Amnesty, Human Rights Watch, and Medecins Sans Frontieres are all agreed. But the Gaza genocide is now just another routine news item, buried on the inside pages
If and when the table is turned on Israel, I will be beside myself with vicious joy. They are destroyers of international law, democracy in Western countries (AIPAC and the like throughout the West). Outside of Israel is filled with Sayanin. But most of all they are killers of children. They are killers of children, and I hope everyday for vengeance upon these sub-humans. I have never witnessed such a pathologically ill culture. They are shooting fish in a barrel. Never has such a cowardly race walked the earth. They have filled me with hatred, and I don’t care what any gurus out there have to say in terms of my own mental demise.They have made the world even more psychologically un-healthy for so many people who feel powerless to stop these pathetic, lowly, not animals but sub-humans. They are everything despicable; liars, murderers, insane, so ill they rejoice in their carnage. Come on then you cowards. You’ll be taking on a whole horde one day, not just those poor fish in a barrel. God I despise you. I’m done with collected thoughts.
Thank you very much Jonathan for your heartfelt article of the injustice being carried out on people with no power. As a member of public in the West like many we are feeling hopeless in what we are able to do from here. The regular and continuous badgering of our politicians and theologians is falling on deaf ears. They have no excuse to say ‘we didn’t know’. Your article has used the right vocabulary in calling the perpetrators evil. What is happening is a spiritual warfare. The Palestinians are a threat to the Zionists and evil governments because they are exposing righteousness, truth and seeking justice and peace. No justice and peace is Palestine means no justice and peace in the rest of the world. We will have the Palestinians to thank for their sacrifice, for the powerful individuals of today will be the dust of tomorrow. It is only a matter of time and the cracks are appearing.
The need for a multi polar world grows all the time. Israel couldn't commit the horrors it's inflicting upon Gaza and Lebanon and indeed Syria, without the aid and blessing of the US and it's vassals, like the UK and Germany. For too long, the West has ruled, and done so with the force of a jealous brute who has laughed off the pleas of "lesser" nations. The full reform of the UNSC is needed to bring a proper balance to this body. Sadly so much is needed to aid this sickened world and spare it's people.
BTW the genocide in Palestine is NOT the only time Facebook has been complicity in genocide. Facebook has previously been found to do doing this in Myanmar:
Myanmar: Facebook’s systems promoted violence against Rohingya; Meta owes reparations – new report
Facebook owner Meta’s dangerous algorithms and reckless pursuit of profit substantially contributed to the atrocities perpetrated by the Myanmar military against the Rohingya people in 2017, Amnesty International said in a new report published today.
The Social Atrocity: Meta and the right to remedy for the Rohingya, details how Meta knew or should have known that Facebook’s algorithmic systems were supercharging the spread of harmful anti-Rohingya content in Myanmar, but the company still failed to act.
This paper argues that, even acknowledging unique challenges, the outcomes in Myanmar were a predictable result of Facebook’s business model in combination with a striking lack of moderation or enforcement of the company’s own code of conduct. The paper further argues that this outcome is the ultimate consequence of an atmosphere of absolute corporate impunity. With no international legal mechanism capable of holding Facebook accountable, the company operated without regard for the human rights of Myanmar’s citizens. The absence of accountability mechanisms is itself a consequence of corporate power. With no changes in legal frameworks likely to result from this tragedy, this will not be the last time that Facebook will contribute to a situation like the Myanmar genocide.
… Facebook says that it will do better. In radio interviews80 and testimony before Congress, 81 Mark Zuckerberg has pledged to make changes. The corporation has done a post-mortem on its role, and outlined specific steps that it claims will help.
But the source of the harm is deeper than a lack of preparedness and the unique context of Myanmar. Serious questions persist about whether Facebook’s very business model will make a repetition of the Myanmar genocide inevitable.
In April 2021, at the time of this paper’s writing, the Guardian reported on a trove of internal documentation demonstrating the company’s knowledge of politically manipulative behavior by authoritarian leaders
Your not a serious person. My job ain't to school you or anybody on basic historical facts, reason, or morality. You're struggling with these things, I get that. Good luck.
