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Flour Massacre: Israel Guns Down Hundreds of Starving Palestinians Trying to Access Food


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Survivors of the Feb. 29 massacre load corpses onto a platform. Screenshot: Al Jazeera English/YouTube
Israel carried out one of the bloodiest massacres in modern times Feb. 29, when its military opened fire on starving Palestinians on Al-Rashid street in the Gaza Strip who had been awaiting trucks with desperately needed humanitarian aid, including bags of flour. The misnamed Israel Defense Forces (IDF) killed at least 112 Palestinians and injured at least 760 more. Israeli soldiers and tanks fired on crowds already weakened by famine and disease, the deliberate result of Israel’s genocidal policies. This latest atrocity will not stop Western imperialist powers from continuing to provide full support to Israel’s attack on Gaza.

As unimaginably evil as any act Israel has committed in this genocide, the “Flour Massacre”, as it quickly became known, has a special degree of cruelty to it. Israel had allowed a drop-off of humanitarian aid during the night, then murdered starving civilians as they gathered at the aid drop. Survivors correctly called it a “trap”. The massacre also facilitates Israel’s genocidal goals by making Palestinians fearful of accepting the very aid they need to survive.

So confident is Israel in its impunity — which extends to rank-and-file IDF soldiers, who have flooded social media with videos of themselves committing war crimes — that the IDF itself tweeted video of the massacre. The video is taken from an elevated height, in night vision, with no sound. As journalist Séamus Malekafzali said, “There is one purpose to release this video, high-up where you can see no faces, without sound so you can hear no gunshots. Israel is demanding that you look at these Palestinians like insects, swarming these trucks like beasts, and the Israeli troops were forced to open fire.” Dehumanization of the targeted group is a key aspect of any genocide and Israel supporters are no different, regularly comparing Palestinians to insects and vermin.


Aerial footage of the massacre posted by the IDF. Source: @idfonline/Twitter
Right on cue, the capitalist media moved into action to obscure the truth of what happened. As usual, headlines used the passive voice to avoid ascribing any responsibility to Israel, describing people “killed” with no mention of who killed them. Leading media outlets all used the word “chaotic” — rather than, say, “massacre” — to describe the events: from CNN (“chaotic incident”) to The New York Times (“chaotic Gaza scene”). BBC News managed to avoid naming Israel as the killer while working Hamas into the headline of their report on a war crime. Does anyone think if the Russian military had fired on Ukrainian civilians awaiting humanitarian aid, Western media would not condemn the event as a massacre and explicitly note in headlines who had done the killing?

The IDF naturally blamed Palestinians for their own deaths. They claimed the crowds had rushed to aid trucks, that those who died were killed in a stampede. Israeli officials and media used words like “mob”, which is the word you use for a crowd when you want to attack their motives and intent. But video and eyewitness accounts quickly proved Israel lied about its involvement in the massacre, with the IDF’s edited footage concealing the sound of gunfire. Dr. Mohammed Salha, head of Al-Awda Hospital in Gaza City, said gunfire accounted for more than 80% of the wounds his hospital treated for Palestinians emerging from the bloodshed.

No matter how you look at it, Israel is responsible for these deaths. But for the sake of argument, even if you were to take Israel at its word — which would be foolish, since Israel was founded on lies and its officials constantly lie — that IDF soldiers fired “warning shots” to disperse the crowd: could you blame people for panicking? The IDF has killed 30,000 Palestinians in just a few months. Israeli soldiers gunning down and killing Palestinians, including children, without any consequences has always been a regular event, similar to how U.S. police constantly murder unarmed civilians. Could you blame people dying of hunger from rushing toward aid trucks? Palestinians in Gaza are literally starving to death in an intentional man-made famine, caused by Israel’s genocidal blockade and their imperialist allies’ freezing relief funds to Gaza. Bottom line: Israel has committed yet another barbaric massacre, one that in its incomprehensible cruelty matches any of history’s worst atrocities, including those committed by the Nazis.

