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Just as Putin uses "meat waves" (of Russian mobiks) to gain territory, Russia and Iran have long been using civilian Palestinians ** (preferably children and women, for greater propaganda psych and visual effect on TV / TikTok etc.) as "sacrifice" in Ismail Haniyeh and Yahya Sinwar's own words - the more "Israeli victims" can be claimed, the better, to offend "Western sensitivities" ... and so far, at least until recently, their propaganda "wushu" has been successful:
www.newsweek.com - Ismail Haniyeh Saved My Life. But I'm Not Grateful - 2024-08-01, by Paul Martin (NPR, BBC)
|------- While Hamas continued periodically firing rockets into Israel, not differentiating between military and civilian targets, most of the casualties in 2007 under Haniyeh's leadership were caused by internecine fighting. "Aren't you ashamed," I asked him while filming another report, "that of the last 100 Palestinians killed in Gaza, 98 have been killed by either Hamas or Fatah?"
... They had hidden in the ... largest hospital, Shifa, and inside specially constructed underground cells, leaving their own population to bear the brunt of the fighting. Haniyeh emerged 10 days after the ceasefire. Many locals portrayed him and his cronies as cowards but dared not say that too loudly. He had (in his own terminology) sacrificed another thousand or more civilians to "the cause" and vowed to continue doing so.
... By unleashing a war that "sacrificed" thousands of his citizens and devastated his territory while stubbornly and pointlessly holding on to civilian hostages***, he has set back the Palestinian cause by decades...
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Israel kept supplying Gaza with fresh water and electricity (same as to nearby kibbutzim) - though Hamas has refused paying for it - even when Hamas broke each and every one of 15 "permanent ceasefires" since 2007.
www.newsweek.com - Israel Has Nearly Wiped Out Hamas' Military Leadership - 2024-08-01
|---------- ... Israel has taken out up to four of every five senior Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades commanders ... plus an estimated 15,000-20,000 trained Hamas fighters. ... a significant number of the Hamas fighting force has been dismantled, with many fighters captured in Israeli prisons..."
... Experts say taking out the group's leadership is a tactic designed to grind down Hamas until the organization is unable to function effectively, ultimately forcing it to agree to unfavorable ceasefire terms and return the remaining hostages.
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Short history of Mossad (and Israel's neighbors): www.youtube.com - How the Most Elite Spy Agency Operates (YT, 23min)
Here are some [second or third rounds of] real ongoing genocides, but without the "Jew Problem"... they're not on the news every day, if ever... so who really cares, right?
www.npr.org - Sudan's conflict 1-year anniversary - April 15, 2024
worldwithoutgenocide.org - Yemen, Saudi-backed Sunni vs Iran-backed Shi'a (Houthis) - 2023
BTW, it seems Iran-backed Houthis' "solidarity" with Iran-backed Hamas disappeared after Israeli raid destroyed much of their military infrastructure and their fighting "spirit"... so if it's a better way to deal with terrorists than "taking the win," why didn't the USA and UK leaders get this from the start? "Pontius Pilate syndrome"?
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#38 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2024-08-02 07:31 PM
"Censored is sooo Stupid. Targeted assassination is a crime."
#39 | Posted by madbomber at 2024-08-03 07:14 AM
Are you kidding?
Ever heard of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi?
How about Osama bid Laden?
Some of Haniyeh's fellow Islamists?
So that this would be closer to "home" for our resident Putin's troll Effeteposer, add this far from complete list:
Alexander Litvinenko, Sergei Skripal, Boris Berezovsky, Boris Nemtzov, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Mikhail Lesin, and a number of people who fell from windows for no particular reason.
The assassination of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili in Berlin in 2019 was executed by none other than FSB operative Vadim Krasikov, who was just returned home as part of Putin's "hostages" swap with the USA and other countries - see my previous post.
www.theguardian.com - Twenty years of ruthlessness: how Russia has silenced Putin's opponents - 2023-August-27
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