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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 14th March 2024, 01:16 AM
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Posted By Planigale
Well once in Gaza they wouldn't be going...

Well once in Gaza they wouldn't be going anywhere. israel could have leveraged the horror into closer relations with Arab countries withdrawing aid to Hamas. Perhaps even an Egyptian Palestinian...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 13th March 2024, 03:52 PM
Replies: 430
Views: 5,631
Posted By Planigale
Why? That would have been utterly inappropriate....

Why? That would have been utterly inappropriate. Criminal actions need to be dealt with firmly. Most of those immediately involved were dead or captured. They should be tried and held accountable....
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 13th March 2024, 06:21 AM
Replies: 601
Views: 8,158
Posted By Planigale
No I wasn't responding to you. the comment I...

No I wasn't responding to you.

the comment I was responding to was

This was a post saying all those who practice Islam in the Middle East are 'primitive' as compared to Christians. I take the...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 13th March 2024, 01:21 AM
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Posted By Planigale
Attributing negative characteristics to a whole...

Attributing negative characteristics to a whole group of people (those who practice Islam) is racist and Islamophobic. Saying that those who practice Islam are primitive relative to Christians is...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 13th March 2024, 12:58 AM
Replies: 430
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Posted By Planigale
I think the nationality of terrorists is...

I think the nationality of terrorists is irrelevant, it is illustrative of how terrorists can abuse the neutrality of hospitals, terrorists no matter their nationality should be subject to the law....
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 12th March 2024, 04:39 PM
Replies: 601
Views: 8,158
Posted By Planigale
As many would argue about 'Islamo-fascist'...

As many would argue about 'Islamo-fascist' movements; most Muslims would argue that e.g. ISIS was not Islamic.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 12th March 2024, 04:09 PM
Replies: 601
Views: 8,158
Posted By Planigale
Have you any idea what the LRA have done?

Have you any idea what the LRA have done?
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 12th March 2024, 03:15 PM
Replies: 601
Views: 8,158
Posted By Planigale
Please see above post re Christian fundamentalist...

Please see above post re Christian fundamentalist terrorism (LRA)
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 12th March 2024, 01:06 PM
Replies: 430
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Posted By Planigale
If you see here ...

If you see here
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68137050#
You can see the sort of danger an armed terrorist dressed as a doctor poses in a hospital environment. These terrorists and...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 12th March 2024, 12:32 PM
Replies: 601
Views: 8,158
Posted By Planigale
:) I was also going to reference the Lord's...

:)

I was also going to reference the Lord's Resistance Army to show that extremist terrorists are not limited to Islam but also occur with Christian movements....
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 12th March 2024, 02:03 AM
Replies: 430
Views: 5,631
Posted By Planigale
A well researched story about what happened at...

A well researched story about what happened at Nasser hospital after IDF raid.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68513408
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 12th March 2024, 01:16 AM
Replies: 601
Views: 8,158
Posted By Planigale
European wars of religion didn't end until about...

European wars of religion didn't end until about 1700 so you're a century out. 1624 was right in the middle of the Huguenot rebellions.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 11th March 2024, 02:11 PM
Replies: 601
Views: 8,158
Posted By Planigale
Do you think this is clever?

Do you think this is clever?
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 11th March 2024, 01:39 PM
Replies: 430
Views: 5,631
Posted By Planigale
I think most are inept at genocide, the unusual...

I think most are inept at genocide, the unusual thing about the Nazis was they industrialised the process.

I think the genocide of the Tasmin islanders is unforgiveable, but inefficient. The...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 11th March 2024, 11:35 AM
Replies: 430
Views: 5,631
Posted By Planigale
I think you failed to read all the comments and...

I think you failed to read all the comments and responses.



The problem with using cumulative data is it smooths day to day variation, the variation when you add one day's data is dwarfed by...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 11th March 2024, 10:09 AM
Replies: 430
Views: 5,631
Posted By Planigale
I don't think that this is the proof you think it...

I don't think that this is the proof you think it is. The critique here points out the errors made.
...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 10th March 2024, 09:02 PM
Replies: 430
Views: 5,631
Posted By Planigale
FTFY How about international pressure to...

FTFY

How about international pressure to allow access by the ICRC to detainees held by Israel as guaranteed under the Geneva conventions?
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 10th March 2024, 11:59 AM
Replies: 601
Views: 8,158
Posted By Planigale
Actually there were NGOs who would and did ensure...

Actually there were NGOs who would and did ensure money from agricultural enterprises did not go straight to Hamas, but went to co-operatives with audited accounts to support local agriculture.
...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 10th March 2024, 11:50 AM
Replies: 430
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Posted By Planigale
Israel as part of the Oslo accords agreed it was...

