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[nycfan]

“Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said that "the time has come to apply [Israel] sovereignty over the West Bank," at a faction meeting on Monday.

"The year 2025 will be the year of sovereignty in the West Bank. I have instructed the Settlement Division in the Defense Ministry and the Civil Administration to begin comprehensive, professional groundwork to prepare the necessary infrastructure for applying sovereignty," he added. …”

Smotrich: The time has come to apply Israeli sovereignty over West Bank

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said that "the time has come to apply [Israel] sovereignty over the West Ban

m.jpost.com

 

[Geisterfahrer]

Oh boy. Hold on to your gonads.

 

[nycfan]

Annexation has been the de facto policy aim, but the pretense is being dropped. I assume the incoming administration is probably supportive, but have not seen an express statement either way.

 

[Paine]

Annexation has been the de facto policy aim, but the pretense is being dropped. I assume the incoming administration is probably supportive, but have not seen an express statement either way.

Adelson’s money this cycle was contingent on Trump supporting annexation of the WB.

The Pro-Israel Donor With a $100 Million Plan to Elect Trump

Miriam Adelson long operated in the shadow of her powerful husband, Sheldon Adelson. Now, after his death, she is playing in politics as a solo practitioner for the first time.

www.nytimes.com

 

[heelslegup]

There are some delusional folks in Netanyahu's
Cabinet. Trump is too buddy buddy with the Saudis to allow this to happen. If it does, will mean a regional war for Israel with Egypt, Jordan, SAudi Arabia and other

 

[BlooVooDoo]

There are some delusional folks in Netanyahu's
Cabinet. Trump is too buddy buddy with the Saudis to allow this to happen. If it does, will mean a regional war for Israel with Egypt, Jordan, SAudi Arabia and other

Saudis don’t care about Palestinians. They care about Iran and Trump will deliver for them.

 

[RaiGuy]

 

[superrific]

It's over, Rai. There will be no repercussions. Palestine is gone. Apartheid will be the official policy of Israel by the end of 2025. Trump will be developing condos in Gaza.

Please tell your relatives and friends who voted uncommitted and then didn't vote for Kamala that Bibi very much appreciated their help.

 

[RaiGuy]

It's over, Rai. There will be no repercussions. Palestine is gone. Apartheid will be the official policy of Israel by the end of 2025. Trump will be developing condos in Gaza.

Please tell your relatives and friends who voted uncommitted and then didn't vote for Kamala that Bibi very much appreciated their help.

First of all, the majority of my friends and family voted for Harris, begrudgingly. Even so, the votes for third party would not have mattered if they all went to Harris. I don’t think it’s fair to blame this mess on people that are already suffering and have had both the Dems and Republicans ignore them.
Maybe blame the candidate that instead chose to campaign with Cheney instead of listening to the people.

 

[superrific]

First of all, the majority of my friends and family voted for Harris, begrudgingly. Even so, the votes for third party would not have mattered if they all went to Harris. I don’t think it’s fair to blame this mess on people that are already suffering and have had both the Dems and Republicans ignore them.
Maybe blame the candidate that instead chose to campaign with Cheney instead of listening to the people.

1. No, it's not your relatives' fault. That doesn't change the utter idiocy of what the uncommitted folks did.
2. Please stop with the Liz Cheney stuff. This election was baked a long time ago. By and large, white Americans are terrible people. This is what they wanted. Your peeps are just gullible and naive, but not the problem.
3. But they shouldn't expect anyone to be friendly with them. They have now made themselves personae non grata everywhere in politics. That was a choice.

 

[stankeylegjones]

It's over, Rai. There will be no repercussions. Palestine is gone. Apartheid will be the official policy of Israel by the end of 2025. Trump will be developing condos in Gaza.

Please tell your relatives and friends who voted uncommitted and then didn't vote for Kamala that Bibi very much appreciated their help.

What a fucking shitty thing for you to say.

 

[superrific]

What a fucking shitty thing for you to say.

Read what Huckabee said today. It's over. Gaza is over. The West Bank is over. It's going to be Greater Israel and who the hell knows what they are going to do to the Arab populations. I've resisted the descriptor genocide for a number of reasons but that seems a likely result of what is coming.

 

[gtyellowjacket]

What a fucking shitty thing for you to say.

No kidding.

 

[stankeylegjones]

Read what Huckabee said today. It's over. Gaza is over. The West Bank is over. It's going to be Greater Israel and who the hell knows what they are going to do to the Arab populations. I've resisted the descriptor genocide for a number of reasons but that seems a likely result of what is coming.

I’m talking about your second paragraph. In a time when many Palestinians are incredibly worried, scared, grieving, you’re going to throw that shit at them too. That’s fucked up.

 

[superrific]

I’m talking about your second paragraph. In a time when many Palestinians are incredibly worried, scared, grieving, you’re going to throw that shit at them too. That’s fucked up.

What shit? They were literally saying that they wanted to punish Kamala Harris. There are interviews after interviews where people over and over again said their goal was to teach Kamala Harris a lesson. Well, good for them. Seeing as how punishing Kamala was their goal, and they didn't think at all about the welfare of anyone else, I'm all out of fucks to give.

I will always support every innocent person who is being oppressed by anyone. But FAFO is a thing. Dearborn literally did this to themselves.

 

[stankeylegjones]

What shit? They were literally saying that they wanted to punish Kamala Harris. There are interviews after interviews where people over and over again said their goal was to teach Kamala Harris a lesson. Well, good for them. Seeing as how punishing Kamala was their goal, and they didn't think at all about the welfare of anyone else, I'm all out of fucks to give.

I will always support every innocent person who is being oppressed by anyone. But FAFO is a thing. Dearborn literally did this to themselves.

I stand by what I said, I found it incredibly fucked up. You don't seem to have an issue with it.

 

[superrific]

And let me add one more thing: Notice when Israel announced that it was annexing the whole West Bank. Practically the minute that Trump was elected.

Which proves exactly what the sane people among us were saying: Biden was taking a course of action designed to steer Israel off its worst impulses, by maintaining enough influence with the country. And it was working. And now it's going to be gone in a matter of months, if that long.

So in the end, seemingly the only person in the world who was working overtime to keep the conflict from spiraling into a full genocide and possibly a regional war is the guy who gets punished, and the bad actors everywhere are still doing their thing.

 

[superrific]

I stand by what I said, I found it incredibly fucked up. You don't seem to have an issue with it.

What am I supposed to have an issue with? The Dearborn folks got exactly what they wanted. Things played out exactly as predicted. They made a choice. The wrong choice. And they didn't think about the welfare of anyone else in making that choice.

 

[nycfan]

ICC issues arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged Gaza war crimes

Warrants for Israeli PM and former defence minister put them at risk of detention if they go to some other countries

www.theguardian.com

ICC issues arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged Gaza war crimes​

Warrants for Israeli PM and former defence minister put them at risk of detention if they go to some other countries

“The international criminal court has issued arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, the country’s former defence minister Yoav Gallant and the Hamas leader Mohammed Deif for alleged war crimes relating to the Gaza war. …”

 

[mpaer]

My goodness