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I wonder how those who think that Israel can do no wrong would feel if the Palestinians were dividing up their country? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/02/israel-announces-intention-seize-large-areas-gaza-strip

I assume you are referring to me. I did explain that the element in the Government who are intent on wiping out Palestinians happen to be Jewish Israelis and have differentiated between Netanyahu and his cronies and other Israelis since as you seemed intent on taking my posts against these extremists as antisemitism. At the time you didn’t even to know how to spell Netanyahu so your in depth knowledge of the situation looks a bit shaky. Going on holiday to Israel doesn’t make you an expert in the conflict, clearly. Getting back to what is happening, more atrocities here. The IDF are saying that they shot at Hamas. At least one of the care workers had his hands tied behind his back when he was shot dead. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/31/israel-killed-15-palestinian-paramedics-and-rescue-workers-one-by-one-says-un

Badenoch again demonstrates her complete inability to understand why she is not fit to be anywhere near Parliament. She hasn’t seen the programme apparently but still manages to have an opinion on its content but also manages to shoe horn another issue in order to try and appeal to Faragists. Worse still, her opinion about the programme she says she hasn’t seen appears to based on Musk’s comments on X. https://www.aol.co.uk/badenoch-claims-adolescence-fundamentally-changed-101457897.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACAbrgw12b2h2l3jtzkbi1gtahIae6898ZOkFCYgT6Al1r3l0fuu5F9Yag-6KUdD2fl_gW4kqRO1SA60B1ueuKZr707NzKOM66CQ8bzoJwTWidNorvEAWkNzpc-oXvIdGPPdumiFrdrQlSF8bH5YRtSQTiU1rTS4SVIdQCKflpF5

It is also very weird that a grown man pretends to be something he isn’t to complete strangers. Not much of a role model to kids, not least his own. Apart from spending his days on here trolling away, he lies to complete strangers about his job. I wonder what his boss would make of it all?

Sad news. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2033616/whsmith-to-sell-modella-capital-new-name/amp

You don’t see a difference between taking people hostage and killing tens of thousands of other people? Given a choice I’m thinking that being taken hostage is preferable to being blow apart or buried under a building. The poster I replied to was intimating that the activities of 7th October were enough to justify laying Gaza to waste and killing tens of thousands of women and children. No mask here. Personally I don’t think that the response is, in any universe, justifiable or proportionate. He also tried to conflate WW2 with what is happening in Gaza at the moment as if Hamas is in any way comparable to any of the main forces in that war. The combatants in WW2 fought with similar munitions and equipment. I am sure you can see the difference between what the IDF have at their disposal to wage war against Hamas (and the civilians in Gaza) and what they have in response. It is a turkey shoot is it not. Civilians could leave the areas being bombed during WW2. The people in Gaza are trapped. But then you know that yet chose to dig me out and support the person who posts laughing emojis in response to what has been described as genocide. Perhaps it is your mask that is slipping?

It continues… https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna198503

I don’t know how you can conflate WW2 with what is happening in Gaza unless you agree that there was genocide also in WW2. As for the hostages, how anyone can say that it is ok to kill 50,000 civilians in response to some hostages being taken is beyond belief. And you call me a vile person. You know damned well that if Hamas we’re killing this amount of civilians you would be posting about it every day and, heaven forbid, if anyone posted laughing emojis in response you would have a melt down. If Hamas we’re displacing Israelis in the West Bank from their homes we wouldn’t hear the end of it from you. It doesn’t really bother you that the elected government in Israel are acting just as badly as Hamas. Dead Muslims aren’t an issue for you so it is easy to turn a blind eye to Netanyahu and his government’s actions.

Would you be okay if Hamas had killed Israeli civilians to the tune of 50k if the situation was reversed?

Don’t hold your breath.

My point is that we are watching the deconstruction of democracy, piece by piece, in real time, in the USA. The Trump administration want the power that Putin has in Russia which is why they are distancing themselves from the liberal democracies of Europe and moving closer and closer to the autocratic Putin. Even if Trump doesn’t manage to shoehorn himself into a third term his acolytes are working on a Trump Maga clone to take his place. I was laughed at when I posted about the rise of the anti democratic far right yet we are seeing it not only in the US, but in Turkey at the moment and these parties are becoming more popular here, in France, Germany and they are already in power in Italy. The world order is changing and we are watching the it happen daily.

Can’t it be both? He could be having a sulk whilst also hamstringing some of his adversaries at the same time?

When questioned about this Trump denied any knowledge and trashed The Atlantic is time honoured fashion when cornered. He is either lying (no change there then) or his administration is so poor that they didn’t brief him on this major breach in security. How on earth do we trust these people enough to share future intelligence with them? This from last year. https://www.cpomagazine.com/cyber-security/feds-investigating-government-data-breach-impacting-the-five-eyes-intelligence-alliance/

https://apnews.com/article/no-other-land-oscar-israel-palestinians-084c63f33e748a3279646759e9b705c2#

Of course not. You don’t find it odd that some people constantly feel the need to post laughing emojis on posts about dead women and children? Wouldn’t you imagine that whatever drives their behaviour, the novelty would have worn off by now? The Lounge was always a bit weird but it seems to be getting weirder by the week.