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Bulletins and News Discussion from May 12th to May 18th, 2025 - Nuclear War Averted (Hopefully)! (hexbear.net)

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Image is from the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists' recent article on Kashmir.

It looks like the spat between India and Pakistan could be dying down, due to a new ceasefire. As of the time of me writing this paragraph, it seems both sides want to maintain it (despite some reports of violations here and there).

Both sides have declared victory, which is completely expected given their mutual political parties and nationalist histories. It's a little harder to say which side has actually won, as both sides seem to have managed to shoot down aircraft and hit military bases. India has, in my opinion, had the more embarrassing moments, but international conflicts aren't cringe compilations. I feel no good-will towards Pakistan's comprador government, but it is at least nice to see Modi knocked down a few pegs. Regardless of the final technical victor, it's obvious that - if the ceasefire is maintained - who won are the hundreds of millions of people who won't have to live in fear of dying in nuclear hellfire.

This conflict is a good example of what multipolarity will truly entail. Countries that have been previously limited in their nationalist ambitions by American pressure will now take opportunities to revolt, sometimes against America itself, and sometimes against other countries in their regional neighbourhood. It's also why, as communists, our goals do not stop at multipolarity; it is merely the establishing act of a new era of agitation against peripheral and semi-peripheral capitalist countries that are forming powerful national bourgeoisie classes as the international American capitalists are forced away.

Last week's thread is here. The Imperialism Reading Group is here.

Please check out the RedAtlas!

The bulletins site is here. Currently not used.
The RSS feed is here. Also currently not used.

Israel-Palestine Conflict

If you have evidence of Israeli crimes and atrocities that you wish to preserve, there is a thread here in which to do so.

Sources on the fighting in Palestine against Israel. In general, CW for footage of battles, explosions, dead people, and so on:

UNRWA reports on Israel's destruction and siege of Gaza and the West Bank.

English-language Palestinian Marxist-Leninist twitter account. Alt here.
English-language twitter account that collates news.
Arab-language twitter account with videos and images of fighting.
English-language (with some Arab retweets) Twitter account based in Lebanon. - Telegram is @IbnRiad.
English-language Palestinian Twitter account which reports on news from the Resistance Axis. - Telegram is @EyesOnSouth.
English-language Twitter account in the same group as the previous two. - Telegram here.

English-language PalestineResist telegram channel.
More telegram channels here for those interested.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists
Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Sources:

Defense Politics Asia's youtube channel and their map. Their youtube channel has substantially diminished in quality but the map is still useful.
Moon of Alabama, which tends to have interesting analysis. Avoid the comment section.
Understanding War and the Saker: reactionary sources that have occasional insights on the war.
Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don't want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it's just the two of them if you want a little more analysis.
Simplicius, who publishes on Substack. Like others, his political analysis should be soundly ignored, but his knowledge of weaponry and military strategy is generally quite good.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent and very good journalist reporting in the warzone on the separatists' side.

Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.

Pro-Russian Telegram Channels:

Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.

https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR's former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR's forces. Russian language.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist, but all socially reactionary. If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one.
https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.
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.
https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a 'propaganda tax', if you don't believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses.
https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.

Pro-Ukraine Telegram Channels:

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] 27 points 3 days ago

Gabriel Boric defends multilateralism in China-Celac meeting - Prensa Latina

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Boric spoke at the inauguration of the IV Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the China-Celac Forum (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States), where the heads of state of Brazil, Colombia and the host country, among other authorities, are participating.

“From Chile, in these turbulent times, we come to reaffirm our deep conviction that free and fair trade for the benefit of our peoples is the path to progress and development of nations,” he said.

The Chilean head of state defended the sovereign decision of each country to be able to decide with whom and when to trade, because trade -he affirmed- is the encounter between peoples and we want to meet with everyone and not have to opt for one or the other by imposition.

Boric called for a leap in quality in economic ties with China, promoting technical meetings, business and high-level meetings, as well as activating policies, productive development, innovation, infrastructure, transportation, logistics and quality of human resources.

