#Israel’s factories grind to a halt as foreign technicians refuse to come

Cottage cheese shortage exposed a broader crisis across Israeli industry, where foreign technicians are refusing to install or repair imported machinery, leaving multimillion-shekel production lines idle and manufacturers improvising remote fixes

A shortage of Tnuva cottage cheese caused by a malfunction in a sophisticated system purchased abroad has exposed a much broader problem facing Israeli manufacturers. Factories across the country say they have become increasingly isolated, with foreign technicians refusing to travel to Israel even when they are needed to install, maintain or repair industrial machinery

#BDS
#FuckIsrael

Where the USA and Israel blurs into one big fascist state.....

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/21/muslim-leader-ice-detention-wisconsin

#ICE #ICEMUSTBEDESTROYED #FuckICE #Israel #USA #Politics #Fascism #Islam #Wisconsin #Islamophobia

Don't like "going to church"?

Personally, I do not like sitting still in the pew of a man-made church. But I think that is fine with the Lord.

Jesus had his church in the olive groves and on the beaches of the Sea of Galilee.

#Jesus #Israel #beach #SeaofGalilee

"#Egypt had enough to argue about without inventing a #conspiracy.

Its #WorldCup run ended in a 3-2 loss to #Argentina after Egypt had led 2-0. A goal by #MostafaZiko was ruled out after a video assistant referee (#VAR) review, and Egypt complained about the officiating. Fans argued about the referee, the late collapse, and whether #FIFA’s system had failed.

That is #soccer.

Then the explanation moved somewhere else.

In parts of #Arabic-language media and online discourse, Egypt had not simply lost to Argentina. It had lost to FIFA, #Zionism, #Israel, the referee, #LionelMessi, #Argentinian President #JavierMilei, Prime Minister #BenjaminNetanyahu, and a hidden system built to keep Egypt out.

One #Egyptian commentator made the claim openly: Egypt had lost to “Zionism, the referee, FIFA, and Argentina.”

That was not match analysis. It was the oldest #conspiracytheory in a new stadium – a new version of the mutating virus that is #antisemitism."

https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-902474

More on that Blue Square poll/survey...

"More #Americans say questioning the #Holocaust is not #antisemitic and express agreement with anti-#Jewish stereotypes, according to a survey the #BlueSquareAlliance Against Hate released on Thursday.

The #poll of 7,053 #US adults, conducted from March 4 to April 3, found that 32% of respondents said they do not believe questioning the Holocaust is antisemitic, up from 26% in August 2025.

The #survey’s margin of sampling error is ±0.92 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.

Agreement with all 10 antisemitic #tropes tracked by the survey—including claims that #Jews control #Hollywood and the #media or are more loyal to #Israel than the #UnitedStates—also increased since summer 2025. The rise in agreement with individual statements ranged from 12% to 38%, according to the survey."

https://www.jns.org/news/u-s-news/more-americans-reject-link-between-holocaust-denial-antisemitism-as-anti-jewish-attitudes-rise-survey

Y'all, let's talk about #WAZE. It is blowing up on the socials because someone read the #TOS. This happens every couple of years. The terms everyone is freaking out about is that the app, even though owned by #google, is protected by #Israel's laws, not #US. But only for #Americans. The #EU app doesn't have that provision.

The US provision has been there since 2008. What should be of more concern is that it was founded by members of 8200, and it is possibly the largest continuously updating surveillance database in the world.

Researchers say that it is still possible to identify and track users of the platform via api interception. (I have not verified.)

I wouldn't install it. Your risk acceptance level may be different. But the TOS hasn't changed. They've always been #Israeli crowdsourced #surveillance.

https://undercodetesting.com/wazes-silent-surveillance-how-a-navigation-app-became-the-worlds-largest-crowdsourced-tracking-tool-video/

TOS: https://support.google.com/waze/answer/12373727?hl=en (ctrl F Israel)

#RadioWarNerd welcomes #AdamJohnson to talk about his new book #HowToSellAGenocide: The #Media's Complicity in the Destruction of #Gaza, all royalties from which go to Middle East Children's Alliance

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-rerbx-2f7ac4c4
#GazaCoverage #Palestine #Israel #PalestineCoverage #USmedia #USpol #mediaCriticism #MSM #books @bookstodon

July in Israel is not a month. It is an oven setting. 🥵🇮🇱

We are talking 13 hours of blazing sun a day, zero rain, humid Tel Aviv afternoons, and the Dead Sea area pushing past 40 degrees. Israelis do not just endure this. We have an entire survival system, and it comes with its own vocabulary.

In an Israeli summer, certain words stop being words and become lifelines. The signs you scan for on every street. The things you ask for the moment you walk in somewhere.

In today’s video I teach you the exact Hebrew words to look for when you are out and about and the heat is winning. Learn them, and you will navigate an Israeli summer like a local.

