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16 civilians were killed in a recent bombing. Was that justifiable in your mind?

none, in accordance with the ICJ order.

I knew you wouldn't touch that question. Hamas said that releasing hostages was contingent on Israel releasing prisoners as well.

Has Israel ignored the order? I agreed that Hamas has ignored the order. Has Israel committed any war crimes this week?

It's unfortunate but not surprising that Hamas has not released the hostages but you are just trying to deflect from the continuing war crimes.

Both the sun and the moon are round. That's about as valid a comparison as covid is to the cold. Attempts to portray covid as just another cold are politically driven misinformation. Stop it.

From your link He said that only the establishment of an independent Palestinian state “living safely and securely alongside” Israel could bring about lasting peace, repeating a longstanding U.S. position, but the prospect of which appears even more elusive amid the war in Gaza. “This conflict cannot be resolved through violence or unilateral actions,” Mr. Visek said. “Negotiations are the path to a lasting peace.” and “One only needs to look at Israel’s vicious wholesale destruction of Gaza today after years of imposing the medieval methods, a siege and blockade, to realize the extent of Israel’s transgression of this principle,” she said.

Long covid symptoms are very severe. Why are you trying to downplay the severity of covid? Long COVID, the condition where symptoms that surface after recovering from COVID-19 linger for weeks, months, or even years, is still a mystery to doctors and researchers. The symptoms, such as chronic pain, brain fog, shortness of breath, chest pain, and intense fatigue, can be debilitating. Severe cases of Long COVID can even affect the body’s organs. https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/long-covid-symptoms

I believe Haley is amassing funds for a third part run if Trump doesn't implode and she gets the GOP nomination. The week following super Tuesday will be interesting. There is also some speculation that Haley could be viewed as a potential third-party contender. And Haley is continuing to generate interest from donors, a sign that she’s likely to stay in the race, at least for the short-term. The campaign announced Monday that Haley raked in $16.5 million in January. https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4449756-haleys-long-shot-bid-fuels-questions-about-her-endgame/

Which viruses don't share most, if not all, of those symptoms? Comparisons between two completely unrelated viruses are not appropriate.

Common colds don't result in the kind of long covid symptoms which persist for months.

Egypt and Jordan both oppose mass Palestinian refuge in their countries for this reason Their refusal is rooted in fear that Israel wants to force a permanent expulsion of Palestinians into their countries and nullify Palestinian demands for statehood But Arab countries and many Palestinians also suspect Israel might use this opportunity to force permanent demographic changes to wreck Palestinian demands for statehood in Gaza, the West Bank and east Jerusalem, which was also captured by Israel in 1967. https://apnews.com/article/palestinian-jordan-egypt-israel-refugee-502c06d004767d4b64848d878b66bd3d

First para in submission by Norway 2. Israel’s occupation of Palestinian Territory has continued since 1967. Recent developments give rise to the utmost concern. They include ongoing indiscriminate and disproportionate use of force and other measures in the Gaza Strip, as well as illegal settlements in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. House evictions, demolitions, forced displacement and settler violence against the Palestinian population are aspects of the Israeli occupation.

At any cost to civilian lives?

Israel The language being used to describe Palestinians is genocidal When Israel’s defence minister, Yoav Gallant, ordered a “complete siege” of the Gaza Strip with “no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed”, he said: “We are fighting human animals and we are acting accordingly.” https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/16/the-language-being-used-to-describe-palestinians-is-genocidal

UN rights chief deplores ‘entrenched impunity’ by all parties in Israel, OPT In a new report, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) noted a broad range of concerns, including unlawful killings, hostage-taking, destruction of civilian property, collective punishment, forced displacement, incitement to hatred and violence, sexual assault, and torture. These acts are all prohibited by international human rights and humanitarian laws. There must be accountability on all sides for violations seen over 56 years of occupation and the 16 years of blockade of Gaza, and up to today,” said Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/02/1146892

“Israel is a democracy with a strong legal system and an independent judicial system,” writes Barak, adding that where there is conflict between national security and human rights, the former must be attained without compromising the latter’s protection. Barak provides an example: “Once, in the midst of a military operation in Gaza, the Supreme Court ordered the army to repair the water pipes that had been damaged by army tanks and to do so while the operation was still ongoing. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-gaza-strips-deepening-humanitarian-crisis/

'Famine is Imminent': Dem Senator Demands Biden Intervene in Gaza "Kids in Gaza are now dying from the deliberate withholding of food," Van Hollen said. "In addition to the horror of that news, one other thing is true. That is a war crime. https://www.newsweek.com/famine-imminent-dem-senator-demands-biden-intervene-gaza-1869330

None of those threads appear to me to be any more on topic than this one for my recent posts.

Thank you. I was unable to find that or any other topic on the war in Gaza in any of my listings. All I get is "no more threads to display" or words to that effect.

Air strikes against civilians constitute acts of genocide. You had no problem with another poster posting that food supplies had been left undelivered by the UN. It's also impossible to find such threads anymore as they don't appear in either "content I have posted in" or "view new content"

The Biden administration on Friday said Israel’s plans to advance construction on thousands of settlement homes in the West Bank were inconsistent with international law, reversing a major Trump administration policy from 2019. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, speaking from the G20 meeting in Brazil, spoke out against Israeli plans to move forward on the construction of 3,000 settlement units. https://thehill.com/policy/international/4485259-us-reverses-trump-policy-israeli-settlements/

In Gaza, Israeli airstrikes in the center and south of the territory killed at least 92 Palestinians, including children and women, overnight and into Friday, health officials and an Associated Press journalist said. Another 24 bodies remained trapped under the rubble. After a strike levelled his apartment building in the central town of Deir al-Balah, online video showed Mahmoud Zueitar — a comedian well known in Gaza for his appearances in TV commercials — rushing into the hospital holding his young sister, who was screaming and covered in blood. At least 25 people were killed in the strike, 16 of them women and children. https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-news-02-23-2024-a5da6005cfa6734225af35ca460a75fb

If they do I'm not surprised. The UK is surrounded by countries who know how to make cheese.