In his speech, he highlighted the project for a bioceanic corridor that will link the Atlantic with the Pacific, passing through Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina and Chile. This will allow greater integration and connection between South America and Asia-Pacific, he added.

The president warned that humanity is currently facing the dilemma of cooperate or perish, a phrase pronounced decades ago by Chilean diplomat Hernán Santa Cruz, which today resonates with full force.

[–] [email protected] 90 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Ahah trump at a press conference was like: what was I going to do? Not accept a free plane? We love free stuff.

Lmao

[–] [email protected] 49 points 4 days ago

If they offer you a plane. Take the plane. If tomorrow they ask "what are you doing, I gave you a plane?" say "you idiot, why would you give me a plane"

zizek solidarity trump-drenched

[–] [email protected] 46 points 4 days ago

king shit

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

Many people are rightfully angry about Trump’s assault on public institutions, but I believe the endgame is far more sinister than “fascists are dumb and fell for the DEI bullshit so they sabotage their own country”.

One question I’ve seen some people raising is: why don’t the bourgeois elites do something about it? Why let Trump ravage cut off billions of university fundings and cleaving off many government agencies that serve actual purposes, to the detriment of even the bourgeois class itself?

Well, if you follow the trajectory to its endpoint, it all makes sense. The bourgeois class is poised to reap the ultimate benefits of Trump’s misbehavior.

Many people can see the goal of ultimately privatizing these government agencies, but this is not just a mindlessly forced privatization of public institutions. Instead, it is to foment a new narrative about the perils of nationalization.

As people are becoming increasingly critical about billionaires and private capital owning large chunks of the economy, left wing narrative on nationalization has gained traction in recent years, at least in reasserting control on critical sectors.

In my opinion, Trump has correctly demonstrated the true unfettered authority of the federal government. Yes, the executive branch can really do all that and get away with it, in spite of what the Democrats tell you about the complex rules and Republican obstructionism. The federal government is so powerful that it can literally tax away all the wealth of the billionaire class and get away with it. Not even Harvard backed by multi-billion private capital can possibly fight the authority with the power of the purse. The government can end homelessness and give free universal healthcare in a moment’s notice.

These would have infinitely improved the lives of the people and curbed the political and economic influence of the wealthy elites. But.. there is a BUT:

What if the government use its authority for nefarious purposes, like Trump is doing right now?

“What, you want universities to be funded by the government? Have you seen what Trump has done? Do you want billions of funding to be abruptly cut off just because right wingers are scared of DEI? That’s why you need FREE MARKET! No matter your ideology, there will be someone willing to finance your institutions. Free market is DIVERSITY! Nationalization is authoritarianism where absolute power will absolutely corrupt!”

I think when Trump’s shenanigans finally end, a new wave of criticisms against the excess power of the federal government would emerge. This will lead to further decentralization of its authority, and pave the way towards mass privatization with consent manufactured.

I haven’t seen people from the left talking about this and I think that if the left is serious, they have to start conceiving of counter-narratives, or else they’ll just be caught off guard by this new phase of capitalism, once again. Remember when the American left completely failed to achieve any concession on healthcare during Covid because they were so afraid of being seen as touting right wing conspiracy theories? Same principles here.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 4 days ago

I'm not sure what exactly you're flagging that you think "the left" is missing. The DNC are feckless controlled opposition, presumably that isn't the left you mean. For anyone else, it's pretty clear that Trump/modern republicanism is a continuation of starve the beast for everything but the security-carceral state, which ends in privatization of social services and exclusion of who those services are available and accessible to.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I think one thing we all are missing is that thinking state is slave to the capital. State serves capital but at the end of the day, state is the only owner of legitimate violence. Capital donates to the parties so parties don't fuck them over when they win because state stil has the power. Parties won't destroy their own power

Maybe I am wrong, but I don't think they needed consent manufacturing. Consent has been manufactured long time ago. They always had the rhetoric of "using your power to do stuff is dictatorship, less you use power, less of a dictator you are". They could have destroyed the power after winning with this rhetoric. Besides, they could have done it even without manufactured consent

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 days ago

El Salvador delayed in complying with IMF agreement - Prensa Latina

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As agreed by the government, the deadline for the approval of the new law aimed at improving public finances, which was suspended during the Covid-19 pandemic, expired on May 9.

