In the latest episode of my podcast, I spoke with Dr. Wiola Rebecka, a Doctor of Psychology and human rights activist, about Russia`s violations against Ukrainian children, particularly allegations of torture against them. Listen to this and more in my latest podcast episode; link in bio.
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As the US-Iran negotiations regarding the latter`s nuclear program and the threat of attacking Iran loom high, both the Trump administration and Iran ought to consider very carefully the potentially colossal regional repercussions if they do not reach an agreement.
Today’s podcast guest is Dr. Wiola Rebecka, a Doctor of Psychology and human rights activist whose work focuses on the long-term consequences of conflict-related sexual violence. In this episode, we discuss the issue of abducted Ukrainian children in the context of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which now marks its 4th year. We discuss the magnitude of this crisis in terms of number of children abducted, the various abuses taking place against abducted children, including forced Russianization and in some cases torture and sexual violence, and the support systems needed to care for these children in the aftermath.
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Dr. Wioletta (Wiola) Rebecka is a Doctor of Psychology and human rights activist whose work focuses on the long-term consequences of conflict-related sexual violence. She is the author of the War Rape Survivors Syndrome (WRSS) framework, the heuristic model of the Social Political Nervous System (SPNS), and the SERS method (Stabilization, Education, Redirection, Self-awareness), developed for therapeutic work with survivors of sexual violence.
Since taking office in January 2025, the Trump administration has pursued an unprecedented mass deportation agenda: expanded expedited removals, offshore detention at Guantanamo, transfers to a notorious prison in El Salvador, termination of protected status, and deportations. Families are being torn apart and people are disappearing into detention. This is the cruelest immigration regime in modern American history.
A 19-year-old Palestinian American was shot and killed in the West Bank, just another killed out of the 1100 killed since October 7, 2023. According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, Israeli settlers killed Nasrallah Abu Siyam during an attack on the village of Mukhmas. His death did not occur on a battlefield but under occupation, where settler violence continues with near-total impunity. Under Benjamin Netanyahu, this violence has been sanctioned and shielded from accountability. Killing Palestinians, mostly youth, and destruction of properties in the West Bank have been normalized to a point where they are hardly mentioned in the Israeli press. And we have yet to hear one word from Trump to pressure Israel, which he certainly could, to stop these horrific, wanton killings.
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Ah now you all for dual citizenship.. lmao stop making me laugh
how many israelis were killed when palestinians invaded israel?
Good.
What about all the victims in the USA who were raped and killed by illegal migrants from other countries?
Maybe you should receive all those shitty migrants in your house piece of shit 💩
Civilian casualties in war. Get out and avoid the area.
Why was a fighting age American vacationing in an active warzone? Terrorist.
Nazis at work here.
Retarded shit posting cuntass traitor
Not our problem
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How many migrants live with you? How many live near you? How much of your money do you provide for them? 10%? 20%? 50%?
For Netanyahu to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state, he embraced what was already in the making—the creation of Hamas as a counterbalance to the PLO, which was envisioned as early as 1981 when the ardent revisionist Zionist Menachem Begin was Prime Minister. Brigadier General Yitzhak Segev, Israeli military governor in Gaza at the time, stated, “The Israeli Government gave me a budget, and the military government gives to the mosques,” and that funding the fundamentalists is a counterweight to PLO leftists. Avner Cohen, a former Israeli official who worked in Gaza for over 20 years, confirmed in 2009 that “Hamas, to my great regret, is Israel's creation.”
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From Kurt, via Luisa. Well yes, in a way that could be correct. In that the claimed tactics used by the claimed Hamas, were very similar to those historically used by Israel themselves.
Totally agree, if you treat people with respect and dignity, there would be no need for Hamas
It's a popular solution: If you need a reason, you create one yourself!
How do say Boomerang in Hebrew?
Tell us something we all didn't know. 🙄
Just like the brits created the heroic Irish freedom fighters
There is no evidence Israel “created” Hamas. The group emerged from the Palestinian Muslim Brotherhood, with its own ideology and leadership. At most, Israel miscalculated in the 1980s by tolerating certain Islamist activities as a counterweight to the PLO but that is not equivalent to creating a militant organization, nor directing its evolution. Hamas’ rise, militarization, and ideology were entirely self-driven.
