Thanks for this totally appropriate post, Diane, and I was thrilled to see my painting at the bottom of it. I hope Gaza is flooded with boats containing food and aid, that Israel's government falls and that all those trucks carrying food and aid can get it.
Great post, Diane. I’ve been keeping up with the Madleen aid ship and saw some footage of what the 12 activists posted just before they were boarded by the IOF scumbags and kidnapped. I’m totally disgusted with these fascist leaders we have who just stand by and do nothing. I hope soon the food, medical equipment, baby formula, etc gets into Gaza for the Palestinians. Israhell has been seen for what it is, a place with no humanity.😢🇵🇸☮️
The 12 kidnapped "antisemitic" activists from the Madleen aid ship were shown films of the terrible attack Oct 7.
What about all the terrible attacks on thousands over decades on Palestinians by Israel?
This youtube clip by Kim Iversen is a brief summary of those attacks. And commentary Re: Queen Elizabeth's finally giving up the cause of Palestinians to the Arabs. England had had enough violence by the evil forces of the Jews who wanted ALL of Palestine.
of Course NOT! Helicopters targeting Israelis being spirited away.
According to Israel, it did not happen....
only the projections of what THEY have been doing for years: rape and burning babies alive.
I knew when they started bombing Oct 7, that they did not give a fig about any hostages. there are plenty more Israeli humans...millions....what's a few hundred to them. NOTHING! just propaganda. there has never been a more lying nation than Israel...Our "great ally"....Thats another big effen lie.
Israel is our worst enemy..eating us like a cancerous worm.
Our government is controlled and scared of them. well it should be.
I wish there was a planet I could go to where there are no humans!!
Those hostages were safer in Gaza than in Israel...except for the ones shot or bombed by Israel. They were fed and respected by their guards. I wish one of them would write a book about it but they can't: Israel has probably threatened them AND their families if they tell the truth.
Judith, I completely agree with you. I feel as though my hands are tied. On that terrible day, October 7th, I sensed it could escalate out of control. A few days later, I called Congresswoman Stefanik, my representative at the time, and pleaded with the intern, my voice cracking, that this is not a partisan issue but a humanitarian one, and asked if she could help end it before it escalated.
Since then, I've called, written letters with photos of grieving parents and children, and sent emails to my representatives on a weekly basis, sometime 2-3 letters. I've written to Pope Francis, the EU, the UN, and letters to editors that were never published. I've donated what I could from my modest annuity to organizations aiding Palestinian children and others in need. I've demonstrated in the rain, which is nothing compared to the suffering of the Palestinians. I followed the flotilla's journey with Greta on board, believing that without her presence, the crew might not have survived.
That's just Palestine, where our country has its dirty hands. Haiti, Somalia, the Republic of the Congo, to name a few—the list goes on. So yes, I share your frustration.
I've seriously considered living in a remote cabin, but it's not realistic. You need people around to talk to and share experiences with. Maybe one day, before we pass away, there will be a major reset, and the world will resemble the Garden of Eden we learned about as children. By the way, I'm not religious at all.
MYGOD! You've done SO much! So far nothing that will land you in jail.....I've written representatives but feel like they don't care...about the people. Our government is our enemy.
I did buy a Palestinian scarf , put red paint on it (for blood) and hang it in my front yard. I doubt few if anyone here in Mexico "gets it".
Thank you, Judith for the link. I watched it and it was very good and informative. I didn’t know how much terrorism Israel was behind even back in those days. So horrific. Thank you for posting the link. I like Kim Iversen’s reporting btw.😢☮️🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
Very rarely are all the violent acts by those jewish zionists noted. There’s an old Israeli guy who relates how his family’s living peacefully in Iraq, was forced into leaving and becoming an Israeli, by violence committed against his neighbors, in order to push up the numbers of Jews in Palestine. He’s been interviewed on YouTube several times. Lovely academic who is in the tiny minority who are not gung ho on exterminating Palestinians.
I agree, smokygirl2006. Hey, as you know, AIPAC gets their way in Wash. D. C., but even the worthless UN does nothing to stop the Zionazis from this ongoing holocaust in Palestine. Shame on the U.N.
Plus the msm keeps going on and on about the incident in Boulder, CO. Like, excuse me, wake up you f*cking propagandists, there are babies in Gaza starving to death and having bombs dropped on them by Israel which the msm won’t talk about. But I’m supposed to feel sorry for people who support what Israel is doing?! WTF!!🤬
Going on and on about Boulder…. They have GOT to be kidding. I don’t see msnbc much anymore. I think they got rid of smart as a wip Joy Read and that other too smart Asian because they expressed the wrong attitudes about Gaza.
