In Episode 160 [21] of the CounterVortex podcast [22], Bill Weinberg notes hideous ironies in the current horrific headlines. Russia was excluded from the official commemorations [23] of Holocaust Day [24] at Auschwitz-Birkenau as it pursues its war of aggression and extermination in Ukraine in the perverse name of "de-nazification [25]." But Israeli flags were of course displayed at the commemoration—even as Israel escalates toward a genocidal solution [26] to the Palestinian question [27]. The fundamental contradiction driving the conflict is the expropriation of the Palestinian people of their lands [28], and the denial of their self-determination by Israel. The emergence of an explicitly anti-Zionist bloc [29] in the protests against the new far-right government in Israel is a sign of hope. The US, however, is undertaking its biggest joint military exercises [30] ever with the new Israeli regime, despite Biden's supposed rejection of its extremist policies of settlement expansion and annexation [28]—viewing the Jewish State as a strategic ally against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Meanwhile, the oppressive regime [31] in Iran treats minority peoples such as the Kurds [32], Baluch [33], Ahwazi [34] and Baha'i [35] much as Israel treats the Palestinians. Listen on SoundCloud [21] or via Patreon [36].
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