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The United States withdraws from UNESCO

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Post by dragonwriter »

cooper_ganglia wrote: post #487
rafram wrote: post #441

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> It’s one big club, and we’re not in it. I’m not sure what you’re trying to imply here, but like it or not, most Americans do support Israel.

That's no longer true, nor should it be: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/04/08/how-ameri... From the article: >The public’s views of Israel have turned more negative over the past three years. More than half of U.S. adults (53%) now express an unfavorable opinion of Israel, up from 42% in March 2022 It turns out when you invade a country and commit a genocide, you become less popular. Putin figured that…

> It turns out when you invade a country and commit a genocide, you become less popular.

Well, Israel's been committing a genocide for, conservatively, nearly 60 years, so, yeah, its probably a suprise to them that after that long of not having an adverse effect on US public support, that has changed.

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Post by bobnotbob »

bigcat12345678 wrote: post #547
kindkang2024 wrote: post #500

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It's good that it borders not only Israel, but also Egypt. They can just walk over when they need help. If not for that pesky wall...

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/13/middleeast/egypt-boosts-secur...

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Post by busterarm »

kennywinker wrote: post #527
busterarm wrote: post #480

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Hamas, who run Gaza, want to "Globalize the Intifada" and bring violence to Jews worldwide. You speak about ethnic cleansing like if the roles were reversed we wouldn't be seeing the same thing. This is basically just criticizing Israel for having the means. Clearly both have the will. The two parties are locked into a death pact with each other.

> This is basically just criticizing Israel for having the means. No, it’s criticizing israel for the will, the means, and the action of murdering tens of thousands and starving millions. > Hamas, who run Gaza, want to "Globalize the Intifada" and bring violence to Jews worldwide This is one interpretation of that phrase. Intifada means roughly “shaking off”. A call for international support for shaking off the oppre…

> This is one interpretation of that phrase.

And I could always say "the final solution" is referring to my math homework. In the context of the Palestinian occupation, intifada ALWAYS is meant as violent. There is no other interpretation.

Pretending that it doesn't is both bad faith and classic taqiyya.

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Post by kennywinker »

seizethecheese wrote: post #595
kennywinker wrote: post #587

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What are you implying? Genuinely I can’t tell who you think these “men on speeding motorcycles” are? I don’t see anything obviously suspicious in that - if your family was starving would you sit back and let them die? Or maybe hop on a motorcycle and cut to the front of the queue?

I don’t think the people who are starving are the ones with motorcycles and gasoline.

Last I checked motorcycles aren’t edible and gasoline isn’t drinkable…

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Post by miguelazo »

kindkang2024 wrote: post #563
bigcat12345678 wrote: post #547

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> To ask Palestine government to do anything meaningful, yes, they have done a lot Yes, but still not enough, or its people's survival will not depend on the kindness of others. In my opinion, it's not a competent government, at least based on its performance so far.

This is an extremely naive statement. You might want to do some more research before blaming the victims of a multi-decade multibillion dollar assault any further.

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Post by tguvot »

kennywinker wrote: post #251

The US is complicit in the intentional starvation of gaza’s people by israel. At least 15 people have starved to death in the last 24 hours, including an infant. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-gaza-war-hunger-childre... Ragequitting UNESCO over their recognition of palestine is a small part of the project of supporting the ethnic cleansing of gaza and the west bank.

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Post by kennywinker »

bobnotbob wrote: post #608
smallerfish wrote: post #598

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> I know it's easy to judge being far away, but seriously, men on speeding motorcycles? Why wouldn't they be on "speeding" motorcycles? They have a family to feed. They're probably coming from some distance away. People travel on motorcycles.

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Dude. People will trample their neighbors for a black friday deal on a tv. Your family is starving, there’s not enough food for everyone - and you’re queuing up? I don’t think so.

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Post by SiempreViernes »

kindkang2024 wrote: post #563
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> To ask Palestine government to do anything meaningful, yes, they have done a lot Yes, but still not enough, or its people's survival will not depend on the kindness of others. In my opinion, it's not a competent government, at least based on its performance so far.

Palestine has been under illegal military occupation for 58 years [1], it is not exactly an independent government in control of its territory.

It is the duty of the occupying power to ensure the safety of the civilians within the territory it has occupied. A duty Israel, with its use of starvation as a weapon of war and habit of shooting medics in the back of the head, is obviously not fulfilling.

[1] https://www.icj-cij.org/case/186

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Post by plemer »

bobnotbob wrote: post #608
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> I know it's easy to judge being far away, but seriously, men on speeding motorcycles? Why wouldn't they be on "speeding" motorcycles? They have a family to feed. They're probably coming from some distance away. People travel on motorcycles.

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