https://blue.feedland.org/?river=http://data.feedland.org/blue/feeds/garydenness.xml It's just a feed for now Sat, 14 Dec 2024 12:46:17 GMT feedland v0.6.43 https://cyber.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html Sat, 14 Dec 2024 12:46:17 GMT http://rpc.rsscloud.io:5337/pleaseNotify Sat, December 14, 2024 7:46 AM EST Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Sat, 14 Dec 2024 12:46:17 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787829 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787829 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Mon, 02 Dec 2024 12:16:54 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787695 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787695 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Mon, 02 Dec 2024 12:15:40 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787694 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787694 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. This is a test to see how Thread Writer works. I just need to bank out about six hgundred or so characters. Enought to create a few threads to see if it works. Yes, I’ve made soem spelling mistakes but every extra character gets me closer to the total i need. I might even add some ‘superflous’ punction and the occasional erroneous full stop.. Look, I’m almost done now. In fact, this should be enough. Let’s see how this works. Fri, 29 Nov 2024 13:15:03 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787658 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787658 This is a test to see how Thread Writer works. I just need to bank out about six hgundred or so characters. Enought to create a few threads to see if it works. Yes, I’ve made soem spelling mistakes but every extra character gets me closer to the total i need. I might even add some ‘superflous’ punction and the occasional erroneous full stop.. Look, I’m almost done now. In fact, this should be enough. Let’s see how this works. Owen Jones recently decried Israel for making large parts of Gaza uninhabitable, and then called it genocide. But that’s not genocide. Sounds a lot more like ethnic cleansing. Other folk claim that Israel are doing the same to the Palestinians as was done to them in 1940s Europe, and yet I’ve seen no claims or evidence of large chunks of the Gaza population being forced into concentration camps, gas chambers and crematoriums. I have also noticed that a lot of these folk were - at best - pretty quiet on and just after Oct 7th. At worst? Urgh. But both best and worst case folk seem to use similar language, fall back on familiar tropes and resort to the same old attack lines. Most of these folk are anti-semites. Some of them deny this. Others wear it as a badge of honour. But none of them are willing to engage in conversation in order to make the case that a genocide is occurring. They say that it is occuring because…well, because they say it is occuring. Which I find to be an unconvincing argument. As I understand genocide - and I’m going by an uncontroversial, widely accepted definition - you would expect to see the population of Gaza considerably decreased from last year. But no one has provided any evidence that this is the case. Indeed, the only figures available come from Hamas run institutions which acknowledge that while the population growth of Gaza is down on 2023, the population is still growing. About 1% to date, for 2024. Link below. I’m also aware that on several occasions over the last few decades, the same folk have made the same claims of genocide and the end result on each occasion was an increased population with an acceptance that there wasn’t actually a genocide after all. None of this, of course, means that the Israelis aren’t committing crimes or are justified in all of the action they’ve taken. But it does seem clear to me that the western pro Palestinian narrative is so driven by Hamas propaganda and long standing anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, that they are the closest thing we have to a pro genocide organisation in this whole tragedy. Tue, 26 Nov 2024 08:50:18 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787636 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787636 Owen Jones recently decried Israel for making large parts of Gaza uninhabitable, and then called it genocide. But that’s not genocide. Sounds a lot more like ethnic cleansing. Other folk claim that Israel are doing the same to the Palestinians as was done to them in 1940s Europe, and yet I’ve seen no claims or evidence of large chunks of the Gaza population being forced into concentration camps, gas chambers and crematoriums. I have also noticed that a lot of these folk were - at best - pretty quiet on and just after Oct 7th. At worst? Urgh. But both best and worst case folk seem to use similar language, fall back on familiar tropes and resort to the same old attack lines. Most of these folk are anti-semites. Some of them deny this. Others wear it as a badge of honour. But none of them are willing to engage in conversation in order to make the case that a genocide is occurring. They say that it is occuring because…well, because they say it is occuring. Which I find to be an unconvincing argument. As I understand genocide - and I’m going by an uncontroversial, widely accepted definition - you would expect to see the population of Gaza considerably decreased from last year. But no one has provided any evidence that this is the case. Indeed, the only figures available come from Hamas run institutions which acknowledge that while the population growth of Gaza is down on 2023, the population is still growing. About 1% to date, for 2024. Link below. I’m also aware that on several occasions over the last few decades, the same folk have made the