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(DIR) Post #Ai8kRveJfySVi2YSoa by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2024-05-22T05:52:52Z
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“In one of those moments that you can’t believe is not satire, Antony Blinken met with Arab-American leaders and warned them that if Palestine got statehood, the US would defund the United Nations and potentially the World Food Program, plunging the developing world into starvation. It wasn’t enough for these fascists to starve innocents in Palestine, they’re now threatening to do it across the world. They would really rather kill millions more than stop doing genocide.”https://www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/blinken-suggests-the-world-food-program
(DIR) Post #Ai8khdFVr3LtHARPNY by mastobit@awscommunity.social
2024-05-22T05:55:24Z
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@aral #Blinken the Butcher. https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/red-lines
(DIR) Post #Ai8lrnkNmKPwgVIEds by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2024-05-22T06:08:45Z
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@rimu Quick search, I could only find that Gilad Erdan mentioned the idea: https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/israeli-envoy-says-us-must-cut-united-nations-funding-if-palestinian-statehood-endorsed/@CEMedia do you have a source for Blinken mentioning this?
(DIR) Post #Ai8m1h6vJ7gKzvYONk by antanicus@puntarella.party
2024-05-22T06:10:32Z
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@aral never forget where the current US stance on Palestine comes from:"Many foundational antiterrorism laws arose during or were adapted to pivotal moments in the Palestinian liberation struggle, often pushed by Israel-aligned groups to reflexively cast the veil of ‘terrorism’ almost uniquely on Palestinians"https://theintercept.com/2024/02/21/adl-palestine-terrorism-legislation/
(DIR) Post #Ai8n3or7a9VlYIjul6 by Vittoria@mastodon.social
2024-05-22T06:22:05Z
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@aral @rimu yeah, those are not sources
(DIR) Post #Ai8ovOOWHSXp4kTG4G by Miro_Collas@masto.ai
2024-05-22T06:43:03Z
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@aral Hum, that's not *quite* what is reported in that article. What it reports, via very indirect sources, is that (a) the US might defund the UN, and (b) that the *UN* might cut the food program.However, I am wary of the sources.@palestine
(DIR) Post #Ai8pLbD1G7tMLeaWFU by flowerpot@mas.to
2024-05-22T06:47:46Z
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@aral Wow. Someone else mentioned that Blinken said this, and I thought it wasn't real. Like, how could someone in state craft say something that stupid? Sadly, it seems it is real.I'm completely flummoxed by this.
(DIR) Post #Ai8q8P5B8LcGvcBz8q by dozymoe@mastodon.social
2024-05-22T06:56:37Z
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@aral this is accomplice if not mastermind to genocide level
(DIR) Post #Ai8tt5KCi3JP7kAgOO by Peace_out_art@sfba.social
2024-05-22T07:38:37Z
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@aral @rimu That video describes this as an *example* of what might happen if financial support was stopped.
(DIR) Post #Ai8v8oBIJiYCXc473A by Peace_out_art@sfba.social
2024-05-22T07:52:38Z
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@aral Here’s what was said(Sorry for the x link. I hate sharing anything from there as much as most people hate clicking on it)https://x.com/halalflow/status/1792944530389393422
(DIR) Post #Ai8wil7jGJAXRC6W8W by JohnLoader6@masto.ai
2024-05-22T08:10:24Z
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@aral and they are using Trump tactics to discredit ICC judges.
(DIR) Post #Ai8xSIXXrqCG6ktUo4 by sharan@metalhead.club
2024-05-22T08:18:36Z
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@aral , I respect your efforts to help the cause, but by sharing stuff like this, you don't.We should all be careful with "news" like this. If a piece of news doesn't cite a source, there's no other viable source, and it dives heavily into any bias, huge chances are that it's fake.
(DIR) Post #Ai8zCVBXHlxgbJC9RY by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2024-05-22T08:38:08Z
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@sharan I’m sorry, please correct me if I’m missing something, but the article cites a primary source who was at the meeting. This is the source: https://x.com/halalflow/status/1792944530389393422Is the problem that the person is Arab-American and therefore somehow inherently untrustworthy?
