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Hours after a two-week ceasefire was announced in the US-Israeli war on Iran, Israel bombed across Lebanon - without warning - killing hundreds, wounding thousands. Outside of the US, Israel's steadfast arms suppliers reached back to their Gaza genocide playbook to recycle their standard Statements of Condom Nations (aka “scumbag states”):
Italy, Israel's third-largest arms supplier [4/15 UPDATE: Italy has finally suspended defence cooperation with Israel]
- Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni urged Israel to end its assault on Lebanon, saying that it has “disrespected” the proposed US/Iran ceasefire and violated international law
Germany, Israel's second-largest arms supplier
- Chancellor Friedrich Merz: “The severity with which Israel is waging war [in Lebanon] could cause the peace process as a whole to fail. And that must not happen,”
UK, provider of about 15% of the components for the F-35 fighter jets Israel uses in attacks on Gaza, Iran, and Lebanon
- Prime Minister Keir Starmer's comdemnation used the strong language of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood:
“That shouldn’t be happening. That should stop. That’s my strong view”.
Spoken, appropriately, with a barely stifled snicker...