Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Humpty Dumpty of America- Podcast

 

 

HUMPTY DUMPTY OF AMERICA

 

My deep dive into the Phsyche of DJT, the insurrection, his cartoonish persona, how memes have morphed into him and vice versa. 

 

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Tuesday, May 18, 2021

MY VERY FIRST PODCAST-The State of Reality

 Needless to say, I am excited over my very first podcast!


Please check it out. Yes, I have a soft voice and crappy equipment, but I cover a variety of topics, and I really enjoyed doing it.


Commentary on a variety of topics, including:

Covid

Insurrection

trump Supporters

Gaza and Israel

Journalistic Clarity

and..hope.

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State of Reality Podcast


 

Monday, May 17, 2021

Israel/Gaza Conflict-A Human Face 2021

 (Copied from Wikipedia, whom gets full credit  for the contents of this writing, from direct quotes)

The Wiki states that:

"Amid rising tensions and an increase in communal violence, on 6 May 2021, Palestinian protests began in Jerusalem over an anticipated decision of the Supreme Court of Israel in the eviction of six Palestinian families from Sheikh Jarrah, a neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem.[18] The Israeli courts consider the area to be annexed by Israel but the annexation is otherwise unrecognized.[19][20] The protests quickly escalated into violent confrontations between Jewish and Palestinian protesters. The following day, the compound of the al-Aqsa Mosque, a major Islamic holy site located on the Temple Mount, which is sacred in Judaism, was stormed[21] by Israeli police using tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades against stone-throwing Palestinians.[22][23][24][25]

The violence coincided with Qadr Night, observed by Muslims, and Jerusalem Day, an Israeli national holiday. The confrontations occurred ahead of a planned Jerusalem Day march by far-right Jewish nationalists that was later cancelled.[26][27] More than 300 people were injured, mostly Palestinians,[28] drawing international condemnation. The Supreme Court ruling was then delayed for 30 days as the attorney general of Israel, Avichai Mandelblit, sought to reduce tensions.[1]

On 10 May, after Israel ignored their ultimatum that afternoon,[29] two Palestinian militant groups, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, began firing rockets into Israel from the Gaza Strip, hitting multiple residences and a school.[30][31][32] Israel began to launch airstrikes against Gaza, some 950 of which by May 16 had demolished, completely or partially, 18 buildings including four high-rise towers, 40 schools and 4 hospitals, and also struck the Al-Shasti refugee camp.[33][34][35][36][37][38]

Since the rocket launches and airstrikes began, at least 214 Palestinians have been killed, including 58 children,[39][40][41] while ten Israelis have been killed, including one child.[42][43][44][45][46] On 11 May, the Israel Defense Forces claimed that at least 15 of the Palestinian casualties were confirmed members of Hamas, and also claimed that some Palestinian civilian casualties were caused by errant rocket launches within the Gaza Strip.[47] As of 12 May 2021, both Israel and the Palestinian National Authority reported injuries for at least 300 Palestinians[48][49][50] and 200 Israelis.[51] As of 17 May 2021, at least 38,000 Palestinians have been displaced.

Background

April–May 2021 Ramadan events

On the night of 13 April, the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, an Israeli police squad raided the Haram al Sharif and, brushing aside mosque attendants, severed the loudspeaker cables used to broadcast the Al-Aqsa muezzin's ritual call to prayer so that the speech being delivered by President Reuven Rivlin below, at the Western Wall, for Memorial Day in Israel would not be disturbed. At the same time, they blocked off access to the Damascus Gate where Muslim worshippers congregate during the holiday.[52][53] The barriers at the Damascus Gate were eventually removed some two weeks later in the wake of protests. [54] On 15 April, a TikTok video of a Palestinian teen slapping an ultra-orthodox Jewish man went viral, leading to several copycat incidents.[55] The next day, tens of thousands of Palestinian worshippers were turned away from Al-Aqsa, on the first Friday of Ramadan when Israel imposed a 10,000-person limit on prayers at the mosque.[56] [55] On the same day, a Rabbi was beaten in Jaffa causing two days of protests.[55] On 22 April, the far-right Jewish supremacist group Lehava held a march through Jerusalem chanting "death to Arabs".[55] On 23 April, after fringe military groups fired 36 rockets at southern Israel, the IDF launched missiles at Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip.[55] In the following days, a Palestinian boy and a 19-year-old Israeli settler were killed. On 6 May, incendiary balloon attacks launched from Gaza set off 6 fires[57]

