"The White House has walked back President Joe Biden’s claim that he saw pictures of beheaded children following Hamas’s deadly attack on Israel.
The reversal came after Biden on Wednesday described seeing images of mutilated children during a meeting with Jewish leaders at the White House.
Biden’s claims were featured on the front pages of Western newspapers, and reports of beheaded babies have been cited in some quarters as justification for revenge attacks and the collective punishment of civilians in Gaza.
The Israeli army has said that it cannot confirm the claims, which were repeated on Wednesday by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesperson Tal Heinrich."
VIDEO: The claim that 40 babies were *maybe* beheaded in Israel is already being walked-back by the reporter who made the claim, but here is a real video from Gaza today... but...
@animeirl@teratology@Sherri_Ingrey@AnungIkwe more christians than jews believe that god gave israel to the jews because more christians are religious. but if you just ask if the USA is supporting Israel enough, a bigger percentage of Jews say "no." A ten year old study said this. In the interim some studies have found that Christian support for Israel has dropped substantially since 2018. More Jews in America associate support for Israel with Jewish identity than the religion of Judaism.
@teratology@AnungIkwe I think Israel is the testing point of whether people really believe they are "left' or "feminist" or "liberal" or "centrist". I am half Jewish and I would NEVER think that ALL Jews are good or "anti semitic" (eg SOROS) or that it's OK to be REALLY RIGHT WING because it's Israel or that anyone against REALLY RIGHT WING and apartheid are anti semitic. It defies logic, it defies history and it defies materialism.
@Sherri_Ingrey@AnungIkwe there are many Jews I know who do not support zionism and they are being threatened or call shiskas or self hating, it’s really ridiculous. There are orthodox jews in NYC condemning Zionists too. It’s an old tactic to equate anti-zionism to anti-semitism but i’m sure that anti-semitism has already been on the rise regardless.
@teratology@Sherri_Ingrey That's funny because I've never heard a Native say "I support Palestine." I've just heard a lot of jokes about the nons who go around saying shit like that. In my experiece, whenever someone goes online all militant about Palestine, they always turn out to be fronting as something they're not.
@AnungIkwe@Sherri_Ingrey I know a lot of my friends in Edmonton and Canada have a lot to say about it, and I know some have condemned those (other natives) standing with Israel.
How are Zionists not colonizers in this historical context? The existence of Israel doesn’t even abide by the Jewish religion.
@Sherri_Ingrey@teratology But the real problem is the leftists who are pro-Palestine have always been insufferable. They don't realize how they come off an the white xians think they are hiding their rabid anti-Semitism but they're not. Natives are highly suspicious of nons who start the "zionist colonizer" narrative. The Palestinians are just like "Indians" crap REALLY turns us off. I've had to deal with them intruding into just about every Native only space and trying to dominate with their own agendas. I have enjoyed watching AIM manhandle the fanatics at several protests because they wanted to hijack an American or Canadian event. You could be 100% correct in your analysis, but no one wants to listen to the manipulative rhetoric of most of the most gung ho Palestinian activists. They just cannot see how they come off. It has always been like this. They were insufferable in the 70s, 80s 90s ... all in different ways. The public isn't stupid and they won't accept anything but a completely honest delivery of facts. Even the most ignorant person knows when they're being emotional manipulated. Activists need to learn to respect the intelligence of their audience. Humans are complicated that way.
@teratology Neither side is justified in lying and exaggerating about anything. Throwing around meaningless labels like Zionist and colonizer doesn't make the important issues clearer to anyone. There's a good reason why Natives don't trust nons who throw around the "colonizer" narrative without any understanding of colonization.
@AnungIkwe I’m talking about white phosphorus being used right now, over the past week. I’m not talking about sources from twitter or mainstream news channels, I’m talking about footage shared from on the ground civilians in private channels where they communicate who has been kidnapped and confirmed dead.
At the end of the day the Zionists are colonizers. One side is the oppressed, the other is the oppressor.
Disinformation being shared sucks, but it’s actually impacting Palestinians who are being baited out of hiding and shelter to get shot down by Israeli forces. It’s not as if Israel doesn’t have the 4th strongest army in the world with America as it’s greatest ally to arm them and support their warcrimes. I am pretty sure that Palestine doesn’t have an entire division dedicated to psyops in the middle east like America does.
@teratology They're lying and exaggerating on both sides because of political agendas. There have been videos of illegal white phosphorus bombs all over the Internet for years and years.
@AnungIkwe lmao Israeli officials denied the beheaded babies claims. Meanwhile you can see actual footage of Palestinian women and children being injured and Israel using white phosphorus against civilians.
@AnungIkwe@spinster.xyz There is 100% confirmation that Israel is deploying white phosphorus weapons on civilian targets against Palestine and Lebanon. This isn't even contested or disputed. It's widely evidenced and a matter of fact. It's been/being reported and accepted by Western media apparatuses who are actively opposed to admitting Israeli war crimes. @teratology@the.asbestos.cafe