The term settler was chosen long ago to prettify colonialism.

Settler implies settling on uninhabited land instead of colonizing land which is already inhabited by stealing homes from the natives.

Hezbollah footage is usually drones or grad rockets. Mortars are frequently used by Israel (and also Hamas in Gaza)

When the West starts off by bombing girls schools, hospitals and civilian infrastructure they are not waging war. All Western “wars” focus on destroying civilian infrastructure and raking maximum civilian casualties. Iraq, Afghanistan. all of them. That is why so many brave resistance fighters stand up and risk their life against the terror occupation instead of living a semi-comfortable life under the boot. Because the West murders their family they it “radicalizes” them into becoming “terrorists”. Is that language more familiar?

They are not “wars”. They are all genocides will be recorded in future history books as such.

It is like condemning Hamas for violent resistance after Israel completely shot up the peaceful Hamas peaceful march of return against occupation in 2017 with full backing of the West, and so many other Palestinian attempts at a peaceful resolution which were met with bloody massacres from their oppressors.

Yeah oppressed people are going to learn a lesson. They will become “hardliners” who “no longer trust the West”. And they should be praised not falling for it again.

You forgot about the third thing that is most true: Iran is defending the entire region against genocide and imperialism from terrorist attacks by the West.

And if you truly think that the start of another Western genocide is the time to criticize the government of the genocided then you are fully on board with it.

It is written by a notorious Zionist as well https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFdDoez4Is4

Honey wake up time for your daily portion anti-Iran propaganda by TheGuardian

Something something both sides the exact same

Go get em Iran. Lesser evil the US all the way out of there.

Guess where the publics money is invested?

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A Zionist “fact checking” website which rates news sources on how pro Israel they are.

.world pushed it for a while and did fundraisers for it.

Does anyone expect an unplanned rapid disassembly?

Jokes aside, there are test launches where new boosters are tested and they do expect catastrophic failures because they are still in the test phase. But this was not one of those tests.

This was a test run not too far from the real launch. This was not one of those launches where they expected a massive explosion from testing.

That’s not true, there are definitely sanctions on weapons exports to Israel by several countries in EU.

Once again, only in name really. Those countries are sending their weapons to NATO supply depots and “handing them over” to America, after which America gives them to Israel. Using a legal loophole. Judges in The Netherlands even said this loophole is completely fine.

Another recent example was Belgium intercepting an Israeli arms shipment which simply used wrong labelling only after NGO activists tipped off the authorities https://aircargoweek.com/arms-shipments-intercepted-in-belgium/ . Many of these shipments happened and they simply turned a blind eye until they no longer could.

We are not here yet, but I think we are getting there.

Currently absolutely not. Once again, Europe has platitudes and very small sanctions which they love to point to, but nothing of significant consequences.

I recall them famously capitulating to and joining the Nazis without putting up much of a fight.

Europe should do more but they really are not. Their only real action after 2 and a half years of genocide is sanctioning a bunch of Israeli colonists in the West Bank. But no sanctions against Israel as a whole.

Israel cannot do what they do without European support. Here is Germany arresting a couple at gunpoint for trying to stop Europe sending weapons to Israel https://lemmy.world/post/47488982

Another key factor is the European logistics which allow American weapons transports to Israel. Once again Germany is the largest offender here but others are also complicit.

Europe is also integrating Israeli weapons as their main choice instead of European alternatives. Israeli Spike missiles and PULS launchers are chosen as the new weapons standard by many European countries recently. Germany is also working to convert car factories to Iron Dome missile production and is trying to push that as the European standard.

The Netherlands is the largest investor in Israel worldwide. https://www.pulse-z.eu/the-european-country-that-invests-the-most-in-israel-may-come-as-a-surprise/

The Netherlands is also continuing to buy Israeli weapons and even ramping up those purchases. The Netherlands is a very strong supporter of Israel. Besides some platitudes such as boycotting Eurovision they have not actually taken any material action against Israel excluding some very small sanctions against individual Zionist colonists.

The rest of Europe is very similar. All they offer is lip-service to Palestinians while continuing doing business as usual with Israel. Compare this to their actions Russia which got massive sanctions directly after their invasion of Ukraine and the difference is very stark.

USAID is still doing what it has always done. Spends money on propaganda in foreign countries to topple their government. https://www.mintpressnews.com/revealed-usaid-ned-open-society-quietly-bankroll-cubas-independent-media-in-push-for-regime-change/290942/

Of course it’s China so there’s always a price eventually. I suspect Beijing’s goal here is additional influence within Cuba, and I don’t see any reason why Cuba would have any objection. A few boatloads of rice gets you a LOT of good will in a starving country.

With a collossal oppressive empire like the US at their doorstep demanding full submission, the Cubans are likely very happy to have any alternative. At least Chinese agreements usually benefit both sides instead of “surrender your country or we will kidnap your president”.