Thank you for reminding us how humans can bear the suffering of others so long as it doesn’t impact us as individuals. We are told this genocide is different as what happened during the genocide in European countries was unknown to the general public. Not so as the Nazis made sure people knew that if they protected Jews, they would share their fate. So non Jews had a vested interest in not resisting genocide. We in the West have no such excuse. None of us will be carted off to the prison that is Gaza and still we refuse to push for BDS in our work and domestic spheres. We in the West must step up. We must do better in 2025.
I cannot add anything new to all these honest, intelligent, aware, and heart-felt comments made by all of you. I can only state that Jonathan’s factual article and all of these comments are medicine for me. I often feel such despair and heartache over the depravity of my country (US) and other western nations, actively supporting this Genocide. It is a bit of comfort to see others standing with me. It gives a sliver of hope , though small , that humanity has not also been slaughtered in this Horrific Genocide.Godspeed to us all….soldiers for Humanity.
I have one big question: How many expert reports calling out a genocide as a genocide will it take until the West shuts down the Israelis for good? We can't allow this nightmare to continue much longer. Where is the United Nations in all this mess? #FreePalestine
The genocide in Palestine has been ignored by mainstream media from the start. Nothing has changed. It has been ignored for 76 years.
The difference now is that citizen journalism in social media is the news source and it does and can make a difference. Mainstream media is lost to Ziojewish manipulation.
"Ziojewish?" Most Zionists are Christians, like Joe Biden, the man most responsible for the current genocide. Mainstream media is lost to plutocratic and financial/capital actors. These same people deliver propaganda about EVERYTHING, including the Ukraine/Russia war. Blaming all Jews for the crimes of some is an old game.
"The largest pro-Israel organization in the United States is not composed of Jews, but of Christian evangelicals, with a total membership of 7 million, more than 2 million more members than the entirety of the American Jewish community."
Many Zionists are Christians but a lot of Jews are Zionists for Israel. I do not blame all Jews, just those who support Israel.
I have stated that clearly many times. I would never blame all followers of a religion for the actions of their fanatics. The problems for Jews is that most of them have supported the evil that is Israel for seven decades.
If and when the table is turned on Israel, I will be beside myself with vicious joy. They are destroyers of international law, democracy in Western countries (AIPAC and the like throughout the West). Outside of Israel is filled with Sayanin. But most of all they are killers of children. They are killers of children, and I hope everyday for vengeance upon these sub-humans. I have never witnessed such a pathologically ill culture. They are shooting fish in a barrel. Never has such a cowardly race walked the earth. They have filled me with hatred, and I don’t care what any gurus out there have to say in terms of my own mental demise.They have made the world even more psychologically un-healthy for so many people who feel powerless to stop these pathetic, lowly, not animals but sub-humans. They are everything despicable; liars, murderers, insane, so ill they rejoice in their carnage. Come on then you cowards. You’ll be taking on a whole horde one day, not just those poor fish in a barrel. God I despise you. I’m done with collected thoughts.
Thank you very much Jonathan for your heartfelt article of the injustice being carried out on people with no power. As a member of public in the West like many we are feeling hopeless in what we are able to do from here. The regular and continuous badgering of our politicians and theologians is falling on deaf ears. They have no excuse to say ‘we didn’t know’. Your article has used the right vocabulary in calling the perpetrators evil. What is happening is a spiritual warfare. The Palestinians are a threat to the Zionists and evil governments because they are exposing righteousness, truth and seeking justice and peace. No justice and peace is Palestine means no justice and peace in the rest of the world. We will have the Palestinians to thank for their sacrifice, for the powerful individuals of today will be the dust of tomorrow. It is only a matter of time and the cracks are appearing.
The need for a multi polar world grows all the time. Israel couldn't commit the horrors it's inflicting upon Gaza and Lebanon and indeed Syria, without the aid and blessing of the US and it's vassals, like the UK and Germany. For too long, the West has ruled, and done so with the force of a jealous brute who has laughed off the pleas of "lesser" nations. The full reform of the UNSC is needed to bring a proper balance to this body. Sadly so much is needed to aid this sickened world and spare it's people.
Do we need another “expert” to tell us that black is black and white is white. ….. and that Genocide is Genocide.
