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Lot's of anti-Zionist Jews are going to find their posts being removed.

They should send Amichai Eliyahu. The Israeli minister who calles for the use of nuclear weapons on Gaza just a few months ago.

No flying cars at the Osaka 2025 Expo? Add it to the growing list of withdrawals and dissapointments. Also, having you company one letter away from being called 'SkyDive' is tempting fate.

I agree with dbsaiya though. I doubt flying cars are the future. Transitioning to automated self driving vehicles seems to be a more promising investment.

This Al Jazeera article does a great job of exposing the scale of Israel's war on the Palestinian people. Of which the events since Oct 7th are just the latest chapter in an ongoing attempt to exterminate the Palestinian people through any and all means. If it's not genocide I'm not sure what else to call it.

Urbicide - Between October 7 and May 31, Israel damaged or destroyed about 55 percent (or 137,297 structures) in Gaza, according to a report by the UN Satellite Centre (UNOSAT).

Domicide - Of everything destroyed by Israel since October, Gaza’s housing has been hit worst. UNOSAT counted 135,142 damaged housing units, mostly in Gaza City, Khan Younis and northern Gaza.

Politicide - Politicide “was used… to describe Israeli policy towards the Palestinians on the eve of and during the second Intifada in 2000, when Israel’s clear objective was to destroy the conditions for the mere existence of a Palestinian state”, Ziad Majed, a professor of Middle East studies and international relations at the American University of Paris, wrote in Orient XXI in December.

Ecocide - Israel has destroyed more than half of Gaza’s farmland, according to an Al Jazeera investigation. In 2021, 97 percent of Gaza’s water was not suitable for human consumption after more than a decade of Israeli blockade and multiple wars.

Educide - UN experts have warned of scholasticide in Gaza as at least 90 percent of the territory’s schools have been damaged or destroyed. All 12 universities and higher education institutions in Gaza have been destroyed, while thousands of students and teachers have been killed.

Culturcide - Israel has destroyed or damaged about 200 historic cultural sites in Gaza.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/3/genocide-urbicide-domicide-how-to-talk-about-israels-war-on-gaza

A great classic.. - TokyoLiving

3 thumbs down? What the hell is wrong with people? Am I missing something here?

An absolute masterpiece. The films from the "Golden Age" of Japanese cinema are a large part of the reason I came to Japan.

I re-watch Seven Samurai every couple of years. Each time I get swept up by it and disciver new things in it.

How sad that mass shootings have become such commonplace that they're treated like seasonal weather warnings.

Wear sunblock, stay hydrated and don't forget your bulletproof vest.

That isn’t a human shield. That’s an improper way to transport someone. The man was transported that way to the Red Crescent society for medical attention JboneInTheZone

Oh right. So maybe they just ran out of seats? Or perhaps the seat belt wasn't working? I imagine that's often the reason you'd strap a half naked civilian to the front of a military vehicle.

If 0 kids were getting medical care before and now 68 kids are getting medical care now, that’s objectively good - JboneInTheZone

". . .before May 7, when the Israeli military launched their ground operation in Rafah and took control of the crossing, approximately 50 Palestinian patients per day crossed into Egypt for medical treatment abroad."

So objectively no.

Your argument is essentially the same as complaining that new research into cancer treatment isn’t good news because cancer hasn’t been cured

That's an awful analogy that makes no sense.

This highlights the positive humanitarian efforts on the part of Israel.

And only 68 in over a month? Incredibly low number.

Egypt, not Israel.

What does this have to do with the article? - JboneInTheZone

Everything. It's called context.

So you think those 68 children being evacuated for medical care is bad. Got it.

Yes, it is very humane of Egypt to let those 68 children receive the medical attention they need. And by the same reasoning incredibly inhumane of Israel to created the situation in the first place.

How in the world could children getting medical care ever be considered bad news? - JboneInTheZone

Why do they need to leave Gaza to receive medical? Who is preventing them?

