Where do I begin? I'll restrict myself to simply thanking you, Ricky, for bringing us these harrowing updates. If they're hard to read for subscribers, I can't imagine how hard they are to research and write, but I hope that one day they will be part of a deep, deep pile of irrefutable evidence in a court of law (real law, not the unbelievable clampdown fascist crap that actual elected UK politicians are making up), that sees the perpetrators and their pathetic, cowardly, complicit cronies in our government and media pay for their monstrous and evil crimes against humanity. As you so rightly put it, History is watching, and you are writing one of its most valuable chronicles.
I didn’t watch the piece. I have no doubt about the depravity of the aggressor - Israel and the IDF. This is textbook genocide of the most brutal kind. I hope millions others who are on the fence still watched it and drew their own conclusions.
The fact that this regime gets away with it shows this has been planned for decades. How else would governments all over the west aid and abet this? Labour/Conservative Friends of Israel are just two of countless lobbying organisations that have prepared their ‘hosts’ for this moment. Looking at October 7, 2023 from 2025 might make you think this was an all too convenient and a welcome event.
T b e Israeli government was informed by US intelligence that an attack was coming on 10/7 and chose to ignore it. They even knew where it would occur. They felt invincible and that no one would ever try it. The Israeli government wanted it to happen to justify the genocide. I find it interesting that Netanyahu no longer cares about getting the remaining hostages back. They are never mentioned anymore.
that the Oct 7 attack was code named Al Aqsa Flood was no accident. I believe the events that began in the Al Aqsa Mosque complex on 5th day of Sukkot were a deliberate trigger. A group of far Right academics, settlers and religious extremists occupied the complex, expelling Palestinians. At the same time Palestinians in East Jerusalem were attacked and Palestinian homes and property were damaged. Over the next several days the Israeli's occupying the Mosque performed Jewish religious rituals there while Palestinians were denied access to the Mosque. The IDF stood by protecting the Israeli's doing this - which to me indicates Israeli government knowledge of and complicity in these events. Netanyahu and his government knew that similar events in the past had provoked violent Palestinian responses, but they went ahead and abetted it happening. When coupled with the knowledge that they were allegedly warned on at least 2 occasions by foreign intelligence agencies that Hamas had been training for an attack, it's hard not to believe Netanyahu and the Israeli government wanted the attack to occur.
Thanks for this. This is so stunningly evil, and the fact that western governments both fund and provide cover for Israel/USA fascism is horrendous. These people do not represent the majority. How do we reclaim any semblance of democracy and humanity?
I simply cannot find the words to express how I feel about this. It is a travesty beyond my powers of expression. Thank you Ricky for this and other excellent articles.
Can you imagine 1936, when the first concentration camp opened in Germany, at Dachau? It had gas chambers but they were never deployed. No one - apparently - knows why. But there was no outcry. Not until the British army liberated Bergen-Belsen would anyone "know" about the Holocaust. But they did know about the desperate attempts of Jews to flee Germany and, later, Austria. Respectable families in Vienna advertised their children for adoption so that they, at least, should escape the bloodbath that was so imminent.
Now, imagine a 1936 in which British members of parliament are vociferously defending the right of the German Reich to defend itself against the "Jewish plague", against these so-called "vermin", backing refusals of western nations to allow shiploads of Jewish refugees to dock. Some did at that time, and remained lone voices. So clear was it in 1936 that those whom you cheered on in their struggle - "in ihrem Kampf" - depended on who was the party more likely to profit you once the dust had settled. And, even by 1938, Britain was still cordial enough to engage in diplomacy with the German Reich.
It was this kind of partisan wavering that the United Nations - first conceived of in 1945 and brought into reality in 1948 - was supposed to settle, for once and for all. No one needed any more to look to whom they favoured or who they believed had done what wrong to whom: the procedures for settling disputes were set down in clear text and the aims of those procedures likewise. The UN Charter arose in part out of a simple conundrum: that compassion is not enough; who wins in a case of injustice depends on the party for whom one expresses that compassion. The UN Charter laid down who is deserving of compassion: it is he whose territory is taken by force. It is the civilian persecuted by the military. It is the defenceless subjected to the whim of the armed.
