Ralph devotes the entire program to challenging the “official” count of 60 thousand fatalities reported so far in the genocide Israel, aided and abetted by the United States, has perpetrated on the Palestinians in Gaza.
Germany sends $500 million so Ukraine can fight back. When Palestinians resist decades of occupation, they’re called terrorists. Occupied people everywhere have the same right: freedom. 🇵🇸
Dr. Feroze Sidhwa has all of the necessary facts to substantiate the massive number of noncombatant deaths in Gaza at the hands of Israel, the US, and allies of the US. The intent to wipe out a particular class of people, in this case Palestinians, is the textbook definition of genocide. The International rules of war are clear about the crime of crimes, genocide. That’s the single most important lesson coming out of World War II, and that is genocide is the crime of crimes. There are other laws of war that apply to the Israel/Gaza war, but they pale when compared to the willful eradication of innocent civilians in Gaza. We could talk all day about proportionality in war and the protection of women, children, and men who are noncombatants, but what is clear here is that the nation founded after the Nazi genocide is itself carrying out a methodical genocide.
What can be done to stop this lethal insanity? As heroic students, professors, and men and women on the streets in the US found out in 2024, the US, the main supplier of Israeli arms and major supporter of its aggression, will go to extreme lengths in order to criminalize protest here and substitute near silence instead of protest.
Theodore Postal is accurate in his assessment of what the weapons supplied to Israel for its war can and have done to masses of Palestinians.
I think that Hannah Arendt was accurate when she cited the banality of evil in considering how mass atrocities were carried out by Germany and its allies during World War II. The lack of a moral compass is also part of the dehumanized nature of such people.
The body count of Gaza kinda reminds me of the Nam body count of my buddies on that wall in Washington. After being drafted 11 bravo in 66 and by 70's things were just starting to whined down , but trickey Dick (Nixon) kept it going for a few more years , by then you became an official " short timer " you just wanted to get out ,ets to nowhere or anywhere.
So is Trump or Ben a trickey Dick in discise? Are they going to let this war go on for another 2 or 3 years ? Didn't that guy trump say " on day ,"one " it would be over ' I think Ben's not going to stop this War until the word Hamas has been erased from his Jewish dictionary.
The world does not see Gaza like Trump as a real estate deal on the Mediterranean , nor Ben's one state solution.
I got news for trump and Ben .
Nobody ever gets everything in life just the way they thought they wanted it .
How many more up on that Gaza wall before they learn their lesson ?
A lot of great reporting. The people of Gaza do they really need to be provided a number of their dead to know Hamas is not protecting them. Israel is an occupying force and is systematically starving Gaza to death. Bombing them daily, a graveyard .The US is responsicble for the ongoing Genocide. Prior to October 7th Palestinians lived under apartheid conditions. Israel has attacked Lebanon, Syria also occupies it, Yeman & Iran. Our US war machine funds it all.
Than people wonder why extremist take hold , and hate is all they feel. Those children who survive , that had everything ripped away from them while the world watched , will hate and revenge be a goal.
Please investigate the recent arrest in Las Vegas for Tom Alexandrovich, an Israeli CEO of Israel’s cybersecurity. He was arrested in a sting operation for online predators and children. He was released and returned to Israel. This just happened this past week.
Thank you to both Dr. Sidhwa and Professor Postal for providing this important information and their insights. And thank you to the programmers. This is the kind of information and discussion we are not getting elsewhere. I had to just turn off a cable “news” program in which a former ambassador to Russia bemoaned the red carpet treatment Trump accorded Putin, emphasizing that Putin is an international war criminal and that it is a shameful anomaly that we invited Putin to the U.S. and treated him so well. Of course this former ambassador said nothing about Netanyahu’s trips to Washington and his having been feted by both Republicans and Democrats. The ambassador betrayed not a hint of embarrassment or irony (or awareness of hypocrisy) in his comments. I had a similar reaction of disgust when I read an op-ed in the NYT today about Gaza. What does it say about us when watching and listening to the MSM in this country makes us feel ill — not because of the truth of the coverage, but because of its opposite? Thanks to Mr. Nader and his team for their reliable integrity and commitment. In a sea of cynical propaganda, listening to this site is like reaching a lifeboat.