Itamar Ben-Gvir visited Sheikh Jarrah shortly before the clashes began, where he said that the houses belonged to Jews and told police to "open fire" on protesters.[52] Agence France-Presse reported that Israeli settlers had been seen in Sheikh Jarrah openly carrying assault rifles and revolvers leading up to the clashes.[52] A video was posted of Ben-Gvir, in a joking exchange with the deputy mayor of Jerusalem, Arieh King, mocking a Palestinian resident shot by Israeli police during a protest.[58]

Historic dispute

Entrance to the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood

The long-running dispute over land in Sheikh Jarrah is considered a microcosm of the Israeli–Palestinian disputes over land since 1948.[59] Israel's laws allow Jews to file claims over land in the West Bank and East Jerusalem which they have owned prior to 1948, but reject Palestinian claims over land in Israel which they owned.[60][61][62][63]

According to Ottoman documents presented by the settler organizations, the land in Sheikh Jarrah was bought by Jewish trusts from Arab landowners in the 1870s.[64] The authenticity of these documents has been challenged by Palestinian claimants in Israeli courts.[65][66] In 1956, the Jordanian government, in cooperation with the United Nations' organization for refugees, UNRWA, housed 28 Palestinian refugee families with tenancy rights in a compound on land that Jordan managed as Custodian of Enemy Property. After the Six-Day War, the area fell under Israeli occupation. In 1972, the Israeli Custodian General registered the properties under the Jewish trusts, which in turn demanded that the Palestinian tenants there pay the trusts rent. Eviction orders began to occur in the 1990s.[67] The Jewish trusts sold the homes to a right-wing settler organization, which has since made repeated attempts to evict the Palestinian residents. Under Israeli land and property laws, Israelis have the right to reclaim properties in East Jerusalem owned by Jews before the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, but no similar law exists that would allow Palestinians to claim their lost property inside Israel during the hostilities. The Sheikh Jarrah district houses the descendants of refugees expelled or displaced from their homes in Jaffa and Haifa in the Nakba of 1948.[68][69][70][71] According to the Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research, this approach to property rights is unacceptable in international law,[67]and Palestinians consider that, since the land is outside Israel's recognized borders, Israeli courts have no jurisdiction there, and that displacing tenents in this context violates the Rome Statute.[72]

OCHAoPT map of Palestinian communities under threat of eviction in East Jerusalem, as of 2016

Settler groups mostly funded by U.S. donors succeeded in having 43 Palestinians evicted from the area in 2002, followed by the Hanoun and Ghawi families in 2008, and the Shamasneh family in 2017.[20] In 2010, the Supreme Court of Israel rejected an appeal by Palestinian families who had resided in 57 housing units in the area of Sheikh Jarrah, who had petitioned the court to have their ownership to the properties recognized.[67] An Israeli court had previously ruled that the Palestinians could remain on the properties under a legal status called "protected tenants" but must pay rent. The move to evict them came after they refused to pay rent and carried out construction on the properties unauthorized by those who the courts had recognized as the owners.[73] In 2021 Israel's Supreme Court was expected to deliver a ruling on whether to uphold the eviction of six Palestinian families from the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood on 10 May 2021, after a court ruled that 13 families, 58 people including 17 children: 6 families by 2 May, and a further 7 by 1 August.[20] On 9 May 2021, the Israeli Supreme Court delayed the expected decision on evictions for 30 days, after an intervention from Attorney General of Israel Avichai Mandelblit.[74]

Political instability

The 2021 Palestinian legislative election for the Palestinian Legislative Council, originally scheduled for 22 May 2021, was indefinitely postponed on 29 April 2021 by President Mahmoud Abbas.[75][76] Some Palestinian voters believed he had done so to avoid political defeat for his party Fatah.[52][77][78] Analysts say the postponement contributed towards the current crisis,[79] and encouraged Hamas to resort to military confrontation rather than diplomatic tactics.[80][81][82][83] Opinion pieces in NBC News, the Wall Street Journal and Foreign Policy argued that by taking responsibility for the rocket fire, Hamas had improved its standing among Palestinians wary of the delayed elections.[84][85][86][83]

