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AloeVera

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45. Desensitization to injustice and horrible deaths of innocents comes from a feeling of powerlessness.
Tue May 27, 2025, 10:57 PM
May 27

It's akin to a trauma response of dissociation. It's a win for the abusers, aggressors and war criminals.

Western leaders have belatedly stumbled upon the truth of what ordinary people around the world have known for nearly 19 months. That they could not have known this of course is absurd. They all knew. But now the criminality and unjust suffering is so brazen - even Ehud Olmert, ex-Israeli PM wrote an opinion piece in Haaretz's saying "yes, Israel is committing war crimes" - that they finally decided they could no longer cover for it. Their lack of action to stop the genocide is another reason people have become dismayed and shocked to the point of trauma - the world that they thought they knew, where democracies stood up to war criminals and rogue nations, was a mirage. The world doesn't work that way. That at least is how I feel.

But you are probably right. Finger-wagging and words falling into the abyss of sameness. And yet... there must still be hope this will be ended and that NEVER again somehow becomes universal in some utopian future.

Absolutely agree with you about Israel's goals re expansion, land/resource theft and conquest of the East Bank. Interesting how you gamed it out and I agree because historical precedents bear it out, where pretexts and manipulation of events are the well-worn methods.

Western media doesn't know what to do with events that go so deeply against the grain of the narrative they've been carrying for 77 years... And their historical "knowledge" is shaped by that narrative, as is their credulity and lack of curiosity.

I've included Omert's opinion piece. It's actually a bit shocking, coming from an ex-Israeli PM.

https://archive.is/FGfQA

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Also from that article. Eko May 26 #1
Again, see threats and propaganda Mountainguy May 26 #2
Death threats? Sounds serious. AloeVera May 26 #3
How about the one I already posted? Mountainguy May 26 #4
In other words, a new iteration of "IDF says..." AloeVera May 27 #37
And yeah, death threats from bloodthirsty killers Mountainguy May 26 #7
Links to death threats? Beastly Boy May 27 #28
Just the latest way to defend hamas Mountainguy May 27 #40
Aid organizations are extensions of Hamas? Eko May 26 #5
You mean like the UNRWA? Mountainguy May 26 #6
Ha Ha, Eko May 26 #8
You want more? Mountainguy May 26 #10
Jeeze, 1st one is from the IDF, second title says Israel says, Eko May 26 #12
And the title of your last article Eko May 26 #15
And the author of the second article said this. Eko May 26 #9
The article is about a British document showing the connections Mountainguy May 26 #11
Did you see the document? Eko May 26 #13
Lets not forget that in the very first paragraph in the second article it states Eko May 26 #14
How does a group work in Gaza Mountainguy May 26 #17
Questions are not evidence. But here I will answer your questions. Eko May 26 #19
Hiding? Mountainguy May 26 #21
Did you see THIS?? AloeVera May 26 #16
And yet Mountainguy May 26 #18
Good for them. How much aid have they delivered? Eko May 26 #20
Didn't want to use this picture? Mountainguy May 26 #23
My apologies, I meant how much has been Eko May 26 #25
No. WFP and others were doing it. AloeVera May 26 #22
More about the aid process and organization running it Nanjeanne May 26 #24
If Hamas were stealing aid, Israel would be providing video evidence. AloeVera May 26 #26
That's a good one. Israel doesnt provide classified military surveillance footage on demand, ergo no stealing! Beastly Boy May 27 #27
The levels people will go to Mountainguy May 27 #31
According to Reuters Hamas itself moniss May 27 #29
Hamas say Mountainguy May 27 #30
And nothing in that article Mountainguy May 27 #32
I tthink it's foolish for people to think that the only groups moniss May 27 #33
It's much worse. AloeVera May 27 #36
Yes I saw the NYT article after my post and moniss May 27 #42
Desensitization to injustice and horrible deaths of innocents comes from a feeling of powerlessness. AloeVera May 27 #45
I saw him doing an interview about moniss May 28 #46
Desensitization to injustice and horrible deaths of innocents comes from organized indoctrination of children. Beastly Boy May 28 #47
The Propaganda Times of Israel says what Sewa May 27 #34
Wrong Mountainguy May 27 #35
"Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" vanessa_ca May 27 #38
You liked the system Mountainguy May 27 #39
I despise war criminals masquerading as humanitarians vanessa_ca May 27 #41
You mean this? malaise May 27 #43
Only the pure can deliver aide? Mountainguy May 27 #44
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