Leia killing Jabba and ending the cycle of abuse that got her grandmother and father abused directly paralleling Anakin killing Palatine at the end of the movie, thus ending the cycle of abuse there too, with Luke not doing anything violent like either of them and instead ending the cycle by putting down his blade and trusting in the good of his father (just like Padme did).
Palestinians in Gaza are given a stark choice.
“I’ll Give You 2 Options: Hinger Or Bombs!”
Artist: Carlos Latuff
the fact is, israel now definitely realises that no one believes its bullshit anymore, especially seeing the mass movement and huge shift in narrative in response to its ongoing war against Gaza. this tells israel that the mask is now completely off and the masses no longer believe its claims of being the victim and whatever the hell else.
this explains why the scale of violence has been so overwhelming in recent weeks, considering there is nothing for israel to justify anymore and no pretences to keep up for those who used to fall for them.
there is also the sense of embarrassment; a whole military apparatus with billions in annual aid still could not break a besieged, starved enclave (it never will). we have been hearing about ground invasion this, ground invasion that and we have yet to see anything tangible.
again, the public for the most part has now seen who israel really is; a genocidal, terrorist state, and israel knows there's no turning back from this so it ramped up the violence to cause as much damage as possible before it is forced to halt its current acceleration of the ongoing genocide.
U.S. officials are literally telling israel to "pause" so that people can ease up a little and be lulled back into complacency. always remember this and let's keep doing what we're doing because the tides have really turned.
Next time you see a video of a child dying remember this, the war could have been stopped but US vetoed this.
"A Child’s View from Gaza" was an art exhibition showcasing drawings created by the children of Gaza.
"The captioned illustrations were created by Palestinian children who lived through the Israeli bombardment of Gaza in 2008-09. The pictures were drawn as part of an effort to help children deal with the horrors they had experienced. A Bay Area nonprofit, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), arranged to display a collection of these pictures at the Museum of Children’s Art in Oakland, California. However, under pressure from the Jewish Federation of the East Bay and other organizations, the museum backed out of the agreement at the last minute."
take a second to take it in..
and we didn't get a cease fire.
"Gi-hun, I'm sorry."
— Susannah Joffe, 'I'd Hate Me Too' / Squid Game S01