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30 plus Palestinians murdered last night (Original Post) malaise Sep 2025 OP
DURec leftstreet Sep 2025 #1
Google it. Al Jazeera is just "Qatar Propaganda Today" if it were named properly. nt gulliver Sep 2025 #2
Never forgive. AloeVera Sep 2025 #3
Not a great motto. Mossfern Sep 2025 #4
Understanding and peace??? AloeVera Sep 2025 #5
Please explain. Mossfern Sep 2025 #7
Would you like me to give peace, love and understanding to Israel now - can it at least wait until AFTER the genocide? AloeVera Sep 2025 #12
You said "never" Mossfern Sep 2025 #15
Anyone who committed or excused a genocide for two years, must reckon with the fact that there will be blow-back. AloeVera Sep 2025 #17
Again Mossfern Sep 2025 #18
"Never" is how I and most of the world feel RIGHT NOW and it's perfectly justified. As was Israelis' feelings on Oct 7th AloeVera Sep 2025 #19
Do you forgive the perpetrators of all genocide? iemanja Sep 2025 #20
That's what we are being asked to do, isn't it? AloeVera Sep 2025 #21
Jewish people visit Germany Mossfern Sep 2025 #24
I made no accusation iemanja Sep 2025 #26
Those questions were loaded and seemed rather rhetorical to me Mossfern Sep 2025 #27
Quote Mossfern Sep 2025 #22
You seem more concerned about an anonymous poster's comment Orrex Sep 2025 #28
Apparently you have never read my posts regarding that matter Mossfern Sep 2025 #29
Some quick googling returned several relevant posts Orrex Sep 2025 #30
No one ever forgiving, may be why the world is at this place. RandomNumbers Sep 2025 #14
Tsk. Tsk. They were just necessary collateral damage for a noble cause. Ping Tung Sep 2025 #6
Absolutely right Mossfern Sep 2025 #8
So what is going to stop the genocide? Happy thoughts? Cuthbert Allgood Sep 2025 #23
Certainly not hate or revenge Mossfern Sep 2025 #25
Known names of killed Palestinian babies under one yr womanofthehills Sep 2025 #9
Only some babies count malaise Sep 2025 #10
More of the same from Israel Chautauquas Sep 2025 #11
True. Also true that the murdering is supported by nearly ALL Israelis. AloeVera Sep 2025 #13
Every day. It continues and continues. "Normalizing" genocide. thought crime Sep 2025 #16

Mossfern

(4,652 posts)
7. Please explain.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 02:34 PM
Sep 2025

Understanding and Peace are not valid goals?
I don't believe there is anyone here who doesn't desire that.

Or do you just want the cycle to continue?
If there's no forgiveness, there can't be Peace.

https://www.seedsofpeace.org/

AloeVera

(4,056 posts)
12. Would you like me to give peace, love and understanding to Israel now - can it at least wait until AFTER the genocide?
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 03:10 PM
Sep 2025

Do you not see the bitter irony in calling for peace and understanding in the future while NOT calling out an ACTIVE GENOCIDE?

Anyone not condemning Israel by now seems to have a very selective, even self-serving, notions of peace and understanding.

Stop the genocide and ethnic cleansing. Then hold Israel accountable including withdrawal from the OPT per the ICJ ruling and reparations for decades of destruction, land confiscations and killing.

Anyone not agreeing to those terms is not pro-peace, they are for continuing the abuse, subjugation and erasure of Palestinians in order to support the creation of Greater Israel.

It's what I meant. I hope it is clearer now.

Mossfern

(4,652 posts)
15. You said "never"
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 04:05 PM
Sep 2025

What do you think will come about?
I'm not condoning any attack on Palestinians, but in order to have lasting peace, there needs to be understanding and forgiveness.

What is happening now in Gaza and the West Bank is the result of not seeking understanding and forgiveness - no matter which "side" you support. Hamas is not innocent - neither is Netanyahu and Israeli right wing.

I'm not Christian but this quote of Matthew 7: 3-5 says it all:

Matthew 7:3-5
King James Version

3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?

