You’re absolutely right that we are all capable of being radicalised into dehumanising predators with a lust for death and torture. I also agree we should not be matching their energy or attitudes. But it is certainly in the DNA of the IDF institution, which is what I’m also alluding to - with hyperbole. I base that on testimonies of people who have with great difficulty left or whistle blown. But I take your point that my comment can also be read as being directed at individuals rather than institutions - especially given the comment I replied/appended to - and you’re right to call that out.

It’s in their DNA.

I had only read the articles about his connections to Mossad and Israel. The Daily Mail is not a reliable source but hopefully if there is any truth this, it will be investigated by reputable media so it gets the credibility it deserves.

Both Russian assets, so it’s a fair comparison. He’s considered possibly the next PM by a few commentators I trust. If he isn’t, the current PM is still a genocide enabler. And the media landscape is worsening in the UK.

By all means have more dismantlists in the EU if you like, but it’s an obvious net negative in my view.

I would like new (or returning) members to provide genuine EU criticism that challwnges the hypocrisy and collusion regarding genocide, and calling out of the roll back of environmental standards. The general neoliberal mindset there makes me very uneasy. Russian assets aren’t going to help with any of that and neither will a neoliberal.

The issue isn’t anti-EU politicians once it’s in good faith. Von Der Leyen & Co. are rotten IMO, and are complicit in genocide for not using every lever at their disposal to sanction Israel like they rightly did Russia.

It’s the bad faith, Kremlin-linked obstructionists howling at the moon about invented issues that are impossible to deal with and spread the most disinformation. Hungary should be jettisoned too, IMO, if they can’t change leadership soon.

Farage and his ilk need to become a fringe curiosity before the UK should be reconsidered for EU membership IMO. Big up Zack Polanski, though. I’d vote for him in my own county.

For example, Boycat: https://boycat.io/

Scan product barcodes and find out if you are inadvertently supporting atrocities.

People, the profound depravity and savagery we see carried out against Palestinians would not be possible without global support. Our politicians won’t do enough but we can’t hide behind them either. Download the Boycat app and start boycotting.

And Apple, if they comply.

There’s a reason flights are so cheap compared to to rail, and it’s not good news for anybody except the CEOs of airline companies. TLDR: they’re subsidised and the fuel is subsidised to artificially price them below public transport. We could have cheap or even free public transport if we wanted using the same method.

https://www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/issues/climate-energy/47717/low-cost-flights-up-to-26-times-cheaper-than-trains/

I don’t know what the big foot on the right is supposed to be, but the people with carrots on sticks remind me of how Eckhart Tolle (and many others ) describe our minds leading us around the place.

But not Palestine I bet. Thanks for showing us who you are, Germany.

It’s hard to call that one misinformation outright, since the translation turned out to be correct. But the video of the woman saying those words was clipped short until they released the full version, which is obviously not good enough at all on the part of the BBC.

I also noticed an unusual statement by them in an article shared here on Lemmy https://lemmy.world/comment/18624554

I can’t find a record of the (pretty serious) mistranslation you mentioned.

It’s great to see people speaking out from inside about serious bias. Reuters and BBC are two publications that (I thought) had better reputations prior to this.

That’s not the point. This is about legitimising the Russian regime in the eyes of millions, and normalising war crimes in a time of sanctions.

A reminder to anyone who might need it: people cosplaying as transgender do not represent or reflect actual transgender people.

Sky News is trash. Surely a better publication has covered this story.

Authoritarianism is rising in Britain https://eurosjournal.com/difference-between-totalitarianism-authoritarianism-fascism/

We should be sending troops at this stage.