Hundreds of thousands of people flooded the streets of Paris on Tuesday evening to demand Israel end its renewed genocide in Gaza:
The French and UK governments have refused to condemn Israel’s genocide, even after Israel murdered more than 430 civilians, mostly women and children, and maimed many more in a mass bombing attack on Monday evening.
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Yet the french show but can we around the country but many believe the BBC lies and media of the others
Off topic from Paul Knaggs at Labour Heartlands:
From Welfare to Warfare: Benefit Cuts and Military Conscription
Labour will push young people to join the Armed Forces
Labour’s latest scheme…truly reveals the bankruptcy of their moral ledger: pushing unemployed young people into military service while simultaneously cutting their social safety net…
Kendall told MPs on Tuesday she has held discussions with her local job centre and the military and will hold further talks with the Ministry of Defence to get “this plan into action.”
Kendall confirmed in the House of Commons there will be cuts in benefits and it is her aim to get 642,000 people aged between 16 and 24 that are unemployed to join the military.
She said that welfare system is “holding our country back” and Labour is “ambitious for our people and our country, and we believe that unleashing the talents of the British people is the key to our future success.”…
Let us be absolutely clear about what this represents: a government that cannot — or will not — create meaningful civilian employment opportunities for its youth is instead offering them as fodder for military recruitment. The message is unmistakable: if you’re young and struggling, your choices are destitution or deployment.
This cynical marriage of benefit cuts and military recruitment isn’t merely callous; it’s a calculated exploitation of economic vulnerability. When basic subsistence is threatened, the steady paycheck of military service becomes less a choice than a necessity.
Those who champion this approach might point to the skills and discipline the armed forces provide. But as an ex-solider myself I have to point out this argument conveniently overlooks that in a functioning society, military service should be a calling, not an economic last resort. The British army once prided itself has [sic] an army of volunteers, not conscripts. A government truly committed to “unleashing the talents of the British people” would invest in diverse civilian opportunities — education, apprenticeships, creative industries, and sustainable infrastructure — rather than narrowing the horizons of its youth to the barracks door.
The historical echoes are impossible to ignore. Throughout centuries, economic conscription has been the silent draft that fills military ranks, particularly in times of austerity. The poor have always died in rich men’s wars, but we expect Labour, of all parties, to recognise and resist this pattern rather than enthusiastically embrace it…
If this government truly believes in the potential of Britain’s youth, it must invest in their futures rather than weaponising their desperation. Our young people deserve more than to be treated as either burdens on the welfare state or as convenient solutions to military recruitment quotas.
The conscription of necessity is still conscription, and a Labour government that cannot see this has lost not just its way, but its very soul. [Bolding in original]
https://labourheartlands.com/from-welfare-to-warfare-benefit-cuts-and-military-conscription/
The official baton handover from the last Ukrainian has just taken place.
Along with France and Germany, Herr Starmer has just committed to fight not only Russia but also the Global Majority (including Palestinian civilians and the BRICS) to the last Briton and the last European.
The Western European elites have committed their populace to national suicide.
More off topic from Politics Joe:
[A discussion with] disability activist Dr Shani Dhanda [on her reaction] to the Secretary of State for Work and Pension’s welfare reforms, arguing they’ll push people with disabilities into poverty.
Will welfare cuts get disabled people working?
It seems that Trump is on board with his support for Netanyahu’s resumption of Genocide, this was the Netanyahu plan all along, documents have revealed the Israeli government knew all along October 7th was going to happen, and were informed by Egypt among others, they stood down the immediate security services and deliberately let it happen, the perfect excuse for Netanyahu to embark on his Genocidal ethnic cleansing plans.https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/12/02/klox-d02.html
Here is a comment which encapsulates what Zionism is all about, and will not cease its murderous ways until its aims have been fully achieved.
Zionist leaders have always associated the establishment and expansion of their state with the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians, later referred to in Zionist literature as the transfer.
Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern political Zionism, wrote in his diary about the ethnic cleansing of the Arab population from Palestine: “We shall try to spirit the penniless population across the border by procuring employment for it in the transit countries, while denying it any employment in our own country… . Both the process of expropriation and the removal of the poor must be carried out discreetly and circumspectly.”
Israel will not hesitate for a minute to militarily move into any Arab geographic space the moment it feels able to do so, and it will always find U.S. support and European silence, regardless of how destructive its actions are.
The ‘west’ seems to be fully on board along with some Arab states, Israel/US are now using the big stick on any opposition, be it Gaza, the west Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Iran or any other opposition, will they succeed? Does the Arab world have any self respect? We shall see.
Posted today by Anadolu Ajansi:
Israel, not Hamas, derailing Gaza ceasefire: Haaretz
‘It must be said, loudly and clearly, that this is a lie. It was Israel, not Hamas, that violated the agreement,’ Haaretz newspaper says
Israeli newspaper Haaretz accused the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday of derailing the Gaza ceasefire agreement, not Hamas.
“Israel – not Hamas – is the one preventing the deal’s implementation and the hostages’ return,” Haaretz said in an editorial.
The government claimed that the assault was renewed due to Hamas’ “repeated” rejection of all proposals to extend the ceasefire and release Israeli captives.
“But it must be said, loudly and clearly, that this is a lie. It was Israel, not Hamas, that violated the agreement,” Haaretz commented.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israel-not-hamas-derailing-gaza-ceasefire-haaretz/3514272#
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