Israel, Palestine & the Levant rolling events: Oct 23 on

It's so obvious the Israeli army is deliberately killing leaders, professionals, and intellectuals, like a slow motion Katyn Forest massacre.

some more unapologetic genocide confessing: https://www.commondreams.org/news/moshe-feiglin-hitler

Former Israeli Knesset member Moshe Feiglin quoted Adolf Hitler as he called for Israel to resettle the Gaza Strip and create a "Hebrew Gaza."

Feiglin, who quit Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party to found the right-wing Zehut Party and plans to challenge Likud in Israel's next elections, made the comments during a panel discussion on Israel's Channel 12 that was shared on social media on Sunday, as Middle East Eye reported.

"We are not guests in our country, this is our country, all of it..." Feiglin said, adding, "As Hitler said, 'I cannot live if one Jew is left.' We can't live here if one 'Islamo-Nazi' remains in Gaza."

that said I would invite Feiglin to think about how that worked out for Hitler

That quote is actually shocking even in a continually shocking situation

tbf, I don't know how much political clout Feiglin has other than just being known for saying outrageous things. He served in Knesset for only two years, his weird libertarian party is defunct, and he is not currently in government in any capacity afaik.

yeah I was just about to post that I don't know anything about this guy or Zehut

Tom Friedman as voice of reason? (Gift link) https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/18/opinion/netanyahu-gaza-congress.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0k0.Nm7B.u4H9kaDFZc--&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

From the Haaretz email yesterday --

In the coming weeks, the IDF is expected to present its achievements since the beginning of the war in Gaza in an attempt to convince the public that it has succeeded in defeating Hamas' military wing. The IDF said that two of the four battalions of the Rafah Brigade have been defeated, and that the other two are nearing defeat in the coming weeks.

x-post - Friedman's thoughts on rebuilding Gaza after a ceasefire make one go hmmmm

And to Israelis who would ask, “Friedman, are you crazy, you would let Sinwar run Gaza again?” my answer would again be — yes, for now. The alternatives — Israel running Gaza or Gaza becoming another Somalia — are far worse. Netanyahu’s idea that some perfect Palestinians — who are neither members of Hamas nor the Palestinian Authority — will run the place for Israel is a fantasy.

The only people who can defeat Hamas are the Palestinians of Gaza. They, too, need better leadership, and if they find it, we should help them rebuild. But until then, Israel would be crazy to want to stay in Gaza and be responsible for its reconstruction. That honor should go to Sinwar.

Eminently fair to call Israel a rogue state at this point:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/20/idf-transfers-powers-in-occupied-west-bank-to-pro-settler-civil-servants

The Israeli military has quietly handed over significant legal powers in the occupied West Bank to pro-settler civil servants working for the far-right minister Bezalel Smotrich.

An order posted by the Israel Defense Forces on its website on 29 May transfers responsibility for dozens of bylaws at the Civil Administration – the Israeli body governing in the West Bank – from the military to officials led by Smotrich at the defence ministry.

Smotrich and his allies have long seen control of the Civil Administration, or significant parts of it, as a means of extending Israeli sovereignty in the West Bank. Their ultimate goal is direct control by central government and its ministries. The transfer reduces the likelihood of legal checks on settlement expansion and development.

​Israeli politicians have long sought to​ find ways to permanently seize, or annex, the occupied West Bank​, which it captured in 1967 and where millions of Palestinians live.

and then there's this: https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/20/politics/us-concerns-israel-iron-dome-hezbollah

Translation: “we need air support please k thx bye”