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Israel declares siege of Gaza as Hamas threatens to start killing hostages
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 10 Oct 2023
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They are "acting accordingly" by performing an ethnic cleansing. How disgustingly ironic.
Only savage, ruthless men purposefully murder dozens of babies in an agricultural community.
There's been decades of legitimate attempts at peace, and the only party that has stood in the way are Palestinians themselves. At one point, Israel even had proposed a plan that would link Gaza and the West Bank with their own elevated highway and railway. They would have had their own autonomy and Israel would have kept or guarded the territory that was a security risk to them (i.e. being able to fire artillery at Tel Aviv). But that wasn't good enough for Arafat.
Educate yourself on the history of the region, on the atrocities committed by both sides (the sinking of the USS Liberty by Israel, the latest barbarism by Palestinians, etc), and on all the failed attempts at peace. The only rational conclusion to come to is that the majority of the Palestinian population support Hamas and are brainwashed, genocidal maniacs.
Speaking as someone who has been to the Middle East for industrial projects and visited multiple Arab countries, the only "apartheid" states in the Middle East are Arab ones. I've been on projects where Muslims tried to separate Americans with PhDs and Masters degrees from their teams and put them in slums just because of the color of their skin or their ancestry.
Sick of all the vulgar "white girl" naivety in Western culture. Some societies and cultures are just evil, and the brainwashing of their children needs to be stopped.
Israel's "peace talks" are nonsense.
Israelis have stolen their land and homes, have performed ethnic cleansing, stripped them of their rights, and acted like they're the victims the entire time.
There's no good solution here, but an Israeli solution is not any solution at all.
"Israel offering peace talks" is like me offering you a couch after I steal your land and burned your house down. It isn't workable.
I'm just giving you one reply. Take a couple hours today or this week to start with Wikipedia and then find alternative sources to further educate yourself on the latest history of the region.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip#1948_All-Palestine_government
You're wrong, you have the internet freely available to learn the truth. You can either decide that you want to know the truth, or you can be a lazy piece of shit and continue believing lies. Living a life of lies is your problem, not mine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir_Yassin_massacre
Since you love Wikipedia links and "peace agreements" here is one.
And thus all violence then and forever against Jews was justified.
Of course I know about it asshole. If you think this in any way justifies any violence, then I've got some news for you. It was in response to violence perpetrated by Muslims against Jews, so I guess this massacre was justified we're going to by current day leftist logic. I mean, if it's right to respond to the massacres perpetrated by Hamas with "you reap what you sow", then we can say the same thing about this. Read the link you fucking linked dumbass.
Two wrongs don't make a right, so I obviously do not support atrocities such as that and condemn them. Just feel like I need to make that distinction for simpletons such as you.
You can't argue with these people man. They are just contrarians. Make fun of them and move on, because absolutely no one with any power in the world gives a fuck what they say.
I totally agree with you.
In the same vein, Ukraine has totally ignored various offers from Russia and isn't a true partner for peace.
All they need to do is compromise and give up their land.
I'll just reply with a meme I'm sure you've seen going around.
The moment Russia stops fighting, there is peace. The moment Ukraine stops fighting, they cease to exist.
The moment Hamas/Palestine stop fighting, there is peace. The moment Israel stops fighting and focusing on their own security, they are genocided.
If you genuinely care about peace and others, then take some time to educate yourself. I won't do it for you. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip#1948_All-Palestine_government
So the moment the Palestinians stop resisting, Israel will stop settlement construction (i.e. Ethnic cleansing) despite this being the opposite position of Netanyahu's government?
Of course!
The only way there will be peace is if Israel moves. Any other negotiations are pointless. There is no path to peace with Israel staying where it is.
Ignorant statement of the day: the only "apartheid" states in the Middle East are Arab ones. I've been on projects where Muslims tried to separate Americans with PhDs and Masters degrees from their teams and put them in slums just because of the color of their skin or their ancestry
Imagine siding with the oppressors and not the oppressed and trying to darvo literal genocide.
You both sides this argument then side with the fascists. Wow.
Dude made the effort to list a couple of things Israel did to solve the conflict by compromising and that is your reply?
Lmao
There is no compromise when you steal someone's land out from under them and bulldoze their homes.
Don't need to behead the babies when you can just bomb them, I guess
Ah yes, I remember that time when the Israeli airforce saw a cluster of babies and decided to bomb them on purpose.
You know perfectly well that Hamas puts innocents in harms way in order to cause collateral damage. Blame them, not Israel. Fuck off.
No they just bulldoze the houses of the babies and kicked them off the land. Somehow that makes them the good guys.
"no one will bat an eye"
Where were all the batting eyes when the shoe was on the other foot?
when did Israel invade hamas territory, kill hundreds of innocent civilians, capture hundreds more and then threaten to execute the hostages?
you haven't been following this shitshow for long have you? Look up Israels illegal settlements, both sides in this are evil and don't give a shit about civilian lives.
The west bank has nothing to do with Gaza or Hamas
Fatah runs the west bank
what the...
those two regions are inhabited by the same people, from the (former) same country. Fatah runs the West Bank yes, that does not suddenly make the people there non-Palestinians. Hamas still uses the issues in the West Bank as ammunition in their propaganda against Israel because the Palestinians in Gaza, surprise, care about the Palestinians in the West Bank.
Imagine not even knowing what is happening in the place you claim so passionately to care about lol
settlements are by definition peaceful. rocket attacks are the polar opposite.
hm, there's a name for illegally occupying territory of a foreign nation while claiming they can't claim that territory. Ah right, colonialism. The very act of building settlements in someone else's territory is an act of aggression, it's in no way peaceful.
No one was coming to their rescue anyway. Everyone else was already turning a blind eye to Israel's abuses.
"people recognizing state sanctioned violence made it a lot harder to commit crimes against humanity, so be happy they've been allowed to live this long"