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Today marks both the first anniversary of the October 7 attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip and one week since Israel began its ground invasion of the neighboring country of Lebanon.

Israel’s brutal military response to the Hamas-led October 7 incursion has shown no sign of slowing down as the United States, its primary supplier of military aid, continues to commit weapons, funding and rhetorical support to its deadly assault on Arab populations in Gaza, the West Bank and now Lebanon.

Over 1,000 Lebanese civilians have been killed and over a million displaced as they flee the encroaching violence. From Beirut, we speak to Rima Majed, a professor at the American University of Beirut, who highlights the disruption to daily life that Israeli warfare has created.

“This is really a huge catastrophe, and it’s not a humanitarian one. It is a political catastrophe, and it’s a social catastrophe. And this would not have happened … if it wasn’t for the [international] backing and the arming of Israel.”

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[–] American_Jesus@lemm.ee 42 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Russia bombs civilian builds on Ukrainian, gets sanctioned on 2nd day.

Israel bombs civilian builds in two states, and a year still no sanctions and continues to play victim.

PS: Israel also doesn't allow international journalists on the battlefield

[–] Keeponstalin@lemmy.world 38 points 1 week ago

They've also killed over 100 journalists in only a year

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 week ago

Does anyone have a mnemonic for properly spelling Lebensraum? That'll be getting a lot of usage