{"id":275457,"date":"2024-09-30T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T11:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=275457"},"modified":"2024-09-25T10:47:13","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T09:47:13","slug":"going-from-the-civilian-buildings-are-hamas-to-the-civilian-buildings-are-hezbollah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2024\/09\/going-from-the-civilian-buildings-are-hamas-to-the-civilian-buildings-are-hezbollah\/","title":{"rendered":"Going from \u201cthe Civilian Buildings Are Hamas\u201d to \u201cthe Civilian Buildings Are Hezbollah\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_275459\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hamas-hezbollah-israel-idf.webp\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-275459\" class=\"wp-image-275459\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hamas-hezbollah-israel-idf.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hamas-hezbollah-israel-idf.webp 1023w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hamas-hezbollah-israel-idf-300x157.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hamas-hezbollah-israel-idf-768x402.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-275459\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caitlin Johnstone<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>24 Sep 2024 <\/em>&#8211; I have no patience for people who this late in the game still say they don\u2019t know enough about the Palestine situation to have an opinion.\u00a0It\u2019s like, okay, well, that\u2019s a character flaw, and you should change it.<\/p>\n<p>Western ignorance and indifference on this issue is hurting real human beings; you don\u2019t get to just be all \u201ctee hee I don\u2019t like learning\u201d and expect this attitude to be treated as some kind of cute little personal foible.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not a complicated issue, bitch. Learn.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>Now that Israel has ramped up its attacks on Lebanon, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/idf-releases-photos-of-hezbollah-storing-munitions-in-lebanese-civilian-homes\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the IDF is saying<\/a> that Hezbollah are hiding missiles in civilian homes.<\/p>\n<p>So I guess we\u2019re doing this again. If you liked \u201cAll the civilian buildings are Khamas,\u201d you\u2019ll love Israel\u2019s new hit \u201cAll the civilian buildings are Khezbollah.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>Israel has spent a year committing genocide, attacking its neighbors, trying to start World War 3, destroying hospitals, assassinating journalists and lying, yet next month the entire western political-media class is still going to spend a day tearfully portraying it as a victim.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/caitoz\/status\/1836540182675492942\" >https:\/\/x.com\/caitoz\/status\/1836540182675492942<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Everyone who publicly criticizes Israel gets accused of working for Hamas and Hezbollah, and now Israel apologists are showing up in our notifications making \u201cjokes\u201d about murdering us with weaponized electronic devices. They\u2019re deliberately trying to sow fear among western critics of Israel.<\/p>\n<p>This is who these people are. This is the quality of person who supports Israel. They\u2019d happily murder us all with the push of a button, just because we criticized their favorite apartheid state.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu <a href=\"https:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2024\/09\/22\/netanyahu-considers-ethnic-cleansing-plan-for-north-gaza\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">has reportedly said<\/a> he is considering a plan for the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from northern Gaza. After a year of lies and spin, they\u2019re finally starting to get a bit honest about what this has always been about.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/caitoz\/status\/1838333128869650929\" >https:\/\/x.com\/caitoz\/status\/1838333128869650929<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>CNN, The Jewish Insider and the Anti-Defamation League have been <a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/post\/186253\/rashida-tlaib-gretchen-whitmer-student-protests\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">colluding in a full-on mass media psyop<\/a> to deceive the public into thinking Michigan Representative Rashida Tlaib made an antisemitic comment about her state\u2019s attorney general. CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper has been knowingly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metrotimes.com\/news\/fact-check-tlaib-did-not-say-nessel-charged-pro-palestinian-protesters-because-shes-jewish-37427661\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lying about comments<\/a> Tlaib made in an interview, falsely reporting that the congresswoman said Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel only filed charges against anti-genocide protesters \u201cbecause she\u2019s Jewish and the protesters are not.\u201d CNN\u2019s Dana Bash then <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DanaBashCNN\/status\/1838290960741974410\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">repeated these false allegations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It never happened. They made the whole thing up. Tlaib never made any comments remotely of that nature, and the reporter who did the interview has <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MCmuckraker\/status\/1838303316784132161\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">been all over<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MCmuckraker\/status\/1838340441462153350\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">social media<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MCmuckraker\/status\/1838339503527764179\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">saying<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MCmuckraker\/status\/1838279300262343076\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CNN is falsely reporting<\/a> on her words.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s perhaps not the most significant thing happening in the world right now, but it does say important things about the outlets and reporters who tell people how to look at major world events in our society.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>Biden had another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xrrT3H0niBk\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lost at the podium moment<\/a> the other day, this time forgetting he was meant to be introducing Indian Prime Minister Nerendra Modi after a speech.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Who's Next?&quot; | The Moment Where Joe Biden Forgot To Introduce PM Narendra Modi\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xrrT3H0niBk?feature=oembed\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Biden supporters were so rabidly nasty to those of us who said he has dementia. They called us Russian agents, fascists, and conspiracy theorists. They never admitted they were wrong. They just pulled him from the race and, much like their president, forgot the whole thing.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s so surreal how we\u2019re all seeing clear and undeniable evidence that the US has no functioning president and doesn\u2019t actually need one even as the presidential race consumes all political energy and attention in the nation for months.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>During <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mtracey\/status\/1837886438903357920\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a speech<\/a> at the Israeli American Council on Thursday, Donald Trump admitted that while he was president the late megadonor Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam were at the White House \u201calmost more than anybody outside of people that worked there\u201d demanding political favors for Israel, and that he \u201cgave\u201d them what they wanted.<\/p>\n<p>In 2013 Sheldon Adelson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/Diplomacy-and-Politics\/Adelson-US-should-drop-atomic-bomb-on-Iran-329641\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said the US should drop a nuclear bomb on Iran<\/a>. This was the sociopathic oligarch who, according to Trump, essentially bought his way into the White House via campaign donations.<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump is a big fat Israel slut.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>If the UK and US carved out a piece of China or Russia and gave it to the Mormons, that new nation would exist in a continuous state of western-backed violence for as long as it existed. Israel exists in a continuous state of western-backed violence for the exact same reason.<\/p>\n<p>________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Caitlin-Johnstone.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-236973\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Caitlin-Johnstone.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"56\" height=\"56\" \/><\/a>Caitlin Johnstone is a rogue journalist, poet, and utopia prepper<\/em>. <em>Contact: <\/em><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/TRANSCEND\/T%20M%20S\/TO%20POST\/A%20BYLINES\/admin@caitlinjohnstone.com\">admin@caitlinjohnstone.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com.au\/2024\/09\/24\/going-from-the-civilian-buildings-are-hamas-to-the-civilian-buildings-are-hezbollah\/\" >Go to Original \u2013 caitlinjohnstone.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>24 Sep 2024 &#8211; If you liked \u201cAll the civilian buildings are Khamas,\u201d you\u2019ll love Israel\u2019s new hit, \u201cAll the civilian buildings are Khezbollah.\u201d Israel has spent a year committing genocide, attacking neighbors, destroying hospitals, assassinating journalists and lying, yet next month the western political-media class is going to spend a day portraying it as a victim. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":275459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[417,1854,87,865,1029,3339,742,88,2416,2097,767,427,70,965,1025,886],"class_list":["post-275457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east-north-africa","tag-bullying","tag-crimes-against-humanity","tag-gaza","tag-genocide","tag-hamas","tag-hezbollah","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-israeli-occupation","tag-lebanon","tag-middle-east","tag-palestine","tag-usa","tag-war-crimes","tag-west-bank","tag-zionism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275457","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=275457"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":275460,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275457\/revisions\/275460"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}