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  1. That's a misleading quote. It leaves out a crucial part of what the court said. Here's a fuller version: The order says Israel “shall immediately halt its military offensive, and any other action in the Rafah Governorate, which may inflict on the Palestinian group in Gaza conditions of life that could bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part.” https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/24/world/israel-gaza-war-hamas-rafah
  2. This comes from the landing page of World News. What part of this don't you understand: "Any alleged factual claims must be supported by a valid link to an approved credible source." Once again here's your claim: "Last time of checking over 80% of the Palestinians were resolutely behind Hamas and it indeed went higher after 7/10!" Pllease share with us the link that leads to evidence that shows support for Hamas was over 80% before Oct 7, 2023.
  3. You made the claim. It's incumbent upon you to provide the link to a credible source. Most likely, this is just a ploy by you to avoid having to back up a claim for which there is no credible evidence.
  4. As for the other claim by Israel that Hamas is stealing over half the aid: US envoy: Israel hasn’t provided ‘specific evidence’ Hamas is stealing aid shipments https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-envoy-israel-hasnt-provided-specific-evidence-hamas-is-stealing-aid-shipments/#:~:text=The top US diplomat involved,diversion or theft of assistance.”
  5. Wow! From the unbiased source of all Israel.com. Let's examine their claim a little more closely: After the pier became operational on Friday, a UN official told Reuters on Monday that nearly 70% of the humanitarian aid that arrived at the pier had not reached a World Food Programme warehouse in Deir al-Balah. Eleven out of 16 aid trucks “were cleaned out by Palestinians” on the journey to the warehouse on Saturday. “They’ve not seen trucks for a while,” the official said. “They [armed terrorists] just basically mounted on the trucks and helped themselves to some of the food parcels.” https://allisrael.com/hamas-steals-70-of-aid-trucks-cripples-deliveries-via-new-u-s-built-gaza-pier Do you understand what brackets [ ] signify? That what it contains is not part of the quote. That "armed terrorists" is an interpolation put in there by the author of the article. If you go to other sources, you'll find that what they said was that it was hungry Palestinians clearing out the trucks. Not "armed terrorists". This passage is representative of what all the other reports that I could find were saying: "Ten truckloads of food, driven from the pier by U.N. contractors, were received at a WFP warehouse in Deir El Balah. The next day, just five trucks made it to the warehouse after 11 others were intercepted by desperate Gazans, and the operation was temporarily halted. "Crowds had stopped the trucks at various points along the way. " https://www.newsweek.com/gaza-floating-pier-un-humanitarian-aid-israel-hamas-1904248
  6. Just a transparent attempt by you to make this personal.
  7. Think a little bit further on that. Why do you think it was that the l"ink King" asked for a valid link to evidence? Do you think that's because it exists? You need any more hints?
  8. You got evidence to support that. Because here's some that says your wrong: Fox News poll finds voters overwhelmingly want restrictions on guns... 87% of voters surveyed said they support requiring criminal background checks for all gun buyers. 77% support requiring a 30-day waiting period for all gun purchases. https://www.axios.com/2023/04/28/fox-news-poll-voters-want-gun-control Here's some more: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/09/13/key-facts-about-americans-and-guns/ Even more: https://news.gallup.com/poll/1645/guns.aspx
  9. This ruling is just another example of judge shopping. This same judge was the one who issued a blanket suspension on the use of mifepristone. Not even a panel from the far right fifth circuit - which repeatedly issues ruling in defiance of the current Supreme Court - entirely supported him. The Supreme Court ultimately issued a blanket stay on his ruling. In short, Kacsmaryk is a right wing loon.
  10. This is like saying that the IDF is composed of Jews. Therefore, it's Jews who are invading Gaza. It may be true in a limited sense, but it says nothing relevant about Jews in general. Just as your comment just nothing relevant about Palestinians in general.
  11. Over and over again, you merely assert that the links don't lead to valid evidence. But you never offer any analysis of why the evidence is invalid. Anybody can claim "So no link to claim" in response to any evidence introduce by someone on any topic whatsoever.. In other words, you've got nothing.
  12. Any rational person would say that I have provided that link. Any rational person would understand why a governing party needed propping up. But if you have an alternate explanation of why a governing party needed propping up that doesn't have to do with its support among its citizens, please share it with us.
  13. I have provided a link that shows Hamas was unpopular. Another that shows that the Israeli goal was to prop up the Hamas regime. Tell me how to construe these in any other way but as I have done? Just the fact that Israel was propping up Hamas alone should tell a rational person enough. What do you think propping up means in this context? Why would a government need propping up?
  14. What nonsense. Netanhahu said that the reason to support Hamas was as a counter to the PA. "For years, the various governments led by Benjamin Netanyahu took an approach that divided power between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank — bringing Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to his knees while making moves that propped up the Hamas terror group. The idea was to prevent Abbas — or anyone else in the Palestinian Authority’s West Bank government — from advancing toward the establishment of a Palestinian state. Thus, amid this bid to impair Abbas, Hamas was upgraded from a mere terror group to an organization with which Israel held indirect negotiations via Egypt, and one that was allowed to receive infusions of cash from abroad." https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-years-netanyahu-propped-up-hamas-now-its-blown-up-in-our-faces/ What does "propping up" mean to you?
  15. * I'm shocked, shocked that you forgot about this. Here you go: What Palestinians Really Think of Hamas Before the War, Gaza’s Leaders Were Deeply Unpopular—but an Israeli Crackdown Could Change That Asked to identify the amount of trust they had in the Hamas authorities, a plurality of respondents (44 percent) said they had no trust at all; “not a lot of trust” was the second most common response, at 23 percent. Only 29 percent of Gazans expressed either “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of trust in their government. Furthermore, 72 percent said there was a large (34 percent) or medium (38 percent) amount of corruption in government institutions, and a minority thought the government was taking meaningful steps to address the problem. https://archive.ph/LbaMm https://www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/what-palestinians-really-think-hamas
  16. You think Israel went along for sightseeing? It was there for security. To make sure the money got to where it was meant to be going. "For years, Israeli intelligence officers even escorted a Qatari official into Gaza, where he doled out money from suitcases filled with millions of dollars." https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/world/middleeast/israel-qatar-money-prop-up-hamas.html And you totally ignore the fact that Israel could have taken measures to stop these payments. And other monies laundered into Gaza. It chose not to.
  17. I stand corrected..oh wait a minute "The 60 year old politician, activist, author and filmmaker, was born in Cape Town, South Africa, to Viennese Holocaust survivor Erika Feinstein (nee Hemmer) and Ralph Josef Feinstein. Feinstein expressed his dismay and disillusionment regarding Starmer’s ongoing support for the funding of apartheid Israel’s genocide and numerous unfulfilled promises."
  18. Israel provided security for the operation. It wanted to make sure the money got there.
  19. US intel indicates only 30-35% of Hamas fighters killed, 65% of tunnels are intact – report https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/us-intel-indicates-only-30-35-of-hamas-fighters-killed-65-of-tunnels-are-intact-report/ So, "Winning it" is their strategy. There's a novel idea.
  20. I guess RayC made the mistake of assuming that you actually read the article.
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