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Flick 🇬🇧 (flick@spinster.xyz)'s status on Monday, 23-Oct-2023 03:21:11 JST Flick 🇬🇧

Is it just me, or has Gaza been “two to three days from running out of fuel” for at least a week at this point?

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- Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Monday, 23-Oct-2023 03:21:11 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:
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  @Flick fuel has a funny way of lasting linger than expected around there https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_of_the_cruse_of_oil
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  1. Miracle of the cruse of oil
    
    Miracle of the cruse of oil (Hebrew: נֵס פַּךְ הַשֶּׁמֶן), or the Miracle of Hanukkah, is an Aggadah depicted in the Babylonian Talmud as one of the reasons for Hanukkah. In the story, the miracle occurred after the liberation of the Temple in Jerusalem during the Maccabean Revolt, and it describes the finding of a jug of pure oil that was to be enough to light the lamp for one day, but that lasted for eight days. Historical background The Maccabees During the period of the Second Temple (~516 BCE – 70 CE), in around 200 BCE, Antiochus III, the Seleucid king of Syria, took control over the kingdom of Judea. He allowed the Jews living in Judea autonomous rule for some time, but then his son Antiochus IV replaced him. Trying to unify his kingdom, Antiochus IV prohibited Jews from practicing Judaism and commanded them to worship Greek gods. Many Jews went along with these demands and were known as Hellenized Jews. Tensions rose and in 168 BCE Antiochus IV invaded Jerusalem, the capital of Israel, killing thousands, and erected an altar for...
- Flick 🇬🇧 (flick@spinster.xyz)'s status on Monday, 23-Oct-2023 03:45:16 JST Flick 🇬🇧
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  @thatguyoverthere Ha, good point!
  
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