our bestest ally, and now more troops on the ground
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c39le0dp4p7o
but wait...what's that i hear? genocide joe's got a proposal!
a laughable one but it's a proposal...only 30 days to comply everyone!!!!
Yep, it is from 1982. Thats what I was saying throughout this thread, that Israel did not just suddenly become a monster after Oct 7, it was always that way. If you also notice, much of the media is rarely referencing the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, even though it was what gave birth to Hezbollah.yeah....i believe this is from '82 , really strange how it's relevant again? gfy
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Sounds like Israel's shield is running a bit thin.
Not sure they can ignore Iran's attack. And yet, they should probably fear further missile barrages.
Israel may have to let missiles through air defenses amid shortage of interceptors...
ISRAEL faces a shortage of rocket and missile interceptors vital for its Iron Dome air defence system - meaning terrorist weapons could pierce through.After a year of war in Gaza and now heavy fighting in Lebanon, Israel's store of crucial $2million Arrow 3 missiles has taken a heavy hit.
Excellent article in the New Yorker
Rationalizing the Horrors of Israel’s War in Gaza
The novelist Howard Jacobson has argued that too much press coverage of dead Palestinian children is a new form of “blood libel” against Jews.www.newyorker.com
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Easy to believe. They bombed the hell out of every square inch of Gaza they were bound to get him sooner or later.From my now expired Financial Times comes this rumor:
Israel said on Thursday it may have killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the architect of the deadly October 7 attack.
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And “moderate” Gantz is saying the same thing: https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveb...continue-operating-in-gaza-for-years-to-come/Who's ready for today's super-surprising headline?
"Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Sinwar's death does not mean the end of the war in Gaza"
Hamas confirms killing of leader Yahya Sinwar as Biden seeks 'path to peace' - live updates
Senior Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya says its former leader died in combat, after US president Joe Biden says his death is a "moment of justice".www.bbc.co.uk
Who's ready for today's super-surprising headline?
"Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Sinwar's death does not mean the end of the war in Gaza"
Doesnt change a thing. Israel will continue to wage war and kill 1000s of civs regardless, even if its adversaries stop fighting. Israel is the most war-mongering country that has ever emerged since Nazi Germany last century.Israel and its Iran-aligned foes vow more war after Hamas leader's death
Indeed, all parties to this war are vowing more.
If Hamas and Hezbollah want to fight, surely they should be obliged?
Yes, it means horror and pain for their people. But until their military forces want something else, people are going to be torn to shreds.
Our choice as a third party is to simply choose whether it is one side or the other that gets shredded. If we have a third option, I do not know it.
When missile defense fails, and missiles truly do extensive damage. That is the trigger for launching nukes against Iran and other regional enemies.Another thing to keep in mind is that the country Israel wants to attack has had decades to stockpile missiles, in amounts that just by sheer numbers, could overwhelm the anti-missile defenses Israel would turn to. Defense systems like Iron Dome and the THAAD anti-missile systems recently given orders to deploy to Israel by Biden. This of course will put some of our soldiers in the line of fire and Biden shows no sign of taking the firm steps necessary to end the violence whatever he may say about Netanyahu in private.
I've just wasted a whole lot of time arguing with an Israel apologist on imgur. I think what I need to do is devise a "you must be this tall to go on this ride" question, something like:
Do you agree that the natives in the area that came to be known as 'Mandatory Palestine' had the right to live in their homes and that the UN decided to give their land away to people who didn't live there?
Because after a long back-and-forth, the apologist dropped this line casually into the conversation:
"They didn't "take" anything that wasn't already theirs." - which I queried and it turned into the classic "Palestine didn't exist" line and "they didn't need permission".
um yeah. Too bad Trump cancelled the limited enrichment deal with Iran in a fit of pique over Obama's roasting of him in a past White House Correspondence Dinner.Biden is trying to hold the line against Iran starting a nuclear war.
6. Be Israel’s Best Friend, Stop the Slaughter.
How many violations of red lines will it take until you’ve had enough? How many times can Netanyahu flaunt your rules, ignore your advice, and spit in your face? He came to Our House, the People’s House, and spewed hate and violence from the spot where you normally stand. Mass carnage, mass murder, mass destruction all being committed in America’s name — with America’s bombs and America’s weapons and America’s money — all of which you sent him. Stop the slaughter now. Halt all weapons shipments. Halt all military aid. Demand the ceasefire. Put Bibi in the corner or in the timeout room and tell Israel to get its shit together, get to the negotiating table, and make a deal to end this madness, free the hostages in Gaza, free the political prisoners in Israel and stop this slaughter.
In May, your own State Department issued a report admitting that it was “reasonable to assess” that Israel has violated international humanitarian law — by using American weapons! In 1997, Senator Patrick Leahy conceived and introduced a law — now known as “the Leahy Law” — which prohibits the United States from funding and arming foreign military forces if the Secretary of State has “credible information” that this military unit is violating human rights. By continuing to arm the Israeli military after that report, the U.S. government is in violation of the Leahy Law. And do you know who is saying that we’re in violation of the Leahy Law? The guy who wrote the law! This past May, Patrick Leahy explained how our arming of Israel violates the very law he authored. We are funding a genocide, we are funding human rights abuses and war crimes, we are funding the breaking of international laws. And in the process, we are breaking our own laws! It is time for this to stop, and you have the power to stop it. It’s not anti-semitic. It’s not anti-Israel. It’s the opposite! It’s doing what any true best friend does: Tell you when you are effing up! And set you straight!
Oh — and it’s the law!
When 2 out of every 3 roads has been cratered or blocked by rubble, and similarly 2/3 of all buildings collapsed or at least with major structural damage visible from orbit, every single water tower and water/sewage treatment facility and pumping station completely destroyed, every hospital bombed and shelled repeatedly - it would be a major miracle if civilian fatalities in Gaza were only around 10% (which would be ~220k).Israeli strike kills at least 73 in northern Gaza, medics say
Israel says it hit a "Hamas terror target" and the number of casualties is "exaggerated" and does not match their reports.www.bbc.co.uk
When there's so much rubble that you have to clear a route through the rubble in order to get supplies through.