Middle east crisis.

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Look it up yourself.

I am busy on something Local said.

I suspect it is you, Hamble, that is biased.

[Hamble]

Gaza was not 'occupied'.
If anything Gaza occupies ancient Jewish (and Muslim and Christian) family
land going back centuries.

Israel agreed to leave Gaza in return for peace in 2005.
All Jews were forced out of Gaza as the IDF could not guarrantee their safety.

Hamas had attacked killed murdered the ruling Fatah gained complete control of Gaza.
Fatah remained in control of the West Bank with the help of Israeli military control.

There are Jewish settlers in the West Bank considered illegal by the UN
for future a Palestinian State.

As Gaza was not 'occupied' and Hamas declared war on Israel committing the worst antisemitic massacre on Jews since WW2 on October 7th and the taking of hostages Israel is at war with Gaza not the West Bank.

When Palestinian supporters march with their banners 'Free Palestine' and singing their racist jibes they are not supporting free Gaza-that was free already.
They are supporting the desrtuction of Jews and Israeli's(including 2 million Arab Israeli's).

Hamas aim has always been clear they do not want a State of Palestine beside Israel.They want an Islamic Palistinian Caliphate State with no Israel.

[Hamble]

I suspect it is you, Hamble, that is biased.

I am not antisemitic though.

[Hamble]

I suspect it is you, Hamble, that is biased.

Gosh it was easier than I thought.First click.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9pBSqE8igE

[Styx]

The West’s shameful betrayal of Israel gives Hamas the chance to kill again

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/202...hance-to-kill/

[local]

Apparently the illegal settlements in Gaza have accelerated during the war with outposts, roads,fences and roadblocks.

The prize of a cleared Gaza is glinting in many eyes and it's hard to believe it won't gather steam.

[sandGroundZero]

US State Department spokesperson says Francesca Albanese has ‘history of antisemitic comments’ A spokesperson for the US State Department, Matthew Miller, criticized UN expert Francesca Albanese and accused her of anti-Semitism while dismissing her findings of genocidal acts by Israel in Gaza. Miller stated that the State Department has long opposed Albanese's mandate and highlighted her alleged history of anti-Semitic comments. He also referenced her remarks in December, which appeared to justify attacks on October 7. Miller emphasized that the US considers allegations of genocide unfounded but expressed deep concern over civilian casualties in Gaza. Le 'plus grand massacre antisémite de notre siècle'? Non, M. @EmmanuelMacron. Les victimes du 7/10 n'ont pas été tuées à cause de leur judaïsme, mais en réaction de l'oppression d'Israël. La France & la communauté int'le n'ont rien fait pour l'empêcher. Mes respects aux victimes. https://t.co/uiXOkD7HV4 — Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt (@FranceskAlbs) February 10, 2024 Call for dismissal of UN’s Francesca Albanese after she blames October 7 on ‘Israel’s oppression’ Perhaps whoever coined the term ISRAELISM had in mind the conceit that criticism of Israel is antisemitic?

[Hamble]

Apparently the illegal settlements in Gaza have accelerated during the war with outposts, roads,fences and roadblocks.

The prize of a cleared Gaza is glinting in many eyes and it's hard to believe it won't gather steam.

THERE ARE NO ILLEGAL SETTLEMENTS IN GAZA.

Stop justifying Hamas war and invasion of The State Of Israel.

[sandGroundZero]

Destroyed buildings stand in the Gaza Strip as seen from southern Israel,

Thursday, March 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

UN top court orders Israel
to open more land crossings for aid into Gaza

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top United Nations court on Thursday ordered Israel to take measures including opening more land crossings to allow food, water, fuel and other supplies into Gaza to tackle crippling shortages in the war-ravaged enclave.

The International Court of Justice issued two new so-called provisional measures in a case brought by South Africa accusing Israel of acts of genocide in its military campaign launched after the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas. Israel stringently denies it is committing genocide and says its military campaign is self defense.

Thursday’s order came after South Africa sought more provisional measures, including a ceasefire, citing starvation in Gaza. Israel urged the court not to issue new orders.

In its legally binding order, the court told Israel to take measures “without delay” to ensure “the unhindered provision at scale by all concerned of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance” including food, water, fuel and medical supplies.

It also ordered Israel to immediately ensure that its military does not take action that could that could harm Palestinians’ rights under the Genocide Convention, “including by preventing, through any action, the delivery of urgently needed humanitarian assistance.”

The court told Israel to report back in a month on its implementation of the orders.

…

AP Staff | March 28, 2024
© 2024 The Associated Press

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Israeli court halts subsidies for ultra-Orthodox,
deepening turmoil over mandatory military service


Israeli police officers scuffle with ultra-Orthadox Jewish men during a protest against a potential new draft law which could
end their exemptions from military service in Jerusalem, Monday, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

…

The ultra-Orthodox say that integrating into the army will threaten their generations-old way of life and that their devout lifestyle and dedication to upholding the Jewish commandments protect Israel as much as a strong army. Religious leaders have vowed to fight attempts to force ultra-Orthodox men into the army and have staged mass protests against similar attempts in the past.

…

Melanie Lidman | March 28, 2024
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press.

Perhaps not surprisingly, warfare in Gaza is exacerbating tensions within Israeli Jewish society.

[shippy]

Jerusalem,

Perhaps not surprisingly, warfare in Gaza is exacerbating tensions within Israeli Jewish society.

Stress and tensions are obviously very high at the moment in Israel .

Conscription of Orthodox young men has been a controversial problem since the State of Israel was established in 1948.