same claims of genocide and the end result on each occasion was an increased population with an acceptance that there wasn’t actually a genocide after all. None of this, of course, means that the Israelis aren’t committing crimes or are justified in all of the action they’ve taken. But it does seem clear to me that the western pro Palestinian narrative is so driven by Hamas propaganda and long standing anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, that they are the closest thing we have to a pro genocide organisation in this whole tragedy. Owen Jones recently decried Israel for making large parts of Gaza uninhabitable, and then called it genocide. But that’s not genocide. Sounds a lot more like ethnic cleansing. Other folk claim that Israel are doing the same to the Palestinians as was done to them in 1940s Europe, and yet I’ve seen no claims or evidence of large chunks of the Gaza population being forced into concentration camps, gas chambers and crematoriums. I have also noticed that a lot of these folk were - at best - pretty quiet on and just after Oct 7th. At worst? Urgh. But both best and worst case folk seem to use similar language, fall back on familiar tropes and resort to the same old attack lines. Most of these folk are anti-semites. Some of them deny this. Others wear it as a badge of honour. But none of them are willing to engage in conversation in order to make the case that a genocide is occurring. They say that it is occuring because…well, because they say it is occuring. Which I find to be an unconvincing argument. As I understand genocide - and I’m going by an uncontroversial, widely accepted definition - you would expect to see the population of Gaza considerably decreased from last year. But no one has provided any evidence that this is the case. Indeed, the only figures available come from Hamas run institutions which acknowledge that while the population growth of Gaza is down on 2023, the population is still growing. About 1% to date, for 2024. Link below. I’m also aware that on several occasions over the last few decades, the same folk have made the same claims of genocide and the end result on each occasion was an increased population with an acceptance that there wasn’t actually a genocide after all. None of this, of course, means that the Israelis aren’t committing crimes or are justified in all of the action they’ve taken. But it does seem clear to me that the western pro Palestinian narrative is so driven by Hamas propaganda and long standing anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, that they are the closest thing we have to a pro genocide organisation in this whole tragedy. Tue, 26 Nov 2024 08:48:58 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787635 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787635 Owen Jones recently decried Israel for making large parts of Gaza uninhabitable, and then called it genocide. But that’s not genocide. Sounds a lot more like ethnic cleansing. Other folk claim that Israel are doing the same to the Palestinians as was done to them in 1940s Europe, and yet I’ve seen no claims or evidence of large chunks of the Gaza population being forced into concentration camps, gas chambers and crematoriums. I have also noticed that a lot of these folk were - at best - pretty quiet on and just after Oct 7th. At worst? Urgh. But both best and worst case folk seem to use similar language, fall back on familiar tropes and resort to the same old attack lines. Most of these folk are anti-semites. Some of them deny this. Others wear it as a badge of honour. But none of them are willing to engage in conversation in order to make the case that a genocide is occurring. They say that it is occuring because…well, because they say it is occuring. Which I find to be an unconvincing argument. As I understand genocide - and I’m going by an uncontroversial, widely accepted definition - you would expect to see the population of Gaza considerably decreased from last year. But no one has provided any evidence that this is the case. Indeed, the only figures available come from Hamas run institutions which acknowledge that while the population growth of Gaza is down on 2023, the population is still growing. About 1% to date, for 2024. Link below. I’m also aware that on several occasions over the last few decades, the same folk have made the same claims of genocide and the end result on each occasion was an increased population with an acceptance that there wasn’t actually a genocide after all. None of this, of course, means that the Israelis aren’t committing crimes or are justified in all of the action they’ve taken. But it does seem clear to me that the western pro Palestinian narrative is so driven by Hamas propaganda and long standing anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, that they are the closest thing we have to a pro genocide organisation in this whole tragedy. Owen Jones recently decried Israel for making large parts of Gaza uninhabitable, and then called it genocide. But that’s not genocide. Sounds a lot more like ethnic cleansing. Other folk claim that Israel are doing the same to the Palestinians as was done to them in 1940s Europe, and yet I’ve seen no claims or evidence of large chunks of the Gaza population being forced into concentration camps, gas chambers and crematoriums. I have also noticed that a lot of these folk were - at best - pretty quiet on and just after Oct 7th. At worst? Urgh. But both best and worst case folk seem to use similar language, fall back on familiar tropes and resort to the same old attack lines. Most of these folk are anti-semites. Some of them deny this. Others wear it as a badge of honour. But none of them are willing to engage in conversation in order to make the case that a genocide is