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Israel has sparked global outrage after dropping leaflets over the besieged Gaza Strip, warning Palestinians to either cooperate with its forces or face forced displacement or eradication. The messages, written in Arabic, carried explicit threats, including the chilling statement: "The world map will not change if all the people of Gaza cease to exist."

The move, condemned as a psychological warfare tactic, has intensified concerns over Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, with many seeing the leaflets as an open admission of ethnic cleansing.

The threats also reference a so-called "Trump plan", aligning with recent remarks by US President Donald Trump. who suggested the mass expulsion of Gaza's population to neighbouring countries. The posters featured images of Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is facing accusations of war crimes and crimes against humanity and wanted by the IC

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[-] ToadOfHypnosis@lemm.ee -2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

But hey, we sure showed Biden with that protest vote. Way to go team. Instead of using continued pressure to bend the party that at least listens somewhat, we now gave Gaza the dictator who gives 0 fucks. High five. /s

Update: Complain all you want about this take. I’ve been a lefty union member all my life and I got so much shit for saying Biden would not be as bad as Trump for Gaza. I got called Blue MAGA, tankie, and other trash from my own side because I saw it for what it was. Netanyahu wanted Trump to win for a reason. Now y’all want to justify your handing the country to Trump to make a point or give me shit for calling it out. Fuck you right back. I voted Bernie in the past, Biden was never my first choice, but pretending voting for a no chance in hell fake like Jill Stein was a possible alternative is bull shit. We live in a winner take all representative Republic. Until the system is changed, every election is the lesser evil vote. In the mean time, you don’t hand the country to the oligarchy’s mascot and his fascist mob. The people of Gaza will be paying even worse, but now add Ukraine, LGBTQ+, Federal workers, unions, people of color, immigrants, and everyone making under $150,000 a year to those who will suffer worse. We needed to come together to stop Project 2025, but we had to let the perfect be the enemy of the good like always.

[-] TheFriar@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

STOP FUXKING PATTING YOURSELF ON THE BACK FOR FUCKS SAKE. All you’re doing is driving a wedge between people who oppose the genocide. Do you support the genocide? Because shit like this makes it seem like you love it because you get to say “pfft. Well this is on those people over there and I was sooo right.”

Why is this so fucking important to you? Shut the fuck up with this. Every single time there is horrifying news about Gaza. You pull out the blaming stick to say “this is the fault of thise people who didn’t like the genocide!” Shut the fuck up this isnt about you and how fuxking right your vote was.

Do something better. If you actually give a shit. Because it’s very possible you don’t and are more concerned with labeling yourself as having been right and washing your hands of the situation

For fucks sake

[-] WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world -2 points 2 weeks ago

Stop driving a wedge into people who drove a wedge.

[-] distantsounds@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

If you can’t stop aiding genocide when you have the legal authority to do so, you probably won’t do anything for democracy.

…and here we are

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[-] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

Quit calling out the bullshit that led us here.

[-] hark@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Biden decided it was more important to send billions in weapons to israel as they committed genocide than to listen to protestors, so much so that he thought it was worth losing their votes over it. Harris continued with the same rhetoric. You're ignoring over a year of things getting worse and worse in Palestine while insisting that somehow the democrats ignoring voters during an election when they need the votes are somehow going to make things better when they don't need the votes. You're admonishing people protesting against genocide in order to defend a party that has authorized billions in weapons to israel as they're committing genocide, with Biden even bypassing congress to do so. Think about it.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

It's neat watching centrists get mad that trump is implementing their only policy.

[-] JeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Stop apologising for genocide.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Centrists have no other policy. They can't.

[-] cogman@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Tell me what Biden or Kamala would have done different? Remember all the red lines that functionally did nothing to US policy?

It was under biden that, we estimate because we can't know, that ~500,000 gazans died. It was under biden that we continued to send bombs to israel even as Israel pushed the entire population into a concentration camp next to egypt.

Gaza was already under a dictator. Way to go Biden and Kamala, instead of giving a single fuck about your electorate loudly told you, you sucked the teet of pro-israel donors and it lost the election.

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[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

Are you interested in others being able to participate in democracy or are you only interested in commanding others to vote for your preferences?

Think only having these two unreasonable options to choose from is unfair and not a real choice? Me too, thanks.

Videos on Electoral Reform

First Past The Post voting (What most states use now)

Videos on alternative electoral systems we can try out.

STAR voting

Alternative vote

Ranked Choice voting

Range Voting

Single Transferable Vote

Mixed Member Proportional representation

[-] ToadOfHypnosis@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

100% - we need to change the system so we don’t only have two choices. Third parties winning will not happen till the system of voting is changed. That takes work outside of elections.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Several states put ranked choice balloting up for a vote in 2024, all of them voted it down except for Alaska which was a referendum on the system already in place.