I believe you are overstating the case against Hamas. Give your hard data basis for your comments! My measure for Jewish Americans is whether they EVER supported AIPAC or any other lobbyist/funders meddling with our system-legislators. Not acceptable.
Are you seriously speaking against Iran who says they do not want a bomb
⁉️to give Israel some credit here⁉️ on the same program where you bring so much great information about the horror that America and Israel is bringing on the world by the way‼️disgusting absolutely maddening all of you on this program🤬the typical old white men crap, with the same old white man attitude. That has gotten us to the shithole country we are today! which is not American anymore! We need to respect other countries and what they say. We need to leave Iran alone. They are not being aggressive to anyone outside of their protection of themselves. I’m so disgusted with this conversation. I’m so disgusted. There is and never was any reason to go after Iran, except that Israel wanted us to. The assumptions you’re making here are just lies. They’re just lies‼️
Not sure what you're talking about. We were not speaking against Iran. Professor Postol was talking about how the U.S. and Israel were hyping the extent of the damage the bombing did to the nuclear facilities in Iran. Please quote the offending passages. Otherwise, your "old white man" rant makes no sense. By the way, Ralph is a person of Middle Eastern heritage and does not really qualify as an "old white man."
The much too in depth comments on how easily or capable Iran is of making a bomb when that is not there thinking. Not every country thinks of a bomb when they think of nuclear power. That’s something Israel made up. And the propaganda that brings us to this violent country, we live in The old white man comment is in reference to who’s been running this country, America. (by the way, I’m an old white woman) Everything is about war and power. The reality is, the world is moving beyond us. It’s about saving the planet. It’s about respecting individual countries and their sovereignty. It’s not about the “strong man”if you prefer that to old white man. Basically, I feel that segment fed into the lies and propaganda from Israel to justify are going after a country that is not coming after us. This is not about Ralph Nader and all of you on the Ralph Nader radio hour who I love, and support. this about this is about watching our words because the words, are why we are, where we are in Gaza today.
Maureen, I respect your point of view. But I believe the point Postol was making is that this attack is actually encouraging Iran to develop a bomb. And their wanting a bomb would be completely understandable. They would be smart to do it. Because the "old white men" don't mess with the countries that have nuclear weapons.
Thank you I appreciate your respect. I realize my thinking is idealistic, but I wish America really did aim to promote peace in the world. Because then we would respect other countries sovereignty. At this point, we both know that’s not gonna happen. So I can imagine someone saying in the next day or two, to someone else; I heard on the Ralph Nader radio hour that they can build a bomb and X number of days or weeks and nothing good comes from that rhetoric.
Thank you for hearing me.
I’m genuinely honored by your response and giving me this space to clarify my point.
Hopefully the broader platform and firmer more secure foundation for such highly contested regions as Muddle East is that which MaureenB and RalphN seem properly focused upon. No more state of Human Fear\Exploitation globally traded products that go boom in the night (or anywhere at any time) need be deployed.
As Churchill fairly often said (his intentions are questionable, the contexts and quote deployment motives & uses vary, as do those of the most saintly appearing, humanitarian aiming human being):
Finally, AOL announced this week that they will end their Dial-up internet service in September, Ars Technica reports. AOL launched their Dial-up service in 1991, helping to usher in the era of widespread internet adoption. While this may seem like a natural step in terms of technological advancement, US Census data from 2022 shows that approximately 175,000 American households still connect to the Internet through dial-up services. As this article notes, “These users typically live in rural areas where broadband infrastructure doesn't exist or remains prohibitively expensive to install.” In effect, this move could leave these rural communities completely without internet, a problem compounded by the Trump administration’s decision earlier this year to “abandon key elements of a $42.45bn Biden-era plan to connect rural communities to high-speed internet,” per the Guardian. It should be considered a national disgrace if both the private sector and the government leave these rural communities behind.
