Netanyahu Gifts Trump Golden Pager to Commemorate Attack That Killed Children: 'That Was a Great Operation'
Netanyahu Gifts Trump Golden Pager to Commemorate Attack That Killed Children: 'That Was a Great Operation'
I know nothing should surprise me with these fucking people at this point, but my mouth still dropped open when I read that.
Fucking grotesque. Hey why not make a lampshade of human skin next time. Sick fucks.
Wait, this is real?
I was thinking the Onion is trying to be creative but damn reality is worse than fiction can be.
Irony is dead
It's real
Apparently so. I’m at a loss for words for once.
All I want to do is just a string of expletives at full fucking shout for a few hours, this is beyond insanity. Am I just in a decade long coma and this is all paranoia running wild in my brain? It would make more sense than.... this.
Imagine the outrage if a world leader gifted another leader a golden model airplane after 9/11.
Insanity.
The “pager attack” killed 42 people, including two children and two healthcare workers, while wounding another 2,800 people. The attacks targeted public areas, including cars, streets, and supermarkets, and many of the wounded suffered eye, hand, and brain injuries. Many survivors needed surgery, and some victims went blind or had to have their limbs amputated. One of the attacks killed an 11-year-old boy and an 8-year-old girl, along with a nurse. At a funeral for some victims, another electronic device attack was carried out by Israel, wounding more people. It’s unknown how many Hezbollah operatives the attack actually killed.
“That was a great operation,” Trump reportedly told Netanyahu, after being given the morbid gift.
I can not believe this man was voted in. I can not believe this time line is real.
You should see the hasbarists that tried to tell me that the operation was highly successful since it killed the children of Hezbollah operators, and that was its intended victims. Basically these people consider children to be very valid and normal targets to the point that you are a fool for thinking it is wrong.
In all honesty at that point I am actually surprised at the restraint that Hamas and everyone else has had on them. Iran and even the Houthis defeated Israel's Iron Dome and David's Sling so many times it isn't funny, but they still act like it is some impenetrable forcefield that has never been defeated. Also all of the targets by Hezbollah and Iran have been purely military targets or symbolic while also pulling some major punches, while Israel targets civilians with wanton abandon and with the intent to do as much damage as possible to civilians and civilian infrastructure.
When Israel did get (mostly warhead-less) missiles launched at it, they expressed shock and acted as if Iran was some idiotic child-like state that did not understand that these are weapons that could hurt people. In the meantime they revel in the murder of children and civilians and even when releasing hostages as a part of their deal, they open fire at their buses.
And Israel has always been like this. It isn't new.
I can't believe all the people who sat the election out and just let this happen.
This is such a strange take, but a popular one among Americans it seems. There are many more elements to why Trump is president, structural incentives especially money in politics and the specific democratic process that involves the Electoral College, districts etc. I'm not American yet even I know about these... don't you guys? It's sad because it seems like you guys are fucked, and have no idea what you did wrong. The burgler is in the house and you all are trying to wrestle down a potted plant.
It's also absurd because the US markets itself as the world leader of democracy, but Democratic voters are saying, "Why didn't you vote with the Party? You shouldn't have exercised democracy!"
I know you don't speak for all Americans, but maybe you can shed some light on this.
He wasn't voted in. Elon manipulated the voting system for trumps gain. Trump even said it himself "Elon knows voting machines". They have taken over our country and are dismantling it piece by piece. The question is, how do we stop these fucks?
Believe it or not the Democrats had machinations themselves that they had been working on a long time, and was very nasty. Rumor had it, Kamala would have no problem finalizing those plans, which is why she was ushered in without a primary and Joe was forced out. BOTH PARTIES HAVE GOT TO GO. The democrats enabled this level of power abuse because they wanted the power themselves, nothing was codified into law because they thought they would have the power. They are just as guilty of these current administrations actions because they themselves refuse to limit the powers and reach of branches of the government, they only ever extend them... And they did it because they had plans for that power, but you don't need to believe that, the evidence they allowed the power to exist is elected and likely xitting on truth right now, that's all you really need to believe, Democrats enabled this.
