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alyaza,
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put it in the megathread, please and thanks

Israel-Palestine megathread for the remainder of the weekend

the front page is now like half articles on this currently, so it’s probably time for a megathread because none of us want to keep track of 12 threads on this subject and all the resulting comments. only major subsequent developments (for example, boots on the ground; pronunciations by governments; that sort of stuff) will get...

alyaza,
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kicking things off: Israel is creating a shit ton of collateral damage. MSF says they’re being given just hours to evacuate their patients in Gaza before bombing continues:

it’s also just come out that an Israeli strike in Lebanon killed a Reuters journalist:

alyaza,
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this is also a kind of insane detail to how bad the Israeli government has been handling the situation so far: The president of the United States has spoken with the families of Israelis whose loved ones are being held captive in Gaza. The prime minister of Israel has yet to do so. Make of it what you will.

alyaza,
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The Palestinians should demand an election.

may i ask why is it your presumption they haven’t been doing this?

alyaza,
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this is effectively saying “all Palestinians deserve to be killed because of who their leadership is” which is not really acceptable.

alyaza,
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go away.

alyaza,
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the fact that they were victims of terrorism as a publication does not suddenly exempt them from having dumb takes, and bluntly their “satire” is often far closer to actual islamophobia than humor.

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