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Re: Bitchat for Gaza – messaging without internet

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Post by nailer »

cardanome wrote: post #92
mothballed wrote: post #72

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If goons are killing you for having an app you don't need more apps, you need a gun.

You are right but as German if I made that point publicly in regards to Palestine I would get arrested. I am not exaggerating It is crazy how we have dehumanized Palestinians to the point that just hinting on the fact that they might have a right to resist it completely taboo. Like you don't have to agree with their methods but expecting them to do nothing while Israel murders them and the world looks away is such a…

> Like you don't have to agree with their methods but expecting them to do nothing while Israel murders them

But Israel's not murdering them. The war has a very low civilian to combatant death ratio.

Re: Bitchat for Gaza – messaging without internet

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Post by mef51 »

yoavm wrote: post #100
mef51 wrote: post #88

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The colonization of Gaza and the West Bank is entirely driven by western interests and ideology. Namely Zionism[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionism

Zionism was what pushed Jews to accept the Partition Plan[0], and later the disengagement plan[1], both rejecting the idea of Gaza as an Israeli territory. The colonization of Gaza is entirely driven by Hamas's attack on Israel. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Partition_Plan_... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_disengagement_from_the...

Acting like the dominant political stream in Israel has not been interested in occupying Gaza since at least 1967 to this day is a bald faced and shameless misdirection.

Re: Bitchat for Gaza – messaging without internet

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Post by klipt »

School-Cotton wrote: post #101
vladgur wrote: post #79

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The "wrong skin color" is projection of western ideologies to Israel/Gaza conflict. Israelis have lighter skin Ashkenazi Jews, darker skin Mizrahi Jews(majority of hte jews in Israel now) and black Ethiopian jews. And of course 20%+ Arabs living in the country. Gazan Palestinians skin color varies as well, some have light skin, while others have darker skin tones. For example, does this woman have the right skin colo…

There are also black people in Gaza: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro-Palestinians

> racism within Palestinian communities.

Of course

Re: Bitchat for Gaza – messaging without internet

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Post by 67-six-seven »

yoavm wrote: post #100
mef51 wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The colonization of Gaza and the West Bank is entirely driven by western interests and ideology. Namely Zionism[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionism

Zionism was what pushed Jews to accept the Partition Plan[0], and later the disengagement plan[1], both rejecting the idea of Gaza as an Israeli territory. The colonization of Gaza is entirely driven by Hamas's attack on Israel. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Partition_Plan_... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_disengagement_from_the...

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Re: Bitchat for Gaza – messaging without internet

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Post by elcritch »

mothballed wrote: post #72
big-and-small wrote: post #51

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Another problem is what happens when police stop to search you. You don't want to have "please beat me dead" app installed when it's happens.

If goons are killing you for having an app you don't need more apps, you need a gun.

Exactly when a group like Hamas controls your home and brutally executes any dissidents or even suspected dissidents in public on a routine basis it’s difficult for any individual to fight back [1], almost worse is torture and maiming of anyone who even hints at “disloyalty” [2].

In such situations though encrypted messaging becomes crucial, but it’d be hard to hide.

Note: links are rather disturbing.

1: https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/world/video/hamas-killings-ga... 2: https://x.com/afalkhatib/status/1979752415973834965

Re: Bitchat for Gaza – messaging without internet

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Post by vladgur »

mef51 wrote: post #112
yoavm wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Zionism was what pushed Jews to accept the Partition Plan[0], and later the disengagement plan[1], both rejecting the idea of Gaza as an Israeli territory. The colonization of Gaza is entirely driven by Hamas's attack on Israel. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Partition_Plan_... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_disengagement_from_the...

Acting like the dominant political stream in Israel has not been interested in occupying Gaza since at least 1967 to this day is a bald faced and shameless misdirection.

So that interest was actualized through removing all Jews -- living and dead -- from Gaza in 2005?

Re: Bitchat for Gaza – messaging without internet

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Post by ImPostingOnHN »

elcritch wrote: post #117
mothballed wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If goons are killing you for having an app you don't need more apps, you need a gun.

Exactly when a group like Hamas controls your home and brutally executes any dissidents or even suspected dissidents in public on a routine basis it’s difficult for any individual to fight back [1], almost worse is torture and maiming of anyone who even hints at “disloyalty” [2]. In such situations though encrypted messaging becomes crucial, but it’d be hard to hide. Note: links are rather disturbing. 1: https://www.…

Yeah, it must suck to get brutally JDAM'd (along with your whole family [0]), sniper-droned (seeking to main and kill [1]) and mown down by "gaza humanitarian foundation" machine-gun fire (while queueing for food) [2] in Palestine, just for disagreeing with israel's position that your land now belongs to them. If you're lucky, you won't be thrown into one of israel's rape-and-torture-camps [3][4].

But anyways, great submission and great work. Remember though, your cell phone signals will earn you a JDAM, because you might be a terrorist for using a cell phone. So stay on the move.

Warning: links are very disturbing:

0: https://www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza/

1: https://www.npr.org/2024/11/19/nx-s1-5195171/witnesses-say-i...

2: https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/08/1165552

3: https://theintercept.com/2024/08/09/israel-prison-sde-teiman...

4: https://www.btselem.org/publications/202408_welcome_to_hell

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