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Israel has continued bombarding Gaza’s south despite telling 1.1 million people in the north of the besieged enclave to relocate there ahead of an expected ground offensive.

“We were displaced from Tal al-Hawa to Rafah at the request of the Israeli army, and this is what happened to us. My son is a 3-month-old martyr,” the father of a child killed in an attack in Rafah told Al Jazeera.

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[–] cloud@lazysoci.al 57 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you live in USA or EU your government is ok with this

[–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 43 points 1 year ago

Since I live in the USA, actually we fund it to the tune of several billion a year and then some.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You think we like our governments?

[–] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The last time the UK had a government approved by more than 50% of the voters was 1931.

[–] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Where is the socialist revolution, then, that overthrows the undemocratic government?

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The problem is the other 60%+ all want different things.

The only thing that unites them is they don't want what we currently have.

[–] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The consequences of a "western democracy" in which critical thinking is systematically genocided so that the masses always stay individualist neutered puppets of state...

[–] Bleach7297@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

An upvote from me is worth ten downvotes from them. Unfortunately this is not reflected in your numbers due to limitations of the platform.

[–] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

Votes get federated between your and my account's instance.