{"id":299788,"date":"2025-07-28T12:00:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T11:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=299788"},"modified":"2025-07-24T14:13:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T13:13:25","slug":"israels-depravity-will-always-find-new-ways-to-shock-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2025\/07\/israels-depravity-will-always-find-new-ways-to-shock-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel\u2019s Depravity Will Always Find New Ways to Shock You"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_299789\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gaza-israel-palestine-genocide-1.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-299789\" class=\"wp-image-299789\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gaza-israel-palestine-genocide-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gaza-israel-palestine-genocide-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gaza-israel-palestine-genocide-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-299789\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caitlin Johnstone &#8211; Notes from the Edge of the Narrative Matrix<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><em>A doctor in Gaza named Nick Maynard reports that Israeli snipers are now shooting starving civilians in different body parts on different days, based on the injuries people show up with for treatment. There\u2019s a head day, a leg day, a genitals day, etc. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>22 Jul 2025\u00a0<\/em>&#8211;\u00a0\u201cThe medical teams here have also been seeing a clear pattern of people being shot in certain body parts on different days, such as the head, legs or genitals, which seems to indicate deliberate targeting,\u201d Maynard says.<\/p>\n<p>I keep thinking there\u2019s nothing Israel could do that would shock me anymore, but they keep finding ways.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli military <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/jul\/21\/who-says-residence-and-main-warehouse-in-gaza-hit-by-israeli-forces\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">has attacked the residence<\/a> of World Health Organization staff, detaining multiple medical workers. This comes as Israel\u2019s Trade Envoy Fleur Hassan-Nahoum <a href=\"https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/most-doctors-in-most-gaza-hospitals-involved-in-terrorist-activities-says-israel-special-envoy\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tells Channel 4 News<\/a> that \u201cmost doctors in most hospitals in Gaza\u201d are \u201cinvolved in terrorist activities\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Possibly the single dumbest thing Israel and its apologists ask us to believe is that Israel has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caitlinjohnst.one\/p\/gazas-hospitals-are-the-target\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">systematically demolishing Gaza\u2019s healthcare infrastructure<\/a> because the healthcare infrastructure is full of terrorists, and not because they want to commit genocide.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=caitoz&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfdGltZWxpbmVfbGlzdCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOltdLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2ZvbGxvd2VyX2NvdW50X3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9iYWNrZW5kIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19yZWZzcmNfc2Vzc2lvbiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZm9zbnJfc29mdF9pbnRlcnZlbnRpb25zX2VuYWJsZWQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib24iLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X21peGVkX21lZGlhXzE1ODk3Ijp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRyZWF0bWVudCIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3Nob3dfYmlyZHdhdGNoX3Bpdm90c19lbmFibGVkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19kdXBsaWNhdGVfc2NyaWJlc190b19zZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdXNlX3Byb2ZpbGVfaW1hZ2Vfc2hhcGVfZW5hYmxlZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdmlkZW9faGxzX2R5bmFtaWNfbWFuaWZlc3RzXzE1MDgyIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRydWVfYml0cmF0ZSIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfbGVnYWN5X3RpbWVsaW5lX3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9mcm9udGVuZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1944035115564519828&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fcaitlinjohnstone.com.au%2F2025%2F07%2F22%2Fisraels-depravity-will-always-find-new-ways-to-shock-you%2F&amp;sessionId=9566ebe66c64ce37c7ad36730d42011f35156de3&amp;siteScreenName=caitoz&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=500px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1944035115564519828\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>The Gaza Health Ministry <a href=\"https:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2025\/07\/21\/israeli-forces-kill-130-palestinians-in-gaza-over-24-hours\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced on Monday<\/a> that among the 130 Palestinians killed in the daily death toll of Israel\u2019s genocidal onslaught, 99 were killed while trying to obtain food from aid sites.<\/p>\n<p>At some point you just run out of words for talking about how evil this shit is.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>If you want to find out who someone truly is, surrender fully to their will and give them everything they want. They\u2019ll show you.<\/p>\n<p>Zionism is showing us what it truly is right now. This is what it looks like when the Zionists are allowed to do exactly what they want to do.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>Hasbarists have been going nuts on social media lately. Whenever Israel is acting more evil than usual the online Israel apologia always kicks into high gear.<\/p>\n<p>Words words words words words words words. They love their words. They think if they say enough words with enough feigned conviction people will go \u201cOh okay well maybe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caitlinjohnst.one\/p\/gaza-isnt-starving-it-is-being-starved\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">starving civilians to death<\/a> is actually fine and normal after all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll never get used to the way I\u2019m watching my own government and its allies support the most nightmarish shit I\u2019ve ever seen in my life every single day in the middle east and yet people keep trying to convince me to be really fearful and hateful toward Muslims.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=caitoz&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1947096132297138507&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fcaitlinjohnstone.com.au%2F2025%2F07%2F22%2Fisraels-depravity-will-always-find-new-ways-to-shock-you%2F&amp;sessionId=9566ebe66c64ce37c7ad36730d42011f35156de3&amp;siteScreenName=caitoz&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=500px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1947096132297138507\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been having a public tantrum on Bluesky because of the leftist backlash from her <a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.substack.com\/p\/aoc-is-a-genocidal-con-artist\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vote against an amendment<\/a> which would have blocked funding for Israel\u2019s missile defense system and her garbage justification of that move, angrily <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/aoc.bsky.social\/post\/3luj2ybevas2l\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">proclaiming<\/a> that her \u201crecord on Palestine speaks for itself\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/aoc.bsky.social\/post\/3luilqclamc2p\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claiming<\/a> that the opposition has created a \u201cthreat environment\u201d that is \u201cscary\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>That AOC chose to throw this fit on Bluesky rather than Twitter is telling; she got so mad that she ran to the liberal echo chamber where she\u2019s adored in order to complain about how the left won\u2019t even let her support just a little bit of genocide as a treat.<\/p>\n<p>This is just her yelling at people for not loving her when she does gross swamp monster things. But it doesn\u2019t work that way. You don\u2019t get to be the beloved leftist people\u2019s champion and also be the person who votes against an amendment to withhold $500 million of military funding for a genocidal state and then justifies it with obnoxious lies. You don\u2019t get to do the darling of the left thing and also do the weird Zionist swamp creature thing. You have to pick one, because you can\u2019t be both. No amount of yelling at ordinary people is going to change that.<\/p>\n<p>AOC and her supporters wouldn\u2019t have to spend days frantically justifying her refusal to support Palestine and oppose genocide at every opportunity if she would simply support Palestine and oppose genocide at every opportunity. That\u2019s normal. Just be normal. Do the normal thing.<\/p>\n<p>________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Caitlin-Johnstone.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-180156\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Caitlin-Johnstone.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>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\/2025\/07\/22\/israels-depravity-will-always-find-new-ways-to-shock-you\/\" >Go to Original &#8211; caitlinjohnstone.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>22 Jul 2025\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0A doctor in Gaza named Nick Maynard reports that Israeli snipers are now shooting starving civilians in different body parts on different days, based on the injuries people show up with for treatment. 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