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Interesting. But the US aid package for Gaza (forming part of the military aid for Israel) rules out any of it being used by UNWRA, whatever the eventual outcome.
I voted no tonight on the foreign aid package for one simple reason: U.S. taxpayers should not be providing billions more to the extremist Netanyahu government to continue its devastating war against the Palestinian people. pic.twitter.com/WzTtm6ShYb
Mr. Netanyahu, antisemitism is a vile and disgusting form of bigotry that has done unspeakable harm to millions.
Do not insult the intelligence of the American people by attempting to distract us from the immoral and illegal war policies of your extremist and racist government. pic.twitter.com/CnM6oOrHKd
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This from the executive director of MSF.
The Israeli ground offensive on Rafah will be utterly devastating, yet no condemnation from @10DowningStreet or @FCDOGovUK
What is the UK government doing to avoid being complicit in this mass killing of Palestinians, dying in their thousands from violence and disease? https://t.co/eKnUnCX44O
How many Palestinian lives is sufficient? on 11:43 - May 6 by DJR
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This from the executive director of MSF.
The Israeli ground offensive on Rafah will be utterly devastating, yet no condemnation from @10DowningStreet or @FCDOGovUK
What is the UK government doing to avoid being complicit in this mass killing of Palestinians, dying in their thousands from violence and disease? https://t.co/eKnUnCX44O
This, of course, is on the back of an attempt to create a narrative that a realistic deal is on the table and that it is Hamas being unreasonable and refusing it.
The deal, it appears, is that Hamas give up everything and in return the Israeli's promise to stop for a couple of weeks before continuing to raze Gaza and take over permanently. Not sure what's in it for hte people of Gaza.
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How many Palestinian lives is sufficient? on 11:59 - May 6 with 1291 views
How many Palestinian lives is sufficient? on 11:43 - May 6 by DJR
This topic had dropped down to page 5 of the general section but deserves a bump.
This from the executive director of MSF.
The Israeli ground offensive on Rafah will be utterly devastating, yet no condemnation from @10DowningStreet or @FCDOGovUK
What is the UK government doing to avoid being complicit in this mass killing of Palestinians, dying in their thousands from violence and disease? https://t.co/eKnUnCX44O
'According to Reuters news agency, the Israeli satellite service Yes displayed a message that read: "In accordance with the government decision, the Al Jazeera station's broadcasts have been stopped in Israel."...The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) said they had filed a request to the country's Supreme Court to issue an interim order to overturn the ban.
The group said that claims that the broadcaster was a propaganda tool for Hamas were "unfounded", and that Sunday's ban was less about security concerns and more to "serve a more politically motivated agenda, aimed at silencing critical voices and targeting Arab media".
The Foreign Press Association (FPA) urged the Israeli government to reconsider its decision, saying the shut down of Al Jazeera in the country should be "a cause for concern for all supporters of a free press".'
'According to Reuters news agency, the Israeli satellite service Yes displayed a message that read: "In accordance with the government decision, the Al Jazeera station's broadcasts have been stopped in Israel."...The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) said they had filed a request to the country's Supreme Court to issue an interim order to overturn the ban.
The group said that claims that the broadcaster was a propaganda tool for Hamas were "unfounded", and that Sunday's ban was less about security concerns and more to "serve a more politically motivated agenda, aimed at silencing critical voices and targeting Arab media".
The Foreign Press Association (FPA) urged the Israeli government to reconsider its decision, saying the shut down of Al Jazeera in the country should be "a cause for concern for all supporters of a free press".'
This is the full statement of the Foreign Press Association, which is based in London and is the first and oldest association of foreign journalists in the world, founded in 1888.
How many Palestinian lives is sufficient? on 12:19 - May 6 by DJR
This is the full statement of the Foreign Press Association, which is based in London and is the first and oldest association of foreign journalists in the world, founded in 1888.
How many Palestinian lives is sufficient? on 18:10 - May 6 by noggin
Israel saying proposal is not acceptable.
Was about to say - the hardliners in the Israeli government will see Hamas agreeing to the ceasefire as a sign that the Rafah invasion would cause real damage to them, so won't want to back off.