BTW the genocide in Palestine is NOT the only time Facebook has been complicity in genocide. Facebook has previously been found to do doing this in Myanmar:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46105934
Facebook admits it was used to 'incite offline violence' in Myanmar
6 November 2018
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/09/myanmar-facebooks-systems-promoted-violence-against-rohingya-meta-owes-reparations-new-report/
2022
Myanmar: Facebook’s systems promoted violence against Rohingya; Meta owes reparations – new report
Facebook owner Meta’s dangerous algorithms and reckless pursuit of profit substantially contributed to the atrocities perpetrated by the Myanmar military against the Rohingya people in 2017, Amnesty International said in a new report published today.
The Social Atrocity: Meta and the right to remedy for the Rohingya, details how Meta knew or should have known that Facebook’s algorithmic systems were supercharging the spread of harmful anti-Rohingya content in Myanmar, but the company still failed to act.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/08/myanmar-time-for-meta-to-pay-reparations-to-rohingya-for-role-in-ethnic-cleansing/
August 25, 2023
Myanmar: Time for Meta to pay reparations to Rohingya for role in ethnic cleansing
https://systemicjustice.org/article/facebook-and-genocide-how-facebook-contributed-to-genocide-in-myanmar-and-why-it-will-not-be-held-accountable/
2021
This paper argues that, even acknowledging unique challenges, the outcomes in Myanmar were a predictable result of Facebook’s business model in combination with a striking lack of moderation or enforcement of the company’s own code of conduct. The paper further argues that this outcome is the ultimate consequence of an atmosphere of absolute corporate impunity. With no international legal mechanism capable of holding Facebook accountable, the company operated without regard for the human rights of Myanmar’s citizens. The absence of accountability mechanisms is itself a consequence of corporate power. With no changes in legal frameworks likely to result from this tragedy, this will not be the last time that Facebook will contribute to a situation like the Myanmar genocide.
… Facebook says that it will do better. In radio interviews80 and testimony before Congress, 81 Mark Zuckerberg has pledged to make changes. The corporation has done a post-mortem on its role, and outlined specific steps that it claims will help.
But the source of the harm is deeper than a lack of preparedness and the unique context of Myanmar. Serious questions persist about whether Facebook’s very business model will make a repetition of the Myanmar genocide inevitable.
In April 2021, at the time of this paper’s writing, the Guardian reported on a trove of internal documentation demonstrating the company’s knowledge of politically manipulative behavior by authoritarian leaders
How many western governments have been infiltrated by the zio lobbies?
Prosecute the war criminals for Christ's sake.
You wrote: “…the Palestinians – long the victims of an illegal occupation…”
Where’s your data?
That's like asking where is the "data" that when it rains, the streets get wet.
Asking for the data—the proof—of an illegal occupation. Or, for that matter, that there is actually (historically) such a people group—“Palestinian.”
So, data please.
Your not a serious person. My job ain't to school you or anybody on basic historical facts, reason, or morality. You're struggling with these things, I get that. Good luck.
Got it. You’ve got nothing.
Thank you for reminding us how humans can bear the suffering of others so long as it doesn’t impact us as individuals. We are told this genocide is different as what happened during the genocide in European countries was unknown to the general public. Not so as the Nazis made sure people knew that if they protected Jews, they would share their fate. So non Jews had a vested interest in not resisting genocide. We in the West have no such excuse. None of us will be carted off to the prison that is Gaza and still we refuse to push for BDS in our work and domestic spheres. We in the West must step up. We must do better in 2025.
Jonathan...your article prompted me to write a short stack with a video I made based upon your article here. You might enjoy it. https://sunlotus17.substack.com/p/where-is-hell-this-christmas
I cannot add anything new to all these honest, intelligent, aware, and heart-felt comments made by all of you. I can only state that Jonathan’s factual article and all of these comments are medicine for me. I often feel such despair and heartache over the depravity of my country (US) and other western nations, actively supporting this Genocide. It is a bit of comfort to see others standing with me. It gives a sliver of hope , though small , that humanity has not also been slaughtered in this Horrific Genocide.Godspeed to us all….soldiers for Humanity.
Brilliant, thank you! Please read my second open letter to Sir Keir Starmer on my Substack!!
I have one big question: How many expert reports calling out a genocide as a genocide will it take until the West shuts down the Israelis for good? We can't allow this nightmare to continue much longer. Where is the United Nations in all this mess? #FreePalestine
Care is needed to refer as Zionists, as it encompasses Christian Zionism which plays a serious part in undermining scriptural truths.
