"The dam is cracking".

Why has the debate on Israel/Palestine 🇮🇱🇵🇸 changed so rapidly? I spoke with Noam Chomsky, Chris Hedges, and a number of other experts to find out why.

mintpressnews.com/why-overton-wi…
Just a few years ago, it would have been compeltely unthinkable that a member of Congress would start a speech by saying “I rise today in solidarity with the Palestinian people.”

Something is shifting. And quickly.

Meanwhile, Andrew Yang, who repeated the "we stand with Israel" line have witnessed overnight crashes in their polling. That one single decision might have cost him the job as mayor of NYC.
Noam Chomsky: “By now Israel’s internal racism has come under more scrutiny as well. With the veil of intense propaganda being lifted slowly, crucial US participation in 🇮🇱 crimes is also coming more clearly into view. With committed activism, that could have salutary effects.”
Chomsky also condemned Israel's "greater resort to violence and repression, moral degeneration, and drift to the racist right.”

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The Washington Post, everyone.
Who is "us" in this headline?
War is peace, democracy dies in darkness.
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On hey, look at that. Only a few hours after the ceasefire, Israeli forces are storming the Al-Aqsa Mosque AGAIN! Reports are they're firing tear gas and rubber bullets.

Worshippers flee the carnage at Al-Aqsa this afternoon. Video via @JatIkhwan

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(Thread) A new poll shows the world thinks the US is the greatest threat to democracy.

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My new study:
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Even in key ally states like the UK, Israel and Canada, the public considers the US a much greater threat to democracy than Russia or China.

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This is a call for a massacre.

Please, and I cannot stress this enough, cancel any subscription you have to the New York Times (and tell them why you did it).
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Lol, this is how Brett "Bedbug" Stephens describes the police attack.
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