Trump does something abhorrent.
Writes paragraph explaining why it's the Democrats fault.
The conservative propoganda machine has really done a number on some of y'all.
Like you couldn't even stop to acknowledge what happened you were so eager to make Trump's actions all about the Dems.
Yeah, because that's not fascist behaviour. Fucking hell.
top shelf nottheonion material right here.
To horrific and offensive for that in my opinion, but someone already crossposted I guess.
Sure it's horrific bit it is exactly the type of headline that makes you think it's posted by the onion.
Hopefully, it’s exactly like the originals and someone leaks the code.
Brb, programing an autodialer.
Where's the kaboom? There's supposed to be a kaboom!
"Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering kaboom!"
Kaboom is lurking on the conservation Lemmy. Probably re-evaluating his life choices. Or most likely not, because that requires self-reflection.
Does it come preloaded with C4 or is Trump expected to add that herself?
One can hope
PETN
I seriously thought this was an onion article!
I wish it was. Sadly, the world is an extremely ugly place.
I triple checked the source and still can't believe it!
Holy shit....
One day, decades from now, people will read about these men in the same way we read about Mussolini and Hitler. They'll be reading with bated breath about the atrocities they committed and we'll be asked by our grandchildren how was it possible to even happen. Hopefully they'll live in a world where none of this would be possible and they won't comprehend the evil and cruelty that we got to witness, they won't be able to understand how so many millions cheered for these monsters. Come to think of it, I don't understand why so many millions cheer for them today.
If it's anything like Reagan, there's probably going to be some revisionism.
Israel had invested billions and continues to invest record numbers every year into propaganda and desinformation, in particular revisionism of its own history. And countries like the US and Germany are helping them with it.
For instance in some places in Germany it was decided to make it mandatory for teachers to use a leaflet called "Mythos Nakba" - Nakba myth, which is claiming the ethnic cleansing of around 750.000 Palestinians before and during the formation of Israel in 1948 to be a "myth". Of course this leaflet comes from an Israeli propaganda organization, with connections to the government funded "Zentralrat der Juden" - central council of Jews. The "Zentralrat" used to be a representation of Jews in Germany but has been usurped into a key organization of Israeli propaganda in Germany over the past decades, while continuing to claim to represent the mainstream of Jews in Germany.
This is particularly insane in Germany, where denial of the Holocaust is a common trope of the fascists too.
Nope, this turn in history will go beyond decades. We have entered the dystopian age where corporations will run or replace governments.
There's no coming back for this one.
Corporations 1, people 0.
Another nail in the coffin:
Forget Chrome—Google Starts Tracking All Your Devices In 10 Days
Edit: fixed link
As a Canadian, It’s crazy how easy these two played the American left by starting a genocidal war and having musk and the oligarchs use all propaganda machines to turn it into the Democrats fault. And the left just ate it up despite how blatantly obvious it was. The left splintered and had a “no, YOU’RE the fake leftist!” Argument among each other while the right unified and laughed at you guys
The right is always unified. Blind loyalty to the team captain is their one positive attribute. Look to our own slimeball cons for similar - but properly muted because #canada - idiocy and worship.
I wouldn't call it positive, but it is very successful.
I mean it seems more because Biden's administration was hugely pro-Israel and consistently the destruction of Gaza and the death of Palestinians, and Harris started plainly her policy was the same. Harris ran on a campaign of telling parts of the left that they didn't want their vote and courted mythical moderate Republicans.
And I voted for Harris, but this was by far a loss due to the Democrats abandonment of their base and what polling clearly showed people wanted change, irrational or not, just something different. Running on a same-as-Biden platform was a massive blunder.
