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EX500rider

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18. "No, I'm not going to take sides."

Reply to Aussie105 (Reply #17)

Wed May 12, 2021, 11:50 PM

May 2021

It's easy for me to take a side, one side actively tries to kill civilians, the other side actively tries to avoid it.

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Israel, Hamas escalate fighting with no end in sight [View all] Omaha Steve May 2021 OP

What happens when jewish settlers try to evict questionseverything May 2021 #1

That's what creates groups like Hamas mvd May 2021 #4

Remind me of all the jewish homes the Palestinians took over questionseverything May 2021 #5

I do understand what you mean there mvd May 2021 #6

It is pretty messed up what is going on there Sapient Donkey May 2021 #10

These rockets come from Gaza, and there's no Israeli settlements in Gaza. N/t Calista241 May 2021 #8

If you read the article questionseverything May 2021 #9

Before the state of Israel was created, Palestinians oppressed the Jewish people relentlessly. Calista241 May 2021 #11

There's a lot of opinion to unpack there about things that happened seventy plus years ago questionseverything May 2021 #15

Israel didn't take land from the Palestinians ripcord May 2021 #16

That's like saying we didn't take land from native Americans questionseverything May 2021 #22

You know little about Israel's history. Elessar Zappa May 2021 #20

In the past, yes questionseverything May 2021 #21

"jewish government flattens high rises with people in them" EX500rider May 2021 #13

Today they are bombing the ap questionseverything May 2021 #19

Since they warned the occupants to get out before they bombed it i'd guess nothing. EX500rider May 2021 #23

Shooting fish in a barrel is rarely considered sporting questionseverything May 2021 #24

Giving Hama's military arm safe places to base is not surprising not something Israel wants to do nt EX500rider May 2021 #25

The ap is asking for proof questionseverything May 2021 #27

Israel may not want to divulge intelligence collection methods in Gaza. EX500rider May 2021 #30

"The idea that bombing is ok after a warning is not something we would accept here" EX500rider May 2021 #26

The rockets started after the Israel attacks questionseverything May 2021 #28

So the proper response to evictions... EX500rider May 2021 #29

You say evictions like they are late on rent questionseverything May 2021 #32

This is related to evictions in Jerusalem...BBC's words, not mine: EX500rider May 2021 #33

Why the western press uses terms like eviction instead of theft I don't know questionseverything May 2021 #34

Because not everything is theft EX500rider May 2021 #35

Not in fucking wartime it ain't. MarineCombatEngineer May 2021 #31

That's quality wordsmithing right there. Mosby May 2021 #2

Just received an email a few minutes ago from a Sogo May 2021 #3

How terrifying! Rhiannon12866 May 2021 #7

Are the brave Hamas fighters still hiding in populated areas? ripcord May 2021 #12

Al Jazeera English was broadcasting it live for a bit. roamer65 May 2021 #14

It's a civil war. Aussie105 May 2021 #17

"No, I'm not going to take sides." EX500rider May 2021 #18

I thought Jared Kushner straightened this out. Dave Starsky May 2021 #36