I posted something a few weeks ago or so where they made a similar request/protest, it just got lost in all the other news.

Everyone in the IDF: Too late.

And from the comments you have made twice now, again- this is my interpretation, you seem to be saying that there is no point in trying to resist from within.

I didn’t say this or infer it. I’m sorry but your interpretation is wrong. I agree with you, everyone who stays and wants to fight should do so. But I also don’t think this exodus will necessarily have a negative impact on any such struggle. It may even open up new spaces for new activists and organisers. We’ll see I guess.

Hold up, can we start over?

Just so you know I haven’t downvoted any of your comments.

I don’t think I have implied that anything isn’t a ‘big deal’ or that this is ‘100% positive’ or that I’m engaging in ‘black-and-white thinking’.

I did point out that Israeli settlers have been doing the things you suggest they do such as organising in opposition for decades without much success. This includes protests, campaigns, conscription and military refusal, opposition political parties and so on.

I do think if more people emigrate from Israel it will better and I linked to a piece by someone who renounced their citizenship that goes into detail about why this is the case. Perhaps if you disagree with this sentiment you could check this article out and let me know which parts you have issue with.

I don’t think I’ve taken anything you said out of context and I’d appreciate if you could pay me the same courtesy.

People will continue to organise opposition within Israel. I haven’t said or implied that anything isn’t a ‘big deal’ (perhaps you meant the other person who replied to you).

I’m not sure what you meant by this:

Again, I don’t blame anyone for leaving, I would do so myself. But I’m not going to act like that is going to be bad for Israel’s agenda in every way.

They have been doing these things for decades in Israel and things have only gotten worse. I think the more people that continue to leave and the more that can be discouraged from ever going there the better. One thing (among many) all these people can and should be encouraged to do is to renounce thier Israeli citizenship.

Thanks! I’ll check it out.

It’s very early days. I’ve shared some news and analysis from different perspectives at !syria@lemmy.world over the past few weeks for anyone looking to wrap their heads around what’s unfolding.

Annual Analytical and Statistical Report on Human Rights in Iran for the year 2024
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)

HRANA – The following report is the result of collecting, analyzing, and documenting 9,160 reports on the state of human rights published by news sources over the past calendar year (January 1, 2024, to December 20, 2024). This report, released in two versions—concise and comprehensive (accompanied by charts and graphs)—provides analyses, including the issuance of more than 33,442 months of prison sentences for critics and the sentencing of citizens to 9957 lashes, despite the inhumane nature of this punishment. Additionally, at least 883 citizens have been executed. This report, reflecting a summary of published information on the state of human rights in Iran, along with its extensive statistical data, can be read in full below.

Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRA), through the dedicated efforts of its Department of Statistics and Publications, publishes its annual Gregorian calendar-based analytical and statistical report on the human rights situation in Iran for the one-year period (January 1, 2024, to December 20, 2024). This report is the culmination of the organization’s daily endeavors in recent years, forming part of a daily statistical project that began in 2009. It provides an analytical-statistical overview of human rights in Iran.

This annual report on human rights violations in Iran represents a synthesis of 9,160 human rights reports, gathered from 116 legal and news sources within the past calendar year. HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency) contributed 38.56% of the reports utilized in this publication, with 26.57% originating from official or government-affiliated Iranian sources, and the remaining 34.87% from other news or human rights sources.

In this 86-page report, various aspects such as women’s rights, workers’ rights, children’s rights, prisoners’ rights, etc., are briefly examined and statistically analyzed, accompanied by relevant charts for enhanced reader comprehension. According to this report, the focus of human rights monitoring in Iran, in comparison between the capital and other areas, remains unequal. This long-standing inequality shows that in the last year, reporting from non-central areas has decreased by 9.6% compared to the capital. This situation continues to indicate the lack of adequate monitoring of other areas of the country relative to the center by civil society.

Although this report predominantly reflects the extensive efforts of courageous human rights defenders in Iran, who bear significant costs in pursuit of their humanitarian ideals, it inevitably has limitations. These include restrictions on the activities of human rights organizations by the Iranian government and governmental impediments to the free flow of information. Consequently, while this report strives for accuracy, it cannot be considered entirely error-free or a complete reflection of the human rights situation in Iran. Nevertheless, it stands as one of the most precise, comprehensive, and well-documented reports on human rights violations in Iran, offering valuable insights for organizations and defenders of human rights to better understand the human rights situation in Iran, its challenges, and potential opportunities.

Read more …

Yeah we’ll have to wait and see.

Crosspost was removed for being ‘Not onion-y’. Oh well.

Crossposted 👍

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Try Bedrock Linux and tell us all about it.

Neat. Thanks. It must be unusual though. That publication seems to have only used it in the title because it’s part of a quote that is the basis for the article. They don’t use that phrasing anywhere else except in a longer quote in the body. Elsewhere they use more common phrasing like ‘go private’.

Yeah that’s what I meant 👍

I’ve not heard the term privatisation used in this way. This company is already privately owned, just not by a single individual or entity. That’s not the same thing as being publicly owned, at least here in Australia it’s not.

Tacoma.