The imperialist war criminals that have funded and armed Israel throughout this genocide naturally refused to condemn the Flour Massacre. U.S. President “Genocide Joe” Biden said his administration was investigating two different versions of the event, and claimed it would complicate supposed ceasefire talks. The idea that Biden was discussing a ceasefire is a barefaced lie, one he cynically put forward right before the Democrat primary in Michigan (a key swing state with a large Arab American population) and immediately backed out of afterward.


The Israeli flag is projected onto Canada’s Parliament after the Oct. 7 attacks. Source: @HoCSpeaker/Twitter
In Canada, Prime Minister “Genocide Justin” Trudeau, Foreign Affairs Ministry Mélanie Joly, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre have all been silent about Israel’s massacre. All found time, however, to hypocritically condemn Russian war crimes in Ukraine, and to pay tribute to former prime minister Brian Mulroney after his death the same day as the massacre. For once, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh dared to criticize Israel: “New Democrats are horrified by and condemn the massacre by Israeli troops of over 100 Palestinians seeking life-saving aid,” Singh said. “Canada must take action to save lives.” But again Singh is talking from both sides of his mouth. For all Singh’s bluster, the NDP continues to prop up the Liberal government that arms and supports Israel as it commits genocide. Singh also joined every other political leader in Canada to falsely smear pro-Palestine demonstrators as antisemitic.

The Flour Massacre and ongoing support for Israel’s genocide by the capitalist class shows how revealing it was when every member of Canada’s Parliament gave a standing ovation to a Nazi and Waffen-SS veteran. Despite efforts to spin this as a mere “gaffe”, with former speaker Anthony Rota taking the blame and falling on his sword, Parliament’s support for a Nazi was really a case of the mask coming off. This is the true, ugly face of capitalism and bourgeois “democracy”, which has always been prepared to commit the worst atrocities, to support the most reactionary forces and oppressive regimes, in order to maintain its class rule.

The cruelty and hypocrisy of our rulers and their system stands ever more exposed. Millions are drawing revolutionary conclusions as a result, while bourgeois politicians ignore them and any expression of dissent. The self-immolation of active-duty U.S. Air Force member Aaron Bushnell in protest against U.S. imperialism’s support for the genocide in Gaza has echoed the anger and frustration of the masses. The Pentagon’s press secretary could respond only with the usual thought-terminating cliché: “Our support for Israel’s inherent right to defend itself is ironclad.”

Mass anger is growing at the inhumanity of our ruling class, embodied in their support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza. The need to channel this energy into a revolutionary communist party that can overthrow the capitalist system responsible for such atrocities has never been more pressing.

https://matthewpuddister.substack.com/p/flour-massacre-israel-guns-down-hundreds

She is beautiful.

ChidiCmatencore:
This is how Batists and supporters of evil talk. You don't need to look too far to identify an unfortunate fellow who thinks he has a point to contribute when reasonable people are talking. I will not dignify you with a detailed response because I'm not going to school you on the facts you do not know. Keep wallowing in your stupidity and please don't ever stop supporting BAT. Keep on supporting him and the hunger that sleeps and lives with you will embrace you forever! Odè!!

Have you read for Jamb today? Go and take your book and read.

I've grown mentally beyond any limit to allow myself to be tagged by any political name. I did not even vote in the last election.

Your kind hate honesty and are too sentimental and emotional to ask yourself questions. Life is bigger than politics.

Your insulting me unprovoked shows the level of your intelligence.

j

Confused set of people.

Election was not rigged in Lagos, it was not rigged in Abuja, It was not rigged in all the five southeast states because their candidate win in those places.

EmiloCorn:
But you too you're not from lagos like the igbo man. Even me I'm from osun and still was born and brought up in lagos. Why are those from other lands always ruling lagos state?

If it was only because of the language I will then ask why a lagos indigene cannot be governors in other sister states. There must be something else. Is it because they are fewer? Old times slavery influences maybe 🤔

keep deceiving yourself to be Yoruba. I know in the depths of your mind, you wish to be Yoruba but nature has not made mistake to make you non-Yoruba. Be proud of your Origin and Heritage for once.

