And so, October 7th provided the spark, the hostages the fuel, and the paradox of secualr service--where those who most oppose the government because of its support for mass-exemption, continue to serve in order to assert their status as contibuting citizen-- the ongoing kindling for the war. 8/8

The Israeli secular and religious-Zionist movements who serve would not withold service in response to a frustrating war or Haredi exemption. Religious-Zionists because of right wing ideology. Seculars, including liberals, because they defined themselves politically as being "servers". 7/

First, it meant that the sense of unfairness in draft and casualties that fueled the opposition to Vietnam didn't take root in the same way. Instead, it was targeted at the expempt ultra-Orthodox society, and the government working to secure their exemption. This in turn led to the 2nd cause. 6/

That's how you ended up with most Israelis supporting a deal to end the war even without Hamas' removal. So why no anti-war movement. The answer here has to do with conscription. Universal conscription prevented the formation of a large movement in two ways. 5/

2. Hostages. Because Hamas held so many hostages, abandoning the war without release was a complete no go. But this one is complicated because OTOH, Israelis didn't trust Hamas to return hostages in deals, they also didn't trust their government to take a deal that would let them out. 4/

I think that in the end it comes down to three reasons: 1. The horrors of 10.7 meant that even if many Israelis hated the war, they hated the risk of another 10.7 even more, and post given its scale and violence cared little to nothing (or less) about Pal. suffering. 3/

One should never assume a huge anti-war movement to emerge, but still, given how popular the war was by the end, we could have expected a little more. *(And no, Israelis are not unique monsters who like fighting wars. Humans are humans, and an answer can't just be "they're bad and different"). 2/

Why Israeli didn't have a significant anti-war movement after October 7th? Short 🧵 I was listening to 7 O'clock News/Silent Night today, and found myself wondering why Israel never really got a proper widespread anti-war movement over the last 2+ years. 1/

One time as an undergrad I took a global sports and politics summer course during the World Cup and really the only thing our professor wanted us to come away with was the understanding that FIFA is evil

This stuff doesn’t even get reported in American media anymore: the woman and her son were chased by a quadcopter drone about one kilometre [half a mile] from the yellow line and “left there to bleed to death” as the aircraft continued hovering overhead, preventing anyone from reaching them.

Greg Gutfeld - transcripts of Trump's ramblings don't represent his humor. Three examples when Trump was serious but made no sense. Firemen are shot while putting out fires. Protesters break up sidewalks with hammers. His dementia test was really hard - tiger, elephant, giraffe

Was asked last week if there was any way that Congress could render the killing spree at sea lawful (setting morality & rationality aside). Would an AUMF do the trick? Nope. You’d also need to repeal several federal criminal laws dealing with murder. And that’s just as a matter of domestic law.

Israel hunted a 70 year old lady down with a gun drone and then hoovered above to make sure she bled out next to her dying son. They both join almost 1,000 Palestinians Israel has massacred or maimed in its genocide during the "ceasefire". www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...

Liverpool given Antoine Semenyo transfer boost amid Mohamed Salah Saudi Araba interest https://www.eucup.com/1406302/ Antoine Semenyo could be the next Liverpool signing, with the Bournemouth man tipped to make the move to Anfield during the January transfer windowBournemouth winger Antoine …

A Journalist Reported From Palestine. YouTube Deleted His Account Claiming He’s an Iranian Agent. theintercept.com/2025/12/07/y...

Why not. Who's going to stop them.

Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR or Marvel.

People who have the US flag, Canadian flag, Ukrainian flag, israeli flag, European Union flag, and the British flag, in their social media bios and handles tend to have some of the most fucked opinions. All they share is apologia for capitalism, white supremacy, imperialism, and genocide. 🤮

Thailand strikes Cambodia as Trump-backed truce collapses on.ft.com/4rG8PzY

author of strategy gives the newly issued english translation a thumbs up www.bbc.com/news/article...

“MAGA is President Trump’s phrase. That’s his political policies. I call myself America First” - MTG She goes on to talk about her feckless colleagues in Congress who talk shit about Trump behind the scenes but won’t stand up to him publicly.