5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother."


I'm not ascribing blame to any one side, but just the sentiment in general.
Either one wants peace or eternal war.
Personally, I choose peace and will not support blame nor vengeance on innocents - either Palestinian or Israeli.
This has to end now.

AloeVera

(4,056 posts)
17. Anyone who committed or excused a genocide for two years, must reckon with the fact that there will be blow-back.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 06:27 PM
Sep 2025

No one talked of peace and forgiveness on October 7th as Israelis were being attacked and murdered. They would have been shamed and ridiculed for that kind of inhumane response. Precious lives were being lost.

The same compassion should be afforded to Palestinians but as we have clearly seen, their lives are just not as important or precious. So many horrific crimes, wanton destruction and terror on civilians but Israelis and defenders did not see anything wrong with it and still do not.

Forgiveness is not what Israelis seek from others, it is their mutual denial and complicity in the genocide and ethnic cleansing.

When that changes, we can talk about forgiveness.

Mossfern

(4,652 posts)
18. Again
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 07:05 PM
Sep 2025

You said "never."

Are you talking about Palestinians or about Hamas?

Where are the hostages?
Yes, I went there.
I'm not justifying Israel's actions, but ... what about the hostages?
What has Hamas done to engender a cease fire?

To be clear, I do not support Netanyahu or Likud nor wanton violence against innocents - any innocents, or land grabs.
Where do you place any responsibility on what is happening now on Hamas?

I do not abide by comparison of numbers of people killed.
ONE death is too many, so please don't go there.

AloeVera

(4,056 posts)
19. "Never" is how I and most of the world feel RIGHT NOW and it's perfectly justified. As was Israelis' feelings on Oct 7th
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 07:30 PM
Sep 2025

Why the same old refrain? "What about the hostages" is always said as a deflection from Israel's crimes which also completely denies who is responsible for the hostages not being returned.

THE HOSTAGES WOULD ALL HAVE BEEN HOME BY NOW WERE IT NOT FOR NETANYAHU'S OBSTRUCTION AND SABOTAGING OF ALL CEASEFIRE NEGOTIATIONS AND THE BREAKING OF THE LAST CEASEFIRE. Because cleansing Gaza of Palestinians and murdering as many as possible the meantime was more important to him than saving the lives of his own people.

You need to read up, all the information is out there, including confessions and accusations of sabotage against Netanyahu from Biden's own senior officials after the election. Hamas has wanted a ceasefire for eons, return the hostages but Netanyahu would not agree to their condition to withdraw from Gaza and end the war.

So the answer to your question is Netanyahu doesn't care if they are all dead or will be soon - they will be sacrificed by him for Israel's "greater good". Even many Israelis have caught on to that, I'm actually pretty shocked that there are still people here on DU who have not.

Hamas is responsible for its own crimes, but not Israel's. Hamas did not create Israel's genocidal nature. It was there since 1948.

Whitewashing Israel's genocide by pointing to the "instigator" does not work with me. There is no justifiable instigation possible for genocide, it is the crime of all crimes.

If one death is too many, you must be quite distraught at the likely (we will soon find out) 100,000 ++deaths of Palestinians. I went there too.





AloeVera

(4,056 posts)
21. That's what we are being asked to do, isn't it?
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 10:01 PM
Sep 2025

Very astute of you.

When it comes to Israel, the double standards never cease to amaze, or rather, horrify.

Mossfern

(4,652 posts)
24. Jewish people visit Germany
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 10:31 PM
Sep 2025

They don't hold today's Germany responsible for Hitler and his followers.
Hitler's intentions were to kill all Jews ... and others, but mostly Jewish people.

If you don't know what I feel or believe about Netanyahu and Israel's right wing, then you haven't been paying attention.

People also ask
Does Israel have good relations with Germany?
Germany is Israel's largest trading partner in Europe and Israel's second most important trading partner after the United States. Israeli imports from Germany amount to some USD 2.3 billion annually, while Israel is Germany's fourth largest trading partner in the North Africa/Middle East region.

