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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by RoseTintedGlasses to c/news@lemmy.world

accidentally posted this in world news before bcs i forgot about the no internal US news rule by accident

Congressman Adam Smith says ‘totalitarian’ protesters are ‘trying to silence anyone who dares to disagree with them’

Protesters calling for Israel to cease fire in its war with Hamas who have disrupted US public events and infrastructure are practicing “leftwing fascism” or “leftwing totalitarianism”, a senior US House Democrat said, adding that such protesters are “challenging representative democracy” and should be arrested.

“Intimidation is the tactic,” said Adam Smith of Washington state, the ranking Democrat on the House armed services committee. “Intimidation and an effort to silence opposition … I don’t know if there’s such a thing as leftwing fascism. If you want to just call it leftwing totalitarianism, then that’s what it is. It is a direct challenge to representative democracy now.”

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[-] Manos@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

Are Zionists disrupting a lot of learning institutions?

And it's not about pro-israel VS. Pro-palestine. The issue is much more nuanced. You people realize a terrorist organization is the representative government of Palestine, right? They chant "death to america" and their founding charter calls for the eradication of all jews. They still have, and are probably still torturing and raping hostages. You're cheering for the scum of the earth.

Both sides have done shitty things, but things will never get better as long as Hamas controls the territory. They have no interest in peace.

[-] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

What is the ratio of Hamas members getting killed to civilians getting killed? That is the problem people have.

You’re cheering for the scum of the earth.

You are such a fucking ignorant dipshit if you really think people are cheering Hamas. Either you are an unbelievably stupid fucking moron if you actually think that, or you are an evil piece of shit who is lying to defend what you think is justified genocide. Nobody is cheering Hamas. Even the people of Gaza, who haven't voted for Hamas as their representative government in 17 years because they aren't allowed to, aren't cheering Hamas. Nobody is cheering anything, honestly. People are outraged at the number of civilians killed and the US's continued support of a government that is perpetrating the mass killing of civilians. Hamas killed 1200 people in a horrific, evil, awful, unspeakable act in October. Israel has so far killed 33,000 Palestinians in response. Of that, 13,000 were children. People aren't cheering Hamas, they are outraged that Israel has killed 13,000 children in response to 780 civilians being killed. Israel has killed more journalists, health, and aid workers (803) in Gaza than all civilians killed by Hamas.

Are Zionists disrupting a lot of learning institutions?

People have been kicked out of school and fired from jobs at learning institutions for speaking out against Israel's actions. So yeah, Zionists have disrupted learning institutions.

[-] Count042@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 months ago

Terrorism is the use of violence against civilians to achieve political change.

Terrorists are people that use the tactic of terrorism.

Israel specifically has been targeting the civilian population to try and get them to turn against Hamas.

Israel is a terrorist government.

[-] Tryptaminev@lemm.ee 6 points 6 months ago

Are Zionists disrupting a lot of learning institutions?

More than 350 Schools in Gaza have been fully destroyed or severely damaged. The 7 universities of Gaza have been destroyed. 26 Hospitals have been destroyed, leaving no hospital standing to be a place for teaching new doctors.

And that is not talking about the thousands of students, teachers, professors, doctors and other education personnel that was killed.

If we look outside of Gaza, we see Zionists demanding legitimate protests to be shut down, protesting students to be denied access to education, among other places in Germany and the US. In Germany the state of Berlin has imposed a new law that demands universities to throw students out, if they are accused of "antisemitism" regardless of there being a criminal conviction or comparable level of proof.

[-] RoseTintedGlasses 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Are Zionists disrupting a lot of learning institutions?

Since the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has conducted numerous airstrikes on more than 200 educational facilities, including universities, in the Gaza Strip as part of its military operations in the Israel–Hamas war. The IDF claims such airstrikes are the result of the placement of military infrastructure and rocket launching from civilian areas, including schools. By late-March 2024, the United Nations recorded more than 200 Israeli attacks on schools in Gaza, with at least 53 schools totally destroyed

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According to the United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs, around 500,000 Palestinian children in Gaza are unable to resume their schooling routine due to the ongoing conflict. The war has led to the destruction of 174 schools in Gaza, with 26 public schools and 1 UNRWA school being completely demolished and unable to open for the 2014/2015 academic year. Furthermore, 30 other schools remain closed as they are still being occupied by a large number of displaced individuals. 447 children who lost their lives in the Israeli military attacks will never have the chance to go back to school. The Palestinian Ministry of Education has issued a list of public schools in Gaza that were either severely damaged or destroyed, including the following ones:

Hani Na’eem School of Agriculture,
Abu Tammam’s Basic School,
Hayel Abdel Hameed School,
Mahdeya el Shawa School,
Subhi Abu Karsh School,
The Shujayea Martyrs School,
Beit Dajan School,
Ali Bin Abi Talib School,
Shujayea Basic School,
Abbas Secondary School,
Jamal Abd el Nasser School,
Moaz Bin Jabal School,
Mahatet Miyah el Karamah School,
Caesarea School,
Sukina Bin Hussein School,
Khawla Bint el Azur School,
Rudolph Filter School,
Ibn Zaidun School,
El Bareej School,
Fathi el Balawi School,
Maari School for Girls,
Maari School for Boys,
Ibn el Nafis School,
Absan New School,
Ghassan Kanafani School for Girls,
Ghassan Kanafani School for Boys.

Were those 13,000 children Hamas?

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