(DIR) Post #Ai8zIUaARJ6eT8ZYqO by adachika192@hcommons.social
2024-05-22T07:46:12Z
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@Miro_Collas @aral @palestine cf. https://youtu.be/u_FnTyAl3po?si=F7ZQIr7m9uTHpdCxSeems like the article stands principally on what Bilal Hammoud told in this broadcast. 🖖
(DIR) Post #Ai8zIVxxILjElCi4Yq by Miro_Collas@masto.ai
2024-05-22T07:57:41Z
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@adachika192 Right, exactly. Confirmation would be needed@aral @palestine
(DIR) Post #Ai8zIWxdb14JqVZKhk by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2024-05-22T08:39:13Z
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@Miro_Collas @adachika192 @palestine Confirmation from a white person? Is Bilal inherently untrustworthy because he is an Arab-American? I’m having real trouble understanding this.
(DIR) Post #Ai8zPjNFqIZ6N6z5YO by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2024-05-22T08:40:32Z
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@rimu @Vittoria https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/112483833537369574
(DIR) Post #Ai8zTmCdGeCyIqweLQ by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2024-05-22T08:41:21Z
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@Vittoria @rimu https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/112483833537369574
(DIR) Post #Ai9177PeRWs3KgMGR6 by Miro_Collas@masto.ai
2024-05-22T08:59:34Z
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@aral Playing the racism card? That's disappointing. Especially because you have no idea whatsoever what race I am, you made an assumption. Which could be seen as racist too, perhaps.Confirmation from a different source. it is not at all unusual to wish to see news confirmed from other sources.@adachika192 @palestine
(DIR) Post #Ai93q20ba6i3VoBdui by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2024-05-22T09:30:01Z
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@Miro_Collas @adachika192 @palestine I didn’t realise it was a card. My question is what makes an Arab-American who was in the actual meeting sharing his recollection of his first-hand experience at the meeting an untrustworthy primary source. I don’t think I’ve gotten an answer to that question.
(DIR) Post #Ai98FpuBbWPvJrkDlg by Vittoria@mastodon.social
2024-05-22T10:19:36Z
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@aral @rimu you're just reposting the same one source. Was there anyone else in that meeting who can corroborate what this person is saying?
(DIR) Post #Ai99UYD5mBTKjlATXE by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2024-05-22T10:33:30Z
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@Vittoria @rimu I don’t know. You’re the senior news editor. Why don’t you follow up and see. Isn’t that your job?
(DIR) Post #Ai99pLiBRNFA3Sd0SG by ZillaMon@mastodon.social
2024-05-22T10:37:14Z
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@aral This is why the Global South is aligning with with China.
(DIR) Post #Ai9AIn9wTApZa2eRay by rad@todon.eu
2024-05-22T10:42:33Z
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@aral The worst timeline.
(DIR) Post #Ai9B7M6Sp5oKR68QvA by Vittoria@mastodon.social
2024-05-22T10:51:18Z
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@aral @rimu I guess yours is disseminating information without verifying the veracity of the claims, then..
(DIR) Post #Ai9BH0C98Hg3NtOPnk by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2024-05-22T10:53:23Z
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@Vittoria @rimu No, that clearly is also your job as your news organisation routinely quotes IDF spokespeople without questioning whether they are lying or not.https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=france24%20idf%20spokesperson%20said
(DIR) Post #Ai9BiHcATUFrEHZZdA by Vittoria@mastodon.social
2024-05-22T10:58:20Z
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@aral @rimu guess what, we also routinely quote Hamas, and NGOs, and UNRWA, and pretty much all the other actors involved in the conflict, plus reporters on the ground and eyewitnesses, and that's how sources work, you get at least two, preferably three..
(DIR) Post #Ai9Bw62KJnndNIOYFM by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2024-05-22T11:00:47Z
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@Vittoria @rimu And here you have one so take it for exactly what that’s worth. Seriously, go ask Blinken if the guy is lying or not then report back. That’s be useful. That’s your job. You’re the journalist.
(DIR) Post #Ai9CYLutizG3d9A6z2 by Vittoria@mastodon.social
2024-05-22T11:07:12Z
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@aral @rimu yeah man, all I am doing is pointing out that it's irresponsible to disseminate opinions as facts without verification, but you do you
(DIR) Post #Ai9D8DjRdHYgfeuMts by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2024-05-22T11:14:16Z
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@Vittoria @rimu It’s not an opinion, though, is it? It is a recollection. And the distinction is critical. The source is not opining about what Blinken said, he is reporting it.So you can say:- I don’t believe the source is credible – misremembering? lying? (Why? No one in this thread has actually given me a reason for this.)- A single source is unreliable by our standards (excellent, I love it: Now contact Blinken’s office and get confirmation or a denial. That’s your job.)
