It is despicable the way the U.S. gives huge support to the on-going genocide perpetrated by Netanyahu and other war criminals.
It's despicable to call this "genocide".
Even some otherwise-well-informed Americans right here at IIDB have shown strong support for the war crimes. Their feeble defenses make me think they flunked kindergarten, where we were supposed to learn "Two wrongs don't make a right."
Ah, I see the return of your trademark condescending style.
If Harris loses this election, it may be due in part to rational Americans' disgust with the Biden-Harris support for war crimes. (Of course Trump and his cretinous ilk are even stronger supporters of such crimes.) I stumbled
upon an opinion piece by Jacob Weindling who protests that he hates Trump and will cast an ALMOST straight Democratic ballot, but might not vote for Harris. Here's one of his introductory paragraphs:
Cut off your nose to spite your nose is how the saying goes.
Jacob Weindling said:
Just before going to bed last night, I watched someone hooked up to an IV burn to death in yet another Israeli bombing of a hospital in Gaza (Warning: graphic photo here).
Yes, it is tragic when somebody who is ostensibly a civilian dies. Especially when he dies in such a horrific manner. But the story is a bit more complex than a graphic photo.
I saw
this article on another anti-Israel website. It provides some context.
972 Mag said:
Before leaving the tent, Ahmed recalls, “my wife and son told me that they would try to save some pieces of clothing. But they didn’t expect the fire to spread so fast.” Ahmed doesn’t know what happened in those moments, but when he returned to the tent, Alaa and Sha’ban’s bodies had been consumed by the fire, and he could no longer recognize them.
The "son" mentioned here is Sha'ban al-Dalu from the viral photo. Any firefighter can tell you that a fire can spread quickly and that one should not go back, esp. not for something as trivial as clothes.
The horrors in this genocide have been endless, but this feels like a new, more sinister development, where Israel is publicly saying they are blocking food for 13 days and counting,
It is one thing for trucks to enter the Strip, but distribution is another matter altogether. It is virtually impossible to get food deliveries from Kerem Shalom to northern Gaza, and Erez is closed due to military action nearby.
(I'll bet the pro-genocide Infidels show up and repeat the canard that Hamas is stealing available food. What do I win?)
"Pro-genocide" just for pointing out that the real pro-genocide faction is stealing aid?
Al-Jazeera is a biased source, but this chart bears some looking at. If there are prices associated with these food items, that means that they are at least available. Meat might be $90/kg (about $40/pound) but having a price tag means it's offered for sale. Same goes for eggs, baby formula, vegetables, sugar and even hipster non-dairy "milk". Real famines look different.
One more thing on this issue: if things were really that rough in the North, why are marriages surging? They even have plenty of cash for a bride price.
Love (and war) is in the air: Number of Gaza weddings surges
YNET said:
Amid the turmoil of war and the dire conditions in the Gaza Strip, an unexpected trend has emerged: a surge in weddings. This increase isn't driven by romance but by the pragmatic need to register marriages to secure food coupons and assistance for newlyweds. According to sources in Gaza, once a couple is officially married, they "come off" their parents' accounts and begin receiving separate support.
Apparently there are coupons for aid. Seems well-organized if marriages can be registered in a timely manner.
"Today, getting married costs around $530, and you need to purchase a mattress and a tent," the attorney explained. "People are rushing to marry because it eases financial pressure on parents. Once registered as married, couples start receiving separate food coupons and assistance. Furthermore, after the war, they become eligible for a shared apartment. This pattern was seen in previous conflicts and tempts both couples and parents. Many relatives, including cousins, are rushing to marry even at 15, and others are taking second wives."
Consanguineous marriage and
underage marriage were both quite common even before the War, of course. One older article described a
family with a high incidence of male pseudohermaphroditism.
Couples have stopped waiting for the war to end. Under Islamic law, a "mahr" or dowry must be paid to the bride's family, and these amounts have also fluctuated due to the war. "In the northern Strip, there are fewer women, so those seeking to marry pay between $1,400 and $5,700, while in the southern camps, where there are more women, the payment is only about $215," the lawyer described.
There can't be enough vendors selling overpriced meat and powdered oat milk to raise the going bride price that much, so where do all these north Gaza grooms get that much money?
Dr. Israa Saleh from Gaza shared on a podcast that captured the Arab world's attention that there are rooms or tents in Gaza for couples, where they engage in marital relations according to a waiting list. "The war dragged on, and people started accepting the situation. Those who postponed marriage and pregnancy now see no reason to delay, and in fact, more are marrying and having children despite the hardships," she said.
It's crazy to me to get married and especially to intentionally get pregnant during a war, but this shows that things are not as dire as portrayed in anti-Israel propaganda like Al Jazeera.
According to Hamas’ Interior Ministry, before the war, there were, on average, 20,000 marriage registrations annually in the Gaza Strip.
I wonder how 2024 figures compare to that.
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