Israel as part of the Oslo accords agreed it was the occupying power. Israel insisted on a clause that the status of the occupied territories could not be changed unilaterally. Therefore by...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 10th March 2024, 07:11 AM
Replies: 601
Views: 8,158
Posted By Planigale
Hamas may know where hostages taken by Hamas...

Hamas may know where hostages taken by Hamas militants are, but in all likelihood have minimal contact with those who hold them who will be operating on a cell system, and if hostage and jailer are...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 10th March 2024, 06:48 AM
Replies: 601
Views: 8,158
Posted By Planigale
Why did Israel then limit exports? Exporting...

Why did Israel then limit exports? Exporting agricultural products has zero risk of allowing weapons into Gaza.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 10th March 2024, 06:39 AM
Replies: 601
Views: 8,158
Posted By Planigale
How many bodies of Palestinians does Israel...

How many bodies of Palestinians does Israel hold*? When did Israel first begin withholding bodies of Palestinians? How many children's bodies does Israel hold**? Is it official Israeli policy to...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 10th March 2024, 06:23 AM
Replies: 601
Views: 8,158
Posted By Planigale
Would you accept there is a difference between...

Would you accept there is a difference between moral responsibility and legal responsibility?
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 9th March 2024, 08:21 AM
Replies: 430
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Posted By Planigale
Boots on the ground, military aircraft in the...

Boots on the ground, military aircraft in the air, navy forces at sea, a complete embargo on what goes in and out. Seems pretty much like an occupation. Israel even agreed it was the occupying power...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 7th March 2024, 01:04 AM
Replies: 430
Views: 5,631
Posted By Planigale
So you claim no hostilities before 07/10? No...

So you claim no hostilities before 07/10? No missiles fired by Hamas into Israel, no raids by the IDF into the West Bank? No bombing / shelling of Gaza by the IDF? this may be an increase in...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 7th March 2024, 01:01 AM
Replies: 430
Views: 5,631
Posted By Planigale
The emotional defence is to refuse to see...

The emotional defence is to refuse to see Palestinians as people. A member of Hamas cannot also be a loving father and husband who goes home to his family on leave from the front line, but is an...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 7th March 2024, 12:52 AM
Replies: 430
Views: 5,631
Posted By Planigale
No matter what the IDF do? Are there no acts that...

No matter what the IDF do? Are there no acts that you would say have to be the responsibility of the IDF? Shooting unarmed civilians waving white flags? Attacking an ambulance given clearance by the...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 6th March 2024, 12:52 PM
Replies: 601
Views: 8,158
Posted By Planigale
I'll try and find reference, but IDF policy is...

I'll try and find reference, but IDF policy is that up to twenty collateral deaths are proportionate for every combatant death (remembering Israel will include any male between 18 - 65 as a...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 4th March 2024, 06:30 PM
Replies: 601
Views: 8,158
Posted By Planigale
But there is a point at which it is clearly not...

But there is a point at which it is clearly not proportionate. I would say demolition of civilian infrastructure with no military objective, killing of unarmed civilians who are waving white flags,...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 4th March 2024, 06:22 PM
Replies: 601
Views: 8,158
Posted By Planigale
First rocket attack on Israel by Hamas in 2002,...

First rocket attack on Israel by Hamas in 2002, Israel withdrew in 2005 (arguably as a response to the resistance in Gaza by Hamas et al). There were continued military actions by the IDF against...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 4th March 2024, 05:58 PM
Replies: 601
Views: 8,158
Posted By Planigale
Colditz famously had a glider!

Colditz famously had a glider!
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 4th March 2024, 05:55 PM
Replies: 601
Views: 8,158
Posted By Planigale
This is an interesting question. retaliation. The...

This is an interesting question. retaliation. The act of harming someone because they have done harm to you.

This is a very human thing, but is it something a state should do? It is clearly...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 2nd March 2024, 09:35 AM
Replies: 601
Views: 8,158
Posted By Planigale
Really? No limits. ...

Really? No limits.







https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/01/middleeast/gaza-aid-israel-restrictions-investigation-intl-cmd/index.html
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 1st March 2024, 02:30 PM
Replies: 601
Views: 8,158
Posted By Planigale
I don't know what press you read but lots of...

I don't know what press you read but lots of condemnation of civilian deaths in Syria in the press I read. The US even has military forces occupying parts of Syria.

Please provide any evidence for...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 1st March 2024, 02:22 PM
Replies: 601
Views: 8,158
Posted By Planigale
OR You could not prevent food being supplied...

