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israel says they were (from their west bank hospital bed) going to carry out a "10/7 style attack". i personally see no reason to doubt any part of that claim at all.
israel says they were (from their west bank hospital bed) going to carry out a "10/7 style attack". i personally see no reason to doubt any part of that claim at all.
israel says they were (from their west bank hospital bed) going to carry out a "10/7 style attack". i personally see no reason to doubt any part of that claim at all.
And the next question is: who is going to rebuild all that?https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68006607
When is enough, enough?
At least half of the buildings in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed. The level of destruction, including permanent damage to crops and farmland, is astonishing.
The photos in the article are despicable.
And the next question is: who is going to rebuild all that?
Couple that to Israelis holding quite candid discussions on settlement plans while talking about 'migrating Palestinians' then you have an idea behind their nefarious objectives here.At this rate the area will be uninhabitable. I wonder if that’s the real aim.
Couple that to Israelis holding quite candid discussions on settlement plans while talking about 'migrating Palestinians' then you have an idea behind their nefarious objectives here.
And the next question is; who is going to pay for that?And the next question is: who is going to rebuild all that?
It already is.At this rate the area will be uninhabitable. I wonder if that’s the real aim.
It shouldn't come as a surprise if UN money ends up with Hamas given they were the defacto government in Gaza, so any aid and money would need to be administered by them, which would also make it vulnerable to being used as Hamas leaders saw fit. And since Hamas have always prioritized resources related to military objectives over civilian economic development of the strip, it shouldn't be a surprise that their people are not only embedded within aid organizations, but the aid itself is often being usurped of military purposes.
Israeli contractors for Israeli clients. Money won’t be the problem.And the next question is: who is going to rebuild all that?
What is your problem man? Palestinians don't even have a state so what constitutes a Palestinian territory? How much money do you think these stateless people have to spare exactly?Speaking of the money, this CNN article has the list of the top 25 donors on the last time that pledges were fully counted back in 2022. I didn't know that the US and Germany were the biggest donors by a country mile over the rest, but this fact also brings new light as to why the 12 countries are suspending funding as they want the money to go in the right places. What is really interesting to me though as I look at the graph is how certain geopolitical players out there have particular interests in this conflict and yet are too cheap to offer as little as $5.8M in public pledges, which is the amount coming from within the Palestinian territories themselves for 2022.
What are you on about? This is a very simple situation, the Gaza situation is extremely complex.Biden‘s response to whether he holds Iran responsible for the American soldiers deaths in Jordan.
”I do hold them responsible… in the sense that they’re supplying the weapons to the people who did it”.
Fine …… but the US funding Israel’s genocide is ok?
Just about his choice of words (the link between supplying weapons and consequences).What are you on about? This is a very simple situation, the Gaza situation is extremely complex.
What is your problem man? Palestinians don't even have a state so what constitutes a Palestinian territory? How much money do you think these stateless people have to spare exactly?
I doubt these guys have any conscience, but I hope they do and it's eating them inside.
There is in the sense that casualties per day were highest during the initial, random bombings of everything and everyone in Gaza. Did Israel commit a genocide then? Possibly, ICJ’s initial ruling certainly suggests they suspect this might have been the case. The question (which was what I was commenting on) then becomes, what could the US do to prevent that? They could have stopped supplying Israel with weapons, which would have made little difference as Israel don’t really rely on military donations from the US anymore. They could have ordered Israel, through the Security Council, to stop the war. There’s no guarantee Israel would have listened, they may just have gotten more aggressive if they felt isolated and abandoned with noone to answer to. Or they could use the fact they have a direct phoneline and a cordial relationship to exert diplomatic pressure, which is what they have done, or tried to.
I doubt these guys have any conscience, but I hope they do and it's eating them inside.
I doubt these guys have any conscience, but I hope they do and it's eating them inside.
I noticed last night that the BBC News site had a gaza story as it's headline news item. Nothing different is suddenly happening in Gaza so why have they suddenly changed editorial direction? They've obviously has instruction from the government via it's leadership.
I think we're now inevitably into the revisionist phase. They've waited until Israel has flattened gaza and now western media can pretend it's humanitarian again.
Couple that to Israelis holding quite candid discussions on settlement plans while talking about 'migrating Palestinians' then you have an idea behind their nefarious objectives here.
If you are talking about a security zone, then OK. But there are no serious talks about settlement plans.
I noticed last night that the BBC News site had a gaza story as it's headline news item. Nothing different is suddenly happening in Gaza so why have they suddenly changed editorial direction? They've obviously has instruction from the government via it's leadership.
I think we're now inevitably into the revisionist phase. They've waited until Israel has flattened gaza and now western media can pretend it's humanitarian again.
Apparently one of the terrorists was fully paralysed and Israel was concerned he'd be turned into a bionicle cyborg.
palestinians have darth vader technology from the mein kampf, as this documentary proves