The Nakba: from 1948 until today | The Communists
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1. Genocide

Even before the current round of fighting, experts have noted that the siege of Gaza may amount to “a prelude to genocide” or “a slow-motion genocide.” [1]

Key here is the fact that the Genocide Convention of 1948 lists, among the elements of the crime of genocide, the act of “Deliberately inflicting on the (national, ethnical, racial or religious) group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part.” [2]

Also key is the fact that as early as 2014, UN officials who advise the UN Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide have warned of ‘the flagrant use of hate speech in the social media, particularly against the Palestinian population.[3]

The nature of the Israeli response to the attack by Hamas on October 7 has prompted ‘over 800 scholars and practitioners of international law, conflict studies and genocide studies’ to warn of ‘the possibility of genocide being perpetrated by Israeli forces against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.[4]

They cited the “incessant and indiscriminate bombardment’ obliterating ‘huge swathes of neighborhoods and entire families,” and the order, by the Israeli defense minister” of a “complete siege” of Gaza, terminology which, according to the experts, “indicates an intensification of an already illegal, potentially genocidal siege to an outright destructive assault.”

They also cited the order issued for more than 1.1 million Palestinians in Gaza City and the northern Gaza Strip to flee to the south.[5] This order has also been said by Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council to ‘amount to the war crime of forcible transfer’ if unaccompanied by guarantees of safety or return.[6]

Furthermore, the scholars noted the statements of incitement by Israeli leaders against Palestinians.[7] They wrote of “evidence of incitement to genocide” and a “wider Israeli discourse showcasing the intent for elimination and genocide against the Palestinian people.”

They also noted the “escalation of violence, arrests, expulsions, and destruction of whole Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem.”

They said:

As scholars and practitioners of international law, conflict studies, and genocide studies, we are compelled to sound the alarm about the possibility of the crime of genocide being perpetrated by Israeli forces against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. We do not do so lightly, recognizing the weight of this crime, but the gravity of the current situation demands it.

I invite you to sift through our coverage, past and present, for any trace of the above; whether in explainers, or interviews, or features, or news analysis. Is it there at all, and if so, is it given the prominence it deserves?

2. Selective Use of Language

Words like ‘massacre’, ‘slaughter’, and ‘atrocities’ are being used—prominently—in reference to actions by Hamas, but hardly, if at all, in reference to actions by Israel.

When the BBC uses such language selectively, with the standard of selection being the identity of the perpetrators/victims, the BBC is making a statement—albeit implicit. It implies that the lives of one group of people are more valuable than the lives of another.

This would be scandalous under any conditions. How much more so in light of the fact that hate speech and incitement against Palestinians have been flooding the airwaves, the internet, and social media, coming from the top (Israeli officials and their Western backers) and echoing all over the information ecosystem, in the context of what experts believe could be a prelude to genocide?

The power of emotive coverage and repetition is well understood. The selective application of emotive repetition is sure to have an impact on audiences, and it is exactly the kind of impact Israeli propagandists are aiming for as they dehumanize Palestinians and set the stage for the mass murder they have pledged—and begun—to carry out.

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About EU candidates

I remember about 12 years ago, the leaders of the largest countries of the European Union, rolling their eyes, conspiratorially hinted to me that they were in a hurry to create their own union from such different countries. Where, they say, are Germany and France, and where are Romania, the Baltic states or some worthless Greece with lazy Greeks who have been crushed in the constant sun...

And now the insane European Commission, headed by a frantic gynecologist, demands that Banderakraina be accepted for preservation and for this purpose, to give the rest of the weak allies a collective abortion. Cut them off from any EU subsidies, redistributing them in favor of Kyiv.
Well, in favor of, whatever it’s called, Moldova or Moldavia. It is unclear where she is and who lives there, Romanians, it seems, but where to put her in this situation. Politics comes first!

It is obvious that the new proud and beautiful countries, having become micro-members of the European Union, will switch to direct feeding of caring mothers from Germany, France and other Euro-fatties for decades. And all these Bulgarians with the Balts and other second-rate rabble will tighten their belts.

