Gaza Journalist Hossam Shabat Killed By Israel After Military Placed Him on "Hit List"

[Uncle Joe]

On Monday, Israeli strikes killed two Palestinian journalists: Al Jazeera's Hossam Shabat, who was 23 years old, and Palestine Today's Mohammed Mansour, who was killed in his apartment alongside his wife. This brings the total number of journalists that Israel has killed in Gaza over the past year and a half to 206. Just before his death, Shabat had shared news of Mansour's killing on social media and filed an article with Drop Site News describing Israel's scorched-earth campaign in his hometown of Beit Hanoun. His editor Sharif Abdel Kouddous remembers Shabat as a "warm and funny person," dedicated to his job and his community. In recent months, he had been under increasing surveillance by the Israeli military, which labeled him a terrorist and placed him on a "hit list." Despite being "targeted and openly hunted," Shabat "continued nevertheless to cover the genocide of his people."

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[DENVERPOPS]

1. Trump, Musk, and RepubliCONS

are salivating at Netanyahu's actions towards Journalists and Discenters.......and can hardly wait until the RepubliCONs succeed with the same here in the U.S.

And Putin finds himself in a constant state of orgasmic ecstasy these past two months.......

[Oopsie Daisy]

2. I find myself reflecting on the impact of the 'Uncommitted Movement' and the outcomes it may have yielded.

I find myself reflecting on the impact of the 'Uncommitted Movement' and the outcomes it may have yielded. It's interesting to consider whether those who advocated for this movement are content with the results, particularly with the strategy of expressing dissent by voting 'uncommitted' in the primaries and subsequently disengaging from the General Election process.

Recalling the slogans like 'Genocide Joe' and 'Killer Kamala,' along with the provocative jibes of 'Enjoy Trump,' it appears that the intention behind punishing the Democratic party through abstention or third-party voting may have had unintended consequences. The strategy seems to have backfired, leading to outcomes that were perhaps unforeseen.

It raises the question of whether this turn of events represents a type of 'find out" that is often discussed in current discourse. The repercussions of these actions seem to have circled back to impact those who initially sought to send a message through their voting behavior. It serves as a reminder of the complexities and uncertainties that can accompany emotional, selfish and short-sighted political strategies and decisions.

[Uncle Joe]

3. I find myself reflecting on what does and doesn't impact peoples' consciousness.

The irony reminds me of that silly childhood rhyme "Sticks and stones may break my bones but names shall never hurt me."

I believe the same holds true for bullets and bombs, and I guess some things are just too painful for some people to face, so they focus on the names while ignoring the actual bone breakers.

[Oopsie Daisy]

4. And their misdirected anger at the Democrats leaves them with an even worse situation. This is the "find out" part *

* since someone thought it was a good idea to fuck around.

>> The irony reminds me of that silly childhood rhyme "Sticks and stones may break my bones but names shall never hurt me."
I do not believe the meaning of that word is clear to you. They wanted one thing, but got another. They tried to cause one thing, but ended up making things even worse. So, in this case the real "irony" is that those folks who thought it was a good idea to NOT support the Democratic party's nominee end up hurting themselves, their families, their relatives, and a cause that was (supposedly) important to them. But obviously less important than trying to take revenge on the Democratic party.

Yes, they were "focused on" juvenile behavior of name-calling and idiotic behavior of kneecapping and voter suppression... seeking to harm the Democrats with no regard on how it would actually play out. At this point, these folks have nobody to blame except themselves.

But I'm sure they'll find ways to blame everyone EXCEPT where the blame actually belongs: with themselves.

[Uncle Joe]

5. Misdirected anger begets misdirected anger. n/t

[Oopsie Daisy]

6. They've made things worse for themselves (their families and causes) and they have only themselves to blame.

They were wrong to blame Democrats the first time, and they're wrong to continue blaming Democrats for their own poor decisions. If they're angry at anyone OTHER than themselves, then indeed it is misdirected.

[Uncle Joe]

7. Who is they?

Most people don't approve of occupation, genocide nor ethnic cleansing and that was taking place in Gaza on a daily basis for all the world to see, and of course it still is.

The protests were a mass national and world wide movement involving hundreds of thousands if not millions of people against those inhumane atrocities and what did much of the media do, label the protesters as being anti-Semitic with no regard to what was happening to the Palestinian People, most of whom never voted for Hamas; which was enabled to power by Netanyahu.

It was so bad that President Biden stopped sending 2000 lb bombs because entire neighborhoods were being destroyed.

So it was obvious that Netanyahu was in bed with Kushner and *rump, that he didn't care about the political damage he was doing to President Biden nor the Democratic Party any more than he cared about the Palestinian People because he was primarily focused on avoiding corruption charges, so his motives were highly suspect and yet the arms kept flowing.

Most of the people protesting were younger, idealistic and in universities, they were Biden's natural base and they were being trashed as anti-Semitic, wrote off or ignored.

So whoever was advising President Biden on Israel's policies against the Palestinians did him and the Democratic Party no favors.

[Oopsie Daisy]

8. Oh, I think you're much smarter than that. I don't need to spell it out for you.

But, they did have a choice and they chose poorly. No candidate is perfect, and smart voters know to choose the candidate that most closely aligns with their beliefs or with their hopes. The folks who chose the "Abandon Kamala" option are now seeing the results of intentionally acting in a way that benefited Trump and the GOP. They were focused on the wrong things and now they and their loved ones will suffer even more because of their own vanity and selfishness. They've done THEMSELVES no favors. Pity.

[Uncle Joe]

9. Likewise

Policies are what attract voters, it's not the other way around.

[Oopsie Daisy]

10. Clearly they preferred the policies that were in store with a Trump election. So *

* they're getting exactly what they wanted. They have no reason to complain, nor to demand sympathy from anyone.

[Uncle Joe]

11. Clearly they preferred an end to an ongoing genocide committed by a nation

being unconditionally armed by the United States and with the exception of 2000 bombs, the same is happening now as has been happening over 15 months before *rump came to power.

Whether one wishes to give them sympathy/empathy or not, the cosmic irony is under *rump the American People as a whole are becoming Palestinians in our own nation now as our civil and human rights are eroded at breakneck speed.

[Oopsie Daisy]

12. Obviously not. Only one candidate, Harris, would have brought them closer to that.

They had a choice to support her, but they chose not to. They chose poorly. This is what they wanted and now it's THEY who are finding out what it's like to "Enjoy Trump!" (as they often chanted).

[Uncle Joe]

13. Everyone had and has a choice, leaders or protesters alike.

Families of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza, and Israelis critical of the Netanyahu government, hold their first protest since the war in Gaza resumed.

Protesters gathered in Israeli cities demanding the release of dozens of hostages still in Hamas custody. They criticized the Netanyahu government, saying his policies put further hostage lives at risk. Protesters also rejected Netanyahu's attempts to fire the head of Israel's domestic security agency.

[Oopsie Daisy]

14. Those who refused to support Harris are getting exactly what they wanted.

Elections have consequences, and those who wanted to roll-the-dice with Trump have zero cause for complaining.

[Uncle Joe]

15. So do policies. n/t

[Oopsie Daisy]

16. They knew that Harris' policies and actions would be better than Trump's and they chose Trump.

They're getting exactly what they wanted. They cannot complain or whine any more.

[Uncle Joe]

17. Apparently they didn't or they would've voted as such. n/t

[Oopsie Daisy]

18. Oh, they knew. They just didn't care.