[CONSOLIDATED] Israel & Palestine Hamas conflict updates [History Discussion and stirring against any religion NOT ALLOWED]

Who’s fault is it that Palestine are suffering/dying now

  • Israel

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jerry_doit

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nope. I maintain my stand total deaths are accurate.

you on the other hand had your argument that the figures cannot be trusted defeated with no comeback.

missquote is miss quote, no need to twist here and there.

And the figures are assumed to be mostly if not all are civilians. That's why Israel is pressured by USA even to stop the killings.

Sham also made his statement with this in mind i will say. If not he won't be so direct to label the Israelis as indiscriminating killing people.

Why this assertion? Hamas fighters all hid underground during the bombings in their tunnels. You will think they so stupid to stay on top to get killed by Airstrikes?


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Shan did not label Israel of indiscriminate killings. He accused Israel of acting contrary to international laws e.g. The settlements and the severe restrictions. He then stated what are illegal but stopped short of directly accusing Isreal of collective punishment, displacing people, etc. He probably stopped short as these crimes are not fully verified and attributed.
 

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IDF has released multiple photos and videos of schools with rocket placements in the current conflict.

using the UNRWA example is to show that even a Palestinian-staffed organization has had to, at some point in the past, admit the same. Even though they are trying their darndest to deny the truth now.

UNRWA STRONGLY CONDEMNS PLACEMENT OF ROCKETS IN SCHOOL​


17 July 2014

AGENCY DEMANDS FULL RESPECT FOR THE SANCTITY OF ITS PREMISES IN GAZA​

East Jerusalem
Yesterday, in the course of the regular inspection of its premises, UNRWA discovered approximately 20 rockets hidden in a vacant school in the Gaza Strip.
UNRWA strongly condemns the group or groups responsible for placing the weapons in one of its installations. This is a flagrant violation of the inviolability of its premises under international law. This incident, which is the first of its kind in Gaza, endangered civilians including staff and put at risk UNRWA’s vital mission to assist and protect Palestine refugees in Gaza.

Immediately after discovery, the Agency informed the relevant parties and successfully took all necessary measures for the removal of the objects in order to preserve the safety and security of the school. UNRWA has launched a comprehensive investigation into the circumstances surrounding this incident.
UNRWA has strong, established procedures to maintain the neutrality of all its premises, including a strict no-weapons policy and routine inspections of its installations, to ensure they are only used for humanitarian purposes. UNRWA will uphold and further reinforce its procedures.
Palestinian civilians in Gaza rely on UNRWA to provide humanitarian assistance and shelter. At all times, and especially during escalations of violence, the sanctity and integrity of UN installations must be respected.

AFTERNOTE​

UNRWA Gaza Beach Elementary Co-educational “B” School on 16 July 2014
The Secretary-General convened a UN HQ Board of Inquiry (BOI) on 10 November 2014 in order to investigate a number of incidents between 8 July and 26 August 2014 affecting or involving United Nations personnel, premises and operations, including the report of the presence of weaponry at this school. The Secretary-General released a summary of the BOI report on 27 April 2015 (S/2015/286). The summary indicates that the items found were not rockets; the Board found that a 120 mm mortar tube, a mortar bipod and twenty 120 mm mortar-round containers, with ammunition, were discovered.

Please post the entire article instead of just the link to avoid misleading others.

You obviously never even read the article. It's a 2014 article.

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Shan did not label Israel of indiscriminate killings. He accused Israel of acting contrary to international laws e.g. The settlements and the severe restrictions. He then stated what are illegal but stopped short of directly accusing Isreal of collective punishment, displacing people, etc. He probably stopped short as these crimes are not fully verified and attributed.

Plus you , itz already 5 person who corrected him what shan actually said. Don't think the user will change his stance that " Sham also made his statement with this in mind i will say. If not he won't be so direct to label the Israelis as indiscriminating killing people." The user will keep insist shan said Israel indiscriminate kill people. This is how misinformation works.
 
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Read what you quote carefully.

Kindly point out to me,

First, where did I claim that " Shanmugam is highlighting that Israel is currently commiting indiscriminate killing of civilians.." - as claimed by you?

Secondly, please note what I wrote:

"By the same token Israeli forces' purported 'target Hamas' firing of missiles from Israel to Gaza is just as wrong, unacceptable and unjustifiable."




Again, I would appreciate it if you could refrain from putting words into my mouth. This is not the first time you are doing this, don't make it a habit. :mad:

Ah good good that means you were just merely providing an opinion of Sham's opinion which is fine (although now the opinion of a possible opinion really starts to lose value), although this means u will differ from below

Literally that's what he said and meant.

nope. I maintain my stand total deaths are accurate.

you on the other hand had your argument that the figures cannot be trusted defeated with no comeback.

missquote is miss quote, no need to twist here and there.

