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Israel/Palestine

Basic LA

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1. Fighting? Looks more like slaughter.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun Dec 10, 2023, 11:26 AM

Dec 2023

A world-class hightech military with a nuclear arsenal--completely sponsored, armed, & outfitted by the world's richest superpower--flattening a little open-air prison ghetto of starving & wounded civilians, mostly women & children. That's fighting?

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Heavy fighting across Gaza as Israel presses ahead with renewed US military and diplomatic support [View all] Eugene Dec 2023 OP

Fighting? Looks more like slaughter. Basic LA Dec 2023 #1

Terrible. If only there were a way to stop this. Hmmm, I wonder what that could be? n/t CincyDem Dec 2023 #2

A way to stop the brutal Occupation? Basic LA Dec 2023 #4

Sorry...thought we were talking about fighting and slaughter today? CincyDem Dec 2023 #5

A third proposal? Sounds constructive. Basic LA Dec 2023 #6

Apparently not everyone agrees. CincyDem Dec 2023 #7

Well, your reasonableness is appreciated. Basic LA Dec 2023 #8

I agree with you and headlines are designed to sell clicks vs. inform. CincyDem Dec 2023 #9

Cheers to you, too! Basic LA Dec 2023 #10

And herein lies the problem: "Israel has faced rising international outrage and calls for a permanent cease-fire" Beastly Boy Dec 2023 #3

Does terrorism pay? fly2man Dec 2023 #11

Of course it works as long as it is allowed to. TheKentuckian Dec 2023 #12