Peter Link
retired healthcare IT programmer/analyst, supporter of Palestine, Cuban Revolution, women’s rights, FOSS, Linux, Black Lives Matter. Live in Michigan, USA
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Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto World News@lemmy.world•Gaza-bound humanitarian aid ship rescued by Malta after drone attackEnglish2·8 days agoOK, thanks for the heads-up.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto World News@lemmy.world•Gaza paramedics shot in upper body ‘with intent to kill’, Red Crescent saysEnglish2·1 month agoMost of us here know that, but many others beyond the Fediverse are still not convinced. Video documentation and expert testimony of horrible crimes is often effective in changing public opinion.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlBanned from communityOPto News@lemmy.world•Backed by Trump, Israel Shreds Cease-Fire Deal and Kills Over 400 Across Gaza | Common DreamsEnglish23·2 months agoTotally wasted sarcasm.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlBanned from communityOPto News@lemmy.world•Backed by Trump, Israel Shreds Cease-Fire Deal and Kills Over 400 Across Gaza | Common DreamsEnglish83·2 months agoRight here. Biden’s policies greatly strengthened Israel and directly helped the genocide.
Is Trump worse? I think yes. But that is still no reason to gloat or to think that endlessly supporting the lesser evil is going to produce any real changes that the world needs.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•how can I repair defective URL metadata for Lemmy posts?English1·2 months agoAfter reading further, I see your point. Sorry about that.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•how can I repair defective URL metadata for Lemmy posts?English1·2 months agoThanks for the feedback. I’ll look into checking for the AMP pages. (Never heard of those before, haven’t done much with the web for quite a while.)
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•how can I repair defective URL metadata for Lemmy posts?English11·2 months agodeleted by creator
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto World News@lemmy.world•'We'll own it': Trump wants to make Gaza a holiday hub without PalestiniansEnglish12·3 months agoMany opposed Harris because she continued very active support to the Israeli genocide. Very few believed Trump would be better.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto World News@lemmy.world•'We'll own it': Trump wants to make Gaza a holiday hub without PalestiniansEnglish12·3 months agoYeah, he was so much better than Trump. /s
Peter Link@lemmy.mlBanned from communityOPto News@lemmy.world•'We'll own it': Trump wants to make Gaza a holiday hub without PalestiniansEnglish12·3 months agoBlame Biden-Harris and the Democrats, not the Palestinians.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPtoUnited States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml•Antony Blinken Insists He and Biden Made the Right CallsEnglish21·4 months agoYes, but there is also an archive version posted.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto World News@lemmy.ml•As Hopes Rise for Gaza Cease-Fire, Conditions There Have WorsenedEnglish1·4 months agoYes, they are a marketing technique, but I don’t know of any other legal way to share them. Please give me any ideas you may have. Thanks.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlBanned from communityOPto News@lemmy.world•Deception and Betrayal: Inside the Final Days of the #Assad RegimeEnglish3·5 months agoArticle contains info from interviews and internal documents of government officials from various countries.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto World News@lemmy.world•Deception and Betrayal: Inside the Final Days of the #Assad RegimeEnglish3·5 months agoArticle contains info from interviews and internal documents of government officials from various countries.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto World News@lemmy.ml•Deception and Betrayal: Inside the Final Days of the #Assad RegimeEnglish3·5 months agoArticle contains info from interviews and internal documents of government officials from various countries.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto World News@lemmy.world•Human Rights Watch: Israel is guilty of extermination and acts of genocide in GazaEnglish242·5 months agoYes, and it is very positive that prominent human rights groups agree and document it. These reports can be used to pressure governments, universities, etc. to divest from Israel and to stop sending arms, software, etc. to Israel.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlBanned from communityto News@lemmy.world•How the Trump administration and congressional Republicans may crack down on pro-Palestinian protestersEnglish43·6 months agoThat statement is truly incredible! Biden helped give cover to Netanyahu (in addition to endless supplies of bombs) and drew one tiny red line for a few weeks (no bunker-busters in Rafah) and that faded quickly. He stopped funding UNWRA, even when other Western countries resumed it. Continuous support for Israel in the UN Security Council.
The West Bank example is grotesque. What effect did those sanctions have? None that I can see. The IDF has begun destroying infrastructure like they have done in Gaza, in addition to all of the killings.
So no, there is no reason to defend Biden/Harris. Is Trump worse? Yes, so what about it? Should we refrain from protesting because Democrats are in power right now?
Peter Link@lemmy.mlBanned from communityto News@lemmy.world•How the Trump administration and congressional Republicans may crack down on pro-Palestinian protestersEnglish81·6 months agoAren’t the elections over? Whatever “strategic” excuse for supporting Biden/Harris is gone now. It’s a bi-partisan policy of unconditional support for Israel.
It’s true Trump will be more extreme, but there is no longer any excuse for going easy on Biden/Harris, if there ever was.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlto Progressive Politics@lemmy.world•AOC votes to back Israel lobby's bogus "anti-Semitism" definitionEnglish31·6 months agoWow, that is very disappointing, to put it mildly. Of course, it is just the latest in a series of actions that have pulled her away from support for Palestine. Her Instagram meeting on antisemitism with 3 pro-israel figures, plus her awful speech in support of Harris at the DNC gave us a clear indication of her direction.
I’m pretty sure that you can click by that and still read the full article.