Sorry but the systematic destruction of a nations hospitals, entire health infrastructure and the denial of freedom of movement that create this dire scenario are not "good news".

This is very good news - JboneInTheZone

A cup half full kind if person I see. But no, not really. "Always look on the bright side of Genocide"?

"Zaqout said over 25,000 patients in Gaza require treatment abroad, including some 980 children with cancer, a quarter of whom need “urgent and immediate evacuation.”

"The fact that fewer than 70 people left the territory Thursday “after two months the crossing has been closed is beyond tragic,” said Tania Hary executive director of Gisha"

If Hamas bombed 2 schools and the homes of Netanyahu's family you'd never hear the end of it. Instead this is just another average day of Israeli war crimes carried out by "the world's most moral army".

Netanyahu's comments stood in sharp contrast to the outlines of the deal detailed late last month by U.S. President Joe Biden, who framed the plan as an Israeli one and which some in Israel refer to as “Netanyahu’s deal.”

In other words it was a lie. Diplomatic cover concocted by the US to try and soften criticism of Netanyahu's refusal to end the massacres and to try and pin the blame for the failure of a ceasefire entirely on Hamas.

It's topsy-turvy land. The US says Israel has made a ceasefire offer and Hamas is the only obstacle then literally in the same article you have factual information that Netanyahu opposes any permanent ceasefire and Hamas has largely accepted the terms with some provisions. How utterly stupid do they think people are?

This is a true leader, One who genuinely cares about the safety and security of his country.

Clearly not enough to prevent an attack that killed 1200 Israeli citizens. An attack that Israel had ample warning of.

A true leader? Nah, an incompetent and self-serving leader better fits the bill.

GuruMick, it is the perception of a threat that creates, the sometimes paranoiac anxiety that drives countries to war. - itsonlyrocknroll

Israel handedly defeated the combined Arab armies in 1948 and 1967 and since then the gap between Israel's military capabilities and the surrounding regions has only increased. As you said yourself they have nuclear capability. The only country in the region to do so.

There is some legitimacy to the paranoia. Obviously there is the experience of the holocaust but I think it's now sadly become little more than a political tool to try and justify Israel's continued expansion and occupation. So in effect Israel has to manufacture its own threats in order to justify itself.

The real existential threat to Israel is babies. In other words population.

If Hamas got their hands on a nuclear weapon, do you think they wouldn’t use it on Israel?

They obviously would

That makes them an existential threat - JBoneInTheZone

No. Firstly because nukeing Israel would take half of the Palestinian territories along with it.

Secondly, Hamas are a much more politically shrewd and savy organisation than you give them credit for. Capable of some heinous crimes certainly but not complete lunatics.

On the 7th October 2023 Hamas terrorists committed a grotesque atrocity, that has led to a devastating war in Gaza, and the lives of tens of thousands of Palestinians.

Over 5 decades of brutal Israeli occupation led to the Oct 7th attacks. Not to mention Netanyahu's own tacit support of Hamas over the years.

This US administration has attempted to sit on a political fence in an election year.

There is no political one foot in, one foot out.

The U.S. is very much 2 feet in for Israel. Endless weapon supplies, vetoeing countless resolutions and denouncing any and all criticism of Israel.

Joe Biden US government is commuted to an Israeli people under the solemn belief they are all under an existential crisis, from a enemy that want to stage another holocaust.

Yet you also mention Israel's nuclear capability a few sentences later. Hardly an existential threat.

Arm Israel as promised or face consequences, unmaintainable, as this conflict turns into a full middle eastern war.

You mean like the 9/11 attacks? A direct consequence of U.S. support for Israel.

Benjamin Netanyahu will, if forced into a corner bring tactical nuclear weapons into the battle field.

Let's hope not but the scale of the genocide in Gaza doesn't bode well. Netanyahu has no moral compass.

according to the territory's Heath Ministry 

According to Hamas - Geeter McKluskie

Tired of hearing this repeated.