And the figures are assumed to be mostly if not all are civilians. That's why Israel is pressured by USA even to stop the killings.

Sham also made his statement with this in mind i will say. If not he won't be so direct to label the Israelis as indiscriminating killing people.

Why this assertion? Hamas fighters all hid underground during the bombings in their tunnels. You will think they so stupid to stay on top to get killed by Airstrikes?


Cheers

Good to note that one person now doesn't see it as Sham making a determination of Israel committing indiscriminate killing whilst the other is sticking to it that sham is indeed making a determination from above.

Interestingly since even in the two cases above we already have two contrasting understanding of Sham statement, one of you have to then be wrong and fortunately I think most of the rest of us here are leaning towards sham speaking his opinion and not directly making a determination... So unfortunately trying to use Sham statement to prop up your argument would fail since only one person seems to be taking it in the context that you are using (and that is yourself)

Anyway can see how you are trying to squrim out of admitting that you thought the 10k deaths were purely civilian numbers (yet still now finally knowing there is yet for the numbers to be categorized) so can just leave it out there for memory but anyway at least in future u will be more careful and instead highlight it as total deaths so that is more accurate and good to work off on anyway (so mission accomplished)

I think only you are assuming this though

"And the figures are assumed to be mostly if not all are civilians." so u should be clear that it is just merely your assumption
 

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https://www.reuters.com/world/middl...s-hostage-deal-closer-than-before-2023-11-21/

GAZA/JERUSALEM, Nov 21 (Reuters) - The chief of Hamas told Reuters on Tuesday that the Palestinian militant group was near a truce agreement with Israel, even as the deadly assault on Gaza continued and rockets were being fired into Israel.

Hamas officials were "close to reaching a truce agreement" with Israel and the group has delivered its response to Qatari mediators, Ismail Haniyeh said in a statement sent to Reuters by his aide.


The statement gave no more details, but a Hamas official told Al Jazeera TV that negotiations were centred on how long the truce would last, arrangements for delivery of aid into Gaza and the exchange of Israeli hostages held by Hamas for Palestinian prisoners in Israel.

Both sides would free women and children and details would be announced by Qatar, which is mediating in the negotiations, said the official, Issat el Reshiq.


Israel has generally avoided giving commentary on the status of the Qatar-led talks. Israel's Channel 12 television quoted an unidentified senior government source saying "they are close" but giving no further details.

Hamas took about 240 hostages during its Oct. 7 rampage into Israel that killed 1,200 people.

Mirjana Spoljaric, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), met Haniyeh in Qatar on Monday to "advance humanitarian issues" related to the conflict, the Geneva-based ICRC said in a statement. She also separately met Qatari authorities.


The ICRC said it was not part of negotiations aimed at releasing the hostages, but as a neutral intermediary it was ready "to facilitate any future release that the parties agree to".

Talk of an imminent hostage deal has swirled for days. Reuters reported last week that Qatari mediators were seeking a deal for Hamas to release 50 hostages in return for Israel freeing some prisoners and a three-day ceasefire.


Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Herzog said on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday that he hoped for an agreement "in the coming days", while Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said that the remaining sticking points were "very minor". U.S. President Joe Biden and other U.S. officials said on Monday a deal was near.

The Hamas raid on Oct. 7, the deadliest day in Israel's 75-year-old history, prompted Israel to invade Gaza to annihilate the militant group that has ruled there since 2007.


Since then, Gaza's Hamas-run government says at least 13,300 Palestinians have been confirmed killed, including at least 5,600 children, by Israeli bombardment that has turned much of Gaza, especially its northern half, into wasteland.

Around two-thirds of Gaza's 2.3 million people have been made homeless, with thousands a day still trekking south on foot with belongings and children in their arms. The central and southern parts of the enclave, where Israel has told them to go, have also regularly come under attack.


Reporting by Reuters bureaux; Writing by Idrees Ali, Raju Gopalakrishnan, Peter Graff; Editing by Cynthia Osterman, Simon Cameron-Moore and Alex Richardson
 

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Ah good good that means you were just merely providing an opinion of Sham's opinion which is fine (although now the opinion of a possible opinion really starts to lose value), although this means u will differ from below





Good to note that one person now doesn't see it as Sham making a determination of Israel committing indiscriminate killing whilst the other is sticking to it that sham is indeed making a determination from above.

