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Australian working in Rafah hospital says all staff are struggling: ‘We have victims caring for victims’ (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 4 points 2 years ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

An Australian logistics expert who is working at a hospital in Rafah has warned that “everyone here is struggling” while raising fears of a “catastrophic” Israeli ground offensive in the southern Gaza city.

The Australian government joined Canada and New Zealand last week to warn Israel against carrying out a “devastating” ground offensive in Rafah, saying there was “simply nowhere else for civilians to go”.

Croghan said he was focused on “ensuring we have a functional working space inside of the Indonesian Field Hospital in Rafah where the bulk of our medical activities are taking place”, including trying to improve water and power security.

The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has vowed to press ahead with an offensive on Rafah after civilians are allowed to leave the “battle zones” but has yet to spell out those plans.

The draft ceasefire resolution on Tuesday night gained 13 votes in support from the UN security council, including from close allies of the US who insisted that the humanitarian needs of Palestinians outweighed any reservations about the text proposed by Algeria.

Australia is not a member of the UN security council but in December voted with more than 150 countries at the UN general assembly in favour of an immediate humanitarian ceasefire and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages.

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[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

hAmAS mUsT bE ReCrUiTiMg iN aUStraLiA ToO /s

[+] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world -8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I want to remind every that the real victim is Genocide Joe be sure to keep voting for him.

Write a comment down below that Orange Man Bad.

[–] Risk@feddit.uk 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I'm not a US citizen so please could you explain this line of reasoning to me?

Trump was the person that recognised Jerusalem as Israel's capital, despite absolutely no need to. I haven't heard of anything that suggests he wouldn't support Israel wholeheartedly.

So in a choice that is Biden Vs Trump. Why is Biden the worse choice?

Now don't get me wrong, as a Brit I know how much of a curse FPTP is - but it's a pipe dream to think a 3rd party candidate hae a chance of winning in this situation, surely?

So what's the logic of these kinds of posts? If you don't vote for Biden, won't you just end up with something worse?

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

The thing is that voting for Biden does nothing but help along the US's slide into fascism. Democrats need to know they can't have their cake and eat it too, and that their good cop bad cop act won't work, before they'll actually do anything. Biden is right of Reagan on a ton of issues (including Israel), so clearly just voting for the lesser evil isn't working.

There has to be a line somewhere after which the status quo can't continue, and genocide is handily past that line.

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

What the fuck are you on about? There are literally two options in the upcoming election and any suggestion to the contrary is just fooling yourself.

There's Biden and then there is "Dictator ~~for a day~~" Trump. Even if Biden is the "slide into fascism" that you claim with no evidence presented to support, how is the choice between maybe fascism and absolutely fascism even a choice?

[–] whostosay@lemmy.world -4 points 2 years ago

The person you are trying to reach right now does not think more than half a move ahead. Save your energy for someone that is not already politically involved, it will be better for everyone, including this turd.