WEEKEND
"Israel has hit Jalaa Tower in Gaza housing international media inc AP, AFP & Jazeera. They were given 1 hr warning to evacuate. At least third tower hit in Gaza this week. Footage from moments ago" -- via twitter.com/Joyce_Karam/
"Thousands of people have gathered on the streets of central London to protest in solidarity with Palestinians amid the ongoing conflict with Israel." -- via twitter.com/SkyNews/
"Beneath Joe Biden’s folksy demeanor, a short fuse and an obsession with details" twitter.com/i/events/13932…
"We Found Joe Biden’s Secret Venmo. Here’s Why That’s A Privacy Nightmare For Everyone." twitter.com/i/events/13932…
LEVEL UP
current narrative trending about Netanyahu
Kek
"IDF says it DESTROYED Hamas security chief’s office in Gaza, as exchange of strikes rages on -- via twitter.com/RT_com/
Yeah did AP know they shacked up with Hamas?
Translation: strap in, fam.
This is going to go on for quite some time.
Israel is willing to go all in. Hamas is willing to go all in.
Expect more grizzly videos of violence, and videos of explosions.
"An Israeli raid targeting a civilian car in Gaza resulted in the death of Saeed Abu Ghalyoun, 27"
photos and caption via twitter.com/ShehabAgency/
AP releases a statement and acknowledges that they got warning in advance about the bombing.
"We narrowly avoided a terrible loss of life," is their way of saying thank you to the IDF.
AND ANOTHER BOOM BOOM
(Mushtaha Tower is separate from the earlier and widely talked about Jalaa Tower that had AP/Al Jazeera offices)
(^95% sure of that)
Even the video games media is doing a thing about Israel v. Gaza.
You can't reply to these tweets, of course, but kudos to these outlets for piggybacking off of world events
Easy prediction: establishment media gonna be MAD about the airstrike taking down that building where AP/Al Jazeera were, and might use that as an excuse to go rabidly anti-Israeli in their coverage going forward.
^ Wikileaks running with as much.
The new normal?
Certainly this relationship will be put to the test.
Iran logs on.
🚨IGN has an ISRAEL branch.... and they're REALLY confused about how IGN America is telling people to donate to Palestine.
"Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah were singing, painting murals, and flying balloons when Israeli forces attacked." -- via twitter.com/theIMEU/
"Watch the moment the house was completely destroyed by the Al Mubasher family in Khan Yunis" -- via twitter.com/imi_rr/
"AP, AJ and other journalists gathering their equipment to evacuate their offices in the 12-story al-Jala’ residential building in the heart of Gaza, before Israel bombed and destroyed it to the ground by missiles fired from its warplanes today." -- via twitter.com/Ali_reports/
LOL
ruh-roh scooby
OOF.
Yesterday: "AP office is the only place in Gaza City I feel somewhat safe."
Today: "Israeli airstrike flattens high-rise building that houses The Associated Press"
MEANWHILE: Amazon is book burning
"For the moment I don’t know the background, but this video shows an Israeli Merkava tank burning." -- via twitter.com/Ozkok_A
(**NOTE: conflicting explanations, one says there was a malfunction, another says it got hit by something)
Pro-Gaza demo in DC (and other places) today (video via twitter.com/shawajason/)
"The Palestine protest continues in the streets." (via twitter.com/TheMarieOakes/ is who on the ground over in Montreal, Quebec, check her out!)
dunno what happened here but it's a thing
"As fighting between Palestinians and Israel intensifies, a building in Gaza city collapsed during live BBC Arabic TV report after being hit by an Israeli airstrike" -- via twitter.com/BBCYaldaHakim/
"Fireworks and molotov cocktails are sent to the Israeli police." -- via twitter.com/Anonymecitoyen…
UPDATE: "AP now says it had "no indication" Hamas was in the building, says this is something it "actively checked", and it would never knowingly put its journalists at risk."
