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livus , to World News in Israel phasing out use of desert detention camp after CNN investigation detailing abuses | CNN

This news isn't as good as it first appears unfortunately:

State attorney Aner Helman told the court that 700 inmates had been moved to Ofer military facility in the occupied West Bank, with another 500 set to be transferred in the weeks to come. Around 200 detainees will remain in Sde Teiman, said Helman

So, they're not even shutting down their Abu Ghraib in Sde Teiman, but they're moving the bulk of it to a detention camp called Ofer. Except:

Last week, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi said the military launched a probe into the allegations of mistreatment at Sde Teiman, as well as at Anatot and Ofer

In other words Ofer's already a shit show of human rights abuses as well. They're just shuffling people around their various camps.

livus , to World News in Israelis use gardening tools to fight wildfires caused by rockets

Dean, a Londoner who moved to the kibbutz eight years ago

So, he's a British guy who chose to move from England to an Israeli collective that is literally located on top of a displaced Palestinian village, right up against an actively disputed border and now he's complaining about it?

This article reads like it was probably put together to generate support for more IDF attacks on Lebanon.

livus , to Technology in The problem with GIMP

Having spent ages trying to adopt it and failing like 20+ years ago it's just crazy to me that every time I give it another chance, it still doesn't have non destructive editing and is still a non-intuitive UI from hell. It feels like they want it to be like this.

livus , to World News in Nikki Haley writes ‘Finish Them!’ on Israeli bomb bound for Gaza

What a sociopath.

livus , to World News in US plans for Gaza aid pier branded ‘smokescreen’ to allow Israeli invasion of Rafah

The UN officials aren't saying any of those things. Here's a tldr of the issue

  • The platform is meant to be in Northern Gaza where the worst of the starvation is

  • Israel wants it to be moved south to an Israeli choke point

  • Israel is about to close the crossings in South Gaza so it can attack Rafah

  • If the tiny amount of aid that can come in is able to be diverted to South Gaza then Israel may face less international condemnation over this phase of the Gaza genocide.

Please help me understand why delivering food and medicine to Gaza is bad.

If there is a starving child and you can choose to deliver them the nutrients they need but instead you choose to give them half a peanut instead, in a really theatrical way, that's obviously bad right?

That's what's happening here.

livus , to World News in Netanyahu aims to trap west into war across Middle East, warns Iranian diplomat

I don't think you have to "listen to Iran" to know Israel attacked their embassy compound.

livus , to World News in Netanyahu aims to trap west into war across Middle East, warns Iranian diplomat

It's not a weird conspiracy though. It's just that dragging the US into protecting Israel from Iran has the effect of halting US criticism of the Gaza genocide.

livus , to World News in Iran launches drone attack against Israel as Biden rushes to White House

No nation on Earth would have reacted any differently.

I see this canard a lot, and it's simply not true.

There are plenty of nations that don't have track records of ignoring international law and committing egregious human rights abuses, including during armed conflict.

It is simply not reasonable to assume those countries would start a campaign of massive civilian slaughter.

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