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In reply to the discussion: No longer defending Israel [View all]Deuxcents
(18,619 posts)31. Gaza is a wasteland and unless the hostages were moved out of there
They may have been caught up in all the bombing and bulldozing and may not have survived then what? Its going on 6 months so unless theyre safe in another country, its hard to imagine their fate. Have they been heard from or has anyone given any indication that they are alive?
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The quibbling over the word "genocide" reminds me of arguing about what type of gun was . . . .
Stinky The Clown
Apr 2024
#5
You want me to stop asking you where you get your stuff so you can keep referring to
Beastly Boy
Apr 2024
#198
If they supported the attacks on Israel, but didn't directly participate, they are still guilty.
Lucky Luciano
Apr 2024
#148
Oh, so the thousands of children and teens that Israel has maimed slaughtered and starved are guilty?
Sky Jewels
Apr 2024
#154
I'm sure there are some trial courts here in the US that would disagree with you, nt
yagotme
Apr 2024
#318
Thank you. By (incorrectly) using the loaded term "genocide", the interlocutor signals that ...
AnrothElf
Apr 2024
#170
A one-sided war such as this sure looks a lot like genocide. No Palestinians were firing back at the IDF when they were
TeamProg
Apr 2024
#197
THIS IS NOT A "WAR" - IT IS A MASSACRE! The casualty count is far, far too unbalanced to call this a "war". See:::
TeamProg
Apr 2024
#207
No it doesn't. That's why the ICJ denied SA's demands for an immediate cessation
lapucelle
Apr 2024
#308
exactly. how many children are going to be smashed between floors of collapsed buildings
TomDaisy
Apr 2024
#204
Starvation as a tactic of war is a war crime under the Rome Statute of the ICC
markpkessinger
Apr 2024
#173
Not only are you not citing sources, you are not even referring to the "they"
Beastly Boy
Apr 2024
#201
Sorry, there is a hell of a difference between propagandists and journalists.
Beastly Boy
Apr 2024
#296
The children of the holocaust did not hate Germans for the rest of their lives.
SunSeeker
Apr 2024
#73
You're right. Gaza could be an opportunity to rethink the whole "middle east vs western culture" conundrum.
jaxexpat
Apr 2024
#127
He is trying to "root them out" - but I will agree with you that his methods do leave something
TBF
Apr 2024
#136
I've thought that before and have come to think that that's probably a good thing. It seems to me that......
EarnestPutz
Apr 2024
#62
I hear you. I do. Semantics aside, there is an important point to make here.
PatrickforB
Apr 2024
#145
So, the work permits Israel allowed Palestinians to enter Israel are fake news?
yagotme
Apr 2024
#264
He's for keeping Israel on the map which countries around it would rather they didn't exist
jimfields33
Apr 2024
#259
How dare you? I don't support what Israel is doing at all. Even my Israeli family doesn't support what
Nanjeanne
Apr 2024
#144
If Trump wins, it's gonna get worse. We also provide financial support on a 10 year basis. It's auto-renewed.
LeftInTX
Apr 2024
#132
A Lancet survey found over 650,000 civilian deaths resulting from the unjust Iraq war
Ponietz
Apr 2024
#184
There is no question that Biden has a perspective on things that is beyond our ability to see.
Earth-shine
Apr 2024
#33
Purposefully bypassing literally 5 layers of safeguards to kill one suspected gunman is not destroying Hamas ...
uponit7771
Apr 2024
#300
Why isn't anyone putting pressure on Egypt to let Gazan women and children in so they can be safe and fed?
SunSeeker
Apr 2024
#37
Israel disengaged and forced all the Jewish settlers out of Gaza in 2005 so
Beastly Boy
Apr 2024
#52
What I think is that your reply shows no substance or logic to your claims.
Beastly Boy
Apr 2024
#59
No, temporarily giving women and children sanctuary in Egypt is not Jared's idea.
SunSeeker
Apr 2024
#249
Israel did not create this mess. Hamas did. Saving women and children is the opposite of ethnic cleansing.
SunSeeker
Apr 2024
#250
No, it is not collective punishment for Gaza men, anymore than it was for Ukrainian men.
