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What is most sickening is that the half of the population of Gaza are children statistic gets banded around without anyone stopping to acknowledge how unusual it is to have such a high percentage of a population be children, nor how that statistic came to be. It isn't happening by magic.
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No they aren't. They stood up in a room full of fanboys, shouted some things no one heard because of the fanboy chanting and were immediately removed from the room by the secret service/building security. They achieved nothing positive and never stood to. These kinds of people are an embarrassment to the cause.
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@abdullahc6931 From the west? BDS + don't vote for people who aren't good representatives in the first place. Here's the big thing you have to understand Abdullah, average people can do very little to change Israel particularly people in the west. Actual change has to come from within the region and must be undertaken from a nation state level. Here we're talking for example a coordinated blockade on Israel from it's border countries and those countries whose territorial waters lie in the red sea passage, until Israel agrees to end the blockade on Gaza. Similarly south africa has just demonstrated that the ICJ is open to working towards justice. It is embarrassing that it was SA whom brought the case and not the arab league. An OPEC oil embargo on western countries until they agree to stop arming Israel would likewise go a long way. There is much that could be done, but very little that actually is. Because the truth is its been the official policy of the region to not intervene on behalf of the Palestinians since 1967. Without nation state champions willing to lay it all line and leave the possibility of military action on the table Palestine has no chance. I don't believe in a two state solution, it would just be a constant itch that couldn't be scratched for both sides and that simply will only lead to terrible things if it happened. More likely though it would never be possible. A single state solution with equality however has real potential to work, assuming a new name both sides are happy with could be chosen and a just democracy was formed.
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@muaazansari4515 I completely disagree. These acts actively undermine support for the cause because all rational people are disgusted by those kinds of people. It doesn't matter how truthful or just the cause is, that kind of behaviour is uncivilised. Indeed, the way you are all becoming defensive is the same thing that happens in these situations.
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@noum3877 The more people behave in this manner, the more difficult it becomes to convince anyone of the cause. Indeed, the more people are turned away from the cause because of this kind of behaviour. As I said previously, general citizens in the west will have very little actual impact outside boycotts, legitimate lobbying and elections. The bulk of this has to come from the region at the nation state level, particularly the neighbouring countries
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Today we got news that Joe Biden had been pushing Israel for a 2 week "humanitarian pause" because Israel wouldn't even consider a ceasefire for a moment. Biden couldn't even secure 3 days, instead he got 4 hours where a humanitarian corridor will exist but the attacks will continue. I don't think even the US and UK have control of this anymore. Even if they stop funding (and I note the $14Bn funding bill has not passed congress, I don't this that would stop Israel. Zionism is a disease of the mind, once infected no one can talk any kind of reason.
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