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We are witnessing a genocide in real time.
You really think 1.1 million can feasibly leave a city three times as dense as LA in the middle of complete electrical loss, food and water shortages? In 24 hours?
You know how many are about to die just getting out? How many will die because they couldn't get out in time?
Tens of thousands. The ones who do make it out will be homeless and destitute. More dead. Food and water situation in the south is going to be abysmal. More dead.
And I would be utterly unsurprised if the city is never returned.
You think there's anything that can be done? Get over yourself. It's a war. Israel has to do what must be done, as swiftly as possible. You know that, based on what Hamas has said and done. You know when you're pushing this pro-palestine narrative, you're conveniently leaving out all these problems. You're defending terrorists that shoot and burn babies.
israel has been doing that for years.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-54823660
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/10/collective-punishment-israel-demolishes-palestinian-homes
https://www.aljazeera.com/videos/2020/8/11/israel-begins-bulldozing-villagers-homes-in-west-bank
https://theconversation.com/what-international-law-says-about-israels-planned-destruction-of-palestinian-assailants-homes-198967
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/israel-ramps-up-demolition-of-palestinian-homes-in-jerusalem
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/08/28/west-bank-spike-israeli-killings-palestinian-children
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/15/israel-gaza-west-bank-rockets-jerusalem-warplanes
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-65812442
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/12/middleeast/boy-killed-israeli-forces-jenin-intl/index.html
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/12/middleeast/palestinian-girl-killed-idf-raid-intl/index.html
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/10/gaza-mourns-the-children-killed-in-israels-latest-assault
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-65184207
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/24/middleeast/shireen-abu-akleh-jenin-killing-investigation-cmd-intl/index.html
Funny you have a list of Israel's crimes but where is the list of Hamas crimes? The fact you leave it out says you don't care. You're literally defending and excusing what happened to those Israeli children and others.
Wow, that sucks. Would have been a good time for Palestinians to call attention to their plight. Instead, it seems, they let Hamas fester and grow emboldened in their attacks, until they're invading, shooting and burning babies. You know, what you don't want to talk about but that you want to defend. Brutalizing babies. Demanding Israel continue to live that way is not an option. Israel declared war on Hamas, not on Palestinians. If your enemy makes soldiers of their children, you destroy their soldiers. Something you don't want to acknowledge, but the same choice we'd all make to survive. Israel cannot survive next to an enemy that unequivocally demands its destruction. You have no better solution, nor do you seem to care. The strong will do what they can, and the weak will suffer what they must. I'm sorry, but it's war.
You're a fucking idiot. Do you know anything about the history of the region? I do not condone the killing of civilians, but the people of Gaza are in effectively an open air concentration camp. If you back an animal into a corner, you shouldn't be surprised when it bites you.
The violence of the oppressed can not be compared to the violence of the oppressor. If you punch me in the face unprovoked, that's entirely different from me punching you back in self defense.
The people of Israel are settlers who, by and large, have not lived their whole lives there. Benjamin netanyau grew up in Philadelphia for fuck's sake. Those people largely chose to bring their children into a war zone. They could just as easily have left. The Palestinians who's land is being actively stolen from them have no where else to go!
The Israeli government has the choice to end this conflict. They could grant Palestinians equal rights, end settlement in the West Bank, provide Palestinians a right of return, and formulate a long-standing peace plan tomorrow.
They choose to not make progress towards any of those things though. They choose to continue treating Palestinians like cattle to be caged and slaughtered. As far as I'm concerned, any fresh perpetrated by Hamas is a direct result of Israeli policy.
Eat shit. You're a genocide denier, plain and simple.
And you're pretending that because you know more about the history, that somehow excuses your position. You're defending terrorists that shoot and burn babies. You're defending terrorism. What an awful person you are. Israel didn't declare war on Palestine, they declared war on Hamas. If you insist that Palestine == Hamas, then you make an argument why Palestinians should be destroyed, however, it was you who said it, not me. There can be no two-state solution, because Hamas will be there. There can be no one-state solution, because Hamas will be there. You know that. So you're demanding that Israel go back to living with the constant threat of insurgent attacks, of rockets endlessly launched at them. What an easy thing to type on the internet from your armchair keyboard. It's not you who has to live that way. Every pro-palestine propoganda piece I've heard on this thread is simultaneously a call to destroy all Jews and israel. If you insist they be destroyed, of course Israel will defend itself.
Lmao When did I say that? I've been quite careful about who I've accused. If you're thinking is so singular you can't process any nuance, stand to the side while Israel commits its war. You don't understand who the pieces are and how the game is played.
Fuck off with your false dichotomy bullshit.
You think what Hamas did to those Israeli children doesn't deserve response? You don't believe Hamas will work ceaselessly to destroy Israel? Israel is defending itself. It's a war. Hamas made it one. Destroy them as swiftly as possible. Civilians will die, as happens in every war. Quit crying about it.
Any settler with citizenship elsewhere should leave, stolen land given back to Palestinians, massive reparations paid, and the current Israeli government dissolved and replaced with a single Palestine government fairly representing all.
Barring that, at least stop genociding Palestinians, that would be a decent start.
It’s not like they’re attacking Israel for no reason - they’ve had their home stolen, their people slaughtered, and what’s left of them concentrated into a small, extremely dense outdoor prison. Their violence is only a reflection of Israeli violence.
That's what could be done.
So you demand that Israel be destroyed. That's what this is. Your pro-Palestine stance is nothing but an anti-zionist, anti-semitic position masquerading as love. Israel has the right to defend themselves. They have the weapons to defend themselves. They declared war on a terrorist organization, who committed acts you have yet to denounce. Brutalizing babies. Invading homes and murdering people, uploading it on their Facebook. You're defending all of that. If that's the case, I hope Israel is successful, and you haven't given a single reason why I shouldn't. There can be no one-state solution with Hamas next to them. There can be no two-state solution with Hamas next to them. You know this, but you don't care, because you demand Israel be destroyed. There's nothing to say to you then. I support Israel's right to defend itself and that means destroying Hamas. If you think the nation with the strength to defend itself should just roll over and suicide, keep crying while Israel does what it must. I bet they'd love to go back to their homes and not have to worry about any of this, but they aren't allowed to.
There is a colon in this situation. There is a literal apartheid state.
Are you excusing the terrorist organization that invaded Israel and brutalized babies, including shooting and burning them? That's what you chose to get on the internet and defend?
Are you propagating fake news and zionist propaganda? Please provide an actual source for burned babies.
I choose to defend the side of the colonialized not the apartheid state. But hey agree to disagree 👍
No, I won't. You know it happened, that's why you demand a source, pretending if I can't produce one that you're justified in your position. You're not. You're a liar, and an abuser, a defender and sympathizer of terrorists. Disgusting. If you insist someone be destroyed, I'd sooner it be the ones who refuse to live in peace. Good riddance.