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/08/nx-s1-5183210/nonpartisan-primary-ranked-choice-voting-results

Portland attempted it at the city level and saw a 20% drop in voter participation on the ranked choice candidates for mayor and city council. People could not be bothered.

https://www.opb.org/article/2024/12/17/why-portlands-district-1-voter-participation-lagged-other-districts-in-first-election-using-ranked-choice-voting/

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 points 2 weeks ago

We had a vote on that in the UK too.

Again, shot down. Both sides put aside their differences and put full effort into killing that. Apparently it was too expensive ("we need incubators, not a fair voting system!") and too complicated.

We will never have real democracy. They'll never let us have it and anybody powerful enough to overthrow them won't allow it either. It's just wrong lizards until one of them does away with the farce.

[-] EmpireInDecay@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

end the party that at least listens somewhat,

That's funny, everyone, everyone know they don't give a fuck what we have to say. They were willing to lose an election before listening to what we had to say. It was able time people held them accountable for refusing to represent our demands. Liberals refusing to listen gave us another round of Trump

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

We spent over a year using every means of pressure we had to bend the party and all we had to show for it was more billions for Israel. Nothing would have changed if we voted for the party that spent the last year ignoring our demands.

[-] catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 weeks ago

Nothing would have changed? Hahahahaha. Well you got your change. Congrats on creating even more dead Palestinian children. You seem weirdly proud of having their blood on your hands.

[-] Saleh@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

So almost until Biden left office, Israel was killing an average of 100 to 300 Palestinians a day. What do you think would have magically changed, if Biden had continued into a second term, or Harris had taken over who had vowed to continue Bidens policies?

You claim the Democrats would have suddenly ended their policies of over one year of genocide, despite stating the opposite. Can you please point me to the evidence that this would have happened?

As @queermunist@lemmy.ml pointes out, Biden tried to fo for ethnic cleansing in 2023. When that met the resistance of the surrounding countries, he decided to escalate to murdering as many Palestinians he could get away with without sparking a revolt in the US.

The only difference in policy is that Trump is speaking the quiet part out loud.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/2/biden-under-pressure-to-act-amid-new-fears-of-ethnic-cleansing-in-gaza

https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/01/08/biden-gaza-restrain-israel-hamas-ethnic-cleansing/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/1/bidens-israel-funding-request-gets-scrutiny-hits-early-hurdle

https://truthout.org/articles/rights-groups-say-bidens-israel-funding-request-would-finance-ethnic-cleansing/

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2023/10/14/can-egypt-be-persuaded-to-accept-gazan-refugees

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 weeks ago

The ceasefire is still ongoing, despite Israel's provocations. I know you're horny for more genocide so you can feel good about being "right" about the lesser evil, but so far the number of dead children has dramatically decreased since Biden was in office.

[-] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 weeks ago

but so far the number of dead children has dramatically decreased since Biden was in office.

The reporting on it has certainly decreased, but I don't think either you nor I can say this is true with any amount of certainty.

Besides, "Israel is playing nice now that they have their ace in the White House" isn't really the big win you make it out to be. Biden continued shipping armaments, Trump is doing that and more as well as actively making plans with Netanyahu for the expulsion and destruction of Gaza.

The only way we were ever going to fix this from our side of the ocean was by putting a warhead on Netanyahu's forehead but that was never going to happen with either choice.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 weeks ago

Israel isn't just playing nice, the ceasefire is ongoing. Hamas wouldn't play along if it was all fake. Every day Gaza isn't being turned into rubble is a win and lives are being saved.

Yes, Israel is doing this because they want to help Trump. That doesn't mean the ceasefire isn't a good thing.

Israel will face justice for its crimes, but that will happen regardless which demon gets elected president of the Great Satan.

[-] DougHolland@lemmy.world -2 points 2 weeks ago

Israel will face justice for its crimes

When and where?

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 weeks ago

when

When the US can no longer protect them. The empire is clearly in decline.

where

In the very land they stole. The Resistance was not defeated, after all.

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[-] scarabic@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

I find your windy post confusing, but I think the issue is that Biden is not “better” than Trump on Gaza, just possibly “less bad.” And they are much closer to one another on this issue than most others. Every election you see the two parties compete to show who can bow down to Israel the most.

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

Idk who would call you a Tankie for saying Biden is better, the Tankies support Trump.

[-] ToadOfHypnosis@lemm.ee -1 points 2 weeks ago

On Lemmy.ml is where that one was flung around.

[-] Stamau123@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago

You sure rattled the monkey cage with this one

[-] zeppo@lemmy.world -2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I wonder why we don’t hear “genocide don”? People wouldn’t shut the fuck up for like a year with the “genocide Joe” shit.

I tried explaining what you’re saying to those people dozens of times - Trump would be same or worse in Gaza, this is not the election to “teach the dems a lesson” with, and Trump will be far worse on a dozen other very important issues. Barely got one reasonable response, usually just “so you love gennercide!!” Either shills for Trump or very stupid.

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