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peppertree

(23,129 posts) Mon Oct 16, 2023, 02:55 PM Oct 2023

U.K. Defense Secretary laughing during speech about Israel sparks backlash

British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps and Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden faced backlash for appearing to laugh during Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's remarks about the war between Israel and Hamas.

On October 7, Hamas led the deadliest Palestinian attack on Israel in history. Israel subsequently launched its heaviest-ever airstrikes against Gaza.

The Associated Press reported that as of Monday afternoon, at least 1,400 people in Israel and at least 2,778 people in Gaza have been killed since the fighting erupted.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country is "at war" and cut off supplies of food, fuel, electricity and medicine into Gaza. He has vowed to "demolish Hamas," ordering 1.1 million people in northern Gaza to relocate to the south.

At: https://www.newsweek.com/british-defense-secretary-laughs-israel-speech-grant-shapps-1835105

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U.K. Defense Secretary laughing during speech about Israel sparks backlash (Original Post) peppertree Oct 2023 OP

F**K twitter, run by the twit. Who knows what they were discussing? and another reason why JohnSJ Oct 2023 #1

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1. F**K twitter, run by the twit. Who knows what they were discussing? and another reason why

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Mon Oct 16, 2023, 03:01 PM

Oct 2023

Newsweek just another rag, who some may not remember gave John Eastman the opportunity to push his BS how it is perfectly legal to overturn the 2020 election before the January 6 attempt to overthrow the government.

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