The delay in the presentation of the regulation was aired by opposition deputies such as Claudia Ortiz, from Vamos, and Marcela Villatoro, from Arena, who stated that they have not received, for the moment, any draft or request for the new Fiscal Responsibility Law.

The regulation is essential in the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) agreement with the IMF, for the financing of US$ 1.4 billion approved in February, and which will implement “more robust rules to improve budgetary accountability”.

According to economist Rommel Rodríguez, of the National Foundation for Development (Funde), the approval cannot be ignored because it is a structural objective that serves as a basis for meeting other fiscal objectives.

In an agreement where the fiscal issue is fundamental, I believe that it (the Fiscal Responsibility Law) cannot be ignored. It is a structural goal or objective, it is key and in extreme cases there would be an extension or a waiting period for the organization, he said.

Meanwhile, for the former president of the Central Reserve Bank (BCR), economist Carlos Acevedo, the IMF does not usually like non-compliance with agreements, except for a good excuse, and suggested “reestablishing and adjusting the previous Fiscal Responsibility Law, which is quite good”.

This law should be “approved as soon as possible, so as not to start making a mess of things before the IMF at the first opportunity”, he said.

The agreement with the multilateral for a 1.4 billion dollar program starts with an immediate disbursement of 113 million dollars and includes a fiscal adjustment of 3.5 points of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for three years, starting with a tranche of 1.5 percentage points of the GDP for this year 2025.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 4 days ago (1 children)

NYT: Why Trump Suddenly Declared Victory Over the Houthi Militia

Several American F-16s and an F-35 fighter jet were nearly struck by Houthi air defenses, making real the possibility of American casualties, multiple U.S. officials said.

A reminder that even the best stealth technology doesn't magically make planes undetectable.

Though perhaps the carrier's F-35 wasn't in the best condition.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

F-16s have been fired on for months/years by Yemen, so not a new development there. No shootdowns though. F-35s being targeted is new though.

Yeah and as you say, stealth is about low observability, not literally invisible like the movies and documentaries make it out. The F-35s were carrying out quite risky missions given the air defence network that Yemen has, they were dropping lots of JDAMs. I suspect that the F-35s were even being used in place of the MQ-9 Reapers for loitering, intelligence gathering and targeted assasinations after a bunch of MQ-9s got shot down, they even got the Hellfire missiles out on the aircraft carrier, those are very short range. My best guess would be some sort of infrared guided missile was used to target the F-35 from the rear, aimed at it's exhaust. F-35s have a largely reduced infrared signature compared to non stealth aircraft, but the engine exhaust is a weak point compared to the F-22 and especially the B-2, F-117 and YF-23 prototype. Infrared guided surface to air missiles were the biggest cause of losses and damage to NATO aircraft during the Gulf War outside of AA fire. 25 aircraft lost or damaged because of infrared guided SAMs. And Yemen does have the Iranian Sephyr 14 ground based infrared search and track system.

The New York Times article is not that great writing wise, they confuse complete air supremacy with air superiority (the US had air superiority since day one of the campaign and it's very puzzling to suggest otherwise), and they fail to mention the anti ship ballistic missile attacks that took place on the USS Harry Truman when it lost those two F-18 aircraft.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Reports that JNIM terrorists have taken over Djibo a town of 60k population in Burkina Faso. Image is inside government building with Traore's portrait on the wall.

Quite a few videos of fighting with french shouting on Telegram coming out

[–] [email protected] 47 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

The situation in Burkina Faso is quite bad, the government is losing ground to the terrorists, who control around 40-50% of the country now.