I think you need to distinguish between "the West" and Western authoritarian propaganda.
Using "the West" as a short-hand for the mouthful you suggest is easier, and I think most people who pay attention to these things know what's what.
The genocide in Palestine has been ignored by mainstream media from the start. Nothing has changed. It has been ignored for 76 years.
The difference now is that citizen journalism in social media is the news source and it does and can make a difference. Mainstream media is lost to Ziojewish manipulation.
"Ziojewish?" Most Zionists are Christians, like Joe Biden, the man most responsible for the current genocide. Mainstream media is lost to plutocratic and financial/capital actors. These same people deliver propaganda about EVERYTHING, including the Ukraine/Russia war. Blaming all Jews for the crimes of some is an old game.
Hajo Meyer wrote a wonderful account of how political Zionism is a complete rejection of Judaism.
https://tonyseymour.substack.com/p/the-wisdom-of-auschwitz-survivor
"The largest pro-Israel organization in the United States is not composed of Jews, but of Christian evangelicals, with a total membership of 7 million, more than 2 million more members than the entirety of the American Jewish community."
Whitney Webb, 2019. https://www.mintpressnews.com/untold-story-christian-zionists-power-united-states-israel/260532/
Many Zionists are Christians but a lot of Jews are Zionists for Israel. I do not blame all Jews, just those who support Israel.
I have stated that clearly many times. I would never blame all followers of a religion for the actions of their fanatics. The problems for Jews is that most of them have supported the evil that is Israel for seven decades.
With news-stories’ human subjects’ race and culture dictating
quantity of media coverage of even the poorest of souls,
a renowned newsman formulated a startling equation
justly implicating collective humanity’s news-consuming callousness
— “A hundred Pakistanis going off a mountain in a bus
make less of a story than three Englishmen drowning in the Thames.”
.
According to this unjust news-media mentality reasonably deduced
five hundred prolongedly-war-weary Middle Eastern Arabs getting blown
to bits in the same day perhaps should take up even less space and airtime.
.
So readily learned is the tiny token short story buried in the bottom
right-hand corner of the newspaper’s last page, the so brief account
involving a long-lasting war about which there’s virtually absolutely
nothing civil; therefor caught in the warring web are civilians most
unfortunate, most weak, the very most in need of peace and civility.
.
And it’s naught but business as usual in the damned nations
where such severe suffering almost entirely dominates the
fractured structured daily routine of civilian slaughter
(plus that of the odd well-armed henchman) mostly by means
of bomb blasts from incendiary explosive devices, rock-fire fragments
and shell shock readily shared with freshly shredded shrapnel wounds
resulting from smart bombs often launched for the
stupidest of reasons into crowded markets and grade schools. …
.
Hence where humane consideration and conduct were unquestionably
due post haste came only few allocated seconds of sound bite — a half minute
if news-media were with extra space or time to spare — and one or two
printed paragraphs on page twenty-three of Section C. Such news
consumed in the stable fully developed, fully ‘civilized’ Western world
by heads slowly shaking at the barbarity of ‘those people’ in that
war-torn strife which has forced tens of thousands of civilians to post-haste
gather what’s left of their shattered lives and limbs and flee. …
.
Thus comes the imminent point at which such meager measure
couple-column-inches coverage reflects the civil Western readers’
accumulating apathy towards such dime-a-dozen disaster zones
of the globe, all accompanied by a large yawn; then the
said readers subconsciously perceive even greater human-life devaluation
from the miniscule hundreds-dead-yet-again coverage.
The immoral consideration of ‘quality of life’.
.
Consequentially continues the self-perpetuation of the token-two-column-inch
(non)coverage as the coldly calculated worth of such common mass slaughter,
ergo those many-score violently lost human lives are somehow worth
so much the less than, say, three Englishmen drowning in the Thames. Perhaps
had they all been cases of the once-persecuted suddenly persecuting
or the once-weak wreaking havoc upon their neighboring indigenous
minorities — perhaps then there’d be far more compassionately just coverage.
.
The human mind is said to be worth much more than the sum of the
human body’s parts, though that psyche may somehow seem to be of
lesser value if all that’s left are bomb-blast dismembered body parts.