the hypocrisy of the empire and its minions is fully on display but you will see none of this on the tv;

Ukrainian citizens are being hailed for doing exactly what Palestinians get shot for. Time to learn a few of Israel’s secrets, then reconsider the meaning of “terrorist.”

by Kathryn Shihadah

Palestinians have been watching with great sorrow and interest the Russian attack on the Ukrainian people. Sorrow, of course, because war is hell and Ukrainians are human beings. Interest because, while the people of Palestine identify with Ukraine’s situation – under attack, under occupation – the world’s response to the two catastrophes is completely different.

A few examples

When Ukrainians are under attack, other countries generously supply it with weapons to fight back; when Israel attacks Palestinians, other countries give Israel more weapons – including the U.S, which gives Israel over $10 million per day in military aid.

The world is expected to boycott, divest, and sanction Russia and its products in response to its aggression against the Ukrainian people; it is (allegedly) contemptible (and sometimes illegal) to boycott, divest, or sanction anything Israeli in response to its aggression against Palestinians.

Large crowds of Ukrainians who gather to manufacture weapons out in the open are applauded around the world; a factory retrofitted to manufacture Molotov cocktails is considered admirable. In the Palestinian territories, it’s illegal to meet in groups to talk or raise a Palestinian flag, let alone manufacture weapons. A weapons-manufacturing factory will be bombed.............read more.......