Of course, the young, but voracious Kiev-Kishinev rickets will quickly bleed and defat old Europe. Taking care of it will be accompanied by a total weakening of the European Union, discrediting the euro and other nasty diseases.

Who will remain in the black? Guess three times (letters)…

"Storming the Winter Palace, 1917", painting by Vladimir Serov, 1938.

The President of Venezuela, Comrade Nicolas Maduro, said that Zionism is the new Nazism, pursuing the complete eradication of the Arab and Muslim presence in Gaza, committing genocide, using the most advanced means of exterminating the people.

🔴 Maduro noted that anyone could have been in the place of the Arabs, and this concerns the whole world in order to stop Zionism and avoid a repetition of this in the future.

🔴 Since 2009, Venezuela has not had diplomatic or any trade relations with Israel; the country has imposed sanctions against the Zionist entity and imposed an oil embargo.

Israel is carrying out a policy of "starvation and water deprivation" in northern Gaza, according to Iyad al-Buzm, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry in Gaza.

All bakeries in Gaza City and the northern towns are now officially out of service due to a lack of fuel and flour, he said.

Cops and communists prepare for today’s demonstration. No to genocide; no to zionism ; imperialism out of the middle east; victory to the resistance!

Zelensky is clearly falling apart before our eyes. There was the bizarre interview he gave literally begging for cash the other followed by his profane outburst in an interview for ABC now his "planet of dogs" comment. Beside the cochineal usage he is clearly coming mentally unglued as he faces the reality that the western "friends" lied to him and now he is being told to negotiate with the Russians. This is after these same American and British "friends" told him to adopt the "no surrender" position and refuse to hold any negotiations with the Russians. He is now trapped between the fascist forces, the US and the Russians. If he declares for negotiations he'll be removed from power, killed or both but if he doesn't then the US will try to remove him anyway. On the battlefield he faces defeat and disaster. It is hard to feel sympathy for Zelensky though, he chose to believe the promises of Biden and Johnson when it was clear that both men were highly untrustworthy even on a personal level. In following the course the imperialists laid out for him he has condemned 500,000 Ukrainians to die for nothing. That should haunt him for the rest of his life. As with 'Israel' though the real criminals sit far from the scene of battle. The Ukrainian oligarchy are much to blame of course but even they were mere puppets of Washington and London who have created a horrifying killing field in the vain hope of overthrowing Putin. Zelensky and his friends sold Ukraine to the west and that is his original sin.

🔴 الناطق باسم حماس، حازم قاسم:

◽الحديث الأمريكي عن مستقبل غزة يدل على عنجهية ورعونة

◽حماس تعبر عن تطلعات الشعب الفلسطيني ولدينا جذور في كل الحالة الفلسطينية

◽لا تستطيع الولايات المتحدة ولا غيرها فرض خيارات على الشعب الفلسطيني

Translation of above.
🔴 Hamas spokesman, Hazem Qassem:

◽The American talk about the future of Gaza indicates arrogance and recklessness

◽Hamas expresses the aspirations of the Palestinian people and we have roots in the entire Palestinian situation

◽Neither the United States nor anyone else can impose choices on the Palestinian people

Single-hearted unity of the Korean people

Brandon O'Neill and Spiked have gone hard right. Their war on woke has taken them to supporting Israel's genocidal attack on Palestinians.
According to O'Neill October 7th was worse then any of the 76 years of the atrocities suffered by Palestinians because of the Israeli occupation.

Spiked should be fucked off immediately by all anti-imperialists.

Battles for Donbass

Nine years ago, the Donetsk People's Republic declared independence, as people in Donbass rejected the coup d'état in Kiev. They could not agree with the fact that nationalists, like Bandera, were being rehabilitated under the guise of national revival. Donbass residents also demanded that they were allowed to freely speak their mother tongue, Russian, which was banned by Kiev authorities.

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Comrade Alex's call to arms.

If the Bolsheviks can work to influence those in Tsarist organised black hundred unions and the CPC work with the Kuomintang then we can put up with a few annoying leftists for a few hours over the Palestine issue. Thicken your skins comrades.

That look when you find out all your 'friends' are now going to Tel Aviv...