RedWizard [he/him, comrade/them]

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Cake day: July 1st, 2023

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  • To kickstart that process, the group said that 12 states from across the world - Bolivia; Colombia; Cuba; Indonesia; Iraq; Libya; Malaysia; Namibia; Nicaragua; Oman; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; and South Africa - have committed to implementing the six measures immediately through their domestic legal and administrative systems.

    The six measures are as follows:

    1. Prevent the provision or transfer of arms, munitions, military fuel, related military equipment, and dual-use items to Israel.

    2. Prevent the transit, docking, and servicing of vessels at any port…. in all cases where there is a clear risk of the vessel being used to carry arms, munitions, military fuel, related military equipment, and dual-use items to Israel.

    3. Prevent the carriage of arms, munitions, military fuel, related military equipment, and dual-use items to Israel on vessels bearing our flag… and ensure full accountability, including de-flagging, for non-compliance with this prohibition.

    4. Commence an urgent review of all public contracts, to prevent public institutions and funds from supporting Israel’s illegal occupation of the Palestinian Territory and entrenching its unlawful presence.

    5. Comply with obligations to ensure accountability for the most serious crimes under international law, through robust, impartial and independent investigations and prosecutions at national or international levels, to ensure justice for all victims and the prevention of future crimes.

    6. Support universal jurisdiction mandates, as and where applicable in national legal frameworks and judiciaries, to ensure justice for victims of international crimes committed in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

    Hmm no China in this list. Disappointing. But this is real progress.




  • Which Chinese drones can they get from Amazon? I just replied to you in another comment and showed that the AUTEL brand drones can’t be shipped to Israel via Amazon, and they have a statement on their website making it clear they will not ship them. https://hexbear.net/comment/6319426

    DJI doesn’t appear to ship to Israel either and also has a statement on their website from 2022 about the use of their drones for military operations.

    I really don’t care about the links and will not bother reading them as they contradict basic observations.

    Oh, I’m sorry! Did I provide you evidence that there are no targeted bans on drones? Why do you think Ukraine can’t “buy drones from China” (again, a process you haven’t even explained)? Is it because they have no functioning economy and no semblance of an operating country because their territory is currently and actively being besieged? Is UPS supposed to roll up on the battle field and drop off a stack of DJI drones from a recently obliterated Amazon Warehouse directly to the Azov Battalion?

    We live in a globalized capitalist economy; you could buy DJI drones right now and contact Zelenskyy directly and have them shipped to his doorstep tomorrow if you so wished.


  • Where does the IDF get their drones sourced from? Resellers? Direct partnerships with AUTEL? China has implemented global restrictions on selling drones and drone technology for the use as weapons. You continue to say that “China is selling drones to Israel,” but all you’ve shown is that Israel is acquiring Chinese drones; how they source them is important here, and you have yet to show how they source these drones. If they are sourcing them through third-party resellers internationally, then that’s obviously different compared to the claim that they’re getting them “from China,” which, again, you haven’t defined in any capacity. Amazon could be that third-party entity that facilitates getting around these export restrictions, which is why it’s relevant. The drones featured in the article you posted are easily acquired from Amazon.

    You know, I decided to look at Amazon’s Israeli website, and they won’t even ship AUTEL drones to Israel.

    So the question still stands: how does the IDF get the drones? According to Autel, they have banned the sale of their drones to the entire region. They’ve made two statements on the matter. Here: