Morch

Yawn. Any chance you'll get back to topic?

As said, it's an acceptable source on this forum. UN bias against Israel is a thing. You want to claim Bennis is neutral, that's up to you. \

Remove them how? Annul democratic elections in Israel? A UN intervention force will (humanely, of course) dispose of Hamas?

Basically you offer yet another take of the Palestinians as passive, easily manipulated, naive, and when it comes down to it, not accountable for anything. You ignore that Palestinian leadership embraced a position of rejectionism for decades, or that Palestinian took Jordanian citizenship without hesitations when offered, or that there was no serious attempt to demand freedom promised by Egypt. I've no idea what does 'not until 1867 could the Palestinians be visible' - it's a nonsense comment that doesn't mean anything much. The Palestinians are victims. Sure. Nothing concerning them whatsoever got to do with their own choices. It's all someone else's (usually Israel) fault. That's basically your 'argument'. If a people cannot come together, produce the drive, the leadership or anything of what's required to become an actual nation - yeah....someone else's fault. The problem with previous peace offers was that sides did not accept them. Yes, they were imperfect. But also, each one of them would have been better and easier than what can be achieved now. It's the very same thinking that led the Palestinians and their Arab sponsors to reject the partition plan. Didn't work out that well for them since. As said on previous posts (even n the one you quoted), I do not think Israel's policies in the West Bank are right or wise. Somewhat different when it comes to the Gaza Strip.

It is an acceptable source on this forum. And Bennis is not a neutral commentator. If the UN was not so obviously biased vs. Israel, there would have been no UN Watch.

You do not decide whether 'war crimes' were committed.

The Hamas attack brought about the Israeli reaction. It was anticipated. Hamas did not do anything to protect the children it sheds crocodile tears over. Instead, Hamas leadership called them 'necessary sacrifices' and left them to fend for themselves. Hamas could have provided them shelter, Hamas could have stopped the carnage at any time. I'm not blaming the victims. The children are not blamed. Hamas is. What you are doing, on the other hand, is once again absolving Hamas of any accountability and responsibility for anything whatsoever.

Flip side how? There were no bombing on the morning of 7/10. Hamas leadership said these are 'necessary sacrifices'. There was no attempt to provide them with any sort of shelter (and it is available). Their own leadership doesn't care about them, other than propaganda tools and future terrorists. People expect, for some reason, that Israel would care more about Palestinian children, than the Palestinians themselves. I'm yet to hear what would have been a plausible alternative to 'the level of aggression'.

If the female is in heat, little you can do but wait it out. If the area is not very large, and no one uses it, spraying vinegar about may deter the invaders. I'd drop shouting at them, doesn't help much and looks bad. Calling the city to pick them up is an option - but (at least here and in Bangkok) reaction is slow unless they are very aggressive. Mind that the city taking them can mean anything - either dropped at some lame shelter (if it exists and if there's place) or assisted reincarnation.

Israel was not invaded 1967, which is when the issue became a thing. Invasions such as you refer to apply to the 1948 and 1973 wars. Whether conquering and holding on to the West Bank improves Israel's security is an open question. I think that nowadays, territory taken by force does not automatically count as 'spoils of war'. Not very acceptable, actually. Some countries get away with it regardless, sure. The more problematic issue is them illegal settlements. If it was 'just' a military occupation, there's be less trouble.

What you post ignores is that neither the Palestinians, nor Israel's neighbors accepted the partition plan until decades later. The position adopted was one of hostility and rejectionism - representing a hope that Israel's creation will be undone. When you talk about 'again and again' - I guess that doesn't include handing back the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt after a peace agreement was signed, handing back lands conquered from Jordan (and long term leasing them, instead) following yet another peace agreement, or withdrawing from the Gaza Strip well over a decade ago. So yes, Israel does occupy the West Bank, and the illegal Israeli settlement effort is a reality. But that too would not have come about had the Palestinians adopted a different approach back when. Your post seems to be one of them attempt to paint the Palestinians as having no responsibility for anything concerning their situation. No accountability expected or required. It's all about Israel Bad. I concur most of what Israel does in the West Bank is wrong. Not so (IMO) when it comes to the Gaza Strip. This topic is about the Gaza Strip (there's a parallel one dealing with the situation in the West Bank).

Read the topic, stop trolling. You're trying for the same thing each and every time.

Mrs. Morch is not into online shopping, so no such apps or profiles. And he didn't come off as some sleek salesman/conman, even the sales pitch was lame. Older guy too. He wasn't even fishing for any extra information, didn't know our location.

I do that on my machines regularly, as you suggest, guess I need to step up maintenance/security on her device as well. Still bizarre, though - we search for any number of things, this wasn't featuring very prominently on the to-do list, even.

@thaibeachlovers Alive being the key word here, following the thrust of the OP. As for the blockade, same applies - it was in place because....? Maybe something to do with Hamas? Or do you think that the blockade came about in a vacuum...? Hamas decided it is worth sacrificing the people of the Gaza Strip, including the children. Nothing prevented or prevents Hamas from affording the children shelter in then tunnels. Nothing prevented or prevents Hamas from stopping this war. On a side note, just yesterday you were pretending I'm on your 'ignore' list....you're doing it wrong.

@thaibeachlovers That's because you're either clueless or biased. Probably both. Gazans were working in Israel. Fact. Gazans that were able to cross to Egypt could travel abroad. Fact. Hamas leaders living in luxury in the Gulf. Fact. Hamas smuggling in arms, gear, materials and whatnot. Fact. Hamas violating a whole lot of 'international humanitarian' laws on 7/10. Fact.

I get that part. But until now I was under the impression that buying this information was something done by scam 'call centers', larger companies and so on. This was obviously not the case. Wonder how easy it is for small businesses like that to get buy this stuff (someone needs to know whom to contact and how) and how widespread it is.

Would it make a difference if using (YouTube, for example) the app without signing in/registering/whatever? Or viewing content through browser rather than the app?

True to Independent form, they managed a heart breaking (it is) account, while dropping any mention of what prompted Israel's offensive, or even acknowledging Israeli children were murdered. These thousands of children would have been alive today, if it was not for the Hamas 7/10 attack.

There weren't 'hundreds of thousands' Gazans working in Israel, but tens of thousands. And they were not 'free to come and go as they wish'.' Passage to Egypt was (and is) strictly regulated by Egyptian authorities, so no such freedom on offer either. The blockade was not quite what the Israel Bad Brigade paints it to be, but here's no call for underestimating its effect on Gazans.

As said before - your statements just demonstrate that you haven't actually read the topic. Tossing in the odd one liners about condemning Hamas in between the torrent of Israel Bad, making excuses/justifications for the Hamas attack, spewing conspiracy theories, endless deflections - very convincing. Not.

@thaibeachlovers Pray tell, why was the blockade put in place? Maybe something to do with Hamas actions and agenda? Don't see you moan when Hamas flaunts them 'humanitarian' laws.

@thaibeachlovers The IDF could have just obliterated the whole building dropping a bomb. Guess some posters want to have it both ways. As for 'not so easy' maybe tell that to Hamas - don't think they're having as much 'fun' as they did on 7/10.

Not doing either on her phone. Mrs. Morch is very old school about shopping. None of that as well. Watches, but never subscribed or anything (if that's applicable/relevant)

Yeah, so I'm sure there's a proper word for what I'm on about, but it alludes me at the moment (looking at you Jack D. !) What I was had in mind was that on many topics here there's this thing about how 'assimilated' people are, how 'Thai' are you, etc. Thinking about it while walking the dog (relevant in a moment) I got into noticing that locals were copying/absorbing things I do Now, this is a 'village' setting, in the sense that it's a village with many people having cows farms, fields and all, but we're 5 minutes from the highway, and shopping centers/supermarkets (not Bangkok level, but still) aren't far. Also a real-estate boom meaning more outsiders, housing projects etc. But still a village atmosphere nevertheless. So here's my list: Dog walking - walk my dog every night, same hours more or less. Dog is well cared for, cute, harness. Result - after many nightly conversations, comments etc. We now have 3-4 others doing the same, none before. Fence - all the fences here were barbed wire. Didn't care for the prison look, went for 'squares' cattle fence. Result - pretty much all new fences seen are the 'new' type (and this is a cattle/dairy village...) House/roof color - Mrs. Morch chose white walls grey tile roof. A compromise between her new found love for the Mediterranean, and the reality of dust in Thailand. Result - housing project across the street supports the same, so will the new one on the other edge of the village, and the new headman's son's house. Brush-cutter - I was weary of using the normal one, so started out with a wheeled contraption. Noticed people were noticing, and at some point one of the Elders asked. Result - household fixture in the village, allows older people to work and feel useful. A half-joke locally whether you're in the wheeled version age bracket. A couple of others, but less conclusive so far. How about you?