Gearóid Dubhfholtach
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@atrupar
@leahmcelrath
695 Israeli civilians died on Oct 7th. More than 20,000 Palestinian civilians have died since, given the thousands "missing" under the rubble.
You keep pretending there's any equivalence in scale here while engaging in "but Hamas!" at every turn to deflect.
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@paulrubens
@mehdirhasan
You're conflating Jews and Israel, which is in and of itself antisemitic.
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@the_nerd_skull
I cannot laugh hard enough at the idea of "immigration laws" in an era when the concept of a "border" was porous at best, and non-existent more often than not.
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@StevenGlinert
@fakehistoryhunt
@Noahpinion
There's no such thing as the "Dark Ages". Historians abandoned that term long ago and it's clear you don't have the knowledge to substantively disagree. You're high on your own ego.
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@bad_histories
Really concerning that distortions and misuse of the term "indigenous" have jumped from the far-right and right to the left now.
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I don't want to exaggerate this, because there's incredible toxicity on social media, but the level of normalized cruelty among many "pro-Israel" accounts, right or center or left, is abnormal.
Hebrew social media is far underreported in English media. The stuff you can see...
You don’t know the dark side of humanity until you read Israeli Stan accounts responding to children who’ve lost their legs crying for their dead parents - genuinely, some of you need to find God
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@gol_peri
You know the first Arab documented in the Levant was 850 BCE? The first ever attested Arab, in fact.
The idea that Arabs are "colonizers" is a modern racist script peddled in far-right sewers that projects European colonialism onto a pre-modern society without that ideology.
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@JeffreyASachs
She literally said she's going back to join the IDF after Eurovision. Her politics seem to not be very good.
Also, I think it's fine to have negative opinions of someone who chooses to represent their state in a contest during a genocide. She's not a random singer.
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@orenbarsky
@_ZachFoster
What an irrelevant demand. "Nations" as a concept are an early modern one you're projecting into the past, but even then the idea they are some fixed natural process is absurd. Ethnogenesis is a well-documented process. Groups form, disband, and change all throughout history.
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@jodieginsberg
Israel has obligations under international law to confirm their target, not simply fire at the first thing that looks threatening. The loose RoE and poor checks in their system have been on display this entire war.
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@diannaeanderson
Sexist harassment against women trying to compete too, from some of what I've read. Reminds me of high school debate clubs that tended towards being male in my experience.
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@BrandonLBradfor
Right, it's their IQ, not that the paperwork is often vague, confusing, and designed to be difficult (to keep people off benefits).
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@diannaeanderson
Pretty sure "I brought up genitals in a work situation" is going to get you reprimanded in most industries. It was just a warning too! I'm sorry someone sent you a slightly critical email, I guess.
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@Yair_Rosenberg
@BenJohnsonGeo
A tactic that Hamas hasn't used in years is not in fact a justification for the loose RoE and itchy trigger-fingers of the IDF.
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@dlippman
AIPAC endorsed a significant number of far-right insurrectionists and their history of racism is well-documented.
No one owes deference to that toxic lobbying group.
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@abdallah_fayyad
@gcaw
In military courts with a conviction rate that in some years exceeds 99%. Essentially no one brought before Israeli military courts is not convicted. The system is fundamentally not credible.
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@tksshawa
I'm sick at the coverage saying "two hostages rescued" without noting dozens of Palestinians killed. I think the hostages should be free, hostage-taking violates IHL, but that doesn't mean at any cost. The refusal to treat Palestinian lives equally is hideous.
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@orenbarsky
@_ZachFoster
Much of Iraq has been a coherent region since the Akkadians.
Israel was created by Europeans drawing lines on a map just as much as any other state in the region. They're all artificial. All states are artificial.
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@mehdirhasan
Israel's rather notorious use of torture seems to be less widely known than I expected, despite it being a longstanding issue.
These allegations are getting conflated with earlier smears against UNRWA, which is likely intentional given Israel's hostility to the org.
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@faniaoz
There are countless videos of Israeli soldiers committing war crimes on camera while laughing and mocking victims.
Ignoring that cruelty is vile. This atrocity denial will not bring peace. It only indicates deep-seated racism.
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@BarakRavid
A "diversion" that killed dozens is likely a war crime under IHL. I don't see how this comports with international law. The reporting on this has been ghoulish too. As if the dead Palestinians don't matter, despite many being clearly civilian.
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FIRE is a shameless culture-war org that exists to promote their reactionary anti-woke ideology. Any actual defenses of free speech they do in the process are incidental. The handful of liberals they've defended are outweighed by their obvious far-right sympathies.
There it is. Total joke of a methodology.
Basing these figures on news reports means they just reflect how much attention this issue is getting, not the issue itself.
