“The air strikes on our convoy were not just some unfortunate mistake in the fog of war. It was a direct attack on clearly marked vehicles whose movements were known by the [Israeli military]. It was also the direct result of his [PM Netanyahu’s] government’s policy to squeeze humanitarian aid to desperate levels.”
@appassionato@palestine
Bravo Chef Andre,
Speak truth to the zionist murderers of Israel
America MUST stop all military aid to Zionist Israel. They are complicit in these killings
One of my senators (Van Hollen) has done so. My other senator and my representative (Cardin and Ivey) haven't. I sent my thanks to the first and my request that they make such public statements to the other two.
Please contact your electeds and tell them you want them to make this statement. I was an elected official once. Hearing from your constituents does mean something.
@MisuseCase@appassionato@palestine thanks, just want to add that he is entitled to have a change of heart, like everyone else, and that I'm glad if he did. It's just a shame that he had to see his colleagues/friends die to do so.
@entrepierneur@appassionato@palestine Yeah I have seen people on here being a little snide about “why don’t these folks care about what’s happening in Gaza until WCK folks get killed” and folks, that is life, lots of people in the world are dissimilar to you and what makes a thing salient for you will not make a thing salient for them for various reasons. Now let’s talk about why Gaza has your attention but not, e.g., Sudan.
@MisuseCase@entrepierneur@appassionato@palestine Partly, of course, it just reflects what the media covers. But I think there is also a more legitimate reason for people in the "west" to make more noise about #Gaza than #Sudan. It is, that just maybe we can do something about Gaza. Maybe we can get our governments to end their support for #Israel. While I am sure our weapons industries are making money off both sides in Sudan, I don't see us having as much influence.
One of the things that doesn’t get talked about a lot WRT Sudan is that Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea are blocking USAID Sudan, and also to Yemen itself.
@MisuseCase@Paul_Friesen@entrepierneur@appassionato@palestine Thank you for pointing that out. Social media tends to flatten everything into clear cut simplistic stories. The world is so much messier and there is a lot of both credit and blame to go around.