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Palestinian boy, 12, describes how Israeli forces killed his family in car

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Re: Palestinian boy, 12, describes how Israeli forces killed his family in car

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Post by dijit »

MisterTea wrote: post #78
dijit wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'll bite: If for any reason, probably because it's neither technically interesting nor entrepreneurial in nature. US Politics seems to get more of a pass, probably due to Silicon Valley being there (and nearly all the major tech outlets), similarly some China news gets a pass, also largely when it relates to supply chain and Taiwan.

> US Politics seems to get more of a pass, This goes beyond US politics. The US and Israel do not exist in a bubble. This conflict can and will have big repercussions which will impact our technical and entrepreneurial institutions.

Nothing exists in total isolation, you have to draw lines anyway.

Re: Palestinian boy, 12, describes how Israeli forces killed his family in car

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Post by heraldgeezer »

itsangaris wrote: post #53

I see people saying this story doesn't belong on HN. genuine question, if this story were about a german national would it be considered as political? is palestinian existence inherently more political than other peoples' existence?

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Re: Palestinian boy, 12, describes how Israeli forces killed his family in car

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Post by noumenon1111 »

perfmode wrote: post #79

It’s hard not to wonder whether better technology could someday help stop tragedies like this.

No. Better technology is only making it more efficient. We need better humanity, better morals, better policing of criminals in power.

Re: Palestinian boy, 12, describes how Israeli forces killed his family in car

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Post by itsangaris »

polski-g wrote: post #66
itsangaris wrote: post #53

I see people saying this story doesn't belong on HN. genuine question, if this story were about a german national would it be considered as political? is palestinian existence inherently more political than other peoples' existence?

News not connected to technology or VC doesn't belong on HN.

is that an opinion or a consistently enforced policy?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45202200 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47136179 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46543457

Re: Palestinian boy, 12, describes how Israeli forces killed his family in car

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Post by itsangaris »

haunter wrote: post #72
itsangaris wrote: post #53

I see people saying this story doesn't belong on HN. genuine question, if this story were about a german national would it be considered as political? is palestinian existence inherently more political than other peoples' existence?

I'm saying this as someone who doesn't really care about this certain topic: Either we allow _all_ political content or nothing. The HN guidelines are incredibly grey and handwave-y >Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, or celebrities, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic. To me HN became to big for its own good sinc…

bingo

Re: Palestinian boy, 12, describes how Israeli forces killed his family in car

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Post by iwontberude »

ahf8Aithaex7Nai wrote: post #69

I am German. My government does not acknowledge the tragedy that has been unfolding in Gaza since the Hamas attack in October 2023. It’s absurd. Since then, Jewish people in Berlin who were demonstrating alongside Palestinians against the war in Gaza have been beaten down by the German police. In 2021, Esther Bejarano, the last survivor of the Auschwitz Girls’ Orchestra, passed away in Hamburg. Whenever she commented…

It's even more insidious, I know activists in your country and they not only abhor the current support for Israel's genocide but they are terrified of their activism being criminalized under anti-nazi laws. How ironic.
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