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Are you the forum troll? Politicians are not experts on international law. Just like you are not. Politicians like Biden have received millions from Pro-Israeli lobby groups in the U.S. and he is now returning the favour. Those who have not received money are speaking the truth. Learn more: https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/recips.php?cycle=2020&ind=Q05 If you look at the organizations that are experts in this area, it's quite obvious that Israel is committing genocide. Of course, all of this needs to be investigated, which Israel will try to prevent. However, Israel is an apartheid state and regularly commits war crimes. This has been going on for decades. Here is the full report. This is your chance to learn. Here is more reading material: There is more that you can learn. Lots more. Re: Genocide Is what’s happening now a genocide? Raz Segal, the program director of genocide studies at Stockton University, concretely says it is a “textbook case of genocide.” Segal believes that Israeli forces are completing three genocidal acts, including, “killing, causing serious bodily harm, and measures calculated to bring about the destruction of the group.” He points to the mass levels of destruction and total siege of basic necessities—like water, food, fuel, and medical supplies—as evidence. He says Israeli leaders expressed “explicit, clear, and direct statements of intent,” pointing to Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s statement during an Oct. 13 press conference. In his statement, Herzog said, “It’s an entire nation that is out there that’s responsible. It’s not true, this rhetoric about civilians not aware, not involved. It’s absolutely not true,” Herzog said. “They could have risen up, they could have fought against that evil regime which took over Gaza in a coup d'etat.” (Herzog later said that he is not holding the civilians of Gaza responsible for keeping Hamas in political power, when asked to clarify by a journalist at the same press conference.) Segal says that this language conflates all Palestinians as “an enemy population,” which could help prove intent. https://ccrjustice.org/sites/default/files/attach/2023/11/Historians Declaration_w.pdf

No. You are wrong. There is no ambiguity. When they say Palestinians are "human animals" repeatedly, say they are going to level Gaza, turn off their electricity and water, AND actually carry out these war crimes, it's pretty clear what these war criminals mean. You are wrong again. Perhaps before typing, go and look up the meaning. Definition Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide Article II In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: Killing members of the group; Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group Israel is committing genocide. Ref: https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/genocide.shtml Wrong again. You obviously have no clue what you're talking about. Or maybe you do, and you are purposely spreading misinformation. I don't know what your motives are. I've already corrected you once. The rest, you can do on your own, by looking the information up. But I have suspicion that you're not here to learn. Israel is a rogue state, an apartheid state, and has committed war crimes. The U.S., unsurprisingly, has corrupted politicians. The Palestinians don't have powerful lobby groups to donate to politicians like Israel has. Biden has received millions of dollars from pro-Israeli lobby groups throughout his career and that has everything to do with him accepting yet another round of genocide by Israel. Learn more: https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/recips.php?cycle=2020&ind=Q05 I don't think anyone who is able to research and think would believe that if Hamas put its guns down, everything would be roses. The West Bank has no Hamas and look at the way Israel continues to practice their apartheid against them. Israel doesn't need to put it's guns down. What they need to do is to stop being terrorist state and commiting crimes against humanity. F*ck Israel. F*ck Hamas. F*ck anyone who tries to excuse these terrorist groups.

Certain actions taken by Israel, particularly in response to security concerns, amount to collective punishment and may violate international law. Some relevant legal principles and conventions include: Fourth Geneva Convention: This is a key international treaty that outlines protections for civilians in times of armed conflict. Israel's actions in the occupied territories, including the construction of settlements and the imposition of restrictions, violate the convention's provisions. Prohibition of Collective Punishment: The prohibition of collective punishment is a general principle of international humanitarian law. Deliberate measures that cause harm to an entire population as a form of punishment is considered a violation of this principle. International Human Rights Law: Actions that adversely affect the human rights of individuals, particularly on a collective basis, may be scrutinized under international human rights law. This includes issues related to freedom of movement, access to basic services, and the right to a standard of living adequate for health and well-being.