They're using a media-fueled moral panic as evidence that the moral panic is real.
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@tksshawa
I can't even think of a way to spin this in bad-faith, it's that bad. Deliberate and repeated targeting of non-combatants outside any seeming combat zone who were clearly unarmed and represented no threat.
Someone should be in prison for life for approving this strike.
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@AriDrennen
Apropos of nothing I find it super interesting that trans dudes often grow better facial hair than I, a cis dude, can. It's neat our bodies are so malleable. I think that's what freaks out the bigots, personally.
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@Esqueer_
These "change the noun" exercises are useful precisely because it elucidates the fundamental logic beneath. It's too easy to whitewash bigotry against certain disfavored groups, but stripping it down to the core supremacist and hateful logic breaks those illusions.
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@mattyglesias
Netanyahu just ordered a stop to demolitions of illegal outposts in the West Bank, rewarding the far-right and literal settler terrorists.
Biden absolutely does not have a better understanding of this. All the evidence is he's running on personal bias.
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@War_Takes
DoD and State are both full of angry professionals pointing out how none of this makes any sense, only to be overruled by the political appointees at the top trying to cater to Biden.
I'm honestly surprised by how few resignations we've seen.
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@GregBrownUNLV
@chefjoseandres
@WCKitchen
A professor of history may not ken IHL, but Israel is responsible for their own actions and choices, not Hamas. Just like Hamas is responsible for crimes on Oct 7th, Israel is responsible for crimes in the response.
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@CSMFHT
Irish mythology eventually turned into "well the Gods live underground over under that hill, we figure".
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@JillFilipovic
It might surprise you to find out that language has context, and the absolute worst and most racist reading that pops into your mind may not reflect that actual intent of the speaker.
But there's no penalty for inciting against Palestinians in US media.
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@mattlieb
Impressive to talk about damage to Israeli agriculture when it's clear countless acres of agriculture has been deliberately demolished by Israel in Gaza. We have sat photos.
Projection really is the favorite habit of reactionaries of every stripe.
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@DavidAstinWalsh
If an IDF soldier is killed it's terrorism, but if Israel demolishes a 4 story apartment building to kill a low-level Hamas fighter, and kills three other families in that building, it's "just war". The hypocrisy is too much.
It's the logic of bus bombings but somehow worse.
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@aaolomi
A high school history teacher of mine (admittedly already controversial due to her personality) was "investigated" over having some vague posters of Mecca and Medina in the class room. She was a world history teacher.
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@gol_peri
That's a quite recent example. I'm quite aware of Baathist "Arabization" campaigns in Iraq and Syria. That has nothing to do with much older history. It's a very modern ideology that arose out of the spread of European-style nationalism.
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@mobydickenergy
I really regret reading that. She had plenty of options, including just asking someone "hey something's broke, what should I do?". Sidesteps the whole issue. I'd be infuriated too.
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@Allmeridians
@wawog_now
@TheAtlantic
The writer doesn't know anything about IHL, because that example is absolutely NOT legal, and mirrors a bad-faith Israeli propaganda line.
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@samfbiddle
I mean, isn't the big "get" here that there's less cruelty involved in lab grown meat? I don't exactly have issues with farming, animals die in nature,humans aren't powerful enough to overturn that, but I do like the idea of lab grown meat that doesn't rely on killing livestock.
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@Bsamuels0
Whoever at State made this decision should be in prison. Blatantly violating US law to protect violations of IHL that may amount to genocide, another crime under US law.
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@yaqobhyndes
@Trey_Explainer
I don't doubt the numbers are exaggerated, but it's not like we have no other evidence. Chinese cities were much more dense than in most other parts of the world. You can look at evidence like that and see a higher population is plausible, and hence more manpower for armies.
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@lazarwolfbk
@alwaystheself
"Classical education" is just a reactionary grift. Take a look at the companies DeSantis and his goons are promoting. They are all far-right. There's little educational value in the biased drivel they peddle.
Go back to your fascist forums.
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@furnuwees
@r0wdy_
@RottenInDenmark
Field-specific jargon is not something most people can get on the first go, even when read, let alone when spoken. Unfortunately for you, real knowledge requires work.
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@SamiBsoul
@IsraelWarRoom
@shawarmamayor
@CUNY
@marclamonthill
Half of this tweet is not history, it's nationalist mythology. No credible scholar believes in the Patriarchal narrative nor Exodus. The United Monarchy has been debunked. We know of David only indirectly, as a mythic ancestor.
This is the abuse of history to promote politics.
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@DaughterofNoach
@SethAckerman
@anaraintuitive
This is a lie. They have not been "confirmed Hamas". The IDF alleges, without a shred of evidence, they are Hamas. Meanwhile, everyone serious knows the 37k estimate from the MoH is an undercount, possibly my more than 10k.
This is nothing but vile atrocity denial.
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@IRHotTakes
I mean, historians loathe the term "Dark Ages" because it has a ton of baggage that doesn't reflect actual scholarship. "Progressives" don't seem to care that much in my experience. They believe the same myths as most people.
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@GoldwagNathan
I always think how crazy it is that China probably learned bronze-working from Indo-European speaking nomads. Because Neolithic China was really complex, miles ahead of the density and material culture of those nomads, but it just so happens they hadn't made that step.
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@shashj
@gsmadhusudan
Netanyahu's "Amalek" reference cannot be read as anything but genocidal. There are dozens of other comments from officials in Israel, not to mention more from media figures.
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Kahanist screaming "Death to Arabs" and besieging Arab students in
#Israel
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עכשיו במעונות מכללת נתניה 30 סטודנטים ערבים נצורים, בעוד שעל שער המכללה צובאים מאות פורעים שצועקים ״מוות לערבים״!
מי שמגלה סלחנות לבריונות ברשת כלפי סטודנטים ערבים ומאפשר להתאחדות הסטודנטים להקים חמ״ל בילוש אחריהם, שלא יתפלא לראות פורעים בשערים!
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@Esqueer_
Name changes (and pronoun changes) are tough. A buddy of mine changed his name, just changed his name, years ago. It took me and others while to get it right. What matters is how you treat the errors, IMO.
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@moonlit_misfit
Israeli refuseniks deserve far more respect. They're acting with full knowledge they'll face harm for their refusal, and do it anyway.
It's one thing to dismiss the often racist "liberals" who don't act. But refuseniks are acting.
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The Israeli snuff telegram channels, at least one of which was literally run by the IDF. People truly do not understand just how rotten the gov and military in Israel can be, or just how extreme the sentiment can be in more or less "normal" circles.
That's a reporting failure.
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@glcarlstrom
Some really disgusting replies here openly glorifying war crimes against civilians. The dehumanization of Palestinians mean people look at scenes of nearly unprecedented destruction and decide to vomit out cheap talking points about Hamas. As if it's Hamas that's suffering.
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@amyspitalnick
Hillel is very explicitly "pro-Israel". You can disagree with the idea they should be boycotted, but it's absurd to pretend there's not decades of strident "pro-Israel" policy from Hillel. They're not neutral on the topic.
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@shashj
@samfbiddle
How negligent does Israel need to be before you admit that it's a policy choice and not an accident?
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@anaraintuitive
@SethAckerman
All you've done is post atrocity denial. You're not at the level of any of the genocide and IHL specialists who have said Israeli actions may constitute the crime of genocide.
You seem to have no idea what the term "genocide" means.
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@caitlinmoriah
The part where she keeps doubling down by bragging about her father, who is apparently good with languages and understands etymology but doesn't grasp that Latin "cista" and Latin "cis-" are different things.
With luck she'll lose any paid writing gigs after this display.
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@David__Well
@EmissaryOfNight
"Opportunities" that never actually offered real sovereignty. You seem to be falling into the same tropes in question here.
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@silverrj99
@joshrogin
@GWUniversity
@GWtweets
Yes, they do. Including the US government. You're engaging in atrocity denial. Multiple documented war crimes by Israeli forces have been seen, often on video.
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@bad_histories
There's a bunch of references in Early Medieval Irish literature to bathing and bathtubs. It's very clearly considered part of hospitality. That's outside the influence of Roman/post-Roman bathing culture too.
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@conor64
@jh_swanson
Museums have context. If you don't grasp the difference between a historical artifact in context and one stripped of it, you have no business discussing this topic.
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@LeiblerMark
@FranceskAlbs
This is a lie. Gaza has remained under belligerent occupation. IHL scholars and relevant INGOs have stated that many times. Israel maintained a preponderance of control over the territory.
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@caitlinmoriah
Everyone knows in Japan you must apply for 20 permits before taking the train to the next town over.
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@sspencer_smb
@nycsouthpaw
Yes, lets trust the notorious liar and bigot with clear self-interest to lie.
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@GeorgeTakei
@chefjoseandres
@ReichlinMelnick
@WCKitchen
Heartbreaking and preventable, if the Biden admin would use their leverage over Israel to push a change in behavior, rather than credulously parroting Israeli talking points and signing new weapons shipments.
No replenishment of offensive arms until we see a change in behavior.
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@NoahFiliation
@RottenInDenmark
"Some controversy" by which you mean like 4 fringe scholars and a bunch of transphobic activists. You're lying, and everyone knows it. There are not actually "interventions" for early childhood. Social transition at most.
