Israel/Palestine Thread

But you would agree that wearing an Irish jersey at one of those marches would pose a serious risk to your safety.

Could be worse, could have called them anti-Israel protests like some Twitter account people love to quote. But I agree, disgraceful headlines. All the arrests so far (90+) were far right protesters.

Hi Sean,

Here is the link.

thanks for heads up about yemen. Will look into it.

The serving British Home Secretary has tried to ban a march in support of Ukraine. She has stirred up anti-Ukrainian bigotry and used the left wing press to incite far left thugs and gangs to attack the peaceful march. It turns out the Home Secretary's husband has close links to Russia and has members of his family serving in the Russian army.

I'm only joking, people would never stand for such blatant outside interference in domestic matters, that's tin foil hat stuff.

Unless of course "her husband, Rael, is Jewish. “The Jewish community is our community,” she said. “My husband is a proud Jew and Zionist.

“He’s lived in Israel. We have close family members who serve in the IDF"

Seems Israel has an affinity for Home Secretaries.

Sorry, you are correct. Thought the figure was 400k child soldiers

'When its war they let you do it,'

Just an observation that there were some arguments previously that the IDF hasn't murdered anyone, because it's a war. Someone iirc was taking exception to saying the murdered thousands of children. The logical foil to that argument is that Hamas committed an act of war on the 7th, and so... QED, not "murders." Right?

50 arrests reported in London

It appears Israel reduced the number of deaths from 7 Oct from 1400 to 1200 as at least 200 were Palestinians

Yeah, those Hellfire missiles and tank shells do horrible damage to a human body

looks like hezbollah are trying everything to drag lebannon into the war

Hezbollah has announced that it is introducing new weapons in its ongoing battles with Israeli troops.

The Associated Press reports:

The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group said Saturday his fighters have introduced new weapons, including a missile with a heavy warhead in the ongoing fighting along the Lebanon-Israel border, adding that they will keep using the tense frontier to pressure Israel.

Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah also blasted the United States over the Israel-Hamas war, saying it is the only country that can stop Israel’s wide offensive on the Gaza Strip but doesn’t do so. He said attacks on US troops in Iraq and Syria, that Washington says have reached more than 40 rockets and suicide drone attacks, will continue until the war in Gaza comes to an end.

Nasrallah’s comments came as the situation along Lebanon’s southern border continues to escalate. Hezbollah on Friday attacked northern Israel with three suicide drones after an Israeli strike in central Syria killed seven Hezbollah fighters.

Nasrallah did not claim responsibility for a suicide drone attack that hit the Israeli Red Sea town of Eilat on Thursday but called it “a great achievement.”

Hezbollah and Israeli troops have been exchanging fire along the Lebanon-Israel border since Oct. 8, a day after Hamas’s deadly assault in southern Israel that left at least 1,200 Israeli civilians and troops dead and more than 200 taken hostages.

Hezbollah officials say that by attacking Israeli posts along the border, the Iran-backed group is keeping three Israeli army divisions busy at a time when Israeli troops are pushing into the Gaza Strip where more than 11,000 people have been killed over the past five weeks, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry.

“The side that can stop this aggression, is the side that is managing this aggression. It is America,” Nasrallah said, referring to the United States, a main supporter of Israel.

(Gaurdian)