occurring. They say that it is occuring because…well, because they say it is occuring. Which I find to be an unconvincing argument. As I understand genocide - and I’m going by an uncontroversial, widely accepted definition - you would expect to see the population of Gaza considerably decreased from last year. But no one has provided any evidence that this is the case. Indeed, the only figures available come from Hamas run institutions which acknowledge that while the population growth of Gaza is down on 2023, the population is still growing. About 1% to date, for 2024. Link below. I’m also aware that on several occasions over the last few decades, the same folk have made the same claims of genocide and the end result on each occasion was an increased population with an acceptance that there wasn’t actually a genocide after all. None of this, of course, means that the Israelis aren’t committing crimes or are justified in all of the action they’ve taken. But it does seem clear to me that the western pro Palestinian narrative is so driven by Hamas propaganda and long standing anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, that they are the closest thing we have to a pro genocide organisation in this whole tragedy. Tue, 26 Nov 2024 08:47:55 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787634 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787634 Owen Jones recently decried Israel for making large parts of Gaza uninhabitable, and then called it genocide. But that’s not genocide. Sounds a lot more like ethnic cleansing. Other folk claim that Israel are doing the same to the Palestinians as was done to them in 1940s Europe, and yet I’ve seen no claims or evidence of large chunks of the Gaza population being forced into concentration camps, gas chambers and crematoriums. I have also noticed that a lot of these folk were - at best - pretty quiet on and just after Oct 7th. At worst? Urgh. But both best and worst case folk seem to use similar language, fall back on familiar tropes and resort to the same old attack lines. Most of these folk are anti-semites. Some of them deny this. Others wear it as a badge of honour. But none of them are willing to engage in conversation in order to make the case that a genocide is occurring. They say that it is occuring because…well, because they say it is occuring. Which I find to be an unconvincing argument. As I understand genocide - and I’m going by an uncontroversial, widely accepted definition - you would expect to see the population of Gaza considerably decreased from last year. But no one has provided any evidence that this is the case. Indeed, the only figures available come from Hamas run institutions which acknowledge that while the population growth of Gaza is down on 2023, the population is still growing. About 1% to date, for 2024. Link below. I’m also aware that on several occasions over the last few decades, the same folk have made the same claims of genocide and the end result on each occasion was an increased population with an acceptance that there wasn’t actually a genocide after all. None of this, of course, means that the Israelis aren’t committing crimes or are justified in all of the action they’ve taken. But it does seem clear to me that the western pro Palestinian narrative is so driven by Hamas propaganda and long standing anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, that they are the closest thing we have to a pro genocide organisation in this whole tragedy. Owen Jones recently decried Israel for making large parts of Gaza uninhabitable, and then called it genocide. But that’s not genocide. Sounds a lot more like ethnic cleansing. Other folk claim that Israel are doing the same to the Palestinians as was done to them in 1940s Europe, and yet I’ve seen no claims or evidence of large chunks of the Gaza population being forced into concentration camps, gas chambers and crematoriums. I have also noticed that a lot of these folk were - at best - pretty quiet on and just after Oct 7th. At worst? Urgh. But both best and worst case folk seem to use similar language, fall back on familiar tropes and resort to the same old attack lines. Most of these folk are anti-semites. Some of them deny this. Others wear it as a badge of honour. But none of them are willing to engage in conversation in order to make the case that a genocide is occurring. They say that it is occuring because…well, because they say it is occuring. Which I find to be an unconvincing argument. As I understand genocide - and I’m going by an uncontroversial, widely accepted definition - you would expect to see the population of Gaza considerably decreased from last year. But no one has provided any evidence that this is the case. Indeed, the only figures available come from Hamas run institutions which acknowledge that while the population growth of Gaza is down on 2023, the population is still growing. About 1% to date, for 2024. Link below. I’m also aware that on several occasions over the last few decades, the same folk have made the same claims of genocide and the end result on each occasion was an increased population with an acceptance that there wasn’t actually a genocide after all. None of this, of course, means that the Israelis aren’t committing crimes or are justified in all of the action they’ve taken. But it does seem clear to me that the western pro Palestinian narrative is so driven by Hamas propaganda and long standing anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, that they are the closest thing we have to a pro genocide organisation in this whole tragedy. Tue, 26 Nov 2024 08:45:41 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787633 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787633 Owen Jones recently decried Israel for making