Israel/Palestine Thread

20 hostages held by Hamas vs thousands of hostages held by Israel

20 hostages suffering from starvation because Israel are blockading food vs thousands of hostages showing signs of starvation, beatings and torture because the Zionists cannot help themselves

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/27/palestinian-released-by-israel-show-signs-of-torture-starvation

I have consistently documented the plight of the Israeli hostages and of their families.

Its odd that the usual one line posts stating "the war will end when the hostages are released" never go any further - no discussion points, no commentary on of the details of the Israeli protests, the thoughts of families and the thoughts of the hostages that have been freed - many of whom are actively calling out their Government's lack of action.

All these posters have left is the cheap shot drive-by posts that add nothing to the discourse.

I'll continue to call them out for it not least because they are in fact disingenuous to the Israeli hostages and care as much about them as alleged War Criminal #1 (at large).

You might do us all a favour and point out the facts of your most recent very short post - which seems a fact-free zone to me anyhow:

Those holding the hostages seem quite happy to let the current situation fester on?

I see very little 5 message monologues highlighting their activities.

Over 80% of Israelis have called for an independent inquiry into what happened prior to and on Oct 7th.

Netanyahu has consistently denied that request. He knows what it would find and it would be the end of him - and many others.

Holocaust survivors and Holocaust academic experts have frequently expressed their condemnation of the Israeli Govt. But the Govt. simply does not care what anyone else thinks of their atrocities - they ignore the "optics" completely.

Hamas certainly do need to be held to account of course.

But so does Israel - the IDF slaughtered scores of their own citizens on the day when the Hannibal Directive was implemented.

But of course, you'd only support the murder of 1200 Israelis to be accounted for for. 60,000 Palestinians is just "meh".

Rather like the Nuns and the sheep being active members of Hamas. And the 15 medics of course. And the kids holding tin bowls trying to get food to stave of extreme starvation.

No-one is buying what Israel is selling any more (lies) except the gullible who are incapable of critical thinking. And as you correctly point out, the racists and those who seem to "get off" on murder and destruction and who simply steal land.

In fairness, BB is not the only one.

Many many times you've respectfully asked (multiple times) simple questions of those supporting Israel in this conflict to be met (multiple times) with crickets and them running away for weeks on end.

I doubt BB is up to the challenge at all - his posts add nothing to the discourse, they're just fact-free disingenuous digs. I'd say they wouldn't last more than two posts judging by their recent form.

And it's not just journalists, but doctors, nurses, aid workers, priests, teachers, postmen... Anyone you can think of.

Israel are justified in killing everyone and destroying absolutely everything in Gaza.

Everyone is Hamas. Every hospital, aid depot, church and school is a Hamas facility.

This is because every Palestinian is Hamas. Every Arab is Hamas.

It's pure racism and hate.

Hypocrites, but much worse, the hypocrisy is to mask the torture and starvation they are inflicting on the hostages they are holding

This man was released in February by Israel, in a critical condition, missing a leg having spent time as a hostage held by the Israelis.

Reports from released hostages say that they were tortured every single day. Deliberate inhumane, degrading, vicious treatment of people who were simply dragged from the streets and disappeared indefinitely
About 3000 held under 'administrative detention' (no charges, just plucked from the streets) being tortured and starved by Israel, before October 7 2023, there had already been over 1300 palestinian civillians held under this 'administrative detention'

When Hamas crossed the border and captured 200 hostages in October 2023, this was fewer than 1/6th of the number of hostages held by Israel at that time, and yet Hamas are the ones seen to have started the conflict. As if it was not provoked, as if Palestinians do not mourn their loved ones being dragged from the streets to be tortured.