Now the question is how much pressure will be applied by the wider public and the US.
The war in #Gaza continues to be a war on women.@UN_Women reports that 10,000 women, including 6,000 mothers, have lost their lives.
The situation is dire for over 1 million displaced women, who struggle to access clean water, food, & basic sanitary supplies. pic.twitter.com/lf73vQSGx4
Staggering. The number of children reported killed in just over 4 months in #Gaza is higher than the number of children killed in 4 years of wars around the world combined.
Edit. It appears that what I read earlier this morning has not been verified and in fact has been disputed, so have deleted the post. I think it's important to get facts right and when I do get it wrong it is always best to edit and apologise, which I'm happy to do.
How many Palestinian lives is sufficient? on 09:59 - May 14 by GlasgowBlue
Edit. It appears that what I read earlier this morning has not been verified and in fact has been disputed, so have deleted the post. I think it's important to get facts right and when I do get it wrong it is always best to edit and apologise, which I'm happy to do.
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edit: this all seems to be disputed.
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And so as the loose-bowelled pigeon of time swoops low over the unsuspecting tourist of destiny, and the flatulent skunk of fate wanders into the air-conditioning system of eternity, I notice it's the end of the show
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How many Palestinian lives is sufficient? on 10:16 - May 14 with 482 views
How many Palestinian lives is sufficient? on 09:59 - May 14 by GlasgowBlue
Edit. It appears that what I read earlier this morning has not been verified and in fact has been disputed, so have deleted the post. I think it's important to get facts right and when I do get it wrong it is always best to edit and apologise, which I'm happy to do.
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Is this not a question of semantics, and as per usual dubious Twitter takes?:
According to Reuters the UN have revised IDENTIFIED civilian deaths the ~24k, BUT there are another 10k UNIDENTIFIED bodies.
I don’t really see this changes the scale of that catastrophe at all, and unless I’m being thick and missing the point entirely, just shows once again how untrustworthy social media is (I.e taking half a news story and using it to push an agenda whilst missing key facts).
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How many Palestinian lives is sufficient? on 10:16 - May 14 with 479 views
How many Palestinian lives is sufficient? on 09:59 - May 14 by GlasgowBlue
Edit. It appears that what I read earlier this morning has not been verified and in fact has been disputed, so have deleted the post. I think it's important to get facts right and when I do get it wrong it is always best to edit and apologise, which I'm happy to do.
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What is really shameful here is your attack on other posters before you've done your research. It's a horrible post and putting a caveat at the end doesn't change that. You really need to reflect on your posting on this subject because you've now posted a number of things which have been incorrect whilst accusing others of doing so.
So what has happened here is that the health ministry has changed how they record figures so that only identified bodies are included in the figures. The 10,000+ maimed and unidentified corpses left in the wake of the disproportionate IDF response haven't yet been identified and thus were removed and will be added back in as they are.
“The ministry of health says that the documentation process of fully identifying details of the casualties is ongoing,” he added. Meanwhile … there’s about another 10,000-plus bodies who still have to be fully identified.”
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How many Palestinian lives is sufficient? on 10:26 - May 14 with 406 views
How many Palestinian lives is sufficient? on 10:14 - May 14 by lowhouseblue
edit: this all seems to be disputed.
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Not been fact checked or commented on by the BBC yet so forgive my scepticism (both on the numbers and on how many of the dead are HAMAS, sympathisers or enablers or forced into coercion) and anyway 'yes, yes, seventeen thousand makes for an acceptable level of collateral death rather than thirty four thousand, doesn't it' - good grief, some posters on here really do have a morality bypass...in my opinion. I would find any suggestion that only five hundred died in the HAMAS attack on 7th October rather than a thousand making the outrage any more acceptable as unacceptable.
'Unverified footage shared on social media showed protesters toppling boxes from lorries onto the ground, and stomping on them once they had fallen.
Some videos appeared to show vehicles being set on fire later in the evening. The BBC has not been able to independently verify these.
According to reports in Israeli media, the Tzav 9 activist group were responsible for organising the protest.
Israeli media reports describe it as a right-wing group which is seeking to halt humanitarian aid transfers into Gaza while Israeli hostages are held there.'
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