Refaat Alareer, the teacher and writer who had shared the hardships of war with EL PAÍS, was killed along with six family members in an Israeli attack

Refaat Alareer, the teacher and writer who had shared the hardships of war with EL PAÍS, was killed along with six family members in an Israeli attack

  • Nobody@lemmy.worldEnglish
    75·
    1 year ago

    They are sending Gaza back a hundred years,” and argued that the international community is “complicit” in the “extermination” being carried out by Israel

    So very true. We’re reacting to the present destruction of Gaza and asking for a ceasefire.

    What does the future look like in Gaza? Any financial commitments to rebuild? Even when the bombings finally stop, how does Gaza survive?

    • idiocracy@lemmy.zipEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      good question, and there are no solutions yet. one thing for sure is israel will not accept hamas existance anymore, nor should anyone with a working moral compass.

      • fosho@lemmy.caEnglish
        8·
        1 year ago

        seen as how it’s abundantly clear that the Israeli govt is also an incredibly terroristic institution, no one with a moral compass should accept their existence either, right?

      • fastandcurious@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        one thing for sure is the world should not accept IDFs and Netanyahus existence anymore, nor should anyone with a working moral compass.

        Also username checks out

        Hamas sucks so let’s bomb a buch of children

  • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
    42·
    1 year ago

    Alareer, a literature professor with the Islamic University of Gaza, warned us a month ago about how Israel is using “hunger as a weapon of war.” The Gaza Strip is facing major hunger issues as it enters the third month of the war instigated by the October 7 Hamas attack that killed 1,200 people in Israel. “The people of Gaza are dying of hunger,” said Alareer. “We have very little food or water due to Israel’s blockade. This is a systematic extermination – the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza. It’s a continuation of the Israeli ethnic cleansing that started over 75 years ago,” referring to the creation of the Israeli state in 1948.

    A systematic extermination and an ethnic cleansing supported and facilitated by the USA.

  • Lath@kbin.social
    40·
    1 year ago

    War is funny.
    WWI started because everyone had to respect their treaties and join their allies into war.
    Then WWII started because countries didn’t join together from the start.

    So, even if we learn from our past mistakes and avoid making them, with war, we can only do worse the next time.

  • MountainTurkeyEnglish
    34·
    1 year ago

    Popular Front had a podcast interview with him a month ago, it’s insane to hear all of the bombs going on around him even then.

  • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    1 year ago

    And the Dems are already saying they’re gonna vote for Genocide Joe again…

    Hold your nose, close your eyes, turn off your brain and vote everyone!

    • hark@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      “At least he’s not trump” is their only response and democrats worked hard to promote fascists like him to make sure that was the only response they’ll ever need.

      • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
        18·
        1 year ago

        “At least he’s not trump” is their only response

        When it’s a binary choice like that, then there’s only one option.

        • yuriy@lemmy.worldEnglish
          15·
          1 year ago

          Almost like a two party political system is intrinsically limited to a “lesser of two evils” situation every single fucking time. Whacky.

          • Doubletwist@lemmy.worldEnglish
            5·
            1 year ago

            Well, like it or not, that’s the system we have right now, and so long as it is, by the time the main election comes around, the only options are a) violent overthrow, b) abstain from voting, or c) vote for the least bad option presented.

            I don’t think we’re quite to the point yet where violent overthrow is necessary or justified.

            Abstaining just means you accept whatever the outcome is, and thus have no leg to stand on when you don’t like the outcome.

            In my mind that leaves option c as the only valid option, with the added requirement of working in between elections towards pushing for changes in the voting system.

            I don’t pretend to be a fan of Biden. But despite his shortcomings, he’s still a damn sight better than Trump or RFK Jr. And nobody else running has a snowball’s chance in hell, and most of them are crackpots anyway. So until such a time as we have better options, I will continue to vote for the least bad option.