I didn’t give damn about the Boulder incident. Why isn’t there even MORE of that? It’s making ME crazy! I was living in Boulder for 5 summers until last year, to escape the way too hot summers here. I got emails from people who thought it would be a big deal to me. Like Oct 7, antisemitism, the “never again “ Holocaust… go shove it!
Feeble responses from Turkey and minimal coverage NY Times...
Those Jews will succeed in starving 2million in Gaza, then turn their evil gaze to the other 4million Palestinians, And, get that ancient Christian community out. America's endless support will slavishly help Israel conquer the whole middle east. Israel will bully America forever. This is what God wants for her Chosen People.
Well said. I am relieved that the IDF did not sink the vessel, although perhaps all the celebrity on board made it impossible even for Team Netanyahu. [The genocidal murderers have no such qualms about killing anonymous victims by the tens of thousands, but that's another story.]
One obscure note: if one counts the vessels (cf., the "Catalogue of Ships" in ILIAD, Book 2) the tally comes to 1,186. The "thousand ships" actually arose from Marlowe's DOCTOR FAUSTUS, and it probably represented a more poetic number. I would love to see 1,186 ships sent (with food and other supplies) to Gaza, but I'll settle for one thousand at this point!
It says something about the childish, if not simpleton mentality of the Israelis that they think it would make a difference showing their concocted propaganda videos to the group. As if those in the group are not aware that most of the atrocity claims made by Israel were debunked more thana year ago and no-one trusts anything the Israelis say, let alone any videos they claim, magically, they got from Hamas, filming its atrocities. Duh.
So Israelis have set a president. When Europeans try to go to Palestine they should be returned to their home countries. Now all we need to do is retroactively apply this to everyone there..:-)
Or where the Israeli Apache Helicopters and Tanks are that killed many of the Israeli civilians that Israel then tried to pin on Hamas. Who, (for the most part) were trying to capture and take hostages alive. The main aim of a Hamas attack was to collect as many hostages alive as possible to use as bargaining leverage for the thousands of Palestinians kept captive in Israel.
I’m absolutely not saying that Hamas didn’t kill people, they did. I’m also absolutely not justifying it when it happened. But, fundamentally they knew that most Israeli citizens have military training and as such, they see them all as a potential threat.
We will never know how many of their own citizens Israel killed on Oct 7, but it was a significant amount (we’re talking in the hundreds).
They also cleared the evidence and vehicles that had been shot up (from the air) at the Nova music festival in exactly the same manner as they cleared the crime scene evidence after shooting the paramedics a couple of months ago. Straight in with bulldozers within hours. Impressive speed for what was a “surprise attack”.
The videos they will show to the flotilla aid workers will be the same videos that have been shown to journalists over the past 15 months. These journalists have questioned a lot of the footage claiming it was cut in such a way it implies more than it proves.
I agree with Francesca Albanese--we need to see a thousand boats with aid launched immediately and heading to Gaza all at the same time. Sheer numbers should overwhelm the "pirates." And we should see armed escorts with these boats to protect their crews and precious cargo.
It's time for the rest of the world to get off their backsides and take on and take out the evil Israeli military and its sadistic, sociopathic government. #FreePalestine
There's a People's March to Gaza on June 15 - meeting in Cairo first (unless Israel 'interferes' with that). Reportedly 10,000 people from 32 countries will go to Egypt to try and open the Rafah crossing and let the hundreds of still waiting aid trucks though. I read of this on another Substack and shame on me for not noting whose - however, I met a journalist at a rally for Palestine in Perth Western Australia last Sunday - she was going - so it exists.
Learn more at https://marchtogaza.net They are gathering in Cairo and taking buses out toward the Rafah crossing and then walking the last part of the way... Here's hoping they're successful in opening up the border to humanitarian aid.
Just read on Common Dreams that there’s another 1000 strong march - this time originating from Tunisia - currently (at time of article) in Libya waiting for permit to go through an independently governed region in Libya.
We the people finally acting where our governments won’t/can’t. Again - unclear what reception/restrictions they will have in Egypt…..
Thanks for this totally appropriate post, Diane, and I was thrilled to see my painting at the bottom of it. I hope Gaza is flooded with boats containing food and aid, that Israel's government falls and that all those trucks carrying food and aid can get it.
#FreePalestine! 🇯🇴🇯🇴🇯🇴
I hope there's an aid invasion! And I'd love to have one of your paintings adorn a poem or essay again!
That's my hope too.
Any time, Diane. I'd be honoured to have one of my paintings adorn one of your posts.
👍
Zionism has to be purged just like Nazism!
A lady friend asked what Zionism, is and I replied, "Jewish Nazism" and she asked, then what is Nazism?, and I said German Zionism."
More or less!
Sadly, I must note that the neo-Nazis (e.g., The Base) are making a powerful comback -- cf., https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/07/the-base-neo-nazi-group-paramilitary-training.