I'm always proud to be Yourba. can you say that about yourself too with where you came from?

Greedy Nature And Covetousness For Lagos State

VERY INTERESTING READ

Which Lagos? Is it Lagos as a state or Lagos as a City?

First it was "all land in Lagos belongs to us, we own all the houses and the real estate";
Then "we developed all of Lagos";
then "Lagos is a no man's land";
then "Lagos is not part of Southwest";
Then "Lagos is not a Yoruba land";
Then "Benins are owners of Lagos";
Then "you're not a True indigen of Lagos";
Then "Lagos culture is not the same as the Yoruba Culture";
Then "Lagos is indigenous land of Lagos natives not Yoruba";
Then "Aworis are not Yoruba";
Then "Lagos is a former federal capital so it is not a Yoruba Land";
Then "Lagos is a formal British colony so it belongs to the British";
To them, Lagos belongs to any other tag or people, but not the Yorubas.
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The Major Problems are:

==> 1. Covetousness:
a. Having or showing a great desire to possess something belonging to someone else.
b. A painful awareness of another's possessions or advantages and a desire to have them too.

Synonyms: jealousy, hatred, resentment, envy, enviousness, invidiousness, malice, enmity, animosity, green-eyed monster, ill will, spitefulness, maliciousness.

==> 2. Greed (or avarice):
a. Is an insatiable desire for material gain (be it food, money, land, or animate/inanimate possessions) or social value, such as status, or power.

==> 3. Mass Megalomania or Grandiose Delusion:
a. The delusional belief that one is important, powerful, or famous, as a form or symptom of mental disorder.
b. Megalomania is a mental disorder characterized by an excessive desire for power and glory and by illusory feelings of omnipotence. It is commonly understood as a psychological condition in which there is an obsession or delusion of grandeur.
c. Delusion of grandeur is the false belief that one is important or powerful, accompanying certain mental disorders. It is also known as paranoid grandiosity. Has subtype called: "narcissistic personality disorder".

CHARACTERISTIC OF: Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Symptoms may vary from person to person. The most common symptoms include:

1. Being overly boastful, exaggerating one’s own achievements
2. Pretending to be superior to others
3. Lack of empathy for others
4. Looking down on others as inferior
5. Monopolising conversations
6. Impatient, angry, unhappy, depressed or has mood swings when criticized
7. Easily disappointed when expected importance is not given
8. Always craves for “the best” in everything
9. Has a very fragile self-esteem
They:
10. Have an unreasonably high sense of self-importance and require constant, excessive admiration.
11. Feel that they deserve privileges and special treatment.
12. Expect to be recognized as superior even without achievements.
13. Make achievements and talents seem bigger than they are.
14. Be preoccupied with fantasies about success, power, brilliance, beauty or the perfect mate.
15. Believe they are superior to others and can only spend time with or be understood by equally special people.
16. Be critical of and look down on people they feel are not important.
17. Expect special favors and expect other people to do what they want without questioning them.
18. Take advantage of others to get what they want.
19. Have an inability or unwillingness to recognize the needs and feelings of others.
20. Be envious of others and believe others envy them.
21. Behave in an arrogant way, brag a lot and come across as conceited.
22. Insist on having the best of everything — for instance, the best car or office.

At the same time, people with narcissistic personality disorder have trouble handling anything they view as criticism. They can:

1. Become impatient or angry when they don't receive special recognition or treatment.
2. Have major problems interacting with others and easily feel slighted.
3. React with rage or contempt and try to belittle other people to make themselves appear superior.
4. Have difficulty managing their emotions and behavior.
5. Experience major problems dealing with stress and adapting to change.
6. Withdraw from or avoid situations in which they might fail.
7. Feel depressed and moody because they fall short of perfection.
8. Have secret feelings of insecurity, shame, humiliation and fear of being exposed as a failure.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/narcissistic-personality-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20366662



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_gKkrS42lU


Researcher from all over the world should come to Nigeria and help conduct thorough study on this group of people and help us understand as to why their Grandiose delusion is on a massive scale.