The Traore government is surrounded on three sides, but they still control the most populous area in the capital and surroundings. Djibo was de facto encircled by the terrorists for a while now.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I don't think this is accurate or the "control" of territory JNIM have in this mapping is tenuous at best. To my knowledge Burkina Faso gov still controls all of their mines, and those are scattered around a lot of the zones that this map labels as JNIM controlled territory.

I don't think it's JNIM controlled territory. I think it's just territory that JNIM is known to be operating in but they don't have control.

Here's a map of Burkina Faso gold mines for example:

This picture of taking over a government office in Djibo is the first evidence I've seen of actually taking over control of territory.

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 4 days ago (1 children)

PKK are reportedly disarming and disbanding

https://apnews.com/article/turkey-kurdish-militants-disarm-9f4347a04cba48ceb509d2e82023a19e

[–] [email protected] 43 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

Foolishness, the Turks are just gonna escalate now without opposition

Anti Kurd bashing is a major plank of right-wing Turkish parties, they're not gonna give that up just because the PKK disarms "The terrorists are still armed in Iraq" is what's coming next

What a shitshow

[–] [email protected] 35 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Even if they don't escalate it's still over for any hope of a Kurdistan without an armed organisation that will form the base of it as a state.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The PKK gave up ambitions of a "Kurdish state" over a decade ago. It was part of Öçalan's political development from Marxist-Leninism to Democratic Confederalism.

The goal of the KCK (Which the PKK is an armed faction within) has since been to agitate both politically and militarily for coexistence and autonomy within the states that control the four historic regions of Kurdistan (Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran).

The KCK's revolutionary program includes the obsolescence of the nation-state infrastructure through the establishment of the communal economy and self-governing political structures. Of course, this also necessitates self defense through military means, such as the guerilla war between the PKK and Turkey.

Democratic Confederalists within Turkey are still working to achieve the goals of the KCK and have done so without the PKK's military struggle (which was pushed into exile in Iraqi Kurdistan after the first ceasefire) for many years now. I doubt this will be the end of military resistance to the Turkish state, but the PKK unfortunately cannot be this vanguard anymore - and honestly I dont think it has had the role of vanguard for some time now.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 4 days ago (1 children)

https://archive.is/b032X

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Not strictly news, but the BBC have released some utterly stomach-churning details of the British SAS' activities in Afghanistan.

https://archive.is/DGCYO

ukkk

It is seriously upsetting, grim stuff, so be warned before going in.

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[–] [email protected] 73 points 4 days ago (10 children)

Chat, is this true?
https://xcancel.com/timand2037/status/1921438500794290279#m

Unconfirmed Report. Chinese intelligence report 🇨🇳 on the ouster of Syrian President 🇸🇾 Bashar al-Assad (and the dismantling of Syria).

● A report published by Chinese intelligence reveals controversial details regarding the change of power in Syria to Abu Mohammed Al-Jolani.

● The report confirms that what happened was the result of internal betrayal by senior Syrian army officials, bribed with Qatari money, who played a key role in implementing a complex international and regional plan.

● According to the report, on the night Aleppo fell, officers of the Syrian army's central command committed a serious crime of treason by isolating Iranian consultant commander Bur Hashmi (aka "Hajj Hashim") in a conference room.

● After isolating the Iranian commander, these officers directly contacted the Israeli Mossad, paving the way for the Free Sham Front to advance and occupy the city in just 45 minutes without any resistance.

● The spread of betrayal.

This betrayal was not limited to Aleppo; other Syrian cities were similarly surrendered. Syrian officials also sent false coordinates to Hezbollah, which trapped it and led to the destruction of a convoy of 100 vehicles belonging to Hezbollah following Israeli strikes.

● Concurrent with this event, the US Air Force targeted Iraqi Popular Militia forces near the Syrian border, in coordination with Israeli operations.

● Deceiving Bashar al-Assad.

