Zionists are openly racist

@rajk999 said
You are sadly mistaken. Clearly you are very young and one of those liberal types. You are emotionally attached to this situation. This social media thing or demonstrating in the street kind of support is shallow and fickle. All you need to do is to tell these liberal jokers who are demonstrating for the Palestinian cause that Hamas and most Islamic regimes will throw them ...[text shortened]... etty soon the only countries supporting the Palestinians are those who support terrorists like Iran.

@no1marauder said
A few weeks ago you were admitting that Hamas couldn't win a free election in Gaza and now your entire position justifying mass slaughter in that area is based on a claim that the entire population supports Hamas!

Talk about "shallow and fickle".

Your newfound position offers Israelis and Palestinians nothing but an endless cycle of brutality and death. That might be alright for a religious nut like yourself, but should be unappetizing for even the Israeli public.

@rajk999 said
Well, new information had surfaced. In particular:
- have not heard one single statement from Gazans that they are not supporting what Hamas did, or that they are not part of it, or that they are sorry about the killing of the Jewish civilians. In fact they were jumping and dancing in the street
- early in the bombing Israel provided a safe passage out of Gaza, but just a ...[text shortened]... at that time to state that Hamas has little suppor. They have the bulk of the people on their side.

@no1marauder said
In the US now, a very sizable majority support an immediate ceasefire. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/majority-of-americans-republicans-support-israel-ceasefire-poll/ar-AA1jcPmr

Israel is dependent on foreign money and equipment to maintain the massive military needed to repress the Palestinians. Their spit in the face attitude of world wide opinion disapprovi ...[text shortened]... to have political repercussions in those who have previously turned a blind eye to their atrocities.

@no1marauder said
In the US now, a very sizable majority support an immediate ceasefire. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/majority-of-americans-republicans-support-israel-ceasefire-poll/ar-AA1jcPmr

Israel is dependent on foreign money and equipment to maintain the massive military needed to repress the Palestinians. Their spit in the face attitude of world wide opinion disapprovi ...[text shortened]... to have political repercussions in those who have previously turned a blind eye to their atrocities.

@rajk999 said
Well, new information had surfaced. In particular:
- have not heard one single statement from Gazans that they are not supporting what Hamas did, or that they are not part of it, or that they are sorry about the killing of the Jewish civilians. In fact they were jumping and dancing in the street
- early in the bombing Israel provided a safe passage out of Gaza, but just a ...[text shortened]... at that time to state that Hamas has little suppor. They have the bulk of the people on their side.

@rajk999 said
I dont think Israel is listening to anyone. They aim to eliminate the threat of Hamas. A ceasefire will not accomplish that.

@no1marauder said
If the US had the political will to listen to its People and cut off military funding to Israel unless they agreed to follow the rules of war, they would.

@Rajk999
In principle the laws of war do not make it more difficult to win the conflict so it is not disadvantageous for only one side to follow them.

@athousandyoung said
What if they threw a cease fire and only one side came?

@rajk999 said
Rules of war must be followed by both parties, otherwise there are no rules. Hamas shot civilians, children women, aged civilians and kidnapped 200 or so. There are no rules.

@no1marauder said
That isn't how it works and you either know it or are incredibly stupid.

"The tu quoque defense (Latin for 'you too'😉 asserts that the authority trying a defendant has committed the same crimes of which they are accused.[1][2] It is related to the legal principle of clean hands,[3] reprisal,[4] and "an eye for an eye".[5] The tu quoque defense does not exist in inte ...[text shortened]... en accepted by an international court.[6][7]"

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

@no1marauder said
That isn't how it works and you either know it or are incredibly stupid.

"The tu quoque defense (Latin for 'you too'😉 asserts that the authority trying a defendant has committed the same crimes of which they are accused.[1][2] It is related to the legal principle of clean hands,[3] reprisal,[4] and "an eye for an eye".[5] The tu quoque defense does not exist in inte ...[text shortened]... en accepted by an international court.[6][7]"

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

@rajk999 said
Well, new information had surfaced. In particular:
- have not heard one single statement from Gazans that they are not supporting what Hamas did, or that they are not part of it, or that they are sorry about the killing of the Jewish civilians. In fact they were jumping and dancing in the street
- early in the bombing Israel provided a safe passage out of Gaza, but just a ...[text shortened]... at that time to state that Hamas has little suppor. They have the bulk of the people on their side.

So I was wrong just like you were at that time to state that Hamas has little suppor. They have the bulk of the people on their side.

@wildgrass said

So I was wrong just like you were at that time to state that Hamas has little suppor. They have the bulk of the people on their side.

There's no power in Gaza. No water. No internet. At least 25% of all buildings have been damaged or destroyed, so millions have no home. They can't leave.

Under these circumstances, you want them to what? Release statements ...[text shortened]... lians aren't releasing a TikTok video that proves to you that they don't like innocent people dying.