H

Here comes another evil and mischievous comparison.


This is the same mistake some groups are doing, by declaring Nigeria as the cheapest country to live. She is cheap if you're making money in other currency, not for the citizens whose earning is based on the #30k ($20) minimum wage.

Minimum wage in Europe is between £500 to £2571 (depends on location)
I.e. #843,500 to #4,337,277


Minimum wage in Nigeria is £17
I.e. #30,000

2571 wraps: A person living in Europe will be able to buy about 2571 pieces of that Akpu with his/her month salary;

300 wraps: while a person living in Nigeria will be able to buy just 300 pieces with his/her month salary

Let's start using our brain before we make unnecessary comparison.


Someone in Nigeria make #174 per hour; which can buy only one akpu while

Someone in Europe makes about £15 per hour which can buy 15 Akpu.

AlabiKILLER2021:
Ebi npa waooo

He cries till he's dead

Na hunger kill am


I spit on oduduwa grave

Rest on.

Don't blame them or fight with them. Just try and understand that it is beyond their control. Whether you vote for their candidate or you did not even vote at all, they will still mock you. And celebrate your misfortunes.

The word Schadenfreude means the experience of pleasure, joy, or self-satisfaction that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, pain, or humiliation of another. The Schadenfreude by this group result from their lack of empathy, which is one of the symptoms of the narcissistic personality disorder, a mental health condition very common among their group.

Symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder. From Mayo Clinic.

People with the disorder can:

- Have an unreasonably high sense of self-importance and require constant, excessive admiration.
- Feel that they deserve privileges and special treatment.
- Expect to be recognized as superior even without achievements.
- Make achievements and talents seem bigger than they are.
- Be preoccupied with fantasies about success, power, brilliance, beauty or the perfect mate.
- Believe they are superior to others and can only spend time with or be understood by equally special people.
- Be critical of and look down on people they feel are not important.
- Expect special favors and expect other people to do what they want without questioning them.
- Take advantage of others to get what they want.
- Have an inability or unwillingness to recognize the needs and feelings of others.
- Be envious of others and believe others envy them.
- Behave in an arrogant way, brag a lot and come across as conceited.
- Insist on having the best of everything — for instance, the best car or office.
- Being overly boastful, exaggerating one’s own achievements
- Pretending to be superior to others
- Lack of empathy for others
- Looking down on others as inferior
- Monopolising conversations
- Easily disappointed when expected importance is not given
- Always craves for “the best” in everything
- Has a very fragile self-esteem


At the same time, people with narcissistic personality disorder have trouble handling anything they view as criticism. They can:

- Become impatient or angry when they don't receive special recognition or treatment.
- Have major problems interacting with others and easily feel slighted.
- React with rage or contempt and try to belittle other people to make themselves appear superior.
- Have difficulty managing their emotions and behavior.
- Experience major problems dealing with stress and adapting to change.
- Withdraw from or avoid situations in which they might fail.
- Feel depressed and moody because they fall short of perfection.
- Have secret feelings of insecurity, shame, humiliation and fear of being exposed as a failure.


Schadenfreude: A. is a combination of the German nouns Schaden, meaning "damage" or "harm," and Freude, meaning "joy." So it makes sense that schadenfreude means joy over some harm or misfortune suffered by another.
B. A feeling of pleasure or satisfaction when something bad happens to someone else.

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Some people are just mischievous by nature.

Why will you compare cost of goods and not compare people's earning. This is the same mistake that all these World Bank and IMF are currently doing.

Also, are these countries oil producing countries like Nigeria? At what quantity if yes? Don't they have enough electricity that reduce dependency on fuel for power generation?


