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Jew. Sometimes-idiosyncratic leftist. My Twitter feed is weird. Most people refer to me with the pronouns "he/him" and I acquiesce in this.

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Anyway, Shabbat shalom, getting off this hell site hopefully never to return.

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You can't say, on the one hand, that you're fighting a war of good versus evil, and on the other hand, that it's unfair to expect you to respect civilian lives more than your enemy

[Michael A. Cohen (NOT TRUMP’S FORMER FIXER) @speechboy71]

One of the truly most discordant elements of the situation in Gaza is that Israel is expected to care more about the lives of Palestinian civilians than Hamas — and is criticized for not doing more than Hamas to protect them.

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@DHirschelBurns I thought the line here is the right line https://t.co/BJSFLVNcJW

[Rep. Barbara Lee (Archived) @RepBarbaraLee]

Israel has the right to defend itself from Hamas, but must do so within the framework of international law.

I am deeply concerned about the situation in Gaza, & join 55 of my colleagues in urging the US to protect innocent civilians & ensure delivery of humanitarian assistance.

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@DHirschelBurns I am very worried about mass death resulting from the denial of food/electricity/water and that (unlike a cease fire demand) is something that the Israeli government might be persuadable on.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Biden: It's also a priority for me to urgently address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza… We can't lose sight of the fact that the overwhelming majority of Palestinians had nothing to do with Hamas and the appalling attacks

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@DHirschelBurns TBH I think a lot of the ways people are talking about this don't appreciate the domestic Israeli political context, which is not going to tolerate a return to status quo ante

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@DHirschelBurns the right ask is not for a ceasefire (which is not on the table) but for facilitating humanitarian aid and restraint in targeting consistent with international law norms. that's very consistent with what Biden Admin has been saying, just not in a publicly critical way

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Hamas has been targeting Israel civilians (including kids) for about thirty years now, this is not new, it's their modus operandi. I guess it's good that there is enough backlash that people want to lie about it.

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One consequence of doing Holocaust denial level lying about well-documented atrocities done by Hamas is that the debates about it inevitably distract from the massive level of suffering and death inflicted on Gaza

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@Brekkie_Bangers @YairWallach not in my community and im yirtzeh Hashem it never will be.

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@TylerDinucci I didn't share the original quote because it doesn't address the actual operative question, which is whether Gazan civilians are legitimate targets. here Herzog says no. the other answer was about a kind of responsibility, which is a different issue (still a dumb thing to say)

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Shouldn't make so absolutist a statement but like. cut this shit out. there are Israeli dati leumi vegans with toxic Israel politics (complicated story there) but people like this in the US are not the flatten Gaza people.

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This person doesn't exist

[Anita Zsurzsan 🇵🇸 🕎 @iamjourjean]

"Hi! It's me. Jewish liberal hipster from Williamsburg. No, thanks, only vegan milk for me because exploiting animals is violence. Anyway, here is my flyer on why you should donate to the IDF to flatten Gaza." Is the energy I get from American Jews on this app

[B'Tselem בצלם بتسيلم @btselem]

With @PHRIsrael:
A humanitarian disaster in Gaza must be averted
Ever since the horrifying war crimes perpetrated by Hamas on Saturday, Israel has been bombing Gaza relentlessly and indiscriminately.

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Now on bluesky at https://t.co/UwovWKTT3Q (it doesn't like underscores)

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@bill_of_lefts @Yesh_Din @YairWallach yes!

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THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. I AM NOT SEEING IT BEING COVERED (EXCEPT ON TWITTER AND IN HAARETZ). THE SETTLERS IN THE WEST BANK SEEM TO THINK THEY HAVE IMPUNITY--IT COULD GET VERY BAD AND IT NEEDS TO BE STOPPED, NOW

[Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian @manniefabian]

The Palestinian Authority health ministry reports two dead by Israeli settlers' gunfire near the West Bank town of Qusra, south of Nablus. Yesterday, four were reported killed in the same town by settlers.

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@Sharon_Kuruvila recent (in historical terms) experience with military occupation

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https://t.co/LDunGZcyji

[J Street @jstreetdotorg]

J Street Calls on Biden Administration to Address Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza, Stress Adherence to International Law

Click for the full statement ⬇️ https://t.co/g8skxeSufq

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J Street is institutionally and ideologically close to many people who staff Democratic administrations and I hope this helps https://t.co/U1iZTon9jf