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This is a war crime [View all] AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 OP
Disagree. They want the power and water back, give back the hostages. beaglelover Oct 2023 #1
The 1 million kids in Gaza don't have the hostages. meadowlander Oct 2023 #4
Their government does. BlueCheeseAgain Oct 2023 #5
this is who has the hostages? TomDaisy Oct 2023 #21
I don't think the prison analogy really works here. BlueCheeseAgain Oct 2023 #32
So the Hunger Games participants should rely on the whims of patrons for food and meds. TomDaisy Oct 2023 #34
I have no idea what that means, having never seen the Hunger Games. BlueCheeseAgain Oct 2023 #44
Excellent series! You really should AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 #55
because Israel controls all entry of supplies for Palestine MadameButterfly Oct 2023 #84
They do not, Gaza shares a border with Eygpt EX500rider Oct 2023 #89
An open air prison SickOfTheOnePct Oct 2023 #63
Palestine is not really a democracy any more MadameButterfly Oct 2023 #74
Economic sanctions aren't the same as killing power in a hospital AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 #33
The point of economic sanctions is to hurt an economy and cause suffering. BlueCheeseAgain Oct 2023 #41
Yes but it's important that we make the distinction AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 #60
The purpose of the sanctions was to inhibit their military MadameButterfly Oct 2023 #79
It was to hurt the economy overall. BlueCheeseAgain Oct 2023 #82
Putin needs money to fund the military MadameButterfly Oct 2023 #86
They should make appeals then to Hamas to give back the hostages so they can beaglelover Oct 2023 #6
Yes, get right on that two year olds and 90 year olds with dementia. meadowlander Oct 2023 #50
This is on Hamas. What did they expect would happen, kidnapping so many hostages and hiding behind JudyM Oct 2023 #68
THey thought it would provoke Netanyahue to strike aggressively MadameButterfly Oct 2023 #87
Simple. Give back the hostages and the kids get back all. jimfields33 Oct 2023 #53
Yep. Not too hard to understand. beaglelover Oct 2023 #56
It is a literal war crime obamanut2012 Oct 2023 #64
are you talking about Ukraine MadameButterfly Oct 2023 #75
Um, maybe read the tweet at the top of the OP. beaglelover Oct 2023 #77
are you talking about Ukraine MadameButterfly Oct 2023 #76
Yes - abducting civilians and threatening to kill them if attacked - is a war crime FBaggins Oct 2023 #2
So the warden is refusing to feed any of the prisoners because one prisoner is guilty TomDaisy Oct 2023 #7
There's no warden or prison FBaggins Oct 2023 #11
Even Israel says Gaza is an open-air prison TomDaisy Oct 2023 #16
Where has Israel said that? FBaggins Oct 2023 #24
You're going again Human Rights Watch here AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 #35
They say that and so does Human Rights Watch TomDaisy Oct 2023 #48
That one prisoner in this ridiculous analogy... BlueCheeseAgain Oct 2023 #14
in what way TomDaisy Oct 2023 #17
Hamas is the government of Gaza. BlueCheeseAgain Oct 2023 #25
Hamas has been backed inthewind21 Oct 2023 #42
Well, that was dumb of him. BlueCheeseAgain Oct 2023 #46
This explains why Netanyahu backed Hamas - an admitted strategy to kneecap Palestinians TomDaisy Oct 2023 #57
the unelected government. TomDaisy Oct 2023 #52
Sorry but killing babies in incubators is wrong AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 #20
so she should pay the price? TomDaisy Oct 2023 #22
No - she shouldn't FBaggins Oct 2023 #27
well, that will definitely solve the problem. all fixed! TomDaisy Oct 2023 #29
We don't have an option of solving her problem FBaggins Oct 2023 #37
Oh I see inthewind21 Oct 2023 #49
This message was self-deleted by its author AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 #30
It isn't a country obamanut2012 Oct 2023 #65
Nor should it ever be - now made clear FBaggins Oct 2023 #73
Why is Israel required to keep supplying the entity that attacked it? BlueCheeseAgain Oct 2023 #3
why should a prison warden be required to keep providing food to people in the cages TomDaisy Oct 2023 #9
Not a great analogy. BlueCheeseAgain Oct 2023 #12
No they didn't start this. This shit has been going on decades AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 #51
Neither is the Ukraine/Russia one obamanut2012 Oct 2023 #67
why should a country feed an enemy country moonshinegnomie Oct 2023 #13
and where does the food come from then - magic? TomDaisy Oct 2023 #19
You speak as if Gaza inthewind21 Oct 2023 #59
So it's Israel's fault that Hamas exists? FBaggins Oct 2023 #80
We all have obligations to colonised, refugee states. meadowlander Oct 2023 #72
Well, if we all have an obligation, then I guess the entire world is guilty. BlueCheeseAgain Oct 2023 #85
That won't last long. What, he's gonna have people/kids dying of thirst... brush Oct 2023 #8
yes it certainly is GenXer47 Oct 2023 #10
Does it say you have to provide the aid yourself? BlueCheeseAgain Oct 2023 #15
Israel Zeitghost Oct 2023 #18
My "radical ideology" is based in humanity AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 #23
If you can't understand Zeitghost Oct 2023 #31
If you don't understand war crimes I urge you to read up AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 #40
You calling it a war crime doesn't make it one AkFemDem Oct 2023 #58
It is a war crime - read last paragraph AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 #69
⬆️⬆️⬆️ Hamas is all in on antisemitism, rabidly, without regard to who gets hurt. JudyM Oct 2023 #70
+1. A CT theory regarding Israel wanting Gaza's natural gas was posted yesterday. BannonsLiver Oct 2023 #26
Nope. You do not give your enemies the means to continue warfare. NutmegYankee Oct 2023 #28
These folks would have demanded we send ammo, food and meds to the Japanese and Germans in WW2. BannonsLiver Oct 2023 #36
Yes, and would try to shame US while they did so. NutmegYankee Oct 2023 #38
No doubt about it. BannonsLiver Oct 2023 #47
LOL! So true! beaglelover Oct 2023 #39
Need I remind you this country put Japanese Americans in camps? AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 #43
I know all about it, thanks. BannonsLiver Oct 2023 #45
Good 👍🏼 AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 #54
they don't have an army treestar Oct 2023 #81
Yes it is. Goddessartist Oct 2023 #61
throw it on the war crime pile maxsolomon Oct 2023 #62
Yes 👍🏼 AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 #71
I believe Russia attacked UKR and Hamas attacked Israel Kaleva Oct 2023 #66
Russia supplies Iran, Iran supplies Hamas MadameButterfly Oct 2023 #88
I liked it better when we were all submersible experts Sympthsical Oct 2023 #78
Line of the day winner BannonsLiver Oct 2023 #83
hahahaha EX500rider Oct 2023 #90
Heady times indeed. Xavier Breath Oct 2023 #91
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