everything seems very stupid and pointless

[Edited on April 29, 2024 at 2:47 PM. Reason : everything...]

4/29/2024 2:47:30 PM

It's about to get very real. Columbia has just been hit with a Title VI lawsuit, and the plaintiff is asking for class action status. A group of Congressional Democrats are also invoking Title VI in their demand that the university get things under control. Faculty members are forming a human chain around the encampment to obstruct police efforts at removing them. This puts Columbia in the unenviable position of explaining in a Title VI lawsuit why its faculty is literally standing beside Hamas supporters (lookup what SJP says, it's accurate).

4/29/2024 4:27:51 PM

the majority of those protesting Israel’s actions in Palestine aren’t supporters of Hamas

[Edited on April 29, 2024 at 5:17 PM. Reason : .]

4/29/2024 5:16:25 PM

Wild be nice if the protestors started called for Netanyahu‘s removal

Might help show a nuance that this isn’t about Jews

4/29/2024 7:07:01 PM

^^ got a cite for that claim? The student organizations involved in these actions signed open letters both on their own websites and in thrir respective student newspapers in the days after October 7th expressing solidarity with Hamas and its actions. I believe the main organization behind SJP has also explicitly stated their support for Hamas.

4/29/2024 9:00:12 PM

Send fascist Netanyahu to the Hague and free Palestine!

4/30/2024 5:08:10 PM

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"Send fascist Netanyahu to the Hague"

Anything to say about Sinwar?

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"Might help show a nuance that this isn’t about Jews"

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"free Palestine!"

anything to say about freeing the hostages?

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"Might help show a nuance that this isn’t about Jews"

4/30/2024 5:25:59 PM

The hostages thing is such a moot point. Most them ppl dead. It's so obvious

5/1/2024 1:35:47 AM

^^the hostages have the full support of the Israeli and US governments. They have powerful forces seeking justice and safety.

Gaza civilians have lots of international support, but that support is powerless unless it can pressure either the US or Israeli government. American citizens don't have much ability to do the latter (and surprisingly little to do the former unfortunately!).

5/1/2024 8:54:58 AM

Whoa nelly, this "anti-anti-semitism" bill is a doozy. Likely to be struck down by the courts.

5/1/2024 6:55:54 PM

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/16/1251564884/israel-gaza-day-after-gallant-netanyahu

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"Amid growing frustration in Israel over where the war is headed eight months in, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Wednesday accused Israel's leadership of ignoring his requests to discuss a replacement to Hamas rule in Gaza. "Since October, I have been raising this issue consistently in the Cabinet, and have received no response," Gallant said. His speech, broadcast live, is the harshest rebuke yet of Israel's war strategy in Gaza from within Israel's three-man war cabinet. It set off a political firestorm that could threaten Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hold on power. ... ... "

[Edited on May 16, 2024 at 10:21 AM. Reason : ]

5/16/2024 10:20:58 AM

Netanyahu needs to go

5/16/2024 2:26:27 PM

You almost convinced me, but then you failed to preface it with "hey hey, how ho". So, fuck you, shitlord

5/16/2024 4:22:55 PM

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"HEY HOW HO"

5/16/2024 6:49:59 PM

Can't hamas at least give the dead bodies back? Thats so gross toting that shit around, I'd hate to be the person in charge of lugging that shit around

5/17/2024 5:49:34 PM

Even other Israeli leaders are pissed at Netanyahu seemingly senseless quest
https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-05-18-24/index.html

5/18/2024 5:40:14 PM

Long thread of war crimes posted and generally horrible behavior posted on social media
https://twitter.com/ytirawi/status/1791770589985640847

5/18/2024 10:32:48 PM

^^yeah, moron, one dude from the war cabinet said he'd resign if they didn't develop an alternate plan within a few days

5/19/2024 1:06:37 PM

::video of man dancing in field alone::

5/19/2024 11:58:52 PM

hmm

5/20/2024 3:08:11 AM

too soon?

5/21/2024 12:33:13 AM

Is this more offensive to kobe or khomeini (and his +1 Amir-Abdollahian... although one could argue the foreign minister may have more going on)

5/21/2024 11:39:07 AM

Norway, Ireland and Spain say they will recognize a Palestinian state, deepening Israel's isolation

https://www.wral.com/story/israel-says-its-recalls-ambassadors-from-ireland-and-norway-over-recognition-of-a-palestinian-state/21444525/

5/22/2024 9:38:00 AM

I'm curious what the international response will be when the Islamic Republic of Palestine attacks and invades its neighbors

5/22/2024 1:09:15 PM

I'm curious what the international response will be when Israel drops a nuclear bomb on Tehran

5/22/2024 1:38:07 PM

What'll happen when Israel just takes more land from its neighbors? (I know... nothing)

[Edited on May 22, 2024 at 2:16 PM. Reason : ]

5/22/2024 2:16:35 PM

Iran is my favorite enemy state

5/22/2024 2:46:17 PM

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"NEW: Biden officials have become increasingly concerned that Hamas has been able to recruit during wartime — thousands over the last several months - allowing thee group to withstand months of Israeli offensives. w/@alexbward @laraseligman"

Who could have predicted

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/21/biden-admin-hammering-israel-military-strategy-gaza-00159262

5/22/2024 8:59:19 PM

I can't believe it.

5/22/2024 9:23:03 PM

Shocking

5/22/2024 11:39:29 PM

Didn't that happen in Iraq or somewhere like that?

5/22/2024 11:50:58 PM

Yes, I think it might have been Iraq....

5/23/2024 9:17:15 AM

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"when Israel drops a nuclear bomb on Tehran"

if they haven't done it in the last 60 years, doesn't seem likely they will do so any time soon

meanwhile in that same period the Palestinians have tried to coup Jordan, caused a civil war in Lebanon and are not exactly welcome in Egypt either.

but I do hope that they get their State and figure out how to be responsible members of the international community. just not getting my hopes up

5/23/2024 11:37:12 AM