How hot does it get where you live? 🌡️👇

#LearnHebrew #Hebrew #Israel #IsraelTravel #SummerVibes

One of the wealthiest enclaves in the PNW with somewhere between 1k and 1.5k Jews in it. Fucking 🤡s.

What's up with the rich white gentiles these days?

"In a text message, he said the point of the remark was to push back on what is constituted as #antisemitism and said he was surprised by the negative reaction it has received.

“My intention is never to influence opinion or fan flames, but to say: it’s okay to raise eyebrows, though I hope my messages reflect a depth of understanding others find in themselves but not always in the world around them,” said #Perry by text message. “Through the media I consume, I believe modern-day antisemitism is exaggerated, mostly as a defense for #Israel’s actions in the #MiddleEast and its involvement in our politics, and my intention in referencing #Jewish people on the marquee was to prod at everything being seemingly #antisemitic with a statement that couldn’t possibly be construed as antisemitic.”

https://portlandtribune.com/2026/07/17/lake-oswego-theater-marquee-sparks-outrage-in-jewish-community/

Imagine being so delusional you think there's gonna be a Jewish president nowadays 🤪

"#Ossoff, 39, were he to run and win, would be the first #Jewish #president of the #UnitedStates, and his Jewish identity has crept into discussions about his potential candidacy.

He has drawn comparisons to #BarackObama, who said in 2006 that he “will not” run for president, two years before he did so successfully.

The buzz around Ossoff has largely focused on his sharp criticism of #Trump, attracting some prominent #leftwing figures. #Progressives such as Gen Z commentator #JackCocchiarella and #ZohranMamdani adviser #MorrisKatz have lauded Ossoff’s messaging.

Left-wing streamer #HasanPiker — a harsh #Israel critic who has drawn allegations of #antisemitism — said Ossoff “will be my dark horse pick, depending on how he presents himself if he has ambitions for higher office.”

One subject that Ossoff has largely steered clear of during his reelection campaign is Israel..."

https://forward.com/fast-forward/838685/how-a-trump-attack-on-jon-ossoff-could-fuel-the-first-jewish-presidency/

July Activities in Hebrew ☀️

Event, Festivals, & Attractions are in full bloom!

#LearnHebrew #SummerTime #Language #Israel #Events

"[T]he message sent to the industry was clear: If you work with #Jewish #authors, it will cost you.

Aware that even the staggering evidence I was amassing remained anecdotal, I wanted to find a way to track the impact of what was happening more empirically.

I turned to #PublishersMarketplace, the leading industry database where many #book deals are announced, and reviewed #fiction deals for #books by #Jewishauthors that publicly signaled Jewish or #Israeli content. What I found was grim. Between 2023 and 2024, there was a 76% decline in fiction deal announcements to large presses that mentioned #Jews, #Judaism or #Israel. The numbers improved somewhat in 2025, but they did not recover. Compared with 2023, announced sales of #Jewishbooks were still down 47% at large presses.

And the early 2026 numbers are worse..."

https://www.jta.org/2026/07/16/ideas/i-gathered-the-data-on-jewish-fiction-publishing-the-trends-are-alarming

Colombia’s Outgoing President Says Israeli Firm Meddled in Election

He alleges social media bots spread ‘millions of lies’ about the leftwing candidate

https://novaramedia.com/2026/07/15/colombias-outgoing-president-says-israeli-firm-meddled-in-election/

#GustavoPetro #IvanCepeda #BlackCore #IsraHell #IsraelTerroristState #colombia #FuckIsrael #leftwing #izquierda #israel #misinformation #fakenews #corruption

Holiday resort for war criminals. Cartoon from 2024.

#Netanyahu #Putin #Russia #Israel

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Cartoon showing a pool filled with blood, with Putin and Netanyahu lounging on an airbed and an inflatable tire, drinking champagne. The blood is flowing into the pool from several streams, coming from a ruined school, a hospital and a playground. A sign reads 'Holiday resort for war criminals'.

#SpeakingOutOfPlace welcomes #RobinAndersen, author of #TheComplicitLens

"We discuss in depth the ways that the New York Times, CNN, and other #legacyMedia outlets became little more than Israeli propaganda organs, uncritically feeding IDF narratives, images, and self-declared expertise while not only discrediting Palestinian voices, but also becoming complicit with #Israel’s policy of censorship by murder"

https://speakingoutofplace.buzzsprout.com/2084729/episodes/19421753-the-journalistic-malpractice-that-fueled-a-genocide-robin-andersen-on-complicit-lens
#Gaza #Palestine #mediaCriticism #media #books @bookstodon

"For years, #AnnaSoyfer opposed #gun ownership, her views shaped by stories of #schoolshootings and the easy availability of #firearms. Then came the #Oct7 attacks in #Israel, followed by a surge in #antisemitism that made her and her husband rethink what keeping their family safe might look like. This spring, they became among the first members of a #Jewish #firearm training group that launched in #StLouis.

