Middle East Conflict

Boycott everything Israeli. Its South Africa all over again... Israeli people treating certain people of their country like scum. Its a modern apartheid system that ensures the future of the master race, that they have land to expand into, that they expel others from their land. They have become basically a racist country.

Dont get me wrong, Hamas, Gaza have brought this all upon themselves with their stupidity but Israel are doing a lot of this for different reasons, it isnt just revenge now, it is the expansion of their country. It is the removal of those less desirable.
 
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Vic said:
I'm not sure what point you're trying to make, but 40,000 is 2% of the population of Gaza. There are more bodies still under the rubble.
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Think the point is clear. That a significant chunk of the Gaza population had been killed. However My error on the % tho. Google gave me Gaza city ( about 500k ) not Gaza Strip population ( 2m ).
 
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Vic said:
Protesting too much there I think.

"Newborn twins were reportedly killed in an Israeli strike." First line in BBC story

"Israel began striking Gaza after Hamas-led militants stormed across the Israeli border on Oct. 7, killing about 1,200 people and taking some 250 others hostage. Israel seeks Hamas’ destruction and claims it confines its attacks to militants." AP last paragraph - just in case you didn't realise that all these deaths were because of Israeli attacks.

The BBC long gave up describing Hamas as "considered a terrorist group by some countries". It's hard to sustain that without saying about Israel ("which some countries accuse of genocide").
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It was a reference to the headlines not the articles. Countless examples over the last 10 months to suggest that it is deliberate editorial policy.
Compare and contrast.

 
Postman Pep said:
It was a reference to the headlines not the articles. Countless examples over the last 10 months to suggest that it is deliberate editorial policy.
Compare and contrast.

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Gaza war: Dozens reported killed in Israeli strike on Rafah

Israel's military says it is investigating the strike, which also killed two senior Hamas officials.
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Israeli strike kills at least 29 at Gaza displacement camp

Germany says the attack - the fourth on or near to schools sheltering displaced people in four days - is "unacceptable".
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Israeli strike on Gaza school killed 30 - health ministry

More than 100 were injured, the Hamas-run ministry said, adding that most victims were children.
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Vic said:
www.bbc.co.uk

Gaza war: Dozens reported killed in Israeli strike on Rafah

Israel's military says it is investigating the strike, which also killed two senior Hamas officials.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk

www.bbc.co.uk

Israeli strike kills at least 29 at Gaza displacement camp

Germany says the attack - the fourth on or near to schools sheltering displaced people in four days - is "unacceptable".
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk

www.bbc.co.uk

Israeli strike on Gaza school killed 30 - health ministry

More than 100 were injured, the Hamas-run ministry said, adding that most victims were children.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk
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I suppose there is no way of knowing if those were the original headlines .... because they also have a tendency to update them following pushback.



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It is of no surprise, no matter how grim, that Palestine will cease to exist during our lifetime.

The one word that maintains a criminal invincible and untouchable is: ‘veto’.

 
Gorton_Tubster said:
Boycott everything Israeli. Its South Africa all over again... Israeli people treating certain people of their country like scum. Its a modern apartheid system that ensures the future of the master race, that they have land to expand into, that they expel others from their land. They have become basically a racist country.

Dont get me wrong, Hamas, Gaza have brought this all upon themselves with their stupidity but Israel are doing a lot of this for different reasons, it isnt just revenge now, it is the expansion of their country. It is the removal of those less desirable.
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I'd support a boycott of Israel in general but it won't happen.
 
Postman Pep said:
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Seems a bit odd in the week the UK has suspended processing of arms export licenses to Israel.
Also seems odd that it’s not a picture of an actual letter and is just text that could have been done by anyone.
Thirdly there’s no reporting of this in any UK media, and the only Mark Smith at the FCDO who appears in a Google search is a programme manager for Africa projects.
Could easily be propaganda.
 
Vic said:
How does that work? Send in mediating troops to stop the IDF bombing Gaza and stop Hamas firing rockets, and go looking for hostages in tunnels?
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I think the occupied territories definitely need to be under some peacekeeping force. But to be honest anything is better than what the status quo has given us for more than a hundred years…
 
As I have said before there will come a time in the not too distant future Israel will come under sustained attack from its neighbours and I suspect that when it looks around for support then the citizens of countries who support them now may well find that a difficult task because they have elections to consider. I feel sorry for the moderate Israeli but I fear the nut jobs are sealing an awful future for them
 
The UN reports that as a direct consequence of Israel's policy of settlement, 609 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, including 146 children, 8 women and at least 4 people with a disability, since 7th October.

 
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