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  • Yeah, that's the book by Palestinian historian Nur Masalha. It should be fixed now. I found an internet archive link that has the whole book.

    You can also find them all on Anna's Archive, there are more books by historians listed in the last section

  • This DW article is ok, but it's a little lacking in the ethnic cleansing prior to the nakba, I'll add some more resources below for those who are interested in learning more

  • He's discussed how he did this to learn more about the process, and only because he's in a position of privilege being a public figure which gives him some measure of protection.

    He has stressed that normal people should never talk to ICE or the police, except to clarify if they are being detained or to request a lawyer.

  • Christian Zionists far outnumber Jewish Zionists

    The vast majority of people want a weapons embargo and an end to the genocide, even a majority of Republican voters.

    The reality is that the US is funding genocide. That by the requirement of both international law and domestic law, they have an obligation to cease all weapon transfers to Israel. That's on top of the popular position and morally correct position of opposing genocide.

    Anyone making excuses for why the US needs to continue funding Israel is supporting this genocide.

  • I do appreciate that discourse is more viable on Lemmy than the corporate alternatives, I only see that as getting more important as corporations like Meta and Google crack down on fact checking and anti-fascist discussions.

    I have my criticisms of the moderation on both the .ml and .world side of things, but at least the fediverse is flexible and fluid with the different instances. A lot of topics concerning imperialism, colonialism, capitalism, and socialism have nuances that are important to cut through (all) government and corporate disinformation. But even here a lot of that nuance is overlooked in the larger or team-sporty communities.

    Hopefully educational discussions will continue to gain prominence on here and brigading/group-think will be frowned upon and discouraged. This kind of FOSS social media is a great opportunity to grow global solidarity and class consciousness. Which is become ever more critical as global capitalism lashes out with fascism against (at first) the most vulnerable

  • Thanks, the fact that he completely ignored the bolded text in my initial comment was a dead giveaway they don't actually give a shit about the morality of the situation.

    The boycott list exists for a reason, as explained in detail on the BDS website. I abide by it as much as possible, amd is not on the list while Nvidia and Intel are. Since I had to get a Google phone for grapheneos, second hand one at least prevented me from handing money to Google.

    There is no ethical consumption under capitalism, but that doesn't mean people can't utilize the BDS movement to inform them on how to avoid the companies that contribute the most to Israel's genocidal apartheid state.

  • And claiming Microsoft cloud services are worse than RTX's actual bombs that kill children is a stretch.

    They all kill children and I boycott them all. You're the only one running defense by minimizing Microsoft's role here.

    For example, Amazon, Google and Microsoft have all launched major cloud computing centres in Israel, offering businesses infrastructure critical to data-driven products and services. Intel is the largest private employer in the country, having commenced operations in 1974.

    Along with hundreds of other multinationals, Microsoft hosts its own research and development (R&D) centre in Israel, and it launched a chip development centre in Haifa. Nvidia, the trillion-dollar chip behemoth powering the AI revolution, has also announced it is expanding its already large R&D operations in Israel. The list goes on

    Gates' advice is reportedly treated as gospel, and he also played a crucial role in fostering Microsoft and OpenAI's partnership, and consequently, the success witnessed in the category.

    Claiming Gates isn't heavily involved and influential in the business decisions is just straight up untrue, stop whitewashing his contributions to genocide.

    In summary, Bill Gates's relationship with Israel is characterized by his admiration for the country's technological innovation and his significant investments through Microsoft and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. While he has not publicly engaged in the political aspects of the Israel/Palestine conflict, his actions and statements suggest a supportive stance toward Israel's role in global technology. This support is evident in his continued investments and public recognition of Israel's achievements in digital security and biotechnology.

  • Microsoft is perhaps the most complicit tech company in Israel’s illegal apartheid regime and ongoing genocide against 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza. Microsoft’s complicity in Israel’s apartheid and genocide is well documented, exposing its strong ties to the Israeli military, its collaboration with Israeli government ministries, and its involvement in the Israeli prison system, which is notorious for systematic torture and abuse of Palestinians. Microsoft knowingly provides Israel with technology, including artificial intelligence (AI), that is deployed to facilitate grave human rights violations, war crimes, crimes against humanity (including apartheid), as well as genocide. In light of the International Court of Justice’s legally-binding rulings to prevent Israel’s plausible genocide in Gaza, as well as its July 19 Advisory Opinion affirming Israel’s illegal occupation and apartheid system, Microsoft has failed its corporate obligation to prevent genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Microsoft, as well as its boards of directors and executives, may face criminal liability for this complicity.

    Microsoft provides the Israeli military with Azure cloud and AI services that are crucial in empowering and accelerating Israel’s genocidal war on 2.3 million Palestinians in the illegally occupied Gaza Strip. Microsoft’s extensive ties with Israel’s military are revealed in investigations by The Guardian with the Israeli-Palestinian publication +972 Magazine, demonstrating how the Israeli military turned to Microsoft to meet the technological demands of genocide.

    The 7 billion to Africa isn't as nice as it first seems either; it's investments into venture capitalist solutions, much more restrictive that aid and the profits are not realized by the locals

    https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/12/02/perhaps-bill-gates-not-best-expert-hunger-africa

    https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/11/10/open-letter-bill-gates-food-farming-and-africa

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    One Year of Empty Rhetoric From the White House on Israel’s Wars

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    As Israel Extends Its Genocide Into the West Bank, It Targets and Kills Children

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    Biden Officials Say Ceasefire Talks Are Suspended as Harris Names Iran Top Enemy

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    10 Percent of Palestinians in Gaza Killed, Injured or Missing, After 1 Year of Israel’s Genocide

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    Israel Intensifies Bombardment of Lebanon, Displacing 1.2 Million

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    Palestinian Poet Mosab Abu Toha: One Year After Oct. 7, U.S. Is Still Arming Israel’s Slaughter in Gaza

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    German police raid homes of Palestine activists in lead-up to October 7 commemorations

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    War in Lebanon “Giving More Space” for Israel to Continue Slaughter in Gaza: Journalist Akram al-Satarri

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    US Health Workers Back From Gaza Estimate Death Toll Is at Least 119,000

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    Arab-American enthusiasm for voting dampens as Harris, Trump appear neck-and-neck: Poll

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    Israeli soldiers 'TikToking' potential war crimes in Gaza, new documentary reveals

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    Israeli Strikes on Gaza Kill 90 in One Day, Including 6 at an Orphanage

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    Israel’s “Limited, Localized” Invasion of Lebanon Is Sparking a Regional War

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    Genocide in Gaza Has Been Deadliest Year for Women and Kids in 2 Decades

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    Progressives Escalate Calls for Arms Embargo as Israel Expands War Into Lebanon

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    Veterans for Peace Demands Probe Into Blinken’s Enabling of Israel’s Genocide

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    Does Hezbollah represent Lebanon? And what impact will the death of longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah have?

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    Netanyahu defends Gaza and Lebanon attacks in U.N. speech

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    Massive Israeli attack levels entire residential block in Beirut in reported assassination attempt on Hasan Nasrallah

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    “I Saw a Mirror”: Marcellus Williams’s Execution Enrages Palestine Solidarity Protesters