The Political Thread

[Chris]

Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins Nobel Peace Prize for fight against oppression of women

The Nobel committee said “her brave struggle has come with tremendous personal cost.”

www.nbcnews.com

Jailed Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her fight against women's oppression in Iran and advocating for human rights.

 

[Chris]

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/06/economy/september-jobs-report-final/index.html

The US labor market surged in September, blowing expectations out of the water by adding 336,000 jobs, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Friday.

 

[Chris]

Pentagon says it will support Israel after Netanyahu declares war

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the U.S. stands squarely by Israel and will ensure it “has what it needs to defend itself” after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared w…

thehill.com

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the U.S. stands squarely by Israel and will ensure it “has what it needs to defend itself” after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared war against Palestinian militants that launched a surprise attack on his country.

 

[Chris]

Israel-Gaza updates: Israeli forces preparing for 'wide range of offensive plans'

Updates on the Israel-Gaza conflict.

abcnews.go.com

 

[Chris]

 

[Chris]

‘No Electricity, No Food, No Fuel’: Israel Orders ‘Complete Siege’ On Gaza Strip

Israel is restricting the flow of all supplies to the Palestinian territory it has been blockading since 2007.

www.forbes.com

 

[Comrade Khan]

senseless and disgusting act by Hamas

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

Israel's answer is arguably just as bad though.

Hamas is scum, but this is something that Israel has more or less caused for themselves with continual human rights violations in the region and radicalizing people against them.

And now Israel's answer to a terroristic attack is to starve out more civilians from being able to just have basic necessities?

 

[Comrade Khan]

I don't think anything Isreal has done can justify murdering over 200+ young festival goers in cold blood and taking hundreds as human shields. I can sympathize with the Palestinians right to exist, but saying Isreal has caused this for themselves isn't something I can agree with.

 

[Comrade Khan]

it was also done on the 50th year anniversary of the Yam Capur war, if I am not mistaken.

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

I don't think anything Isreal has done can justify murdering over 200+ young festival goers in cold blood and taking hundreds as human shields. I can sympathize with the Palestinians right to exist, but saying Isreal has caused this for themselves isn't something I can agree with.

I'm not justifying murder or terrorism, but Israel's occupation and degradation of the quality of life of Palestinians over the last 80 years is well known. There's a cause and effect, much in the same way that America's occupation of Afghanistan radicalized many native Afghans against us.

Hamas is scum of the Earth though. The whole region fucking sucks tbh.

 

[Comrade Khan]

well there is also the fact that Hamas is nervous because Saudi Arabia and Israel are in some sort of peace or defense talk. That weakens Iran who is basically Hamas. It's not wonder the Russians are backing up Hamas here too.

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

well there is also the fact that Hamas is nervous because Saudi Arabia and Israel are in some sort of peace or defense talk. That weakens Iran who is basically Hamas. It's not wonder the Russians are backing up Hamas here too.

For sure. Basically a who's who of authoritarian and despotic regimes. To quote Full Metal Jacket, "It's a huge shit sandwich and we're all gonna have to take a bite."

 

[Chris]

9 Americans confirmed dead in the attacks so far too with more unaccounted for to make things messier

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

Yep, I read that the other day apparently like 100+ taken hostage or something.