Current Events > Israel/Palestina War XIII - Lets steal some more land from the West Bank

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• Killed: at least 30,717 people, including more than:
• 12,300 children
• 8,400 women
• Injured: more than 72,156, including at least:
• 8,663 children
• 6,327 women
• Missing: more than 8,000

• Killed: at least 423 people, including more than:
• 113 children
• Injured: more than 4,600

Israel approves plans for 3,400 new homes in West Bank settlements
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68490034

Remind me again what this has to do with "rescuing the hostages"?

Trump called into Fox and Friends ahead of Super Tuesday voting, and co-host Brian Kilmeade asked the former president whether he was on board with the way Israeli forces were handling the war in Gaza.

Youve got to finish the problem. You had a horrible invasion. It took place. It would have never happened if I was president, by the way, Trump said.

This would have never happened. And for another reason they wouldnt have done it to me. I guarantee you that. They did this because they have no respect for Biden and, frankly, they got soft, Trump added.

This would have never happened. And for another reason they wouldnt have done it to me. I guarantee you that. They did this because they have no respect for Biden and, frankly, they got soft, Trump added.

Who is "they?"

Trump refuses to live in the world where he has to deal with a situation as it currently is.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4509309-trump-on-fighting-in-gaza-youve-got-to-finish-the-problem/

For those of you who think withholding your vote in protest of Biden's handling of this situation is in any way going to improve the situation in Gaza.

Biden at least makes noises about wanting the Israelis to tone it down, Trump would be openly advocating that the IDF just kill every Palestinian they find.

What Biden says to the public doesn't mean s*** when what his government does behind closed doors is the exact opposite.

Is it possible that this is more than a binary choice and that there are different levels of support for Israel and Palestine?

Is it possible that this is more than a binary choice and that there are different levels of support for Israel and Palestine?

Is it possible that this is more than a binary choice and that there are different levels of support for Israel and Palestine?

There are different levels of support for genocide is an argument. It's not one I would make, but who am I to tell you which hills are worth dying on.

If Trump's policies would cause an additional 30k palestinians to die past biden's policies, and you had a chance to prevent that, you wouldn't to maintain your own sense of morality?

A U.N. expert said on Thursday that Israel was destroying Gaza's food system as part of a broader "starvation campaign" in its war against Hamas militants and berated a U.N. human rights body for not doing more.
"The images of starvation in Gaza are unbearable and you are doing nothing," Michael Fakhri, U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, said in a speech to the U.N. Human Rights Council.

In his speech to the 47-member Geneva council, he alleged that Israel is targeting small-scale fishermen by denying them access to the sea and destroying boats and shacks.
Around 80% of Gaza's fishing sector has been destroyed since Oct. 7, he said, adding that every boat had been demolished by Israeli forces in the main port of Gaza City.

The UN is very good at commenting on war crimes, just apparently not very good at addressing them.

The UN is very good at commenting on war crimes, just apparently not very good at addressing them.

In fairness they're trying, the U.S. just keeps stopping them.

The real problem is that the U.S. wields so much power on the issue when they intentionally refuse to be part of any international court to avoid being prosecuted of our own war crimes.

It's like the U.S. is using their position in the U.N. to shield Israel.

The real problem is that the U.S. wields so much power on the issue when they intentionally refuse to be part of any international court to avoid being prosecuted of our own war crimes.

Yeah. My point being that a system where one member can waylay the whole thing isnt a good system.

Well you can blame the U.S. as one of the five charter members for setting up the U.N. that way.

There's a law that outright allows a US president to invade the Netherlands in case an American is tried for war crimes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members'_Protection_Act

There's a law that outright allows a US president to invade the Netherlands in case an American is tried for war crimes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members'_Protection_Act

Yeah. My point being that a system where one member can waylay the whole thing isnt a good system.

I wish the senate democrats would learn that, too.

And two of the other four are China and Russia.
That's why UN can't accomplish anything in many other issues. If not US, the others will veto it.

makes me wonder why there hasnt been a huge push back to make the founding 5 more in line. They shouldnt be able to veto an issue on their own.

Biden announced building a pier in Gaza to make aid possible. Can he build one fast enough? Pontoons?

https://apnews.com/article/biden-gaza-humanitarian-aid-port-us-military-israel-25fb6d71bc951d7491de3ab99733a749

There's a law that outright allows a US president to invade the Netherlands in case an American is tried for war crimes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members'_Protection_Act

Fuck America.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4509309-trump-on-fighting-in-gaza-youve-got-to-finish-the-problem/

For those of you who think withholding your vote in protest of Biden's handling of this situation is in any way going to improve the situation in Gaza.

I am a complete noob here and call me a moron but could they just not move the court out of the netherlands? because from what I read on that link the bill allows to invade netherlands or hague specifically but what if the thing was held somwhere else, woudlnt they need to pass a new bill for that place and if they do it looks bad on them, but I double the US really cares how the world looks at them at this point anyways.

I dont think they mention any country by name, just that it is "a bill to protect United States military personnel and other elected and appointed officials of the United States government against criminal prosecution by an international criminal court to which the United States is not party."

The United States is not a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The Act authorizes the president of the United States to use "all means necessary and appropriate to bring about the release of any U.S. or allied personnel being detained or imprisoned by, on behalf of, or at the request of the International Criminal Court". This authorization led to the act being colloquially nicknamed "The Hague Invasion Act", as the act allows the president to order U.S. military action, such as an invasion of the Netherlands, where The Hague is located, to protect American officials and military personnel from prosecution or rescue them from custody.[3][4]

Israel would just blow up the pier and say there was a Hamas tunnel in the water.

Another moron to block. Keep these alts coming.

It does:

Another moron to block. Keep these alts coming.

What good does a pier do when Israel keeps targeting Palestinians anytime they gather for food, shelter, or medical treatment?

Israel would just blow up the pier and say there was a Hamas tunnel in the water.

If the pier happens, it will be staffed by US. But this might not deter IDF, yeah.

what do IDF defenders think about the thousands of babies starving in gaza
is it hamas' fault?

what do IDF defenders think about the thousands of babies starving in gaza
is it hamas' fault?

what do IDF defenders think about the thousands of babies starving in gaza
is it hamas' fault?