Go to love these tactics. If you oppose the decades long human rights violations committed by Israel and support a free Palestine, you hate jews. That's the lowbrow tactic that is expected for those who want to control speech and the narrative. The world has woken up and will no longer stand supporting an apartheid state such as Israel. It took years for the governments of western countries to finally oppose Apartheid South Africa, which, not surprisingly, had always been heavily supported by Israel. Western governments were no longer able to continue to support for them. The same will happen with Israel. Western governments will be forced to give into the pressure from the people who now overwhelmingly want a stop to Israel's atrocities. With social media bringing some balance into the information that is available from the region, and the voice of Jews living in the West, who oppose Israel's continuous war crimes against the Palestinians, it's the beginning of the end of Israel's influence in the West. Here are American Jews who will not allow tribalism to come in the way of doing the right thing; Speaking out against Israel's genocide:

It's SO strange seeing a group who once experienced genocide and persecution, is now doing it to others. It's sickening to be frank. That said, it's amazing to see some of the loudest voices against Israel's genocide are Jews from around the world.

I am posting comments coming from Israeli politicians and leaders to show their intent. Are you seriously trying to deny what they have said? Posting their own words is "propaganda"? What Israel is doing is by the very definition of international law, a genocide. Of course, they will deny this to the western audiences, in order to win their support, because without the green light from the U.S., Israel would not be able to do this. Every international human rights organizations, including HRW and Amnesty, plus Israel's own Btselem is concluding that Israel is committing war crimes with their collective punishment, the bombing of hospitals, schools, churches and mosques. It's also against international law to turn off electricity and water, and to stop food from reaching civilians. We are witnessing one of the worst atrocities since ISIS rampaged through Iraq. The only difference is that Israel is using planes and tanks.

It's important to look at the Israeli government's own words, where they promote genocide and ethnic cleansing:

The propaganda battle is at an all time high. I really enjoyed this meme:

Haven't been here in a while. My heart goes out to the 1600 Israeli civilians and the over 10,000 Palestinian civilians, many of them children who have been killed in the latest attacks. For the first time, I am seeing a little more balance in perspectives when it comes to media. This is mostly because the mainstream media no longer has monopoly over which perspective gets out. As much as the mainstream media and the western governments are trying to push that this started on October 7th, people now have access to more information through youtube, twitter, and at universities. This started more than a century ago when Europeans countries wanted to remove Jews out of their countries and Zionism was born. The first waves of Jewish refugees were turned away from the UK, the US and most central European countries. After considering different locations around the world, including Argentina, Uganda, Morocco and a few other locations, it was decided that they'd create a homeland in Palestine. The problem with that decision was that the indigenous population didn't really have a say in this decision. Of course, colonialism was the norm back then and local populations in Asia and Africa were never consulted. The population of Palestine in early 1900's was around 90% Palestinian Muslim, 8% Palestinian Christians and 2% Palestinian Jews, according to British census. Then the European Jews started arriving. Many European Jews didn't really want to go that land at first, but when United States past a law against allowing any more Jews to migrate to the U.S. in the 1920s, and eventually, when the holocaust happened, things changed rapidly. That's when the local Arab population started to become uncomfortable with the big wave of Jews coming into their land. The clashes started when the Israeli militias (terrorist groups as the British called them) in the 1940s, started attacking Palestinian Arabs and some British soldiers. The Irgun, one of these militia groups was led by Begin, who later became the first Israeli prime minister. Here is another well researched and balanced history of the region: Anyway, the history of this region and the control over the changing narrative in the West is quite fascinating to witness. Here is an example how we are seeing a shift in what is allowed to be discussed where we're seeing more than just one perspective:

Drip, drip, drip. Yes. It's true. It's happening. I just wonder what is the difference between the future and now? The gap between the ultra wealthy and the rest has always been there. The ultra wealthy had always had control. They predict and sometimes coerce world narratives, and then take financial advantage of them. For example: Wars; You have the military industrial complex, the rebuilders who clean up the military's mess, the contractors, the brokers, etc., who get a piece of that expensive pie. They are controlled by the ultra wealthy. This system has been in place for a long time. Are driveless electric cars your limit? I am curious how you think your life will be different from now. You don't think you'll be able to go to the national parks, to get a taste of the outdoors? Outside of the provincial and federal lands, all land is private. It doesn't matter who owns it, you aren't able to use it now either. I was on MLS a couple of nights ago and, there is a lot of private land available for sale.

