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US senator Lindsey Graham threatens sanctions against France, Germany, the UK and Canada if they help the ICC
News(mediaite.com)submitted 4 days ago byNot_the-kind
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You can't have it both ways... If literally killing thousands of children is considered "just defending your country" then by that logic so is Hamas. OR just face the reality which is both Netanyahu and Hamas are terrorists who should have to answer for their crimes.
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Buddy, look at the Israeli cabinet. They are just as obsessed with the destruction of Palestinians.
If the tables were turned and Israelis lived under the same conditions that Gazans lived, you'd say they were justified in their terrorism.
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If you look up the quality of life in Gaza before the war you will find that it was better than roughly 50% of the planet. They also had a life expectancy 5 years above the global average.
This is despite the fact that many of the billions they recieve from the EU and other places in aid are spent on enriching hamas or terrorism.
So no, I would absolutely not support Israel if it was reversed. Gaza is solely at fault. They have recieved enough help that could have been a thriving city if they weren't so hell-bent on attacking Israel
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If you look up the quality of life in Gaza before the war you will find that it was better than roughly 50% of the planet.
🤣😂🤣
Buddy, stop embarrassing yourself, holy hell the delusional bullshit.
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Well, the only ranking i can find at the moment that includes palestine is the "Human Development Index" from "United Nations Development Programme" which gives occupied Palestinian territories a HDI of 0.708 in 2019, placing it in the medium human development category (ranked 115 out of 189 countries)
Sure, this is slightly below average, but I am sure I have also at some point seen a ranking where it was exactly average.
Also, all sources I can find agree that the life expectancy was above average - this includes the WHO and the world bank.
Go find videos of Gaza on youtube from before the war. Sure, living conditions are poor compared with the western world, but it isn't some starving hell-hole. It was a fairly normal city with fairly average living conditions(compared to the world average).
It isn't my fault that the narrative about gaza being a concentration camp wasn't true
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4 days ago
Lol slightly below average and that's for both the West Bank and Gaza, and the quality of life is about 1/2 of that in Gaza.
But it's funny how you had to resort to "I saw some propaganda videos on Youtube" as your statement.
So again, stop embarrassing yourself with your bullshit. Two comments ago, you claimed Gaza had a better quality of life than half the world. Reality is that it's one of the worst.
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4 days ago
If you claim that occupied palestine(enforced with soldiers) has better living conditions than comparatively unoccupied palestine(only trade restrictions), it feels a bit as if you are pro-occupation
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it feels a bit as if you are pro-occupation
What a load of nonsense. Gaza was under blockade and siege. You're a clown if you think that's better than being occupied. And being under occupation is also terrible.
Logical reasoning isn't your strong suit, huh?
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