JuneSim63 šŸ’š

"Beirutificationā€ should become a word if it is not already. By that, I mean the slow normalisation of periodic attacks on a city by a capricious and violent state, until blasts and death become woven into the fabric of urban life. It is urban death by a thousand knives. It is the suffocation of imagination and the thwarting of any civil attempt at a better life, and the gradual dilapidation of a nation to the point where it can no longer stand again"

#Israel #Iran #US
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/07/iran-tehran-demolished-bombs-israel-us

ā€˜Donā€™t dieā€™: the two words that sum up our lives in Tehran now

In a park overlooking the city, I ran into a group of young people chatting and joking. As the bombs fall, fragments of life remain, writes an anonymous Tehran resident

The Guardian
Mar 8 at 8:13amWeb
Show threadGeofCoxMar 8

@junesim63

And it goes without saying that Israel's constant undermining of stable institutions and civil life in neighbouring counties is precisely what enables unofficial militias to take the place of normal social organisation.

The 500+ years of British attempts to control Ireland by force of arms is a study every Israeli should undertake. The lesson is simple: it doesn't work. What does work is recognising the founding injustice - the Nakba in the case of the Israeli state - and addressing the resulting inequality and injustice.

Show threadMark BurtonMar 8
@GeofCox @junesim63
It's as if USAsrael is conspiring how best to create the next generation of militants.
Show threadJuneSim63 šŸ’šMar 8
@markhburton @GeofCox
Permanent war.
Show threadMike AndersonMar 8
@GeofCox @junesim63 England wanted effectively to enslave the population of Ireland. It does not seem to me that that is what Netanyahu has planned for the Palestinians.
Show threadNicovel0 šŸ‰Mar 8
@mspcommentary @GeofCox @junesim63 no, it seems that as far as the Israeli government is concerned itā€™s the other people living on the land between the Nile and the Euphrates who are occupiers that need to be removed.
Show threadGeofCoxMar 8

@Nicovel0 @mspcommentary

I guess you're right about Netanyahu - but in general over its history I think Israel has been more of a colonial, rather than genocidal project - an apartheid state, benefiting from the permanently exploited class of Palestinians (like Blacks in South Africa, or Catholics in Ireland).

@junesim63