Gaza War, Part 3

[Anonymous]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/09/middleeast/israel-genocide-case-world-court-gaza-mime-intl/index.html

“Leaving aside the legal implications of his behavior, Biden’s name – and America’s name – will be forever associated with what is likely to become one of the textbook cases of attempted genocide,” Mearsheimer wrote.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is astounding. There really are two tiers of justice.
Obstruct government, resist arrest and trespass.... but, if your cause is "just," you get a slap on the wrist. And really, not even that.
Who cares that you impacted hundreds if not thousands of people.
Same with those who block traffic.

You're just noticing this ... now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is astounding. There really are two tiers of justice.
Obstruct government, resist arrest and trespass.... but, if your cause is "just," you get a slap on the wrist. And really, not even that.
Who cares that you impacted hundreds if not thousands of people.
Same with those who block traffic.

You're just noticing this ... now?

Even if you believe that what’s occurring in the Middle East is immoral and unjust, it’s difficult to agree with these tactics. Indiscriminately creating inconvenience of this kind isn’t likely to create awareness of Israel’s atrocities that will lead to advancing the cause.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/09/middleeast/israel-genocide-case-world-court-gaza-mime-intl/index.html

“Leaving aside the legal implications of his behavior, Biden’s name – and America’s name – will be forever associated with what is likely to become one of the textbook cases of attempted genocide,” Mearsheimer wrote.

So dramatic.

Let's be honest: what's currently happening is likely to be inconsequential in the larger picture of international affairs.

It will probably not be a genocide. It will probably not lead to a wider regional conflict (unless Hezbollah decides to give it a go). It will probably not lead to any resolution between Palestinians and Israel.

Just another nasty flare up of the idiocy that has prevailed in the region since 1947.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is astounding. There really are two tiers of justice.
Obstruct government, resist arrest and trespass.... but, if your cause is "just," you get a slap on the wrist. And really, not even that.
Who cares that you impacted hundreds if not thousands of people.
Same with those who block traffic.

You're just noticing this ... now?

Even if you believe that what’s occurring in the Middle East is immoral and unjust, it’s difficult to agree with these tactics. Indiscriminately creating inconvenience of this kind isn’t likely to create awareness of Israel’s atrocities that will lead to advancing the cause.

As a left-leaning moderate, I have been revolted by the ignorance and abominable behavior of the pro-Palestinian far left.

Has made me LESS sympathetic to the Palestinian cause for sure.

[Anonymous]

A 4 year old Palestinian girl in the West Bank was shot and killed in the backseat of a car and called a “young lady” by Israeli media .

Amazing how they consider Palestinian kids adults.

Ruqaya Ahmad Odeh Jahalin, four, was shot in the back by Israeli forces around 5:30 p.m. on January 7 while sitting in the backseat of a shared taxi van near an Israeli military checkpoint near the Palestinian village of Beit Iksa, northwest of Jerusalem in the central occupied West Bank, according to documentation collected by Defense for Children International - Palestine. After Ruqaya and her mother drove through the checkpoint, a car driving about 40 meters (131 feet) behind them did not stop for inspection by Israeli forces. Israeli forces opened fire on both vehicles, striking Ruqaya in the back. An Israeli military ambulance transported Ruqaya and her mother to the checkpoint, where Ruqaya’s father met them. Israeli forces interrogated Ruqaya’s father before allowing him to leave without releasing Ruqaya’s body.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is astounding. There really are two tiers of justice.
Obstruct government, resist arrest and trespass.... but, if your cause is "just," you get a slap on the wrist. And really, not even that.
Who cares that you impacted hundreds if not thousands of people.
Same with those who block traffic.

You're just noticing this ... now?

Even if you believe that what’s occurring in the Middle East is immoral and unjust, it’s difficult to agree with these tactics. Indiscriminately creating inconvenience of this kind isn’t likely to create awareness of Israel’s atrocities that will lead to advancing the cause.

As a left-leaning moderate, I have been revolted by the ignorance and abominable behavior of the pro-Palestinian far left.

Has made me LESS sympathetic to the Palestinian cause for sure.

When traffic jams bother you more than the bombing of hospitals and refugee camps and killing kids, it's time to stop advertising yourself as a "left-leaning moderate".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is astounding. There really are two tiers of justice.
Obstruct government, resist arrest and trespass.... but, if your cause is "just," you get a slap on the wrist. And really, not even that.
Who cares that you impacted hundreds if not thousands of people.
Same with those who block traffic.

You're just noticing this ... now?

Even if you believe that what’s occurring in the Middle East is immoral and unjust, it’s difficult to agree with these tactics. Indiscriminately creating inconvenience of this kind isn’t likely to create awareness of Israel’s atrocities that will lead to advancing the cause.

As a left-leaning moderate, I have been revolted by the ignorance and abominable behavior of the pro-Palestinian far left.

Has made me LESS sympathetic to the Palestinian cause for sure.

Bingo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is astounding. There really are two tiers of justice.
Obstruct government, resist arrest and trespass.... but, if your cause is "just," you get a slap on the wrist. And really, not even that.
Who cares that you impacted hundreds if not thousands of people.
Same with those who block traffic.

You're just noticing this ... now?

Even if you believe that what’s occurring in the Middle East is immoral and unjust, it’s difficult to agree with these tactics. Indiscriminately creating inconvenience of this kind isn’t likely to create awareness of Israel’s atrocities that will lead to advancing the cause.

As a left-leaning moderate, I have been revolted by the ignorance and abominable behavior of the pro-Palestinian far left.

Has made me LESS sympathetic to the Palestinian cause for sure.

Bingo.