In Israel, four inconclusive elections and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's courting of some "openly extreme racist politicians" encouraged the far-right. The presence of right-wing Israeli politicians Itamar Ben-Gvir and Arieh King fanned the flames.[87]

Escalation

Aerial photograph of al-Aqsa Mosque, on the Temple Mount, the site of some of the clashes

Palestinian protests began on 6 May in Sheikh Jarrah, but clashes soon spread to Al-Aqsa mosque, Lod, other Arab localities in Israel and the West Bank.[18] Between 10 and 14 May Israeli security inflicted injuries on approximately 1,000 Palestinian protestors in East Jerusalem. [13]

Sheikh Jarrah

Palestinians and Israeli settlers first clashed on 6 May in Sheikh Jarrah, where Palestinian families are at risk of being evicted. Palestinian protesters had been holding nightly outdoor iftars. On 6 May, Israeli settlers and Otzma Yehudit set up a table across the street from Palestinians. Social media videos showed both sides hurling rocks and chairs at each other. Israeli police intervened and arrested at least 7 people.[88]

Al-Aqsa Mosque

On 7 May, large numbers of police were deployed on the Temple Mount as around 70,000 worshippers attended the final Friday prayers of Ramadan at Al-Aqsa Mosque. After the evening prayers, some Palestinian worshippers began throwing previously stockpiled rocks and other objects at Israeli police officers. Police officers fired stun grenades into the mosque compound, and into a field clinic.[27][55][89] A mosque spokesman stated the clashes broke out after Israeli police attempted to evacuate the compound, where many Palestinians sleep over in Ramadan, adding that the evacuation was intended to allow access to Israelis.[51] More than 300 Palestinians were wounded as Israeli police stormed the mosque compound.[90][91] Palestinians threw rocks, firecrackers, and heavy objects, while Israeli police fired stun grenades, tear gas, and rubber bullets at worshippers.[91][92][93][94] The storming came ahead of a Jerusalem Day flag march by Jewish nationalists through the Old City.[91][95] At least 215 Palestinians were injured, 153 of whom were hospitalised.[28] Militants in Gaza fired rockets into Israel the following night.[96]

More clashes occurred on 8 May, the date of the Islamic holy night of Laylat al-Qadr.[97] Palestinian crowds threw stones, lit fires, and chanted "Strike Tel Aviv" and “In spirit and in blood, we will redeem al-Aqsa”, which The Times of Israel described as in support of Hamas.[98] The Israel Police, wearing riot gear and some on horseback, used stun grenades and water cannons.[97] At least 80 people were injured.[97] On 10 May, a video showing a raging fire on the al-Haram al-Sharif, caused by the conflagration of a tree near the Al-Aqsa mosque, began to circulate on social media. Below in the Western plaza, a packed group of Jewish Israelis chanted what Yair Wallach called 'genocidal songs of vengeance' while cheering the flames with words from a song from Judges 16:28 in which Samson cries out before he tears down the pillars in Gaza, "O God, that I may with one blow take vengeance on the Philistines for my two eyes!"[21]

West Bank

On 14 May, 11 Palestinians were killed in clashes with Israeli troops,[99] including one who attempted to stab a soldier, and more than 100 Palestinians were injured.[100][101] There have been daily demonstrations since the escalation in Gaza.[102] As of 16 May, a total of 13 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank.[103]

According to Al Arabiya, Fatah has backed a call for a general strike on 18 May in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Palestinians in Israel have been asked to take part.[104]

Arab communities in Israel

Israeli police officers in Lod

During the evening and night of 10 May, Arab rioters in Lod threw stones and firebombs at Jewish homes, a school, and a synagogue, later attacking a hospital. Shots were fired at the rioters, killing one and wounding two; a Jewish suspect in the shooting was arrested.[105]

Widespread protests and riots intensified across Israel, particularly in cities with large Arab populations. In Lod, rocks were thrown at Jewish apartments and some Jewish residents were evacuated from their homes by the police. One man was critcally wounded after being struck in the head by a brick, and died six days later.[6] In the nearby city of Ramle, Jewish rioters threw rocks at passing vehicles.[106] On 11 May, Mayor of Lod Yair Revivio urged Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu to deploy Israel Border Police in the city, stating that the city had "completely lost control" and warning that the country was on the brink of "civil war".[107][108] Netanyahu declared a state of emergency in Lod on 11 May, marking the first time since 1966 that Israel has used emergency powers over an Arab community.[109][110] Minister of Public Security Amir Ohana announced the implementation of emergency orders.[110]