Great post, Diane. I’ve been keeping up with the Madleen aid ship and saw some footage of what the 12 activists posted just before they were boarded by the IOF scumbags and kidnapped. I’m totally disgusted with these fascist leaders we have who just stand by and do nothing. I hope soon the food, medical equipment, baby formula, etc gets into Gaza for the Palestinians. Israhell has been seen for what it is, a place with no humanity.😢🇵🇸☮️
The 12 kidnapped "antisemitic" activists from the Madleen aid ship were shown films of the terrible attack Oct 7.
What about all the terrible attacks on thousands over decades on Palestinians by Israel?
This youtube clip by Kim Iversen is a brief summary of those attacks. And commentary Re: Queen Elizabeth's finally giving up the cause of Palestinians to the Arabs. England had had enough violence by the evil forces of the Jews who wanted ALL of Palestine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdIAlEm01qo&t=339
I also wonder were they shown the effects of the Hannibal Directive.
of Course NOT! Helicopters targeting Israelis being spirited away.
According to Israel, it did not happen....
only the projections of what THEY have been doing for years: rape and burning babies alive.
I knew when they started bombing Oct 7, that they did not give a fig about any hostages. there are plenty more Israeli humans...millions....what's a few hundred to them. NOTHING! just propaganda. there has never been a more lying nation than Israel...Our "great ally"....Thats another big effen lie.
Israel is our worst enemy..eating us like a cancerous worm.
Our government is controlled and scared of them. well it should be.
I wish there was a planet I could go to where there are no humans!!
Those hostages were safer in Gaza than in Israel...except for the ones shot or bombed by Israel. They were fed and respected by their guards. I wish one of them would write a book about it but they can't: Israel has probably threatened them AND their families if they tell the truth.
Judith, I completely agree with you. I feel as though my hands are tied. On that terrible day, October 7th, I sensed it could escalate out of control. A few days later, I called Congresswoman Stefanik, my representative at the time, and pleaded with the intern, my voice cracking, that this is not a partisan issue but a humanitarian one, and asked if she could help end it before it escalated.
Since then, I've called, written letters with photos of grieving parents and children, and sent emails to my representatives on a weekly basis, sometime 2-3 letters. I've written to Pope Francis, the EU, the UN, and letters to editors that were never published. I've donated what I could from my modest annuity to organizations aiding Palestinian children and others in need. I've demonstrated in the rain, which is nothing compared to the suffering of the Palestinians. I followed the flotilla's journey with Greta on board, believing that without her presence, the crew might not have survived.
That's just Palestine, where our country has its dirty hands. Haiti, Somalia, the Republic of the Congo, to name a few—the list goes on. So yes, I share your frustration.
I've seriously considered living in a remote cabin, but it's not realistic. You need people around to talk to and share experiences with. Maybe one day, before we pass away, there will be a major reset, and the world will resemble the Garden of Eden we learned about as children. By the way, I'm not religious at all.
BTW: I'm Anti-religion.
MYGOD! You've done SO much! So far nothing that will land you in jail.....I've written representatives but feel like they don't care...about the people. Our government is our enemy.
I did buy a Palestinian scarf , put red paint on it (for blood) and hang it in my front yard. I doubt few if anyone here in Mexico "gets it".
I'm trying. Lately I'll write rubio and address him as Witkoff. Pretty soon they'll bash my new doors down and send me back to Brooklyn.
Agree 💯.
Thank you, Judith for the link. I watched it and it was very good and informative. I didn’t know how much terrorism Israel was behind even back in those days. So horrific. Thank you for posting the link. I like Kim Iversen’s reporting btw.😢☮️🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
Very rarely are all the violent acts by those jewish zionists noted. There’s an old Israeli guy who relates how his family’s living peacefully in Iraq, was forced into leaving and becoming an Israeli, by violence committed against his neighbors, in order to push up the numbers of Jews in Palestine. He’s been interviewed on YouTube several times. Lovely academic who is in the tiny minority who are not gung ho on exterminating Palestinians.
I agree, smokygirl2006. Hey, as you know, AIPAC gets their way in Wash. D. C., but even the worthless UN does nothing to stop the Zionazis from this ongoing holocaust in Palestine. Shame on the U.N.
Plus the msm keeps going on and on about the incident in Boulder, CO. Like, excuse me, wake up you f*cking propagandists, there are babies in Gaza starving to death and having bombs dropped on them by Israel which the msm won’t talk about. But I’m supposed to feel sorry for people who support what Israel is doing?! WTF!!🤬
Going on and on about Boulder…. They have GOT to be kidding. I don’t see msnbc much anymore. I think they got rid of smart as a wip Joy Read and that other too smart Asian because they expressed the wrong attitudes about Gaza.
