Sambarkjand

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“Complete Dehumanization”: Israel Killed Over 800 Palestinians in 11 Days ( truthout.org )

From June 1 to June 11, Israeli forces killed over 800 Palestinians and wounded over 2,400 as they carried out bombardments and raids across Gaza, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reported. This is an average of over 72 Palestinians killed each day at the hands of Israeli forces....

Sambarkjand ,

Any estimate of how many of those were Hamas?

Sambarkjand ,

There haven't been any settlers in Gaza since 2005, what are you talking about? You mean the West Bank?

Nearly half of Democrats disapprove of Biden’s response to the Israel-Hamas war, AP-NORC poll shows ( apnews.com )

The poll found 50% of Democrats approve of how Biden has navigated the conflict while 46% disapprove — and the two groups diverge substantially in their views of U.S. support for Israel. Biden’s support on the issue among Democrats is down slightly from August, as an AP-NORC poll conducted then found that 57% of Democrats...

Sambarkjand ,

"The terrorists are using schools as shields though!"

"Oh damn that's a genius strategy. Better just give up every military advantage I have and send in my soldiers to be ambushed."

Top economists call for action on runaway global inequality ( www.theguardian.com )

The letter says: “We know that high inequality undermines all our social and environmental goals. It corrodes our politics, destroys trust, hamstrings our collective economic prosperity and weakens multilateralism. We also know that without a sharp reduction in inequality, the twin goals of ending poverty and preventing...

Sambarkjand ,

This is so far from being the truth. Please get an economics degree and see if you still think that.

I don't know if I like this place. Everything is so conspiratorial.

Sambarkjand ,

Correct, you don't, because those are garbage disciplines based on nothing whereas economics is decidedly not. Economics is the study of constrained choice, using rigorous math to model these scenarios and applied statistics to test the models. Any 1st or 2nd year course you take in economics isn't revealing truisms about the world - they are introducing concepts and highly simplified, abstracted models so that when you get into upper year courses and you start using extremely heavy math to make more realistic models that are serious attempts to explain actual human behavior, you're not completely lost.

You take at face-value that certain subsets of economists argue in favor of bank bailouts but against student loan relief is proof that they're evil, or garbage, or bought and paid for, without even understanding the arguments. The bank bailouts were loans which the banks paid back - would you be fine with the government giving out more loans to pay off existing student loans?

Five Palestinians killed as Israel launches air attacks on Jenin - Developing story ( www.aljazeera.com )

Israel’s military has launched air raids on the Jenin refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank, carrying out an ongoing large-scale attack that involved a missile and the killing of at least four Palestinians, according to residents and officials.

Sambarkjand ,

IDF says they're targeting a command centre for the Jenin Brigade, "a place where armed terrorists would gather before and after terrorist activities,” the IDF said, adding that the camp was a “site for weapons and explosives” and “hub for coordination and communication among the terrorists," in an effort to break the "safe haven" mentality of the area for terrorists.

They say they told the Palestinian Authoroty and Jordan they were going to do this in advance.

They say "Some 50 shooting attacks against Israelis have emanated from Jenin."

My best guess as to why it doesn't lead to immediate sanctions and isolation is because some governments think the above is true.

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