No one could have predicted this /s
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Also the Israeli economy is barely hanging on at the moment. Because every citizen (who isn't a conscientious objector) is a soldier, and they're calling up so many into the IDF, fewer people are working in the non-Palestinian-controlled territory. They also used to hire Palestinians from the West Bank as cheap labor, but they're not doing that anymore either these days, so that's all gumming up the gears, economically speaking.
While I agree, the "free speech" nation with anti-BDS laws probably won't get there before Israel kills the last Gazan.
his protest will, hopefully, be devastating to the insular little bubbles we have been encased in for most of our lives
Don't worry, it won't be. Never underestimate peoples' abilities to lie to themselves to make their lives less uncomfortable, nor the ruling classes' abilities and desires to lean into that tendency to manipulate them for personal gain.
I agree, he was willing to die to spread his message, it's important that it not be censored or suppressed. I believe it's also on Archive.org.
Ukraine still retains the ability to militarily defeat Russia but the west has been a day late and a dollar short.
I think that may have been the case at one point, but if you look up Ukraine and prosthetics, and compare to the population and military strength you'll see that it's more than a day late at this point. Even if you're of the opinion that deaths aren't that high, prostheses need paints a grim picture for the future of that conflict. Countries like France were trying to negotiate settlements and ceasefires earlier in the war but the US kept blocking them and hinging financial and military support on not negotiating, which is how we got where we are there.
The residents of Gaza choose this by choosing Hamas as their government and starting a war with Israel. Iran is similarly responsible.
First, I disagree. Hamas was elected decades ago and there have been no elections since, and more than 50% of Gaza was children before Oct 7th. The majority of people who live in Gaza did not elect Hamas.
Secondly, even if this was the case, what were Gazans going to do about their situation, protest? Israel controls and controlled flow of trade (via a blockade), water, and electricity into Gaza before this conflict. A huge percentage of the Gaza population had injuries from IDF soldiers deliberately shooting them in the kneecaps from earlier protests or getting too close to the fences they erected. On top of that, Israel helped fund Hamas and got them into power, so Oct 7 was just Israel reaping what it sowed. Gaza was an open air prison hosting a slow genocide before this conflict, all that's happened now is Israel moving up the timetable.
Good call, I'll do that in the future from now on when linking something from Democracy Now. I usually watch their stuff on Youtube in the background to the point I forget that they have a website π€ͺ
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