The last United Nations-brokered truce in Yemen ended in October of 2022. While there have not been significant airstrikes or major military offensives since the truce began in April 2022, the warring parties—including Houthi forces, the Yemeni government, and the Saudi- and United Arab Emirates (UAE)-led coalition—have continued to commit serious international human rights and humanitarian law violations in Yemen.
Violations include unlawful attacks that have killed civilians; restrictions on freedom of movement and humanitarian access to and from Taizz, Yemen’s third-largest city; arbitrary detentions; and forced internal displacement. Saudi border guards have carried out mass killings of Ethiopian migrants at the Yemeni border, which may amount to crimes against humanity.
(2024 report)
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2024/country-chapters/yemen
This is by far one of the worst conflicts that has been happening for many years, and its still very much ongoing, yet little to none is reported by press. Over the many years Yeman has been ignored by our media.
A place that has seen hundreds of thousands killed, Saudi Aribia and the coalition get their "weapons" mainly from UK and other countries and yet not one big protest has happened.
Just makes you think, or it should make you think, why does one conflict get news coverage and why does another worse conflict get mainly ignored? Why do people take to the streets to protest one conflict while a worse conflict gets ignored? Why do students take a stance about their government supplying another with weapons that are used in a conflict and demand a boycott while they same students have ignored what happens to another countries civilians?
@ecksmc
Dude. 😳 💔
I don't know.
Are there no billionaires who care about Yemen like they care about Gaza?
I think it boils down to money.
@janallmac only thing most billionaires care about is money - imo its media manipulation that cause it
Turn on any news channel you'll get coverage of Gaza Israel war, Iran and Lebanon also, go to any media news site its probably the first thing you'll see - this has been ongoing since start - now you have to ask yourself who are they journalists and ask yourself what do they actually believe, do they have an agenda? Again imo most journalists do have some sorta hidden agenda
@janallmac as for money billionaires profit from wars << most will find a way to make money >> reporting a thing means no money(for some)
So, I wouldn't say its about money in that regard
Now billionaires, some, will no doubt have shares in the weapons companies and MPs < less reporting less backlash = more cash (if they own shares in they companies that is)
Money plays a silent roll in wars/conflict mostly
Gaza and Israel war is an information war and hamas knew it controlled that part
@ecksmc
So...
How does Hamas get the money to control the information? They must have allies with big voices and deep pockets. It is clearly an information war, I can see that easily.
And it sounds like you think maybe people (weapons manufacturers) are profiting on the Yemen war not being reported on. 🤔
@janallmac aid
Its simply from aid from all governments as well as the many charities hamas controlled all that influx of cash since they seized tool control and roll of government in Gaza back in 2016-ish - they have been in power since and stopped votes altogether to stay in power
They've profited millions, billions over thet years
All that money has been used in an information war that dates back to before this war
@janallmac then you also have education and people not understanding the real history of that area hamas knew all this waited and waited then put there plan into actual action
Weapons manufactures are profiting - they'd have probably profited less if Yemen war had been covered the same as Gaza Israel - they'd have still profited though just not as much
@ecksmc Yeah, people generally don't understand the history of that area very well. And then false parallels are drawn between that region and the U.S., which people in the U.S. understand better, and can thus be tricked into sympathizing with some very cruel, violent, and dishonest entities.
@janallmac did you read the thread?
As for the football club >> Club origins: Celtic was founded by Irish Catholic immigrants in Glasgow to help poor families, and many fans consider themselves the club's immigrant children - Palestine is basically seen as a mirror image of Ireland and then, in turn, Celtic reflects Ireland in many ways.
There are other posts in that thread about Jewish teachers leaving the teachers union because of antisemitism and rhetoric within the education system
@ecksmc
I skimmed it. 😬 Sorry. Ireland, not Scotland. I see.
@janallmac ahhhh gotcha lol yes you were spot on then 👍
It was mainly the education thing i posted that link for anyway - when teachers show a bias then students being taught by them will eventually become bias over years of being taught that bias - is my point 😉
@ecksmc
Yeah... we have different educational institutions here with a wide variety of teachers, and I have also been thinking about that recently.
One of my closest friends is a physics professor, and I generally love teachers. 💜
But I can see how systemic bias can be problematic. 🤔
And in SO many ways! Not just one way.
For example, where I live, people re-wrote history textbooks to try to whitewash how awful slavery was! I lived that. I know how bias works.
@ecksmc
So if you have politicians and teachers lying to you since childhood, which they demonstrably will do, that will fuck up your world view in myriad ways. 😟 💔
@janallmac indeed
Its up to individuals to keep learning - read things that take us out of our wee bubbles and that makes us feel comfortable - read both sides also and at least try and understand instead of just thinking "i was taught this it must he true"
Everyone can show bias from time to time - I'm not immune thats for sure - keeping an open mind and accepting you could be wrong, been taught wrong, didn't fully understand something, is key - there's always two sides - sometimes more 😉
@ecksmc
Oh... so the gist of this is they're drawing parallels between Britain invading Scotland and the situation in Gaza? Where Israel is supposedly Britain and Gaza is supposedly Scotland? 🤔 Did I get this right?
If that's the case, then it's a tactic for sure! It's a communications tactic.
And they're using it wherever they can, to bypass facts and play on ancestral emotions.