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Israeli Death Tolls for the October 7 Hamas Attack on Israel (ROBERT LINDSAY on Substack, archived just in case)
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Yup.

Meanwhile, the vast majority of the so called press are still saying "1400" and some have either quietly changed "Civilians" to "Israelis" or are still claiming all 1400 are civilians.

Israeli Death Tolls for the October 7 Hamas Attack on Israel (ROBERT LINDSAY on Substack, archived just in case)
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FYI in case you missed it (because apparently all the "journalist" organizations have also missed it).

Israel itself has downgraded the victims from 1400 to 1200.

Times of Israel: Israel said seeking to appoint UK’s Tony Blair as Gaza humanitarian coordinator
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It's because they know Blair will absolutely suppress any evidence of Israeli wrongdoing.

'Democrats were happy to have a Palestinian woman in congress until they found out she was the “Palestinians are human beings” kind of Palestinian and not the “Look how diverse and inclusive Democrats are” kind.'
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Yeah, "Liberals" only care about minorities as a token. They're no different from the right on that.

The difference is, they only pretend to be allies until they get what they want, then the minorities can pound sand.

Having a hard time caring about the latest Israel/Palestine conflict because like it or not, Covid is still far and away the bigger issue.
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Btw /u/tomatopotato , I recommend you watch this entire interview with Richard Wolff, he gives even more explanation on why you should care and how it's all related.

@MaxBlumenthal: Nikki Haley on Gaza: “If you do a pause, if you do a ceasefire, people die.”
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She doesn't consider Palestinians "people".

@FiorellaIsabelM: Robert F. Kennedy Jr says the quiet part out loud & fully destroys his campaign.
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I actually think that was more a France/US thing, but you're probably right.

Having a hard time caring about the latest Israel/Palestine conflict because like it or not, Covid is still far and away the bigger issue.
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You should care for multiple reasons;

1- Everything you mentioned is related.

2- What happens to Palestinians, eventually happens to Americans and Europeans, they're literally used as Guinea pig for surveillance tech for example, and US law enforcement is trained by Israel in shutting down protests/movements. One thing to note is that the covid vaccine was heavily "tested" by Israel, among other sinister human experimentation. So yeah, if you care about Covid, you SHOULD care about what Israel has done, is doing, and will do.

3- The current juncture IS critical; Israeli government officials, including their prime minister, are openly stating genocidal intent. Their actions and the usage of the "Dahiya Doctrine" is more evidence of that. Dismissing it or ignoring it is encouraging more of this behavior world wide.

4- Israel with the help of the US and Western governments, are actively destroying international law, including the intentional blurring of what constitutes a civilian, meaning it's not at all beyond reality that the same kind of mass punishment and destruction can and will be used against internal dissidents citing precedents (not like the US for example doesn't have a looooong history of using violence against dissidents anyway). For example, it's not beyond belief that they wouldn't do something worse than they did in 1985 against the MOVE organization, against say a "MAGA target", on a much wider scale, stating the need to "destroy the terrorist cell".

Remember, the same "laws" drafted for the "War on Terror", have been used against Americans for merely going against the government.

5- This "conflict" absolutely has the potential to expand into another world war, because Israel wants the west to go after Iran and is using the current situation as an excuse. That affects everyone. Meanwhile, both Russia and China have been flexing their muscles in the region as well. You think Gas is expensive now? Just wait until China "encourages" Oil producing countries to sell more of their oil to China than they do to the US and the west.

6- US and Western support for what Israel is doing, is absolutely eroding US and Western image and support around the entire world, especially when the global south compares the hypocrisy in how it dealt with Ukraine vs how it dealt with Palestine (although I argue that they didn't behave differently; In both cases they're supporting the oppressor, Kyiv and Tel Aviv, vs Donbass and Palestine). It's not beyond the scope of belief to assume the long term repercussions against the US wouldn't compound and grow into something that affects all Americans negatively.

Having a hard time caring about the latest Israel/Palestine conflict because like it or not, Covid is still far and away the bigger issue.
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Yup, they're all related.

@DrJillStein: Alleged Hamas tunnel - for which Sheikh Hamad Hospital was bombed - turns out to be a water tank. Even if it was a tunnel, it's a war crime to bomb a hospital. Now even that bogus excuse bites the dust.
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Literally.

IDF troops were also seen confiscating a water tank, how much do you wanna bet it's going to show up as "evidence" soon?