Exactly this. We watched as politicians and journalists tied themselves in knots finding ways to justify it too.

"Ripping the belly cleanly, the knife moved in a straight line down the midriff, in the process slashing the cord which held the man’s pyjamas in place. The man with the knife took one look and exclaimed regretfully, ‘Oh no!… Mishtake!"--Saadat Hasan Manto

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Liberal Indians have a really really really hard time understanding chauvinist violence to be home grown. It must always be some kind of descent into 'we have become like them.'

Tree planting and biodiversity offsets give the impression we can just create nature, or replace what we destroy. But we cannot No technology can create a 500 yr old tree, the only thing that can is 500 yrs Nature is irreplaceable, and we must treat it as such

Yes, indeed.

Netanyahu's destructive political self-interest was clear to many people decades ago - including Israelis like Shimon Peres - but the US still has a bizarre "hug Bibi" strategy in 2024.

India 2024.

Anti-genocide protest. Fixed it.

Exactly this

Disgraceful

The sheer Orwellian state of France right now. Sylvie Retailleau is France's Minister of Education. Here she's publicly calling for "sanctions" against a university professor for telling his students that a genocide was happening in Gaza and that an article in The Lancet had

And even this 'absolute minimum' show reduction has had the Israeli state's defenders screaming hysterically.

Israeli actions, no matter how horrific or clearly defined are sanitized, whitewashed, & beautified to look & sound benign. This is prolific & systematic & there’s nothing innocent about it. Whether it’s the NYT or some state reps @ UN, this whitewashing allows crimes to continue

Openly calling for genocide. One thing about Israeli state and its supporters is that they have no qualms about stating their intentions; it's the West that pretends otherwise.

True beauty of euphemism, mind. 'Israeli presence postwar' 🙌🙌🙌 Mwah.

Good to see these free books from Verso Books on Palestine. No excuse not to educate oneself. versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/ne…

The International Criminal Court chief prosecutor said "he had been pressured by some world leaders not to issue warrants" against Israeli officials. “'Several leaders and others told me and advised me and cautioned me,' he said." bbc.com/news/articles/…

Ghoul says ghoulishness necessary to keep wealthy wealthy. 'Some poor people and Iraqis may be harmed in the process, yes, but that's the price we pay.'

"According to Pew Research, 57% of Israelis think that sympathy for Palestinian civilians should be banned from social media. 50% want to ban criticizing the government." (This if from a liberal Zionist account, btw)