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Netanyahu just gave an insane speech in which he repeatedly referred to Iranians as "barbarians" and said the US and Israel are fighting a colonial war "to protect civilization". US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth also dehumanized Iranians as "barbaric savages" (as the US military bombs elementary schools and hospitals in Iran). The mask is off. The US and Israel are fascist genocidal regimes that aim to "exterminate all the brutes" of the Global South, as 19th-century European colonialists said.

Our correspondent Steve Sweeney has been wounded by an Israeli strike in Lebanon. He says an IDF plane fired upon the car carrying Steve and his cameraman, as they were crossing a bridge in the south of the country. Both men are conscious in hospital, doctors are diagnosing extent of shrapnel damage. War journalists are not legitimate targets. We pray for them.

Rutte really wrote this in January 2024, as Dutch PM. Rutte’s prime ministerial office sent a request to the Legal Affairs Directorate saying this (using more words). This was during internal discussions of the Dutch government following October 7, 2023. That clinched his NATO job.

"Gaza was a very peaceful place at the time and they decided to attack Israel... with the support of almost each and every Gazan... I heard in the report that Gaza children are hoping to be back in school, and I really hope they don't..." Amit Segal, prominent Netanyahu mouthpiece (Channel 12, Yedioth Ahronoth), spews his blood libelous genocidal hatred on CNN, earlier this month (October 9)

Israeli forces attack Palestinian Muslims who approach Al-Aqsa Mosque for Eid Prayers.

🇮🇱 « On pourra vous pardonner d’avoir tué nos enfants, mais pas de nous avoir obligés à tuer vos enfants. » Si je comprends bien les propos du Grand Rabbin de France, bientôt, les Palestiniens, les Libanais et les autres peuples massacrés par Israël devront s’excuser...

NEW: FIFA rejects calls to ban Israel: "Should take no action given that, in the context of the interpretation of the relevant provisions of the FIFA Statutes, the final legal status of the West Bank remains an unresolved & highly complex matter under public international law"