large parts of Gaza uninhabitable, and then called it genocide. But that’s not genocide. Sounds a lot more like ethnic cleansing. Other folk claim that Israel are doing the same to the Palestinians as was done to them in 1940s Europe, and yet I’ve seen no claims or evidence of large chunks of the Gaza population being forced into concentration camps, gas chambers and crematoriums. I have also noticed that a lot of these folk were - at best - pretty quiet on and just after Oct 7th. At worst? Urgh. But both best and worst case folk seem to use similar language, fall back on familiar tropes and resort to the same old attack lines. Most of these folk are anti-semites. Some of them deny this. Others wear it as a badge of honour. But none of them are willing to engage in conversation in order to make the case that a genocide is occurring. They say that it is occuring because…well, because they say it is occuring. Which I find to be an unconvincing argument. As I understand genocide - and I’m going by an uncontroversial, widely accepted definition - you would expect to see the population of Gaza considerably decreased from last year. But no one has provided any evidence that this is the case. Indeed, the only figures available come from Hamas run institutions which acknowledge that while the population growth of Gaza is down on 2023, the population is still growing. About 1% to date, for 2024. Link below. I’m also aware that on several occasions over the last few decades, the same folk have made the same claims of genocide and the end result on each occasion was an increased population with an acceptance that there wasn’t actually a genocide after all. None of this, of course, means that the Israelis aren’t committing crimes or are justified in all of the action they’ve taken. But it does seem clear to me that the western pro Palestinian narrative is so driven by Hamas propaganda and long standing anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, that they are the closest thing we have to a pro genocide organisation in this whole tragedy. Tue, 26 Nov 2024 08:45:06 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787632 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787632 <p>Owen Jones recently decried Israel for making large parts of Gaza uninhabitable, and then called it genocide. But that’s not genocide. Sounds a lot more like ethnic cleansing. Other folk claim that Israel are doing the same to the Palestinians as was done to them in 1940s Europe, and yet I’ve seen no claims or evidence of large chunks of the Gaza population being forced into concentration camps, gas chambers and crematoriums. I have also noticed that a lot of these folk were - at best - pretty quiet on and just after Oct 7th. At worst? Urgh. But both best and worst case folk seem to use similar language, fall back on familiar tropes and resort to the same old attack lines. Most of these folk are anti-semites. Some of them deny this. Others wear it as a badge of honour. But none of them are willing to engage in conversation in order to make the case that a genocide is occurring. They say that it is occuring because…well, because they say it is occuring. Which I find to be an unconvincing argument. As I understand genocide - and I’m going by an uncontroversial, widely accepted definition - you would expect to see the population of Gaza considerably decreased from last year. But no one has provided any evidence that this is the case. Indeed, the only figures available come from Hamas run institutions which acknowledge that while the population growth of Gaza is down on 2023, the population is still growing. About 1% to date, for 2024. Link below. I’m also aware that on several occasions over the last few decades, the same folk have made the same claims of genocide and the end result on each occasion was an increased population with an acceptance that there wasn’t actually a genocide after all. None of this, of course, means that the Israelis aren’t committing crimes or are justified in all of the action they’ve taken. But it does seem clear to me that the western pro Palestinian narrative is so driven by Hamas propaganda and long standing anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, that they are the closest thing we have to a pro genocide organisation in this whole tragedy.</p> <p><a href="https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/post.aspx?lang=en&amp;ItemID=5791#:~:text=Based%20on%20the%20data%2C%20the,only%20about%201%25%20during%202024">https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/post.aspx?lang=en&amp;ItemID=5791#:~:text=Based%20on%20the%20data%2C%20the,only%20about%201%25%20during%202024</a>.</p> Tue, 26 Nov 2024 08:35:09 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787631 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787631 Owen Jones recently decried Israel for making large parts of Gaza uninhabitable, and then called it genocide. But that’s not genocide. Sounds a lot more like ethnic cleansing. Other folk claim that Israel are doing the same to the Palestinians as was done to them in 1940s Europe, and yet I’ve seen no claims or evidence of large chunks of the Gaza population being forced into concentration camps, gas chambers and crematoriums. I have also noticed that a lot of these folk were - at best - pretty quiet on and just after Oct 7th. At worst? Urgh. But both best and worst case folk seem to use similar language, fall back on familiar tropes and resort to the same old attack lines. Most of these folk are anti-semites. Some of them deny this. Others wear it as a badge of honour. But none of them are willing to engage in conversation in order to make the case that a genocide is occurring. They say that it is occuring because…well, because they say it is occuring. Which