(DIR) Post #Ai9DXAnVgD0ioFhxVw by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2024-05-22T11:18:42Z
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@Vittoria @rimu CC @CEMedia Thoughts? 👆
(DIR) Post #Ai9FyVLbaEu6GrofCq by sharan@metalhead.club
2024-05-22T11:46:05Z
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@aral I am from Bosnia and Herzegovina; it would be only fitting, if we're judging stereotypically, that I should despise CNN and trust the Arabs. 😆 No, the thing is that I really can't take stuff like this without several viable sources as true. I'm an ex-journalist myself, and fact-checking is something that needs to be done to stop the paranoia and further hate. Judging by your previous posts, we're on the same side. But I'll always be skeptical.
(DIR) Post #Ai9IrYFOhexT6HHxEe by ButterflyOfFire@mstdn.fr
2024-05-22T12:18:26Z
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@aral Will he close MCDonalds ?We don't have MCDonaldZ in our country, neither KFC.
(DIR) Post #Ai9Iup7cQ8M4IwD6nI by racingdaily@mastodon.social
2024-05-22T12:18:48Z
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@aral I think the quicker the world disassociates itself with the States, the better. They are a stain on the planet
(DIR) Post #Ai9IyeMiM4Fe6O60jA by fifilamoura@eldritch.cafe
2024-05-22T12:18:59Z
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@aral The US goes full mask off.
(DIR) Post #Ai9JPRj9S28UiyMsnw by brendo@masto.nyc
2024-05-22T12:24:01Z
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@aral So.....all this talk about a two-state solution was just bullshit. A talking point to make critics go away for short periods of time. Fine. Let's do the single state solution. Besides, if there was a Palestinian state, Israel would just bomb it daily.
(DIR) Post #Ai9NUeDOqfoCifFhNg by JoBlakely@mastodon.social
2024-05-22T13:10:13Z
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@aral People hate it when Biden Dems are called terrible, fascist, but this is monstrous in scale of threat.Monstrous. How do they discern which is worse?When it only threatens them?This is Your ‘Democratic’ Party.This is America. When will Americans strike for the world and not just themselves? When will they stand with and for their children and their future, and the world.This is the threat of global famine. Siege Warfare on the whole world. It will hit you too.
(DIR) Post #Ai9NaTkseS5e12h2Bc by JoBlakely@mastodon.social
2024-05-22T13:11:19Z
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@aral Another Horseman of the Apocalypse is revealed. This time Famine, rearing up…
(DIR) Post #Ai9e1aHU5wztLBtF8y by adachika192@hcommons.social
2024-05-22T16:15:21Z
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@aral Wait, I can’t follow your argument… Who’s talking about any “confirmation from a white person”? Would you kindly explain the logic?@Miro_Collas @palestine
(DIR) Post #Ai9mvlo9DzxkwNTEZ6 by Miro_Collas@masto.ai
2024-05-22T17:55:21Z
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@aral His ethnicity is irrelevant - why did you introduce it? So yes, you're playing the racism card.Also, I never said he was untrustworthy.So, there is no question to answer, and this conversation is over.@adachika192 @palestine
(DIR) Post #Ai9o4rCIeiqQDTfFYW by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2024-05-22T18:08:08Z
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@Miro_Collas @adachika192 @palestine 👋
(DIR) Post #Ai9rx6fNerSFh0pIKO by adachika192@hcommons.social
2024-05-22T18:51:35Z
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@aral @palestine Don’t worry, I can wait for your answer. > https://hcommons.social/@adachika192/112485631385539729
(DIR) Post #AiA4yssTC7lyuW7ur2 by rzeta0@mastodon.social
2024-05-22T21:17:34Z
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@aral this level of surreal stupidity is usually a preface to the end of an empire
(DIR) Post #AiAn31ZdCU3n1T6EdM by davidpmaurer@mastodon.sdf.org
2024-05-23T05:31:22Z
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@aral blinken - and the rest of the u.s. government - are slaves to #exxon and the other oil companies - the true architects of this #genocide.
(DIR) Post #AiD4ieVLRqVbAsRxnk by Roadwarrior29@mastodon.scot
2024-05-24T07:58:45Z
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@aral The land of the free, the home of the brave....my arse.