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=relations+between+Israel+and+Germany

A simple google search that you could have done yourself before making baseless accusations.
I could report your post for your defamatory remarks and innuendo about me. But I'll let it stand.

iemanja

(57,624 posts)
26. I made no accusation
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 11:20 PM
Sep 2025

I asked you two questions rather than assuming your views. You chose to respond with defensiveness rather than an answer, which is your right.

I don’t do Google searches on other posters. I read what they say, and most simply state their opinions. That is the purpose of a discussion board.

Ordinarily, I would respond with something about the Nuremberg trials, but you clearly don’t want to discuss the issue, so I will oblige.

Mossfern

(4,652 posts)
27. Those questions were loaded and seemed rather rhetorical to me
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 06:21 AM
Sep 2025

To be specific:
No, I don't forgive Hitler and his administration for their actions - but I do forgive today's German citizens, even those living during the times of Hitler's reign, for the actions of their horrible leader - just as I would hope that I would not be tagged with the crimes of Donald Trump merely because I'm an American citizen.

Why would I give "special dispensation " to Israelis?

Mossfern

(4,652 posts)
22. Quote
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 10:20 PM
Sep 2025
"Hamas did not create Israel's genocidal nature. It was there since 1948."

Thank you, now I understand where you stand.

I think we have nothing to discuss at this point.

Orrex

(66,813 posts)
28. You seem more concerned about an anonymous poster's comment
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 08:40 AM
Sep 2025

than by Netanyahu's years-long voluntary campaign of deliberate civilian murder.


Curious.

Mossfern

(4,652 posts)
29. Apparently you have never read my posts regarding that matter
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 10:37 AM
Sep 2025

I have consistently renounced Netanyahu and the Right Wing government that he leads and their actions.
I'm curious how you know so much about what I believe without reading what I post.

Orrex

(66,813 posts)
30. Some quick googling returned several relevant posts
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 11:20 AM
Sep 2025

In which you downplayed Netanyahu’s deliberate campaign of civilian murder, specifically as it pertains to the slaughter of children. Posting links here would likely constitute “calling you out,” but they aren’t hard to find.

But sure, let’s quibble about an anonymous poster’s word choice.

Ping Tung

(4,230 posts)
6. Tsk. Tsk. They were just necessary collateral damage for a noble cause.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 02:33 PM
Sep 2025

Noble cause aka land grab and vengeance against helpless people.

No cause justifies the deaths of innocent people. Albert Camus

Mossfern

(4,652 posts)
8. Absolutely right
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 02:42 PM
Sep 2025
NO cause justifies the deaths of innocent people.

What do you think that vengeance brings?
What are the benefits of vengeful thinking?
Does it bring peace?
Prosperity?

If people want to continue to foment hate, what is the benefit?

Mossfern

(4,652 posts)
25. Certainly not hate or revenge
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 10:38 PM
Sep 2025

That will only continue the cycle.
Tell me.
What do you think will end the enmity?

I've posted links to organizations that are actually working on peace between Israelis and Palestinians, but somehow
they just get ignored. Why is that?

womanofthehills

(10,750 posts)
9. Known names of killed Palestinian babies under one yr
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 02:54 PM
Sep 2025

Not including names of infants who died under rubble.


?s=46


MoH data from May 2025 had 916 infants under one listed as killed but the killing of children has increased big time since May - so some say you could add another 1000 to that list. I did notice a huge increase in pics of dead children in last few months on X.

Also - estimated around 4,000 Gaza children have at least one amputation. Largest amputation rate of kids in whole world.

Seems like everyday in Gaza a number of families with children Are murdered. Many days the death toll is over 100.

AloeVera

(4,056 posts)
13. True. Also true that the murdering is supported by nearly ALL Israelis.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 03:46 PM
Sep 2025

Shout out to the 2% who think the killing has gone too far - the leftists and the long-time peace activists.

Without the support of the large majority, Bibi would not have dared to do what he did.

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