Absolutely brilliant piece bringing into focus the complicity of police forces with Israel not only in Bilbao, but the contradictions that lay bare between public acts and private dealings. That also explains to me the brutality of the German, French and US police against solidarity activists and demonstrators. Remember the brutality on college campuses with the solidarity students?!!! Such entrenched symbiotic relationships keeping this tiny colonial usurper to enjoy so much impunity for their bestial acts.
These young people need to learn to fight! I’m thinking of setting up free gyms around Asia they can come to for a six week crash course. Thoughts on such a venture?
It's hard to fight against agents of the state. At the end of the day, if the police batons don't work, they have other equipment that will. And they can get you thrown in jail if they can show you assaulted a police officer - or stepped sufficiently out of line in other ways. As has happened in the UK.
While it would be satisfying to see, and more than a few freedom sailors are physically capable the central idea of the flotillas is non violence. Right now there are massive demonstrations in the Basque regions. Direct actions are a tactic of other groups and both ways to fight are building support.
The flotilla central idea maybe is non violence. But there was at least one member of ETA among these flotilla group… do you know what ETA is? They were pretty violent in Spain
Ok then keep voting and being angry. I’m telling you, exactly zero tyrannical governments have ever ended peacefully. You can recognize that now or later. They bloody hate us. Show them that the feeling is mutual.
You wanna try that spelling again? I used to not believe that more than half of adults are functionally illiterate but now I have some evidence of that statistic. Thanks!
Oh goodness. I'm sure I have more than one word misspelled around. Thanks for being my online editor & proof reader. You help & commitment are priceless. Thanks again.
IDF training for police and riot squads has been going on for decades. Globally. It is one of israhell's many little money makers. Under the guise of “security and crowd control” cause they can't call it how to beat people withing an inch of their lives can they? And we pay for it with our taxes.
I have known that as police departments became increasingly militarized with weapons of war with both parties as what happens in dictatorships. Unfortunately
Direct energy weapons used against thousands of Americans an experiment that will be used against the masses. CIA abd FBI involved and did not get required I formed consent. People have died. The people they target are not suspected bad guys but normal folk some like me whistle blowers get added to the program. Cops can order those weapons and use them as they please. They say they are for crowd control for years but inventing new stuff and refuse to stop the experimenting
So sick of our countries making a pact with the devil and treating Israel like a normal state. End the illegal occupation as per ICJ ruling, that’s the bare minimum ‼️
You're right, that has to end, however Israel is not a nato member and does not fall under ICJ ruling. So only UN Charter or Geneva conventions can lead to treaties that can bring it in front of ICJ.
At least that's my understanding of why nothing seems to happen.
I believe that if someone is charged with war crimes under the Geneva Conventions they can be prosecuted if they go to another country which has signed up. That’s why Netanyahu will never visit Australia.
Police around world trained by IDF and this way the police become sympathetic to the brainwashing done to them by IDF. Its not just training, its removing humanity out of them and brainwashing.
And our international response is what? If you are related to any of these puppets who enforce these terrorists acts against people who just want justice for humanity- then shut them out if your family and friend circles. Go no contact.
It shouldn't be forgotten that Ertzaintza, as the Basque police, was created under a compromise with fascist parties in Madrid as a kind of safeguard against giving Basques"too much autonomy". Basques have a huge affinity with Palestinian rights. The Sanchez government is highly dependent on minority region party votes to support its delicate coalition, so his stance on Gaza is understandable and likely, genuine. The alternative are largely right wing fascists( VOX&PP) who would almost certainly reverse Sanchez's stance on Palestine.
You are right. The right and far right want him down, using all means. Pro Trump, pro Franco, pro Trump, pro israel. Sanchez, gaining credibility internationally for his positioning regarding israel, Trump and Palestine, is targeted and harrassed by the spanish proxies,the old and neo fascists. What happened, at that airport and the cynical message from israel, is to make Sanchez appear as a double talk figure. Seen some reactions in this thread, looks like it’ s working.
I am not very familiar with Spanish politics and it definitel makes Sanchez appear as a double talking figure. How can this political move by a police force be reigned in. Would someone explain this?
Each region is a State with its own regulations and it's own President . Just think of the US. State - Governor / Federal Government - President - House of Representatives -Red / Blue.
In Spain, it' s a Prime Minister with an unsettled coalition and a very much like... Grey/Black opposition.
FYI the Basque Country has one of the strongest autonomous police in Europe. Conflating Spanish authorities (Madrid) and police officers under an autonomous region (Basque country) may confuse a lot of readers. It’s not hypocrisy it’s two *mostly* separate political hierarchies. Doesn’t make it more acceptable, but it’s essential to explain the source of the repression to address it.
