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Israel has completely wiped out Rafah, turning a fifth of Gaza's territory into a giant buffer zone. This is part of Israel's plan to permanently remain in Gaza and facilitate the ethnic cleansing of its people.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 hours ago

Rafah survived Genghis Khan, but Benjamin Netanyahu destroyed it.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 hours ago

Thousands of years of history erased by zionism

[–] [email protected] 10 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

I'd like to see more sources about the complete destruction of Rafah. I haven't seen e.g. Al Jazeera report on it. Or satellite imagery. Does anyone have links?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 hours ago

Satellite Imagery from the end of August 2024 already shows Rafah being completely destroyed. Here you go: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/08/27/satellite-imagery-shows-vast-destruction-in-rafah/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago

This is not exactly what you asked for, but it's the closest thing I can think of. The Forensic Architecture site has some accurate info for Gaza, Palestine but they date back to 2024. Still, I think it's worth keeping an eye out for any new investigation they might do.

A Cartography of a Genocide

[–] [email protected] 44 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

That’s exactly what they announced the day they started the invasion. Bibi said they will put an Israeli flag on top of Gaza rubbles.

I’m always amazed how all the democratic world never believes autocrats when they say what they just about to do.

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

The so-called "democratic world" just acts like it doesn't believe fascists. They actually quite love them and don't give a shit at all. Like seriously, do you even believe that some of the richest states on the planet with administrations filled with consultants and experts on all of these issues to the brim don't know what's happening? They do. They just don't give a shit. Because there are no morals in this so-called "democratic world".

[–] [email protected] 18 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

The 'democratic' world actually support this genocide, not fail to believe israel will carry it out....just so the west keep a toe hold in the Middle East. It's despicable. All our governments are totally complicit in this horrendous crime.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Our governments are bought and paid. We're fighting to get them back, but it's not going to be easy.

This is happening in all developed nations.

It's an international crisis.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 hours ago

And an entirely predictable one given the power of capital.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 18 hours ago

Ethnic cleansing.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Disgusting. The whole world watches this genocide being carried out in full view by the depraved, shameless, Zionists.

The West has no morality. Gaza is a damning indictment of its rotten hypocritical core.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

It's not a genocide anymore. We should start calling it what it is, a holocaust. The entire systematic destruction/eradication of a people, not just the murder of them, but the entire structural destruction of one.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 17 hours ago

Absolutely! I live in the UK, and I'm ashamed tbh. The UK government is awash with israeli hasbara cash - here's their reward for ridding the labour party of anti zionists with the accusation of anti semitism:

https://www.declassifieduk.org/israel-lobby-funded-half-of-keir-starmers-cabinet/

That money is to facilitate israel's lobbying of individual ministers and garner support for the zionist killers.....to 'explain', which is the closest english translation to 'hasbara'.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 18 hours ago

It's the Lebensraum part of their Crimes Against Humanity package.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Is what it says untrue? How about the linked Haaretz article?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Who knows? No one else is reporting that. I also don't give established low-cred, highly sensationalized, highly-biased sources the time of day. Mondoweiss is Fox News's counterpart on the other end of the spectrum -- i.e. it's Fox News for lefties. Just as bad, just different flavor.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Let’s admit it, mondoweiss is hamas, let’s throw a bomb on them and be done with those terrorists!

For real tho, Israel has been throwing 2,000 pound bombs on Gaza for more than 1.5 years, why wouldn’t Rafah be rubble? What else should it be?

Some people I’ll never understand…