Only one thing we must guard against now, and I risk your wrath in stating it, but we surely all must recognise it. That the compassion we demand from the unwarranted aggressor we must also cherish in our own hearts, for without that, in denouncing atrocity we may yet seek to encourage it. If right is on our side in denouncing the State of Israel, then the denunciation itself must be rightful. Against us are stacked law, legality, legitimacy, justification, constructs of defence that portend aggression. We must take Gandhi as our inspiration, and not Hitler.
I dream of the day when the truly righteous will arraign the truly guilty before a court of justice, and pose questions to them such as these: "Did you willingly ignore the mass extinction of a civilian population, and actively defend the aggressors, nay supply them with the means by which they accomplished their acts of destruction and death, who perpetrated these acts with the aim of securing the victims' land for themselves? Can you in any way reconcile that with your obligations as signatories to the United Nations' Charter? Tell us, why was it that your nation even signed the United Nations' Charter: was it mendacity in order to inveigle the world into trusting you? Or was it naïvety, believing we would not notice your acts of betrayal?"
I've been disgusted to see how little coverage the documentary has received. As of this morning, the Guardian were the only newspaper to have reviewed it.
Mainstream is a tool for propaganda, this devious and nefarious tool has been covertly used for centuries, anyhow people are learning about it and snapping out of the matrix they are by it set in.
The light brought by Palestine and Gaza is showing it all.
Where do I begin? I'll restrict myself to simply thanking you, Ricky, for bringing us these harrowing updates. If they're hard to read for subscribers, I can't imagine how hard they are to research and write, but I hope that one day they will be part of a deep, deep pile of irrefutable evidence in a court of law (real law, not the unbelievable clampdown fascist crap that actual elected UK politicians are making up), that sees the perpetrators and their pathetic, cowardly, complicit cronies in our government and media pay for their monstrous and evil crimes against humanity. As you so rightly put it, History is watching, and you are writing one of its most valuable chronicles.
Israel and the US are the most evil countries on the planet, right now
Right now? They have been since inception, it's just that more of it is coming out. It has always been there if you looked.
Nah, there have been worse.
Like Russia and Nazi Germany and several African nations come to mind. I would say that currently the US, Russia and Israel are top of the list.
Nazi Germany was not worse.
Don't forget the UK.
They are both, remember, offspring of ye o£de Brutish Vampire.
As are Canada, Australia...
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I didn’t watch the piece. I have no doubt about the depravity of the aggressor - Israel and the IDF. This is textbook genocide of the most brutal kind. I hope millions others who are on the fence still watched it and drew their own conclusions.
The fact that this regime gets away with it shows this has been planned for decades. How else would governments all over the west aid and abet this? Labour/Conservative Friends of Israel are just two of countless lobbying organisations that have prepared their ‘hosts’ for this moment. Looking at October 7, 2023 from 2025 might make you think this was an all too convenient and a welcome event.
T b e Israeli government was informed by US intelligence that an attack was coming on 10/7 and chose to ignore it. They even knew where it would occur. They felt invincible and that no one would ever try it. The Israeli government wanted it to happen to justify the genocide. I find it interesting that Netanyahu no longer cares about getting the remaining hostages back. They are never mentioned anymore.
that the Oct 7 attack was code named Al Aqsa Flood was no accident. I believe the events that began in the Al Aqsa Mosque complex on 5th day of Sukkot were a deliberate trigger. A group of far Right academics, settlers and religious extremists occupied the complex, expelling Palestinians. At the same time Palestinians in East Jerusalem were attacked and Palestinian homes and property were damaged. Over the next several days the Israeli's occupying the Mosque performed Jewish religious rituals there while Palestinians were denied access to the Mosque. The IDF stood by protecting the Israeli's doing this - which to me indicates Israeli government knowledge of and complicity in these events. Netanyahu and his government knew that similar events in the past had provoked violent Palestinian responses, but they went ahead and abetted it happening. When coupled with the knowledge that they were allegedly warned on at least 2 occasions by foreign intelligence agencies that Hamas had been training for an attack, it's hard not to believe Netanyahu and the Israeli government wanted the attack to occur.
The BBCs crimes against humanity will not go unanswered.