Thank you for such brilliant writing and clarifying the suspicion I had. The hypocrisy around the world is staggering but more important it's complicit and deadly.
Shocking but not shocking. We must demand from our govts that they disclose which agencies recieved Israeli training. It certainly explains a lot about the NSW police force in Australia
Basque police like the region is devolved and independent of the rest of Spain. They are literally a law unto themselves. That is why the activists were warmly received in Barcelona and treated like terrorists in Baque. I hope the people of the Basque region widely protest and condemn their fascistic police and start demanding a break from their long history with the Zionist entity.
This Erntzainza is Basque police, and not the Spanish police. The Basque Country has limited autonomy. This specific and “local” police force stems from the Francoist dictatorship. They have taken 1.6 million euros in Israeli security contracts, etc).
Both ETA and Batasuna have decried this force as colonial sepoys.
Every democratic state in the world MUST cut the connection stablished between their security apparatus and police forces with the criminal genocidal zionazi pervs and the israeli enterprises for "security", "surveillance", "training" and more who are twisting the fragil menthality of the "main stream" police forces, so prone to beat innocent rightfull demonstrators against VIOLENCE and WAR CRIMES, against UNLAWFULLNESS of the states to abide to international law, against MUSS MURDER of children, against TORTURE and RAPE, in sume, against IMPUNITY and INJUSTICE. We saw normalized how Police Forces punch women in the face and violently arrest young little girls (specially if they wear hijab), or old citizens ... These is part of an orchestration to transform the "democracys" into FASCIST TOTALITARIAN AUTOCRACYS through the use of brutal police violence to deterre citizens to excercize their rights (just remember the CovidScam times, how the whole world with little exceptions were suddenly transformed into a fascistic nightmare and constitutional and natural rights were more than suspended: annihilated).
Politicians are what they are, and they play specific roles. But the powers behind them are the ones aligned with the totalitarian techno transhumanist zionist nightmare we are witnessing coming from inside every state.
Palestine has shown the world in which state of mind the people are, in which moral state the governments are, and how all the red lines draw in the past were erased when it comes to supress dissidence and confrontation with the status quo ... and painfully, how dare the genocidal zionist entity are for institutions and goverments: where are the "defenders" of "freedom", "human rights", "women rights", "justice"? where are the defenders of the children rights to live?
The trolls with the right to have guns and beat crowds in the name of "order", never really gave a shit about "rights" and "law": they are unempathetic machines at the service of the power ones.
The putribillionaires, casually, are almost zionist defenders of Israel above all other country: supremacists with influence, tools, money, servents, and with a techno-fascistic horizon, a nightmarish hell to drive us all.
The Axis of Resistance and the Antiimperialist forces of the world are drawing a Red Line.
What the Bilbao police did (and will do if not stopped), is what others in Germany, Italy, France, US, Ecuador, Bolivia or wherever you look, are ready to do.
Nothing is as it seems. Here I thought Spain and Sanchez were allies, but they're not. Not really. No comments from Sanchez on this? At least it was different in Barcelona. And WTF with the Israeli tweet? Just pointing out hypocrisy? Being their regular asshole selves?
Absolutely brilliant piece bringing into focus the complicity of police forces with Israel not only in Bilbao, but the contradictions that lay bare between public acts and private dealings. That also explains to me the brutality of the German, French and US police against solidarity activists and demonstrators. Remember the brutality on college campuses with the solidarity students?!!! Such entrenched symbiotic relationships keeping this tiny colonial usurper to enjoy so much impunity for their bestial acts.
These young people need to learn to fight! I’m thinking of setting up free gyms around Asia they can come to for a six week crash course. Thoughts on such a venture?
It's hard to fight against agents of the state. At the end of the day, if the police batons don't work, they have other equipment that will. And they can get you thrown in jail if they can show you assaulted a police officer - or stepped sufficiently out of line in other ways. As has happened in the UK.
Not if it’s everybody…swarms! It worked in the wake of the George Floyd scandal
Character assasignations used at all levels of police these days. Protecting the villians. I know it, under this game second time
Pobrecitos! 😂
Learning to fight and defend yourself is important. Go for it.
While it would be satisfying to see, and more than a few freedom sailors are physically capable the central idea of the flotillas is non violence. Right now there are massive demonstrations in the Basque regions. Direct actions are a tactic of other groups and both ways to fight are building support.
The flotilla central idea maybe is non violence. But there was at least one member of ETA among these flotilla group… do you know what ETA is? They were pretty violent in Spain
A movement of thousands of people being judged by one possible member without basis.
