The Middle East Thread

I am really curious about the Fox News report.

A couple of assault rifles and a few magazines is the kind of haul that justifies blowing up a civilian shed.

US weapons manufacturers have increased their value by $23bn since 7th October

Not exactly the video I saw, but pretty close.

Used much of the same footage, and messaging was similar to this article on the BBC

Here is the Fox News Report. Which is considering is fairly accurate.

https://x.com/TreyYingst/status/1724932849931805070?s=20

Hopefully , something positive.

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Seemingly no progress based on this report.

https://x.com/dancohen3000/status/1725656917312262555?s=20

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I guess you haven’t seen this

It would have been hilarious, if it weren’t so tragic.

And almost as soon as it was being reported out by tv news channels there came a denial of any such order from the IDF.

They were in fact simply ‘assisting’ people who wanted to evacuate.

Yeah , right.

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Was going to put this on the jokes thread but more suitable here:

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On Wednesday Mr Musk replied to a post sharing a conspiracy theory which accused Jewish communities of pushing hatred against white people, calling it “actual truth”. .

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The evacuation of Al Shifa along with the ordered evacuation of Khan Yunus are terrible escalations.

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It is actually somewhat impressive in an appalling sort of way that in the midst of this terrible Gaza crisis, he has managed to be horrifically anti-semitic without a trace of corresponding sympathy for the Palestinians.

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I posted the transcript of an interview he had on PBS the day after his resignation. It was most noteworthy for claiming, and then double downing on the idea after the interviewer realized what he implied and wanted to give him a chance to backtrack, that the laws we have in place to ensure our weapons are not used for actions that violate international law are purposefully ignored when it comes to Israel due to the knowledge that they cannot comply with them.

This is now a well respected, normally pretty milqutoast member of congress who does not rick the boat saying he has repeatedly raised this issue only to see it get ignored

https://x.com/Bsamuels0/status/1725533161709240730?s=20

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As ever with Israel , it’s a one way street ; You give us what we want and in return we’ll give you absolutely nothing , but we do promise (for now) not to smear you , tug at your conscience , or otherwise make things politically uncomfortable for you.

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200 killed in an attack on a single target. :man_shrugging: :man_facepalming:

USA and West has no control/influence over Israel and they are never going to admit it. So, what sort of death toll are we looking at; 50,000! 100,000!! fucking million!!!

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The only way they even think about changing is if America pulls aid to Israel.

Given the pro Israel fervor here, (not exclusively, but it is very pro Israel in relation to most of the rest of the world) I won’t hold my breath.

Some of the responses to the horrific videos of the aftermaths on Twitter…people treat critters in their house better.

Where the fuck re they supposed to go? They’re already displaced from the north to the south. What was the point of bombing a refugee camp? More bullshit about tunnels?

I mean they’re not hiding their intentions any more either. IDF videos are widely shared showing various atrocities being committed. Palestinians being treated like dirt.

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Israel means to drive them out from Gaza.

Comes to a stage where surely staying in a tent city in Egypt is more preferable than the hell that is Gaza.