Saturday, December 9: No End in Sight
The Biden administration is adamant that Gaza hasn't been adequately destroyed yet
Yesterday the US vetoed a UN security council’s draft resolution that would’ve demanded an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, and immediate and unconditional release of all hostages. But western outlets like the New York Times are too busy pushing absurd stories about Ivy League presidents protecting antisemites to provide any meaningful coverage of the US torpedoing any and every opportunity for a ceasefire.
Instead of trying to help promote peace in any way shape or form, the Biden administration is once again begging the bozos in congress to approve the sale of 45,000 additional shells for the apartheid state’s Merkava tanks for use in its genocide in Gaza. This sale takes place while there are minimal concerns from the people in power over the use of US weapons in a conflict that’s killed thousands of civilians with no end in sight.
As the US vetos ceasefire resolutions and further funds the ethnic cleansing in Gaza, the Israeli military bombed the oldest and largest mosque in Gaza yesterday. The Great Omari Mosque is a historical monument that’s been a Christian or Muslim holy site since at least the fifth century. Think back to when the Notre Dame had its little fire and people from all over the world rushed to donate money to have it repaired. Now, when a mosque older than most nations is targeted and destroyed by an army carrying out shameless genocide, those same folks are nowhere to be found.
Here in the US, in other news that you truly can’t make up: A group claiming to represent Jewish students admitted that they paid for a plane to fly over Harvard University's campus in Cambridge. The plane was flying a Palestinian flag behind it along with a message that read, "Harvard Hates Jews." These goofballs timed this plane’s flight to coincide with the first night of Hanukkah and said additional flights would continue over "several days." I’m not sure who the target audience is for this kind of stunt, it’s intentionally misleading, it’s uninventive, and frankly, it’s embarrassing. Only time will tell what other shameful stunts these genocide-apologists can come up with.
"It shall pass, I keep hoping. It shall pass, I keep saying. Sometimes I mean it. Sometimes I don't. And as Gaza keeps gasping for life, we struggle for it to pass, we have no choice but to fight back to tell her stories. For Palestine."
--Refaat Alareer
This article from The Guardian mentions how, according to hacked police files, American pigs have been receiving training on domestic ‘Muslim extremists’ from pro-Israel groups for decades, including surveilling the social media accounts of pro-Palestine activists. This is what all that funding for police departments is supporting. Officer Judy Hopps and the paw patrol are spending their time and our money scrutinizing the Instagrams of some unsuspecting college kids on the orders of an apartheid state. Such a waste.
Side Items
Spotify Scammery: Earlier this week, Spotify announced its third round of layoffs this year. The music streaming giant said that it would be getting rid of 17% of its global workforce (~1,500 people), claiming the need to slash costs and become profitable. Entirely unrelated, one of the people leaving the company is its chief financial officer, Paul Vogel, who will voluntarily step down next year, but not before he sold more than $9.3 million worth of shares this week