I didn’t give damn about the Boulder incident. Why isn’t there even MORE of that? It’s making ME crazy! I was living in Boulder for 5 summers until last year, to escape the way too hot summers here. I got emails from people who thought it would be a big deal to me. Like Oct 7, antisemitism, the “never again “ Holocaust… go shove it!
Feeble responses from Turkey and minimal coverage NY Times...
Those Jews will succeed in starving 2million in Gaza, then turn their evil gaze to the other 4million Palestinians, And, get that ancient Christian community out. America's endless support will slavishly help Israel conquer the whole middle east. Israel will bully America forever. This is what God wants for her Chosen People.
Always compelling, always excellent journalism. ❤️
My horse Camila is keeping me completely broke otherise I'd put some $ in the tip jar.
Thanks, Vikki! It's the thought that counts!
Well said. I am relieved that the IDF did not sink the vessel, although perhaps all the celebrity on board made it impossible even for Team Netanyahu. [The genocidal murderers have no such qualms about killing anonymous victims by the tens of thousands, but that's another story.]
One obscure note: if one counts the vessels (cf., the "Catalogue of Ships" in ILIAD, Book 2) the tally comes to 1,186. The "thousand ships" actually arose from Marlowe's DOCTOR FAUSTUS, and it probably represented a more poetic number. I would love to see 1,186 ships sent (with food and other supplies) to Gaza, but I'll settle for one thousand at this point!
Me, too!
It says something about the childish, if not simpleton mentality of the Israelis that they think it would make a difference showing their concocted propaganda videos to the group. As if those in the group are not aware that most of the atrocity claims made by Israel were debunked more thana year ago and no-one trusts anything the Israelis say, let alone any videos they claim, magically, they got from Hamas, filming its atrocities. Duh.
The test of insanity is when people have absolutely no clue as to how insane they are! And Katz has passed the test with flying colours!
Totally. Israelis think they are sane because they are all insane.
So Israelis have set a president. When Europeans try to go to Palestine they should be returned to their home countries. Now all we need to do is retroactively apply this to everyone there..:-)
Or where the Israeli Apache Helicopters and Tanks are that killed many of the Israeli civilians that Israel then tried to pin on Hamas. Who, (for the most part) were trying to capture and take hostages alive. The main aim of a Hamas attack was to collect as many hostages alive as possible to use as bargaining leverage for the thousands of Palestinians kept captive in Israel.
I’m absolutely not saying that Hamas didn’t kill people, they did. I’m also absolutely not justifying it when it happened. But, fundamentally they knew that most Israeli citizens have military training and as such, they see them all as a potential threat.
We will never know how many of their own citizens Israel killed on Oct 7, but it was a significant amount (we’re talking in the hundreds).
They also cleared the evidence and vehicles that had been shot up (from the air) at the Nova music festival in exactly the same manner as they cleared the crime scene evidence after shooting the paramedics a couple of months ago. Straight in with bulldozers within hours. Impressive speed for what was a “surprise attack”.
The videos they will show to the flotilla aid workers will be the same videos that have been shown to journalists over the past 15 months. These journalists have questioned a lot of the footage claiming it was cut in such a way it implies more than it proves.
If only there was a category for “alternative reality”.
Or Best Delusional Fantasy Feature!
What the Israelis show might be up next year for an Academy Award as Best Animated Feature!
I agree with Francesca Albanese--we need to see a thousand boats with aid launched immediately and heading to Gaza all at the same time. Sheer numbers should overwhelm the "pirates." And we should see armed escorts with these boats to protect their crews and precious cargo.
It's time for the rest of the world to get off their backsides and take on and take out the evil Israeli military and its sadistic, sociopathic government. #FreePalestine
There's a People's March to Gaza on June 15 - meeting in Cairo first (unless Israel 'interferes' with that). Reportedly 10,000 people from 32 countries will go to Egypt to try and open the Rafah crossing and let the hundreds of still waiting aid trucks though. I read of this on another Substack and shame on me for not noting whose - however, I met a journalist at a rally for Palestine in Perth Western Australia last Sunday - she was going - so it exists.
Yes, I've read about this march and donated to the cause. https://aaliam.substack.com/p/the-freedom-flotilla-madleen-global
Thanks Diane
Learn more at https://marchtogaza.net They are gathering in Cairo and taking buses out toward the Rafah crossing and then walking the last part of the way... Here's hoping they're successful in opening up the border to humanitarian aid.
Thank you TRC! Very informative. Let’s see what transpires ……🙏
Just read on Common Dreams that there’s another 1000 strong march - this time originating from Tunisia - currently (at time of article) in Libya waiting for permit to go through an independently governed region in Libya.
We the people finally acting where our governments won’t/can’t. Again - unclear what reception/restrictions they will have in Egypt…..