OT: World Politics

[Montana]

bloody hell.


my doomsday clock just ticked ahead a few notches.

edit: audio implies this might be a pro-humanitarian, pro-Palestinian citizens march….if so great. Hopefully not the anti-isreal protests we’ve seen elsewhere.

 

[Montana]

 

[zeke]

 

[Montana]

 

[Montana]

 

[Montana]

https://twitter.com/IranObserver0/status/1713285364226445385?s=20

 

[MindzEye]

 

[Montana]

I think this plays a part…

In Israel's call for mass evacuation, Palestinians hear echoes of their original catastrophic exodus

In Israel’s call for the evacuation of half of Gaza’s population, many Palestinians fear a repeat of the most traumatic event in their history.

apnews.com

Arab states say Palestinians must stay on their land as war escalates

Calls for a humanitarian corridor or an escape route for Palestinians from Gaza as a conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has escalated have drawn a blunt reaction from Arab neighbours.

www.reuters.com

(or it’s the excuse other countries use to not take on a bunch of refugees)

 

[Montana]

Water turned back on.

 

[lecoqsportif]

Good election outcome in Poland, it seems. This one is important.

 

[zeke]

really good.

 

[zeke]

 

[zeke]

 

[zeke]

 

[LeafOfFaith]

Poor guy didn’t get much of a nap today.

 

[LeafGm]

Does Abbas represent the Palestinian people either?

When was the last time anyone voted for him?

 

[mbow30]

When was the first time?

 

[zeke]

 

[LeafOfFaith]

(Only 60% to 70% of them though?)

 

[LeafGm]

Is there any clear indication or proof that “Hamas doesn’t represent the Palestinian people” isn’t the exact same kind of wishy-washy, feel-good BS as “Vladimir Putin and his government don’t represent the Russian people”?