Ah intent. That would be the Hamas charter to wipe out Israel and everyone in it. Try to do your own thinking instead of relying on a do-gooder international legal construct which bears no actual resemblance to what genocide is. The people you shill for were offered a two state solution in 2000. They turned it down. Arafat said he didn’t want to end the grievance. Worst political decision I’ve ever seen. Then elected a terrorist group who spent all their money on tunnels and death while ignoring the needs of their own people. Then launched a raid of barbaric horror hoping to get a reaction. Duly got one. Why are you so taken with these people? Most of the Arab countries don’t give a monkeys about them, see them as a problem. But they’re a greater cause celebre than the Uighurs or any other victims. The conclusion has to be that you have a weird white guilt loathing of the Jews. If you genuinely cared for Arab outreach as your organisation name suggests you’d be demanding new Palestinian leadership and a peace deal between Israel and the Gulf states which might just pave the way for some sort of deal on the Palestinians. Instead you’re whanging on about genocide and pursuing a solution which the Palestinians themselves have repeatedly rejected
@codybutleruk The Conservative Party is far better off for your departure. The harm done to the Party by people with your non-Conservative views is incalculable. High time for real Conservatives to unite under Kemi’s leadership and a proper Conservative policy platform.
@chiefrabbi Well said. Ed Milliband is reminiscent of the worst type of camp Kapo or the enthusiastic member of the Judenrat who went out of his way to help the Germans arrange their train timetables. A complete and utter disgrace.
@Keir_Starmer@AngelaRayner Wonderful to see that Ms. Rayner profited so handsomely from the Conservatives’ right to buy policy. She could be a bit more grateful to the people who helped her make £50 grand tax free.
This article is brave & important. I ask respectfully that you read it even if (especially if) your view of Gaza isn’t mine. I don’t ask you, on this occasion, to abandon your view on a ceasefire as I don’t wish to make it harder to absorb what this says. https://t.co/0TXDw0OjS8
The shameless cover-up of the lab-leak theory:
My essay in @spikedonline on why the political and scientific establishment seems determined to suppress the truth about Covid’s origins.
https://t.co/TlOWMfFGVd
We're prepared to scour the Earth for that mfer. If Sinwar goes to the Indonesian hospital, I want a sniper hiding in a bowl of tahini ready to pop a cap in his ass.
Warning: extremely difficult text to read below.
Last night I surrendered my phone and signed a waiver. And then I sat with a small group and an Israeli military attaché and we watched the 45 minute compilation of Hamas videos from October 7th.
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Two predictions about this war that have not played out so far:
1. Everyone said a ground op into Gaza would greatly increase the casualties on both sides, but the opposite has happened – far less innocent Gazans have died from ground forces in the last few days than they did when the air force was busy preparing the battlefield.
Most of the people dying now are Hamas.
Just as important, far less @IDF soldiers have died than anyone expected, notwithstanding the tragic few we’ve already lost. They've also been able to safely evacuate 200,000 more Gazans from the northern strip – Gazans that Hamas was shooting at in order to get them to stay and die as human shields.
The slow and steady strategy seems to be working well for everyone (except Hamas).
Again, this is only true at this point, but the larger point is Americans forgot that Gaza isn’t Fallujah while Europeans forgot that Israelis aren’t blithering cowards.
All of which goes to show why @Israel should continue to ignore the naysayers and stick to the business of eradicating Hamas, haters be damned.
2. Everyone said Israel would ruin its ties with the Arab world, but not a single friendly Arab country has chosen to do so.
In fact, Saudi Arabia said it intends to continue pursuing relations with Israel. It also called for the hostages to be released at the Arab League/OIC summit this weekend.
Additionally, Egypt, Jordan, the UAE, Bahrain, Sudan, Morocco, Mauritania, Djibouti and Saudi Arabia all voted against a proposal that wanted to: cut ties, disrupt oil supplies to Israel and its allies, prevent the transfer of US equipment to Israel from bases in Arab countries, prevent flights to and from Israel using Arab countries’ air space, and form a joint mission to put pressure on Western nations for a ceasefire.
Numerous Arab countries rejected all of that.
Just as we should reject all of the NGOs, government quacks, armchair quarterbacks and keyboard commandos who don’t know the first thing about how to survive in the Middle East.