Israel PM Netanyahu feels NO pressure from US President Biden to move for a ceasefire
Moar media coverage (via twitter.com/trtworld/)
INCOMING MISSILES
"#Gaza Strip skyline filled with smoke as hostilities between Israel and Hamas continue" -- via twitter.com/RT_com/
"Nakba Day march in Bethlehem, the West Bank" -- via twitter.com/akramalwaara/
"Violence erupts at London March for Palestine protest. Several injuries reported. Batons and shields used by police" -- via twitter.com/Urban_Pictures/
"video of launches from #Gaza into #Israel caught on live stream." -- via twitter.com/AuroraIntel/
thread theme
"10 minutes of rocket fire on central Israel, and counting"
"Tel aviv just moment ago" -- via twitter.com/RichardEngel/
"Tel Aviv under the strikes of the [Gaza] missiles" -- via twitter.com/ShehabAgency/
"Gaza rocket strike Route 6, Central Israel" -- via twitter.com/LocalFocus1/
'Well, that's it.' 96-year-old DJ bids farewell in Hong Kong abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/…
Broken clock Brian Stelter asks the obviously good question to ask about the air strike on the Al Zaeera/AP offices
MORE pretty lights that are actually missiles from Gaza entering Tel Aviv again (via twitter.com/yoelituv/)
🚨(AD BREAK: send me inflation insurance, and by that i mean bitcoin)🚨
🥺
what's this got to do with vidya games IGN
"Video, allegedly showing strike which targeted Sinwar's office -- unconfirmed" -- via twitter.com/DavidADaoud/
"The call to prayer over the rubble of the Qlaibo mosque that was destroyed by Israeli warplanes in northern Gaza." -- via twitter.com/PressTV/
No description attached to this video via twitter.com/yasiremres/
Presumably in Gaza though
"Hamas' Ismail Haniyeh at a rally in Doha Saturday night." -- via twitter.com/Jtruzmah/
"Revealed: how Associated Press cooperated with the Nazis" theguardian.com/world/2016/mar…
"Thousands in the streets of the [FRENCH] capital, Paris, in support of Palestine, defying the ban." -- via twitter.com/LoyalLebanese/
Going to bed
One last story before I do
🚨🚨Uhhh it turns out that HAMAS was given cover by ASSOCIATED PRESS….
🚨🚨Holy shit AP really was in league with Hamas theatlantic.com/international/…
No wonder why Israel blew up their building
"Israeli airstrikes kill 33, topple buildings in Gaza City" nypost.com/2021/05/16/isr…
"Reports that a car rammed into Israel police in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in Jerusalem. Four officers injured, Palestinian attacker shot" -- via twitter.com/AAhronheim/
"Drone footage obtained by Reuters shows the damage caused by some of the rockets launched toward Israel from Gaza"
bears repeating
"Finchley Road. North London. 2021. Genuinely terrifying." -- via twitter.com/gunnerpunner/
IN OTHER NEWS:
"Space Force officer relieved of post after denouncing Marxist ideology and critical race theory in military: Report" washingtonexaminer.com/news/space-for…
this is a massive political "subtweet" to all the countries not listed
Water cannon deployed to break up a Palestine protest in Paris (video via twitter.com/HummaSaif)
"Shehab correspondent: The occupation warplanes target agricultural land north of the village of Juhr Al-Deek in the central Gaza Strip" -- via twitter.com/ShehabAgency/
"Demonstration in Madrid shouting 'Allah akbar'" -- via twitter.com/Undercover_Cam…
Again i want to bring up the AP Hamas connection. I read this long Atlantic story and took screenshots of important points so you’re welcome. theatlantic.com/international/…
"“If Rosa Parks could come down here from Detroit today, she would say ‘Free, free Palestine’” Speeches from community leaders at this afternoon’s protest for Palestine in Dearborn" -- video via twitter.com/BGOnTheScene/
"A #FreePalaestine Protest in central London this evening.." -- via twitter.com/CrimeLdn/
"Thousands of protesters marched from #London’s Marble Arch to the embassy of #Israel, in #Kensington, #London, in protest against the recent military action against #Palestine by #Israeli forces, amid a conflict resulting in the worst violence the region has seen since 2014."
🚨🚨CNN contributor Adeel Raja says "the world today needs a Hitler" archive.is/NX42K
"CONTEXT MATTERS" you might say.
Well yeah. Context is, Raja really likes Hitler.
First it was AP being soft on Hamas, now THIS.
And yes, Raja's love for Hitler is because of the Palestine stuff. archive.is/VrAjn
LOL and this guy is Twitter verified archive.is/rWkVB
"At the anti-Israel rally in Seattle. While chanting “Long live the Antifada,” the anti-Israel activists stole the Israeli flag from counter protesters, stopped on it, then burned it." -- via twitter.com/jasonrantz/
IGN Takes Down Article And Tweet Sharing Palestinian Aid Groups archive.is/4gicl
CH89? I have no idea what that is, sounds spooky
"Israel drops more than 50 bombs on #Gaza again in the middle of the night moments ago" -- via twitter.com/ASE/
Some more Gaza boom boom porn for you people who get off on it (via twitter.com/FilistinBulten)
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