Germany sends $500 million so Ukraine can fight back. When Palestinians resist decades of occupation, they’re called terrorists. Occupied people everywhere have the same right: freedom. 🇵🇸
Dr. Feroze Sidhwa has all of the necessary facts to substantiate the massive number of noncombatant deaths in Gaza at the hands of Israel, the US, and allies of the US. The intent to wipe out a particular class of people, in this case Palestinians, is the textbook definition of genocide. The International rules of war are clear about the crime of crimes, genocide. That’s the single most important lesson coming out of World War II, and that is genocide is the crime of crimes. There are other laws of war that apply to the Israel/Gaza war, but they pale when compared to the willful eradication of innocent civilians in Gaza. We could talk all day about proportionality in war and the protection of women, children, and men who are noncombatants, but what is clear here is that the nation founded after the Nazi genocide is itself carrying out a methodical genocide.
What can be done to stop this lethal insanity? As heroic students, professors, and men and women on the streets in the US found out in 2024, the US, the main supplier of Israeli arms and major supporter of its aggression, will go to extreme lengths in order to criminalize protest here and substitute near silence instead of protest.
Theodore Postal is accurate in his assessment of what the weapons supplied to Israel for its war can and have done to masses of Palestinians.
I think that Hannah Arendt was accurate when she cited the banality of evil in considering how mass atrocities were carried out by Germany and its allies during World War II. The lack of a moral compass is also part of the dehumanized nature of such people.
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
The body count of Gaza kinda reminds me of the Nam body count of my buddies on that wall in Washington. After being drafted 11 bravo in 66 and by 70's things were just starting to whined down , but trickey Dick (Nixon) kept it going for a few more years , by then you became an official " short timer " you just wanted to get out ,ets to nowhere or anywhere.
So is Trump or Ben a trickey Dick in discise? Are they going to let this war go on for another 2 or 3 years ? Didn't that guy trump say " on day ,"one " it would be over ' I think Ben's not going to stop this War until the word Hamas has been erased from his Jewish dictionary.
The world does not see Gaza like Trump as a real estate deal on the Mediterranean , nor Ben's one state solution.
I got news for trump and Ben .
Nobody ever gets everything in life just the way they thought they wanted it .
How many more up on that Gaza wall before they learn their lesson ?
Good luck America have a great day my friends
A lot of great reporting. The people of Gaza do they really need to be provided a number of their dead to know Hamas is not protecting them. Israel is an occupying force and is systematically starving Gaza to death. Bombing them daily, a graveyard .The US is responsicble for the ongoing Genocide. Prior to October 7th Palestinians lived under apartheid conditions. Israel has attacked Lebanon, Syria also occupies it, Yeman & Iran. Our US war machine funds it all.
Than people wonder why extremist take hold , and hate is all they feel. Those children who survive , that had everything ripped away from them while the world watched , will hate and revenge be a goal.
Please investigate the recent arrest in Las Vegas for Tom Alexandrovich, an Israeli CEO of Israel’s cybersecurity. He was arrested in a sting operation for online predators and children. He was released and returned to Israel. This just happened this past week.
Thank you to both Dr. Sidhwa and Professor Postal for providing this important information and their insights. And thank you to the programmers. This is the kind of information and discussion we are not getting elsewhere. I had to just turn off a cable “news” program in which a former ambassador to Russia bemoaned the red carpet treatment Trump accorded Putin, emphasizing that Putin is an international war criminal and that it is a shameful anomaly that we invited Putin to the U.S. and treated him so well. Of course this former ambassador said nothing about Netanyahu’s trips to Washington and his having been feted by both Republicans and Democrats. The ambassador betrayed not a hint of embarrassment or irony (or awareness of hypocrisy) in his comments. I had a similar reaction of disgust when I read an op-ed in the NYT today about Gaza. What does it say about us when watching and listening to the MSM in this country makes us feel ill — not because of the truth of the coverage, but because of its opposite? Thanks to Mr. Nader and his team for their reliable integrity and commitment. In a sea of cynical propaganda, listening to this site is like reaching a lifeboat.
I believe you are overstating the case against Hamas. Give your hard data basis for your comments! My measure for Jewish Americans is whether they EVER supported AIPAC or any other lobbyist/funders meddling with our system-legislators. Not acceptable.
Julia, what do you mean by "overstating the case." What case? Which comments? Who are you talking to?
