Hamas strike on Israel - mod warning in OP updated 19/10/23

There is a video on Reddit (Timed News) that is just horrific to watch. A small child bleeding on a rooftop crying for help while his baby brother/sister is basically cut in half on a corner of the roof, filmed by a journalist from an opposite block.

If you watch that and don't think we should deport every **** Israeli right now I don't know what to say. Beasts and and scumbags is the only appropriate label for them, they should wear the stain of this for generations to come.

I sincerely hope every single Zionist and their supporters die roaring.

Mod Edit: Warned for breach of forum charter

Racism and dehumanisation of 'the other' is a big factor in all this.

I've never seen such virulent racism as that from the regime supporters and actual Israeli Zionists - even the far right and the MAGA crowd are not going to these extremes.

We know this is illegal immoral and reprehensible. The EU needs to sanction Israel immediately.

The EU and UK needs to ban all arms exports to Israel immediately.

Ireland needs to block all US military over flights and stopovers immediately.

Irish consumers need to boycott everything sold by anyone who continues to do business with or support Israel immediately

Took me a half hour to read, but it's a very good report.

And relying on American is not an option anymore. Trump just kicked off the civil war

Where did i say Ireland should do it alone?

The first thing I said was that the EU should sanction Israel. The EU sanctions on Russia prohibit businesses from trading with Russia or Russian companies

Yes, and all the other things I said.

At a minimum, stop interacting with Israel owned companies. Stop buying soda stream products, don't use Monday.com, or Wix, or fiver.com, stop playing Raid shadow legends and other games made by Israel owned development studios...

Voice your concerns to your employers if they use G4S or have any investments or partnerships in Israel...

I read earlier that Ireland is the second biggest importer of Israeli products in the world. Is that true? All those life saving medical devices and drugs? Just boycott them too i guess? And your phone? Toss it in the river if you dont want israeli products.

Meanwhile, if Israel said they will no longer supply Ireland with life saving medical products and tech you would say they were evil and extending the genocide to ireland etc. Can't win.

I would imagine that you're currently, and have been for many years, boycotting Chinese products also, given that they have actually been committing genocide now for a long time, complete with literal concentration camps for muslims, or no?

No, it's not true. Check your sources.

Funnily enough, there are many other suppliers of phones, drugs, medical equipment etc. Ireland is a large manufacturer of the latter two of course. So any boycott of Israeli goods would have zero impact.

If we are an important trading partner then we have an even bigger obligation to do something

I read earlier that

Where did you read that?

Of all things to kick off civil war in America it was actually upholding the law.

(If true?) I assume it is mostly Intel Leixlip "trading" with Intel Haifa, vs Ireland being dependent on the wonders of Israeli ingenuity and products etc. Intel has had a bad few years, but it is still a giant MNC with big turnover etc. Intel is (originally) a US company founded by an American. I think Ireland could be okay for medical devices/technology without Israel. Afaiaw we make quite a lot of these things here for US companies, same as Israel does probably.

Looks like Israel are getting ready to attack the humanitarian aid ship travelling to Gaza

The usual tiresome Israeli slurs in action too. After 611 days of constant use, they've devalued the word to meaninglessness:

"To Greta the anti-Semite and her companions, Hamas propaganda mouthpieces, I say clearly: turn back because you will not reach Gaza," Mr Katz said.