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An Israeli military court has ordered the release from detention of a reserve soldier who shot and killed Sameh Zeitoun, a 62-year-old Palestinian convert to Judaism, near the Elazar Junction in the West Bank last week. The judge who made the decision said that incident was the result of a series of circumstances which led to the soldier mistaking Zeitoun, who had changed his name to David Ben Avraham, for a terrorist.

The judge also noted the fact that Ben Avraham got out of a taxi with Palestinian license plates at a bus stop near the settlement, that he told the soldier that he was on his way to Jerusalem even though he did not have a permit to enter the city, that he spoke Hebrew with an Arabic accent and said that he was Jewish. He also noted that a knife was found in Ben Avraham's bag and that soldiers had been warned of intelligence alerts regarding possible terrorist attacks. Ben Avraham was shot after lowering his hands, something that the soldier said aroused his suspicions still further.

skooma512 posted:

So, what's the deal with this stuff about IDF soldiers dressing up in women's clothes they find? It's such a weird and specific thing. I don't know how prevalent it is because I avoid vids from the IDF in general, but it seems like it happens a lot and it's not just a couple guys a couple times.

Is this a carryover from the Holocaust or something? As if they stared too long at the Holocaust void and it's staring back now. I vaguely recall accounts of Nazis doing this with clothes they got from their victims.

Rubellavator posted:

Can you stop making GBS threads up the thread with tiktok videos/etc because you're throwing a hissy fit over your previous probation? It would be nice if CSPAM mods started actually enforcing rules in this thread....

And yes, obviously I know I'm hypocritical by breaking CSPAM rules with this post. But this thread has somehow been even worse than normal recently...

lobster shirt posted:

is there a rule against posting tik toks or something

Seyser Koze posted:

who the hell runs to a site called mashable for information

lobster shirt posted:

you do

lobster shirt posted:

is there a rule against posting tik toks or something

lobster shirt posted:

is there a rule against posting tik toks or something

Weka posted:

Is not learning English a right wing practice? Or founding your community on religious devotion? Are the Amish right wing? Quakers?
Most Haredi men in America work. It's even a slim majority in Israel.

speng31b posted:

you got syqd and now you've been owned

Al-Saqr posted:

It's not the limited short term thinking it's describing someone as they are there's a difference between being hopeful and being stupid, the egyptian regime is custom-built to be a backbone of subduing and enslaving egyptians to the benefit of the US, ISrael and the UAE this is how it's acted for 50 years and that's the character of the people running the place, it's calling it as it is. expecting them to actually do anything that doesnt involve serving their masters and enriching themselves is stupidity.

the 'hopeful' part is wishing the day they are overthrown and killed wholesale. the cold harsh truth is that palestine will never be saved until the people who rule Egypt, Jordan, the UAE and Saudi arabia are killed and run over, there's no other path forwards unless that happens.

However, my realistic assessment is that arab people are too traumatised by what happened over the last decade, too poor and desperate or too sheeplike slaves and brainwashed to want to do anything. sadly this is the reality unless proven otherwise.

mags posted:

believing naive fantasy isn’t praxis. Egypt isnt going to do poo poo

Seyser Koze posted:

Congrats on trusting a source that spreads misinformation at a 20% rate

PostNouveau posted:

I dunno much about the Amish or Quakers, but in the U.S. these traits are indicative of ultra-Orthodox Hasidic sects. Apparently, that is not the case elsewhere, though. News to me; learn something new every day.

lobster shirt posted:

is there a rule against posting tik toks or something

Ramrod Hotshot posted:

I’m going to sacrifice a red cow for Israel

https://x.com/worldwarnow_/status/1773001312503828568?s=46

Neurolimal posted:

Pomeroy posted:

https://x.com/btnewsroom/status/1773102199905640460?s=46

Ramrod Hotshot posted:

I’m going to sacrifice a red cow for Israel

https://x.com/worldwarnow_/status/1773001312503828568?s=46

RC Cola posted:

It's a DND syq replacing DND with cspam from one of the calm Hitlers

Ham posted:

The posts about Egypt invading anything have to be from a different reality. Any troop buildups near the border are minimal and are meant to control a potential exodus into the Sinai by Palestinians, no more and no less.

This is not to say such an exodus wouldn't eventually lead to a conflict with Israel in the near future, but Sisi and the government will only ever get as far as making noise about suspending the peace treaty and pushing more troops to the border.

