Here’s the thing: the Zionist movement (as opposed to Jews, generally) has the stated aim of “removing” the current population of Palestine and refilling it with people of a different ethnoculture. The only thing that all Palestinians can currently agree on is that the Zionist policy of Lebensraum (yeah - I said it) must be stopped. Some people only have the clothes on their back and the rubble under their feet. At that point you’ll join with anybody to remove the genocidal apartheid yoke of the oppressor. The inevitable infighting can wait until the external aggressor is defeated. A complete human tragedy for millions is the result. Both sets of lunatic religious extremists making misery for the people in the middle.

That looks very much like the classic totally unverifiable headline that has bought modern news media a terrible name… btw you’ve got a fantastic user name for this topic.

Justify? Probably not. Explain? Most definitely. The state of Israel is the only thing that benefits from Hamas.

Am I twelve? No. I’m nearly fifty and for almost thirty years have lost friends and colleagues to Hamas scum… not sure why you’d ever think I’d support genocidal religious extremists. My original point still stands - because that is the general consensus amongst all the refugees I’ve dealt with. Maybe you’ve dealt with different parts of the strip where attitudes might be different?

Imagine being bullied and humiliated every single day of your life… then somebody gives that bully a black eye. That person would be your hero.

Speaking of optics: Did Israel mention why he was in battle fatigues? I was given the impression that he’d be dressed as a doctor / ambulance driver / UN worker etc but he looks suspiciously like a soldier.

Dutch not Danish?

Exactly. He may well be rich relative to a poor person but in the scheme of overall wealth hoarding he’s not even a blip on the radar. The reason he got the sentence he got is nothing to do with his assets. It would be glib to suggest otherwise.

Huw Edwards may - or may not - be many things but rich is not one of them. He was a television news anchor on the BBC. A bang-average Premier League footballer could easily out earn him.

Catholic Church enters the chat.

I think this dude is the guy I remember from Mastodon - I didn’t spend much time there. Pens some real bangers if so.

I’ve told you countless trillions of times to stop exaggerating.

In European history this happened on the ninth of November.

He’s his mommy’s special little prince:

Ah, memories. Vagene. Pregante. Noice. Written English has had a hammering on the internet. We’ll all be spelling like Chaucer in another generation at this rate.

• … bog-standard reaction to pedantry. /s

I found it tiresomely political and strangely dogmatic way too much of the time. I didn’t get the impression that there was a wide cross-section of people on there.

That’s a really good point I’d never thought of. Veganising an obligate carnivore is unvegan. Mind blown 🤯

Do you know where I can buy a 2 mile extension cable to get to my nearest plug socket this morning?

Yeah, I’m Welsh myself. I just wondered how somebody who struggled with Wmffre / Humphrey would do with the whole Wrwgwai thing. Some English speakers get it immediately others get a headache thinking about it.