Unrest continued on 12 May. In Acre, a Jewish man was attacked and seriously injured by an Arab mob armed with sticks and stones while driving his car. In Bat Yam, Jewish extremists attacked Arab stores and beat pedestrians. An Arab motorist was also beaten in the street, which was caught live by an Israeli news crew.[111][112]

As of 13 May, communal violence including "riots, stabbings, arson, attempted home invasions and shootings" was reported from Beersheba, Rahat, Ramla, Lod, Nasiriyah, Tiberias, Jerusalem, Haifa and Acre.[113]

Gaza

Wreckage of a bus and car in Holon after a rocket attack

Hamas delivered an ultimatum to Israel to remove all its police and military personnel from both the Haram al Sharif mosque site and Sheikh Jarrah by 10 May, 6pm. If it failed to do so, they announced that the combined militias of the Gaza Strip ("joint operations room”) would strike Israel.[29][114][115] Minutes after the deadline passed,[116] Hamas fired more than 150 rockets into Israel from Gaza.[117] The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that seven rockets were fired toward Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh and that one was intercepted.[118] An anti-tank missile was also fired at an Israeli civilian vehicle, injuring the driver.[119] Israel launched air strikes in the Gaza strip on the same day.[120]

On 11 May, the 13-story residential Hanadi Tower in Gaza collapsed after being hit by an Israeli airstrike.[121][122] The tower housed a mix of residential apartments and commercial offices.[123] IDF said the building contained offices used by Hamas, and said it gave "advance warning to civilians in the building and provided sufficient time for them to evacuate the site";[122] Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad fired 137 rockets at Tel Aviv in five minutes. Hamas stated that they fired their "largest ever barrage".[124] In addition, an Israeli state-owned oil pipeline was hit by a rocket.[125]

Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip

On 12 May, the Israeli Air Force destroyed dozens of police and security installations along the Gaza Strip; Hamas said its police headquarters were among the targets destroyed.[126] Over 850 rockets were launched from Gaza into Israel on 12 May.[127] According to the IDF, at least 200 rockets launched by Hamas failed to reach Israel, and fell inside the Gaza Strip.[128]

On 13 May, Israeli forces and militant groups in Gaza continued to exchange artillery fire and airstrikes. Hamas attempted to deploy suicide drones against Israeli targets, with an Israeli airforce F-16 engaging and shooting down one such drone.[129] The Iron Dome intercepted many of the rockets fired at Israel.[130] On 14 May, Israel Defense Forces' ground and air troops claimed they had troops on the ground and in the air attacking the Gaza Strip,[131] although this claim was later retracted and followed with an apology for misleading the press. That same day, the Israeli Air Force launched a massive bombardment of Hamas' tunnel network as well as above-ground positions, reportedly inflicting heavy casualties. It was suspected that the reports of an Israeli ground invasion had been a deliberate ruse to lure Hamas operatives into the tunnels and prepared positions above ground to confront Israeli ground forces so that large numbers could then be killed by airstrikes. According to an Israeli official, the attacks killed hundreds of Hamas personnel, and in addition, 20 Hamas commanders were assassinated and most of its rocket production capabilities were destroyed.[132][133][134][135] Also on 14 May, a Hamas drone was downed by Israeli air defense forces.[136] In total 160 aircraft were used in the Israeli air force's operation.[137]

As of 16 May, according to the IDF, over 2,000 rockets have been fired into Israel; approximately half were intercepted by Israeli missile defences, and 350 fell inside Gaza.[137]

The United Nations says that more than 38,000 Palestinians are internally displaced, sheltering at 48 UNRWA schools in the enclave.[138]

Al-Jalaa media building bombing

The al-Jalaa media building being destroyed

On 15 May the IDF targeted the al-Jalaa building in Gaza, which housed Al Jazeera and Associated Press journalists, and a number of other offices and apartments.[139][140][141] The building was hit by at least 4 missiles, approximately an hour after Israeli forces called the building's owner, warning of the attack and advising all occupants to evacuate.[140][142]

Gary Pruitt, CEO of Associated Press, said the news agency was "shocked and horrified that the Israeli military would target and destroy the building housing AP’s bureau and other news organizations in Gaza."[143][142] He added that "the world will know less about what is happening in Gaza because of what happened today."[143][144]

