I often asked myself how would I react if I face cruelty personally.
I was lucky not to be tested like other Palestinians.
Last week my little sister suffered an emergency and had to go to the hospital in the middle of the night.
We have no hospital in H2, so we need to go to H1 to receive treatment.
During night time the soldiers rarely let Palestinians go through.
Only in emergency, and it is up to the soldiers to decide.
My father begged in Hebrew, we all cried, but to no avail.
We had to go back and pray she survived the night.
We went the next morning.
We were lucky.
Her appendix inflamed to the degree it almost exploded.
She had to stay in the hospital for 3 days.
She is ok now.
But I am not.
Something has changed in me.
I still believe in peace and co existence, but my belief that all people are good at heart took a hit.
😞
@Slamx22@VerdeardF@DanBurmawy@piersmorgan This is an interesting article, it doesn't explicitly describe him as an asylum seeker but it makes clear that his life was in danger and he needed to flee Egypt
https://t.co/yS6ps0hS48
Today's war is a global war fought between the often contradictory goals of liberalism and democracy.
Sometimes the two are compatible, but in an age of mass migration and free flowing information many populations are beginning to question which principle should take precedence
"The State of Israel will be judged not by its wealth nor by its army nor by its technology but by its moral character and human values."
- 1952 David Ben Gurion "The Call of the Spirit in Israel"
Neither Israelis nor Palestinians can be relied upon to make the moral choice in this conflict. Both sides believe themselves to be fighting an existential war where mere survival is paramount.
In this situation the only solution will come from the global community forcing a solution on both parties that neither one enjoys but that the cost of breaking is so severe that neither side would dare to do so
@EYakoby Because Europeans and Americans have almost 0 influence over what Hamas does in Gaza. Meanwhile Trump could end the war tomorrow with a phone call
1. I agree, those don't seem like sensible goals
2. The war didn't start on October 7th
3. There are 3800 Palestinians in Israeli prisons without charges or trials. There are more recorded instances of Israeli sexual assault and rape against Palestinians than the other way around.
4. The only reason they warn is because they're attacking civilian structures
5. Neither side, both believe they're fighting an existential war which makes morality irrelevant in the face of survival. It's not up to either side to be moral, the responsibility is on the world to punish both sides and force them into a ceasefire that neither one want for their own good
Everytime Hamas acquiesces to Israeli demands the Netanyahu/Ben Gvir led government move the goalposts further away. Their demands now include:
1. Hamas releases all of the hostages at once
2. Hamas disarms
3. Demilitarization of Gaza
4. Israel is given overall security control of the Strip
5. Civil control is given to a body that isn't the PA
6. No partial deals - meaning no ceasefires, no releasing in stages, and no negotiations
The Israeli government has condemned the people of Israel and Gaza to an endless war. Even if Hamas wanted to grant Israel all of its requests, how can it? It is 1 organization in a place with dozens of various groups and factions not to mention that if they and the PA relinquish control who is left who has the experience, structure, and mandate to lead Gaza's civil structure?
This is simply a nightmare that we can't wake up from
@HenMazzig I wish Israelis would ask, "What could we have done differently to avoid this and future tragedies?" Instead of the usual, "How many people is it acceptable for us to kill to achieve 'deterrence'"
@immigrantvet2 @sjbfishon @EYakoby Thanks for showing everyone that you're not just an anti American piece of human waste but also dumb you are. Nothing makes me happier than people who think they're smart publicly humiliating themselves 🤣🤣🤣
Have you heard of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations? Probably not, I'd imagine that would get in the way of your busy masturbation schedule. It's the treaty governing how diplomacy works between nations and has a lot to say about embassies.
In short, diplomatic immunity can be waived upon request like with the 1997 case of Georgian diplomat Gueorgui Makharadze who was tried and imprisoned in the US for causing a fatal car crash. The US has other means of retaliating besides just shrugging their shoulders and saying iT's EgYptIAn SoIL
Also:
And that's why these conversations that Tucker is having are so interesting. Contemporaries are looking back and asking the question, "Could aligning with the Reich have both prevented the Holocaust and pushed back the communists while also creating a world in which nations were beholden only to their native citizens?"
Eyal and I think you would probably agree that the communists taking over and the Holocaust happening was the worst possible outcome of WWII. You'd probably say that the world as it is today is in a horrible situation largely due to globalism and mass immigration and that a different global order led by a powerful US and Europe would have been far preferable to a US and Soviet led global order.
So again, I ask the question of, assuming I've correctly identified your world views, how can you say that history played out exactly how it was supposed to and anyone who questions that is an anti-whatever or an x-ophobe if you hate the current prevailing ideology?
@academic_la As much as we appreciate your deep dive you absolutely did not have to do this for us to know this guy is full of shit. Israel isn't interested in bringing anybody back into the fold, they just need enough ammunition for the diehards to get them through the next news cycle
@BannieMc@EYakoby Oh sorry I didn't realize you were a 12 year old suffering severe mental retardation. Time to give the phone back to mama and go take a nappy nap