Israel/Palestine Thread

Ah I didn't realise the thread had finally accepted that Hamas is supported there. Thats a good breakthrough that took a few months to reach. It used to be denied in the extreme.

Perhaps there will be a breakthrough on the pro israeli side that they are supporting the killing of innocent civilians, even young kids, that has been condemned by as many international bodies as Russia and that they don't seem to any closer to getting rid of Hamas.

I see we're back to the belief that Israel are not commiting genocide because of a population increase in Gaza. (Hard to imagine they are conducting a door to door census for the 2024 figure)

I wish people would educate themselves on what genocide actually is, same for antisemitism.

Off the top of my head? Not deliberately targeting civilians, not bombing refugee camps, not bombing hospitals, not destroying all universities in the area, not deliberately targeting and destroying large numbers of schools in Gaza, not killing aid workers, not deliberately killing unprecedented numbers of journalists. That's just a start but I'm sure you'll be right back with excuses why all of this is perfectly fine.

Has Netanyahu lost his marbles altogether? He surely doesn't expect the civilised word to believe him. So why make some mealy mouthed sort of apology for blasting a refugee camp, when he knows everyone will despise & disbelieve him for it? Is he so out of touch that he doesn't realise how utterly foolish that is??

If Israel is merely trying to eliminate Hamas, why would they now be defying the ICC and ICJ and running the risk of Netanyahu being put on trial as a war criminal? Has anyone ever been falsely accused of war crimes by an international court?

Unfortunately, we have been learning that it is perfectly possible to conduct war against innocent women and kids without accidentally hitting a fella that might plausibly look like he was in Hamas as a cover story too.

Spare a thought for the poor IDF. Spending all night loading up missiles and carefully selecting tents of people to blow to smithereens - "don't worry lads, surely we can pretend there was a tunnel nearby or something" only for them to find out there was no tunnel there post facto

bit of a oxymoron, guilt is proven in courts.

No one has been to court from Palestine in relation to events between 7 oct and now

In all honesty, good riddance to any Israel business and if Israeli-sympathisers cannot see the nuance in Ireland’s position, crying out anti-semitism and threatening to pull money from the country; then off they go.

Big tech, pharma and finance all have Israeli dual-passport holders in senior positions but they will learn that threats to Ireland will likely cause the opposite reaction to that they are seeking when it comes to trying to turn public support to Goliath instead of David.

Absolutely delighted to see that horrid Dana Erlich out of the country.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/taoiseach-says-israeli-ambassadors-warning-about-tech-impact-for-ireland-is-a-distraction-as-prospect-of-eu-sanctions-discussed/a358514572.html

some degree of civilian loss???

You are a very sick individual

over 35,000 dead , many more injured, many more missing, many more starving, many more displaced , and so on.

What’s different between an Islamist terror group and Protestant or Catholic one? Sounds like a bad case of Islamophobia.

Perhaps the West should stop directly arming and supporting China with massive amounts of military aid? Why don't you start a thread on it?