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Israel Once Again Acts with Impunity, Carrying Out Hundreds of Airstrikes in Syria (www.thecanary.co)

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Israel has unleashed a massive military attack to neutralise Syria with hundreds of airstrikes. A senior Israeli source has called this “the largest air operation carried out by its Air Force in its history”, according to Al Jazeera. Despite saying its airstrikes would ‘continue for days’, Israel has stressed that it is ‘not intervening’.

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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Now!

Democracy Now Productions, the independent media nonprofit organization that produces Democracy Now!, is funded entirely through contributions from listeners, viewers, and foundations such as the Park Foundation, Ford Foundation, Lannan Foundation, and the J.M. Kaplan Fund.

https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Kaplan_Fund

I think their major donors would pull out if they interviewed anyone left of Chomsky.

The Mainstream and the Margins: Noam Chomsky vs. Michael Parenti
Noam Chomsky and the Compatible Left: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

Good points - definitely explains their tepid positions on Palestine too. They're definitely anti-genocide, but can't make that leap to support Palestinian resistance fighters.