Interestingly since even in the two cases above we already have two contrasting understanding of Sham statement, one of you have to then be wrong and fortunately I think most of the rest of us here are leaning towards sham speaking his opinion and not directly making a determination... So unfortunately trying to use Sham statement to prop up your argument would fail since only one person seems to be taking it in the context that you are using (and that is yourself)

Anyway can see how you are trying to squrim out of admitting that you thought the 10k deaths were purely civilian numbers (yet still now finally knowing there is yet for the numbers to be categorized) so can just leave it out there for memory but anyway at least in future u will be more careful and instead highlight it as total deaths so that is more accurate and good to work off on anyway (so mission accomplished)

I think only you are assuming this though

"And the figures are assumed to be mostly if not all are civilians." so u should be clear that it is just merely your assumption
Thank you for admitting that Shan's opinion is in the context which I had been saying here all along.

And even if it's Shan's opinion, as a government office holder, his opinion holds way more weight then yours and a few others here definitely.

So yes his opinion does upheld mine here.

And btw, from day one, i had NEVER stated explicitly that everyone of the 11000 or (12000 dead) now are all 100% civilians.

You tried to misquote the one line i typed "Israel did absolutely nothing to prevent or minimize civilian deaths. This is a fact now with over 10k deaths in Gaza." Please refer to below article.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/wor...rike-bombing-civilian-children-deaths-3892096

Civilian deaths from Israel's air strikes in Gaza raise questions about proportional response, say experts​

Mass civilian deaths from Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip raise questions about the proportionality of Israel’s response, even as Israel says those strikes target Hamas’ underground infrastructure, military and security experts told CNA.

More than 9,000 people, mainly women and children, have been killed in Israel’s retaliatory bombings in Gaza, according to the territory’s Hamas-controlled health ministry.

Israel bombarded Gaza and tightened its blockade of the territory after a surprise attack by the militant group Hamas on Oct 7. Israel has said at least 1,400 Israelis were killed and more than 200 hostages taken in that attack.

“It’s not targeting civilians by definition ... but it’s indiscriminate in that the Israelis don’t care if civilians get killed or not. And they’re very clear about that,” Dr James M Dorsey, senior fellow at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), said of the air strikes.


https://www.care-international.org/...n-and-children-care-warns-un-security-council

"70% of those killed in Gaza are women and children", CARE warns the UN Security Council​


It is generally understood that most deaths of Israeli airstrikes are civilians. Therefore contributing to the total number of dead counted. So my statement is not wrong.

Also since you deemed the literal intepretation of Shan's statement is wrong, maybe you can post your interpretation of the context of his opinions.

"In the context of what is now happening in Gaza: Israel has a right of self-defence. But this right does not extend to indiscriminate killing of civilians, or mass displacement of entire populations. Collective punishment is also illegal. "


I wonder what mission you had accomplished when you all you did was to prove I was consistent with my posts here all along.


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Thank you for admitting that Shan's opinion is in the context which I had been saying here all along.

And even if it's Shan's opinion, as a government office holder, his opinion holds way more weight then yours and a few others here definitely.

So yes his opinion does upheld mine here.

And btw, from day one, i had NEVER stated explicitly that everyone of the 11000 or (12000 dead) now are all 100% civilians.

You tried to misquote the one line i typed "Israel did absolutely nothing to prevent or minimize civilian deaths. This is a fact now with over 10k deaths in Gaza." Please refer to below article.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/wor...rike-bombing-civilian-children-deaths-3892096

Civilian deaths from Israel's air strikes in Gaza raise questions about proportional response, say experts​

Mass civilian deaths from Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip raise questions about the proportionality of Israel’s response, even as Israel says those strikes target Hamas’ underground infrastructure, military and security experts told CNA.

More than 9,000 people, mainly women and children, have been killed in Israel’s retaliatory bombings in Gaza, according to the territory’s Hamas-controlled health ministry.

Israel bombarded Gaza and tightened its blockade of the territory after a surprise attack by the militant group Hamas on Oct 7. Israel has said at least 1,400 Israelis were killed and more than 200 hostages taken in that attack.

“It’s not targeting civilians by definition ... but it’s indiscriminate in that the Israelis don’t care if civilians get killed or not. And they’re very clear about that,” Dr James M Dorsey, senior fellow at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), said of the air strikes.


https://www.care-international.org/...n-and-children-care-warns-un-security-council

"70% of those killed in Gaza are women and children", CARE warns the UN Security Council​


It is generally understood that most deaths of Israeli airstrikes are civilians. Therefore contributing to the total number of dead counted. So my statement is not wrong.

Also since you deemed the literal intepretation of Shan's statement is wrong, maybe you can post your interpretation of the context of his opinions.

"In the context of what is now happening in Gaza: Israel has a right of self-defence. But this right does not extend to indiscriminate killing of civilians, or mass displacement of entire populations. Collective punishment is also illegal. "


I wonder what mission you had accomplished when you all you did was to prove I was consistent with my posts here all along.


