And then Israel will bomb Gazans as they're rushing to get some food
Using the weapons that the US supplied to Israel
Israel builds their own weapons and have for many years. The US and many others but them though and that supports them.
https://www.axios.com/2023/11/29/us-weapons-provided-israel-aircraft-missiles-bombs
https://afsc.org/video/five-things-you-should-know-about-us-weapons-transfers-israel
Not only does the United States supply Israel with weaponry, it also provides them with literally billions of dollars for military spending, which it's able to spend in its own military industry. It's pretty fucked up.
Wonder what would happen if they went full crazy and shot the planes dropping supplies. they're helping hamas so we shot them down
USS Liberty says not much would happen.
I think Israel is batshit insane enough right now that we might get to find out!
The IDF: We're protecting the Palestinians since Hamas is in the air drops!
Yup...Israel said Hamas was flying the supply planes from the US. They were right when they said that it was actually Hamas that blew up every single hospital in Gaza, so I have no reason to doubt them. (/s, for the fucking jamokes would believe this, or any bullshit Israel spews, to be true)
You might need a /s there. I actually see users here that believe and spread that bullshit.
Airdropping aid to get around a blockade imposed by the Israel....who depends on our military aid to genocide the Palestinians. This is the height of absurdity
eh. They don't depend on that anymore.
See that carrier in the Mediterranean? Park that bitch right off the coast of Gaza and start shipping food and aid straight in, what the fuck is Israel going to do about it
Bring in some USMC LCACs drive it right on up the beach.
And fucking dare Israel to.
It's not like the US would retaliate.
Good, would have been better a month or two ago, but good.
It makes sense to play both sides of the field. That way, you always come out on top. Supply the weapons to mangle brown children, then send them the aid they need afterward, GeNiUs.
Gotta keep em alive so the IDF soldiers can shoot them, can't waste good target practice!
Just to put into perspective it's something like 2 trucks worth at this point for 2 million people. This is a drop in the ocean. We should be sending 2 trucks a minute.
So the World's super power can't even send food aid through borders.
The US hasn't given Israel enough money to unlock that feature.
Refreshing to read the comments here from reasonable people against the shocking genocide, nice change from the bloodthirsty savages on worldnews.
Seriously, wtf is up with that subreddit. I got banned for saying maybe it's not ok to shoot people in hospitals.
That subreddit is a clear psyop.
I was banned FROM REDDIT for reporting calls to violence in that sub.
They said I was abusing the report function.
I had 5 reports total, 3 of which were acted on, 2 reports of content that passed review.
Will Biden have American bombs delivered together with the food or will they as usual use Israel to deliver them separatelly?!
More fixed targets for the Israelis.
It would be simpler to demand that the Israelis end the blockade, maybe condition the bombs they drop on Palestinians with letting aid trucks in. Have your cake and eat it too. Still more humane than this.
My brain is finally starting to fully develop at 32...I don't understand this shit. What's the point? Genuinely I want a reason for both sides in the matter. What's the single sentence argument for both sides. No inflamitory talking points.
Without going too far into history, one side is tired of living in an open air prison and the other side is tired of terrorist attacks. It's a self reinforcing conflict because neither side can win. Israel can't bomb an idea and Hamas can't terrorize an F-35 joint strike fighter.
Thank you for the response without chastising. My assertions were correct that Israel are essentially recreating operation Iraqi freedom with carte blanche? I get that it's not your responsibility to educate me in this matter. I just have no clue what the fuck to believe based on vague internet opinions.
Iraqi freedom was a response to a single terrorist attack. Israel's response is to decades of continuous attacks. While October was particularly bad, Hamas has been firing rockets and missiles indiscriminately into Israel on like a weekly basis for many years now. Israel has been able to protect themselves from this thanks to their Iron Dome defense system, but that doesn't change the fact that they are shooting down rockets launched with the intent to kill their civilians.
On the flip side, Israel has been treating the Palestinians particularly badly. They severely restrict trade into and out of the area, restrict the travel of Palestinian civilians, and have been slowly stealing more and more territory from them by literally driving people from their homes, sometimes just straight up killing them. While claims of an "open air prison" are a bit hyperbolic, it's not off by much.
Add to that a healthy dose of racism on both sides against the other and you are left with a massive mess that few people understand. There is plenty to hate on both sides because both sides have done, and continue to do, incredibly shitty things to each other. Neither Israel nor Hamas is right, and neither of them give a shit about the Palestinian civilians. Another issue is that the average civilian on both sides isn't exactly dreaming of peace. Due to how long this has been going on for, if you took a random Israeli and a random Palestinian, odds are they would want to kill each other.
If this all seems exhausting and complicated and you aren't sure what side is 'right', know that's ok. Our minds are not made to be so globally connected, and while this conflict may be getting a lot of media attention, it's hardly the worst conflict that's occurred in living memory, and arguably not even the worst currently going on. It's also likely also far removed from you. If you're from the States, it's literally on the other side of the world. Just know, there's a shit ton of propaganda that really, REALLY wants you to pick a side and will paint the other as demons, when in reality both sides are pretty shitty.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Friday that the U.S. will drop food aid into the Gaza Strip, noting that the humanitarian aid flowing into the region for Palestinians is not nearly enough.
“We’re going to pull out every stop we can," Biden said.
Biden also reiterated that the U.S. is trying to push for an immediate cease-fire between Hamas and Israel in order to allow more aid into Gaza.
This is a developing story.
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they will airdrop it at the sea and any Palestinians who want to get it will get shot from IOF ships.
Hamas has anti aircraft, but hopefully they won't try anything.
There are zero reasons why Hamas would prevent food and aid being delivered to the people they are fighting for. Might want to lighten up on the amount of BS propaganda you’re consuming.
Might want to lighten up on the amount of BS propaganda you’re consuming.
You misspelled promoting.
Iran and the Hamas leadership have never had the Gazan civilian's best interest at heart; they've just used Israel and the fight against occupation as an excuse to maintain power and expand their influence.
Israel is conducting this genocide, but Israel never would have had an excuse to enter the Gaza strip without the attack on October 7th. Hamas had to have known their attack wouldn't accomplish anything and would illicit a strong and disproportionate response from Israel. Now the citizens of Gaza are paying the price while the Hamas leadership fucks off to chill in Qatar.
So does Israel, and I'd be even less sure that they won't try something.
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