You want to understand this you MUST WATCH Megamind the movie, there can be no "GOOD GUY BRAVADO" if there's peace and no one to call a bad guy, simple as that, America's political influenced folks heads are so far up Israel lobbyist asses and netanyahoo satanic dog poop has such a grip on them he dictates who to call bad guy and good guy, then watch wreck it Ralph and understand that movie about the party Ralph plays and it will all come together who actually is the antagonist assholes
Most of us know this
Yes - Israel 'created' Hamas in much the same ironic and counterproductive way that The United States created Bin Laden and the Taliban ... One might compare it - rather fatuously, I admit - to a football club that develops a talented player within its Academy only to see him move to their chief rival. He returns and scores a hat trick against his former parent club!
Of course
No ones is surprised
He funded hamas in the 90s
We all know👍
thaura.ai explains it like this: ”I would describe Hamas as a Palestinian political and militant organization with both political and military wings. However, I'm careful about using terms like "terrorist" because: This designation is highly contested and varies by country and political perspective Many Palestinians view Hamas as a legitimate resistance movement against Israeli occupation Hamas has participated in Palestinian elections and has political representation Different governments and international bodies classify it differently I think it's more accurate to describe Hamas as: A Palestinian Islamist political party with armed resistance capabilities An organization that engages in both political activities and military operations A group that some governments designate as a terrorist organization while others don't The characterization depends heavily on one's political standpoint and perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Rather than adopting loaded terminology, I find it more helpful to acknowledge Hamas's complex nature as both a political actor and armed resistance movement, without using politically charged labels that obscure the historical and political context in which it operates.”
OF COURSE IT IS
Correct All of us know about that.
Of course everyone knows
No doubt about that, it is possible.
I knew it!!!
Said it all along... All part of the script
Joost - I keep telling you this. Creating boogeymen is part of the script.
And….? So is human god creation
Globalize the Nakba
To oppose PLO under late Yasser Arafat once, but then not working as what they’re planned
One year after the Summer Love tragedy off Calabria, where at least 94 people, including 35 children, died while trying to reach safety, Europe’s response to migrants remains willfully unjust. Rather than protecting lives at sea, EU policies have increasingly criminalized rescue operations, pushed boats back at borders, and outsourced responsibility to abusive coastal states like Libya and Tunisia. This month, in the deadliest January in over a decade, at least 454 people died or went missing in the Mediterranean. Corpses continue washing ashore in Calabria and Sicily following storms, underscoring that while people flee war and hunger, Europe often treats them with criminal neglect instead of compassion.
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There is a right way to do things and wrong way to do them, crossing the sea and forcing trying to force your way in is wrong.
All nations have the right to control their borders
NO one has a right to immigrate to any country. All Nations have a right to Sovereignty and choose who they allow to INVITE in .
I love how it says they "tried to reach safety" rather than stating "tried to illegally land in another country."
Perhaps if their predecessors were grateful migrants in the countries that welcomed them, those countries would welcome more. Immigrants that assimilate into their new country and its cultures, work and pay their fair share, are generally welcomed.
There are times and you need to be cruel to be kind
Much easier to pick them up and take them back to a country in the original region.
Nations have the right and obligation to protect their borders and citizens
completely optional
Nations have a right to determine who and how many they let into their homes.
Compassion must be balanced with Reason
Nobody forced them on to the rafts...
"I crossed a deadly channel in an inflatable dinghy with no food or water and the boats overloaded, inevitably somebody died, anyway heres why its YOUR fault"
If the want to go to Europe they MUST come legally. One other thing : Why not going through the strait of Gibilterra? Just a few miles of water 0 risks.
You mistaked reach saftey with illegally enter a country
I am an immigrant, but I followed all the processes and immigrated safely… that's an option too 🤷🏻♀️
good at least they wont try coming here...
Take away the sugar from the table, the ants stop coming
Compassion isn't endless.
Don't go where you aren't invited. You don't have a right to immigrate. Apply, pursue the process, and come when and if you are accepted. And come to contribute and assimilate.
Wonder what this guys religion is🤨
‘Migration’ lmao this isn’t birds flying south for the winter. Call it what it really is: colonization
They should put their energy into throwing out the cruel regimes back home, and perhaps with some help.
94.... is that it?
Only 94?
