Comments by "nuqwestr" (@nuqwestr) on "Israel/Palestine: Social Media Vs The Truth - Sam Harris X Konstantin Kisin" video.

  1. Yes, Hamas took over in a military coup over Fatah 14 June 2007, 17 years ago this month.
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  2. UNOCHA just reduced the number of women and children dead by 42%. That makes the ratio 1:1 between combatant and civilian. Better than the US did in Mosel and Afghanistan. That ratio shows remarkable restraint in an urban war, where the opposition does not wear a uniform and hides among civilians.
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  3.  @Oneflyingchair  A wide-ranging study of civilian war deaths from 1700 to 1987 by William Eckhardt states: On the average, half of the deaths caused by war happened to civilians. The civilian percentage share of war-related deaths remained at about 50% from century to century. Israel is at the average, 1:1, based in UN numbers UNOCHA. That's remarkable restraint, and can be defended in ICC court.
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  4. Palestine was made free in 1919 by the loss of the Ottomans in WW1. Jews fought with the British and won sovereignty. Arabs did, too, but did not want to SHARE.
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  5. no, not that at all. check out Karl Popper on the definition.
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  6. ICC Warrant did not charge either side with "genocide", but did charge Hamas leaders with R@pe and T@ture. UNOCHA just lowered the number of women and children dead by 42%, making the ratio 1:1, which shows remarkable restraint in an urban conflict where the opposition does not wear a uniform and hides among civilians.
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  7.  @russetbulba3199  39 were innocent workers from Thailand. Two sons were shipped hom to father. The data reveals that on October 7, 38 children lost their lives, with three of them aged between 0 and 3 years old, and four between 3 and 6 years old. Additionally, 42 children were abducted in the Gaza Strip Hamas terrorists brutally murdered 39 Thai nationals, and kidnapped 31 Thai nationals to Gaza,” Hagari said. “Like them, other foreign nationals were abducted, including from Tanzania, Nepal, Mexico, the US, and France ICC Warrant charged Hamas leadership with Kidnapping, R@pae and T@rture, not Israel.
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  8. UNRWA is proof of what you say. The right of return for descendants is itself "ethnic cleansing" and the end of the Jewish state. Jews fought with Britain against the Turk in WW1 and paid for the land with their lives. They were willing to share, the Arabs were not.
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  9. For the "purpose of conversation", why did the ICC charge Hamas with R@pe and T@rutue but not Israel? Neither side was charged with genocide.
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  10. Zionism is just statism, just like Pan-Arabism, and the United States. Messianic Jews are the problem, not the Zionists.
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  11. Shifa is still there as a hospital, even after 7 Arab nations reported on the floor of the UN it had been destroyed by Israeli bombs and a 1000 people, mostly women and children were killed. How many of these false reports do you imagine there are, no Western media will embed with Hamas.
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  12. Palestine was TAKEN by the British from the Ottomans. Fact Check Five Jewish Battalions fought the Ottoman with the British in WW1 1919 Peace conference split the spoils of war, German borders contracted, Ottoman borders contracted Both Jews and Arabs rewarded with land to share from former Ottoman controlled Palestine Jews willing to share, Arabs did not, and do not.
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  13. ICC Warrant did not charge any leader with "genocide".
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  14.  @DavidVreeland-tr1dv  I'm all in with IDF/Israel but do not agree with this assessment. There are some in the war cabinet who would turn Gaza to glass. It's a coalition government, so that keeps action in check, unlike how it works with its neighbors.
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  15. "Do you approve or disapprove of the military action Israel has taken in Gaza?" That was the question in March.
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  16. "Majority in U.S. Say Israel Has Valid Reasons for Fighting; Fewer Say the Same About Hamas" - Pew Research 3/2024 PR war going to Hamas with under 30 crowd who have been taught to hate America, too.
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  17.  @mindymild  I agree Harris is not accurate in this case, I read deeper into the March Pew report, and the PR war goes to Hamas.
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  18. "Simple" but not factual. The Jewish League, 5 battations, fought with the British against the Ottomans in WW1. The land TAKEN from the Ottomans was put under MANDATE by the League of Nations, some of which was administered by the British. A plan to share that land between both Jews allies and Arab allies was created, The Jews accepted, the Arabs did not. It was the ARAB who did not want to share, not the Jews. You have it backwards. Even the Palestinian flag is a symbol of that "not sharing", as are almost all the flags of the 22 Arab League states.
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  19. The Palestinian and Jordanian flags are symbols of "ethnic cleansing", not the Star of David. Learn what the BLACK, WHITE, GREEN mean, and the RED hoist. It stands for Pan-Arabism, no Jews. Jewish battalions fought with the British against the Turk in WW1 just like the Arabs. The land was TAKEN from the Turks. Jews wanted to share, Arabs did not.
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