SunSeeker
Apr 2024
#282
I'm not commenting on the value of their lives only the lack of evidence that
RockRaven
Apr 2024
#84
Don't their lives matter more than the potential risk to Palestinian nationalism?
SunSeeker
Apr 2024
#86
I repeat my previous reply. What you are saying to me is a repeated non sequitur.
RockRaven
Apr 2024
#93
It is not a "non sequitor." I am asking you a question you obviously don't want to answer.
SunSeeker
Apr 2024
#297
The history of the region does not justify letting women and children die in the crossfire of war. nt
SunSeeker
Apr 2024
#247
Of course it doesn't JUSTIFY it. And yet the historical record is awash in it.
RockRaven
Apr 2024
#251
Good, then we're in agreement that Egypt's refusal to temporarily let in Gazan women and children is unjustified. nt
SunSeeker
Apr 2024
#252
I have uttered no comment upon that, so it is odd to assert I agree with it.
RockRaven
Apr 2024
#253
So you're fine with Egypt building a wall and keeping Gazan women and children out? nt
SunSeeker
Apr 2024
#254
Your previous replies are not responsive to this question. This question calls for a yes or a no answer. nt
SunSeeker
Apr 2024
#256
Your question is unrelated to my original reply. Do you pose random questions
RockRaven
Apr 2024
#257
It's not a random, nor an unrelated question. You just don't want to answer it.
SunSeeker
Apr 2024
#258
Israelis have killed almost 200 humanitarian aid workers have now been killed and at least 95 journalists and media
summer_in_TX
Apr 2024
#38
We only needed to look at the recent history of our own blood lust after 9-11.
onecaliberal
Apr 2024
#42
Point me to one. (I will look later, so just one) EDIT NEVERMIND, I looked...
Behind the Aegis
Apr 2024
#88
I defended Israel on their Gaza invasion and attacks, up until I learned how they are restricting food so severely that
LymphocyteLover
Apr 2024
#162
I cannot stop crying. To think that a people who have been persecuted would treat others so!
emmacom
Apr 2024
#57
You mean like the persecuted Palestinians who killed and raped teenage concert goers?
SunSeeker
Apr 2024
#68
I support the Israel that is currently taking to the streets trying to hold Netenyahu responsible for actions
tirebiter
Apr 2024
#85
The indefensible cannot be defended. Israel has lost the moral high ground. It's gone
elocs
Apr 2024
#97
I agree with you. Israel wants Gaza and netenyahu is cruel to do what hitler did to jews as
akbacchus_BC
Apr 2024
#98
Israel was on the verge of Arab world countries recognizing Israel. Thanks to Bibi, that is not going to happen
RAB910
Apr 2024
#146
K&R It saddens me to read denials of reality here, the deliberate and desperate attempt to deflect from the point
msfiddlestix
Apr 2024
#156
Agree completely. I have good friends who are making the ME War their political hill to die on.
msfiddlestix
Apr 2024
#195
These 1-issue voters were just waiting for a fucking reason to hate Biden and tee-off on Jews in the process. Sick shit.
SoFlaBro
Apr 2024
#241
This is not a war. This is vengeance. This is a slaughter by starvation and disease.
Big Blue Marble
Apr 2024
#178
Yes it is ... The Chef has more credibility than Bibi or Biden on this issue. Reality has to set in at some point
uponit7771
Apr 2024
#301
Israel has done a masterful job of of squandering both public opinion and the undisputed high ground they held.
BobTheSubgenius
Apr 2024
#172
A person can believe The Chef and want hostages to be freed, no one should support starving millions of people for
uponit7771
Apr 2024
#303
I realized it way early on when Netanyahu said that all Gaza's people were Hamas. He earlier had
LiberalArkie
Apr 2024
#177
There will be no development on Gaza Beaches. Not without the world watching!!
MenloParque
Apr 2024
#182
We ALL KNEW this was coming. Israel was NOT going to stop at just bombing a 'few hospitals', right? nt
TeamProg
Apr 2024
#196
+1, The Chef has been in more than one conflict and knows when his people are being targeted
uponit7771
Apr 2024
#302