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Gaugamela

(2,658 posts) Mon Oct 9, 2023, 05:49 PM Oct 2023

"Hell on Earth": Mehdi Hasan reveals what life is like in occupied Gaza

Ahead of what many expect to be a ground operation into the densely populated coastal territory, Mehdi explains what life is already like in Gaza, home to 2.2 million people, nearly half of them children.

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"Hell on Earth": Mehdi Hasan reveals what life is like in occupied Gaza (Original Post) Gaugamela Oct 2023 OP

Gee, Mehdi you're bias is showing... agingdem Oct 2023 #1

Except T_A Oct 2023 #2

As a child of Holocaust survivors (Auschwitz) with family agingdem Oct 2023 #12

Don't Know What That Has To Do With My Post T_A Oct 2023 #13

Palistine was already an oasis WhiteTara Oct 2023 #5

Mehdi's remarks are quite balanced, but of course you wouldn't Gaugamela Oct 2023 #8

Gaza is not occupied. speak easy Oct 2023 #3

If you watch the video Mehdi addresses that canard. Gaugamela Oct 2023 #6

If the border with Egypt was open, would you still say speak easy Oct 2023 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author speak easy Oct 2023 #11

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Oct 2023 #4

of course they always leave out the 1967 and 1973 unprovoked wars by the Arabs to destroy Israel. JohnSJ Oct 2023 #7

Those wars weren't started by the Palestinians. Not sure what the missing money Gaugamela Oct 2023 #10

They were told and encouraged by those Arab neighbors NOT to make peace with Israel. It wasn't JohnSJ Oct 2023 #14

I'm not taking sides. Aussie105 Oct 2023 #15

agingdem

(8,541 posts)

1. Gee, Mehdi you're bias is showing...

Reply to Gaugamela (Original post)

Mon Oct 9, 2023, 05:54 PM

Oct 2023

here's the thing...Israelis took a rock and turned into an oasis... Palestinians took a rock and turned it into a haven for terrorists....and yes, my bias is showing...

T_A

(604 posts)

2. Except

Reply to agingdem (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 9, 2023, 06:00 PM

Oct 2023

only one of them is under Illegal Military Occupation and living in the largest open-air prison on the planet, overseen by the other one.

agingdem

(8,541 posts)

12. As a child of Holocaust survivors (Auschwitz) with family

Reply to T_A (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 9, 2023, 06:28 PM

Oct 2023

living in Israel and still mourning the loss of two cousins who had the audacity to go out for a cup of coffee, I'm long past caring about the blight of the Palestinians..Israel has been under siege since it's birth 75 years ago, Arab states refusing to recognize it's existence...I can't stand Bibi but if bombing Hamas back to the Stone Age as retaliation for the wanton killing of the innocent then so be it...

T_A

(604 posts)

13. Don't Know What That Has To Do With My Post

Reply to agingdem (Reply #12)

Mon Oct 9, 2023, 06:34 PM

Oct 2023

WhiteTara

(30,166 posts)

5. Palistine was already an oasis

Reply to agingdem (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 9, 2023, 06:12 PM

Oct 2023

for hundreds of years, Palestine was full of olive and orange groves. Pastoral life should not be denigrated. JMHO. So many Israelie generals turned that land into a haven for terrorists.

You admire the Ukrainians, but vilify the Palestinians. Same deal for each of them. It doesn't matter who took their land, it is still gone and 2.2 million people are crammed into a tiny parcel of land that shrinks weekly as "settlers" with guns pointed at them all day long take their land and destroy their homes.

Gaugamela

(2,658 posts)

8. Mehdi's remarks are quite balanced, but of course you wouldn't

Reply to agingdem (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 9, 2023, 06:17 PM

Oct 2023

know unless you actually watch the video.

speak easy

(10,512 posts)

3. Gaza is not occupied.

Reply to Gaugamela (Original post)

Mon Oct 9, 2023, 06:07 PM

Oct 2023

Gaugamela

(2,658 posts)

6. If you watch the video Mehdi addresses that canard.

Reply to speak easy (Reply #3)

Mon Oct 9, 2023, 06:15 PM

Oct 2023

speak easy

(10,512 posts)

9. If the border with Egypt was open, would you still say

Reply to Gaugamela (Reply #6)

Mon Oct 9, 2023, 06:21 PM

Oct 2023

'Gaza is occupied?'

Response to Gaugamela (Reply #6)

speak easy This message was self-deleted by its author.

Uncle Joe

(60,148 posts)

4. Kicked and recommended.

Reply to Gaugamela (Original post)

Mon Oct 9, 2023, 06:07 PM

Oct 2023

Thanks for the thread Gaugamela

JohnSJ

(96,549 posts)

7. of course they always leave out the 1967 and 1973 unprovoked wars by the Arabs to destroy Israel.

Reply to Gaugamela (Original post)

Mon Oct 9, 2023, 06:16 PM

Oct 2023

They tried to destroy Israel, and as a result of those wars, Israel captured land. Prior to that Jews were not allowed into Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights was used to launch missiles constantly into Israel.

They also never talk about the millions of missing dollars intended for the Palestinians. Where did that money go?

Gaugamela

(2,658 posts)

10. Those wars weren't started by the Palestinians. Not sure what the missing money

Reply to JohnSJ (Reply #7)

Mon Oct 9, 2023, 06:22 PM

Oct 2023

has to do with anything. The Pentagon can’t even pass an audit.

JohnSJ

(96,549 posts)

14. They were told and encouraged by those Arab neighbors NOT to make peace with Israel. It wasn't

Reply to Gaugamela (Reply #10)

Mon Oct 9, 2023, 06:35 PM

Oct 2023

done a vacuum.

Are for millions, from Arafat to others have been implicated. This has to do with corruption among the Palestinian leadership.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/feb/06/israel

Aussie105

(6,265 posts)

15. I'm not taking sides.

Reply to Gaugamela (Original post)

Mon Oct 9, 2023, 07:28 PM

Oct 2023

No point in finger pointing at current or historic events.
So I have nothing to say.

Other than this:
It is a mess, civilians are and will suffer as always in war, and there is no solution in sight.

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