Thanks for this. This is so stunningly evil, and the fact that western governments both fund and provide cover for Israel/USA fascism is horrendous. These people do not represent the majority. How do we reclaim any semblance of democracy and humanity?
I simply cannot find the words to express how I feel about this. It is a travesty beyond my powers of expression. Thank you Ricky for this and other excellent articles.
It was a gruelling but essential watch.
I was relieved that Channel 4 chose to broadcast it without advert breaks.
(Cf. the UEFA under-21s sponsored by the British Army 🤮)
Can you imagine 1936, when the first concentration camp opened in Germany, at Dachau? It had gas chambers but they were never deployed. No one - apparently - knows why. But there was no outcry. Not until the British army liberated Bergen-Belsen would anyone "know" about the Holocaust. But they did know about the desperate attempts of Jews to flee Germany and, later, Austria. Respectable families in Vienna advertised their children for adoption so that they, at least, should escape the bloodbath that was so imminent.
Now, imagine a 1936 in which British members of parliament are vociferously defending the right of the German Reich to defend itself against the "Jewish plague", against these so-called "vermin", backing refusals of western nations to allow shiploads of Jewish refugees to dock. Some did at that time, and remained lone voices. So clear was it in 1936 that those whom you cheered on in their struggle - "in ihrem Kampf" - depended on who was the party more likely to profit you once the dust had settled. And, even by 1938, Britain was still cordial enough to engage in diplomacy with the German Reich.
It was this kind of partisan wavering that the United Nations - first conceived of in 1945 and brought into reality in 1948 - was supposed to settle, for once and for all. No one needed any more to look to whom they favoured or who they believed had done what wrong to whom: the procedures for settling disputes were set down in clear text and the aims of those procedures likewise. The UN Charter arose in part out of a simple conundrum: that compassion is not enough; who wins in a case of injustice depends on the party for whom one expresses that compassion. The UN Charter laid down who is deserving of compassion: it is he whose territory is taken by force. It is the civilian persecuted by the military. It is the defenceless subjected to the whim of the armed.
Only one thing we must guard against now, and I risk your wrath in stating it, but we surely all must recognise it. That the compassion we demand from the unwarranted aggressor we must also cherish in our own hearts, for without that, in denouncing atrocity we may yet seek to encourage it. If right is on our side in denouncing the State of Israel, then the denunciation itself must be rightful. Against us are stacked law, legality, legitimacy, justification, constructs of defence that portend aggression. We must take Gandhi as our inspiration, and not Hitler.
Exactly what the UN was designed to safeguard against is streaming live on a million devices.
I dream of the day when the truly righteous will arraign the truly guilty before a court of justice, and pose questions to them such as these: "Did you willingly ignore the mass extinction of a civilian population, and actively defend the aggressors, nay supply them with the means by which they accomplished their acts of destruction and death, who perpetrated these acts with the aim of securing the victims' land for themselves? Can you in any way reconcile that with your obligations as signatories to the United Nations' Charter? Tell us, why was it that your nation even signed the United Nations' Charter: was it mendacity in order to inveigle the world into trusting you? Or was it naïvety, believing we would not notice your acts of betrayal?"
I've been disgusted to see how little coverage the documentary has received. As of this morning, the Guardian were the only newspaper to have reviewed it.
The Devil IsRael.
It is not about morals. It is about Good versus Evil. It is very simple guys and girls.
This is the fight, this is the focus, this is the target of anti-imperialist, anti-capitalist action, this is the path through which we bring it down.
Can I watch the documentary and trust myself either to not fall further into despair or totally lose my shit? Let's find out.
Mainstream is a tool for propaganda, this devious and nefarious tool has been covertly used for centuries, anyhow people are learning about it and snapping out of the matrix they are by it set in.
The light brought by Palestine and Gaza is showing it all.
Thank you for the article Ricky.
The most wretched forms of life identify as a Zionist or Israeli.
Israel is a sick & depraved State, & the West is complicit. It's time the world woke up & condemned Israel for its war crimes.
https://misterkel.substack.com/p/human-animals
The IOFis the insanely immoral people anywhere, or the most immorally insane cult -take your choice.