Israel is Coming Apart at the Seams, It Seems

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  1. RickDeckard

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    I think that's supposed to be your line, given that the professed goal of the attacks on Gaza is to eliminate Hamas. In reality, military reprisals always harden support for resistance movements. So the IDF are failing, and it's entirely predictable.

    Oh, and if you are implicitly making the argument that these kind of statistics should make everyone feel better about all of the dead kids, I challenge you to apply that argument to the election of Likud, Donald Trump or any number of western assholes.
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    Israel proposes 1 week pause in fighting in exchange for about 40 hostages
    From CNN’s Shirin Zia Faqiri

    Israel has introduced a proposal to Hamas that includes a weeklong pause in fighting in exchange for the release of about 40 hostages, according to Barak Ravid, CNN political and foreign policy analyst, citing two Israeli officials and another source with knowledge of the matter.

    First reported by Axios, the proposal looks to release hostages that include women, the elderly and those in need of urgent care.

    The deal is being presented to Hamas through Qatari mediators, Ravid said.

    Michael Herzog, Israeli Ambassador to the United States, confirmed Israel is willing to put a pause to the fighting if it means releasing as many hostages as possible, but would not confirm if a deal had been reached.

    “I think it’s premature to tell whether or not we have a deal because until now, Hamas refused to do another deal,” Herzog told CNN.
    “They were hoping for a permanent ceasefire, but I hope that under the pressure of what we’re doing on the ground, plus the pressure from the Qataris, they will agree to do a deal, but it’s premature at this phase,” he said.
    Hamas has made it clear no more hostages will be released until there is a ceasefire.

    But as diplomatic efforts continue, the humanitarian crisis in the besieged strip worsens with each day. Nearly 20,000 people have been killed by Israeli military action in Gaza since October 7, and more than 52,000 wounded, according to the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health.

    Meanwhile, much of northern Gaza has been decimated by airstrikes and, according to the United Nations, almost 1.9 million people — more than 80% of the enclave’s population — have been displaced.
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    German police raid pro-Palestinian feminist group
    3 hours ago3 hours ago
    The raids were part of a probe into allegations that members of the group Zora were using emblems of the PFLP, which Israel, the EU and the US have designated a terrorist organization.


    https://www.dw.com/en/german-police-raid-pro-palestinian-feminist-group/a-67774918

    The Zora group is accused of backing the radical, left-wing Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). The European Union and the United States list the group as a terrorist organization. Because the PFLP is well known for pioneering armed aircraft-hijackings in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

    It's unbelievable how stupid people are. LOL.
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    Malaysia have closed their ports to any Israel-related shipping now too. If they close their waters as they might, that will be another critical shipping lane rendered unavailable to Israel.

    South Africa (who had already severed diplomatic relations) have declared that they'll investigate any of their nationals fighting in the IDF for war crimes.
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    Hey, not every gal can marry an ISIS fighter. :clyde:
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    https://www.timesofisrael.com/syria...lie-fabricated-to-justify-creation-of-israel/

    Syria’s Assad claims Holocaust was a lie fabricated to justify creation of Israel
    Syrian dictator, who has himself been accused of genocide, says Jews weren’t specifically targeted during WWII, claims US funded Nazi Party’s rise to power


    Oh, and as a side note, the Saudis diplomat to the Palestinian Authority, Prince Bandar, has stated that Assad's father once threatened to murder Yasser Arafat if he committed to the peace process.

    Arafat told the prince: “‘Bandar, Camp David’s autonomy provisions were ten times better than the Oslo Accord.’ I said: ‘Well, Mr. President, why did you not agree to it?’ He said, ‘I wanted to, but (Syrian President) Hafez Al-Assad threatened to kill me and to drive a wedge among the Palestinians, turning them against me.’ I thought to myself: ‘So he could have been one martyr and given his life to save millions of Palestinians,’ but it was as God willed it.” Prince Bandar the Saudi ambassador at the time.

    https://www.arabnews.jp/en/saudi-arabia/article_28725/
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    Well, the Auschwitz Museum can put them straight, if they get the time out from having to rein in Israeli politicians.

    https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/outrag...rip-should-be-left-empty-just-like-auschwitz/
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  9. Demiurge

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    The director of the Auschwitz museum has their head up their ass on this one. The Israeli politician did not endorse the murdering of all the Gazans. The reference was to leave Gaza a memorial to what happens when you want to genocide a people. He wants the Palestinians deported from the strip.

    And considering you insist that there will always be warfare while Israel exists and Palestinians want their land, as the Palestinians have stated repeatedly, then he probably has a point.
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    So, just ethnic cleansing?

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    Good thing you chopped off that last paragraph, bitching and complaining is so much easier than trying to figure out actual solutions to complicated problems. :dayton:
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    That paragraph was a sentence. Do you exaggerate like that to the wife?
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    Colonizers gonna colonize.
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  14. Demiurge

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    Why aren't there any Jews in Gaza? What happened to the Jews under Jordanian rule in the West Bank? Why were all the Synagogue's destroyed in Jerusalem?

    Where are the Jews is virtually every single Muslim nation in the world?

    Take your time. Take all the time you need.

    Oh, here's some light reading for you:
    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ture-palestinian-state-idUSBRE96T00920130730/

    https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Editorials/A-Judenrein-Palestine-339549
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    Kind of makes you sad that Hamas chose a life of terrorism over sweet, sweet days at the beach
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    163 HQs and media offices, yes. Remember, Israel is bombing entire towns, and targeting mobile news units. The statistic is there to point out that the press are being deliberately targeted, which is true, because Israel has killed almost as many journalists in two months as the number who died in all of World War II.

    You can read more about that here:
    https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/the-war-in-gaza-has-been-deadly-for-journalists
    https://www.npr.org/2023/12/03/1215798409/palestinian-journalists-killed-gaza-israel-hamas-war
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    How many "entire towns" are there in a densely populated area a quarter the size of London? I thought they were all packed in like sardines, which was also genocide, and also why Hamas had no choice but to hide amongst the civilian population? :chris:
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    That was some dumbnfuckery right there.
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    Shut up and go away you twat. We do not need your dumbass trying to be on our side. Go play with your new Isreali friends.
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    Thanks for going back over to the Isreali side where you fucking belong. We knew you wouldn't be on the decent side for very long.
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    Not even trying to hide the double standard.

    "Lets stop and think about what we're seeing. 49 innocent people who were killed by a Russian airstrike while they were shopping for food.. its horrifying.. this is why we're doing everything that we can.. to help the brave people of Ukraine fight for their freedom"

    There are hundreds of innocents being killed every day in Gaza. In that case more ammo is supplied for the killers to reload.
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    It is interesting how they expect so many of these things to happen they have made a form letter about it.
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    Are you really at the point where you're disputing the figures with regard to the population density and the land area of Gaza?
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    Sure, Israel had to retaliate for the hamas attack, but it's overkill right now...
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