"The health ministry's casualty reports have received significant attention during the course of the Gaza–Israel conflict. Its numbers have historically been considered reliable by the United Nations, the World Health Organization, and Human Rights Watch. In relation to the Israel-Hamas war, two scientific studies published in The Lancet journal did not find evidence of inflation or fabrication." from Wikipedia

"Israeli Intelligence Has Deemed Hamas-Run Health Ministry's Death Toll Figures Generally Accurate. Senior Israel officials are using the Gaza Health Ministry's death numbers internally, months after both Israel and the U.S. claimed those figures should not be trusted." from a Vice article publishes in Jan of this year.

The only doubt cast on the accuracy of the Gaza Health Ministry's statistics is that they are vastly under the actual number of deaths as so many more remain in the rubble which is estimated to take over a decade to clear.

Hezbollah is another terrorist group that Israel has the legal right to defend itself against, just as it is doing against Hamas. -zibala

A terrorist group that didn't exist until Israel's invasion of Lebanon in 1982. Just as Hamas are a product of Israeli occupation.

The country gets to defend itself. And oh--people are killed in wars. Property is destroyed.

Nothing new here. - Zibala

How come you don't harbour the same disdain and disregard for Israeli deaths?

Countries under occupation have a right to resist. And oh-people are killed. Property is destroyed.

Nothing new here.

. . .the U.N. Human Rights Office said Israeli forces "may have systematically violated the principles of distinction, proportionality, and precautions in attack".

There is no "may have. . ." The UNHRC inquiry is very unequivocal in it description of Israeli war crimes.

I apologise for the length of the quote but this is what the UNHRC said about its inquiry in a press briefing last night.

"In relation to Israel’s military operations and attacks in Gaza from 7 October, the Commission concluded that Israeli authorities were responsible for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and violations of international humanitarian and human rights law, including extermination, intentionally directing attacks against civilians, murder or wilful killing, using starvation as a method of war, forcible transfer, gender persecution, sexual and gender-based violence amounting to torture, and cruel or inhuman treatment. Israel’s “total siege” of the Gaza Strip had weaponised the provision of life-sustaining necessities for strategic and political gains including through cutting off supplies of water, food, electricity, fuel and other essential supplies, including humanitarian assistance. It constituted collective punishment, disproportionately impacting pregnant women and persons with disabilities, and was causing grave harm to children, including starvation-related deaths. The deliberate use of heavy weapons in densely populated areas constituted an intentional attack on the civilian population.

The Commission found Israeli forces committed sexual and gender-based violence with the intent to humiliate and further subordinate the Palestinian community. The Commission concluded that specific forms of sexual and gender-based violence constituted part of Israeli Security Forces’ operating procedures. The blatant disregard for international law across the entire occupied Palestinian territory had disproportionately impacted Palestinian children. In Gaza, Israeli Security Forces had killed and maimed tens of thousands of children, and thousands more likely remain under the rubble. Israeli attacks had also severely impacted infrastructure essential for children’s wellbeing, including hospitals, schools and basic services."

Yeah because Palestinian terrorist never slaughtered anyone right? - Dango Bong

There's blood on both sides but one side consistently slaughters at a rate of at least 10 times that of the other (The rate is often many times higher.)

Another crucial point of distinction is that one is an illegal occupier and the other is not.

On Friday, Israel said U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has added its military to a global list of offenders who have committed violations against children,

Over 15,000 children dead, 9 in 10 children living in poverty and on the brink of starvation and all Netanyahu and Gantz can do is keep repeating their embarrassing line about "Israel is the most moral army in the world".

Gaza is part of Israel - Zibala

What do you believe Israel should do with the inhabitants of Gaza?

Biden earlier told Qatar's emir that "Hamas is now the only obstacle to a complete ceasefire", and "confirmed Israel's readiness to move forward" with the terms he set out last week.

