Current Affairs Israel is an apartheid state

[ChesterBlue]

Christ. Thank god I don't have social media.

I'd have thought there'd be legislation prohibiting that sort of content being shown, or is that just wishful thinking?

Technically it is not supposed to be shown, but social media companies are notoriously bad for upholding their own rules

 

[Moomin]

This beheading of babies, I don't buy it.

 

[Nightman]

What d'you want my postcode for...

Free ring ding boomer

 

[Leylo]

The whole situation has knocked me sick life is so cheap...sad

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

Assume Cyprus

Crete mate. Souda Bay

 

[ChesterBlue]

I understand that everyone is understandably disgusted at Hamas’ actions in Israel, and rightfully so.

Can’t we please try and distinguish Hamas from average Palestinians. It’s worth noting that the median age in Gaza is 18 (while the world’s average is 28) and children make up 47% of Gaza’s population (source below)

https://www.savethechildren.net/news/after-15-years-blockade-four-out-five-children-gaza-say-they-are-living-depression-grief-and#:~:text=Children%20make%20up%2047%25%20of,without%20the%20blockade%5Biii%5D.

Again, so I do not get misconstrued, what Hamas did and have been doing, and Hamas as an organisation is monstrous. I firmly support the cause of Palestinian emancipation, but also condemn Hamas in the strongest terms - Can we please recognise that Hamas do not have a monopoly on violence against children in this conflict. The bombings Israel are conducting against Gaza currently are against a strip of land where 47% of the population are children.

 

[john jako]

Crete mate. Souda Bay

Had some of the best times of my life there. Mad the way the yanks just have a naval base down the road from Malia lol

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

Had some of the best times of my life there. Mad the way the yanks just have a naval base down the road from Malia lol

I know - what a posting

 

[Yarrgh]

Hamas are monsters. I don't see anything but more horrific events following this. Evil begats evil begats evil.

 

[davek]

700 killed in Gaza up to last night. 100 of them children.

God knows what the toll is now.

Still, Israel is a democracy...

 

[Hinchcliffe's Corner]

Christ. Thank god I don't have social media.

I'd have thought there'd be legislation prohibiting that sort of content being shown, or is that just wishful thinking?

Well there's supposed to be, and there's been an international push to get this stuff offline which started after the mass shooting in New Zealand a few years back which was streamed live on Facebook, Jacinda Ardern was leading it off memory, not sure how much Elon Musk is caring about that though the horrible gremlin.

 

[Nightman]

Shouts of re-naming the thread are a bit off. It's an undeniable fact, despite recent events.

A separate Hamas thread if needed? But it shouldn't be needed.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Shouts of re-naming the thread are a bit off. It's an undeniable fact, despite recent events.

A separate Hamas thread if needed? But it shouldn't be needed.

not a rename, just an addition 'spoilers for words and pics of bloody violence', remains 'israel'.

 

[RAFUH]

Perhaps a request to change the thread title is also a good idea?

I said NSFW but it would actually be a spoiler so you have to click to see.

I don't think the thread needs a NSFW tag.

 

[tsubaki]

Rumour has it that the CIA learn from Mossad, so I don't think they need help in that department.

The KGB were rather more effective than both. When some Soviet diplomats were taken hostage, and one killed, by Hezbollah in the 80s they were released after "body parts" of a relative were delivered to the man behind the hostage taker (the polite version is that his head was sent).