I’m not gonna lie to you - I thought Israel would have started shit with Hezbollah by now which would have derailed whatever megathread theme I had planned, so I didn’t bother planning one.
If you want a decent couple pieces going over what Hezbollah has done to Israel, then have a look at How ‘Israel’ Has Lost The North and Hezbollah’s Quarterly Report. It’s not exactly the most professional analysis, as you’ll see if you read it, but it gets the point across and relies on evidence. In essence, Hezbollah has pushed the Israelis back tens of kilometers and decimated their border infrastructure, all while unveiling anti-aircraft missiles that have forced Israel to reconsider bombing runs. They still probably have the ability to turn various towns and cities in Lebanon to rubble, but Hezbollah can do massive damage back to Israel in turn. This has gone on so long with so little meaningful opposition by Israel that border settlements are going a little haywire and tentatively declaring independence from Israel and saying they don’t want IDF troops there anymore. I don’t take these terribly seriously from a military standpoint but it is indicative of the Zionist settler mindset crumbling over the last 9 months.
We’re now at the point where Israel kinda has to go to war against Hezbollah or the entire Zionist ideology of military deterrence and expansion via illegal settlements simply no longer functions, but that war will also lead to massive destruction for military and civilian facilities (ports, power stations, war factories, etc) which is a massive problem for Israel’s continued existence. Hamas continues to function inside Gaza despite the surface occupation of significant areas, including the Gaza-Egypt border, and attrition there is leading to big materiel and psychological losses for Israel too. And Yemen has, for all intents and purposes, prevailed against America’s failed attempt to thwart their blockade - with some in the army claiming it’s the most intense naval battle America has faced since WW2 - and missile strikes are tentatively beginning to hit or at least threaten ships in the Mediterranean Sea.
Nukes are still lurking quietly in the background, of course, but the Resistance is perfectly aware of that and still seems confident to go ahead with operations, so I can’t really do anything but shrug and say that I trust them to do what’s right.
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Israel-Palestine Conflict
Sources on the fighting in Palestine against Israel. In general, CW for footage of battles, explosions, dead people, and so on:
UNRWA daily-ish reports on Israel’s destruction and siege of Gaza and the West Bank.
English-language Palestinian Marxist-Leninist twitter account. Alt here.
English-language twitter account that collates news (and has automated posting when the person running it goes to sleep).
Arab-language twitter account with videos and images of fighting.
English-language (with some Arab retweets) Twitter account based in Lebanon. - Telegram is @IbnRiad.
English-language Palestinian Twitter account which reports on news from the Resistance Axis. - Telegram is @EyesOnSouth.
English-language Twitter account in the same group as the previous two. - Telegram here.
English-language PalestineResist telegram channel.
More telegram channels here for those interested.
Various sources that are covering the Ukraine conflict are also covering the one in Palestine, like Rybar.
Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists
Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Sources:
Defense Politics Asia’s youtube channel and their map. Their youtube channel has substantially diminished in quality but the map is still useful.
Moon of Alabama, which tends to have interesting analysis. Avoid the comment section.
Understanding War and the Saker: reactionary sources that have occasional insights on the war.
Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don’t want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it’s just the two of them if you want a little more analysis.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent and very good journalist reporting in the warzone on the separatists’ side.
Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.
Pro-Russian Telegram Channels:
Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.
https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR’s former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR’s forces. Russian language.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist, but all socially reactionary. If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one.
https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.
https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster’s telegram channel.
https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator.
https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps.
https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a ‘propaganda tax’, if you don’t believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses.
https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.
Pro-Ukraine Telegram Channels:
Almost every Western media outlet.
https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord.
https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.
anyone have a link to the current Palestinian Ministry of Health casualty estimates as of June 2024? Google search does not want to cough it up.
Tucker Carlson was in civilian gear at the Palestine rally today in Naarm / Melbourne today, taking photos and shaking hands with people who i dont think knew who he was
he scurried off once people actually recognised him though
Israeli forces in Gaza City ‘executing’ Palestinians on the spot:
Rights group The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor says it has received reports that Israeli forces are committing “widespread massacres” in the Shujayea and Jdaida neighbourhoods in Gaza City.
“Our field team is receiving reports of dozens, possibly hundreds, of victims being executed on the spot or having their shelters bombed,” wrote Ramy Abdul, the chairman of the Geneva-based group, in a post on X.