I find to be an unconvincing argument. As I understand genocide - and I’m going by an uncontroversial, widely accepted definition - you would expect to see the population of Gaza considerably decreased from last year. But no one has provided any evidence that this is the case. Indeed, the only figures available come from Hamas run institutions which acknowledge that while the population growth of Gaza is down on 2023, the population is still growing. About 1% to date, for 2024. Link below. I’m also aware that on several occasions over the last few decades, the same folk have made the same claims of genocide and the end result on each occasion was an increased population with an acceptance that there wasn’t actually a genocide after all. None of this, of course, means that the Israelis aren’t committing crimes or are justified in all of the action they’ve taken. But it does seem clear to me that the western pro Palestinian narrative is so driven by Hamas propaganda and long standing anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, that they are the closest thing we have to a pro genocide organisation in this whole tragedy. https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/post.aspx?lang=en&ItemID=5791#:~:text=Based%20on%20the%20data%2C%20the,only%20about%201%25%20during%202024. Tue, 26 Nov 2024 08:28:23 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787630 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787630 <p>I’m not convinced that Israel is committing a genocide. Owen Jones yesterday decried Israel for making large parts of Gaza uninhabitable, and then called it genocide. But that’s not genocide. That’s ethnic cleansing. Other folk claim that Israel are doing the same to the Palestinians as was done to them in 1940s Europe, and yet I’ve seen no claims or evidence of large chunks of the Gaza population being forced into concentration camps, gas chambers and crematoriums. I have also noticed that a lot of these folk were - at best - pretty quiet on and just after Oct 7th. At worst? Urgh. But both best and worst case folk seem to use similar language, fall back on familiar tropes and resort to the same old attack lines. Most of these folk are anti-semites. Some of them try to hide this. Others wear it as a badge of honour. But none of them are willing to engage in conversation in order to make the case that a genocide is occurring. They say that it is occuring because…well, “because they say it is occuring”. Which I find to be an unconvincing argument. As I understand genocide - and I’m going by an uncontroversial, widely accepted definition - you would expect to see the population of Gaza considerably decreased from last year. But no one has provided any evidence that this is the case. Indeed, the only figures available come from Hamas run institutions which acknowledge that while the population growth of Gaza is down on 2023, the population is still growing. About 1% to date, for 2024. A growing population is surely incompatible with a genocide? Link below. I’m also aware that over the last few decades, the same folk have made the same claims of genocide and the end result on each occasion was an increased population with an acceptance that there wasn’t actually a genocide after all. None of this, of course, means that the Israelis aren’t committing crimes or are justified in all of the actions they’ve taken. But it does seem clear to me that the western pro Palestinian narrative is so driven by Hamas propaganda and long standing anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, that they are the closest thing we have to a pro-genocide organisation in this whole tragedy.</p> <p><a href="https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/post.aspx?lang=en&amp;ItemID=5791#:~:text=Based%20on%20the%20data%2C%20the,only%20about%201%25%20during%202024">https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/post.aspx?lang=en&amp;ItemID=5791#:~:text=Based%20on%20the%20data%2C%20the,only%20about%201%25%20during%202024</a>.</p> Tue, 26 Nov 2024 08:27:12 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787629 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787629 I’m not convinced that Israel is committing a genocide. Owen Jones yesterday decried Israel for making large parts of Gaza uninhabitable, and then called it genocide. But that’s not genocide. That’s ethnic cleansing. Other folk claim that Israel are doing the same to the Palestinians as was done to them in 1940s Europe, and yet I’ve seen no claims or evidence of large chunks of the Gaza population being forced into concentration camps, gas chambers and crematoriums. I have also noticed that a lot of these folk were - at best - pretty quiet on and just after Oct 7th. At worst? Urgh. But both best and worst case folk seem to use similar language, fall back on familiar tropes and resort to the same old attack lines. Most of these folk are anti-semites. Some of them try to hide this. Others wear it as a badge of honour. But none of them are willing to engage in conversation in order to make the case that a genocide is occurring. They say that it is occuring because…well, “because they say it is occuring”. Which I find to be an unconvincing argument. As I understand genocide - and I’m going by an uncontroversial, widely accepted definition - you would expect to see the population of Gaza considerably decreased from last year. But no one has provided any evidence that this is the case. Indeed, the only figures available come from Hamas run institutions which acknowledge that while the population growth of Gaza is down on 2023, the population is still growing. About 1% to date, for 2024. A growing population is surely incompatible with a genocide? Link below. I’m also aware that over the last few decades, the