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Category Archives: Gaza
WP: Gaza postwar plan envisions ‘voluntary’ relocation of entire population
Who’s going to take advantage of this untapped human capital that might flow out of Gaza? Population transfer used to be a normal event after a war. ChatGPT says: You’re right that for centuries, population transfers were treated as normal … Continue reading
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The Embodied Expression Of The Elite Attitude
In his Oct. 7, 2024 “Israel Update” video with the Hudson Institute’s Middle East analyst Michael Doran, right-wing Israeli historian Gadi Taub selected this as his dumbest media commentary moment of the week: “[Journalist] Ilana Dayan speaking on CNN to … Continue reading
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Is Israel Committing Genocide?
Aryeh Neier writes for NYBooks.com June 6, 2024 issue: I have been engaged for six decades in the human rights movement, which has endeavored to restore peace by enforcing International Humanitarian Law… I am now persuaded that Israel is engaged … Continue reading
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Let’s Go Gay For Gaza (3-17-24)
01:00 Gay for Gaza03:00 Israel Is Doing A Great Job Minimizing Civilian Casualties In Gaza, https://www.wsj.com/articles/israel-must-can-and-will-win-hamas-defeat-rafah-war-gaza-22e9a19d?mod=hp_opin_pos_3#cxrecs_s06:00 Israel-Hamas war: IDF eliminates 15 terrorists in 24 hours, amid Hamas aid attack, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuvBbZt91AY09:00 A WTF Moment in the Middle East (US Dock in … Continue reading
Israel Is Doing A Great Job Minimizing Civilian Casualties In Gaza
Ophir Falk writes in the WSJ: Israel has already dismantled 18 of Hamas’s 24 battalions, incapacitated more than 21,500 Hamas terrorists—about two-thirds of its force, including two of the top four leaders—and destroyed significant terror tunnels. By contrast, it took … Continue reading
Mearsheimer: ‘Israelis wouldn’t mind a general conflagration because that would facilitate ethnic cleansing.’
Different groups have different interests. When you believe your enemy threatens your existence, as Israelis believe about Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas, no cards are taken off the table. What people are happy with the existence of enemies within them and … Continue reading
Looking For Signs Of Victory In Gaza (12-31-23)
01:00 The Guardian: As Gaza death toll mounts, Israelis look in vain for any sign of victory, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15383105:30 Do we need to talk about group differences, https://www.richardhanania.com/p/amy-wax-versus-the-midwit-gynocrats07:30 Nathan Cofnas influences Amy Waxhttps://twitter.com/MillennialWoes/status/174010090356543127708:00 Amy Wax: The Woke and the Asleep: Hanania’s … Continue reading