The Political Thread

[Chris]

October 30, 2023 - Israel-Hamas war

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made clear on Monday that Israel would not agree to a ceasefire, saying "this is a time for war."

www.cnn.com

• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made clear on Monday that Israel would not agree to a ceasefire, saying "this is a time for war."
• Israel's military said it killed dozens of Hamas fighters overnight and struck targets in northern Gaza as part of its expanded ground operations in the enclave. Israeli media showed the country's troops atop a hotel about 2 miles into the strip.
• Meanwhile, The UN warned "civil order" is deteriorating in Gaza after weeks of siege and bombardment, with people breaking into warehouses to take survival essentials. US President Joe Biden pressed Netanyahu on Sunday to “immediately and significantly” scale up the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza, the White House said.

 

[Deezy]

Netanyahu is doing the same shit people were decrying Putin for when he invaded Ukraine.

 

[Chris]

Sam Bankman-Fried testifies he thought hedge fund could cover $8 billion debt to FTX

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried testified on Monday that he believed his Alameda Research hedge fund had enough assets to cover an $8 billion debt to the cryptocurrency exchange until days before both collapsed.

www.reuters.com

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried testified on Monday that he believed his Alameda Research hedge fund had enough assets to cover an $8 billion debt to the cryptocurrency exchange until days before both collapsed.

On Friday, his first day testifying in his own defense at his fraud trial, he said he was "very surprised" when he realized in October 2022 that Alameda had borrowed $8 billion from deposits that FTX customers sent to the exchange, and that the loan was not listed on Alameda's main account.

He told jurors on Monday that while he was concerned about the Alameda liability, it did not alarm him.

 

[Comrade Khan]

October 30, 2023 - Israel-Hamas war

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made clear on Monday that Israel would not agree to a ceasefire, saying "this is a time for war."

www.cnn.com

• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made clear on Monday that Israel would not agree to a ceasefire, saying "this is a time for war."
• Israel's military said it killed dozens of Hamas fighters overnight and struck targets in northern Gaza as part of its expanded ground operations in the enclave. Israeli media showed the country's troops atop a hotel about 2 miles into the strip.
• Meanwhile, The UN warned "civil order" is deteriorating in Gaza after weeks of siege and bombardment, with people breaking into warehouses to take survival essentials. US President Joe Biden pressed Netanyahu on Sunday to “immediately and significantly” scale up the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza, the White House said.

Not even considering a ceasefire tells me all I need to know about the people running things there. Sad

 

[Chris]

Police Were Told Maine Gunman Had Threatened to Carry Out Shooting Spree

The Army Reserve and a Maine sheriff’s department knew of a reservist’s deteriorating mental health five months before he carried out America’s deadliest mass shooting this year.

www.nytimes.com

Six weeks before an Army reservist fatally shot 18 people in Lewiston, Maine, the police received alarming warnings that the reservist had grown increasingly paranoid, had punched a friend and had said he was going to carry out a shooting spree. But no law enforcement officials ever made contact with him, according to records released on Monday.

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

What a shock, Law Enforcement failing to do their job.

 

[Death By Looch]

• Yemen officially declares war on Israel (Odessa Journal)

A new challenger approaches! Ready to Rumble?

 

[CakeWalker]

Yemen. One of the worst countries for human rights in the world.

 

[Chris]

Colombia recalls ambassador to Israel – as it happened

This blog is now closed.

www.theguardian.com

An Israeli airstrike on a refugee camp in northern Gaza has killed hundreds of people, the Washington Post reports, citing the Gaza health ministry.

Israel has claimed that an airstrike on Tuesday killed a top Hamas commander.

But Gaza’s health ministry has said that the attack on the Jabalia refugee camp in nothern Gaza killed hundreds of people.

Exact figures on the number of people who were killed or wounded is still being calculated as rescue efforts continue.

 

[Comrade Khan]

super cool dudes

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

Hey thats great. Supposedly killed one Commander in exchange for hundreds of other lives. That's just a bonus to the Israeli government.

 

[Comrade Khan]

Hey thats great. Supposedly killed one Commander in exchange for hundreds of other lives. That's just a bonus to the Israeli government.

yeah but according to every western governments its anti-Semitic to criticize the IDF, but also every Palestinian support hamas so its ok to dehumanize them, duh! the world sucks

 

[Mitch Buchannon]

FUCK ZIONISM AND THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT AND FUCK ANYBODY THAT SUPPORTS ZIONISM AND THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT. FUCKING PIECES OF SHIT.

 

[Comrade Khan]

oh and Hamas sucks, since apparently you also can't criticize the IDF unless you attach this statement with it or you get doxxed

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

yeah but according to every western governments its anti-Semitic to criticize the IDF, but also every Palestinian support hamas so its ok to dehumanize them, duh! the world sucks

Exactly why I'm finding it so difficult to sympathize with anyone in this campaign. The Israeli government is out for blood and well on its way to genocide and HAMAS is scum of the Earth.

I feel most for the citizens caught up in this madness. Terrible situation all around.