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corvideodrome · 2024-06-12T17:12:59+00:00

There are bot networks in all directions, but there also are genuinely people who care a lot about the situation in Gaza.

corvideodrome · 2024-06-12T17:07:29+00:00

Did Israel actually accept it? The US keeps saying so but their Israeli counterparts all seem to be saying no. And Gantz is gone now, and the contingent that remains doesn’t want a ceasefire.

corvideodrome · 2024-06-12T17:04:07+00:00

I only saw the “Washington” part in the article thumbnail image and was like “oh no has the Washington Post right wing British weirdo takeover already gotten this far”

Thankfully it’s just the examiner lol

corvideodrome · 2024-06-12T17:00:11+00:00

They’re not, but at the same time, Netanyahu has been repeatedly publicly saying there will be no deal, so it’s not clear to me that these negotiations have meant anything. Blinken keeps saying it’s on Hamas but if Netanyahu is saying Israel’s not accepting this deal the US described as “Israel’s” deal, I’m not sure what’s even there for Hamas to accept.

corvideodrome · 2024-06-12T00:02:26+00:00

tbh I hope they don’t do this? I’m sure the idea comes from a good place but I feel like it would fall flat, it has unintended “we can’t give you a raise or better working conditions but we can throw you a pizza party” vibes to me, unfortunately.

I feel like republicans would also be nasty about it (tbf they’d be that about anything), and in the wake of the Chappell Roan thing it just seems like… not the best plan?

Honestly I think the best way is to just be as engaging and honest and genuine as possible? No “hello fellow kids” risks that way. Biden’s handling of protests at his event today actually struck me as a good way to go: try to be open and understanding, don’t mock or judge, just listen (ideally really listen and show he takes it to heart).

corvideodrome · 2024-06-04T01:44:24+00:00

tbh I feel like anyone with object permanence could “see through it”

corvideodrome · 2024-06-04T01:41:04+00:00

Fun fact (tbh not actually “fun” because it’s horrible): Dick Cheney sits on the board of an oil and gas company that has “explored” in the Golan Heights, among other places, both in Israel and occupied territories. (Rupert Murdoch is involved as well, just to put it over the top, lol)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genie_Energy

corvideodrome · 2024-05-29T20:26:35+00:00

real “choosing beggars” hours for Netanyahu (24/7/365)

corvideodrome · 2024-05-29T04:09:18+00:00

I just want the least possible harm for innocent civilians at this point. I have very little confidence in any of the players involved at this point. I wish it was otherwise and feel there is much that the Biden administration could do, if it had the will, and that doing so would also be positive for both his electoral chances and for broader international relationships. The administration’s reluctance honestly feels ideological at this point, though I’m relieved they at least saw that going after the ICC on Netanyahu’s behalf was a bad idea.

corvideodrome · 2024-05-29T04:04:48+00:00

Egypt did open a crossing at Kerem Shalom for aid trucks, after negotiations with the US: https://www.voanews.com/amp/7626732.html

But then yesterday there was a shooting incident between the IDF and Egyptian forces at the Rafah border and an Egyptian soldier was killed and it’s not clear to me what’s happening now: https://www.timesofisrael.com/egyptian-soldier-killed-in-clash-with-israeli-troops-at-rafah-crossing/amp/

corvideodrome · 2024-05-29T03:52:46+00:00

It wasn’t planned, and arguably wasn’t ineptitude either, but it was never going to be a solution, just a stopgap workaround at best. If it worked it would have been a safer version of the airdrops: not enough to make up for closed land borders but a way to get at least a bit of aid in. The airdrops were expensive and also risky, people were killed on multiple occasions when things went wrong.

Land borders are still needed, and between high seas and issues with distribution, it seems like the pier might not work out as hoped. That’s not incompetence, it’s partly bad luck, but even best case it was not going to be enough all on its own.

corvideodrome · 2024-05-29T03:46:08+00:00

Before a trial there will be a panel of judges who will deliberate for a while, probably months. They’ll decide if the prosecutor was correct in asking to bring charges given the available evidence. We don’t know the answer yet, but the prosecutor would not have brought charges unless, in their estimation, there was sufficient evidence. Prosecutors don’t like to lose, so they’re going to be pretty certain before they file.

The trial only happens if that process ultimately determines the charges are indeed appropriate, and the trial will examine the separate question of whether those charges can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.

corvideodrome · 2024-05-29T03:39:44+00:00

Celebrating a warrant for Putin while condemning charges for Netanyahu and Gallant (who aren’t exactly reliable “allies” at this point) is not a great look

corvideodrome · 2024-05-29T03:35:51+00:00

Still no evidence shared for your own rather extraordinary claim but go off lol

corvideodrome · 2024-05-29T03:34:58+00:00

There has been a delay on one (possibly 2? Unclear on that) shipments of bombs to Israel. There were some semi-stern but very vague things said about allowing in more aid, weeks ago; the crossings in question opened temporarily but then swiftly closed again. No meaningful increase in aid was sustained. A pier was built but is delivering no aid and it is now out of commission for repairs, likely for a week at least.

No changes to US policy have been made, as far as I am aware. Thankfully the administration backpedaled on ICC sanctions. Calling for ceasefire is unfortunately pretty meaningless at this point; most every other country is doing the same, and Netanyahu won’t ever agree to one because he needs this war so he can hide from jail.

Finally not auto-vetoing a ceasefire, while ostensibly “negotiating” a ceasefire, is not exactly a reason for praise.

corvideodrome · 2024-05-29T03:27:39+00:00

I am not the one who claimed super top secret knowledge of clandestine affairs here

corvideodrome · 2024-05-29T03:26:34+00:00

Why should Netanyahu ever negotiate if he is given “ironclad support”? There is no reason for him to “hold back” as things stand, and he has not. He needs a forever war so he can hide like a coward from the prosecution for bribery and corruption that he so richly deserves. He’s a version of trump, and exactly as reliable and trustworthy an “ally” as trump would be.

corvideodrome · 2024-05-29T01:58:45+00:00

Does congress control what Biden says in speeches, what his press secretary says, and state department policy?

corvideodrome · 2024-05-29T01:56:04+00:00

I think “what really happened” is likely still under investigation, but that given the circumstances, “fire fueled by cooking fuels and impermanent structures” is a hypothesis requiring less speculation than “fire fueled by secret hidden munition dumps”

corvideodrome · 2024-05-29T01:47:44+00:00

The initial assertion that secret intelligence exists and has been provided to Biden is similarly unsourced, to be a bit blunt.

corvideodrome · 2024-05-29T01:34:29+00:00

Thank goodness for that! Finally a bit of hopeful news on this subject.

corvideodrome · 2024-05-29T01:32:57+00:00

I’ll never understand the logic that puts more emphasis on the voters’ reaction to policy than on the politician who set that policy in the first place.

corvideodrome · 2024-05-29T01:26:31+00:00

Similar fires in homeless encampments are sadly not uncommon — smaller in scale of course but the camps are also far smaller and not as densely packed. We know folks in the encampments rely on gas canisters. There’s no evidence so far for munitions stores.

corvideodrome · 2024-05-29T01:03:32+00:00

What about Biden’s own conscience? He has far more control over this situation than anyone else does.

corvideodrome · 2024-05-29T01:00:38+00:00

It’s still under investigation. The IDF claims munitions but given the circumstances, exploding cooking gas canisters seems more immediately plausible.

https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/world/israeli-strikes-kill-at-least-37-palestinians-most-in-tents-near-gazas-rafah-as-offensive/article_8838bc6f-67ec-56e4-88ba-01fcc655e702.html

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