Billy

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Elio Abou Hanna, 24, was shot and killed by an armed Palestinian patrol in the eastern part of Shatila camp on Saturday night, after inadvertently entering the area while driving home from Beirut’s Badaro neighborhood. Seriously injured, he was taken to a hospital in Beirut’s southern suburbs, where he later succumbed to his wounds. The killing has sparked widespread outrage on social media and across Lebanon.

[–] Billy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago

I'll add that from what I've seen, about half of the Israelis get an exemption for various reasons.
(Physical or mental issues, religion - Muslims are exempted by default and almost all ultra-orthodox Jews, pacifists, etc)

[–] Billy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

You're thinking of right wingers.
You can find quotes of centrists like Yair Lapid decrying harming innocent Palestinians, and calling WB settlers "Jewish terrorists".

And that's without mentioning Israel's left wing politicians.

[–] Billy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

The ones who were quoted are either center or right wing.
And even the centrists have been calling to get out of Gaza for over a year now

[–] Billy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago

Great.
Next up, Taiwan.

[–] Billy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 7 months ago

He was removed in 2022 and barely got back in the last election (Current gov was elected with 49.5% of the voters). Plus for the last 2 years, the polls show the gov parties don't have nearly enough support to get reelected.
Problem is there's a high chance they'll interfere with the elections.

And this will have to come with some measures or support for deradicalized education and support for joint Palestinian-Israeli organizations that bring people together like Standing Together, Combatants for Peace, etc.

[–] Billy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Most Israelis are Mizrahi Jews without any connection to Europe

 

EDIT: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-iran-launch-more-barrages-israel-aims-wipe-out-tehrans-nuclear-program-2025-06-13/

A missile fired from Yemen by the Iran-backed Houthi militia, killed five Palestinians including three children in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent.

[–] Billy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

Nope, he was always in Gaza.
Mousa abu Marzouk and Khaled Mashaal are the ones in Qatar (and previously, Haniyeh).

[–] Billy@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 2 years ago

That's crazy because I've heard Israelis assert the exact opposite.

Yes, religious extremists exist also in Israel.

There's a certain dramatic irony in funding UNRWA, paying Israel to bomb UNRWA, and then claiming you're the only folks providing aid to Palestinians.

I'm not the one who wrote USA is the only one providing aid.
What you quoted is the reality. The bulk of the funding over the years has been from the USA and the EU.

[–] Billy@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

So Palestinians are Hamas?
Why is Iran not helping Fatah?
Their support of Hamas is on ideological grounds. Israel is holy waqf land that belongs to Muslims and should be cleansed from Jews.

Even when Egypt had sovereignty over Gaza they made sure to prevent Palestinians from going to Egypt.

Tunnels from Lebanon... to Gaza..? Where'd you read that?
Hezbollah begun bombing Israel in support of Hamas. They're also funded by Iran (much more than Hamas though).
Meanwhile Palestinians live in camps in Lebanon. Some of those walled and surrounded by watchtowers.
They have less rights there than anyone else (including refugees and migrant workers), despite living there for 3 generations at this point.

Turkey under Erdogan has been mostly hosting Hamas leaders while bombing Kurds in Syria.

I don't think much needs to be said about Assad.

The only country in the area which actually helped Palestinians was Jordan. Although that also changed for a while after Black September.

Most of UNRWA's funding over the years has come from the EU and USA.