#but the goal is Hamas.

[dvar-trek]

I'm sorry, but this simply isn't true. One shitty real estate company made a gross joke advertisement on Facebook. Even if Israel were to annex the Gaza strip, a random real estate company would not then own the land and be able to start selling lots. The war is bad enough. We don't need to spread misinformation.

everything about the Palestinian genocide is disgusting and inhumane and incredibly depressing but there's something extra infuriating to me about the fact that the reason Israel is taking all this land is so they can bulldoze the rubble and build subdivisions. Like not only are they going out of their way to wipe out an entire people and culture in one of the most horrific state actions of the 21st century, but they're doing it in the name of selling fucking tract homes like that's so so incredibly bleak

[infiniteglitterfall]

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This video is why I don't believe the pro-Palestinian movement really cares about Palestinians.

If it did, it would be centering Palestinian peace and human rights activists. It would be coordinating with protests in Gaza. It would know that protests and activists in Gaza exist.

I wouldn't have to dig to find people like Hamza Howidy, Moumen Al-Natour, Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, Bassem Eid, the Center for Peace Communications, or the people Hamza mentions in this video.

People would care that Hamas actively threatens, tortures, and executes them. They would care that Hamas has controlled all media in Gaza for 17 years, actively and violently silencing Palestinian voices. They would fight for those voices.

The message I've gotten from this movement for nearly a year, from the first rallies celebrating October 7 through today, has been that Hamas is somewhere between "unimportant" and "goals," Israel is the supreme and only evil, and Palestinians? They're only important when they're dying.

[scopophilic1997]

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[hayabs]

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[transrevolutions]

something I have noticed is that a lot of people (speaking specifically the usa rn bc that's where I am atp but I wouldn't be surprised if this is a general imperial core thing) seem to be almost allergic to learning about the actual structure/history/organization of any group deemed Big Bad Evil™ by the status quo regime. this is one way that you get those really fucking stupid takes such as "hamas is isis actually they're the same thing trust me bro" said by people with genuine sincerity and belief that they understand how the world works.

[seleneprince]

Kind reminder that the reason so many innocent children are having such horrible deaths in Gaza is because Hamas, their government who's "just fighting back against the oppression", hide their warring weapons and guns underneath civilian locations, specially schools and hospitals, because they know it's a win-win tactic for them.

-If Israel doesn't attack their hiding places because of the civilians, Hamas gets to keep their armament and continue killing Jews.

-If Israel does attack the hiding places and kill countless civilians in the process, they'll be depicted as the villains and more support for Hamas' cause. Literally nobody would mention the previous weaponry station that was there.

You're welcome.

[eretzyisrael]

[garden-of-eva]

(source: Cawaii brand snapshots, now defunct; thank you @forestsandtea for archiving them)

[snekdood]

why do ppl keep assuming us politicans have so much power in israel exactly. at the end of the day they dont exactly get a say in whats to happen if israel or hamas doesnt want to comply.

[needlesandnilbogs]

I keep seeing people go “both parties are bad and voting for either of them is bad because both of them are equally complicit in genocide” with no other solution in mind and I feel like shaking these people and going “I’m sorry, do you live in a world where there is a viable alternative to voting for a republican or a democrat? If so, please explain how we can find a non ‘complicit’ politician to support because I don’t see one, and what I see is ‘literal fascist who will make most Americans suffer and vastly more Gazans dead because he would like to wipe out all Muslims’ versus ‘has no plans of making things worse for most Americans and has actually supported stronger sanctions on military aid.’”

Kantian moral imperative is great but in this case it really doesn’t apply because there’s no perfect option, there’s a lot of bad ones. Utilitarianism is a marginally better option for a moral framework here: weighting all lives equally, are we voting for a person who will make everyone’s lives worse or a person who will make most Americans’ lives stay the same (or improve) and doesn’t support unrestricted aid used to kill all members of an ethnic group?

[nikkoliferous]

More than 700 people were killed in the Gaza Strip in just 24 hours, the Health Ministry in the besieged territory said Sunday, as Israeli bombings escalated following a brief pause and wider evacuation orders stoke fears of wider displacement and carnage.

According to an Al-Jazeera dispatch:

Overnight and into Sunday, intense bombing was reported in Khan Younis, Rafah, and some northern parts targeted by Israel's air and ground attacks. "Everywhere you turn to, there are children with third-degree burns, shrapnel wounds, brain injuries and broken bones," James Elder, UNICEF's global spokesperson, told Al Jazeera from Gaza. "Mothers crying over children who look like they are hours away from death. It seems like a death zone right now."

