Israel versus Palestine, Lebanon, Iran, Syria, aid workers, journalists, and UN peacekeepers. 2023-24

The true tragedy of Hillary’s loss indeed.

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Israel’s Energy Minister Israel Katz says the siege of Gaza will not end until Israeli hostages are released.

In a social media post, Israel Katz said no “electrical switch will be turned on, no water hydrant will be opened and no fuel truck will enter” until the “abductees” are free.

Israel stopped supplies to the Gaza Strip after the Hamas attacks on Saturday.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-middle-east-67073970

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So Israel is holding the civilians of Gaza hostage now?

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Pretty much since 2005.

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mood GIF

So Biden was reacting to the exact same reports that are unverified as everyone else…

Yes.

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Ugh. I’m disappointed Biden wasn’t more careful in what he said. Or just didn’t mention anything unverified. He has a responsibility to be very careful

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The very least he could do.

Elon Musk’s X: X says it has removed “hundreds of Hamas-affiliated accounts” and taken down thousands of posts since the militant group’s attack on Israel. The platform, formerly known as Twitter, was given 24 hours by the European Union earlier this week to address illegal content and disinformation regarding the conflict or face penalties under the bloc’s recently enacted Digital Services Act. A slew of mischaracterized videos and other posts went viral on X over the weekend, alarming experts who track the spread of misinformation. via CNN

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ETA: This feels like it plays into Hamas’ hands. How will this not radicalize people in Gaza?

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If everyone is dead, so is Hamas :woman_shrugging:t3:

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Yeah, he had basically said that it was verified and that he’d seen it personally. His exact words:

I sure hope he learns from this and does better moving forward because there’s going to be a hell of a lot of rumors and disinformation coming out of that region and we need to be able to know that officials are passing on good information.

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So…Palestinians don’t belong in Palestine? Yeah, that makes sense.

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Israeli Education Minister Yoav Kisch became the first member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet to publicly take responsibility for the miscalculations that led to the deadly Hamas surprise ambush.

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… presidents are supposed to have the best information in the world at their fingertips 24/7 but they still sit around watching Fox or CNN :face_with_symbols_over_mouth:

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To wipe out their own hiding places? And how are the people in Gaza already not radicalized by living under years of lockdown… There are teens who’ve never had any real freedom of movement or opportunities for any sort of normality.

@vermes82 I’m a little shocked that the WSJ wrote that…

Everyone knows that Palestine is just a made up country, unlike all the other countries in the world… /s

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Literally on all the TV monitors around DC government offices.

You can always tell which depts are trumpy or not by the presence of FOXNews.

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A big eff you from HU…

https://archive.ph/vX2Pi

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