“Historically, I’ve been against gun ownership,” Soyfer said. “But with the increase in antisemitism, we feel more and more that our safety is in our hands.”

As Jewish gun groups continue to grow nationwide, St. Louis is proving to be part of that trend.

The St. Louis chapter of #Lox&Loaded, a national organization focused on firearm safety and training within the Jewish community, began meeting in May..."

https://stljewishlight.org/uncategorized/jewish-gun-training-in-st-louis/

I had an unexpected chance to hear Sen. #LindseyGraham speak years ago (a picture I took, below). In the face of the ugliness of death, I don't want to post a partisan comment, but simply appreciate the service of a fellow image bearer, who served my country both in and out of uniform and did some things one would hope sit outside our divisions. His views were complex enough in our simple partisan age that I suspect most of us agreed with him on some things and disagreed on others -- that's how it is supposed to be. It isn't often you can read remarkably warm reflections upon the passing of a politician from people as far apart as Sen. #AmyKlobuchar and President #DonaldTrump, but with Graham you can today, because he seemed to actually want to work with people for the causes he believed in (and while he quietly and in a non-showy way cared for his family, at least from when he adopted his sister at age 19 after their parents died). And, I know I always appreciated the consistency with which he stood up against some of the great evils of our age in foreign policy, a rare consistent voice for freedom and democracy, against those attacking #Ukraine, #Israel and beyond.

"#PENAmerica’s president has resigned after the #freespeech group released a report detailing how #Israeli and #Jewish #writers have faced “rising isolation and exclusion” in the aftermath of 2023’s #Oct7 attacks in #Israel and the subsequent war in #Gaza.

The #Ethiopian #novelist #DinawMengestu had held the organization’s leadership position since December 2025. He told The #NewYorkTimes that Pen America’s report, which examines the impacts of cultural boycotts, unfairly maligns the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement, an attempt to economically isolate Israel.

The July 9 report, titled “A Silent Moratorium,” was the work of three #authors. They include PEN America’s editorial director #LisaTolin, a veteran of #NBCNews and the #AssociatedPress, as well as its chief communications officer #GeraldineBaum, a longtime former staff #writer for #TheLosAngelesTimes who earned a #Pulitzer Prize for Public Service early in her career at #Newsday."

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/pen-america-report-jewish-writers-president-resigns-1236646474/

July in Israel is a whole different world. 🇮🇱☀️

Film festivals under the stars, dancing in the streets, music everywhere, and the Mediterranean summer in full swing. In today’s video I take you through the top events that light up Israel every July, what they are, and exactly how to pronounce them like a local.

Consider this your insider’s calendar. Watch, learn, and tell me which one you would love to experience in person. 👇

COMMENT “166” for the link or CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-DLIJPwOsA

#Israel #LearnHebrew #Hebrew #SummerTime #JewishLife

"Yes, #Israel has become a bright-red dividing line among #Democrats. Yes, it’s an important issue right now in #American #politics. But if this means #Jews in the public square cannot be credible on any subject, then that is disturbing, to say the least. It’s a trope that smacks of #theProtocols of the #EldersofZion, which claimed that Jews orchestrate shadowy networks of power. Today, this perverse logic would disqualify the vast majority of #AmericanJews from ever weighing in on politics at all."

https://www.notus.org/perspectives/not-everything-is-about-israel-including-graham-platner

Introducing CLEANR® 2.0*: now for Mastodon and the fediverse. Our moderators are hard at work silencing and suspending accounts of Gazans from Palestine.

CLEANR® 2.0: making virtual ethnic cleansing a reality. Because life’s too short to see injustice™

* 100% of proceeds go to supporting Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people.

** CLEANR® 1.0 still available from https://medium.com/slackjaw/homelessness-solved-you-re-welcome-efd11fc64960

#mastodon #fediverse #zionism #israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism

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CLEANR® glasses (version 1.0): hide homeless people you don’t want to see behind potted plants, etc. Because life’s too short to see injustice.

Hey, @staff, why are you hiding the profile of one of Gaza Verified’s team? (@rania40)

Can we please get full transparency on how this happened and who approved it and why?

CC @casey

#GazaVerified #israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #Palestine #Gaza #StopIsrael #FreePalestine

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Gaza Verified team member Aya’s profile hidden on mastodon.social.

July in Israel is a whole different world. 🇮🇱☀️

Film festivals under the stars, dancing in the streets, music everywhere, and the Mediterranean summer in full swing. In today’s video I take you through the top events that light up Israel every July, what they are, and exactly how to pronounce them like a local.

Consider this your insider’s calendar. Watch, learn, and tell me which one you would love to experience in person. 👇

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-DLIJPwOsA

#Israel #LearnHebrew #Hebrew #IsraelTravel #JewishLife

Speaking of YouTube Views, Stay Tuned!