“He passed a crypto bill that helped all the crypto donors. He has served Israel’s interest, even attacking Iran. He has serve big Pharma… we’re still out here saying we want to see action on areas for the American people, not for the major industries and the big donors.” - MTG

Dayum‼️ Safe to say Marjorie Taylor Greene’s divorce from Donald Trump is final. “After President Trump called me a traitor, I got a pipe bomb threat on my house.” “I stood for women who were raped when they were 14 years old. And the president that I fought for… called me a traitor for that.” 🧵

is she actually popular? Besides the usual big names, the main person who I get sent is Akaash Singh (cringe for a whole another reason (not including his recent controversy))

and take the time to meet with IAs rather than the usual influencers/lobbyists, etc, or just limited analysis to one or two places in the northeast. On an unrelated note, I personally never heard of Zarna Garg prior to this Daily Beast interview. Granted I'm not on TikTok, but

years ago. And American media...just tends to rely on similar views as even some Indian media analysis. Yashica Dutt is right that IAs aren't a monolith, nor can we simply dismiss the Garg gang as an anomaly. I just wish more folks (including IAs) actually studied our history

elections. If you read their recent analysis on anti-Indian hate, you would think its suddenly out of nowhere or (as some liberals claim), because some Indians act badly....and not, you know, a problem that fits alongside American racism and echoes bigotry from almost a 100

Hell, half the time I read analysis from Indian media, you would think that the main issues driving IA voting decisions are.....whatever they are talking about on Indian news panel. Reading Indian media, you would have thought that Trump won the majority IA vote in the last 3

or, as Yashica Dutt notes, kind of refuse to acknowledge how similar many IAs backgrounds (including myself) are to the Garg's. For American and Indian media, honestly idk how often they actually consult with IAs...actually fail to consider us as "American".

The main problem with the latter is they either do a mix of analysis that does not align with surveys or even anecdotal experiences of the IA community (e.g. many are shocked when I point out that most surveys point to at least 60% of IAs voted for Harris)...

There is this tendency to by numerous media to laser in on certain IA figures as representatives for the whole community. This isn't just limited to the American media, but this tends to be repeated among Indian media and even Indian Americans.

Good piece by @yashicadutt.bsky.social on the Garg's recent statements and the reaction from Indian Americans, especially given the former's support for figures like Usha Vance and Trump. A few thoughts (hopefully I'll write something later)... yashicadutt.substack.com/p/zarna-garg...

The U.S. is forcing Americans to ‘subsidize the mass murder of children’ in Gaza prismreports.org/2025/12/01/g...

“You knew damn well I was a snake…”

Please return to Egypt and don't come back to Anfield ever again!

NEW: Liverpool are being harmed by individual underperformance – and the stats prove it #lfc

Mohamed Salah feels he has “earned” the right to be a certain starter for Liverpool. Nobody can dispute his phenomenal record - but more recent data paints a very different picture. ✍️ @adjones-journo.bsky.social 🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/686...

Salah is a Liverpool legend, we love him but this was wrong. Any honest Red will have supported Slot’s decision to drop Mo. Mo has been out of form & something different was needed to help the team. Nobody was blaming him for this season, it’s just that a change was needed. This is a team game. #LFC

Liverpool’s owners have given Slot their full backing and it is unlikely Salah’s outburst will have any bearing on their stance. (paul joyce)

There is a major doubt whether Salah will travel with the rest of his teammates for Tuesday’s Champions League clash at Inter Milan (Alex crook)

Mohamed Salah’s outburst was selfish and disrespectful. He has let Liverpool down It just heaps more negativity on the club at a difficult time. (James Pearce)

No decisions made yet on whether Mo Salah will travel to Milan but Liverpool facing big dilemma on whether to or not in the morning. (Lewis Steele)

What’s evident at the moment is Liverpool are in a mess. on the inside and from the outside. The whole Salah and Arne Slot thing at Liverpool is getting really bad right now. It's hurting the big team. Who's in the wrong here?

Arne Slot retains the backing of Liverpool’s board following Mohamed Salah’s interview on Saturday where he spoke of a broken relationship with the Liverpool boss. Liverpool will now discuss whether Salah features again before AFCON. (Ben Jacobs)

The Liverpool press officer during that Salah interview is sending me. 🤣

Department of State: ”This morning, the State Department renamed the former Institute of Peace to reflect the greatest dealmaker in our nation's history. Welcome to the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace. The best is yet to come.” Ännu en dag i Amerikat.

Tobias Hübinette och Christer Mattsson om en selektiv antirasism som ibland förenas med antisemitism. "I tider av ökad exkluderande nationalism och polarisering behöver Sverige en antirasism som är konsekvent och som klarar av att uppmärksamma alla former av rasism." www.dn.se/debatt/svens...

Vill vi inte ha nazister på gatorna måste vi stoppa dem själva Pajasen Christer Mattsson hävdar att det bästa sättet att stoppa nazisterna är att lämna över gatorna till dem. Det är en metod som aldrig nånsin har fungerat. Jag har arbetar med antifascism och antirasism betydligt längre än Christer…

Christer Mattsson har ju tyvärr någon typ av hybris. Hans slutsats kring Salem verkar vara färgad av hans egen historia. Han är nämligen övertygad om att hans dåliga bemötande av nazistisk elev var det enda som pushade nazisten ifråga till ett livslångt rasideologiskt engagemang.