• Despite Iranian warnings, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad remained unaware of the extent of the betrayal within his army. He was receiving false reports from his close agents, who kept him isolated and ignorant of the situation on the ground.

• As losses mounted, President Assad began to doubt the loyalty of his superiors. According to the report, the final plan was to hand him over directly to the Al-Nusrah Front (the mock Liberation Authority). Aware of the imminent danger, President Bashar al-Assad sought direct assistance from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

• The report indicates that this operation was planned and executed in coordination with several international intelligence agencies: the British intelligence service (MI6) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, the Israeli Mossad 🇮🇱, and the CIA🇺🇸, under the direct supervision of Turkish President 🇹🇷 Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

● The coming days could reveal more details about this complex process, which combined internal betrayals and international collusion to reshape the Syrian landscape according to the agendas of major regional powers, the Chinese report indicates.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

US Dollar appreciated a bit but not anywhere enough to offset much of the impact of the tariffs, still down around 6% from the Trump election pre-inaugration peak.

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (7 children)

the zionist entity created a classified team inside Google for use of its cloud tools

Google Worried It Couldn’t Control How Israel [sic] Uses Project Nimbus, Files Reveal | The Intercept

Both documents spell out that Project Nimbus entails a deep collaboration between Google and the Israeli [sic] security state through the creation of a Classified Team within Google. This team is made up of Israeli [sic] nationals within the company with security clearances, designed to “receive information by [Israel [sic]] that cannot be shared with [Google].” Google’s Classified Team “will participate in specialized training with government security agencies,” the first report states, as well as “joint drills and scenarios tailored to specific threats.”

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Both sides have declared victory, which is completely expected given their mutual political parties and nationalist histories. It's a little harder to say which side has actually won, as both sides seem to have managed to shoot down aircraft and hit military bases

The only evidence so far is of Indian aircraft being shot down, haven't seen any evidence of Pakistani aircraft being shot down.

As far as a technical breakdown, on the first engagement, Pakistan shot down four Indian aircraft (2x Rafale, 1x Su-30MKI, 1x MiG 29) using their Chinese HQ-9 air defence system and J-10C fighter aircraft with no losses, while India achieved a few stand-off strikes on "terrorist targets". Overall I think Pakistan won that engagement, India hit a very limited amount of targets at a very high cost. In hindsight this makes sense, Pakistan has more AWACS aircraft and fighter aircraft with AESA radars. See first, shoot first. However, Indian aircraft should have never been in a position to be shot down, given that they were carrying out stand off strikes, this suggests an poorly planned or ill disciplined approach.

During the second engagement, India hit a large amount of military targets in Pakistan with standoff counterforce strikes, and Pakistan responded with their own counterforce stand off strikes. The engagement was quite disproportionate, with India hitting substantially more targets than Pakistan. In hindsight this makes sense, as the Indian Air Force has substantially better and more diverse stand off strike options: subsonic stealth cruise missiles in Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG, supersonic cruise missiles in BrahMos/P-800 Oniks and Air Launched Ballistic Missiles (ALBM) in Rudram-II and ROCKS. The Pakistani Air Force's conventional stand off capability is quite limited by comparison, with only the CM-400AKG ALBM as an option, the Raad subsonic stealth cruise missiles are nuclear only, leading to Pakistan relying a lot on their rocket troops with the Fatah 1 GMLRS and Fatah-2 Short Range Ballistic Missiles. India also has superior air defence compared to Pakistan, in the S-400 vs the HQ-9. Despite exaggerated claims by both sides, neither side lost aircraft or high level air defence systems in this engagement, but the air defences on both sides also failed to intercept quite a few of these stand off weapons, even if India's air defence faired better. (Pakistan managed to intercept 1 SCALP-EG and 1-2 BrahMos). Pakistan lost a few radars seperate of their air defence systems. Overall India won this second engagement, hitting a lot more targets than Pakistan, and learning their lessons from the previous engagement with no losses in aircraft, as expected from a stand off strike mission.