The Israel Defense Force (IDF) has been dropping evacuation leaflets across the south of Gaza in cities that include Khan Younis, Rafah, and others neighborhoods where many had been told to flee by Israel prior to the recent week-long pause.

The IDF is now using a wholly invented "grid system" to tell Palestinians in Gaza which sectors might be safe and which ones will not, leading to reports of widespread confusion on the ground for those trying to keep themselves and their families safe from the indiscriminate bombing.

"What Israel is doing in Gaza right now is one of the most cruel tactics of war I've ever seen," said Rohan Talbot, director of advocacy and campaigns for the U.K.-based Medical Aid Palestine, on Sunday. "This grid system effectively means people are being chased from square to square, in constant mortal fear. Bombing happens both inside and outside 'unsafe' areas. It's terrorism."

"And they say it's about protecting civilians! People in Gaza are saying they hope to die just to be free from the fear!" Talbot declared. "I use the word terrorism in its specific sense: using violence to intimidate civilians for political aims. Israeli leaders don't hide that this is what they are doing."

In a statement on Sunday, U.N. Human Rights Chief Volker Türk called for an end of the new wave of bombardents and a return to the talks that saw Israeli and Palestinian hostages freed and an increase in humanitarian aid allowed into Gaza.

"Silence the guns and return to dialogue—the suffering inflicted on civilians is too much to bear. More violence is not the answer. It will bring neither peace nor security," Türk said.

"As a result of Israel's conduct of hostilities and its orders for people to leave the north and parts of the south, hundreds of thousands are being confined into ever smaller areas in southern Gaza without proper sanitation, access to sufficient food, water and health supplies, even as bombs rain down around them,” he added "There is no safe place in Gaza."

Last week, it was reported that the Israeli military is using artificial intelligence to help generate bombing targets, a situation described as "dystopian" and the "first AI-facilitated genocide in history."

Horrifying scenes were evident across Gaza over the weekend as witnesses shared footage of children killed by the bombings along with the heartbreak and cries of survivors:

In the north, the Jabilia refugee camp, the largest in the Gaza Strip, was bombed again on Saturday.

"More than 100 Palestinians were killed Saturday in a new massacre committed by Israeli occupation forces in the Jabalia refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip," the official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.

The agency said an Israeli missile hit a residential building belonging to the "Obaid family in Jabalia camp" and that "dozens were injured, and many others are still missing under the rubble," in that strike alone.

Meanwhile, Medicin Sans Frontier/MSF doctors reported their rescue vehicles, despite being clearly marked, were targeted by Israeli tanks.

Jason Lee, the Palestine country director for Save the Children, who was in Rafah on Friday, told the Guardian newspaper that what's being witnessed is a fresh population transfer in a country where 1.7 million people—out of an approximate total of 2.3 million—have already been displaced, with most now frantically trying to find safety in the south.

"How is it possible for people to move again? For many, this is not their first evacuation. The scale and scope of this is unprecedented," he said.

[maaruin]

Another of my takes on the current Hamas-Israel War:

Israel should offer Hamas a ceasefire in return for

all hostages Hamas took being released

all Hamas fighters who killed civilians being turned over to Israel to stand trial

This would still mean that Hamas lost the war it started, just that it didn't loose as big as it would have if Israel invaded Gaza and destroyed it. But many lives, both Israeli and Palestinian, would be spared.

(Hamas would likely reject it because accepting these terms would be admitting defeat which would do massive damage to their political standing. But there is a chance that they would accept to preserve themselves and their political power in Gaza.)

[limelocked]

correct me if im wrong but dont this seem like just straight up looting?

[koheletgirl]

this is true but you've all done a very good job of showing that you only stop supporting the current israeli government when it affects Your rights

[hayabs]

[jew-flexive]

a blog i used to love decided that this was the moment to post a link to a BDS website as their only response to the war. over 600 civilians are dead, more are injured, dozens are being kidnapped and raped, and the only thing you can think to say is “this is justified.” i keep thinking i won’t be blindsided by this shit, but no matter how well i curate my dash, there’s always at least one antisemite who doesn’t understand or care about the nuances of the conflict ready and willing to ruin my day. i have friends who have lost their homes and families—on both sides. this is not the moment to be talking about political moves that are proven to be ineffective and are funded by extremist groups. if you want to help, donate to the palestinian red crescent and stop spreading misinformation and telling your followers that hamas is justified in their violence.

when hamas was breaking into homes and murdering the civilians they found there, they didn’t scream “israeli” or “zionist.” they screamed “yehud.”

american leftists stop delighting in the murder of jews challenge.