Rob Ray
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When you've been elected meme supervisor let me know.Did you really need a meme to explain and express yourself?
TBF it's quite a good one. It makes a good point in a darkly funny way.Did you really need a meme to explain and express yourself?
The power imbalance between the two sides gets overlooked in our emotional response, as does any attempt at historical analysis.
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Don't do this, there are people reading here who have lived there, are from there, or who visit regularly. Your one or two visits doesn't give you special insight.Having visited the Gaza strip and Jerusalem, i would say ....
… Of course in Britain there is a common superiority default to fantasies of fair play and cricket metaphors.
At least 600 Israelis killed (Israeli media), many more missing, and Israel still hasnt repulsed Hamas attacks. It's still fighting in Israel proper for the first time in over 50 years.
When people ask what Hamas seeks to gain from this It's pretty obvious. A return to the 1967 border lines as a minimum.
There's a lot to be said about the way Israel has created and sustained Hamas, about the actual (pretty horrific) political agenda Hamas represents and exactly what all this means, but fuck me skimming today's left Twitter hot takes has reminded me that a) Jfc some of these people need to learn to take a beat the come up with something more nuanced before having an opinion splurge and b) The rhetorical whiplash going on by some of the cobweb left types from slagging support for Ukrainian resistance as basically supporting fascists and betraying No War But The Class War to excusing kidnap, human shielding and murder of civilians as justifiable resistance is a bit ...
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Yesterday morning there was fighting in about 45 locations, now it's about 20. The 20/25 locations where fighting has stopped isn't because the Israelis are hanging about outside...
If Hamas want a return to the 67 borders - or would accept it through gritted teeth at the end of a negotiated settlement - they've managed to hide it pretty well over the last couple of decades.
This is nothing to do with fighting for some sort of final settlement.
Just to add some context - since 2005 only 168 Israelis have been killed in the conflict. Looks like we are getting on to 4x the amount killed in 18 years in only a couple of days.At least 600 Israelis killed (Israeli media), many more missing, and Israel still hasnt repulsed Hamas attacks. It's still fighting in Israel proper for the first time in over 50 years.
When people ask what Hamas seeks to gain from this It's pretty obvious. A return to the 1967 border lines as a minimum.
In this specific circumstance it is not. They have taken civilian hostages, there's no reason to do that other than to create leverage against more brutal reprisals. Don't make the mistake of thinking I'm supportive of the Israeli State take more generally.The human shielding thing is an Israeli propaganda myth
One government attacking another to extract concessions is not class war. That doesn't mean resistance is unjustified, but there is a complete absence of class war (or much related theory at all, for that matter) in this theatre of conflict.But on the broader point about class war, what exactly is the political economy of Gaza?
In this specific circumstance it is not. They have taken civilian hostages, there's no reason to do that other than to create leverage against more brutal reprisals. Don't make the mistake of thinking I'm supportive of the Israeli State take more generally.
One government attacking another to extract concessions is not class war. That doesn't mean resistance is unjustified, but, there is a complete absence of class war (or much theory at all, for that matter) in this theatre of conflict.
They have taken civilian hostages, there's no reason to do that other than to create leverage against more brutal reprisals.
so if you haven't got the latest death tech it's perfectly ok to shoot children in the face and hunt ravers with a machine gun?Looking back at your posts I couldn't find any calls from you campaigning for military aid and arms to the Palestinians so that they can fight a war against the Israeli army that complies with your expectations. I'm sure the Palestinians would swap bombs in baskets for bombers , artillery and even NATO training.
More news from the peace festival:
Good to see you speaking up for the people of Gaza and their willingness to be murdered by the IDF or be starved to death.I think Hamas know they can't win this but just want to get in as many blows against Israel as they can before they get crushed. The people of Gaza have absolutely nothing to lose and may very well be taking the view that die fighting is better than die starving.
And things will go back to the status quo because there is no way forward that both sides can accept.
China's foreign ministry reiterating their call for the establishment of an independent Palestinian State. They don't do irony.
so if you haven't got the latest death tech it's perfectly ok to shoot children in the face and hunt ravers with a machine gun?Looking back at your posts I couldn't find any calls from you campaigning for military aid and arms to the Palestinians so that they can fight a war against the Israeli army that complies with your expectations. I'm sure the Palestinians would swap bombs in baskets for bombers , artillery and even NATO training.
Are you suggesting saying tr indicates affection for syl?You mean Stephen Yaxley-Lennon?
Tommy Tiny Tears.Are you suggesting saying tr indicates affection for syl?
Thats for me to say not youDon't do this, there are people reading here who have lived there, are from there, or who visit regularly. Your one or two visits doesn't give you special insight.