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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1447357)	3/18/2024 2:35:32 PM
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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1447357)	3/18/2024 3:29:59 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 1572678

Wharfie, I disagree; unless Trump wins, I think we're gonna force that on them, even if it means abstaining on a UN vote to sanction them. The original context of my question was meant to be more long-term, but I guess I didn't make that clear. Short-term, the war in Gaza will end. It's just a matter of time. Long-term, we're gonna go through another 20 years where the Palestinians raise yet another generation of "freedom fighters." Lather, rinse, repeat. "This is 2024" will turn into "This is 2044" ... Tenchusatsu

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1447357)	3/18/2024 4:18:07 PM
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Xiden (aka genocide Joe) just watched Netti leap over his "red line" I disagree; unless Trump wins, I think we're gonna force that on them, even if it means abstaining on a UN vote to sanction them. One symptom of TDS is the inability to understand what is happening right in front of the world. "Speaking at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting on 17 March, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out at the "international community" for pressuring Israel to stop its war on Gaza before its objectives have been achieved. "No amount of international pressure will stop us from realizing all the goals of the war: eliminating Hamas, releasing all our hostages, and ensuring that Gaza will no longer pose a threat against Israel," insisted Netanyahu. "We must not give in to these pressures, and we will not give in to them," Netanyahu stressed. Netanyahu also vowed to move forward with an invasion of Rafah, which aid groups have warned will be a "bloodbath" due to the over 1 million displaced Palestinians sheltering there. "It will take a few weeks, and it will happen," Netanyahu said. "Those who say that the operation in Rafah will not happen are the same ones who said that we will not enter Gaza, that we will not operate in Shifa, that we will not operate in Khan Yunis, and that we will not resume fighting after the [weeklong November] ceasefire," Netanyahu claimed. Netanyahu was apparently speaking in response to calls from US Senate Majority Chuck Schumer, a Jewish Democrat and strong supporter of Israel, who called for early elections in Israel to replace Netanyahu. Schumer said Netanyahu has "lost his way" and was an "obstacle to peace" amid Israel's ongoing mass killing and starving of Palestinians in Gaza." https://thecradle.co/articles/netanyahu-lashes-out-in-response-to-us-criticism +++++++++ Gaza aid trucks face ‘deliberate’ 20-day delay by Israel: OxfamThe UK-based NGO said Gaza needs five times the amount of aid that has been allowed in to meet minimum living needs News Desk MAR 18, 2024 (Photo Credit: Anadolu Ajansi) Anti-poverty NGO Oxfam released a report on 17 March showing that Israel is deliberately worsening the humanitarian crisis in Gaza by actively obstructing aid delivery and leaving trucks stranded for weeks. The Israeli authorities “are leading a dysfunctional and undersized inspection system that keeps aid snarled up, subjected to onerous, repetitive and unpredictable bureaucratic procedures that are contributing to trucks being stranded in giant queues for 20 days on average,” the report reads. Oxfam says that the provisions demanded by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) should have “shocked Israeli leaders” into taking immediate action to prevent further catastrophe in Gaza. However, the NGO writes that the conditions in Gaza have evidently worsened since the ICJ ruling. “The fact that other governments have not challenged Israel hard enough but instead turned to less effective methods like airdrops and maritime corridors is a huge red flag, signaling that Israel continues to deny the full potential of better ways to deliver more aid,” writes Sally Abi Khalil, Oxfam Middle East and North Africa Director. Abi Khalil continues to say that “Israeli authorities are not only failing to facilitate the international aid effort but are actively hindering it. We believe that Israel is failing to take all measures within its power to prevent genocide.” Israel is routinely rejecting aid items due to them having ' dual [military] use,' Israeli authorities entirely banned vital fuel and generators along with other vital humanitarian response items like protective gear and communications kits. “Much rejected aid must go through a complex 'pre-approval' system or end up being held in limbo at the Al-Arish warehouse in Egypt,” the report states. Oxfam’s report states that Israel has, over 157 days of its war on Gaza, allowed 15,413 trucks into the besieged enclave. The NGO claims that Gaza’s population needs five times more than that number just to be able to meet minimum needs. In February, Israel allowed in 2,874 trucks, a 44 percent reduction from the month prior. Israel’s military actions have also created such a state of crisis that “only the state of Israel can fix it,” Abi Khalil says. The report states that “Israel has rendered nowhere in Gaza safe amid the forcible and often multiple displacements of almost the entire population,” hindering the distribution of aid and the provision of vital public services by humanitarian agencies. Oxfam states that Israel’s attacks are “ disproportionate and indiscriminate upon civilian and humanitarian assets” – including people, solar, water, power, and sanitation plants, hospitals, aid convoys, and warehouses – even when these assets have been marked for protection. “We’re so frustrated in our helplessness and inability to actually get enough aid into Gaza. For the first few weeks, we managed to procure whatever we could from local markets. Now, there is almost nothing,” said Celine Maayeh, an advocacy and research officer at Juzoor for Health and Social Development. Israel's violent attacks on Gaza have continued as in the early hours of 18 March, the army conducted new raids on the Al-Shiafa Hospital, the Gaza health ministry reported that the raid caused a “number of martyrs and wounded” and that whoever “tries to move is targeted by sniper bullets and quadcopters.”