People will be slaughtered, that’s giving police a reason to take it upa notch
Ok then keep voting and being angry. I’m telling you, exactly zero tyrannical governments have ever ended peacefully. You can recognize that now or later. They bloody hate us. Show them that the feeling is mutual.
So just cower and comply is your defeatist answer.
They learned how to fluff each other on the boat. 😜
You support TERRORIST AROUND THE WORLD.
You wanna try that spelling again? I used to not believe that more than half of adults are functionally illiterate but now I have some evidence of that statistic. Thanks!
That's your goal. Pointing out an error. Gee, you deserve a “BOJANGLES.”
Oh goodness. I'm sure I have more than one word misspelled around. Thanks for being my online editor & proof reader. You help & commitment are priceless. Thanks again.
A good idea as most males don’t know how to punch properly.
The IDF take a break from genocide in Asia like Thailand and the Philippines. They could do with punching in the face and more to ruin there R&R 🕎👿
Make it decentralised like Will2Rise active clubs.
IDF training for police and riot squads has been going on for decades. Globally. It is one of israhell's many little money makers. Under the guise of “security and crowd control” cause they can't call it how to beat people withing an inch of their lives can they? And we pay for it with our taxes.
I have known that as police departments became increasingly militarized with weapons of war with both parties as what happens in dictatorships. Unfortunately
Direct energy weapons used against thousands of Americans an experiment that will be used against the masses. CIA abd FBI involved and did not get required I formed consent. People have died. The people they target are not suspected bad guys but normal folk some like me whistle blowers get added to the program. Cops can order those weapons and use them as they please. They say they are for crowd control for years but inventing new stuff and refuse to stop the experimenting
Atlanta Ga has a new IDF training American cops. As they have decades. It is multiacre huge facility and more planned around the USA.
😂😂 it was awesome. They looked like piñatas rolling around.
Ragebait hasbara? A total waste of shekels. Mazel tov.
So true! We see it happening everywhere.
Just so disappointing to see this occurring in Spain. I hope its people will demand an end to all complicity in the genocide of Palestinians.
So sick of our countries making a pact with the devil and treating Israel like a normal state. End the illegal occupation as per ICJ ruling, that’s the bare minimum ‼️
You're right, that has to end, however Israel is not a nato member and does not fall under ICJ ruling. So only UN Charter or Geneva conventions can lead to treaties that can bring it in front of ICJ.
At least that's my understanding of why nothing seems to happen.
I believe that if someone is charged with war crimes under the Geneva Conventions they can be prosecuted if they go to another country which has signed up. That’s why Netanyahu will never visit Australia.
agreed considering previous statements from prime minister sanchez, this was really disheartening to see. I share that hope as well
Police around world trained by IDF and this way the police become sympathetic to the brainwashing done to them by IDF. Its not just training, its removing humanity out of them and brainwashing.
The Israelis took pushy opportunistic advantage of 911 to pop up and "offer" to start interfering in everyone's policing.
Indeed. This has been a deliberate, politically directed, policy for decades!
they take ploice jobs because they have no humanity in them
Imagine the Palestinians! The suffering they’re subjected to behind the prison walls.
And our international response is what? If you are related to any of these puppets who enforce these terrorists acts against people who just want justice for humanity- then shut them out if your family and friend circles. Go no contact.
💯
It shouldn't be forgotten that Ertzaintza, as the Basque police, was created under a compromise with fascist parties in Madrid as a kind of safeguard against giving Basques"too much autonomy". Basques have a huge affinity with Palestinian rights. The Sanchez government is highly dependent on minority region party votes to support its delicate coalition, so his stance on Gaza is understandable and likely, genuine. The alternative are largely right wing fascists( VOX&PP) who would almost certainly reverse Sanchez's stance on Palestine.
You are right. The right and far right want him down, using all means. Pro Trump, pro Franco, pro Trump, pro israel. Sanchez, gaining credibility internationally for his positioning regarding israel, Trump and Palestine, is targeted and harrassed by the spanish proxies,the old and neo fascists. What happened, at that airport and the cynical message from israel, is to make Sanchez appear as a double talk figure. Seen some reactions in this thread, looks like it’ s working.
I am not very familiar with Spanish politics and it definitel makes Sanchez appear as a double talking figure. How can this political move by a police force be reigned in. Would someone explain this?
Each region is a State with its own regulations and it's own President . Just think of the US. State - Governor / Federal Government - President - House of Representatives -Red / Blue.
