At least Chuck had the balls to speak some truth in the Senate. Netanyahu is absolutely an obstacle to peace.
As someone who had to deal with this kind of stuff when I was younger, if you keep having issues with how people are interacting with you, over and over, there comes a time when you need to accept that maybe the issue probably isn't with the other people but Spoiler the person you see when you look in the mirror
I really don't want the thread to become about personalities but we have been challenged. This is why I can't take Road Ratt seriously. He has used dubious sources, for example, praising Hamas, uncritically, without trying to verify their accuracy. I simply get tired of nonstop videos no matter who is posting. Many people have tried to engage in serious discussions without success. But he still attacks us for not being willing to consider his views. He has constantly used insults, over and over. Anyone who disagrees is stupid, brainwashed, in his words "a waste of shit". In a post apparently directed at me, he used pronoun "it", I guess because I'm a lesbian? Showing his views on my community align with Hamas. I was nurtured on Zionism. Absorbed it with my baby food, so to speak. Although I long ago broke with Zionism and absolutely condemn what Israel is doing in Gaza, I know far more about the movement than he and it is far more nuanced than he gives credit. Yes, it included racists but the majority were idealists, often socialists, who wanted to live in peace. Many were Holocaust survivors, often the only survivor in their family, with no home to go to and no country that wanted them. Unfortunately the British played divide and conquer, aided by reactionary Arab misleaders and the extremists in Zionist movement. So here we are now. Finally, he reads every disagreement as a personal attack. I am reminded of a very old pop song with refrain "why is everybody always picking on me?" Or of Trump, who in his mind is greatest victim ever. It is tiresome.
Report Exposes the Oil Giants 'Fueling Israel's War Machine' Chevron, Exxon, BP, and other major oil and gas companies own stakes in pipelines that are helping Israel fuel its catastrophic assault on Gaza, new research shows. https://www.commondreams.org/news/oil-companies-israel-war Oil companies are helping to kill women and children.
You would do well to get outside and get some fresh air - and look at some news sources that are NOT communist propaganda.
I can't take this source seriously. I will say these oil giants are not innocent. They have destroyed portions of the Amazon, leaving behind large sludge pits (I have seen this first hand). They have polluted large swaths of ocean too, not that we aren't doing that with our garbage too.
U.S. skeptical that Israel can protect Gaza civilians as Rafah assault looms If Israel goes into Rafah, I fear, this is going to get deadlier than it has already been. Edit: I hope PBS isn't too partisan for those complaining about my links.
Oxfam Says Israel 'Actively Hindering' Aid to Gaza in Violation of ICJ Order "There is an indisputable, man-made, intentional deprivation of aid that continues to suck the life out of any and all humanitarian operations, including our own," said one campaigner. https://www.commondreams.org/news/oxfam-israel-aid This is a man made "humanitarian crisis".
Israel's Ultimate Goal Is Ethnic Cleansing: Dr. Mustafa Barghouti on Growing Famine, Al-Shifa Attack You don't create a famine and claim you are only after Hamas. The logic of this argument falls apart fast. The famine they are creating shows they are clearly after every Palestinian in Gaza.
Good. They need to knock it off. They have a ton of humanitarian work to do in Gaza to ever come close to making up for their overreaction.
