Show threadKim PeralesOct 17, 2023

This is one of Netanyahu's cabinet members, he said this the day before Pres Biden is scheduled to arrive:

Israel's minister of national security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, said the only thing that should enter Gaza until the hostages are released are “hundreds of tons of explosives” from the Israeli Air Force, "not an ounce of humanitarian aid.”
-Alex Marquardt, CNN Chief National Security Correspondent

#RWExtremists #IsraelHamasWar #Netenyahu
#IHLViolations #Palestinians

Show threadKim PeralesOct 17, 2023

Poland's election turnout was 73%, a record. And younger voters outnumbered older voters, despite the fact that the pres. candidates were 66 & 74: Voters under 29 turned out in larger numbers than those over 60. It seems young Poles finally understood that their future was at stake. Whatever happens next, this was a great democratic moment. The people spoke & said they wanted a different govt.

#Democracy #RWExtremists

Democrats must get the vote out. #VoteBlue2024.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/16/poland-general-election-civic-coalition-donald-tusk?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

With this election victory, Poland is smiling again – and that’s good for all of Europe

The country’s populist nightmare is almost over, but it’s still early days and there are tough tasks ahead, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash

The Guardian
Kim PeralesOct 17, 2023

Netanyahu’s authoritarianism & corruption -more difficult for IL to deal with the Hamas crisis. He had to surrender some power to form a coalition. US: similar -but nobody moderated the corruption & incompetence of the Bush admin. Pres GWB & VP were repeatedly warned that Bin Laden was “determined to strike inside the US.” Bush was busy trying to get Congress to pass a $T tax cut for billionaires & Cheney: drawing up maps of the Iraqi oil fields-. #TFG...

#RWExtremists

https://hartmannreport.com/p/why-its-impossible-for-right-wing-69b

Why It's Impossible for Right-Wing Governments to Handle a Crisis

Why right wing crises face incompetence or cynical exploitation. Bush and “heckofajob Brownie”; Netanyahu and Gaza; Trump and Covid, or his cynically tossing paper towels at hurricane victims..

The Hartmann Report
Kim PeralesOct 16, 2023

"I covered the Rwandan genocide as a reporter. The dehumanizing language is eerily familiar *spilling out of IL & some of its supporters -it helped create a climate in which terrible crimes take place. In different ways, the sentiment that the Palestinians are collectively resp. for the actions of Hamas in killing of ~1,300 Israelis/abduction of 199: deserve what's coming to them -echoed far beyond IL's borders":

#Palestinians #IsraelHamasWar #HateSpeech #RWExtremists

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/16/the-language-being-used-to-describe-palestinians-is-genocidal

The language being used to describe Palestinians is genocidal

I covered the Rwandan genocide as a reporter. The language spilling out of Israel after the butchery of the Hamas attacks is eerily familiar, says Guardian US writer Chris McGreal

The Guardian
Kim PeralesOct 16, 2023

In a victory for democracy, RW extremists were defeated in Poland; voter turnout was the highest in its modern history: 73%, higher than in 1989 when Poles voted against communism. Sadly, #MAGA was victorious in Louisiana, the GOP now has a trifecta bc only 36% voted. Poland is critical to world peace with a pop. of 41M, LA has 3.7M, ~1% of US pop.

#RWExtremists #UkraineRussiaWar

Poles vote in huge numbers for centrist opposition after 8 years of nationalist rule:

https://apnews.com/article/poland-election-tusk-opposition-29eb9108f6e9c242e9bb3a2f803b5a63?taid=652cffc5d10457000169cbd5&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter

Poland gives support to centrist opposition after 8 years of nationalist rule

Partial results from 96% of voting districts in Poland’s general election have shown majority support for opposition parties. Those three parties are promising to repair the nation’s constitutional order and its relationship with allies including the European Union and Ukraine. Voters turned out in droves on Sunday to make their voices known after a bitter and emotional campaign. Officials said Monday that turnout was at nearly 74%. It was the highest in 34 years of democracy and surpassed the 63% who cast ballots in the historic 1989 vote that toppled communism. The result was a disappointment to the conservative ruling Law and Justice party which has governed for eight years on a nationalist and sometimes anti-European Union agenda. Final results are expected Tuesday.

AP News
The WubsterJul 9, 2023
The #RWextremists have made words that formerly were beautiful descriptive words of American love, into something often detestable: #freedom, #liberty, #patriot are a few. What they haven’t hijacked, and if we are vigilant and fight tooth and nail at the ballot box, they will NEVER take our #Democracy. #VoteLikeYourLifeDependOnIt #VoteBlue #votefordemocracy #VoteForBiden24