Country -- Price of PMS -- ( Minimum Wage )

NAIRA EQUIVALENT
1 🇲🇱Mali: ---------- ₦2,266 --------- (#85,500)
2 🇨🇮Ivory Coast: ---------- ₦2,289 --------- (#210,000)
3 🇨🇲Cameroon: ---------- ₦2,196 --------- (#93,000)
5 🇹🇬Togo: ---------- ₦1,832 --------- (#105,500)
6 🇧🇯Benin: ---------- ₦1,779 --------- (#105,000)
4 🇬🇭Ghana: ---------- ₦1,594 --------- (#86,125)
🇹🇩Chad: ****
🇳🇬Nigeria: ---------- ₦668 --------- (#30,500)

IN USD
1 🇲🇱Mali: ---------- $1.435 ------------- ($57)
2 🇨🇮Ivory Coast: ---------- $1.450 ---------($140)
3 🇨🇲Cameroon: ---------- $1.391------------($62)
5 🇹🇬Togo: ---------- $1.160 ------------- ($70)
6 🇧🇯Benin: ---------- $1.127 ------------- ($70)
4 🇬🇭Ghana: ---------- $1.009 ------------- ($58)
🇹🇩Chad: **** ------------- ($)
🇳🇬Nigeria: ---------- $0.423 ------------- ($20)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_minimum_wage

We'll see

Today 28/02/2024, Binance delisted the NGN from its P2P market.

This is the new development. Let's see how everything will play out.

.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHY7XCueLkU&pp=ygUQeW9ydWJhIGluIGlsb3Jpbg%3D%3D

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still asking

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Ken4Christ:
Your local or traditional gods does not change lives. They don't offer you salvation. They are the works of men. They will all be eventually destroyed.

Jesus saves
Jesus is the maker of all things.
Jesus changes lives.
Jesus is the only sinless man that ever lived.
Jesus is Lord
Jesus is the head of all principalities and powers.
Every power bow to the name of Jesus.
Even your traditional gods or juju bows to the name of Jesus.
Every creature under heaven will be judged by Jesus.
Jesus owns all things.
Jesus is the only one who can cast you into the Lake of fire if you reject the free gift of salvation. You will be thrown away like a trash can. And it doesn't matter whether you believe it or not.

SMH

Ken4Christ:
It doesn't exist. There is no positive without a negative.

Where you have man, there is a woman.
Where you have good, you also have evil.
There is God and there is the devil.
So also, there is heaven and there is hell.

There are countless hundreds of testimonies of those who have been there and given a second chance to come back.

There are also those who through the supernatural power of God were permitted to visit hell and came back.

Our Lord Jesus who created you affirms it's existence.

Jesus actually went to hell so you will not have to go there.

He went there, fought with the devil and collected the keys of hell and death from him.

He rose again and ascended back to heaven before the very presence of his disciples.

The choice is yours. If you don't believe it, you will when you get there.

Even the Holy Spirit is speaking to your conscience right now as you are reading but you are hardening your heart.

Repent before it's too late before you regret for the rest of your life.

I would have prefer you say our lord Sango a Yoruba man turn God created me than say a Jewish man (from far away Middle East) whose historicity is still been debated creates me. Let us leave inferiority complex, embrace our local content too and make money with it.

I don't like to argue for arguement reason, I have nothing to gain from it; but I'm sure that in the future, you will come back here to read again this your logic and find them amusing.

Dtruthspeaker:
keep deceiving yourself by using your power of denial to block it. But when hell is ready to burn you, you wont block it no more.

Is your intention to scare me or to convert me? Am I expected to be afraid?

I struggled too, and wish there were heaven, hell, and afterlife, but truth is respecter of nobody's emotion.

If I now burst your bubble by informing you that karma also does not exist nko?

Zaheertyler:
No...just explaining what I think the real meaning is...so the confusion can end
The goal is to be in union with God and not be bound to the devil...not just for you but for everyone

Ok. Thanks for the explanation.

