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Celerity

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9. That is what I want to now. You certainly cannot broad brush it out to all Palestinians.

Reply to ripcord (Reply #7)

Sun Oct 8, 2023, 04:14 PM

Oct 2023

If Israel starts to indiscriminately go full 'Carthage circa 146 BCE' on Gaza, you have to evacuate the civilians en masse or you are potentially condemning 2 million to death, whether it is via Israeli kinetic weapons or drowning in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Has Egypt signaled any willingness [View all] sarisataka Oct 2023 OP

I would assume they eventually will. roamer65 Oct 2023 #1

I wouldn't bet on it JohnSJ Oct 2023 #4

There are already calls for Egypt to open the Rafah border crossing to humanitarian aid. roamer65 Oct 2023 #5

The crossing's been there straight along, right? Igel Oct 2023 #11

There are a shit ton of tunnels into Egypt from Gaza. roamer65 Oct 2023 #12

Probably not but they should. Elessar Zappa Oct 2023 #2

Nope - they don't want Hamas any more than any other Arab country. n/t CincyDem Oct 2023 #3

So, just how many of Palestinian civilians (the OP's subject) are Hamas? Celerity Oct 2023 #6

How do you tell the difference when the terrorists are imbedded in the population? ripcord Oct 2023 #7

That is what I want to now. You certainly cannot broad brush it out to all Palestinians. Celerity Oct 2023 #9

Why would Egypt want two-plus million impoverished refugees any more than the next guy? RockRaven Oct 2023 #8

Doubtful DetroitLegalBeagle Oct 2023 #10

Not likely. Xolodno Oct 2023 #13