Cheers.

Erm no one else here thinks sham opinion is what you want it to be.

I know that is what you hope, but it seems like no one else understands it like u

So as far as the rest of the us is concerned sham is in agreement with the rest of us

Just like how you think that your earlier statement of number of deaths that you thought is just civilian numbers now you have to walk it back

"It is generally understood that most deaths of Israeli airstrikes are civilians." again this is just an assertion and u already admitted that the numbers are not yet categorized.

So which part you want to backtrack to?

I mean in this whole context and development of Israel's war on terror, there is already a lot of backtracking for those who support Hamas
 

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Erm no one else here thinks sham opinion is what you want it to be.

I know that is what you hope, but it seems like no one else understands it like u

So as far as the rest of the us is concerned sham is in agreement with the rest of us

Just like how you think that your earlier statement of number of deaths that you thought is just civilian numbers now you have to walk it back

"It is generally understood that most deaths of Israeli airstrikes are civilians." again this is just an assertion and u already admitted that the numbers are not yet categorized.

So which part you want to backtrack to?

I mean in this whole context and development of Israel's war on terror, there is already a lot of backtracking for those who support Hamas
If you can't even give me your very own logical interpretation of what sham said then you can't say my literal interpretation of his stand on the matter is wrong isn't it?

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If you can't even give me your very own logical interpretation of what sham said then you can't say my literal interpretation of his stand on the matter is wrong isn't it?

Cheers.
I don't need to, cause tons of other people already gave it to you and it is more or less identical.

This is probably why you would misconstrue sham to actually be supporting you as compared to all the other folks that interpret it for you already...

In essence though it is possible to state you are wrong by stating how u are wrong, there is no need to give my own interpretation (although it is already same as the other folks anyway so you can scroll up to read, you have done that right?)
 

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I don't need to, cause tons of other people already gave it to you and it is more or less identical.

This is probably why you would misconstrue sham to actually be supporting you as compared to all the other folks that interpret it for you already...

In essence though it is possible to state you are wrong by stating how u are wrong, there is no need to give my own interpretation (although it is already same as the other folks anyway so you can scroll up to read, you have done that right?)
I totally disagree with what you claim here. If you want to refute me then use your own interpretation instead?

anyway additional information for you to ponder on.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/information-missteps-led-questions-israels-credibility-rcna125723

Information missteps have led to questions about Israel’s credibility​


https://theintercept.com/2023/11/21/al-shifa-hospital-hamas-israel/

AL-SHIFA HOSPITAL, HAMAS’S TUNNELS, AND ISRAELI PROPAGANDA​


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I cross check about the green house and according to NBNC News, it is true that donors donated to purchase these greenhouses to donate to the Authority to keep running their economy. I am unable to cross check the suicide bombing 3 sons.
 

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ABOUT THE DEAL

1. 50 living Israelis will be released in beats of 12-13 each day during the 4 days of respite. It is possible that more nationalities will be released, but they will not be at the expense of the quota of 50 Israelis.

2. During the ceasefire, Hamas will try to locate more abductees, estimating that it can locate up to 80 women and children.

3. An additional day of respite will be given for every additional ten that are released.

4. Kidnappers not in Hamas hands will also be released, Hamas is responsible for bringing them.

5. Murderers will not be released from Israeli prison.

6. The population of Gaza will not be allowed to return to the north of the Gaza Strip.

7. Fuel will enter the Gaza Strip, but only on the days of the ceasefire.

8. Fighting will resume immediately upon the end of the truce.

9. Collecting intelligence from the air will be suspended for 6 hours each day.

10. All the security branches - the IDF, Shin Bet and Mossad - supported the deal. The War Cabinet unanimously supports.

11. Israel insisted for two weeks not to accept the original proposal of Hamas.

12. After the deal is approved by the government, 24 hours will be given to petitions against it, after which it will be launched.
 

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Read what Shan stated carefully.

He doesn’t actually say what you think/claim he said. 😂

At no point does he state that Israel has committed acts of indiscriminate killing. He is talking in hypotheticals.
Indeed Shan didn't explicitly say Israel has committed acts of indiscriminate killing.. But did you notice he had added, "in the context of what is now happening in Gaza"?

So you sure he's just talking in "hypotheticals"?

https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...indiscriminate-killing-of-civilians-shanmugam
SINGAPORE - Israel has a right to self-defence, but this does not extend to indiscriminate killing of civilians or mass displacement of entire populations, said Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam.

Collective punishment is also illegal, he said, in the context of what is now happening in Gaza.

Mr Shanmugam said in a Facebook post on Nov 18: “The scale of the tragedy in Gaza is immense. Thousands being killed. Devastation (on) this scale is very difficult to accept.”
 
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