@LALegault wrote: {
Who are our “opponents?” Palestinians are not my opponents.
}

My opponents are all people (regardless of faith, heritage, skin color, whatever) who condone or justify the killing of mostly innocent people (in this case: Palestinians) without a fair trial (disregarding whether the death penalty is justifiable at all).

What Israel is doing in Gaza, IMHO, has exactly *NOTHING* to do with justice. Instead, Gaza is a concentration camp. If the number is correct, more than 12,000 Palestinian children have been killed since Oct 7.

However, Israel's "problem" did not start on Oct. 7. I can (more or less) imagine why Israel did not turn their other cheek after Oct 7. OTOH: what happened to "an eye for an eye"?

The outbreak, and the violence conducted by members of Hamas, should *not* have been a surprise to *anyone*.

Unless people are extremely naive, they cannot get away with locking up people behind a big fence - and subsequently fail to anticipate that some of those (locked up) people will have turned into beasts and be the first to escape after a hole in the fence is cut.

War brings up the worst in some people, and like in Bucha (Ukraine) those peopke will be preceding regular troops and act horrendously.

Yesterday I wrote "diff Auschwitz Gaza" in Dutch (see https://infosec.exchange/@ErikvanStraten/112189585169136089).

I'll try to translate that below:
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diff Auschwitz Gaza
(Auschwitz = A, Gaza = G)


/!\ Supply:
A: Mostly daily
G: Plenty of stock (option: from the West Bank)


== Escape possibilities::
A+G: None (high fence, immediately shooting guards)


== Conduct of guards:
A+G: Relentless; rape, torture, theft of possessions


== Independent supervision:
A+G: None (access by independent watchers and reporters is prohibited)

Edited 21:44 UTC to add: "Israeli parliament passes law paving the way for Al Jazeera closure" (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/1/israeli-pm-netanyahu-revives-push-to-shut-down-al-jazeera)


/!\ Agony:
A: Of short duration for nost (killed using toxic gas), otherwise forced labour and exhaustion, no communication with the outside world (hoping to be rescued)
G: Varies, usually long lasting, partially with serious injuries, exhaustion, occasional communication with the ouside world (realizing that the most of the world does *not* care about you in any way)


== Basic necessities:
A+G: Hardly any water and foodl; dehydration (G: summer is on its way), starvation, no medicaments, no sanitary means and provisions


/!\ Roof:
A: Barracks
G: DiY (without money, no DiY shops and no airco)


== Tasks:
A+G: Scraping together food and throw dead bodies in mass graves


Do *YOU* (any reader if this post) keep looking away? Have a memorable eastern.

https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/auschwitz

https://www.forbes.com/sites/omerawan/2024/03/24/children-in-gaza-are-starving-heres-how-starvation-can-affect-a-childs-health/

cc: @jeremy_pm