Tag: thinking about fascism

Over 100 Palestinians reported killed in Gaza as attack continues despite ceasefire deal

More than 100 Palestinians in Gaza – including 50 from one family – were reported killed on Wednesday as Israeli forces continued to attack across the strip from land, sea and air hours after agreement was reached for a ceasefire to begin on Thursday. Wafa, a Palestinian news agency, said 81 people had been killed since midnight… Read More Over 100 Palestinians reported killed in Gaza as attack continues despite ceasefire deal

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More Nights than Days

A Survey of Writings of Child Genocide Survivors. By Yudit Kiss Publisher’s Blurb: This is a unique exploration of the experience of children who survived the Holocaust—including Roma and Sinti victims—and the genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, and Bosnia. Children are among the principal victims of armed conflicts and slaughters; nonetheless, they perceive events through the… Read More More Nights than Days

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Despite the truce, people in Gaza will keep dying: this horrifying death toll must never be forgotten

Comparison with other conflicts paints a harrowing picture of children being killed in unforgivable numbers Owen Jones Even if the truce between Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and Hamas results in the promised four-day pause in hostilities – or longer – the horror enveloping Gaza in terms of lives lost is worse than many people think. Among those who… Read More Despite the truce, people in Gaza will keep dying: this horrifying death toll must never be forgotten

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Israel has long wanted Palestinians out of Gaza: my father saw it first-hand

Events point to Israel’s strategy of emptying the north of Gaza of its Palestinian population, with both the massive bombardment that has damaged at least 222,000 residential units, and the refusal to accept a ceasefire so essential life-saving provisions cannot enter. All this shows the massive pressure on the Palestinian population to move south, thus ethnically… Read More Israel has long wanted Palestinians out of Gaza: my father saw it first-hand

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The Roots of Antigypsyism. To the Holocaust and After

NB: The victims of the death camps whom most of us don’t know or talk about. DS Ian Hancock Di zelbike zun vos farvayst di layvnt,farshvartst oykh’m Tsigayner. – “The same sun that whitens the linen also turns the Gypsy black.” – Yiddish proverb “One exhibit [at the Holocaust Museum at Buchenwald] quotes SS chief Heinrich Himmler… Read More The Roots of Antigypsyism. To the Holocaust and After

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The news has become intolerable and inhumane. Democracy’s vital feedback mechanism is broken

Julianne Schultz It is little wonder that people are turning off the news in record numbers. The images are often unwatchable, the descriptions beyond imagining, the scale incomprehensible. Everywhere you look the cruelty of the human spirit is on display. Newsreaders have adjusted their scripts. They used to say, “Some viewers might find the next… Read More The news has become intolerable and inhumane. Democracy’s vital feedback mechanism is broken

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Joe Biden at history’s crossroads: Is backing Bibi’s Gaza war a fatal mistake?

Joe Biden was the Democratic Party’s duct-tape solution to a national emergency, the compromise candidate who was almost everyone’s second (or third) choice. Given that, the duct tape held surprisingly well for a while, in increasingly precarious circumstances. Until it didn’t. It would be foolish in the extreme to predict the outcome of an election… Read More Joe Biden at history’s crossroads: Is backing Bibi’s Gaza war a fatal mistake?

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Too many taking sides in this conflict miss the true nature of Hamas – and Netanyahu

Jonathan Freedland Recall how counter-terrorist strategists had to rethink all that they knew when first confronted with suicide bombers. It’s hard to deter a terrorist who does not fear death. That’s true writ large for an organisation that has explicitly said it is “proud to sacrifice martyrs”. Not its own leaders, mind, many of whom live in… Read More Too many taking sides in this conflict miss the true nature of Hamas – and Netanyahu

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