An Israeli military spokesperson confirmed the Army struck the media building, saying it contained "Hamas military intelligence".[142][145] On 16 May, Israel said they had shown the United States evidence that Hamas operated inside the building,[146] however, the U.S. Secretary of State contradicted that assertion and said he had not seen any evidence that Hamas was operating out of the tower, and that he had asked Israel for a justification for the airstrike.[147][148]

Israeli–Lebanese border

On 13 May three rockets were fired from the al-Rashidiya Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon across the Israeli–Lebanese border, landing in the Mediterranean Sea. Hezbollah denied responsibility for the rocket launches and Lebanese Army troops were deployed to the refugee camp, finding several rockets there.[149]

Israeli-Syrian ceasefire line

On the evening of 14 May, three rockets were fired from Syria, while two of them hit the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights but fell in uninhabited places.[150][151][152]

Casualties

As of 16 May, according to the Gaza health ministry, 197 people have been killed in Gaza, including 58 children, and more than 1,235 others wounded.[39][40][153] 10 deaths in Israel were reported,[2] including one Indian woman living and working in Israel.[4]

A Hamas commander, identified as Mohammed Abdullah Fayyad, as well as three high-ranking Islamic Jihad commanders were also killed. Another Hamas member was killed on 11 May. The deaths of the five commanders were confirmed by official statements of both the groups. The deaths of other militants are suspected, but not however confirmed.[154][155][47] It is disputed whether some of the first victims on 10 May died as a result of an Israeli airstrike or an errant Palestinian rocket.[47][156]

On 11 May, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad launched hundreds of rockets at Ashdod and Ashkelon, killing two people and wounding more than 90 others.[119][157][158] A third Israeli woman from Rishon LeZion was also killed,[159] while two more civilians from Dahmash and a soldier died the next day.[160][161][162]

Bassem Issa, a top Hamas commander, was killed.[163][164]

Magen David Adom reported that as of 16 May, 10 people have been killed by rockets within Israel and they have treated 675 people, including 204 for stress, 171 injured while running to shelter, and 189 injured during riots.[165]

Medical facilities and personnel

Hamas has been accused by Israel of using medical facilities to cover its activities. The Ministry of Health is run by the Hamas government, and wounded soldiers are often treated in civilian hospitals. As of 17 May the Israeli airstrikes on Gaza have caused the following damage according to the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Personnel killed

  • Dr Moeen Aloul (66), a leading Gaza neurologist, killed when his house in the Rimal quarter collapsed after an Israeli strike on shops on the building's ground level.
  • Dr Ayman Abu al-Auf, the Al-Shifa Hospital’s head of internal medicine and director of Gaza's Corona virus response, killed by falling rubble after a strike on al-Wehda Street.[166]

Diplomacy

China, Norway and Tunisia requested a public United Nations Security Council meeting for 14 May while the United States objected. The Council has met privately twice but has not been able to agree on a statement over United States objections. On 12 May, it was announced that Hady Amr, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Israeli-Palestinian Affairs and Press and Public Diplomacy, would be sent to the region "immediately".[167] Truce efforts by Egypt, Qatar and the United Nations have so far offered no sign of progress.[168]

On 13 May, Hamas made a proposal for a ceasefire, stating that it was prepared to halt attacks on a 'mutual basis'. Netanyahu informed his cabinet that Israel had rejected the overture.[169]

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called for an immediate ceasefire, "out of respect for the spirit of Eid", making reference to Eid al-Fitr, an Islamic festival which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan.[135]

Hady Amr arrived in Tel Aviv for discussions on how to achieve a "sustainable calm" ahead of a United Nations Security Council meeting on 16 May.[170]

On 16 May, U.S. President Joe Biden held telephone calls with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Mahmoud Abbas.[171]

Following the third United Nations Security Council emergency meeting in a week the United States has reportedly once again blocked a joint statement calling for an immediate ceasefire.[172]

Israeli and Palestinian reactions

Sign reading "Save Sheikh Jarrah" on the walls of the neighbourhood

On 9 May 2021, the Israeli Supreme Court delayed the expected decision on evictions for 30 days, after an intervention from Attorney General of Israel Avichai Mandelblit.[173] Israel Police also banned Jews from going to the al-Aqsa plaza for Jerusalem Day festivities.[174] On 10 May, Israel closed the Kerem Shalom border crossing, including for humanitarian aid.[175] Due to rocket fire on 11 May, the Israel Airports Authority briefly halted air travel.[176]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended the actions of the Israeli police and said that Israel "shall not allow any radical element to undermine the calm". He also said "we firmly reject the pressure not to build in Jerusalem".[177] Israeli officials asked the Biden administration not to intervene in the situation.[178]

