I don’t know who needs to hear this, but comparing Biden’s mental health with Trump’s mental health is like comparing an iPhone with 2 styrofoam cups and some string.
So let me see if I've got this right. There is an "International Rules-Based Order". The key institution which underpins this order is the #ICJ. The ICJ has ruled that #Israel must take action to prevent #Genocide in #Gaza. The main agency succouring those at risk of genocide in Gaza is #UNWRA. In an apparently-coordinated demonstration of contempt for the ICJ ruling, a number of key nations have withdrawn financial support for UNWRA, citing unproven allegations against some staff. >>>
Anyone who truly cares about the rules based order, human rights & decency (rather than demonizing the only democracy in the region), would demand #HamasSurrender & #FreeGazaHostages
If you're asking for #ceasefire but not also calling for the removal of #hamas, then you are not asking for peace. you are asking for the destruction of #israel
@mplawner@lukevanin
💯 💯 💯 The #HamasTerrorists don't lay down their weapons, release all the hostages safely & unconditionally surrender because they WANT this war, they are hoping that it will ignite a larger war. They do not care about their people. They knew their actions would put innocent Gazans in harm's way. They are PURE EVIL 😡 #EndHamas #StopHamas #StopHamasNow #FreeGazaFromHamas
Former Israeli Miss World Linor Abargil spoke at a UN event in New York about sexual violence against Israeli women and girls by Hamas during the October 7 massacre.
@mplawner EXACTLY!!!!! hamas WANTS this war, they DO NOT WANT A CEASEFIRE!!!! 😡 🤬 They don't care about the safety & well-being of their people, they keep them in harm's way, they know EXACTLY what they're doing - trying to ignite a wider war. #HamasTerrorists #EndHamas #StopHamas #StopHamasNow #FreeGazaFromHamas
Spokesperson Matthew Miller leads the Department Press Briefing, at the Department of State on December 4, 2023.
Responding to a reporter. The entire interaction was encouraging to watch. In fact, the whole press conference was. This bit stood out, because we don't hear it enough:
"It is Hamas that is putting these civilians in harm's way... I'm surprised I don't hear more people saying:
'Why doesn't Hamas lay down it's arms?'
'Why doesn't Hamas move out of schools?'
'Why doesn't Hamas take additional steps to protect civilians?'
because we think they should as we think Israel should."
On Friday night UN Women finally issued a statement condemning the October 7 attacks. “We are alarmed by the numerous accounts of gender-based atrocities and sexual violence during these attacks,” it said.
Professor Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, who spent 12 years as a committee member on the UN convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women (Cedaw), said: “This is the statement they should have issued two months ago.
“It’s mindblowing. We were there for our sisters when terrible things happened across the ocean, when they took away abortion rights in US, the killing of women in Iran, the abduction of Yazidis … but with us they looked away and I can’t think of a reasonable answer.”
Ayelet Razin Bet Or, the former director of Israel’s authority for the advancement of the status of women, does have an answer. “Israeli women have been betrayed,” she said.
“What they are saying is MeToo except if you’re a Jew.”
All the people calling for a #ceasefire and demonizing Israel, explain to me how you justify the fact that it's Hamas who has violated multiple ceasefires, including the most recent one, just yesterday/today?
Who exactly do you demand a ceasefire from, and what consequences if it's violated?
it would be one thing if hamas reported no war casualty statistics at all.
but in reality, hamas healthy ministry claims well over ten thousand dead since October 7th, yet has not once reported a single militant death.
in effect, hamas is reporting a 100% civilian casualty rate. the absurdity of this claim should cast significant doubt on all reports from the hamas health ministry.
The military wing of #hamas in Judea & Samaria published a hard document of two #palestinians who were executed this evening by firing squad in Tulkarm on charges of collaborating with #israel.
The two Palestinians were hanged after their murder on an electric pole with crowds surrounding the place.
The two were accused of providing information to the #idf about wanted persons who had been eliminated
“Amnesty International has so far not seen any credible evidence to support #israel claim that al-Shifa is housing a military command center,” the group’s #director tells the @NewYorkSun.
“This contrasts sharply with Amnesty International reports released in 2007 and 2015, in which the organization describes #Hamas using Al Shifa hospital for interrogations, torture, and launching attacks.”
#IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari warns that there may be changes amid the #hostage deal with #Hamas, and that the terror group will attempt to use "psychological terror" against the Israeli public.
He says officers contacted the hostages' families and notified them who is being released, "with the necessary reservations."#israel
Troops of the #Nahal Brigade have uncovered a #Hamas#tunnel inside a #mosque and rocket launchers adjacent to homes during its operations in northern #Gaza Jabaliya, the #IDF says. #israel
#IDF discovered more weapons hidden in bedrooms and underneath children's beds in a building linked to a senior #Hamas terrorist, this time in Jabalia: #gaza
Forces of the 401st Armored Brigade fought in “Grad Rocket Valley” on the outskirts of Jabalia and uncovered underground infrastructure and combat means under children’s sleeping beds!
#German authorities searched the properties of #Hamas members, supporters and sympathisers today following an official ban on any activity by or in support of the #Palestinian terrorist group.
According to German authorities, Hamas has about 450 members in the country, whose activities include expressions of sympathy, propaganda activities, financing and fundraising for the #militant group.