The framing of the recent negotiations and proposals between the 2 sides by the US have been incredibly disingenuous.

Hamas agreed to the 3 stage ceasefire a month ago but it was rejected by Israel. The US claims the latest proposal which is near identical to the Hamas proposal last month was put forward by Israel. But the same day Netanyahu declares it a non-starter.

Now Biden says "Hamas is the only obstacle" when Israel have outright rejected the proposal that was in fact put forward by the US.

Why the need to lie about the proposals to try and paint Netanyahu in a more positive light? I wasn't aware that Biden was working as Bibi's personal spin doctor.

Also it would be nice if any new state built in Gaza would respect women's rights and LGBT rights. At the moment Gaza is one of the worst places in the world to be either. Letting Hamas continue in power only keeps women enslaved and LGBT people in fear of death. - Attilathehungry

You are aware that same-sex marriage is not legal in Israel, right? Even inter-faith marriage isn't legal. Then you have government ministers like Smotrich declaring himself a "proud homophobe" and frequently referring to members of the gay community as beasts. It's a complicated issue but technically gay marriage has been legal in Israel and Palestine since the 50's. Israel repealed the laws and banned gay marriage in the 70's. Now same-sex Israeli's can only have their unions recognised if they marry outside of Israel by states that recognise same-sex partnerships.

Certainly, Hamas are no supporters of LGBTQ+ rights but same-sex is actually still legal in both the West Bank and Gaza.

But I think the Gazan LGBTQ+ community lives in far more in fear of being blown up by Israeli bombs, dying of starvation from Israel's manmade famine or dying of illness from Israel's systematic destruction of all of Gaza's medical infrastructure.

Want to push Netanyahu into a ceasefire? The answer is simple. Stop sending him weapons. But instead of sanctioning Israel the U.S. is busy sanctioning the International Criminal Court attempting to end the conflict.

The U.S. says it supports a 2 state solution but vetoes every Palestinian attempt at recognition.

Time to end the duplicity. The U.S.'s unconditional support for Israel is what fuels this conflict and allows the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestine to persist and expand. That's at the root of this conflict. Not the atrocities of Oct 7th but the decades of atrocities visited upon the Palestinians by Israel.

Oct 7th and the creation of Hamas are a symptom of the conflict not the cause.

The campaign also began selling black “Make America Great Again” caps, instead of the usual red, to reflect a “dark day in history.”

My eyes rolled so hard I think I scored a strike.

This latest military strike would not need to have taken place if Gaza occupiers were not supporting the terrorist regime Hamas. Zibala

Israel is the illegal occupier of Gaza and Netanyahu has supported Hamas for years.

But in a way you're correct. Israel wouldn't need to be bombing tents full of people it displaced, in an area it designated as safe if it weren't for Israeli occupation and Netanyahu's willingness to prop up Hamas.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-years-netanyahu-propped-up-hamas-now-its-blown-up-in-our-faces/

And yet, they still can’t get the Israeli’s out of their Jewish homeland. When they do that I’ll eat my words. - bass4funk

So you're saying that Hamas aren't an existential threat to Israel.

In response to the announcements in Europe, Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir paid a provocative visit Wednesday to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound — a flashpoint in Jerusalem that is sacred to Muslims and Jews, who refer to it as the Temple Mount. The move could escalate tensions across the region.

Ariel Sharon forcing his way into the Al Aqsa mosque was the spark that triggered the 2nd Intifada in 2000.

Ben-Gvir and Smotrich should be on the ICC's wanted list along with the Israeli and Hamas leaders.

“History will remember that Spain, Norway, and Ireland decided to award a gold medal to Hamas murderers and rapists,” Katz said.

The rhetoric gets more desperate and unhinged by the day.

International recognition of a Palestinian state, the removal of the U.S. as a dishonest broker and its replacement with an international body capable of neutrality.

Israel isn't about to end 75 years of occupation, land theft and ethnic cleansing of its own accord.