Israel/Palestine Thread

I really feel sorry for you.

I don't know what it is that drives you to post what you post - a genuine support for Israel, a hatred of Palestinians, something broken within? Perhaps all of them.

You're on the wrong side of history but you probably don't know it.

Didn't we have similar here. Posters asking how the mothers didn't look starved like their children. What a detestable thing to say.

I see the video is from Khan Younis.

Do you think this is the fancy restaurant serving red velvet cake?

I was trying to post a picture of the devastation in Khan Younis as of today but failed - and I can't edit the post. Apologies. Of course, I'm sure @political analyst would maintain the images are faked.

In the meantime, here's some straplines from Haaretz. The opinion pieces, as usual, says it as it is. What I did find interesting is the part of the quote I bolded in the last opinion piece - what is this "problems overseas bit? IDF soldiers on their Hollybobs being arrested for War Crimes perhaps?

• Israeli settlers attacked a Gaza-bound aid convoy of 30 trucks in the West Bank for the second time this week, a Jordanian government spokesperson told Reuters, adding that this was a violation of signed agreements which "requires a serious Israeli intervention and no leniency."
• A rare neurological disease, Guillain-Barre syndrome, is spreading in Gaza, especially among children, due to poor nutrition and polluted water, Gaza's Health Ministry said. Ninety-five cases were reported in the past day, up from about one per year. (Note: Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS) is a rapid-onset muscle weakness caused by the immune system damaging the peripheral nervous system)
• Israeli Air Force Commander Tomer Bar accused the IDF's Southern Command chief of conducting the offensive in Gaza with "a lack of professionalism" that is causing harm to innocent civilians at a meeting of the General Staff Forum last Thursday, the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported.
• A vast majority of Israeli Jews – 79 percent – are "not so troubled" or "not troubled at all" by the reports of famine and suffering among the Palestinian population in Gaza, according to a poll conducted by Viterbi Family Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research at the Israel Democracy Institute at the end of July.

"Netanyahu has failed dismally in trying to achieve his goal of obtaining another partial hostage deal which includes the release of 10 hostages, in exchange for a time-defined cease-fire which includes the option of renewing combat in Gaza. What's happening now – threatening messages and promises of conquering the entirety of Gaza – is a desperate attempt to bring Hamas back to the negotiating table, served with a heaping dose of frustration" – Ravit Hecht

"IDF Chief of Staff Zamir has been voicing his opposition to fully occupying Gaza for over a month. Aside from his concerns for the lives of hostages and soldiers and his warning of new problems overseas, he has made another important and concrete argument – the IDF is facing a serious problem of burnout among combat troops. At a time when the number of reservists showing up for duty has fallen steeply, as has conscript soldiers' motivation, the army could struggle finding the troops needed for a full occupation" – Amos Harel

They are so afraid of the truth getting out. Pariah state indeed.