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Many pro-war Trump supporters spent all day Friday heralding Trump's assertion that the war was over and Trump got everything he demanded with nothing in return --because Iran fully capitulated. Meanwhile, Iran today refuses to negotiate, so Trump extended the cease-fire:

I’m going to admit that to an extent I failed my oldest child. Not in the traditional sense. He’s a relatively good kid. He’s smart. He has a good job. We’ve been there when he needs us and thankfully he doesn’t rely on us for much at all anymore. All that said, he has in fact been radicalized. It happened slowly. He’d say things. I’d dismiss them a “young and dumb” figuring he’d mature out of your typical high school liberal turns. I’d always say, “l’ll never tell you how to vote, but I’ll never pretend you’re right when you believe stupid things.” Recently he made an anti-Israel statement. I mean, that’s fine if it’s relegated to Israeli policy and politics. Criticize everyone always, when they must be criticized. But then, he said something that was absurd. And I asked him to explain. He said, “When Israel attacked Gaza on October 7th…” I stopped him and said, “I’m sorry, WHAT!?” He had no idea what the truth was. Forget the nuance of every day politics. I mean he had been told online that Israel had attacked Gaza on October 7th. When I corrected him, he was stunned. He then said, “well why did Israel attack our ships?” I said, you mean like recently? He said, “yeah!” I said, “I think you need to seriously consider where you get your information from. Whoever it was didn’t tell you that was back in the 60s.” He looked lost. So I said, “the way it works is they tell you something that is true but out of context so that IF you look it up, you’ll see at some point something like that happened.” My point is that your kids are being radicalized. Whether Left or Right, the algorithm is showing them what they want all the time. It doesn’t care what they believe. It only cares that it captures them. And boring old truth doesn’t keep eyes in an app. Pay close attention. I thought I was. But boy was I wrong.

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🇮🇱🇵🇸Holy shit, Haaretz published a list of atrocities Israeli soldiers did and saw in Gaza, and the details are stomach churning: •⁠ ⁠Soldiers pissing on a bound, blindfolded detainee while laughing and joking about October 7 •⁠ ⁠Interrogators torturing detainees by tying cable ties around their genitals •⁠ ⁠An officer executing an unarmed Palestinian who had surrendered with hands up, then covering it up as a “terrorist killed” •⁠ ⁠Widespread excitement in units over “special means” used to kill people in tunnels, while one soldier said it reminded him of the Holocaust •⁠ ⁠A tank gunning down five Palestinians crossing a line (four killed), followed by a D9 bulldozer burying the bodies in sand •⁠ ⁠Soldiers opening fire on unarmed civilians, including an old man and three teenage boys who turned out to be completely unarmed •⁠ ⁠Looting Palestinian homes, burning photos, and urinating on personal belongings for fun The impact back home has been brutal. Soldiers are throwing out mirrors because they can’t look at themselves. Others are breaking down crying in public. Many are struggling with suicidal thoughts, shame, and nightmares. These soldiers will carry this for decades. Heavy, painful reading.