Sunday at 12 noon (Eastern Standard) my newest Video Lesson will Premiere.

It’s all about navigating July Events in Israel, What are they and How to pronounce them 🥳

If you’re not SUBSCRIBED search “Hebrew by Inbal” on YouTube or CLICK https://www.youtube.com/hebrewbyinbal (Don’t Forget to hit the Notification Bell)

See you there and get ready for a fun one 🤗

#LearnHebrew #HebrewForBeginners #Israel #Jewish #LanguageLearning

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@davidculley/116901810180469664

From the i-did-nazi-that-one-coming department.

Also: https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/116866547547121657

#germany #israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #Gaza #Palestine.

“The bloody Germans had the gall to tell an Israeli Jew that he's an anti-Semite…”

“The Germans have not learned a thing. They've simply shifted their contempt from their victim to the victim of their victim!” - Dr. Gabor Mate', Holocaust survivor

#Germany #Israel #NoOtherLand #Apartheid #Genocide

I usually explain the difference between open source and free software as “open as in open for business versus free as in freedom” but maybe I should start using “open as in open to profiting from genocide” instead.

#RedHat #openSource #Linux #IBM #Holocaust #israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism

RE: https://floss.social/@thepeoplestech/116850728885333806

Red Hat? Complicit in genocide, you say?

Red Hat as in the Red Hat owned by IBM that was complicit in the Holocaust?

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

#RedHat #openSource #Linux #IBM #Holocaust #israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism

This rings a bell, could swear I’ve heard something like this before

#ukpolitics #bbc #news #EU #Labour #keirstarmer #Starmer #labourparty #RejoinEU #trump #DonaldTrump #MAGA #uspol #uspolitics #TrumpIsAPedo #epsteinfiles #epsteinfury #TaxTheRich #FuckTrump #iran #iranwar #gaza #gazagenocide #israel #IsraelTerroristState #Genocide #hormuz #StraitOfHormuz #netanyahu #netanyahuwarcriminal

RE: https://chaos.social/@ordnung/116883324439423468

Question: Has chaos.social taken any action against the moderator who muted accounts that are Gaza Verified? I mean, you understand what an inhumane action this is, yes?

“These accounts are verified as belonging to people suffering genocide in Palestine. I will now mute them.”

That is not a “mistake.”

That is evil.

That is genocide complicity.

Is this person still moderating your instance?

#israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #mastodon #fediverse #moderation #zionism #chaosSocial

You guys know what to do: report and block this genocide-complicit zionist hasbara account.

#israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #hasbara #fediverse #mastodon #sockPuppet

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RubyRelay @RubyRelay@ruby.social 3h @aral CONGRATS YOU JUST INCITED GENOCIDE UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW October 7 was genocide (Shalev 2024). Since the Rwandan Genocide, genocide inversion has been recognized as incitement, see Des Forges 1999, Benesch 2008, Marcus 2012,

ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan stated that Israel threatened his wife and children if he continued pursuing arrest warrants against its leaders accused of committing genocide.

In an interview with Al Arabiya English, Khan said that a 5,000-page report issued by the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services cleared him of any wrongdoing. He added that the ICC Bureau, the court’s main oversight body, appointed three judges to review the report, and they confirmed on 21 March 2026 that there was no evidence indicating any misconduct.

He also said that he had not fully understood the extent of influence held by governments and states he described as aligned with the US and Israel, noting that 12 US senators contacted him and threatened his family if he continued pursuing action against Israel.

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Genocide

Lol. Shapiro is completely delusional. Look around at reality as it is, not how you wish it to be, dude.

"#Pennsylvania Gov. #JoshShapiro, a #Democrat, said his #Jewish faith will not stand in the way of his political future and pushed back against suggestions it could be a liability amid rising #antisemitism and anti-#Israel sentiment.

In an #interview on #CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, #Shapiro declined to address speculation about a possible 2028 presidential run, saying instead that he remains focused on governing Pennsylvania.

“What I have found in my years of service in government is that the public wants you to be who you are,” the #governor said. “Let them know what motivates you to serve and why you do this work.”

https://www.jns.org/news/u-s-news/shapiro-says-jewish-faith-wont-deter-political-future-amid-democratic-divisions-over-israel

Sometimes I post articles that aren't about #zionism or #antizionism, but have those words in the pull quote because it drives weirdos who are blocked by babka to post even though I can't see their comments unless I'm using #Jewish search terms from my alt account looking for cool articles.

I'm not sure why, but when I come across these ghost posts it makes me giggle to myself. Every time.

Zero of my posts are about #Israel except as it maybe impacts the diaspora, but they just can't help themselves anyway. Oftentimes actually proving the pull quote accurate. 🤣

Nuggets of joy.