"Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York and the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in the US, warned that Israel’s political and moral fabric was being frayed by Netanyahu’s leadership, adding: 'Israel cannot survive if it becomes a pariah.'”

~ Patrick Wintour

#Israel #Lebanon #Palestine #Netanyahu #PariahState
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2024/oct/04/israel-told-not-alone-but-year-war-isolated

Israel was told ‘you are not alone’ – but year of war has left it isolated

For many Israelis, the shedding of support since 7 October attack has revived a belief that they cannot rely on others

^{Patrick Wintour (The Guardian)}

"Journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates has written a new book in which he (like many human rights organizations) characterizes Israel as an apartheid state. CBS News correspondent Tony Dokoupil grilled Coates on his supposedly limited perspective, and demanded to know why he criticized Israel. 'Is it because you just don’t believe that Israel, in any condition, has a right to exist?' he asked."

~ Noah Berlatsky

#Israel #Lebanon #Palestine #Netanyahu #PariahState #TaNehisiCoates
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"That’s a common Zionist talking point; Zionists insist, over and over, that criticism of Israel is the same as denying Israel’s right to exist. They then equate that with antisemitic calls for Jewish genocide.

Coates’ calm reply was telling. 'My answer is that no country in this world establishes its ability to exist through rights,' he said. 'Countries establish their ability to exist through force.'”

#Israel #Lebanon #Palestine #Netanyahu #PariahState #TaNehisiCoates #Zionism
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"When a nationalist project claims a right, the right that is claimed is always the right of oppression."

#Israel #Lebanon #Palestine #Netanyahu #PariahState #TaNehisiCoates #Zionism
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"Mark Harvey, who was Trump’s senior director for resilience policy on the National Security Council staff, told E&E News on Wednesday that Trump initially refused to approve disaster aid for California after deadly wildfires in 2018 because of the state’s Democratic leanings."

~ Scott Waldman and Thomas Frank

#Trump #Helene #hurricane
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https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/03/helene-trump-politics-natural-disaster-00182419

"'We went as far as looking up how many votes he got in those impacted areas … to show him these are people who voted for you,' said Harvey, who recently endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris alongside more than 100 other Republican former national security officials."

And see also Doktor Zoom's rundown of ALL the times Trump has sought to politicize aid to disaster victims at the link below.

#Trump #Helene #hurricane
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https://www.wonkette.com/p/wait-a-minute-youre-telling-us-donald

Wait A Minute, You're Telling Us *Donald Trump* Politicized *Natural Disasters*???

Helene? I never met her, she wouldn't be the chosen one.

^{Doktor Zoom (Wonkette)}