Are you seriously speaking against Iran who says they do not want a bomb
⁉️to give Israel some credit here⁉️ on the same program where you bring so much great information about the horror that America and Israel is bringing on the world by the way‼️disgusting absolutely maddening all of you on this program🤬the typical old white men crap, with the same old white man attitude. That has gotten us to the shithole country we are today! which is not American anymore! We need to respect other countries and what they say. We need to leave Iran alone. They are not being aggressive to anyone outside of their protection of themselves. I’m so disgusted with this conversation. I’m so disgusted. There is and never was any reason to go after Iran, except that Israel wanted us to. The assumptions you’re making here are just lies. They’re just lies‼️
Not sure what you're talking about. We were not speaking against Iran. Professor Postol was talking about how the U.S. and Israel were hyping the extent of the damage the bombing did to the nuclear facilities in Iran. Please quote the offending passages. Otherwise, your "old white man" rant makes no sense. By the way, Ralph is a person of Middle Eastern heritage and does not really qualify as an "old white man."
The much too in depth comments on how easily or capable Iran is of making a bomb when that is not there thinking. Not every country thinks of a bomb when they think of nuclear power. That’s something Israel made up. And the propaganda that brings us to this violent country, we live in The old white man comment is in reference to who’s been running this country, America. (by the way, I’m an old white woman) Everything is about war and power. The reality is, the world is moving beyond us. It’s about saving the planet. It’s about respecting individual countries and their sovereignty. It’s not about the “strong man”if you prefer that to old white man. Basically, I feel that segment fed into the lies and propaganda from Israel to justify are going after a country that is not coming after us. This is not about Ralph Nader and all of you on the Ralph Nader radio hour who I love, and support. this about this is about watching our words because the words, are why we are, where we are in Gaza today.
Maureen, I respect your point of view. But I believe the point Postol was making is that this attack is actually encouraging Iran to develop a bomb. And their wanting a bomb would be completely understandable. They would be smart to do it. Because the "old white men" don't mess with the countries that have nuclear weapons.
Thank you I appreciate your respect. I realize my thinking is idealistic, but I wish America really did aim to promote peace in the world. Because then we would respect other countries sovereignty. At this point, we both know that’s not gonna happen. So I can imagine someone saying in the next day or two, to someone else; I heard on the Ralph Nader radio hour that they can build a bomb and X number of days or weeks and nothing good comes from that rhetoric.
Thank you for hearing me.
I’m genuinely honored by your response and giving me this space to clarify my point.
Hopefully the broader platform and firmer more secure foundation for such highly contested regions as Muddle East is that which MaureenB and RalphN seem properly focused upon. No more state of Human Fear\Exploitation globally traded products that go boom in the night (or anywhere at any time) need be deployed.
As Churchill fairly often said (his intentions are questionable, the contexts and quote deployment motives & uses vary, as do those of the most saintly appearing, humanitarian aiming human being):
https://samf.substack.com/p/why-putin-prefers-war-war-to-jaw
(jaw...)
Tio Mitchito
Wow thank you.
YOU are responsible for the beginnings of this craziness!
+Christina Ducey That's not true at all. What you are doing is Scapegoating as well as Gaslighting.
Oh fucking bullshit. Let’s go back to Gore vs Bush…
Confirmation bias.
😂😂😂😂 you’re killin’ me
Wow I not seen this brought up GREAT reporting
Not thats worth listening too!
Finally, AOL announced this week that they will end their Dial-up internet service in September, Ars Technica reports. AOL launched their Dial-up service in 1991, helping to usher in the era of widespread internet adoption. While this may seem like a natural step in terms of technological advancement, US Census data from 2022 shows that approximately 175,000 American households still connect to the Internet through dial-up services. As this article notes, “These users typically live in rural areas where broadband infrastructure doesn't exist or remains prohibitively expensive to install.” In effect, this move could leave these rural communities completely without internet, a problem compounded by the Trump administration’s decision earlier this year to “abandon key elements of a $42.45bn Biden-era plan to connect rural communities to high-speed internet,” per the Guardian. It should be considered a national disgrace if both the private sector and the government leave these rural communities behind.
Everything you write is filled with Lies Hate and evil, your full of SHIT OLD MAN
Who are you talking to, Bobby?
+Robert: *You're.