It has been on the table for many years. Maybe the Israeli courts realized that enough is enough .
The 134 hostages are dying a slow cruel death. Nobody in the diaspora mentions them. Young girls, 18 years plus probably pregnant now, from the raping.
Nobody mentions the towns and villages in the North of Israel,which are suffering day and night barrage of rockets from the ‘friendly’ terrorists
Hizbollah. Stationed in Lebanon..&&
In the Northern Israeli towns , they are bombed and homes destroyed just like in Gaza., but who really cares , as long as the Propaganda for Gaza is taking affect.

Between the Lebanon and Israel borders in the North, the UN ordered that. there would be a 15mile buffer zone with UN troops ( or should I say the peacekeepers hahaha) were to be put in place.

Well that didn’t work out at all for very long, and Hizbollah had managed to sneak beyond that buffer zone , sitting now on the Israeli border.
The UN withdrew its peacekeeping forces.

In the meanwhile hizbollah, with the financing of Qatar and good old Iran,
Have a very sophisticated maze of tunnels under the border.

A year or so ago , residents of the North complained that they heard machines under their homes and farms. The tunnels were being built, straight into Israeli territory..

Believe me, things are not always as they seem.
There are daily attacks from Syria, backed also from Iran and Russia.


The families which are very vulnerable in the North have been evacuated to Haifa and other towns. Nearly one million people evacuated, both from southern and northern towns.

Hamas, “those little darling” are stilll sending rockets into Israeli towns. Mostly sent from Rafeh ( the town which the UN said is a no no for Israel to enter )
But the scum Hamas can still fire rockets into Israel.

[sandGroundZero]

post #2441 shippy Stress and tensions are obviously very high at the moment in Israel . Conscription of Orthodox young men has been a controversial problem since the State of Israel was established in 1948. It has been on the table for many years. Maybe the Israeli courts realized that enough is enough . The 134 hostages are dying a slow cruel death. Nobody in the diaspora mentions them. Young girls, 18 years plus probably pregnant now, from the raping. Nobody mentions the towns and villages in the North of Israel,which are suffering day and night barrage of rockets from the ‘friendly’ terrorists Hizbollah. Stationed in Lebanon..&& In the Northern Israeli towns , they are bombed and homes destroyed just like in Gaza., but who really cares , as long as the Propaganda for Gaza is taking affect. Between the Lebanon and Israel borders in the North, the UN ordered that. there would be a 15mile buffer zone with UN troops ( or should I say the peacekeepers hahaha) were to be put in place. Well that didn’t work out at all for very long, and Hizbollah had managed to sneak beyond that buffer zone , sitting now on the Israeli border. The UN withdrew its peacekeeping forces. In the meanwhile hizbollah, with the financing of Qatar and good old Iran, Have a very sophisticated maze of tunnels under the border. A year or so ago , residents of the North complained that they heard machines under their homes and farms. The tunnels were being built, straight into Israeli territory.. Believe me, things are not always as they seem. There are daily attacks from Syria, backed also from Iran and Russia. The families which are very vulnerable in the North have been evacuated to Haifa and other towns. Nearly one million people evacuated, both from southern and northern towns. Hamas, “those little darling” are stilll sending rockets into Israeli towns. Mostly sent from Rafeh ( the town which the UN said is a no no for Israel to enter ) But the scum Hamas can still fire rockets into Israel. Prime Minister Netanyahu & Co. have made choices about how they will prosecute their war against Hamas. Zionism has history in terms of setting the lives of large numbers of Jewish individuals against progressing the Zionist ambition of a Jewish State encompassing all of Eretz Yisrael.

[sandGroundZero]

Israel’s high court says the government must stop funding seminaries.
Could that topple Netanyahu?

FILE - Israeli police officers scuffle with ultra-Orthodox Jewish men during a protest against a potential new draft law which could end their exemptions from military service in Jerusalem, on March 18, 2024.

(AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court ruling curtailing subsidies for ultra-Orthodox men has rattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition and raised questions about its viability as the country presses on with the war in Gaza.

Netanyahu has until Monday to present the court with a plan to dismantle what the justices called a system that privileges the ultra-Orthodox at the expense of the secular Jewish public.

If that plan alienates the ultra-Orthodox lawmakers on whose support he depends, his coalition could disintegrate and the country could be forced to hold new elections.

…

JULIA FRANKEL | March 30, 2024
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press.

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Israel-Gaza war Famine is now probably present in Gaza, US says State department assessment comes after world’s top court ordered Israel to admit food aid into territory

[sandGroundZero]

The Observer Israel Isolated abroad, torn apart at home, Israel must face the future it dreads: a Palestinian state Enabled by weak and incompetent US and UK foreign policy, Benjamin Netanyahu is using war for his political survival … Israel’s internal crisis waxes existential as Netanyahu, his anti-democratic extremist allies and far-right settler groups turn insurrectionary. If critics are right, and Netanyahu is prolonging the war to stay in power, it follows he may escalate in the West Bank and Lebanon. This is already happening, judging by last week’s Israeli attacks. … What might be rescued from the wreckage in Palestine that could help reverse nihilistic global trends? Netanyahu’s unthinking aggression is boosting, not beating, Hamas politically. He has transformed genuine revulsion at the terrorists’ atrocities into swelling support for the cause they supposedly espouse and he detests – an independent, sovereign Palestinian state. This is the moderate Palestinian majority’s chance. As a divided, traumatised, ill-led and ostracised Israel tears itself apart, as its historical, ideological and democratic credentials shred, re-establishing a credible negotiating process with the explicit, internationally endorsed aim of two states co-existing side by side may – ironically – be the best and only way of saving Israel from itself. … Simon Tisdall | Sat 30 Mar 2024 © 2024 Guardian News & Media Limited