So question to the Zionists: Is this a hostage? Yes/no.

And then people wonder why people like Snowden stay in Russia.

Been off since at least 75 years but I guess it's more off now.

The economy being affected by the protest does, though. But setting aside the effectiveness of this method of protesting, lemme just quote MLK here.

I must make two honest confessions to you, my Christian and Jewish brothers. First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action"; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a "more convenient season." Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.

This is your attitude now.

This is how Israeli settlers are. Welcome to the West Bank.

This is how ceasefires (or in this case operational pauses) with Israel look like. Or, to rephrase, this is why ceasefires with Israel don't hold for long.

Young people not voting is very, very bad for Biden though.

They know the West will support them no matter what. This is actually not the first time they use white phosphorus in Gaza, and nobody did anything about it.

Israel at least shows an attempt to target military and government buildings,

They're not doing that right now, that's for sure.

I mean they've been like that since forever, but now they're showing their true colors (more than they were).

re you seriously comparing a group that openly targets civilians, hiding in civilian infrastructure, with a group that retaliates?

Israel oppresses Palestinians, Hamas retaliates and Israel retaliates against their retaliation, rinse and repeat. The only ones with the power to change this dynamic are Israel and they're not doing that.

It's easily arguable that Israeli settlement amount and the way the government basically encourages it amounts to ethnic cleansing by forcing Palestinians out of their homes. It's actual Lebensraum shit.