News Lies by Omission

 🕊️ When the News Lies by Omission: The Truth About the Israel–Iran Escalation

By Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita | June 14, 2025

This morning, someone I know — someone who follows the “news” on TV — told me Iran attacked Israel out of nowhere.
They never heard a single word about the massive Israeli airstrike on Iran that took place just hours earlier.

That’s not just an oversight.
That’s propaganda through omission.

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🧨 What Actually Happened (In Order)

• June 13, 2025 (early morning):
  Israel launched one of its largest-ever military operations on Iranian soil.
  Over 200 targets were hit, including nuclear facilities at Natanz and Fordow.
  Dozens of people were killed, including scientists and senior IRGC commanders.

• June 13, 2025 (hours later):
  Iran responded with a wave of ballistic missiles and drones.
  Tel Aviv and Jerusalem were among the targets.
  Most missiles were intercepted, but some got through.
  40 Israelis were injured, and 2 are in critical condition.

So, who struck first?
👉 Israel.
But if you only saw BBC headlines or TV soundbites, you’d think it was Iran starting a war.

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🔍 Why This Matters

This kind of reporting:

• Frames Iran as the aggressor, when it was retaliating
• Hides Israeli responsibility for initiating the latest violence
• Manipulates public sympathy, by only showing one side’s pain
• Makes diplomacy harder, by misleading citizens

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📺 Example of BBC Bias

Here’s a real BBC summary from today:

“Iran launches ballistic missiles at Israel as its supreme leader vows to 'inflict heavy blows'…”

Nowhere in that intro does it say:
➡️ “In response to overnight Israeli airstrikes that killed dozens in Iran…”

That’s not an accident. That’s how the story gets flipped.

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🧠 Media Literacy is a Survival Skill Now

In this world of war, disinformation, and state-aligned media, we need to:

• Check timelines
• Ask what’s missing
• Listen to voices on the ground
• Question emotional manipulation

It’s not about choosing sides — it’s about truth, humanity, and stopping more death.

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✊ Share the Truth

Help others break through the fog.
Here’s a simple post you can copy & paste:

The media told you Iran attacked Israel.
But did they tell you Israel bombed Iran first — killing dozens?

This war didn’t start today. It escalated after an Israeli strike that the media buried.

We deserve better than war-by-deception. #TruthBeforeWar

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💬 Let me know in the comments:

• Did you hear about Israel’s airstrikes before Iran’s retaliation?
• Do you trust your news source to tell the full story?

We must hold the media — and ourselves — accountable.

🕯️💔 For all lives lost, on all sides. War is not the answer.

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The Board Game

 

“A board game where many of the players are mentally ill, raised in war, carrying hate like a family heirloom.”

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🕯️ “The Board Game” – A Meditation on War, Trauma & Healing

If you step back far enough,
the world starts to look like a board game.

A cruel one.
Made by broken people
for broken children
to grow into broken adults
who pass the dice and call it destiny.

Some of the players were born in war.
Raised in rubble.
Fed on fear.
Taught that safety means striking first.

Others were born in comfort,
but numb,
disconnected,
drifting in a fog of plastic smiles and shallow screens.

Then there are the ones who watched it all.
Felt it all.
Carried it in their bones like inherited scars —
the children of silence,
of shame,
of bombed schools and stolen songs.

Hate isn’t born.
It’s grown.
Watered by grief,
fertilized with lies,
handed down like a flag or a prayer.

Now the game explodes.
Like a volcano.
Or a zit no one wanted to look at,
until it burst across the sky in flames and blood.

And still...
we ask,
“Why does history repeat?”

Because sick people make people sick.
Because pain echoes.
Because culture was crushed,
and souls were lost
in the dust of forgotten ancestors.

We don’t need more weapons.
We need ritual.
Truth-telling.
Collective healing.
Stories.
Songs.
Fire circles.
Tears that aren’t swallowed.

If we don’t remember who we are,
we become what we fear.

But if we listen —
to the Earth,
to each other,
to the forgotten languages in our dreams —
maybe we can begin again.

Not with vengeance,
but with vision.

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Praying For Peace in Middle East

 🕊️ Peace in the Middle East? A Life Spent Watching War

I’ve heard the phrase since I was a child:
"Pray for peace in the Middle East."

I’m 63 now.
And still — no peace.
Just endless war. Endless headlines.
More bombs. More bodies.
More grieving mothers. More broken nations.

I’ve never been there.
I’ve never wanted to.
Not because I hate anyone —
but because it always sounded scary, violent, dangerous.
And look at it now.
They are bombing the life out of each other — again.
And the world just watches.
Or worse, profits.

Where is the respect?
For human life?
For the Earth?

Violence is wrong.
Killing is wrong.
War is wrong.
End of story.

We keep saying "never again,"
but again and again,
leaders choose bombs over dialogue.
Fear over compassion.
Greed over humanity.

Is this the world we’re leaving for our grandchildren?
Where peace is just a broken prayer,
and war is the only language anyone seems to understand?

I don’t claim to have all the answers.
But I do know this:
Until we value every human life — equally — there will be no peace.
Not there. Not here. Not anywhere.

— Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita

Greta Thunberg and the Raid on Madleen

 🚨 Documented Incident: Greta Thunberg and the Raid on Madleen

Date: June 8–9, 2025
Location: International Waters, ~185 km off the coast of Gaza
Filed by: The Hind Rajab Foundation
Complaint Filed with: UK Metropolitan Police War Crimes Unit (SO15)
Vessel: Madleen – UK-flagged humanitarian ship
Mission: Part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition delivering aid to Gaza
Notable Passengers: Greta Thunberg, Rima Hassan (French MEP), multiple international human rights activists, medics, and media

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🔴 Summary of Events

• On June 8–9, 2025, Israeli naval forces (Shayetet 13) raided the UK-flagged vessel Madleen in international waters.
• The commandos deployed chemical irritants from drones (described as a choking white powder), boarded the ship, and physically assaulted passengers.
• Activists were stripped of communication devices, forced to delete evidence, and denied consular access.
• The ship was towed to the port of Ashdod, Israel, and 12 people were detained, including:
  • 🌍 Greta Thunberg (Swedish climate activist)
  • 🇫🇷 Rima Hassan (French MEP)
  • 🇳🇴 Torstein Dahle (Norwegian politician)
  • Multiple human rights defenders and crew

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📷 Eyewitness Reports & Media Documentation

• Photos and videos were captured before the raid by:
  • Tan Safi (Freedom Flotilla volunteer photographer)
  • International journalists on the flotilla
• HRF is compiling:
  • Passenger testimonies
  • Medical reports
  • Legal analysis from maritime law and human rights experts
  • Footage and photographic evidence

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🧑‍⚖️ Legal Action Initiated

• HRF filed a war crimes complaint under:
  • Geneva Conventions Act 1957
  • International Criminal Court Act 2001
  • Criminal Justice Act 1988 (torture prohibition)
• The complaint names:
  • Shayetet 13 (naval unit)
  • Vice Admiral David Saar Salama (Commander of the Israeli Navy)

Why the UK has jurisdiction:

• The Madleen is a UK-flagged ship, which gives the UK legal and investigative authority under international law.

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🌍 What This Means

• This is a watershed case: the first war-crimes complaint linked to an attack on a British humanitarian ship since the Gaza blockade began.
• Greta Thunberg's involvement draws global attention, linking climate justice with human rights and international law.
• The Hind Rajab Foundation is demanding:
  • Full investigation and prosecution by UK authorities
  • Immediate release of any remaining detainees
  • Global pressure for protection of humanitarian missions

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💡 What You Can Do

Share Greta’s story. Raise awareness of:

• The criminalization of humanitarian aid
• The treatment of peaceful activists
• The ongoing siege on Gaza and its global implications

Support the Hind Rajab Foundation:

• 🌐 Website: www.hindrajabfoundation.org
• 🔗 Complaint reference link: bit.ly/hrf-madleen
• 📧 Subscribe to their newsletter
• 💰 Become a sponsor or make a donation

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🕊️ Remember the Names

This mission was named in memory of Hind Rajab, a 6-year-old Palestinian girl killed in Gaza in January 2024. Her name now stands for justice, remembrance, and resistance.

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She Asked Us to Share This"

 

✊🌍 "She Asked Us to Share This" — The Detention of Greta Thunberg and the Gaza Freedom Flotilla

By Zipolita | June 9, 2025

“If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupation forces…”
— Greta Thunberg, June 2025

Greta Thunberg, Sweden’s world-renowned climate and human rights activist, is currently being held by Israeli authorities after a peaceful humanitarian mission to Gaza. Onboard the Madleen — part of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla — Greta and 11 others were intercepted in international waters, forcibly detained, and taken to an Israeli port.

She sent one urgent request:

"Share this as widely as you can..."

This blogpost is our answer.

💥 What We Know

• Greta and others were kidnapped in international waters, in violation of international maritime law.
• The Madleen was carrying peaceful activists, doctors, and humanitarians, not weapons.
• They were reportedly forced to watch violent footage of the October 7 attacks — a tactic critics call psychological coercion.
• Greta is being deported, and we don’t yet know where or under what conditions.

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🇸🇪 We Call on the Swedish Government:

Bring Greta Home.
This is a matter of human rights, diplomacy, and protecting your own citizens.

• Contact:
  • Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs: https://www.government.se/government-of-sweden/ministry-for-foreign-affairs
  • Tag: @SwedishPM, @SweMFA
• Hashtags:
  • #FreeGretaNow
  • #LetGretaGo
  • #BringGretaHome
  • #StandWithGreta

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📣 Raise Your Voice — in Any Language

🇪🇸 Español:

¡Gobierno de Suecia, traigan a Greta a casa ahora!
Ella ha sido detenida injustamente por ejercer desobediencia civil pacífica.
¡Alcen la voz por Greta y por Gaza!

🇫🇷 Français :

Gouvernement suédois, ramenez Greta chez elle !
Elle a été arrêtée pour avoir agi pacifiquement en solidarité avec Gaza.
Soutenons-la et exigeons sa libération immédiate.

🇵🇹 Português:

Governo da Suécia, tragam Greta para casa!
Ela foi detida injustamente por apoiar a liberdade de Gaza.
Vamos levantar a voz por justiça e humanidade.

🇸🇪 Svenska:

Svenska regeringen — hämta hem Greta nu!
Hon har blivit gripen för en fredlig humanitär insats.
Skydda era medborgare. Stå upp för rättvisa.

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“They can detain the boat, but not the movement.”
— Zipolita 🌊❤️✊

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Bernie on Foreign Policy- Wise Words!

I love that Bernie is telling people to Step Up!! 

Very wise words!

"We are not the policemen of the world!!" 

Whoo hoo!! I like this United States!!

"We all agree that Iran must not get a nuclear weapon. Where we may disagree is how to achieve that goal. I personally supported the nuclear agreement with the United States, France, China, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom and Iran because I believe it is the best hope to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon."

"I believe we have an obligation to pursue diplomatic solutions before resorting to military intervention."

"If we have learned anything from history it is that we must pursue every diplomatic option."