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2024-01-09 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Palestinians blame Hamas for Gaza war after Israeli soldiers strip them down to underwear

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Posted by Fred 2024-01-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top
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#1 Liars, every one of them.

Posted by EMS Artifact 2024-01-09 01:00|| 2024-01-09 01:00|| Front Page Top

#2 ^Hear, hear.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-01-09 03:15|| 2024-01-09 03:15|| Front Page Top

#3 I seem to recall the "civilians" marching through the streets celebrating the hamas attack. Fuck em all

Posted by Chris 2024-01-09 06:57|| 2024-01-09 06:57|| Front Page Top

#4 Funny, when the same thing was done at Abu Ghraib, witas a war crime. One of the perps got ten years.

This must be yet another one of those "it's okay when Israel does it" things.

Lots of those recently.

Posted by Vortigern Phert8938 2024-01-09 08:05|| 2024-01-09 08:05|| Front Page Top

#5 At Abu Ghraib, there was little to no threat of hidden grenades or other weapons.

Here, there is.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2024-01-09 08:34|| 2024-01-09 08:34|| Front Page Top

#6 Shorter Vortigern Phert8938: "Juice are icky and we should let them die"

Posted by Frank G 2024-01-09 08:45|| 2024-01-09 08:45|| Front Page Top

#7 and who put hamas in control of gaza?

Posted by irish rage boy 2024-01-09 09:15|| 2024-01-09 09:15|| Front Page Top

#8 Hamas was the brainchild of Gaza resident and paraplegic Sheikh Yassin, and it was backed by the international Muslim Brotherhood (Ikhwan). The Ikhwan was founded in Egypt, exiled, re-formed in Europe, and received funding through a variety of sources. The Ihkhwan funded Hamas, but after it achieved victory at the ballot box, Hamas turned to Qatar and Iran for funding. The latter became the more powerful presence in Gaza (where about half of all adult males are unemployed). Simply put, Gaza survived thanks in large part to UN largess (UNRWA) and American foreign aid. When this invasionis over it will be re-built by the same two -- if the Democrats are in power in Washington.

Posted by Huputle Cherelet4131 2024-01-09 11:30|| 2024-01-09 11:30|| Front Page Top

#9 "it's not a war crime when Israel does it." There it is@again@
Must be a conspiracy theory. Probably involving space lasers forcing us to see this happening over and over.
Must

Posted by Vortigern Phert8938 2024-01-09 12:43|| 2024-01-09 12:43|| Front Page Top

#10 who put hamas in control of gaza?

The PLO/Fatah when they couldn’t hold it after they lost the election in 2006/2007 or thereabouts.

Posted by trailing wife 2024-01-09 12:56|| 2024-01-09 12:56|| Front Page Top

#11 when the same thing was done...

One trait of the Wokerati that is both amusing and annoying is their ability to sniff out any outrage, however slight, and at the same time be completely oblivious to any context whatsoever. I am generally opposed to punching people in the nose. But if someone were trying to stab me, I might make an exception. Everything is a situation.

There is no question that Gaza is a human tragedy, but those Israeli airstrikes didn't just fall out of the sky, if you get my drift. Gaza has been a dumpster fire for decades. With proper management and an ongoing influx of funds, it could have continued to be an annoyance to the Israelis on into the future. But Hamas upped the ante and made it existential.

On National People's Radio a couple weeks back, much to my astonishment, they ran an interview with a Gazan woman who was royally pissed at Yaya Sinwar (sp?). She was speaking Arabic, but even without the translator, you got the drift: the mother*bleep*er Yaya Sinwar who brought this down on our heads is off hiding somewhere while we pay the price with our children and homes. (I'm paraphrasing but that was the gist of it) Surprising content for NPR given their daily Tragedy in Gaza theme.

Posted by SteveS 2024-01-09 18:01|| 2024-01-09 18:01|| Front Page Top

#12 He's supposedly holding hostages as human shields. Such Islamic Heroism™

Posted by Frank G 2024-01-09 19:02|| 2024-01-09 19:02|| Front Page Top

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