Continuing their state-protected tour of violence, dozens of Israeli fans beat a french fan in the stands of the France v Israel match the other night. Some media has framed it as 'booing and clashes' but more and more videos from the game have been appearing since then.

Police and security did little to nothing to stop the violence as fans further down the stands looked on helplessly, but arrested French fans trying to get others out of the mob of Israeli hooligans. After the match an Israeli fan in an IDF tee shirt was interviewed by the French media grinning and saying the level of security was "wonderful, magnificent, maybe too much even" before pointing out that they had a "small incident in Block K" which they dealt with "directly". There's also video of French fans showing police and security, with video evidence on their phones, that the Israel fans were the aggressors. Of course they were ignored.

Macron and other French ministers were at the match to "show their support for fighting anti-semitism" after Amsterdam. They didn't mention or condemn the Israeli violence against French fans afterward from what I can see.

When the leaders of European states repeatedly and reflexively defend Israeli violence against and above their own citizens as victims - in countries that are already sliding ever-rightward - they're pouring fuel on the kindling of actual antisemitism. It's going to end very badly indeed.

* taps sign *

They quietly changed the name a few weeks back when the inital reporting about their actions in Gaza came out. MFs know exactly how bad it looks and can't profess innocence.

Every government minister and military official since this latests, worst extermination campaign began should unironically be sent to the

Love a 'lil PC.

If Prager was dead I assume I and everyone else on Earth would have gotten a gleeful phonecall from Dave Anthony to tell us the news personally.

And Maradona's agent and mate apparantly. Huh.

approved.

Is this the famous sister?

Am I ignoring easily confirmable facts in order to support genocide while pretending I'm a victim?

No. It's my husband who has always been a secret racist against me.

I believe you pay for the privilege too.

I don't think you need to organise a specific false-flag style plan, when starting shit and then falling to the ground screaming at the refs has been your standard practice for decades. Especially when 'the refs' in this case are the reactionary media/state apparatus that has thier own multitude of interests in promoting Zionism and supressing dissent (dependence on the US, weapons sales, political contributions, media grants, growing unrest at home about declining conditions, Israel as a laboratory for oppressive foreign and domestic policy etc).

The original reporting in Hebrew before the trip said Mossad agents were travelling with the team rather than the fans. I'm not saying that it impossible or even unlikely that some may have enjoyed joining their fash cohorts in putting the boot into people they hate either on the streets over those two nights or in the political and media response afterward, but just for the sake of accuracy I think that's worth mentioning.

There is no doubt however that the Israeli state has a number of well-oiled machines and even government departments whose entire purpose is to do this whenever they believe they can take advantage of events and twist them to their benefit. Most states do this to some degree, but Israel puts an absurd amount of money, technology, and manpower behind their efforts even comparatively.

I think it's business as usual.

Just wanted to say thanks for the simple, clear timeline breakdown. I've been following this over the last couple of days as it (inevitably, when you give fash free reign) but even so having it clearly marked out in the thread is useful.

Damn. Spain really can't catch a break and the state response has been atrocious. Girona is already treated like an afterthought by government in that part of the world.

Oh, one hundred percent. Depending on their age, seeing their father finally get an appropriate reaction for that sort of behaviour might be shocking but more positive than the alternative. But there's no doubt the kid is a victim too, and for all the joy I see in the fash getting the appropriate response, the fact they were willing to try it in front of their kid is grim. The child will have to live with a racist, violent POS father who will almost certainly turn that rage on him at some point, and at a minumum will grow up in the shadow of the some of the most heinous racism, hate, and brainwashing just as background noise. And all of that is before the fact that he's a negligent enough parent to abandon his kind while he takes up weapons and tries to assault or kill peaceful strangers.

That's a little better, but seems like a weird UI oversight.

They're not even bothering with that here in the UK from what I've seen. To write or believe the kind of coverage our media is putting out you'd have to have:

• Not followed any news or discussion about Israel or the reaction to protests in the last year.
• Have no access to social media whatsoever, which it's been all over since they they started doing this shit the day before the game.
• Never have experienced being around Israeli tourists ever.
• Know aboslutely nothing about international football and have actively avoided news following the Champions League all summer.
• Not even watched the Euros earlier this year and seen the behaviour of Israel fans.

Any one of these things would clue you into the fact that this Israeli fash-hooligan innocence narrative isn't just cynical, but absolutely absurd on the face of it.

So I couldn't agree more. At best people will accurately look at the media and just go, 'lying to our faces and taking us for idiots as usual, especially about Israel lately' and more dangerously, potentially they'll go 'well the media must be controlled by Jews because why else would they shill such an obvious and insulting lie'. Even if you're in legacy media I suspect neither of these outcomes would be good for you, never mind potentially fuelling actual antisemitism.

I was just about to say, that's definitely the one. He's definitely Matan Ahlfield as all his business and LinkedIn profiles went dark afterwards. And whilst it's not really important except to demonstrate that this is absolutely a 1% scumbag (amongst other things) getting his arse handed to him, that car he left his kid in to attack peaceful protestors with a weapon cost anywhere between $200-300k.

Yeah, are they genuinely not already doing this kind of stuff already? My Xiaomi does that as well as adaptive charging based on my usage etc.

It's from last year, but the album "Altutude" by Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives is still my go to upbeat, uplifting record. A lifetime legend of country music doing an unapologetically fun, slightly psychadelic nod to not just The Byrds, but British 60s pop, and Mowtown. It's lively, funny, catchy, and even what could be more melancholy songs have a strong vibe of optimism - Space is a chill guitar lick about being overwhelmed by society, but finding peace in nature, A Friend Of Mine is all about solidarity from the the universality of shit going wrong, Sitting Alone is about feeling disconnected but it being a blissful experience that allows you to enjoy the simple things, and so on.

You could argue that a pandemic which killed millions while Trump talked about drinking bleach was their Truss tanks the economy in a day moment. 2020 was an abboration that got Biden over the line. I'd argue the yanks are one election cycle ahead on this trajectory compare to us Brits, rather than one election cycle behind.