On 10 May 2021, Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the Palestinian Authority, issued a statement that the "brutal storming and assault on worshipers in the blessed al-Aqsa Mosque and its courtyards is a new challenge to the international community".[179]

Israel's Minister for Public Security Amir Ohana called for the release of the Israeli man arrested for the shooting of an Arab in Lod, arguing without providing evidence that the suspect was acting in self-defense and law-abiding citizens bearing arms assist the authorities. According to a Guardian report, the statement seemed to encourage mob violence.[169]

A spokesman for Palestinian Islamic Jihad said that Israel "started the aggression on Jerusalem. If this aggression does not end, there is no point to diplomatic efforts to reach a cease-fire".[180] Hamas gave an ultimatum to the Israeli government, saying if they did not remove forces from the mosque by 2 a.m. on 11 May, then they would conduct another rocket strike.[181]

Netanyahu convened an emergency security meeting on 11 May, and schools in several parts of Israel were closed.[182]

Israeli president Reuven Rivlin condemned the riots in Lod, describing them as a pogrom.[183]

David M. Weinberg, vice president of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategic Studies, opined that Israel need not apologize for civilian casualties in Gaza: Hamas is a catastrophe, and Israel has no option but to regularly ‘mow the grass/lawn’, an IDF metaphor for exercising overwhelming force in Gaza. Otherwise, as with gardens, weeds will flourish and ‘snakes begin to slither around in the brush.’ According to Zehava Gal-On, the strategy only leads to perpetual warfare, and assumes talking to Palestinians is pointless."

TPR writes:

However, The Us Secretary is about to engage in some conversations, and has already due to pressure from surrounding countries, and outrage in America. Hamas forces were rumored to be looking at attempting to attack a battleship parked in waters just outside Gaza, with Rocket-fire coming from the Lebanese side of the border into Israel on4-17-21 US time. 


In the meantime, regular citizens from both sides, who do not necessarily agree with either Netenyahu's position and action, nor folks in Gaza that do not support Hamas's actions, are merely caught in the middle, and simply want peace, and a chance to work together, integrate, and make it all work.


Some examples of that, can be seen videos in which children from Gaza are making pleas and calls for peace amid the rubble.

 
 
He isn't news to this, and has been featured before for his rapping, and has some notoriety at such a young age. Here is a Reuters video, highlighting him, before the current conflict.
 

He isn't the only child, making an impact in the call for peace, and the call for a ceasefire of the current conflict. With most of the Casualties on the Gaza side, the escalation began with Israelis pressuring evictions of Palestinians, which caused a violent reaction from Hamas, which them escalated into heavily bombing of Gaza, and casualties such as Gaza's Chief medical official who was overseeing Covid Relief.
 
Part of this particular conflict, which is more heinous, is that it is happening in the midst of a viral global pandemic that is killing millions. On top of children not having access to vaccines, and dealing with family members possibly dying from the virus, now they have to deal with war. For many Palestinians and Israelis alike war, military presence, and occasional skirmishes have been part of their lives, and they have never known peace between the two countries. 

He isn't the only child making more sense as the adults, as this 10 year old has gone viral for her succinct and clear headed analysis of how civilians are being affected. Looking much older and sounding a lot wiser for her ten years, she makes it clear, that the folks being bombed and killed are just regular people trying to go about their lives.

 
 
And it is not only Children that are feeling the effects but the press as well, as an infamous attack on a building housing AP journalists and Al Jazeera was given warnings by the IDF that the building would be bombed. This was because the IDF believes it was housing Hamas Forces, but the journalists claim the building was being used by the press. The IFJ (International Federation of Journalists) has also condemned the attacks.  IDF the Military arm of the Israeli's believes that their warning to folks to evacuate before they obliterate infrastructure, is a measure to be more "humane", and to "minimize civilian casualties".

In this report, an eye witness to this, states that the Journalists were not Hamas, but actual journalists.
 