Is that what you say when Israel drops bombs on hospitals and refugee camps?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A 4 year old Palestinian girl in the West Bank was shot and killed in the backseat of a car and called a “young lady” by Israeli media .

Amazing how they consider Palestinian kids adults.

Ruqaya Ahmad Odeh Jahalin, four, was shot in the back by Israeli forces around 5:30 p.m. on January 7 while sitting in the backseat of a shared taxi van near an Israeli military checkpoint near the Palestinian village of Beit Iksa, northwest of Jerusalem in the central occupied West Bank, according to documentation collected by Defense for Children International - Palestine. After Ruqaya and her mother drove through the checkpoint, a car driving about 40 meters (131 feet) behind them did not stop for inspection by Israeli forces. Israeli forces opened fire on both vehicles, striking Ruqaya in the back. An Israeli military ambulance transported Ruqaya and her mother to the checkpoint, where Ruqaya’s father met them. Israeli forces interrogated Ruqaya’s father before allowing him to leave without releasing Ruqaya’s body.

I'm fairly certain that mentioning such things makes you antisemitic now

[Anonymous]

If tunnels equal terrorism, hopefully these terrorists are put away for years

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67938683

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is astounding. There really are two tiers of justice.
Obstruct government, resist arrest and trespass.... but, if your cause is "just," you get a slap on the wrist. And really, not even that.
Who cares that you impacted hundreds if not thousands of people.
Same with those who block traffic.

You're just noticing this ... now?

Even if you believe that what’s occurring in the Middle East is immoral and unjust, it’s difficult to agree with these tactics. Indiscriminately creating inconvenience of this kind isn’t likely to create awareness of Israel’s atrocities that will lead to advancing the cause.

As a left-leaning moderate, I have been revolted by the ignorance and abominable behavior of the pro-Palestinian far left.

Has made me LESS sympathetic to the Palestinian cause for sure.

When traffic jams bother you more than the bombing of hospitals and refugee camps and killing kids, it's time to stop advertising yourself as a "left-leaning moderate".

Where did you get the idea that traffic jams are what bothers me?

I'm more bothered by the far left's excusing/condoning the Hamas attack, ignorance about the history of the conflict, and its inane "solutions" that bear no relationship to reality or to US interests.

It ranges from barbaric to idiotic. Congratulations on continuing the trend.

IDGAF about traffic jams.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A 4 year old Palestinian girl in the West Bank was shot and killed in the backseat of a car and called a “young lady” by Israeli media .

Amazing how they consider Palestinian kids adults.

Ruqaya Ahmad Odeh Jahalin, four, was shot in the back by Israeli forces around 5:30 p.m. on January 7 while sitting in the backseat of a shared taxi van near an Israeli military checkpoint near the Palestinian village of Beit Iksa, northwest of Jerusalem in the central occupied West Bank, according to documentation collected by Defense for Children International - Palestine. After Ruqaya and her mother drove through the checkpoint, a car driving about 40 meters (131 feet) behind them did not stop for inspection by Israeli forces. Israeli forces opened fire on both vehicles, striking Ruqaya in the back. An Israeli military ambulance transported Ruqaya and her mother to the checkpoint, where Ruqaya’s father met them. Israeli forces interrogated Ruqaya’s father before allowing him to leave without releasing Ruqaya’s body.

I'm fairly certain that mentioning such things makes you antisemitic now

That's a good one. Now tell us one about Black people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/09/middleeast/israel-genocide-case-world-court-gaza-mime-intl/index.html

“Leaving aside the legal implications of his behavior, Biden’s name – and America’s name – will be forever associated with what is likely to become one of the textbook cases of attempted genocide,” Mearsheimer wrote.

So dramatic.

Let's be honest: what's currently happening is likely to be inconsequential in the larger picture of international affairs.

It will probably not be a genocide. It will probably not lead to a wider regional conflict (unless Hezbollah decides to give it a go). It will probably not lead to any resolution between Palestinians and Israel.

Just another nasty flare up of the idiocy that has prevailed in the region since 1947.

Yes. In the big scheme of things, it is inconsequential. Clearly, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the government of Lebanon want nothing to do with this conflict. This isn't 1967.

The wild cards are Hezbollah and the Houthis in Yemen, who keep shooting missiles at Red Sea shipping, which strongly affects Egypt since it is reducing traffic through the Suez Canal. But both Hezbollah and the Houthis are proxies for Shi'a Iran - so, not much popular support in the region for them.

Both in the US and Europe, the pro-Palestinian protestors and the vitriol you see on TikTok and sites like this have turned people away from supporting "From the river to the sea." There is no global popular support for the Palestinians after the massacres on 10/7.

Hamas and their Iranian allies started this war. And they are discovering there is no regional support for it. The streets in Amman and Cairo and Riyadh and Damascus are very quiet. Much more quiet than Manhattan. And all the regional actors are being very responsible, including the US. Absolutely no one wants a regional war over Gaza.

The cost of this mistake will be borne by the children in Gaza. Presently, Hamas is stealing most aid that gets through. Hopefully, as they get weaker, that changes. It's sad. It's tragic. But in the big scheme of things, it's part of the continuum from 1947. It changes nothing. Except Gaza is in ruins now.

[Anonymous]

Another killing of an unarmed Palestinian high school kid.

Video shows they were unarmed when the Israeli army opened fire on the group of young men standing on a street. The teenager went to help the man who was shot and then he was shot as well.

The video then shows Israeli troops approach the bodies and then leave without offering any assistance.

This happens every single day. Every day they kill innocent Palestinians in the West Bank. It's deplorable.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/video-appears-show-israeli-army-052253689.html