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Seth; I love reading serious journalism. Thank you for doing the hard stuff in the name of truth. I don’t have much of a following, but I will certainly share it as widely as possible in the hopes that some will make the investment. I feel privileged to be part of your community.

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In the coming weeks and months we will find out Putin and Netanyahu are in cahoots.

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Putin and Netanyahu, Joined at the hip? Seams like the Red Mafia, is the tie that binds....

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And Trump. too.

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It should be noted, the median age of residents in the Gaza Strip is 18. 65% are 24 or younger. It’s as if war were declared on a university campus. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/11/what-is-gaza-strip-the-besieged-palestinian-enclave-under-israeli-assault

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People tend not to live long in Gaza. Malnutrition results in stunted children who grow up into stunted adults - both physically and mentally. Every few years, Israel has launched sustained attacks on Gaza, a tactic some have called "mowing the grass." Without the tunnels the Gazans would have nothing. Trump cut $200 million in aid to the Palestinians. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-palestinians/trump-cuts-more-than-200-million-in-u-s-aid-to-palestinians-idUSKCN1L923C

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BEHEADING 50 BABIES AND THROWING THEM INTO. A FIRE-PIT WAS NEVER GOING TO FIX THIS! NEITHER WAS VIDEOTAPING THE EXECUTION OF JEWISH CHILDREN AT A MUSIC FESTIVAL ON THEIR CELLS & SENDING TO THEIR PARENTS!

WHAT DID ANYONE EXPECT?

That Bibi’s role may be complicit as half or more Israelis believe is as believable as tfg being responsible for 1M+ American Covid deaths, his significant role in the deaths of Ukrainians, and his destruction of USA leadership and the economy.

Failure to see the threat that stares you in the face daily, is fascisms path. Either face it head on, or suffer it’s humanity crushing heal!

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Wow, sorry but that sounds like right wing bullshit.

https://theintercept.com/2023/10/11/israel-hamas-disinformation/

Don't spread rumors. Unless you can show where you got it from, and your claim is credible, you're making things worse.

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How could you turn a story of atrocities into a right/left angle shows you have no interest in the truth. The babies were decapitated, it was filmed and shown. The female hostages being tortured and raped was filmed and released to the families of these victims. To even conceive an idea like that is only pure evil. Mary, really pull yourself together and do your own research. Everything is true

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Your post only says that Biden didn’t see the photos. Now he has, are you happy now?

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https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/10/13/watching-the-watchdogs-babies-and-truth-die-together-in-israel-palestine

"But subsequent reports revealed that no such beheadings have been verified by any Israeli or international source – probably because they never happened. This was just one dramatic incident of false reports spreading in the public sphere via mass media to denigrate one’s foes and support one’s allies. Thousands of other false reports like this circulate daily in the media – though not necessarily so savage, or spread by such luminaries as the most powerful man on Earth, at the height of an intense conflict in Palestine and Israel that has polarised global opinion."

You look ridiculous. Try to limit your time reading garbage.

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The Mary acct appears to be a negative influencer

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You horrible, depraved person. Here’s the headline “Photos of babies being burnt, decapitated confirmed.” The photos were shown to Anthony Blinken today

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Where's the headline?

Why am I horrible and depraved? Because it makes you feel like you have the moral high ground when you believe internet bullshit?

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Just report this account

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It is noted, yet it is also noted that the attack, torture, rape and murder of Israeli babies, teenagers, grandparents in wheelchairs was perpetrated by those same 18-24 Gazans. Carla, who declared this war?

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Show us where you got this information from. Rape of babies? Where did you get that?

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Hammas is not the same as the residents of Gaza who basically live in an open air prison... no potable water, limited food and utilities, minimal education and job opportunities...

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Such a frightening time to be alive, for many reasons, not the least of which is trying to figure out what is going on. So many media people have an agenda or simply, a bias that they can't get past. Others are honest but relying on second hand information that might be wrong. And they are gathering this information in an incredibly charged emotional environment, which makes it doubly hard to decipher reality themselves.

So Seth, thank you for what you do and also for emphasizing what should be the main consideration for everyone, something that the powerful players seem to think of as merely a secondary concern. Thousands more innocent people will be killed if people give in to their emotionalism, and in the case of the radicals in extremist Christian and Muslim circles, their boneheaded blood lust.