It's almost as if there should be 3-4 parties because not everyone in one party is going to agree about everything else that others in that party agree with if it's supposed to represent 50+ percent of the population.
Great, I mean you guys keep saying this. I’ve been hearing it from Americans for decades. Maybe that’s the problem, you guys always have this defeatist attitude like “well if the system was better” well it isn’t, so work within it, or you personally get out there and work to change it. Otherwise there’s nothing you can really do but complain. You don’t get to just complain online about a lack of change, you actually have to go out there and help in some way physically
if only there was a way for the democratic party to not be accused of sending weapons to a country actively committing war crimes . alas , it is the voters faulrv
Holy shit.
Lmao no fucking way. That is utterly INSANE.
Even if the genocide ended tomorrow, I'm just never buying Israeli electronics again. I've been boycotting Sony all this time for a mere rootkit.
If you haven't already, you should boycott people who booby-trap their products.
I'm not trying to say gotcha. But just pointing out that you can add Intel to that list since they have a fab there.
For what it’s worth, they weren’t Israeli made pagers
Phew. Good thing we didn't vote for Kamala.
/s
You do remember that this attack happened while Kamala was VP.
I would feel sick if the candidate I voted for was cheering Israel for massacring thousands of innocent people. May I remind you that the DNC barred the pro-Gaza crowd? May I remind you that Trump and Biden were competing on who is the closest Israeli ally?
Yep, having Trump as a president sucks, but at least my hands are not filled with blood.
The utter contempt for human life these fucking fascists show still surprises me.
I suggest you get over your surprise oon and focus on what you can do, it's not about to get any better anytime soon at this rate.
Well aware it’s going to get a lot worse and I have been focusing on what to do.
Still going to call them on their shit at every opportunity.
There they go, best buds, genocide bibi and ethnic cleansing don.
Zios invented modern terrorism. The pager terror attack was just the latest.
Can't even make this shit up anymore.
IF they had verified each individual target before detonating it could have been the single operation with the highest success rate for hitting actual militants and the lowest civillian casualties out of everything Israel has done lately, but instead they just detonated like a thousand pagers and pissed off Lebanon immediately after a US Diplomat came by to criticize them for escalating tensions in Lebanon.
Actually, it still might be. Pretty low bar.
I wonder if Trump's Gold Apollo will blow up, too.
That last bit was my thought too, I ain't taking a pager from that dude. Gold or otherwise.
The sick Orange POS would take a gold Tokarev pistol from Stalin.
And put it on his desk in the Oval Office next to the Diet Coke button.
The Orange Turd needs cheeseburgers too.
Netanyahu is a Nazi confirmed.
Always has been.
That's fucking macabre... And since it's from Israel, there's probably a bug in the pager too...
If today (this and the Gaza plans) would have been in Idiocracy, Mike Judge would be in jail for sheer... everything.
How do people see this in their feeds and go "yep, that's cool"? Because apparently, a lot of people are totally fine with this.
Back in the 1930s the BBC was instrumental in fighting fascism, but today's news cycle only knows how to trivialize and normalize the downfall.
...time to rewatch Hypernormalization... PS: also related: https://www.404media.co/you-cant-post-your-way-out-of-fascism/
We did it Patrick we saved Pal.... ehh.. I'm too depressed to finish
I have been complaining about getting tricked by !theonion@midwest.social several times over. Oh would I love to be tricked right about now.
I hope this one blows up too
It's more likely to just be bugged, if he actually is likely to use it.
Hmm... A special pager...
InB4 BOOM
Terrorism twins
The ass slapping continues.
That is twisted
What? That's the one that surprises you? They've killed more children on the average day post-invasion.
If you don't understand why politicians celebrating the deaths of children out in the open surprises me more than their killing children, you have a very different opinion of which of those two is far more common than I do.
It would be the funniest thing if they were exact copies
Like trumps nice new pager blowering up? Or something else.
Like matching serial numbers