Hamas strike on Israel

It seems that the mood is very much changing quite rapidly. Gazans are openly protesting Hamas (they are subject to execution) and Israelis are doing the the same (maybe not subject to execution but a bit of roughing up by the IDF is possible).

After Yair Golan's doubling down on the "killing babies as a hobby", he's joined by Moshe Ya'alon.

'The mood is changing': Israeli anger grows at conduct of war

Yair Golan, a left-wing politician and former deputy commander of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), sparked outrage on Monday when he said: "Israel is on the way to becoming a pariah state, like South Africa was, if we don't return to acting like a sane country.

"A sane state does not wage war against civilians, does not kill babies as a hobby, and does not set itself the goal of depopulating the population," he told Israeli public radio's popular morning news programme.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hit back, describing the comments as "blood libel".

But on Wednesday, a former Israeli minister of defence and IDF chief of staff - Moshe "Bogi" Ya'alon - went further.

"This is not a 'hobby'," he wrote in a post on X, "but a government policy, whose ultimate goal is to hold on to power. And it is leading us to destruction."

Regarding the IDF firing towards diplomats, it would seem that is safer to visit Ukraine as a diplomat and be safe from Russian fire than it is to visit Israel as a diplomat and be safe from Israeli fire.

Their excuse is that walking in the wrong area of the West Bank is grounds to be shot at. Not redirected or talked to. Just a bullet in the head like you're a common journalist.

Well that's shlt.

I agree that the quote from fletcher was clearly exaggerated. The BBC simply report on factual matters - they are neutral. What people read into their reports is of course their own business. I don't see any "correction" required from the BBC.

As regards Fletcher and the cases of starving kids, it is important to know that severely malnourished kids will suffer the effects for years. That there are 14,000 estimated children at real risk of either dying or being severely affected is shocking.

But yes, to tag on "within 48 hours" was unlikely correct.

Equally though, if that's an argument suggesting the situation of starvation in Gaza is not as bad as people make out, it's a poor and crass argument. The fact remains that Israel has prevent aid entering Gaza for 11 weeks.

Shocking that Hamas treat Palestinians like this but it isn't surprising - they have form. An odious abhorrent organisation that only see victory through the barrel of a gun and ultra violence. That they have no problem doing this to the people who they claim to be representing is disgusting.

But Palestinians are protesting because they see the truth too.