The Political Thread

[Boomhauer]

Well that didn't last long. Netenyahu's cabinet is delaying the vote on it.

Israel-Hamas ceasefire live updates: Netanyahu says ‘last-minute crisis’ is holding up approval

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that a “last minute crisis” with Hamas was holding up Israeli approval of the agreement to pause the fighting in the Gaza Strip and release dozens of hostages.

apnews.com

Hamas will break a ceasefire. When they vote, they need to vote against a ceasefire so Israel can get rid of Hamas forever

 

[Boomhauer]

Standing with Israel = standing with genocide. Nobody who defended Israel's actions has any excuse. I've already seen many Zionists try to shift the blame to Netanyahu. No. The vast majority of Israeli society supported what they did over the last year+. Anyone who defends Israel is guilty of supporting a genocide. Anyone who says "Israel has a right to defend itself" or "I stand with Israel" is the modern day equivalent to a Nazi sympathizer and should be treated as such.

Israel is defending themselves. The genocide accusations are baseless. The ones committing genocide is Hamas.

 

[Samoa Looch]

Hamas will break a ceasefire. When they vote, they need to vote against a ceasefire so Israel can get rid of Hamas forever

Sorry to disappoint you, but there were Israeli airstrikes only hours after they announced there is a ceasefire agreement and even if it wasn't fully through yet, Israel's gonna do their darndest to provoke Hamas into anything that could be considered an aggression or breaking of the ceasefire, so they can break it themselves within a blink of an eye.

 

[Samoa Looch]

Israel is defending themselves. The genocide accusations are baseless. The ones committing genocide is Hamas.

No, they are not defending themselves. Israel has been committing a genocide for 15 months now. It never was about hostages. Netanyahu, a lot of his colleagues and the IDF knew about the plans of a Hamas attack and happily accepted it happening to "justify" their invasion they wanted to pull off for far too long.

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

Not to mention Israel has continued to occupy territory that isn't theirs for decades with multiple human rights violations attributed to them.

 

[Boomhauer]

No, they are not defending themselves. Israel has been committing a genocide for 15 months now. It never was about hostages. Netanyahu, a lot of his colleagues and the IDF knew about the plans of a Hamas attack and happily accepted it happening to "justify" their invasion they wanted to pull off for far too long.

They killed innocent Palestinians. But it is because Hamas hides in the urban areas. I say wipe out every last Hamas member while trying to protect innocent Palestinians.

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

And thus is how the US has also justified bombing innocent civilians in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan.

 

[Boomhauer]

And thus is how the US has also justified bombing innocent civilians in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan.

Those wars were useless. America had no business in them, especially Iraq. Bush spread lies that Iraq had nuclear weapons just to justify the invasion of Iraq.

 

[Comrade Khan]

Yikes

 

[Samoa Looch]

The Iranian–Russian Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership is signed by Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian and Russian president Vladimir Putin. The 20-year deal will see cooperation in multiple areas, including nuclear energy, counterterrorism, and environmental issues.

Inside the strategic partnership treaty between Iran and Russia

The comprehensive pact will govern relations between the two countries for the next 20 years

www.middleeasteye.net

 

[Chris]

Jon Husted, Ohio's lieutenant governor, tapped to replace JD Vance in Senate

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday announced his lieutenant governor, Jon Husted, will replace Vice President-elect JD Vance in the U.S. Senate.

abcnews.go.com

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday announced his lieutenant governor, Jon Husted, will replace Vice President-elect JD Vance in the U.S. Senate.

Husted, 57, will serve until a special election in November 2026, the winner of which will complete the remainder of Vance's term.

Vance and President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn into office on Monday.

 

[Chris]

RFK Jr. Sought to Stop Covid Vaccinations 6 Months After Rollout

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. petitioned the F.D.A. to revoke authorization of the shots at a time when they were in high demand and considered life-saving.

www.nytimes.com

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice to lead the nation’s health agencies, formally asked the Food and Drug Administration to revoke the authorization of all Covid vaccines during a deadly phase of the pandemic when thousands of Americans were still dying every week.

Mr. Kennedy filed a petition with the F.D.A. in May 2021 demanding that officials rescind authorization for the shots and refrain from approving any Covid vaccine in the future.

Just six months earlier, Mr. Trump had declared the Covid vaccines a miracle. At the time Mr. Kennedy filed the petition, half of American adults were receiving their shots. Schools were reopening and churches were filling.