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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 22:53:51 JST Aral Balkan

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   • Zhi Zhu 🕸️
   • King Beauregard
   • Dan Kennedy
   • Lady Artemis

   @kingbeauregard @missladyartemis @ZhiZhu @dankennedy_nu “You made me hurt you.”

   • Zhi Zhu 🕸️ (zhizhu@newsie.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 22:53:52 JST Zhi Zhu 🕸️

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     • Dan Kennedy

     @dankennedy_nu

     "After the initial horror at the sheer barbarism of the Hamas onslaught on Israeli children, older adults and a dance party, what happened? The narrative quickly shifted to the brutality of the Israeli counterattack on Gazan civilians, among whom Hamas has embedded itself. The massive Israeli counterstrike overshadowed Hamas’s terrorism and instead made the organization a hero to some."
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     https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/29/opinion/israel-hamas-ceasefire.html?unlocked_article_code=1.60w.PLub.laYe7kYF-7Ur&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

     #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Hamas #war #News

   • King Beauregard (kingbeauregard@c.im)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 22:53:52 JST King Beauregard

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     • Zhi Zhu 🕸️
     • Dan Kennedy

     @ZhiZhu @dankennedy_nu

     We ought to be clear: Hamas is engineering a situation where Israel will be obligated to fire back, and there will be Palestinian casualties.

     Hamas wants there to be casualties in Gaza, because dead Palestinians are good PR.

     The more people who understand that, the more people who will realize that Hamas is the problem here.

   • Dan Kennedy (dankennedy_nu@journa.host)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 22:53:56 JST Dan Kennedy

     Thomas Friedman has really been indispensable in thinking clearly about Israel’s best options. “Targeted use of force with limited, achievable goals may serve Israel’s long-term security and prosperity more than an open-ended war to eradicate Hamas.” (Free link) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/29/opinion/israel-hamas-ceasefire.html?unlocked_article_code=1.60w.PLub.laYe7kYF-7Ur&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare