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by GordonS 3y ago
Especially given the importance of politics to corporations - they are allowed to politic, but employees aren't?
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The ICJ case wasn't intended to say "yes/no" to "is Israel committing genocide?" - the purpose was see if there was that risk. They found there is a plausible risk that Israel is committing genocide. US-backed
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All of this seems quite reasonable to me, and I'm certain Gazans would agree to it. Certainly polls suggest the majority would support it [0]. I'd also add that there needs to be an end to apartheid in Israel. There may also be ne
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by GordonS 3y ago
I'm not entirely sure what you mean by that statement, but I guess you're somehow implying it's not US-backed Israel's fault that they prevents legitimate goods (such as crayons, seeds, fishing rods etc) from entering Ga
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by GordonS 3y ago
You posted a video of tunnels being used for civilian smuggling. That is not a military facility of any kind, let alone an 'evil Hamas terror facilty'. The denials are really getting ridiculous now.
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by GordonS 3y ago
> Sometimes I wished HN had an "ignore user" button FWIW, there is a "mute" button, but it still allows Hasbara drones to harass you, claim you're a terrorist supporter, antisemite etc - you know, the usual sland
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by GordonS 3y ago
> What happened to “believe women?” And where are the women whom we should believe? > You think in a sudden 1143 person civilian homicidal attack, going door to door, no rape happened Firstly, the latest figure from Israel is that 695
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by GordonS 3y ago
> Also, many tunnels are supposedly used for civilian smuggling of foods, medicines, luxuries etc - and only exist because of Israel's blockade I wanted to add a bit more about this, to illustrate how punitive Israel's blockade
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> What would you do differently Not knowingly massacre civilians? If they supposedly have 10 million miles of tunnels (or whatever the IDF claims), then the very idea of taking out tunnels is pointless anyway. Hamas aren't some rand
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by GordonS 3y ago
There are no confirmed accounts of rape, and the NYT Hamas hit piece that is re-laundered daily by the MSM has signs (such as Anat Schwarz) of Israeli intelligence all over it. Regarding the UN report, it is not the smoking gun you seen to
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by GordonS 3y ago
> Those released in the latest exchange and in the Gilad Shalit exchange were convicted Yes, and the list of crimes was made public. Many of them were indeed "throwing stones". As I said, some are definitely held because of ter
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by GordonS 3y ago
> You literally did say that Not literally, no. My comment was in response to the general case of "in and around civilians and civilian infrastructure" - that truly is unavoidable. You then stretched that to the inside of sch
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by GordonS 3y ago
> convicted of terror activities Yes, such as "throwing stones" at armoured vehicles - truly despicable! Many are held without charge too. And many are held under "administrative detention", which means they can be he
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by GordonS 3y ago
If you're going to make the claim that credible evidence exists, please do share it. Genuinely, I haven't seen anything credible.
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by GordonS 3y ago
> Did you know that Israel tried to give Gaza back to Egypt and West Bank back to Jordan? This is revisionist history - Gaza was never even part of Egypt! [0] Netanyahu's plans for "Greater Israel" (which includes the West
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by GordonS 3y ago
This is not Reddit, and I won't be engaging any further with you. Good bye.
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> that and the fact over 500 Israeli soldiers were killed by Hamas in Gaza so far Israel are the occupying, attacking force, and have massacred thousands of civilians. You want me to care about war criminals, who routinely broadcast thei
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by GordonS 3y ago
> They could have had their homes back decades ago if they accepted Israeli rule "accepted Israeli rule?!". If Russia decides to occupy your country, would you be so accepting?! Never mind the fact that the West Bank shows exac
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by GordonS 3y ago
You specifically asked me for a response about "one side" - I respond, and am accused of bias. I just looked at your post history, and I regret engaging with you, as well, talk about hypocrisy. This is not Reddit - do better.
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by GordonS 3y ago
That is not at all what I said - are you commenting in good faith? We've also seen no credible evidence that Hamas hides weapons inside of schools, mosques or hospitals.
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by GordonS 3y ago
> the staggering scale of tunnels that have been built to funnel military supplies through civilians areas; clearing operations to destroy these areas entirely feels defensible "clearing operations" for tunnels involves heavy b
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by GordonS 3y ago
> Is it plausible that Israel is so precise that all the adult men they've killed were Hamas fighters? We know from some of their previous actions in the region that they could be, if they wanted to - we've seen them take out
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by GordonS 3y ago
Sure: https://en-social-sciences.tau.ac.il/sites/socsci-english.ta... . This is a very interesting poll, and it clearly shows that Arabs want peace, while Israeli Jews do not . In reference to the same poll: "A va
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by GordonS 3y ago
Do you mean this part? > what interest Palestinians have in regard to Israelis from your point of view? I'm not sure I understand the question? Is it "how to Palestinians feel about Israelis?". If so, I don't know, bu
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> They said israel should dismantle their colonies Sure, but the implication was that Gazans were then "free" with self-determination; I wanted to point out that the situation is not so clear-cut.
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by GordonS 3y ago
> This is an enemy who would kill more than 10,000 if it could And yet, it's Israel that has killed 30-50k... so far . > who deliberately positions military hardware such as rocket launchers in and around civilians and civilian
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by GordonS 3y ago
Israel prevents foreign journalists from entering Gaza to cover the conflict - that fact alone should cast heavy doubt on their intentions. Many journalists appear to have been deliberately targeted: killed by snipers, bombed while sleeping
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by GordonS 3y ago
> They only controlled the border and what goes in and out of Gaza "only" is used here to diminish the suffering of the Gazan people. Israel has had Gaza under a brutal blockade, across air, land and sea. They control everythi
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by GordonS 3y ago
> Setting aside the fact that these are numbers provided by Hamas The UN and Lancet [0] believe the numbers are credible. Let's not forget there are likely 10k+ civilians still burried under rubble too. > Hamas has miles of tunne
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by GordonS 3y ago
> Why did they take hostages to begin with Hamas stated their aim very clearly - to have Israeli hostages to trade for the thousands of Palestinian hostages that are held in Israeli dungeons.

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