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@mehdirhasan
This order violates US law, international law, and US treaty obligations. All to pander to bigoted voters who will almost certainly never vote for Biden. Plenty of liberals and centrists tried this game in Europe over the past 20 years, and did it ever really work out?
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@golikehellmachi
High school level is pretty generous, I think even most textbooks don't promote the "Dark Ages" myth at this point.
Economists trying to do history are almost uniformly atrocious at it. But what they say matches popular misconceptions and biases so it gets wide reach.
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@NaksBilal
A really useful example of how deeply bigoted much of the anti-Netanyahu camp is. I see too many Americans assuming Netanyahu is the problem, when most of the Israeli political spectrum currently shares his racism, if not his methods or corruption.
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@JVartndesign
@bad_histories
If you're going to act incredibly arrogant I'll just leave the paper for you. Ireland, a largely non-urban society, had regular bathing customs.
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@lisang
@gontarzn
@haaretzcom
Already the trolls are blaming this on Hamas, as if Hamas controls the borders of Gaza and is limiting aid. Israel is creating a humanitarian crisis, despite Israel's obligations under international law to a population under belligerent occupation.
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@sitzikbs
Your "delicate soul" led you to engage in genocide denial and whitewash war crimes, so it doesn't merit any respect.
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@MabIsTink
@Jezebel
Trying to find excuses to justify the rights abuses against her only show your hideous character.
Delete this.
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@mattlieb
It's strange how few people pay attention to both administrative detention and the fact that Israeli military courts for Palestinians regularly have 99%+ conviction rate, which should raise red flags for anyone who sees that stat.
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@AngryBlackLady
Most of the West refuses to even criticize Israel's systemic violations of international law in Gaza, but sure.
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@SIfill_
Replying to an open neo-Nazi to pull the "everyone did slavery" cliche is perfectly on brand for Musk.
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@damintoell
@JohnFetterman
It's incredibly to misread something this badly. You're almost at Silver's level.
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@lastpositivist
You can tell it's an American who made it, because endless fields of wheat aren't really an Irish thing.
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@nhannahjones
Slavery varies a lot by time and place, but pretty much every society that used slaves cared about skills and valued those skills. Absolutely wild these same people also try and whitewash American slavery's racial system. This is all just a prop in their ideological crusade.
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@sectum5empra
@_amroali
They pre-Hebrew Canaanites. Though those dates are off a fair bit from actual archaeology (the proto-Hebrew material culture arises circa 1150 BCE, for example).
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The only people defending this are useless reactionary centrists like Chait and open transphobes. This is such a serious violation, yet even that isn't enough to get the rotting "just asking questions" crowd to back off their crusade against trans kids.
Under the absolute best case scenario for Singal (that is, that Reed’s allegations are accurate and not made up), he has published direct quotations from a child’s therapy sessions without that child’s consent, after their privacy was egregiously violated by a third party.
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@USAF_Veteran57
@chefjoseandres
@POTUS
@netanyahu
This is a flat out racist lie. Israel has made clear they wouldn't stop the war if hostages were released.
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@swolecialism
@revhowardarson
Honestly the expansion to 26, which I've seen a lot of people deride, covered a pretty serious gap too.
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@DalrympleWill
The idea that every Hamas member must be turned over to Israel but the IDF is not required to turn over IDF soldiers to the ICC despite numerous documented war crimes shows how unserious that kind of logic is. It also uses the myth of a "right to exist" which no state possesses.
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@_MorseCoded
@JeffreyASachs
You seem to be a reactionary bigot, so I doubt you know anything about IHL, but Israel has clearly violated multiple articles of the Genocide Convention, and intent is strongly indicated for at least one, article 2(c). Israeli policy likely meets the threshold of genocide.
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@thomaschattwill
You cannot be serious. That is not in any sense, legal or moral, a violent act that justifies the use of force.
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@KarenAttiah
@MaddyDono
Code Pink, the group protesting her directly (and not recently, the video is old) has documented ties to pro-China funding and behavior. Code Pink is a bad actor, they've been apologists for regimes from Assad to Iran to Venezuela.
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@yashar
@chefjoseandres
Completely non-credible. They lie in that very statement about Israel's posture on humanitarian aid, as if we haven't seen them repeatedly kill security for aid convoys and arbitrarily block aid from entering Gaza.
It's highly unlikely anyone is punished for this crime.
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@gol_peri
The majority of Arabization in the MENA happened slowly over centuries. In the last two centuries or so, modern states tried to enforce uniformity, often through violence, following the trends in Europe. But that's a recent trend. Not an old one.
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There are Israelis who heroically cast off and fight against this malicious culture of racism and hate, and the more you know about how deep that toxic culture goes, the more you respect their efforts to fight it.
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