Zaheertyler:
Hell does exist but it's in the mind
When you live a life of low vibration
Greed,pride,envy, wickedness
It always leads to regrets ,self hate, shame had I know etc you are in hell,personal hell
Some learn to live there because they think they cannot be redeemed or God has forsaken them
But then you realize that there is a way out
Death and rebirth
You ask God for forgiveness and a new spirit
With this new spirit you live with humility,kindness ,love and patience and faith in God
That way you make your way back to heaven and personal freedom ..what people call heaven on earth
You have that experience you can teach people
I'm telling you because I'm speaking from experience which is my personal truth not what someone thought me
If you think it's a lie try the experience too and tell your story

Sir, are we changing the Abrahamic religion's definition of hell or heaven already?

Hell is only a manipulative tool use by men to control others. Hell does not exist, neither is there anything like heaven or life after death.

.

Hard question for chat GPT. Does hell exist?

Me: pick yes or not. Does hell exist. do not write more than a word.

ChatGPT: Beliefs

Me: write yes or write no. does hell exist? do not write more than a word either yes or no.

ChatGPT: No.

Me: If no, then why are you parabolizing before now about the question of hell existence?

ChatGPT: As an AI language model, I aim to provide respectful and thoughtful responses to inquiries about complex and sensitive topics like the existence of hell. While my primary goal is to offer nuanced explanations and promote understanding, I acknowledge that the question often demands a simple "yes" or "no" response.

My previous responses aimed to acknowledge the complexity of beliefs surrounding the concept of hell and to encourage empathy, respect, and open dialogue about differing viewpoints. However, I understand that clarity is important, and I apologize if my responses did not meet your expectations.

To reiterate, as an AI, I don't hold personal beliefs, but I can provide information and engage in discussions based on the input I receive.

Don't blame them or fight with them. Just try and understand that it is beyond their control. Whether you vote for their candidate or you did not even vote at all, they will still mock you. And celebrate your misfortunes.

The word Schadenfreude means the experience of pleasure, joy, or self-satisfaction that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, pain, or humiliation of another. The Schadenfreude by this group result from their lack of empathy, which is one of the symptoms of the narcissistic personality disorder, a mental health condition very common among their group.

Symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder. From Mayo Clinic.

People with the disorder can:

- Have an unreasonably high sense of self-importance and require constant, excessive admiration.
- Feel that they deserve privileges and special treatment.
- Expect to be recognized as superior even without achievements.
- Make achievements and talents seem bigger than they are.
- Be preoccupied with fantasies about success, power, brilliance, beauty or the perfect mate.
- Believe they are superior to others and can only spend time with or be understood by equally special people.
- Be critical of and look down on people they feel are not important.
- Expect special favors and expect other people to do what they want without questioning them.
- Take advantage of others to get what they want.
- Have an inability or unwillingness to recognize the needs and feelings of others.
- Be envious of others and believe others envy them.
- Behave in an arrogant way, brag a lot and come across as conceited.
- Insist on having the best of everything — for instance, the best car or office.
- Being overly boastful, exaggerating one’s own achievements
- Pretending to be superior to others
- Lack of empathy for others
- Looking down on others as inferior
- Monopolising conversations
- Easily disappointed when expected importance is not given
- Always craves for “the best” in everything
- Has a very fragile self-esteem


At the same time, people with narcissistic personality disorder have trouble handling anything they view as criticism. They can:

- Become impatient or angry when they don't receive special recognition or treatment.
- Have major problems interacting with others and easily feel slighted.
- React with rage or contempt and try to belittle other people to make themselves appear superior.
- Have difficulty managing their emotions and behavior.
- Experience major problems dealing with stress and adapting to change.
- Withdraw from or avoid situations in which they might fail.
- Feel depressed and moody because they fall short of perfection.
- Have secret feelings of insecurity, shame, humiliation and fear of being exposed as a failure.


Schadenfreude: A. is a combination of the German nouns Schaden, meaning "damage" or "harm," and Freude, meaning "joy." So it makes sense that schadenfreude means joy over some harm or misfortune suffered by another.
B. A feeling of pleasure or satisfaction when something bad happens to someone else.

Good one.

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state, has been doing the same. I think every month, since inception of office.