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Image is of many Hamas soldiers supervising the handing over of Israeli hostages to cars heading out of the Gaza Strip.

After 15 months of genocide - and resistance to it - the Israeli regime realized that they could not win a military victory against Hamas, and were forced to sign a humiliating ceasefire in order to get their hostages returned.

With much of Syria under the control of Al-Qaeda, and an increasing level of covert infiltration into Lebanon, the crisis in the Middle East is not over, and we may still be in its beginning stages, as the center of hegemony continues its gradual shift away from the United States. Their navy, once considered the best in the world, is likely also not very happy about their ships and aircraft carriers being forced to retreat by Yemen, one of the poorest countries; and all eyes are on Iran, who has, over the last year and a half, demonstrated a newfound confidence and strength to directly strike Israel.

The recovery for Gaza will take, at a minimum, decades; it could indeed never fully recovery to even how it was before, considering it is not in Israel's interests to see their concentration camps recover. But Hamas has proven to be steadfast and the tunnel network has proven its resilience, despite facing some of the most powerful conventional bombing in history. This shows that Palestine's liberation is a when, not an if; and hopefully a much sooner "when" than expected before October 7th.


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Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.

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https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR's former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR's forces. Russian language.
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https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster's telegram channel.
https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator.
https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps.
https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.
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https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.

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Almost every Western media outlet.
https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord.
https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.


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[–] [email protected] 62 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (7 children)

Okay but that was the most pathetic nazi salute I have ever seen dude has negative charisma lmfao

I hope the USSR is revived and this time they do launch the Topol M ICBMs.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, it was high energy but still very cringe. Amazing how this guy is so wealthy and also such a loser at the same time.

Remember tho, we must give subsidies to Tesla and buy their cars to save the world!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 hours ago

A true "heli hortler" moment caught on live TV

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Damn I'm so glad I had left the US 4 year ago, at the very last moment sort of. It's not even a Trump thing, it's just generally the mass psychosis thing

[–] [email protected] 34 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Dollar hegemony means the country can be successful without being connected in any capacity to reality. The population is dumb, uneducated, and insane, but Americans just import everything so they don’t actually need to be economically productive.

Let the treat economy continue.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 hours ago

Only if you’re the top 10%. The bottom 90% are suffering but they will still defend the imperial project if the alternative means they end up even worse than they currently are.

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[–] [email protected] 81 points 12 hours ago (15 children)

Musk does a nazi salute https://x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1881433923433169381?mx=2

It is commom to chuds to do a plausible deniability nazi salute like Bannon some hours/day ago and that bimbo fox news lady some years ago. But Musk cant as he is stupid and could not mask well.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 9 hours ago

I am once again saying that this is the afrikaner version of the nazi salute not him doing it with plausible deniability.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 11 hours ago

jfc this is one of the first things I haven't seen him half-ass

[–] [email protected] 37 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

I don't even know what the media will call it this time to say it's not a Nazi salute

[–] [email protected] 27 points 9 hours ago

Sometimes his arm just does that strangelove

[–] [email protected] 22 points 9 hours ago

I heard “odd looking salute”

[–] [email protected] 40 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

In moments like these, I wonder how Ulysses is feeling.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 hours ago

Damn poor guy

[–] [email protected] 33 points 11 hours ago

Chest to out there. Shit left no doubt. Guy is an absolute clown

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[–] [email protected] 84 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Elon did a full Sieg Heil on live TV, not just the vague arm gesture, but a full on salute. And then he turned around and did another to the audience on the other side.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 10 hours ago

Hey America, how's it goin?

Musk does nazi salute, twice

yea

[–] [email protected] 62 points 11 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 82 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Hey would ya look at that, Tik Tok is back and it's tamping down on pro-palestine content like the rest of the American social media companies are.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

This is from November 2024 but tiktok hires Israeli intelligence freaks in their operations (https://www.mintpressnews.com/288710-tiktok-isnt-anti-israel-its-hired-unit-8200-agents-to-run-its-affairs/288710/) so it's been kind of funny reading some recent stuff on the whole ban attempt.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

is this your screenshot? you seriously can't even post "free palestine" fr fr? fucking hell

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 12 hours ago

It seems that Michele Bolsonaro (his wife) and one of his sons were unable to attend Trump's inauguration. They weren't invited and hadn't bought tickets to attend. They paid to meet Steve Bannon at a Heritage Foundation dinner. Now it seems she's been posting random photos of herself around Washington D.C.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 13 hours ago

Zuckerberg and Justice Kavanaugh spotted having a totally non-conflict of interest chat at the Inaugural Luncheon

[–] [email protected] 73 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

The Trump administration moved quickly to shut down a government app that allows migrants to schedule appointments to enter at a port of entry. Nearly a million immigrants entered this way during the time it was in place. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection website says the application is down and appointments are cancelled.

Well, they're not wasting any time. They're already shutting down and cancelling asylum appointments. Wishing everyone the best who will be profoundly affected by this administration.

https://www.cbp.gov/about/mobile-apps-directory/cbpone

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (3 children)

Did they really played a footage from full metal jacket to show what is the ideal model of the US military?

Not surprising tbh

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[–] [email protected] 77 points 14 hours ago (4 children)

Panamanians burn the U.S. flag outside of the embassy in Panama City. They’re protesting Trump’s interventionist remarks regarding the canal. Panamanians protest Trump's recent statements about regaining control of the Panama Canal, calling it a direct attack on Panama’s sovereignty.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Hell yeah, the great tradition of burning the American flag is spreading

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 14 hours ago (7 children)

More than 630 humanitarian trucks enter Gaza after ceasefire. The trucks were prohibited from entering the area by Israeli forces, despite requests from international organizations and other UN countries.

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