The Situation in Israel/Palestine

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Yeah who cares? Maybe the fantasy that he’s the problem will collapse. That’s all.

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Some word salad from Mayo Pete.

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Why isn’t that asshole in JAIL!!!

Good point. still. His corrupt ass should go to jail.

Yep.

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Pete has always been like this.

Remember when he launched his presidential bid- it started off as nothing but stylish fonts and vague buzzwords:

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Yep. That’s McKinsey gibberish.

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So the perfect font for Vogon poetry?

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It’s a Facebook link, but I didn’t have to log into an account to read it:

“When I entered Gaza the Israeli military had a rule: I was only allowed to bring in seven pounds of food. As I was weighing out protein bars, trying to get under the limit, I said to my husband: ‘How sinister is this?’ I’m a humanitarian aid worker. Why would there even be a limit on food? I’ve worked in many places with extreme hunger, but what’s so jarring in this context is how cruel it is, how deliberate. I was in Gaza for two months; there’s no way to describe the horror of what’s happening. And I say this as a pediatric ICU doctor who sees children die as part of my work. Among our own staff we have doctors and nurses who are trying to treat patients while hungry, exhausted. They’re living in tents. Some of them have lost fifteen, twenty members of their families. In the hospital there are kids maimed by airstrikes: missing arms, missing legs, third degree burns. Often there’s not enough pain medication. But the children are not screaming about the pain, they’re screaming: ‘I’m hungry! I’m hungry!” I hate to only focus on the kids, because nobody should be starving. But the kids, it just haunts you in a different way. When my two months were finished, I didn’t want to leave. It’s a feeling I haven’t experienced in nearly twenty years of humanitarian assignments. But I felt ashamed. Ashamed to leave my Palestinian colleagues, who were some of the most beautiful and compassionate people that I’ve ever met. I was ashamed as an American, as a human being, that we’ve been unable to stop something that is so clearly a genocide. I remember when our bus pulled out of the buffer zone. Out the window on one side I could see Rafah, which was nothing but rubble. On the other side was lush, green Israel. When we exited the gate, the first thing I saw was a group of Israeli soldiers, sitting at a table, eating lunch. I’ve never felt so nauseous seeing a table full of food.”


Aqsa Durrani is a pediatric doctor and board member of Doctors Without Borders USA, with nearly twenty years of experience in humanitarian projects. During our interview Aqsa repeatedly expressed a desire to center the voices of her Palestinian colleagues. To this end I’ve spent the past week collecting stories from the Palestinian staff of Médecins Sans Frontières / MSF in Gaza. I will be sharing these stories over the next several days. I’m so grateful for the time that these people gave me; they were sleepless, hungry, traumatized, and often working 24-hour shifts. Because of the unreliable internet connection their images are sometimes grainy. Their words, however, will be crystal clear.

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https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-says-review-shows-hamas-inflating-gaza-hunger-data-in-orchestrated-campaign/

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Received this message from my storage company in Israel. Very happy to hear the families of the hostages are exerting pressure on the government to end the war and return the hostages. Typically businesses shut down mid Friday - Saturday in Israel and are open on Sundays.

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Good to hear. I’m glad the families are keeping the pressure up and the anti-war sentiment in general in Israel does seem to be growing beyond the families of the hostages. Sadly, the authoritarian government is determined not to listen to either group. It’s maddening.

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I still have Tucker Carlson, as he’s still a POS and his agenda is antisemitism… BUT, getting a hear a voice of someone in the region and who understands what’s happening from her own experiences…

However… he’s still a POS…

Um… WUT? Read a fucking book on European imperialism since the 15th Tucks, you dumb shitstain.

But Mother Agapia sets him straight…

So maybe his question is meant to set that up rather than be a serious misunderstanding of reality?

Am I giving TUCKER CARLSON way too much credit?!? JFC…

She continues…

Fuck me, what is happening here?

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