The Israeli embassy has admitted that a tweet sent by one of its senior diplomats suggesting Ireland funded Hamas tunnels in Gaza was âwrongâ and did not reflect its governmentâs policy.
In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Sunday, Adi Ophir Maoz, the deputy head of mission in Dublin, stated: â#Ireland Wondering who funded those tunnels of terror? A short investigation direction - 1. Find a mirror 2. Direct it to yourself 3. VoilĂ â
They should just keep calling it twitter for fucks sake
At this point, both sides will begin to de escalate. There will be posturing and Israel will signal a ground invasion. Hamas needs to return the hostages and Netanyahu needs the hostages returned. Further escalation at this point will achieve nothing of value to either side. US/ China/ Russia and even Iran know pushing this further presents a danger of escalation beyond control. Everybody steps back, both sides declare a win, Gaza is re built and everybody waits for the next round in a battle that has gone on since the beginning of time.
Letâs hope you are right
For those watching the Middle East and concerned about a growing humanitarian crisis, The civil war in Yemen, backed by Iran/ Saudi on opposite sides which has claimed over 370,000 lives (roughly 60% through hunger) with an additional 5 million facing famine will get worse whilst the world watches Israel/ Gaza. For anyone asking why, In August of this year over 1 million barrels of oil were shipped from Yemen from a tanker in distress??. Yemen has reserves of some 3 billion barrels of oil and 17 trillion cubic feet of gas.
Open your eyes sheeple
And the UKâŚand the US
The UK hasnât been a player on the world stage in decades.
Channel 4 also referred to the apparently impending release of two (2) hostages. Not 50, as Israelâs i24 reported. Iâve never seen i24 but Iâm getting the strong impression their journalistic standards arenât very high.
Iâll field this one. No.
Itâll be interesting to see who will profit from that
I saw a claim Hamas have 500km of tunnels under Gaza. Iâd say it will be an unprecedented theatre of war.
Any chance we could get them in to build the Metro? Theyâd do it on time and under budget, and theyâd come cheap.
how does Hamas get the rockets\missiles that they fire in ? they seem to have a decent stock of them
Supposedly they made some of them from water pipes.
Mostly made themselves. They have dedicated under ground factories. Thatâs why they donât do a whole pile of damage, are easily shot down and prone to failure.
Hezzbolah have proper, laser guided stuff from Iran.
The military industrial stocks are a better bet for now Iâd say.
RAZ SEGAL: Thank you for having me.
I think that, indeed, what weâre seeing now in Gaza is a case of genocide. We have to understand that the U.N. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide from 1948 requires that we see special intent for genocide to happen. And to quote the convention, intent to destroy a group is defined as racial, ethnic, religious or national as such that is collectively, not just individuals. And this intent, as we just heard, is on full display by Israeli politicians and army officers since 7th of October. We heard Israelâs president. Itâs well-known what the Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on 9th of October declaring a complete siege on Gaza, cutting off water, food, fuel, stating that âWeâre fighting human animals,â and we will react âaccordingly.â He also said that âWe will eliminate everything.â We know that Israeli army spokesperson Daniel Hagari, for example, acknowledged wanton destruction and said explicitly, âThe emphasis on damage and not on accuracy.â So weâre seeing the special intent on full display. And really, I have to say, if this is not special intent to commit genocide, I really donât know what is.
So, when we look at the actions taken, the dropping of thousands and thousands of bombs in a couple of days, including phosphorus bombs, as we heard, on one of the most densely populated areas around the world, together with these proclamations of intent, this indeed constitutes genocidal killing, which is the first act, according to the convention, of genocide. And Israel, I must say, is also perpetrating act number two and three â that is, causing serious bodily or mental harm, and creating condition designed to bring about the destruction of the group by cutting off water, food, supply of energy, bombing hospitals, ordering the fast evictions of hospitals, which the World Health Organization has declared to be, quote, âa death sentence.â So, weâre seeing the combination of genocidal acts with special intent. This is indeed a textbook case of genocide.
cant be great quality