Erik van Straten<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@LALegault" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>LALegault</span></a></span> wrote: {<br>Who are our “opponents?” Palestinians are not my opponents.<br>}</p><p>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).</p><p>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.</p><p>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"?</p><p>The outbreak, and the violence conducted by members of Hamas, should *not* have been a surprise to *anyone*.</p><p>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.</p><p>War brings up the worst in some people, and like in Bucha (Ukraine) those peopke will be preceding regular troops and act horrendously.</p><p>Yesterday I wrote "diff Auschwitz Gaza" in Dutch (see <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@ErikvanStraten/112189585169136089" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.exchange/@ErikvanStrat</span><span class="invisible">en/112189585169136089</span></a>).</p><p>I'll try to translate that below:<br>————<br>diff Auschwitz Gaza<br>(Auschwitz = A, Gaza = G)<br> <br> <br>/!\ Supply:<br>A: Mostly daily<br>G: Plenty of stock (option: from the West Bank)<br> <br> <br>== Escape possibilities::<br>A+G: None (high fence, immediately shooting guards)<br> <br> <br>== Conduct of guards:<br>A+G: Relentless; rape, torture, theft of possessions<br> <br> <br>== Independent supervision:<br>A+G: None (access by independent watchers and reporters is prohibited)</p><p>Edited 21:44 UTC to add: "Israeli parliament passes law paving the way for Al Jazeera closure" (<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/1/israeli-pm-netanyahu-revives-push-to-shut-down-al-jazeera" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/1/is</span><span class="invisible">raeli-pm-netanyahu-revives-push-to-shut-down-al-jazeera</span></a>)<br> <br> <br>/!\ Agony:<br>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)<br>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)<br> <br> <br>== Basic necessities:<br>A+G: Hardly any water and foodl; dehydration (G: summer is on its way), starvation, no medicaments, no sanitary means and provisions<br> <br> <br>/!\ Roof:<br>A: Barracks<br>G: DiY (without money, no DiY shops and no airco)<br> <br> <br>== Tasks:<br>A+G: Scraping together food and throw dead bodies in mass graves<br> <br> <br>Do *YOU* (any reader if this post) keep looking away? Have a memorable eastern.</p><p><a href="https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/auschwitz" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">history.com/topics/world-war-i</span><span class="invisible">i/auschwitz</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/omerawan/2024/03/24/children-in-gaza-are-starving-heres-how-starvation-can-affect-a-childs-health/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">forbes.com/sites/omerawan/2024</span><span class="invisible">/03/24/children-in-gaza-are-starving-heres-how-starvation-can-affect-a-childs-health/</span></a></p><p>cc: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.nz/@jeremy_pm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jeremy_pm</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/diff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diff</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/concentrationCamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>concentrationCamp</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Auschwitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Auschwitz</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/happyeaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>happyeaster</span></a></p>