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What's the difference between this and Edward Snowden or Julian Assange? Or Drake and Binny, or the Boeing whistleblowers?

We may not have killed Chelsea Manning, but we tortured her for years for her heroic actions.

According to Associated Press framing, when we do it its debatable, but when Iran or China does it then its nefarious, because they are the bad guys

Other commenters are correct that Evergreen is quite a "hippy" and "alternative" college, but I believe the core reason this happened is Rachel Corrie.

Evergreen school administrators may have been more amenable to students' demands because of Rachel Corrie, who was a 23-year-old Evergreen student when she was crushed by an Israeli military bulldozer while she and others sought to protect a Palestinian home from being demolished in the Gaza border town of Rafah

Seattle Times

Yes I think we have the same general thesis here, readers should think critically always.

Look at the context here, my unsourced internet comment was in response to xep's unsourced internet comment.

Xep made 3 claims, and I believe all 3 are incorrect.

Oh, you're too kind! I would like to take credit but in reality I was inspired by people like Chris Jeffries, the writer of this Medium article.

His confident writing style and utter lack of sources was truly an inspiration.

Sorry I didn't want to write an essay, but you're right, I should have provided more.

I think it's obvious the Medium article is poorly sourced- there are no links, no quotes, and no attribution whatsoever. Compare it to a write up like Hamas Recycling Unexploded Ordinance in Gaza, which tells the exact same story but it comes with links and quotes, and it names the source as Michael Cardash, the former deputy head of the Israeli National Police Bomb Disposal Division.

As for the Iranian connection, I know I'm going against popular opinion, but I made my claims clear and anyone can try to disprove me.

A quick Google search shows many articles on the bomb disposal unit and tactics inside Gaza dating back to at least 2012. The Inevitable Rearmament of Hamas (2021) gives a good analysis. An even better source for this is the al-Qassam Brigade's youtube, they post raw war footage including bomb disposal. Unfortunately I dont speak Arabic so I wasnt able to find a specific video.

This Medium article is poorly sourced.

The NYT article is from 2021.

The oft-repeated idea that Iran supplies the majority of Hamas weapons is also poorly sourced. It is usually attributed to the CIA's World Factbook or former US generals who now are talking heads for think tanks. These sources are highly biased.

But one thing that has been well documented is the Hamas unexploded ordinance team. They have over a decade of experience disarming and retrieving Israeli bombs from Gazan homes and businesses.

Yes I agree, if we allow Israel to start a war with Iran the death toll would be in the millions, and as always the majority of victims will be civilians.

That sounds like a great argument for taking away the iron dome, then Israel would no longer feel protected enough to keep up with their reckless provocations against Iran.

Taking the land is obviously their goal, but can Israel accomplish this?

They have yet to secure north Gaza. Hamas is still killing invaders with Yasin RPG and they are still launching bathtub rockets into Israel.

The economic clock is ticking, Israel is taking significant economic damage by having such a huge fraction of their workforce be unavailable. It's not just the conscripted soldiers, it's the large civilian population that temporarily fled homes in both the south and north of Israel.

Also the international situation is a wildcard. Without western support, Israel's only option will be retreat.

I think you're right that Bernie was late. He has been criticized for decades for being weak on Palestine. He wouldnt say the word "ceasefire" until the Democratic Party gave him permission.

But please look at the bigger picture. The movement for Palestinian liberation needs numbers and we need solidarity. Bernie may be "late" but hes on the right side of history. Everyone who joins the movement today is "late" but we can't afford to turn them away.

And let's be honest, Bernie is the best Senator of our lifetimes (so far). No other Senator is giving such powerful pro-Palestinian speeches. The Senate floor would be so much darker and more evil without this one man's voice.

If Biden changes course and ends the genocide, he will not lose the Jewish people, he will only lose the Zionist people. These Zionists are a small sliver of the American electorate.

Of course a change in position would have to be accompanied by a change in propaganda. The onesided pro-Israel rhetoric spewed by him and his press team would have to change to a humanist, anti-war stance. They could start by highlighting some of the atrocities committed by Israel instead of downplaying them. MSNBC and local news would quickly follow suit and pick up the party line. People should be talking about a mass grave with 400 bodies instead of a broken window at Columbia.

Obviously there would be a loud backlash from prominent Zionists, but again in the big scheme of the electorate they matter very little. The current Biden strategy of forfeiting the young, the anti-war, and the Islamic demographics would be significantly worse.

You can call this idea farfetched, but thats only because Biden is so entrenched in his position. I believe it's the best option to save the Biden presidency and avoid a Trump second term.

Civil war? Not even close.

Outright corruption? Business interests have always ruled the country, this is not new.

The bigger picture is that America is the most violent country since Nazi Germany. No other country comes close to our death toll. We spend $1trillion each year on violence and weapons- and those bombs must be dropped, because we need a reason to spend >$1trillion next year.

So instead Biden will continue to support the genocide until Trump takes over.

It's the worst outcome for both Palestine and America, and yet the Biden administration continues to choose this horrible path.

Your math continues to ignore the large subsection of Jewish Americans who are anti-Zionist.

Are young people really a part of Bidens coalition? Bidens policies and rhetoric have consistantly pushed young people away. The ridiculous speech he gave just a few minutes ago maligning student protestors is emblematic of this.

And it seems like young people have got the message. The last poll I saw had 18-24yr olds voting for Trump at +8%

I agree primaries are a great way to influence candidates.

That's probably why the Democratic party effectively cancelled them this year.

One of the major issues in this case is that Obama set a precedent when he assassinated 16 year old American citizen Abdulrahman al-Awlaki without a trial.

The reality is that the Democrats go low, and Republicans use that as a new standard to go even lower.

A huge round of layoffs as he pushes for a $56 billion dollar pay package is no surprise.

Theres this conflict of interest when a person only gets paid in giant stock options. His job isn't to make cars or manage a profitable business, his job is stock market manipulation.

And the pro-business, deregulatory financial hellscape we all inhabit makes his job very easy.

The Gaza liberation movement is collectively looking Biden in the eye and saying what we want. We are standing with a united voice. You should join us instead of creating all this needless division and conflict.

I'm not angry, I was asking an honest question that no one has answered yet: how?

You say you take the genocide seriously, and you say electing Biden is buying us time to push for change, so answer my question then:

How will we effectively push the Biden administration to change Gaza policy after he is re-elected?