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150 sats \ 3 comments \ @Undisciplined 13 May Politics_And_Law
John Mac Ghlionn takes on a recent article by Michael Ames published at The Free Press, which accuses journalists and aid agencies of “rhetorical manipulation” in discussing the conflict in Gaza, and claims to debunk the notion that the territory is facing a famine.
“What is happening in Gaza right now is not ambiguous. It is not speculative. The United Nations has warned repeatedly of impending famine. UNICEF has documented the collapse of clean water and sanitation. USAID’s own chief, Samantha Power – no stranger to statecraft or calculated language – acknowledged that Gaza was 'credibly' in famine. And that was over a year ago. But rather than confront reality, Ames performs semantic gymnastics, accusing others of exaggeration while cherry-picking anecdotes to build his case.”
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37 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 13 May
I'm curious if you've ever thought about what could be done about the Palestine/Israel situation, @Undisciplined. Everything I've read and learned about it just tells me it's a huge mess
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30 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 13 May
I don't think the people in power in either country are acting in good faith at all. The conflict is an existential necessity for their holds on political power and the Palestinian people are just being fed into a meat grinder as a result.
Would there be things that people acting in good faith could do in those positions to improve the situation? Sure, but so what? That's not the world we're in and it's not one we're particularly close to.
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32 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 13 May
Ames’ article was a good example of hypocrisy, not cynicism, not irony, not really human. I would have a tendency to call what is happening in Gaza as a genocide rather than anything else, however, Israelis cannot commit genocide, can they? They cannot do anything like a Holodomor or a Cambodian killing field, can they? Mass murder is just not in the cards for Israel, is it? Why?
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