In Spain, it' s a Prime Minister with an unsettled coalition and a very much like... Grey/Black opposition.
Thank you. Would you explain more about how accountability might occur over this police action?
Masks have been dropped!
The hypocrisy at its finest!
This is the real face of the European governments that implemented the Zionist entity in our homeland Palestine!
Undoubtedly, all European countries have benefited from the long-standing presence of Israel, their foster child; it serves their interests.
سقط القناع.. عن القناع
لا إخوة لك يا أخي،,,لاأصدقاء !
يا صديقي،,,لا قلاع !
لا الماء عندك،لا الدواء , لا السماء, ولا الدماء ..
ولا الشراع ولا الأمام ولا الوراء..
حاصر حصارك .. .لا مفرُّ !
سقطت ذراعك فالتقطها !
واضرِبْ عدوك..لا مفر ..
وسَقَطْتُ قربك،فالتقطني !
واضرب عدوك بي،فأنت الآن :
حرٌّ
حرٌّ
وحرُّ
FYI the Basque Country has one of the strongest autonomous police in Europe. Conflating Spanish authorities (Madrid) and police officers under an autonomous region (Basque country) may confuse a lot of readers. It’s not hypocrisy it’s two *mostly* separate political hierarchies. Doesn’t make it more acceptable, but it’s essential to explain the source of the repression to address it.
Thank you for such brilliant writing and clarifying the suspicion I had. The hypocrisy around the world is staggering but more important it's complicit and deadly.
Shocking but not shocking. We must demand from our govts that they disclose which agencies recieved Israeli training. It certainly explains a lot about the NSW police force in Australia
Basque police like the region is devolved and independent of the rest of Spain. They are literally a law unto themselves. That is why the activists were warmly received in Barcelona and treated like terrorists in Baque. I hope the people of the Basque region widely protest and condemn their fascistic police and start demanding a break from their long history with the Zionist entity.
dear god they’re literally everywhere. It’s as if Europe is being incrementally turned into an authoritarian state - with a helping hand from Israel
WTF!?!
This Erntzainza is Basque police, and not the Spanish police. The Basque Country has limited autonomy. This specific and “local” police force stems from the Francoist dictatorship. They have taken 1.6 million euros in Israeli security contracts, etc).
Both ETA and Batasuna have decried this force as colonial sepoys.
Every democratic state in the world MUST cut the connection stablished between their security apparatus and police forces with the criminal genocidal zionazi pervs and the israeli enterprises for "security", "surveillance", "training" and more who are twisting the fragil menthality of the "main stream" police forces, so prone to beat innocent rightfull demonstrators against VIOLENCE and WAR CRIMES, against UNLAWFULLNESS of the states to abide to international law, against MUSS MURDER of children, against TORTURE and RAPE, in sume, against IMPUNITY and INJUSTICE. We saw normalized how Police Forces punch women in the face and violently arrest young little girls (specially if they wear hijab), or old citizens ... These is part of an orchestration to transform the "democracys" into FASCIST TOTALITARIAN AUTOCRACYS through the use of brutal police violence to deterre citizens to excercize their rights (just remember the CovidScam times, how the whole world with little exceptions were suddenly transformed into a fascistic nightmare and constitutional and natural rights were more than suspended: annihilated).
Politicians are what they are, and they play specific roles. But the powers behind them are the ones aligned with the totalitarian techno transhumanist zionist nightmare we are witnessing coming from inside every state.
Palestine has shown the world in which state of mind the people are, in which moral state the governments are, and how all the red lines draw in the past were erased when it comes to supress dissidence and confrontation with the status quo ... and painfully, how dare the genocidal zionist entity are for institutions and goverments: where are the "defenders" of "freedom", "human rights", "women rights", "justice"? where are the defenders of the children rights to live?
The trolls with the right to have guns and beat crowds in the name of "order", never really gave a shit about "rights" and "law": they are unempathetic machines at the service of the power ones.
The putribillionaires, casually, are almost zionist defenders of Israel above all other country: supremacists with influence, tools, money, servents, and with a techno-fascistic horizon, a nightmarish hell to drive us all.
The Axis of Resistance and the Antiimperialist forces of the world are drawing a Red Line.
What the Bilbao police did (and will do if not stopped), is what others in Germany, Italy, France, US, Ecuador, Bolivia or wherever you look, are ready to do.
It depend on us to put a limit to them.
Nothing is as it seems. Here I thought Spain and Sanchez were allies, but they're not. Not really. No comments from Sanchez on this? At least it was different in Barcelona. And WTF with the Israeli tweet? Just pointing out hypocrisy? Being their regular asshole selves?