 
 
 This is a more simplified history of the conflict, made by VOX

 
 
One of the guiding forces for outrage by many at this time in this particular new conflict, is the fact that The Zionist factions were themselves victims of the Holocaust, but seem to be bent now on the genocide of Palestinians. This thought is not new, but has grown in intensity, to know flare up becasue this conflict is being blasted on social media sites in real time, and people can see more clearly what is actually going on.
 

 
 
This account, on you-tube tries to see how Palestinians and Jews can resolve issues and live together in peace. They ask the questions on both sides, and this puts a human face on the conflict. Which is the purpose of my writing this editorial. War without a human face, is too sanitized, and only reporting one side of a war is unfair to the other side. This video, asks very traditional Hassidic Jews about making peace with Palestinians. As you can see, it isn't very successful.

 
 
Under the same account, they ask the Palestinians what they think it would be like about the West bank situation if they would be OK with a "two State" system.  They wanted peace, and hopeful for it, but didn't not see a way to a peaceful solution.

To top off this editorial, I would like to leave you with this. This Israeli/Palestinian couple sit down to talk to a news camera, as they explain their 40 year relationship. This is what I wanted to say in this editorial.

That love, and humanity can overcome any obstacle. It will take this to solve the problems in the Middle East, and not bombs, missiles, or diplomacy. it has to come from the people themselves. only then can peace happen.
 
 


End.


 



 
 






Saturday, May 15, 2021

MTG And Her Mental Health


 MTG's behavior is disturbing, and Sociopathic to say the least. It is amazing that we have lowered our standards so low in the halls of Congress.


The sickening sad saga of MTG, and her antics in the House, which would be embarrassing for anyone but the drama with AOC seems calculated. Imagine getting yourself into the House of representatives, and your one goal is to take down one person. That seems to be the only policy that MTG is really after. That and being disruptive, rude, incorrigible, and downright scary. 

Fully realizing that being a badass is part of her ongoing cosplay as a Representative of some people some where, although i am not sure exactly who those people actually are she seems to be overdoing it even for her role.


This satire video, fooled many, as a satirist pretends to be Marjorie Taylors daughter, and does so well, many believe it is actually her. As we know, another teen was texting about her mom, 9Last name Conway), and that of course melted into air, as the family settled back into the shadows to repair their relationship. This satirist used that nomenclature, to accurately portray a humorous side to the darkly strange MTG behavior as seen through a fictional teens eyes.

Part of the reason I wanted to post this, was to make sure folks knew this was not actually her daughter, and was satire. Because we do  not need fake facts about MTG. The real Facts are scary enough.

And the facts are, that MTG has a history of very aggressive actions against those she is verbally "expressing" herself  too. Now, some may say, well she is a woman, and lifts weights and she has a loud manner, but she is harmless. Well, that could be true, but her rhetoric is violent, and the stalking behavior crosses the line. If someone does not wish to speak to you, and walks away, you need to let that go.

 

Case in point, would be her stalking/harassing David Hogg. Now, in Marjorie's eyes, she is just trying to confront someone whose behavior she thinks is wrong, according to her standards and moral values. She believes everything she sees is a lie, and has a tenuous grip on reality. So she is afraid, and that fear causes her to panic, and lash out at those she thinks should give her answers, or acknowledge her presence. 


It is her intense insecurities, that causes her to act like this. it is also behind the guns, and the bulking up. She may feel very vulnerable, and feel the gun, and the muscle mass give her some sort of armor or protection from some imagined fears, and "bogeymen", that may be a complete fiction floating around in her mind. But for her, they are real, and are causing her behaviors.


As AOC has said, she probably does clearly need help. Also, there may be some use of steroidal supplements that may be helping her with dead-lifting of weights. many use them, but there are side affects such as irrational behavior, aggression, confusion, and mental health issues.


This MSNBC Reporter, nails it when she mentions my points above and brings up many other incidents, and calls her doing a 'Fatal Attraction" behavior. This clip also brings up the clip from above as well, from 2019,


Another issue, is the fact that her family received PPP Loans, and after the loans, gave herself 150,00-0 dollars to her campaign. She has money, she isn't a poor woman.


Irregardless of all of this, this would get anyone who was normal indicted, or other problems. It would be better, if Marjorie would actually get some help, lay off the supplements, and getting some sleep. because like her 'Fallen King", it seems she may simply be lacking some much needed sleep.


Marjorie, my advice?


Take a nap. Pronto.


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