This conflict is a good example of what multipolarity will truly entail. Countries that have been previously limited in their nationalist ambitions by American pressure will now take opportunities to revolt, sometimes against America itself, and sometimes against other countries in their regional neighbourhood.

The USA still brokered the ceasefire after receiving concerning intelligence, reportedly around potential Indian strikes on Pakistani nuclear forces. The US still very much acted as the "world police".

Ceasefire After 4 Days: Inside Story Of How India-Pakistan Reached Agreement-NDTV

Shortly after the [Indian] strikes, Indian intelligence agencies detected high alert messages flashing across Pakistani defence networks indicating a belief that India might next target Pakistan's nuclear command and control infrastructure.

Strategic installations in Rawalpindi, including offices linked to Pakistan's Strategic Plans Division, reportedly heightened security protocols. It was at this juncture that Pakistan reached out to the United States for urgent intervention.

According to government sources, US officials had already been in contact with both sides in anticipation of escalating tensions. But the alert around strategic assets led Washington to step in more decisively.

At least one explosion took place near a known Pakistani nuclear forces facility, so it doesn't appear to have been a bluff, even if the source of this above information is NDTV.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Apparently China is now offering to sell Pakistan the J-35 (A stealthy 5th generation analogue to the F-35 for those who don't know) in light of the success of the PAF.

Meanwhile, Israeli media and military brass are shitting bricks because another regional power has access to these proven Chinese air superiority assets:

Egypt.

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[–] [email protected] 71 points 4 days ago (8 children)

Someone lit Keir Starmer's house on fire big-cool

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wgrngplnro

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[–] [email protected] 74 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (5 children)

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/may/12/uks-f-35-exports-more-important-than-stopping-genocide-lawyers-to-argue

Archive: https://archive.is/oKT1t

UK’s F-35 exports more important than stopping genocide, lawyers to argue

Preserving the British role in the F-35 jet fighter programme takes precedence over the need to comply with UK laws on arms export controls, or any UK obligation to prevent a genocide in Israel, UK government lawyers will argue in court this week.

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 4 days ago

Gaza Reports Unprecedented Scale of Israeli Bombardments and Humanitarian Catastrophe - Telesur English

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The Government Press Office of Gaza has reported that Israel has dropped 100,000 tons of explosives on the besieged Palestinian territory, conducting over 12,000 mass killings since October 7, 2023. According to the report detailing 19 months of relentless war, 11,926 Palestinian families have been wiped out, with 2,200 completely exterminated.

Humanitarian Devastation

Official figures confirm that at least 62,000 Palestinians have been killed or gone missing, including 10,000 bodies buried under rubble. The report also alleges that Israeli forces removed 2,300 bodies from mass graves.

Since the start of the Israeli military campaign, the Palestinian Ministry of Health states that 52,800 Palestinians, including 12,400 women, 1,411 health workers, 113 rescue volunteers, and 214 journalists, have been killed.

Gaza’s healthcare system has collapsed under extreme pressure, with 2.1 million cases of infectious diseases, including 71,338 hepatitis diagnoses, largely due to mass displacement, medical shortages, and failing sanitation infrastructure.

Systematic Destruction of Religious and Aid Facilities

Israeli strikes have reportedly destroyed 828 mosques, damaged 167 others, and obliterated three churches and 19 cemeteries. Additionally, 66 humanitarian facilities, 29 community kitchens, and 37 aid centers have been bombed or severely damaged.

Since March 2025, Israel has maintained an absolute blockade, blocking the entry of 37,400 trucks carrying food and fuel, a policy described as systematic starvation that continues to worsen Gaza’s humanitarian catastrophe.

Meanwhile, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 4 days ago (6 children)

Goebbels would be jealous. I wish people would stop believing this crap.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Theory: Netanyahu is an utterly disgusting and revolting person and the Yankee supreme leaders all genuinely hate him. However, the imperialist project is too important to them to let petty personal squabbles interfere.

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