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Some in State Department don’t believe Israel is using US weapons in accordance with international law, source says | CNN Politics

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  • At least when it comes to bombs I believe that Israel is following international law. Selecting valid targets while making some calculation considering civilian casualties is a pretty low bar especially when your enemy is operating in civilian areas without wearing any uniforms. Prisons and individual soldiers are another matter but idk what US weapons are involved in that.

    • Blinken urges Hamas to accept ‘extraordinarily generous’ ceasefire deal

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  • Oh I see. I wonder if they increase arrests after prisoner exchanges, I'll have to look up the numbers if they're available. I see your point though Israel is constantly imprisoning more people so the exchanges aren't exactly equivalent. The difference between hostage and prisoner is complicated though, it's basically just the accusation of some crime, Hamas doesn't really claim the people they take have done any specific crime but most of the time Israel doesn't either because they hold people without charges so it is very similar.

    • Blinken urges Hamas to accept ‘extraordinarily generous’ ceasefire deal

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  • Israel temporarily releasing hostages that historically they just re-abduct within days

    Can you explain this or link something? I know Israel imprisoning Palestinians for years without charges is monstrous but I haven't heard of them doing this after prisoner exchanges.

    • Israeli missile has struck Iran, US officials say - BBC News

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  • Irresponsible decision from Israel, the initial exchange seemed justified with no reason to escalate things.

    • The Online Speech Given by Yanis Varoufakis After German Police Raid Palestine Congress [Brett Wilkins | Apr 12, 2024 | Common Dreams]

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  • I believe it's because of this article he wrote. It's him talking about his family's history in Palestine, some background on the war, and him condoning the Oct 7 attack. He basically says the attackers had determination and courage, were "returning to their land" and he could have been one of them if he was younger and still lived there under the poor conditions.

    • It just gets worse the more you read

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  • To add even more context, Lehi was an offshoot of Irgun which was an extremist offshoot of Haganah. They had less than 300 members compared to Haganah's 20,000.

    Their ideology probably isn't an accurate representation of all the politicians you mentioned except Yitzhak Shamir who was a leader of Lehi and became a prime minister of Israel 40 years later which is a bit weird.