Earlier, we reported the UN reporting that at least 60,000 people had been displaced from Shujayea as the Israeli military announced intensifying operations there.
Doug Burgum appears to be leading the prediction markets for Trump’s VP for ages now. what the fuck has he been doing to hold that position if we haven’t heard of this guy since the debates?
The best election leaflet I’ve ever seen
Recently Denmark’s succdem-led right-wing regime advised the population to prep for major emergencies by stocking cash, food, water and medicine for at least three days. This led to a boom in sales for canned food and survival gear but the broad recommendations seems not to have been accompanied by more detailed planning.
Patient advocacy groups were not given notice of the release of the recommendations and was unprepared for the flood of questions they are now getting from sick and disabled people who worry about how to prepare for emergencies. The advocacy groups are worried that the recommendations will lead to panic buying of medicine resulting in shortages. They also criticise authorities for not having presented more specific plans and recommendations for people with special medical needs as well as for not including them in the preparation of the recommendations.
The main advocacy group for senior citizens’ issues is pointing out that no national plan exists for preparing assisted living facilities and similar institutions for emergencies, resulting in each municipality having its own policy for stocking up on essentials.
The recommendations were given by the Liberal Party-controlled ministry of defense but they refuse to comment on the criticism and refer questions to the emergency services agency.
All in all the recommendations looks less like the result of well thought-out planning and more like a piece of security theatre primarily intended to pump up “crisis awareness” among the population and make them rally around the increasingly unpopular ruling coalition.
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Arab league no longer designates hezbollah as terrorists
EUMETSAT (European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites) ditched Ariane 6 in favor of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 for the launch of Meteosat MTG-S1 satellite, just two weeks before the maiden flight of Ariane 6.
CNES Chief Responds Harshly to Eumetsat’s Decision to Ditch Ariane 6
CNES chief Philippe Baptiste has responded to Eumetsat’s decision to ditch Ariane 6 for Falcon 9, saying that it is a “brutal change” and “a very disappointing day for European space efforts.”
Late yesterday, French news outlet Le Monde reported that the executive committee of Eumetsat, the European meteorological satellite agency, had asked the agency’s board of directors to cancel a contract it signed with Arianespace four years ago to launch its Meteosat MTG-S1 satellite. The mission would have been flown aboard the third Ariane 6 flight, which is expected to be launched in early 2025. The satellite will now be launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
In a post on LinkedIn, CNES chairman and CEO responded harshly to Eumetsat’s decision to ditch Ariane 6 in favour of Falcon 9, saying, “How far will we, Europeans, go in our naivety.”
In addition to expressing his dissatisfaction with Eumetsat’s decision, Baptiste also expressed the need to require European institutional missions to be launched aboard European rockets.
“I am impatiently waiting to understand what reasons could have led Eumetsat to such a decision at a time [when] all major European space countries as well as the European Commission are calling for launching European satellites on European launchers.”
In a call to action, Baptiste stated that it was “time for the European Commission to take the necessary measures so that all European institutional satellites are launched on small and large European launchers.” This sentiment echoed comments made by Arianespace earlier this week.
Do they still not understand? America is taking over all of Europe’s leading industries. There will be nothing left for them soon.
Also funny for the EU supporters who advocate for free market being so keen to institute protectionism when it is their own countries, not some poor developing Global South countries, who are at the receiving end of free market liberalism.
But it is too late, America is simply doing to Europe what it and Europe itself have been doing to the rest of the world.
There was a terrorist attack in Belgrade earlier today apparently. A cop was seriously wounded protecting the
embassy form a weirdo that recently converted to Wahhabism.how do you not just completely fall into despair living as a vulnerable minority in the United States at this moment. what does a future even look like
Armoured vehicles donated to Ukraine by Canada not suitable for driving off road
Lmao what a joke, the MIC can’t even make an off road vehicle anymore. They break down when you try to take them cross country. Good thing all war takes place on paved roads then right?
Extincion Rebellion in Finland has withdrawn from a demostration due to police violence. The libs are calling this a smart move as it draws more attention to their cause. Mainstream media however rarely reports the demos or if it does, it typically frames these as the disrubtion of traffic. Today the liberal bourge paper Helsingin Sanomat has called out for the protesters right to protest safely.
Their next demo will start as planned tomorrow with a press release about the police violence. In the Finnish text based press release they report the police hitting people in the head, dragging them on the asfalt and other acts of physical violence. The police started forcefully removing protesters as soon as the demo started with no prewarning or commands to leave.
