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The fascist resemblance between coalition and opposition is no accident. It is called Zionism. In 2025, you can no longer champion this national ideology without being a fascist or a militarist. It is now the essence of Zionism. Maybe it was that way from its start, and honesty requires that we admit that. Netanyahu and Bennett, Ben-Gvir and Lapid are Zionists like almost all Israelis. When it comes to the land, they believe in Jewish supremacy and the lie of a Jewish and democratic state. Fascism is the inevitable consequence of this. It is no longer possible to be a Zionist and not a fascist. — Gideon Levy , Haaretz, 29 October 2025

Indonesia is  flirting with the  possibility  of formally recognising Israel

When you have a good analysis , but you introduce illusion – illusion in 'a new Bandung', a ‘Bandung'/' South' where class, capital accumulation, repression and oppression and wealth are ignored . Related Dispelling the multipolar myth

Recent reports of an Israeli campaign to win the social media war by granting millions of dollars to TikTok and social media influencers is only a fraction of a massive, coordinated campaign. Many pro-Palestine activists are now highlighting the direct complicity of the Western media, especially in the UK, in attempting to whitewash rape accusations against Israeli soldiers. Instead of using the unequivocal word “rape,” mainstream outlets refer to the horrific Sde Teiman prison episodes merely as “abuse.”

The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions

“The US labor movement has never been neutral: its union officialdom has a more-than-century-long history of allying with Zionism .”

In such a militarised society, impunity is a national value

A chapter by Jospeh Daher  in  The Future of the Occupation of the Palestinians Territories After Gaza

A long, but a coherent and encompassing analysis

Why has a power such as France, a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, for so long behaved as the silent accomplice or the broom wagon of a ‘rogue state’ such as Israel? —Serge Halimi et Pierre Lambert, Le Monde Diplomatique, translated from the French, August 2025

'Not to weep or laugh, but understand'

“That Netanyahu himself has  worried  for a decade that Israel may not survive to reach its 100th birthday lends more credence to this fear that Israel is accelerating its own demise.” Jospeh Massad does not provide an overview of such a possible 'demise' . What does it mean? The Israeli state might collapse because of a civil war? Does this death or end mean Israel as a country and people would cease to exist? The French defeat in Algeria meant that the colonialists went back to France. Where would the 9.5 million Israelis go? Would the US and Israel's allies allow such a 'demise'? It is strange that such a far-fetching statement is made by Massad. 

On Israel, Hamas, and the Israeli hostages John Jewell Was there any mention of releasing the “Sausage’s” but seriously did he [Starmer]? (the Hostages?) Ned Ma John JewellHave a read, think, question your belief system … – The United States has given its imprimatur to Israel’s regional hegemony. – When Trump made plain that he wanted Israel to stop bombing [Iran], Netanyahu had little choice but to acquiesce. – Israel also appears to be pursuing a long-range plan to weaken, if not to render defenceless, the other states in the region, so that none is in a position to challenge it. The instability and precariousness of such an order are evident to American and European politicians, but they prefer to remain discreet about them for fear of being accused of sympathy for Hamas or antisemitism. – Israel now has control of the airspace over Iran, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria – almost boundless room for manoeuvre – and has always favoured unilateral military assertion over diplomacy. – Netanyahu ...

A list by the Washington Post

 by Atalia Omer

The writer and activist of the Israeli pacifist left  David Grossman on the war in Gaza: "Now, with immense pain and a broken heart, I must acknowledge what is happening before my eyes — a genocide."

Shahid Bolsen   Yanis Varoufakis   Jeffrey Sachs John Mearsheimer   Walid Khalidi in 2009 Noam Chomsky in 2009 Noam Chomsky in 2006 or 2008 James Baldwin in 1979

"The image of the Gaza child consumed by hunger casts a harsh light on the ethnic cleansing carried out by the Netanyahu government. It has triggered global awareness. A first step toward ending Israel's impunity?" I think not. Israel has been / will be defeated politically, but sooner or later, there will be an end to the 'war', a new Israeli government and the 'Israeli state' will be salvaged by internal and external powers. Any Palestinain state will be a non-viable state depended on some Western powers, even without US approval, and on Israel and the Arab regimes. 

The dark art of spinning a war