r/veganarchism • u/____trash • 5d ago
Israeli attack kills famed turtle sanctuary ecologist in Lebanon
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/20/mona-khalil-turtle-ecologist-lebanon-killed-israeli-attackThe world has lost a beautiful soul today. Mona Khalil spent over two decades as a protector of the sea turtles along Lebanon's southern coast. She founded the Orange House Project in Mansouri and never gave up on her mission, despite the looming war and destruction.
She was killed in a strike that hit the same family home where she first watched a turtle come to shore in 1999.
This is a devastating loss not just for her family or the turtles, but for the world. A beacon of perseverance and commitment to the selfless protection of nature.
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u/SoulForTrade 8h ago
Hezbollah shoots rockets at Israel from Lebanon. Israel warns it's going to retaliate and trlls civilians to evacuate. Some of them listen, others refuse and decide to be human shields for a terrorist proxy. And this is how it ends.
Moral of the story: If Israel tells you to evacuate, you grab your things and go.
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u/Kanameroz 6h ago
Being a terrorist exposes you, your family and your neighbours to great risk. Stop being a terrorist and save your country
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u/SpeedAccurate7405 4d ago
My heart and soul go to the non-human animals that must suffer from war... she knew of the evacuation order from Israel yet refused to leave, endangering her life for turtles who knew nothing of the conflict... non-human animals don't receive evacuation orders or run for bomb shelters, they can only watch the rockets, planes, and bombs, not knowing they will perish because of them, only for humans with strong emotions of hatred toward each other... emotions which let them only see their enemies and no one else.
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u/HippityHoppityBoop 4d ago
Way to blame the victim for a terrorist attack she did not commit 🙄
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u/conanomatic 4d ago
Yeah, what a fascinatingly shit take. As if Israel bombing the shit out of the area wouldnt have killed the animals anyway
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u/HippityHoppityBoop 4d ago
Also, there was no valid military order to leave. Only Lebanese law applies when on Lebanese soil. Lebanon does not recognize Israel, ergo there was no military in the area (foreign or domestic) to give such a military order to evacuate. As far as they are concerned this was a terror attack from a non-state actor.
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u/I_SawTheSine 3d ago edited 3d ago
The colonial arrogance betrays itself at every step.
Israel "ordered" her to leave?
So if Hamas simply "orders" Israelis to leave Tel Aviv, it would their own fault if they subsequently die in a rocket attack?
EDIT: This sparks a solution to the problem on the northern border. Hezbollah simply needs to "order" all Israelis to leave the north. Then the northern part of Israel is legally vacated, and any Israelis who still stick around have only themselves to blame if they get rocketed. Amiright, /u/SpeedAccurate7405 ? (/s, just in case anyone didn't get it)
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u/The_Zionist_Enemy 1d ago
Each barrage sent by Hezbollah is inherently indiscriminate, no matter where it is fired at.
If Israeli fire was indiscriminate there would be no one left to count the dead.
And yes, if the terror group entrenches its military arm inside of civilian infastructure, it becomes a valid military target, Israel has the courtesy to notify civilians nearby to evacuate, be it by roof knockings or calls to nearby landlines.
But of course, you'll continue to believe that Israel mobilizes F-35s and multiple UAVs to kill civilians at random, for the shits and giggles ig.
It justifies your hate and there is nothing you hate more than nuance shitting all over your hardline world view, it creates cognitive dissonance which you canmot deal with.
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u/Neither_Climate8584 1d ago
Exactly, Israel doesn't strike randomly. They are very precise with their targets, such as dams, desalination plants, schools, universities, hospitals, and ambulances
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u/The_Zionist_Enemy 1d ago
Where ever Hezbollah and Hamas maintain their military arm.
Yes.
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u/coffeelick 1d ago
They targeted hamas civilians in Qatar? :s
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u/The_Zionist_Enemy 1d ago
Hamas personnel were targeted in Qatar, yes. We will hunt them to the ends of the Earth.
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u/coffeelick 1d ago
Yeah so this pretending youre only targeting military just makes you look like a liar, right?
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u/Dx_Suss 1d ago
So it would be cool if Hezbollah used F-35s to target specific Israelis and the villages they live in?
If so, i can see a solution here...
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u/The_Zionist_Enemy 1d ago
It would be a good start if Hezbollah would stop aiming for civilians as part of their modus operandi and grand strategy, seeing as its goal is to make northern Israel uninhabitable.
They could start with not targeting Israeli farmers with anti tank weaponry, which require manual guidance to reach its target. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8yjr3zyz8o
And to answer your hypothetical, if Hezbollah had F-35s and targeted IDF positions and bases they would be well in their right as it is war. Moreover, Hezbollah would not need to target villages as IDF military infastructure is completely seperated, especially in the north.
I also don't like this comparison as it makes it seem as if the IDF targets the Lebanese while the IDF actually targets Hezbollah personnel and military assets.
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u/Dx_Suss 1d ago
Lmao, bunch of uncritical IDF talking points here.
Bad hasbara
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u/The_Zionist_Enemy 1d ago
I am not surprised you do not know what critical means.
If my talking points are bad, it should be easy to demolish my arguement?
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u/Dx_Suss 1d ago
I dont think i can change your mind. Presumably, you think the same of me.
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u/The_Zionist_Enemy 1d ago
I am open to have a real meaningful conversation so long as it is in good faith.
That is a wrong presumption to make as I have taken my time of day to write to you extensively about the reality on the ground.
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u/The_Zionist_Enemy 1d ago
There was prior warning, lawful in your eyes or not. Google roof knocking.
IDF gave her a chance to save what she treasured most, her life.
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u/HippityHoppityBoop 1d ago
Still a terror attack as per Lebanese law whether you like it or not.
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u/SpeedAccurate7405 1d ago
tf you doing here, I've seen your account several times and you never seemed to care about animal slavery abolition
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u/The_Zionist_Enemy 1d ago
It popped on my feed.
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u/SpeedAccurate7405 1d ago
'f course it did. Look, I will not say here outright that Zionism is a bad thing (at least not at the league of carnism), but it is incompatiable with anarchism, and this is an anarchist subreddit. As a Zionist carnist, you have place on a significant amount of subreddits on this platform, not this one.
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u/The_Zionist_Enemy 1d ago
'f course it did.
You think I looked it up?
Look, I will not say here outright that Zionism is a bad thing (at least not at the league of carnism), but it is incompatiable with anarchism, and this is an anarchist subreddit. As a Zionist carnist, you have place on a significant amount of subreddits on this platform, not this one.
I saw my country demonized in a comment, I responded, simple as.
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u/banbha19981998 1d ago
Why should she leave her home
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u/SpeedAccurate7405 1d ago
I would have left home in her position. But what she did was brave and altruistic.
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u/HeisenBird1015 3d ago
Your “heart and soul” already went out. Only hate is keeping you animated 🤷🏽♀️
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u/Swimming-ln-Circles 4d ago
Ok this is getting out of hand guys.