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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 1h

Crazy how Israel’s biggest support base in America are the gun-toting red state Christians who would with 100% certainty take up arms and turn into Redneck Hamas if a bunch of foreigners showed up and kicked them off their land.

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 3h

I used to think the future was gonna look like stepping out of your flying car and being greeted by your robot butler but it turns out it's just gonna look like an AI cancelling your digital money because you tried to join a union.

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 21h

Only Israelis Could Commit Genocide For Years And Then Demand Sympathy, And Other Notes

I’m sorry but it’s just plain hilarious that we’re still expected to hate Hamas after spending two years being shown exactly what it is that Hamas has been fighting.
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Only Israelis Could Commit Genocide For Years And Then Demand Sympathy - And Other Notes

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sorry but it's just plain hilarious that we're still expected to hate Hamas after spending two years being shown exactly what it is that Hamas has been fighting.

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 1d

Everything before October 7 explains why October 7 happened, and so does everything that’s happened since.

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Everything Before AND After October 7 Explains Why October 7 Happened

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 1d

Never forget October 7th 2023, that fateful day when Israelis were brutally massacred by Israeli tanks and Israeli helicopters and Israeli drones and Israeli soldiers and Israeli bullets, and also by Hamas a bit.

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Ex-Israeli war chief confirms issuing Hannibal Directive to kill own civilians, soldiers on 7 Oct

Israeli forces used attack helicopters, drones, and tanks to kill their own civilians and soldiers while blaming the deaths on Hamas

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 1d

Only Israelis could spend two years committing genocide and then demand everyone feel very, very sorry for them on the anniversary their genocide started.

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 2d

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 2d

It’s cute how the Zionists think they’ll be able to propagandize the world into liking Israel again.

Yeah, saturate all online platforms with weird-faced influencers telling us Israel is awesome. That’ll make us forget those years of genocidal atrocities.
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They Really Think They'll Be Able To Propagandize The World Into Liking Israel Again

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 3d

Israel Droned Flotilla Activists And Then Abused Greta Thunberg

If you’ll launch drone attacks on activists trying to bring aid to starving civilians, there’s nothing you won’t do.

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Israel Droned Flotilla Activists And Then Abused Greta Thunberg

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 4d

One of the final videos that activist Greg Stoker sent out from the Global Sumud Flotilla before being abducted was this awesome clip where he’s having a cigarette while the IDF sprays the boats with skunk water, and I just had to paint it.
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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 5d

How Many Palestinian Lives Would It Take To Equal One Western Life?

Westerners really do think the lives of their house pets matter more.

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How Many Palestinian Lives Would It Take To Equal One Western Life? And Other Notes

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 5d

I wish the Manchester synagogue attack never happened. I also feel weird even talking about it while dozens of Palestinians are killed today whose individual names I’ll never know and whose individual deaths I’ll never see decried in western media headlines.
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On The Manchester Synagogue Attack

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 6d

If those boats weren't carrying a bunch of white westerners Israel would've cheerfully incinerated every last one of them.

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 6d

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 7d

It’s silly how people call it “the Holy Land”. If the land was holy it would have turned Israelis into decent people.

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 7d

They're seriously gonna try to tell us "Uh-oh, Hamas rejected our Tony Blair enslavement plan, looks like we get to keep committing genocide!"

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 7d

The Trumpanyahu “Peace” Plan, And Other Notes

The Trumpanyahu administration is pushing a “peace plan” for Gaza which critics are saying would damn Palestinians to permanent subjugation under the thumb of Israel.
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The Trumpanyahu "Peace" Plan, And Other Notes

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 8d

I personally will never tell Palestinians what deals they should accept or what they should do to address their abuse at the hands of the empire. My job as a westerner is to oppose the western empire that is butchering them, not to finger-wag and moralize at the empire's victims.

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 8d

That is not a claim that deserves to be taken seriously. You're promoting a conspiracy theory that all major human rights groups on earth are conspiring to frame Israel for genocide. That's intensely stupid.
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The Single Dumbest Conspiracy Theory In The Entire World

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 8d

The onus is on the party committing genocide to stop committing genocide. The onus is not on the victims of the genocide to sign agreements in the hope of saving themselves from the genocide. This is obvious to anyone who isn't a psychopath.

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 9d

Expect A Huge Fuss About The October 7 Anniversary As The World Turns Against Israel

"It won’t work, though. We’ve seen too much. What has been seen cannot be unseen."

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Expect A Huge Fuss About The October 7 Anniversary As The World Turns Against Israel

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 9d

The single dumbest conspiracy theory in the entire world is that every major humanitarian institution on earth is conspiring to falsely frame Israel for the crime of genocide. And yet believing this conspiracy theory is the only way to think it’s not a genocide.
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The Single Dumbest Conspiracy Theory In The Entire World

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 9d

Trump Tyranny, Digital IDs, And Other Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

When you create a system where sociopathy is rewarded with wealth and where wealth equals power, you’re naturally going to find yourself being ruled by sociopaths.
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Trump Tyranny, Digital IDs, And Other Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 10d

The World Doesn't Hate Jews, The World Hates Israel

The world hates Israel because Israel is an evil state whose evil actions are tormenting millions of people, and are having a direct effect on our own lives to a greater and greater extent as well.
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The World Doesn't Hate Jews, The World Hates Israel

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