Lots of truth by Russel Brand. AJ fxcked himself with Sandy Hook and truly hurts his credibility with his promotion of Trump. There is nothing wrong with calling out Biden/Clinton and their corruption and selfishness, and calling out Trump for the slimeball car salesman he is. Putting aside that I may not agree with everything he stands for, the only genuine mainstream politician in the U.S. is Bernie Sanders.

Alex Jones has made a lot of money by ranting to the bottom of the barrel of society.

Population is actually plateauing. Faster than expected. Even India's population has plateaued. The only continent, whose population continues to increase is Africa. But overall, the world will hit a plateau between 2050-2070. After which, it will start to decline. We can improve the way we live, and stop being parasites. Although at a slow pace, we are heading towards that. There are still some industries who are trying to milk the status quo, which is expected. Of course, they use propaganda for the everyday folks to continue to push the same. They use the fear of the unknown to bring fear into them and for them to resist change, on behalf of them. We have the technology to improve our system, how we live and how we treat our environment. The idea of the following, I find to be great. Too bad it's being done by Saudi:

A new Stanford University study says the cost of switching the whole planet to a fossil fuel free 100% renewables energy system would be $62 trillion, but as this would generate annual cost savings of $11 trillion, it would pay for itself in six years. https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/3539703-no-miracle-tech-needed-how-to-switch-to-renewables-now-and-lower-costs-doing-it/

Sure it does. You damage my environment, you hurt me and my community.

Part of what I do is in the private immigration in dustry, and I couldn't agree with you more. Despite all of the news flash about taking in Afghan refugees (who we left hanging) and Ukrainians (that the government wants prairie votes from), they make up a small sliver of our immigrants coming in. Majority receiving permanent residence are highly educated and higher middle class from other countries. Hence using brain drain in my last post. The temporary workers coming in to do labour work in farms, processing plants and in the hospitality industry, do not have a realistic path to permanent residency. They usually come in on temporary work permits, make some money for their families back home and then they are sent back.

The sucking out of oil + the energy used to create the products = more pollution and damage to the planet and ecosystem. I recommend that you try being more open to technology, progress and solutions, rather than being fueled by identity politics. It may bring more calm into your life and less of this aggressiveness.

This is why immigration is going up. We're brain draining some countries, and bringing in labour from others. Population decrease and aging is not unique to just Canada. Japan has been experiencing this for decades, and other western countries as well. The only continent that will be experiencing an increase in population is Africa. Even India's population has plateaued. Our path and solution are robots, automation, AI and blockchain technology. That will fix things for a while, until AI realizes that we're useless... With automation and technology, we're going to need less human power. "M-F, 9-5" will fade away. We'll get back to getting bored, and in turn, becoming more creative. Humans are adaptable. We'll kick and whine our way to resolving issues. Sometimes we realize, in hindsight, we should have done it earlier, but my optimism says that we're going to be okay.

I disagree. Creating the plastic bags are harming me and my environment, not just the disposal.

Nothing is going to happen instantly. It's a transition. We're already seeing a transition. No one is asking to snap your finger and flip everything. Of course that's not possible. Solar/Wind/Hydro are already provinding a lot of energy. They're also providing jobs. Material created by oil is already being replaced by low foot print sources. It's already happening. Why is it so hard to believe that we can finally reach a point where we can totally replace fossil fuels?

This could very well happen. Our financial system has never been sustainable. The issues and holes within it have received bandages and its life has been extended, but it looks more and more like it's going to implode. This is more of a concern to me than climate change. Climate change will continue to happen. It's a transition. We will adapt to it, and looking at it positively, technology may may lessen the burden of it. But the financial system and infrastructure is a big concern that I don't see a solution to. Maybe self-sustainibility, localization of economy is the answer for food and products. The centralized money system, where money is printed without any oversight is not the answer. Blockchain could be the answer to that. I don't know. But that will take more than a decade to be able to be adopted.

Frothing Berserker cries out for Donald Trump during the events of January 6th.

Anyone use biodegradable trash bags? Cost has gone way down, due to competition.

I would disagree with this. Because others' use of plastic bags is directly harming me and my environment.

We have other sources of energy that can, one day, fully replace oil and coal. It's already happening, but it can be done faster. Why are you so afraid of adaptation and progress in order to improve how we live? Why can't Canada become a leader in using renewables? Why is it so difficult to accept that renewables can also create jobs and economic incentives. Side note: Atomic energy needs to be looked at more seriously.