Sisi and those same institutions people mention have received the following amounts announced just over the past month:

35 billion USD from the UAE for land usage rights of a plot on the Mediterranean - how the hell is it worth this much, no one knows
8 billion EUR from the EU for upgrading Egypt's diplomatic status to a "strategic partner", mostly in the form of concessional loans
8 billion USD facility increase from the IMF

No one in power in Egypt is about to oppose the US regime.

quote:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/3/131255/Egypt-to-receive-2nd-installment-of-financial-dues-for-Ras

CAIRO - 27 March 2024: Egypt will receive the second installment of financial dues for the Ras El Hikma project in the coming weeks, Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly revealed in a statement issued, Wednesday, by the Cabinet.

quote:

https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/growth-chinese-influence-egypt-signs-and-consequences

During ​​Xi Jinping’s visit to Egypt in 2016, 21 more agreements were signed—including an agreement for 15 billion dollars of Chinese investment in various projects. 
...
From 2017 to 2022, Chinese investment in Egypt increased by 317%. During the same period, U.S. investment in Egypt decreased by 31%
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China has become Egypt’s largest trading partner for eight successive years. From 2018 to 2019, Egypt drew in approximately 28.5 billion dollars in Chinese investments

Sancho Banana posted:

The images says it's a "red cow conference", which includes various talks about red cows and a guided tour in a place where they're being grown. No sacrifices or Al-Aqsa entree are listed but still lol

Religious zionists are such psychos

quote:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-war-hamas-red-heifers-from-texas-jerusalem-jewish-temple-al-aqsa/

Jerusalem — When Hamas spokesman Abu Ubaida began a speech marking the 100th day of the war in Gaza, one confounding yet eye-opening proclamation escaped the headlines. Listing the motives for the Palestinian militant group's Oct. 7 massacre in Israel, he accused Jews of "bringing red cows" to the Holy Land.

The cows he was talking about are red heifers, which now graze at a secure, undisclosed location in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Some Jews and Christians believe they're key to rebuilding the Jewish temple that once stood in Jerusalem, and to beckoning the Messiah.

From Texas to the West Bank
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Instrumental in bringing the heifers to the Holy Land was Yitshak Mamo, of Uvne Jerusalem, a group committed to seeing a new temple built in Jerusalem's Old City.

"You can check to see if they have any white or black hairs," he told CBS News, explaining that any hair that isn't red would disqualify the cows from fulfilling their prophesied role.
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A massive white altar awaits, where they are to be burned on a plot of land overlooking the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. Mamo said the ceremony must be performed looking directly into where the ancient Second Temple stood, until it was destroyed by the Romans in the year 70.
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"It's so important for the Jews to return and rebuild the temple," said New York native Kronfeld, who founded the High on the Har organization to lead the tours. "It's not about taking anything from our Muslim brothers and sisters. It's not about the destruction of Islamic holy sites. It's about preserving this place and being guardians over the house of God for all people."

But she makes no secret about what she wants to happen to the Dome of the Rock.

"I believe it's going to go, 100%. The whole thing is going to go to build a temple," she said, insisting that the shrine and its golden dome should be preserved, but relocated.

Weka posted:

If you won't believe some goon, will you believe the man ... the myth ... the legend Abu Obeidia?!

Kopmala posted:

gently caress Israel

Automata 10 Pack posted:

https://x.com/assalrad/status/1773039432867749927?s=46

Automata 10 Pack posted:

https://x.com/assalrad/status/1773039432867749927?s=46

Nonsense posted:

https://twitter.com/LeftieStats/status/1772953903870451829

Abu-Sittah also called for:

Divestment from arms trade

Replacing IHRA definition of anti-semitism with an alternative that allows free speech

Pressure the university to condemn Israel's assault on Gaza

MadSparkle posted:

Every time I see his face, it's like looking at a cartoon marvel villain and I start to unconsciously pray for inner peace because my inner demons are rolling cups across the iron bars lol

Neurolimal posted:

Ham posted:

The posts about Egypt invading anything have to be from a different reality. Any troop buildups near the border are minimal and are meant to control a potential exodus into the Sinai by Palestinians, no more and no less.

This is not to say such an exodus wouldn't eventually lead to a conflict with Israel in the near future, but Sisi and the government will only ever get as far as making noise about suspending the peace treaty and pushing more troops to the border.

Sisi and those same institutions people mention have received the following amounts announced just over the past month:

35 billion USD from the UAE for land usage rights of a plot on the Mediterranean - how the hell is it worth this much, no one knows
8 billion EUR from the EU for upgrading Egypt's diplomatic status to a "strategic partner", mostly in the form of concessional loans
8 billion USD facility increase from the IMF

No one in power in Egypt is about to oppose the US regime.

Rubellavator posted:

Can you stop making GBS threads up the thread with tiktok videos/etc because you're throwing a hissy fit over your previous probation? It would be nice if CSPAM mods started actually enforcing rules in this thread....

And yes, obviously I know I'm hypocritical by breaking CSPAM rules with this post. But this thread has somehow been even worse than normal recently...