{"id":257493,"date":"2024-03-25T12:00:56","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T12:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=257493"},"modified":"2024-03-20T06:41:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T06:41:54","slug":"an-ugly-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2024\/03\/an-ugly-comparison\/","title":{"rendered":"An Ugly Comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>14 Mar 2024<\/em> &#8211; I don&#8217;t make this comparison lightly, but it is undeniable. The IDF is currently conducting a medieval-style siege on Gaza. Making them go thirsty, starving, and without electricity. The IDF talks about flattening and burning down Gaza &#8211; it&#8217;s not about Hamas. If it was about Hamas, why did Netanyahu prop them up and call them an asset for years?<\/p>\n<p>If you still think the Israeli government is just defending itself, I have a bridge to sell to you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/zionism.webp\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-257496\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/zionism-1024x773.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/zionism-1024x773.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/zionism-300x226.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/zionism-768x580.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/zionism.webp 1456w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nazism.webp\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-257498\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nazism.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nazism.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nazism-300x213.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nazism-768x545.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/gaza-israel-genocide-palestine.-chart-table.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-257455\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/gaza-israel-genocide-palestine.-chart-table-831x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/gaza-israel-genocide-palestine.-chart-table-831x1024.jpg 831w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/gaza-israel-genocide-palestine.-chart-table-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/gaza-israel-genocide-palestine.-chart-table-768x947.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/gaza-israel-genocide-palestine.-chart-table.jpg 1225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>__________________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Racket-Cartoons-daniel-medina-e1678774481899.webp\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-231508\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Racket-Cartoons-daniel-medina-e1678774481899.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" \/><\/a> Daniel Medina &#8211; My cartoons stand up firmly against racism, xenophobia, hate bigotry, and ignorance. Regardless of the political party one belongs to, if you try to take advantage of the people, you will not be safe from my pen. Email: <\/em><a href=\"mailto:contactdanielmedinacomics@gmail.com\"><em>contactdanielmedinacomics@gmail.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/racketcartoons.substack.com\/p\/an-ugly-comparison?utm_source=post-email-title&amp;publication_id=549592&amp;post_id=142655710&amp;utm_campaign=email-post-title&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=b6biw&amp;triedRedirect=true&amp;utm_medium=email\" >Go to Original \u2013 racketcartoons.substack.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>14 Mar 2024 &#8211; I don&#8217;t make this comparison lightly. The IDF is conducting a medieval-style siege on Gaza making them go thirsty, starving, and without electricity. The IDF talks about flattening and burning down Gaza &#8211; it&#8217;s not about Hamas. If you still think the Israeli government is just defending itself, I have a bridge to sell to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":142068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[213],"tags":[1199,1012,865,1643,739,1988,88,771,1147,886],"class_list":["post-257493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-for-thought","tag-ethnic-cleansing","tag-food-for-thought-editorial-cartoon","tag-genocide","tag-genocide-convention","tag-germany","tag-holocaust","tag-israel","tag-nakba","tag-nazism","tag-zionism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257493"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":257593,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257493\/revisions\/257593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}