I just purchased a print of this original work “Repentance” by Inga Solveig. You can, too.
The atrocities committed by Israel seem to escalate with each passing day as if the ICJ ruling that they were likely guilty of genocide accelerated their efforts. I avoid war porn but in the week that U.S. Airman Aaron Bushnell sacrificed his own safety in an attempt to protect Palestinians from violence inflicted by our country, it’s surreal how fast the horrors are piling up.
Trigger warning: disturbing content follows.
Video here if you can stand to watch it. This is not what 5 month old babies typically look like, and the mother is reportedly too malnourished to produce milk to feed her infant.)
Zionists defining a new level of barbarity in human history
BREAKING| Scenes of casualties following an Israeli massacre, which targeted thousands of hungry people at Al Rasheed Street in northern Gaza this morning.
At least 112 Palestinians waiting for food aid killed and 760 wounded after being shot at by Israeli forces in Gaza.
“Life draining out of Gaza at terrifying speed,” says UN aid chief Martin Griffiths on aid seeker attack, as death toll in Gaza crosses 30,000-mark.
In some cases, food aid boxes have been dropped into the surf so that people have to swim out to get it. Israeli snipers shot them, too, according to witnesses. Haven’t seen any photos of that.
The UN Security Council is set to meet later today about the killing of starving, dehydrated aid seekers. Another veto opportunity for the U.S.?
And finally, how could we overlook the citizens of Israel out on the borders blocking aid trucks by erecting macabre facsimiles of carnivals with bouncy castles and cotton candy machines to delight the children.
Israelis set up a jumping castle and organized a picnic with popcorn and cotton candy at Karem Abu Salem border crossing to prevent trucks of humanitarian aid from entering Gaza.
Meanwhile, more reports have been surfacing regarding deaths from starvation in Gaza, especially… pic.twitter.com/Vu5vw5OR6X
Not the beautiful starving children of Gaza, dehydrated, orphaned, and mourned.
Only the well-fed, housed, and hydrated Zionist children.
Because apartheid is the enormous, vicious lie that some children are worth more than other children.
If you’re able to, you might join me in donating to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund. It was named as a beneficiary in Aaron Bushnell’s last will and testament, a man who could not stay alive in the face of his complicity in all these atrocities.
The Navy destroyer Carney fires missiles to counter drone and missile fire by Houthi rebels in Yemen on Oct. 19, 2023, in the Red Sea. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Lau/Navy)
Folks are looking for facts about genocide profiteering in our state (Maine) that they can identify sources for so I made a one-pager that’s more like two. I relied on AFSC’s fairly current research published here and also Christian Sorensen’s deep research into military contracts available via his substack The Business of War.
I tried to arrange things so that you can tell which sources apply to which info. Note that within AFSC’s section there are many more links to sources for claims.
The world’s sixth largest weapons manufacturer, General Dynamics, supplies Israel with artillery ammunition and bombs for attack jets used in Israel’s assault on Gaza.
General Dynamics is the only company in the U.S. that makes the metal bodies of the MK-80 bomb series, the primary weapon type Israel uses to bomb Gaza. The bodies of the bombs are filled with explosives by the U.S. military, and then can be made into a guided bomb using Boeing‘s JDAM kits.
It is also the only company in the U.S. that makes 155mm caliber artillery shells, which have been used extensively to attack Gaza. One source reported that, by Nov. 25, one Israeli brigade fired some 10,000 such shells using BAE’s M109 howitzer.
155mm shells have been part of the U.S.’s recent weapons shipments to Israel. The U.S. is planning to send “tens of thousands of 155mm artillery shells that had been destined for Ukraine” to Israel. Their use by Israel, according to Oxfam, is “virtually assured to be indiscriminate, unlawful, and devastating to civilians in Gaza.” On Nov. 13, more than 30 organizations issued a letter opposing the transfer.
General Dynamics also partnered with Flyer Defense to develop an armored patrol vehicle that Israel is testing.
On an Oct. 25 call with investors, General Dynamics CFO, Jason Aiken, said, “I think if you look at the incremental demand potential coming out of [the attacks on Gaza], the biggest one to highlight and that really sticks out is probably on the artillery side.”
The Zumwalt, initially conceived as a littoral combat ship, has seen its mission evolve significantly. Initially, it was to support ground forces with precision-guided naval artillery shells. However, exorbitant costs and technical setbacks saw the ambitious program for 32 vessels slashed to a trio of ships, compelling the Navy to pivot towards the hypersonic upgrade. The Zumwalt, alongside its sister ships, the USS Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001) and the Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG-1002), are the beneficiaries of this redirected focus, with all three poised to receive the CPS systems.
Destroyers built in Maine are deployed in both the Mediterranean and Red Sea to support Israel.
RTX/Raytheon subsidiary Pratt & Whitney – North Berwick Aero Systems, North Berwick, ME
The world’s second largest weapons manufacturer and largest producer of guided missiles, RTX supplies the Israeli Air Force with guided air-to-surface missiles for its F-16 fighter jets, as well as cluster bombs and bunker busters, which have consistently been used against Gaza’s civilian population and infrastructure.
Pratt & Whitney manufactures engines for F-15 and F-16 fighter jets.
On an Oct. 24 call with investors, RTX CEO, Greg Hayes, said, “I think really across the entire Raytheon portfolio, you’re going to see a benefit of this restocking.”
Pratt & Whitney’s North Berwick Aero Systems facility produces world-class modules, components, and parts for commercial and military engines. The plant is more than 1 million square feet, and is the largest manufacturing facility under one roof in Maine. This site supports the full life cycle of its products from design and development to production, assembly, overhaul and repair.
