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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 3h

They Seriously Expected Parades And Trophies For Pausing A Genocide

That’s adorable. That’s precious. Not gonna happen, but it’s cute that they thought it would.

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They Seriously Expected Parades And Trophies For Pausing A Genocide — And Other Notes

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 13h

Israel’s top officials are openly declaring that they intend to terminate the Gaza ceasefire after they get their hostages back.

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Israeli Officials Are Openly Saying They Plan To Resume Attacks On Gaza

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 15h

It will be the first step in determining whether anyone deserves to be listened to, taken seriously, or voted for. Their comments on Gaza in the mid-2020s will be the first gate through which they must pass to be considered worthy of attention by normal people.

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 15h

The Gaza holocaust will be a litmus test for high-profile figures for decades. Everyone's comments or lack thereof on Israel's genocidal atrocities will be looked up and amplified whenever their name rises to public attention.

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 1d

Wait so Zionists seriously expected everything to go back to how it was before and for everyone to start treating Israel like a normal country?

That's adorable.

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 2d

"Why aren't the Free Palestine people cheering about the ceasefire?"

If you saw a man beating a child into a coma, would you cheer after the beating stopped? No, your first reaction would be horror at what happened and your second would be fear that he'll attack the kid again.

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 3d

Thoughts On The Ceasefire News

When an agreement was reached late last year it never made it beyond the first phase and then the Trumpanyahu administration declared a siege and resumed the killing.
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Thoughts On The Ceasefire News

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 3d

When normal people get a ceasefire agreement they think "Good, this means we can finally stop fighting and killing." Whenever Israelis get a ceasefire agreement they go, "This means we have to hurry up and kill as many people as possible before it takes effect."

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 4d

New Issue Of JOHNSTONE: They Can’t Arrest Us All

This month’s issue features a painting of Global Sumud Flotilla activist Greg Stoker calmly enjoying a smoke while the IDF was spraying the boats with skunk water in preparation to kidnap them.

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 4d

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 · 4d

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 · 5d

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 · 5d

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 · 6d

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 · 6d

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 · 6d

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 · 7d

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 7d

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 · 8d

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 · 9d

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 · 10d

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 · 10d

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 · 11d

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 · 11d

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 11d

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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