Red Mosquito

Stickman wrote:Israelis protesting the bombing of Gaza get beaten and arrested by Israeli police in Tel Aviv

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:strange the way everyone on this forum is ok to and promoting an actual fucking genocide and that’s ok but if you point out, it is a problem

Mad

I know what you are saying dime, I do. Israel is not innocent in their past with Palestine. But the way you come in here phrasing everything makes it seem like you are defending the videos of mothers and small children being kidnapped, or videos of a festival goer hiding on his stomach under a car when he is executed in the back, not even knowing it is coming. Or the verified reports that babies were decapitated. And Hamas was "elected" by the people of Palestine. I think discussing it as how did we get here and how do we get out of it rather than "if you support Israel you are for genocide" is the better approach.

spike wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:strange the way everyone on this forum is ok to and promoting an actual fucking genocide and that’s ok but if you point out, it is a problem

Mad

I know what you are saying dime, I do. Israel is not innocent in their past with Palestine. But the way you come in here phrasing everything makes it seem like you are defending the videos of mothers and small children being kidnapped, or videos of a festival goer hiding on his stomach under a car when he is executed in the back, not even knowing it is coming. Or the verified reports that babies were decapitated. And Hamas was "elected" by the people of Palestine. I think discussing it as how did we get here and how do we get out of it rather than "if you support Israel you are for genocide" is the better approach.

fwiw, something like 53% of Palestinians approved of Hamas leadership when they took over, but now it’s down to 20-30% and probably falling further.

simple schoolboy wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:

simple schoolboy wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:One thing you never want an Irishman having, is your address

Really dedicated to the bit, eh?

Top of the list ^

I have been assured that the Irish are a paragon of morality, good temperament, and self control.

The Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu has initiated a total blockade of Gaza amidst a merciless scorched-earth bombing campaign. The country’s defense minister said Israel will operate with an iron fist in its war against “human animals” following the well-coordinated surprise attacks over the weekend led by Hamas. The unprecedented raids into Israel over the weekend killed scores of both Israeli military and civilians. Hamas has vowed to execute Israeli hostages in retaliation for Israel’s bombing of civilian sites in Gaza.



This week on Intercepted, Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst Marwan Bishara joins Jeremy Scahill and Murtaza Hussain for a wide-ranging discussion on Hamas’s strategy, Netanyahu’s possible attempt to draw the U.S. into a war with Iran, and the prospects for a wider Middle East war. They also discuss the difference in media coverage of Palestinian and Israeli violence and the deaths of civilians, as well as the Biden administration’s role in the crisis.

tragabigzanda wrote:Jesus why do you guys even watch this footage? You can bare witness without damaging your psyche

tragabigzanda wrote:I reject the premise that it's a binary choice between video games and video footage. News headlines and still images (which I can't seem to avoid no matter how hard I try) are perfectly illustrative without keeping me up at night.

tragabigzanda wrote:I reject the premise that it's a binary choice between video games and video footage. News headlines and still images (which I can't seem to avoid no matter how hard I try) are perfectly illustrative without keeping me up at night.

spike wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:I reject the premise that it's a binary choice between video games and video footage. News headlines and still images (which I can't seem to avoid no matter how hard I try) are perfectly illustrative without keeping me up at night.

That one of the music fest woman unconscious in the back of a Hamas truck is the one that f’d me up this week.