Occupation of Gaza?

Meanwhile…

The death toll in Sudan’s ongoing civil war is estimated to be significantly higher than previously reported, with studies suggesting that over 150,000 people may have died since the conflict began in April 2023. The majority of these deaths are attributed to violence, preventable diseases, and starvation, particularly affecting vulnerable populations in regions like Khartoum and Darfur.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crln9lk51dro

Doesn’t get as much attention because why? Muslim on Muslim? Brown on Brown? And yet it involves (unlike Gaza) systemic targeting of civilians based on ethnicity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur_genocide

Indeed. The dementia angle is a distraction. Not enough of them are getting his hot insider trading tips I suppose before each oscillation of the yo-yo.

He was ridiculed for a segment of his speech at West Point but it went for an hour and it was nowhere near as bad as Dems made it out to be.

Here in Australia I had the impression there were no primaries? TIL there were primaries

We wouldn’t be surprised by such behavior from the conservatives (they gave up on Christ-like behavior long ago) but we hold this mob to a higher standard - let’s hope they hear the disgust from their constituents and pull their heads in.

Bonus points if “conservative” voters for their part would start criticizing their politicians for actually being extremists.

Senator Dorinda Cox called One Nation leader Pauline Hanson a “f—ing retard” in a text message leaked after she defected to Labor, showing the depth of anger toward her in the Greens

That’s petty of the Greens.

Yeah it seems to merely be a business decision, less about a conscience and more about avoiding losing more anti-trust suits.

The conservatives won the Presidency. Now the liberal PM is calling for a vote of confidence (why?).

I cannot find his ten points anywhere. Not even on his party website.

Will they use AI to insert him into scenes wearing a superhero outfit? That will get his attention.

Well I like his comedy but refuse to watch after his dinner with Trump.

That is what much of MAGA admire about him: that he is at least being up-front about it.

The stock market insider trading is something Democrats are guilty of too, I’m sure, but his manipulation via yoyo tariffs is probably seen by MAGA as him just doing it better.

And they would be laughing at how most of Liberal media seems to be oblivious to it, focusing instead on cheap laughs poking fun of how he can’t make up his mind. Comedians like Maher, Colbert and Stewart are especially suckers on this issue.

Unless the person is making music, or rather controlling it. No need for musical expertise, just tweak it until you arrive somewhere you enjoy. Or enjoy the tweaking itself. Like this.

Am surprised his style hasn’t changed. I am not tired of the genre 20+ years on though.

Also a little surprising the mainstream hasn’t adopted elements of it. I naively thought it would by now.

Do you have an example of such violence in Gaza pre Oct 7 and post settlement withdrawal in 2005?

The blockading is because in that time Hamas and PIJ were sending missiles and suicide bombers into Israel.

There was retaliation each time. Disproportionate because it was meant as a deterrent (obviously it failed to deter though).

On the contrary, Ireland has been trying to get the official definition of genocide changed so that it can match what is happening in Gaza but cannot get enough countries on board.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/ireland-wants-expansion-of-the-definition-of-genocide-under-the-geneva-convention-says-taoiseach/a1112529887.html

Furiously? I am not the one making ad hominem attacks. I am not putting words in your mouth. I declared no such thing. I bring up uncomfortable facts.

There is no such thing as a mainstream political bloc. 5 coalitions were tried and quickly failed resulting in renewed elections before Netanyahu won. There are Left leaning Israeli parties (who value liberalism, unlike Hamas) but I am pretty sure they don’t want to vacate the Levant either which is what these discussions always seem to come down to.

Jews aint leaving. Arabs aint leaving. Get real. I don’t know how they can make it work. Neither of us has a solution.

Do you really need to resort to name calling and bullying? There are reasonable arguments to be had.

You call it genocide but I do not accept your redefinition of the word. Do you call Russia’s war on Ukraine genocide? Russia targets purely civilian towns with drones and missiles (unlike Gaza situation) but it isn’t genocide. I can acknowledge that despite being pro-Ukraine.

And you want what? Israel to roll over and allow continuous repeats of Oct 7 (which Hamas vowed to do, on the record)?

Here is a more mature argument you could have used against me: How would Israel know if all of Hamas surrendered anyhow?

UNWRA was compromised so the impartial party option has been abandoned.

It requires military to keep Hamas from stealing the aid. It is not realistic to expect an outside neutral military to take on this task. UN could not keep Hezbollah in check in Lebanon.

It seems Hamas are annoyed not just that they are being denied supplies for themselves and to sell to civilians but also because they need civilians to be starving to win the PR battle. Full stomachs will divert attention from the war so should we starve the people? Which is it? Allowing Hamas to hijack it isn’t going to happen so forget what the UN says (which is very vague).

Regardless of what we argue here, the distribution will continue. It is just two days into it so let’s see if it going well. Of course for some ProPals it will not go well unless Jews vacate the Levant (an unrealistic fantasy regardless of whether one believes they should be there or not).