I don’t think I have heard anyone speak with such empathy, knowledge, humanity and clarity about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.

In it, he outlines the historical conflict. That in itself is worth a listen.

Gabor Mate is a holocaust survivor, who once was a Zionist, but who now supports the Palestinian people’s right for their own land.

There are lessons for Aotearoa New Zealand here as well, especially with the direction of the new government. Gabor Mate lives in Canada and we should listen to his thoughts there. Many people here, like many Israelis, have little knowledge, understanding or lived experience of the oppressed and colonised people.

He references the Hungarian experience of 1956 and the break up of Yugoslavia in the 1990s.

This video is worth of a post in its own right.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph9XF39yjgU&t=868s

The obsession with this international issue is like the apartheid one of the 70’s and the anti-nuclear one of the 1980’s, it serves as a distraction from the suppression of the economic and political left.

Most involved have missed the development of the surveillance state and a growing capability derived from technological advances to engage in psychological warfare operations against the domestic population.

So the parrot is saying loser. It is that sophisticated. That many think it is clever to be a parrot.

So the fact that it’s happened before makes it okay?

The classic Hasbara of “look over there” nothing to see. The reality is you cannot claim protected status because of the Holocaust whilst committing war crimes, its repugnant to all victims and the height of hypocrisy.

Jihad meaning: Literally means striving or doing ones utmost, you see words do matter.

Once you understand how Governments and bad actors use language to control the narrative you will finally be free.

Can we apply the “proven intent” retrospectively do you think Geoff? To the Armenian genocide which Turkey refuses to acknowledge? Or do we apply it only since 1948 and only to Israel?

Example 1: Turkish bombing of Kurds?
Example 2: Genocide of Christians in the Middle East and The African continent?
Do lazy people take note fingrinn?

You have of course noted how readily Erdogan takes advantage of Middle Eastern wars to bomb the Kurds into oblivion eh Bonnie?