Israel/Palestine Thread

According to Wikipedia, Somalialand is 68,000Sq miles, and Israel is 8,019Sq miles.

If Somaliland gave up 12% of it's territory, Israel could have a state of the same size that it currently occupies, free from the the perceived threats that it currently uses as a justification to attack and bomb 6 countries last year. And more importantly, the Palestinians could be rescued from their genocide and could start to live in safety in their homeland.

If the US gave the money that it would give to Israel to help persecute the Palestinians, to Somalia instead and promised to help them develop and be welcoming neighbours to Israel mk2 and Somaliland, they might even be happy to accept such an idea.

I'm speaking flippantly of course, but hell if Zionists just want a state in which to be safe, maybe it's time they moved somewhere where they didn't have to attack all their neighbours in the name of defence.

More detail on the banning of NGOs from Haaretz. The opinion piece especially hits the nail on the head.

Suppots @A Dub in Glasgo post.

A group of 19 Israel-based human rights NGOs condemned Israel's decision to bar dozens of international aid groups from operating in Gaza, saying that it "undermines principled humanitarian action, endangers staff and communities, and compromises effective aid delivery."

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres criticized a move by Israel to ban electricity or water to facilities owned by the UNRWA, a UN spokesperson said, adding that UNRWA is an "integral" part of the world body. UNRWA Commissioner General Phillipe Lazzarini said the decision was part of an ongoing " systematic campaign to discredit UNRWA and thereby obstruct" the role it plays in providing assistance to Palestinian refugees.

"Israel's decision to prevent 37 international aid organizations from continuing their work in the Gaza Strip is the latest step in a policy that has been both cruel and amateurish in its treatment of Gaza's civilian population.

Like other dark regimes around the world, the Israeli government has spun a web of lies and conspiracies around international organizations in an effort to blur responsibility for its own grave failure"

Nir Hasson

I posted yesterday that Netanyahu called settlers torching homes as just "kids" and in most cases, no action is taken, no punishment meted out.

If you're a Palestinian throwing rocks at a road, you'll pay with your life.

Israeli special forces killed one Palestinian and shot two others in the West Bank overnight into Thursday, the IDF said, claiming that the three were throwing rocks at a nearby highway. The statement did not specify the condition of the other two Palestinians.

The IDF Rabble didn't shoot any settlers who are throwing rocks and clubbing women to unconsciousness whenever they feel like it and sometimes when watched over and protected by the IDF Rabble.

To collect his dosh no doubt.

Nothing we didn't know but very interesting nevertheless.

Remember all those posts expressing outrage at Hamas yet when it was pointed out that Israel was facilitating the funding of the terrorist organisation we just got tumbleweed?

I do.

Israel actually asked Qatar to send more cash to Hamas a month before Oct 7th.

Israelis should be apoplectic - was this the price to paid by the 1200 murdered? For Israel to face the charge of Genocide? For it to become a World Pariah?

Well, they should overthrow their murderous Govt. - just like the Pro-Israelis here demanded the Palestinians overthrow Hamas.

QatarGate is growing legs. I'm getting a stronger impression now that Israel knew an attack was likely (Hamas told them) but they realised this was their prime opportunity to level Gaza and tear the backside out the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Iran and Yemen.

Haaretz:
Israel's Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported that just a month before Hamas' October 7 attack, Israel asked Qatar to increase the amount of money it transferred to the group.

The report said the request followed Hamas threats of violent escalation and was conveyed to Qatar's envoy to Gaza, Mohammed el-Emadi, on behalf of the Israeli government at a Jerusalem meeting that included the former head of the Shin Bet security service's Southern District, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories and other Israeli representatives.

The report said that a month before the request was made, a senior Qatari official met with Yahya Sinwar, then Hamas' leader in Gaza, to prepare for el-Emadi's meeting with the Israelis. After Qatar's delegation left Gaza, its officials told Israel Hamas sought stability, according to the report. The Prime Minister's Office said last March that the security had found that starting in March of 2022, Hamas diverted $4 million in funding to its military wing.