same folk have made the same claims of genocide and the end result on each occasion was an increased population with an acceptance that there wasn’t actually a genocide after all. None of this, of course, means that the Israelis aren’t committing crimes or are justified in all of the actions they’ve taken. But it does seem clear to me that the western pro Palestinian narrative is so driven by Hamas propaganda and long standing anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, that they are the closest thing we have to a pro-genocide organisation in this whole tragedy. https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/post.aspx?lang=en&ItemID=5791#:~:text=Based%20on%20the%20data%2C%20the,only%20about%201%25%20during%202024. <p>I’m not convinced that many folk on the internet know what genocide means. Owen Jones yesterday decried Israel for making large parts of Gaza uninhabitable, and then called it genocide. But that’s not genocide. Sounds a lot more like ethnic cleansing. Other folk claim that Israel are doing the same to the Palestinians as was done to them in 1940s Europe, and yet I’ve seen no claims or evidence of large chunks of the Gaza population being forced into concentration camps, gas chambers and crematoriums. I have also noticed that a lot of these folk were - at best - pretty quiet on and just after Oct 7th. At worst? Urgh. But both best and worst case folk seem to use similar language, fall back on familiar tropes and resort to the same old attack lines. Most of these folk are anti-semites. Some of them deny this. Others wear it as a badge of honour. But none of them are willing to engage in conversation in order to make the case that a genocide is occurring. They say that it is occuring because…well, because they say it is occuring. Which I find to be an unconvincing argument. As I understand genocide - and I’m going by an uncontroversial, widely accepted definition - you would expect to see the population of Gaza considerably decreased from last year. But no one has provided any evidence that this is the case. Indeed, the only figures available come from Hamas run institutions which acknowledge that while the population growth of Gaza is down on 2023, the population is still growing. About 1% to date, for 2024. Link below. I’m also aware that on several occasions over the last few decades, the same folk have made the same claims of genocide and the end result on each occasion was an increased population with an acceptance that there wasn’t actually a genocide after all. None of this, of course, means that the Israelis aren’t committing crimes or are justified in all of the actions they’ve taken. But it does seem clear to me that the western pro Palestinian narrative is so driven by Hamas propaganda and long standing anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, that they are the closest thing we have to a pro genocide organisation in this whole tragedy.</p> <p><a href="https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/post.aspx?lang=en&amp;ItemID=5791#:~:text=Based%20on%20the%20data%2C%20the,only%20about%201%25%20during%202024">https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/post.aspx?lang=en&amp;ItemID=5791#:~:text=Based%20on%20the%20data%2C%20the,only%20about%201%25%20during%202024</a>.</p> Sat, 23 Nov 2024 15:40:59 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787574 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787574 I’m not convinced that many folk on the internet know what genocide means. Owen Jones yesterday decried Israel for making large parts of Gaza uninhabitable, and then called it genocide. But that’s not genocide. Sounds a lot more like ethnic cleansing. Other folk claim that Israel are doing the same to the Palestinians as was done to them in 1940s Europe, and yet I’ve seen no claims or evidence of large chunks of the Gaza population being forced into concentration camps, gas chambers and crematoriums. I have also noticed that a lot of these folk were - at best - pretty quiet on and just after Oct 7th. At worst? Urgh. But both best and worst case folk seem to use similar language, fall back on familiar tropes and resort to the same old attack lines. Most of these folk are anti-semites. Some of them deny this. Others wear it as a badge of honour. But none of them are willing to engage in conversation in order to make the case that a genocide is occurring. They say that it is occuring because…well, because they say it is occuring. Which I find to be an unconvincing argument. As I understand genocide - and I’m going by an uncontroversial, widely accepted definition - you would expect to see the population of Gaza considerably decreased from last year. But no one has provided any evidence that this is the case. Indeed, the only figures available come from Hamas run institutions which acknowledge that while the population growth of Gaza is down on 2023, the population is still growing. About 1% to date, for 2024. Link below. I’m also aware that on several occasions over the last few decades, the same folk have made the same claims of genocide and the end result on each occasion was an increased population with an acceptance that there wasn’t actually a genocide after all. None of this, of course, means that the Israelis aren’t committing crimes or are justified in all of the actions they’ve taken. But it does seem clear to me that the western pro Palestinian narrative is so driven by Hamas propaganda and long standing anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, that they are the closest thing we have to a pro genocide organisation in this whole tragedy. https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/post.aspx?lang=en&ItemID=5791#:~:text=Based%20on%20the%20data%2C%20the,only%20about%201%25%20during%202024.