I thought Netanyahu describing supposed atrocities committed by Hamas, as in burning children and the like, had inappropriate body language and facial expression when it came to "the latest atrocities."

It's bad enough without having to make anything up.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbUJq3JPhVc

This is the video of Netanyahu speaking on the phone to Biden.

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Noticed Trump was quite quiet during the attack in Israel.

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Savoring the moment.

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Exactly just like he did the J6 attack. It’s what he gleefully pronounced during a 1990s interview where he said “when everything comes crashing down, it will be BEAUTIFUL!”

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WHY oh why are people like Elon Musk allowed to meddle in foreign affairs? He yanked the satellite system from Ukraine; he promotes disinformation and incendiary rhetoric on social media—these are violations, I thought, of the Logan Act. Also:

18 U.S. Code § 953 - Private correspondence with foreign governments

U.S. Code

Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

This section shall not abridge the right of a citizen to apply, himself or his agent, to any foreign government or the agents thereof for redress of any injury which he may have sustained from such government or any of its agents or subjects.

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Who has everything to gain by making BLM look monstrous? That's right, white supremacists. We don't yet know who is behind those 3 Twitter posts, and until we do, keep doubting. I pray that isn't an official BLM statement, rather just somebody intentionally making them look bad/evil/dangerous. Too early to tell and too many deceitful people on Twitter nowadays. Can't trust anybody.

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You never cease to amaze me, Seth. How you can gather all of this information together so quickly, then collate it into such a spellbinding article is utter journalistic genius. You are always ahead of the game. We subscribers have the privilege of standing back and looking at the picture on the lid as we see the scattered jigsaw pieces on the table.

It is so scary how all of these despots pull the strings around the globe, poking and interfering in our everyday lives. I recently read an article saying there's evidence we could be living inside the Matrix - one big giant video game. Sometimes it certainly feels that way and I don't like it one bit. Calling Agent Smith...

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In all of this, follow the money always.

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Shrub and Vice Cheney launched a massive disinformation war against the USA & never paid a price, who noticed?

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I tried to share on Facebook but they removed it immediately

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This new link should be Facebook-shareable (new cover image): https://sethabramson.substack.com/p/ten-stunning-major-media-revelations?r=ex3rw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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Not sure I can post anything for the next month. I hope others will give it a try.

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Nancy, I am so sorry about this. Truly. I had no idea Facebook would deem that image objectionable, as images of that sort have been commonplace in coverage of this war.

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Please don’t apologize. I have found your books to be true eye-openers and am just sorry this article won’t reach as many people as it should.

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I just posted it on Facebook.

It's not been taken down (yet).

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Instagram is doing the same

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Thank you

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While there are still far more questions & answers, I know this: Hamas started it but Israel will finish it & Hamas will cease to exist

In the middle will be the needless ruthless destruction of Gaza & 1000s of innocent lives

Seth-You must Follow The Money:

Inconvenient truths about the who & what of money to Hamas - $$$$$$

While democracies spent the money on humanitarian aid:

Dictators use it to fund, arm & train terrorists

Over 11K Gazan’s worked in Israel daily-their jobs are gone

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https://apnews.com/article/business-middle-east-israel-foreign-aid-gaza-strip-611b2b90c3a211f21185d59f4fae6a90

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https://coopwb.in/info/mahmoud-abbas-net-worth/

#FollowTheMoney

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Seth, thank you for this piece. I spent many years of my life as an activist for ending the occupation of Palestine and the siege on Gaza. Again and again, I have seen that there are political reasons for why the illegal occupation has never ended. Innocent people have died in the thousands over the decades, yet those who are responsible for the carnage don't even live there.

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Ask why the power of Hamas to go to war has obviously increased a thousandfold over the last 10 years, from the powerless little homemade projectiles that rarely harmed anyone to the organized and well equipped force we're seeing now.

Iran? Sure, but being under sanctions crippled their own arsenal. Netanyahu was willing to move heaven and earth to annex the entire West Bank by starting a major war. He is the only one who could move enormous amounts of ordnance and weapons into Gaza successfully. Israel needs to clean house.

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Seth, I follow everything you write but I find this post is not one of your best. You are giving a lot of credibility to things still not verified.

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Which specific things are you talking about?

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Has anybody seen Jared Kushner lately?

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