Israel/Palestine thread
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Discuss my fellow 2+2ers..
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Just ban Victor and this thread will dramatically improve. He makes it impossible to have a civil conversation.
Schlitz mmmm has been temp-banned for posting in this thread after being told to take a break, and for those posts being clearly inappropriate (all now deleted).
so what now would be a permabannable offense if that wasn't???
Just ban Victor and this thread will dramatically improve. He makes it impossible to have a civil conversation.
yep.....but they won't
Vic should have his own rules maybe or treated the same as everyone else
It’s possible Vic is able to violate the rules without “violating the rules” so maybe he needs his own set of unbreakable rules
Friends, Victor is literally on a timeout right now. Lets all relax and get back to the content ♥
content eh?
well we got Joe Biden doing blood libel again.
will the mainstream media say anything about this heinous lie?
being slightly serious, I remember how much the media created an entire industry out of whining about Trump's lies. this is worse than anything Trump ever said.
How does the "mainstream media" or anyone know that what Biden said was a lie?
I have no idea if it is the truth or not, but it's awfully tough to prove he didn't see such a photo.
Just ban Victor and this thread will dramatically improve. He makes it impossible to have a civil conversation.
Try UnstuckPolitics.com if you're unable to cope with opinions so different to your own.
Warning: May contain copious amounts of Trolly
In his statement, the ICC prosecutor, Karim Khan, says:
“On the basis of evidence collected and examined by my Office, I have reasonable grounds to believe that Yahya SINWAR (Head of the Islamic Resistance Movement (“Hamas”😉 in the Gaza Strip), Mohammed Diab Ibrahim AL-MASRI, more commonly known as DEIF (Commander-in-Chief of the military wing of Hamas, known as the Al-Qassam Brigades), and Ismail HANIYEH (Head of Hamas Political Bureau) bear criminal responsibility for the following war crimes and crimes against humanity committed on the territory of Israel and the State of Palestine (in the Gaza strip) from at least 7 October 2023:
Extermination as a crime against humanity, contrary to article 7(1)(b) of the Rome Statute;
Murder as a crime against humanity, contrary to article 7(1)(a), and as a war crime, contrary to article 8(2)(c)(i);
Taking hostages as a war crime, contrary to article 8(2)(c)(iii);
Rape and other acts of sexual violence as crimes against humanity, contrary to article 7(1)(g), and also as war crimes pursuant to article 8(2)(e)(vi) in the context of captivity;
Torture as a crime against humanity, contrary to article 7(1)(f), and also as a war crime, contrary to article 8(2)(c)(i), in the context of captivity;
Other inhumane acts as a crime against humanity, contrary to article 7(l)(k), in the context of captivity;
Cruel treatment as a war crime contrary to article 8(2)(c)(i), in the context of captivity; and
Outrages upon personal dignity as a war crime, contrary to article 8(2)(c)(ii), in the context of captivity.”
He also said:
“On the basis of evidence collected and examined by my Office, I have reasonable grounds to believe that Benjamin NETANYAHU, the Prime Minister of Israel, and Yoav GALLANT, the Minister of Defence of Israel, bear criminal responsibility for the following war crimes and crimes against humanity committed on the territory of the State of Palestine (in the Gaza strip) from at least 8 October 2023:
Starvation of civilians as a method of warfare as a war crime contrary to article 8(2)(b)(xxv) of the Statute;
Wilfully causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or health contrary to article 8(2)(a)(iii), or cruel treatment as a war crime contrary to article 8(2)(c)(i);
Wilful killing contrary to article 8(2)(a)(i), or Murder as a war crime contrary to article 8(2)(c)(i);
Intentionally directing attacks against a civilian population as a war crime contrary to articles 8(2)(b)(i), or 8(2)(e)(i);
Extermination and/or murder contrary to articles 7(1)(b) and 7(1)(a), including in the context of deaths caused by starvation, as a crime against humanity;
Persecution as a crime against humanity contrary to article 7(1)(h);
Other inhumane acts as crimes against humanity contrary to article 7(1)(k).”
This are two hostages hamas took
Look at the fear in the children's eyes
Idf found weapons in another UNRWA facility. Can UNRWA be charged with war crimes?
Idf claims it killed terrorist Zaher Huli (also known as "Abu Hamed"), who held roles in Hamas's military wing and the Hamas Police in central Gaza
A Palestinian Islamic Jihad tactical-level commander was also eliminated in an aerial strike in the eastern Rafah area with three other terrorists from the organization who engaged in close combat with IDF soldiers, the IDF later announced.
https://www.thejc.com/news/world/french-...
French TV channel mistakenly reports Mossad agent ‘Eli Copter’ behind Iran president crash
Best headline in a while
Absolutely priceless
lol
That's amazing
ICC seeking arrest warrants for Bibi and Sinwar as both **** stains blame the other. A war between the worsts of the world.
So am I getting it right, Iran is blaming malfunctioning for the helicopter?
It is very much both sides in this case. The ICC's chief prosecutor is applying for warrants against three Hamas leaders and Netanyahu, on the charges specified. A bit unfortunately for Victor's usual line of argument, the prosecutor is convinced that rape and sexual violence were in fact committed by Hamas on Oct 7, along with hostage-taking, murder and all the rest of it. Meanwhile the prosecutor would like a word with Netanyahu over extermination tactics and the use of starvation as a weapon, among other issues.
We don't yet know, of course, whether the court will agree to issue the warrants.
It was a very old American helicopter, basically a Huey, and one former Iranian foreign minister has tried blaming the US for its spare-parts embargo on pre-revolutionary US aircraft operated by Iran. Although a catastrophic technical failure is possible, the weather conditions and terrain suggest that the pilot simply flew blind into a mountain in fog. Several observers have pointed out that Iran's ruling elite are extremely stupid, uneducated and over-entitled men (and I do mean men), easily capable of ordering and expecting a pilot to fly in conditions where it really wasn't advisable.
It was a very old American helicopter, basically a Huey, and one former Iranian foreign minister has tried blaming the US for its spare-parts embargo on pre-revolutionary US aircraft operated by Iran. Although a catastrophic technical failure is possible, the weather conditions and terrain suggest that the pilot simply flew blind into a mountain in fog. Several observers have pointed out that Iran's ruling elite are extremely stupid, uneduc
Why didn't the three 'copters take a similar route?
We don't yet know. Maybe they did, but the other two pilots added more safety height, had a better sense of their position (and therefore of maximum local terrain height), or even had a chance sight of the ground through breaks in the fog. (Fog is simply cloud that's nearer than usual to the ground.) It's even possible that the accident pilot was trying to 'taxi-hover' and go slow in the fog, and the president in the back, with an official ceremony to get to, was becoming impatient and irritable and telling him to get a move on.