OR

You could not prevent food being supplied so people were not starving. Israel overtly decided to lay siege to Gaza, preventing the supply of food and other essentials to the civilian...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 1st March 2024, 02:15 PM
Replies: 601
Views: 8,158
Posted By Planigale
You could make two arguments. (maybe more i have...

You could make two arguments. (maybe more i have not thought of)
1) That the post WW2 settlement on human rights and restrictions on state actions is wrong.
2) That the current Israeli government...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 1st March 2024, 01:08 AM
Replies: 601
Views: 8,158
Posted By Planigale
Whatever the actual cause of deaths as the...

Whatever the actual cause of deaths as the occupying power Israel is responsible for the safety and security of the civilian population. The IDF has systematically targeted the Gazan police so there...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 1st March 2024, 01:03 AM
Replies: 601
Views: 8,158
Posted By Planigale
Why do you think? Perhaps because killing...

Why do you think?

Perhaps because killing people is a bad thing?

Because far more people will be hurt, injured, suffering, in pain, possibly permanently disabled; and deaths are an easily...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 1st March 2024, 12:10 AM
Replies: 601
Views: 8,158
Posted By Planigale
Because their figures are virtually identical to...

Because their figures are virtually identical to those of the IDF? Hamas report 30,000 deaths of which about 70% are women children and the elderly. IDF reports killing 10,000 combatants (defined as...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 29th February 2024, 04:56 PM
Replies: 601
Views: 8,158
Posted By Planigale
A BBC verify report questioning the accuracy of...

A BBC verify report questioning the accuracy of IDF claims on combatants killed. (I.e. Israeli propaganda)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68387864

Implicitly since Israel claims...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 29th February 2024, 04:18 PM
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Views: 8,158
Posted By Planigale
Or that the Gazan DoH (which is not congruent...

Or that the Gazan DoH (which is not congruent with Hamas) are doing their job and truthfully reporting casualty figures. The Gazan DoH is not Hamas. It is not Hamas reporting the figures. It is the...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 29th February 2024, 12:15 PM
Replies: 601
Views: 8,158
Posted By Planigale
But can you provide sany evidence to support your...

But can you provide sany evidence to support your prejudice? A generic claim that truth is the first casualty of war is not evidence. What is evidence is that In previous wars Gaza DoH figures have...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 29th February 2024, 01:06 AM
Replies: 601
Views: 8,158
Posted By Planigale
Done ...

Done

https://www.unicef.org.uk/donate/children-in-gaza-crisis-appeal/?gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjPH2rYvQhAMVpZNQBh2TZAXLEAAYASAAEgKhyfD_BwE
...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 29th February 2024, 01:02 AM
Replies: 601
Views: 8,158
Posted By Planigale
Why don't you believe the casualty figures...

Why don't you believe the casualty figures released by Gaza MoH?

Is it because you don't want to accept that 30,000 people have been killed by the IDF of which 70% are women and children? Over...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 28th February 2024, 01:21 AM
Replies: 601
Views: 8,158
Posted By Planigale
The IDF allows for 20 - 30 civilians / combatant...

The IDF allows for 20 - 30 civilians / combatant as being proportionate. For high value targets than can increase to 200+ civilian casualties being proportionate. The IDF claim a 2:1 ratio, but count...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 28th February 2024, 01:12 AM
Replies: 601
Views: 8,158
Posted By Planigale
Most indépendant sources view the Gazan health...

Most indépendant sources view the Gazan health authority mortality figures as both accurate, and an underestimate. They only record identified and registered deaths. There are many missing likely...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 27th February 2024, 05:09 PM
Replies: 1,537
Views: 37,187
Posted By Planigale
There has always been a difference (as there was...

There has always been a difference (as there was in South Africa) between arguing for the end of a racist apartheid state and genocide. One can argue in a multicultural society (Jewish, islamic,...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 27th February 2024, 01:05 AM
Replies: 1,537
Views: 37,187
Posted By Planigale
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/what-iran-nuclear...

https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/what-iran-nuclear-deal#:~:text=Trump%20said%20the%20agreement%20failed,nuclear%20weapons%20in%20the%20future.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 26th February 2024, 02:48 PM
Replies: 1,537
Views: 37,187
Posted By Planigale
\\ Why did the US withdraw from negotiations?

\\

Why did the US withdraw from negotiations?
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 26th February 2024, 02:47 PM
Replies: 1,537
Views: 37,187
Posted By Planigale
But Iranian 'proxies' in Syria are opposing...

But Iranian 'proxies' in Syria are opposing invading US forces. Neither the ISIS supporting militias, nor the Iranian supporting militias nor the Syrian government want US forces in Syria.

The...
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