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Huley Brown's avatar

When will we stop arming these people and hold them accountable for their actions?

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David Gardiner's avatar

Now that's chutzpah. And not the good kind.

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B.Ruth. Cornwell's avatar

There have been times in human history that would have called Israeli actions "In defense of their nation", declarations of war - not just war crimes.

I do not entirely blame the original Israeli settlers for the stupidity, arrogance and laziness of the "great powers" for fobbing off their obligations to the Jewish people for all the historic atrocities Europeans committed against the Jews. On the other hand, we cannot overlook the fact that Jewish refugees in Palestine committed the same stupidities European powers committed throughout the inglorious days of colonialization..

I would have hoped the Zionists were smarter than us.

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James Rankin's avatar

Netanyahu, Putin & Trump are all the same: malignant sadonarcissists who are destroying countries, both the land & people, either the one they're in control of now, or ones that they are trying to get control of (or both). And they are each aiding & abetting each other. We need to get rid of all 3 of them.

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Stacey Royce's avatar

And that was a seriously weak sauce response from the woman who spoke at the end of the video. She barely spoke above a whisper.

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Stacey Royce's avatar

I have called my senators and rep to ask them 1. to stop taking AIPAC money immediately and forever (one of my senators doesn't take AIPAC blood money - Jeff Merkley) 2. Get the entire state of Oregon, all institutions, politicians, supermarkets, etc... to divest from Israel and publicize it loudly and 3. to create an Oregon fund for Palestinian relief and for displaced families. I think that politicians who accepted AIPAC money should fund the account with the amount received.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq.'s avatar

Thank you for raising your voice, Stacey. Truly grateful.

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John G. Ata's avatar

Thank you!

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Lisa Charles's avatar

I am so grateful for your reporting. Can we hope now the world will act to stop Netanyahu. Probably not? Free Speech was lost under Biden. I’m sick of a government bought by AIPAC. And Gaza will be bulldozed and turned into a Trump Resort after the remaining Palestinians are murdered.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq.'s avatar

It's beyond enraging. History will mark these dark days and the politicians who enabled them.

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Pamela McDonald's avatar

NETANYAHU IS TODAY'S HITLER. SUPPORTING HIM AND HIS AGENDA IS INHUMANE AND DISGUSTING. HE BELONGS IN PRISON FOR DESTROYING HUMAN RIGHTS, LIVES, AND THE ABILITY OF PALASTINIANS TO OCCUPY WHAT IS ALSO "THEIR" HOMELAND. HE'S AN EXAMPLE OF WHY JEWS HAVE BEEN REJECTED THROUGHOUT HISTORY, AND WHY THEY SUPPORT HIM IS A MYSTERY.

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thelma scudi's avatar

I am so exhausted with more than a year and a half of this; I cannot find the stomach to keep track of the clear reality of all the bits and pieces.

Much more important, when are we going to speak clearly about the bureaucratic and political habit of conflating objections to genocide with anti semitism. this is a bait and switch tactic designed to keep as many as possible frozen in inaction. please, let's address the use of conflation (by the israeli) as a distraction to prevent the pressing of charges against their leader.

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Carrie Deitzel's avatar

I’ve spoken up about it several times on Substack and in emails to my very pro-Israel Senator, John Fetterman. Pro- Palestinians is pro-human rights; NOT pro-Hamas, NOT anti-Semitic. To conflate them is at best disingenuous.

Israel & those who claim that support for Palestinians is anti-Semitic cheapen and degrade real claims of anti-semitism, just like the story of the boy who cried wolf.

No one who supports human rights hears Netanyahu & his supporters moan about Israel’s persecution and hears anything but whining at this point, in my opinion.

Nobody likes you, Israel? Can you think of a reason that might be so? —Such a puzzle…

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Solemna's avatar

I don’t know this for sure, but I am under the impression that Israel did sign to follow theICC? And if that’s true, Netanyahu be charged with war crimes

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Qasim Rashid, Esq.'s avatar

They did not. But the war crimes they committed were on Palestinian land, therefore the ICC does indeed have jurisdiction.

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Solemna's avatar

Thank you for the clarification

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Nancy's avatar

I just don't get it. I really don't. Cruelty seems to be the point. Coming from a people who have suffered genocide, I don't understand why they are content to commit it.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq.'s avatar

They have nothing to do with the Jewish faith. They have everything to do with abject power. It's horrific.

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Nancy's avatar

They hide behind the Holocaust, while committing another one.

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poonam pari's avatar

This is horrible. I also saw the video. Israel has to be sanctioned for war crimes. The West is complicit in this. I feel awful about what's happening in Occupied Palestine, and my heart goes out to the Palestinians. Thank you so much for sharing this!

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Qasim Rashid, Esq.'s avatar

Thank you for reading and elevating.

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Gladwyn d'Souza's avatar

Really over the top when we have to reiterate that starvation is a war crime!

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Qasim Rashid, Esq.'s avatar

Yup, and yet they claim they're not starving children. It's barbaric.

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Matt Smelley's avatar

I literally can't believe the depravity and the lowness of the US and their tentacles and this specific example is apart of that and many more examples.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq.'s avatar

Truly reprehensible, and sadly its largely a bipartisan failure.

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Jen Wynn's avatar

brought to you by the USA. We are all complicit. PLEASE MAKE IT STOP. 🤬😭

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Qasim Rashid, Esq.'s avatar

Sadly exactly right.

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