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Israel planning resettlement for the Gaza residents. But not to the east, the south. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-slams-israeli-ministers-statements-resettlement-palestinians-outside-gaza-2024-01-02/#:~:text=WASHINGTON%2C Jan 2 (Reuters),rhetoric "inflammatory and irresponsible."

Israel will go to court https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/israel-to-defend-itself-at-world-court-after-south-africa-files-genocide-accusations

PT might see the return of Yingluk a big opportunity to boost their popularity. Many upcountry warmed to her beauty and good naturedness. I don't think Thaksin's daughter has the same draw. But she might not be up to a return to the political area, especially as her woeful grasp of both Thailand's geography and the English language were cruelly exposed during her tenure. A surprise character who might help the elite's image has appeared the last year. He seems to be one of the good people, but his idea of good might differ from his elders!

I like your optimism but I'm sure the establishment would prefer to maintain power the way they have been doing, sidelining MF. The end of the month will see the Constitutional Court verdicts regarding MF and Pita. Will the court dissolve and/ or ban the above? MF could rise from the ashes with a new name as Thaksin's parties did but it would be a struggle

Doubters all around. Only the naive would believe a word from either Hamas or the IDF https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misinformation_in_the_2023_Israel–Hamas_war#:~:text=Misinformation has been wide-ranging,in circulation on social media.

Netanyahu's statement the war will continue for another year suggests to me he sees no deal possible with Hamas

Hopefully coming soon

The Israeli military may have to attempt to justify before the ICC that they have ' taken all feasible measures'. Many don't believe them

The IDF is being sued by some of the concert survivors https://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-780328

Now Israeli tactics require another year of war in Gaza, plus the government seems to have given up on any hope of getting its hostages back

You quoted this very same passage last month. It's but one person's opinion and even he admitted the principles of distinction and proportionality are open to interpretation.

Please stop being obtuse. If you bomb a place where people live, you are going to kill them. That is intentional killing. ' Honestly your honor, I was aiming at the bloke below ground, I didn't intend to kill the family in the way, they were just collateral. '

A fact you seem to have trouble acknowledging is that Israel has been bombing Gaza, knowingly killing thousands of children, women and men. This is intentional slaughter.

I didn't realise Hamas was bombing and killing thousands of Palestinian children.

Israel is intentionally bombing Gaza, knowing full well it is causing massive civilian deaths. The Hamas leadership are scum, no one expects anything better from them but Israel claims the moral high ground. Killing children in such large numbers, however, makes Israel murderers no better than Hamas

I'm not disputing that Hamas are evil but what Israel is doing killing thousands of innocent children, women and men with their bombing is evil too.

"Israel-Gaza war: Israeli bombing is killing and maiming children at a record pace, warn human rights groups | The Independent" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israel-gaza-war-death-toll-children-b2470815.html

What do you call the deliberate bombing of homes in Gaza that has resulted in so many deaths of babies, children, women and men then? It's deliberate murder of Palestinians. Hamas are evil but so are Israel intentionally killing the innocent.

I didn't realise Palestinian children had been slaughtering Israelis. Do babies and children have to die in their thousands because of Hamas?

Hamas are evil but that's no reason to slaughter thousands of innocent civilians. Israel are committing war crimes, fostering hatred for their nation for generations to come.

After the horror of the Holocaust, it's tragic to see the descendants of the victims's families doing the same thing in Gaza with the wholesale slaughter of civilians.

Israel's genocide of the Palestinians

Settha became PM courtesy of the unelected senators and Prayud's party. He'll make noises but any meaningful change is out of his hands.

Not as simple as that. With banks not accepting land documents such as sor bor kor, many Thais have to rely on family or loan sharks if they wish to work overseas, for example, they may have to pay 100,000 baht or more in advance for labour fees, etc . Some loan sharks are liked, a teacher in our village enabled many Thais to work in Korea in the golden years before Covid. I believe 5% interest per month is the legal limit but many loan sharks charge 10% a month. Compulsive gamblers are easy prey for loan sharks, and when the latter 'have connections' as they invariably do, (otherwise how could they survive?) then the hapless debtor is in deep trouble, often having to leave the area. The problem is intractable unless the government punishes loan sharks with several years in the slammer. And that won't happen because of ..... 'connections'.

They've joined hands with the dictator. That's the price of their return.