betheydocrime @ betheydocrime @lemmy.world

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Crucially, the violence was between far-right anti-ceasefire protestors and the police. According to the article, the pro-Palestinian protestors did not engage in violence and the police were there to protect them. FTA:

More than 300,000 pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched through central London on Saturday, with police arresting over 120 people as they sought to stop far-right counter-protesters from ambushing the main rally.

Skirmishes broke out between police and the far-right groups gathered to protest against the demonstration taking place on Armistice Day, the anniversary of the end of World War One, when Britain commemorates its war dead.

I wonder how many Palestinians would trust the Israeli government with the health and safety of their babies. The number can't be very high.

You provided a source for "ever since the attack, it's only been going up as they confirm more and more deceased or missing"?

Hold up, you know the caliber of the weapon used?

Just curious, are you ESL? This is twice now in this comment section where it seems like you misunderstand what a comment is saying in a fundamental way

How can Israel keep its promise that displaced Gazans will be allowed to return home, when those Gazans won't have a home to return to?

Does Red Crescent have a history that would make us disbelieve their claims in this situation? They didn't do anything crazy like shoot at and kill innocent, unarmed people two years ago during the Great March of Return then attempt to cover it up by saying they were "human shields" after the fact, right? Because if an organization did something like that, it would be good reason to distrust future claims from that organization.

Thankfully, googling "red crescent great march of return" doesn't show them firing live rounds or tear gas canisters into crowds of peaceful, unarmed protestors, because imagine how bad it would look if you did something like that two years ago then tried to use the same excuse today for attacking a hospital!

Mind you, these are just current numbers, ever since the attack, it's only been going up as they confirm more and more deceased or missing.

This is actually false, and if you stopped to Google your claims before you posted a comment you would know that. It's kinda silly that you posted incorrect info then asked someone replying to you for sources to back up their claims :)

Israel Lowers Oct. 7 Death Toll Estimate to 1,200

Doctors hate him! Learn how this man legally attacked hospitals with this One Weird Trick

And all of those things can only happen after an IDF sniper fires their rifle. You're trying to say that these were accidents, but snipers don't accidentally aim down the scope then oopsydaisy their finger onto the trigger.

This comment makes no sense at all, dude. How in this wide world do you reckon an Israeli sniper would injure a child in a distant Gazan hospital, if not by shooting?

This is ironic because it's the exact attitude that lots of people have about the IDF

If you honestly think this began on October 7th, 2023, then you should genuinely stay out of this discussion until you educate yourself on the last 100 years of history.

Man, I'm so tired of seeing "human shield" comments. We can't trust Israel's claims when it comes to human shields. They have a track record of lying about it. Check out what happened in the Great March of Return in 2021-- IDF snipers killed 185 unarmed adults and 35 children. Israel claimed each of them were being used as a human shield. However, "human shield" refers to civilian deaths when targeting militants in combat. If all those journalists, medics, children, and unarmed activists were human shields, who were they shielding? Killing that many unarmed protestors would be a war crime, if we bothered to hold a tribunal. Israel is using the fog of war today to make their claims seem reasonable, but just five years ago the IDF showed an undeniable pattern of killing innocent people then lying about it.

Furthermore, if we're going to accept Israel's claims that Hamas is using human shields and their flawed definition of what a "human shield" is, then we also must accept that Israel uses human shields, too. The majority of their military bases are in densely populated areas. Their army broadcasts from a residential tower. The IDF's main HQ is in the middle of a residential and shopping sector in Tel Aviv. Is anyone accusing Israel of using human shields? On the other hand, if Hamas were to level any of those military buildings in residential areas of Israel, is there any doubt in your mind that Hamas would be accused of war crimes?

What this really is is a double standard. Israel uses the "human shield" defense for any civilian they kill in an attempt to give themselves international support under the color of law, but Hamas does not get that privilege and does not attempt to claim it.

The purpose of laws for international war is to create a standard that's applied equally to everyone. Israel (and the US, too) seems to think that standard only applies to their enemies.

Then for you, it's not just about security and privacy, I guess

That's not the only way ads are shown to you, though. For example, some youtube content creators like Internet Comment Etiquette will include ads from their major sponsors as part of the video itself. When that happens, you trust the security and privacy of the website enough to serve you content during the non-advertising parts of it, so what changes now that the content is an ad?

As a thought experiment, imagine if you were able to ascertain with 100% accuracy that an ad was not a security or privacy violation. Would you whitelist that ad server? For example, if viewing ads on your PC had as little potential for harm as viewing ads in the newspaper did, would you still block them?

Why isn't it?

Halfway through the linked post, when he talks about if you like twilight as a man

Aw man, I forgot about his random homophobia :(

Here's a picture of Ronald Reagan meeting with Afghan mujahideen in the White House in 1983