ [German] https://taz.de/Umstrittener-israelischer-Minister/!5989280/
Conference official site https://congress.jpost.com/jointperspectives2024/
Amichai Chikly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amichai_Chikli
#Israel / White supremacist Sweden Democrats meet Israeli Minister in Knesset
[….] On January 29, a delegation of senior members of the far-right Sweden Democrats paid a visit to Israel. Surprisingly, the delegation met a minister in the Israeli parliament, Knesset.
“It is clear that our respective parties, and even nations, have many common core values. Many of our problems are also similar, so there is much to be gained from an exchange of experience and deepened cooperation both at the national and party level.”
https://www.europeaninterest.eu/white-supremacist-sweden-democrats-meet-israeli-minister-in-knesset/
10 ministers attended the Bible fascists’ rally.
“Only [population] transfer will bring peace”
“Oslo is dead, long live the people of Israel”
“We need to go back home and control the territory as well as offer a migration option and impose dead penalty for terrorists”
“We gathered here to tell the world the land of Israel is ours … we’re back”
Labor Party Chairwoman MK Merav Michaeli said: "Netanyahu has brought the abhorrent fringes of Kahanism into the mainstream to lead the State of Israel. The incitement that led to Rabin's murder now threatens to destroy the State of Israel."
#ynet [Hebrew] https://archive.is/wip/9iXTS
@israel
@palestine
#ultranationalism
#israel
#Gaza
#GazaMassacre
#IsraelHamasWar
Actually, Why Not Transfer Settlers Out of Israel?
Full English translation https://archive.is/aeGYx
#neoJudaism / [April 2023] supremacy, oppression, force... what could go wrong?
Menachem Klein:
[...] There is no precedent in Jewish history for the existence of a Jewish state that constitutes a regional power and rules another people. Never before has the Jewish people possessed a combination like this of sovereignty, power and control, which are being exploited to oppress another people.
[...] The Jewish people was always ethnocentric. It believes in the supremacy of its ethnic collective over other nations. This is a blatantly hierarchical conception, according to which the Jew is superior to the non-Jew. But throughout history, this was a supremacy that lacked the force of a state and an apparatus for wielding control over non-Jews. On the contrary: The Jews were inferior in status in the social and religious order that was established by the empires and states that ruled them over two millennia.
#archeology / a cautionary tale about biblical fundamentalism and ultranationalism
What was hailed as proof of biblical text now appears to be just an ancient fishing weight with natural corrosion, not writing. This serves as a cautionary tale about claims of proving/disproving aspects of the #Bible.
Nir Hasson discusses a controversial archaeological find - a small lead tablet supposedly containing ancient #Hebrew writing - that was heralded last year as proving the Bible's historical veracity. But mounting evidence suggests it is a hoax or mistake.
The lead tablet was unearthed illegally in 2021 at a West Bank site by Israeli settlers, not through proper archaeological excavation. Researchers claim it dates to the 13th century BCE and contains a curse with the Hebrew letters of God's name.
The artifact was proclaimed a monumental discovery by the researchers and Israeli politicians. But many experts now say there's no evidence of real writing, just scratches, pits and corrosion.
Three peer-reviewed articles were recently published, strongly doubting the claims about the tablet. Even one of the original researchers admits the tablet likely does not have complete words or letters.
The tablet resembles common fishing weights from the region. Given it was essentially dug up from back dirt, doubts were raised about it even originating from the time period claimed.
Many epigraphers and archaeologists now believe there is little basis for the sensational claims made about the tablet last year. The saga shows how the nexus of archeology and biblical fundamentalism can produce biased and questionable research.
This is what Biden should have said. Sadly he’s too involved if not complicit.
"Part of the problem in the end is #Israel's arrogance," says a U.S. Air Force officer who has been involved in internal deliberations within the #Biden administration and discussions with his Israeli counterparts. "Even to us, in private and candid conversations, they have referred to the Hamas surprise attack and its brutality, they have invoked the #Holocaust, they have blamed Hamas, they have referred to 9/11 and argued the 'Never Again' justification for their unforgiving operation. The simple truth is Israel has lost the information war because it has destroyed so much, even if they can justify each individual attack."
https://www.newsweek.com/israels-war-hamas-how-many-palestinian-deaths-too-many-1851121
