Following the national news, there are stories about colleges throughout the nation embroiled in protests over the Israel/Hamas war. Has there been anything of note at OHIO over the past couple of weeks?

I'm not seeing any reporting about a "pro hamas" protest here...

https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2024/05/ohio-univer...

Seriously, this is absurd. The black and white views here are maddening.

Many people are demonstrating against the genocide of a people that did not choose hamas as their leadership.

And nobody has worked harder to keep them in power and to fund them than the Netanyahu government because their presence prevented any movement towards a two-state solution. Maybe students aren't protesting Hamas but are protesting Israel's grotesque response of ethnic cleansing and war crimes to Hamas' terrorist attack of 10/7. Genocidal bloodlust is a poor look regardless of what its catalyst was.

Hamas has said they are not interested in a 2 state solution.
They want 1 state and no Israel.

In my opinion Israel's response has been restrained.
In no way does it meet the definition of genocide.

If Israel was practicing genocide they would have "carpet bombed" all of Gaza
then sent troops in to kill everyone who survived the bombing.

Once Hamas attacked and murdered innocent civilians on October 7,2023 all bets are off.
After that everything that happens in on Hamas.

Ethnic cleansing? Check.
Mass reprisals against civilians? Check!
Using food/famine as a weapon against civilian populations? Check!
Herding civilians into densely populated areas (ghettos?)? Check!
Depriving civilian populations of food, water and heating fuel? Check!

It's the very definition of international war crimes and genocide.

Forget the spoiled rotten Ivy League brats for a minute with their designer North Face tents from REI at the mall. I fully support Israel's right to defend themselves...FULLY. Yet, Crime Minister Netanyahu is a danger to this planet. He would prefer WW-3 over stepping down and being out of power. He's a criminal grifter just like somebody else I could name. Hamas is a terrorist organization. The US State Department designated Hamas as a foreign terrorist organization in October 1997. That's not new. People (some not born yet in 1997) think they are "moderate" radical terrorists? What does that mean? They only want to cut off ONE of your hands?

Meanwhile, the majority of Israeli citizens want Crime Minister Netanyahu replaced with somebody less right-wing and bogus.

This was all unfortunately predictable.

According to WINS this morning Israel has to send troops back into Northern Gaza
because Hamas has regrouped there.

huh?

Ethnic cleansing? Check. -- False. Nothing close to this is occurring in Gaza. If you want to see a real ethnic cleansing, just let Hamas win. They will kill every Jew they can get their hands on, and then go after all non-Muslims. That would be total genocide.

Mass reprisals against civilians? Check! -- False, the IDF tries to minimize civilian casualties, Hamas tries to maximize them. Big difference!

Using food/famine as a weapon against civilian populations? Check! -- False, the IDF and other Israel agencies deliver food to civilians when possible.

Herding civilians into densely populated areas (ghettos?)? Check! -- False, Israel tries when possible to provide temporary shelters to protect civilians from being targets.

Depriving civilian populations of food, water and heating fuel? Check! -- Neutral, only as in indirect consequence of the war

I always supported Israel's right to defend itself and it's people. Crime Minister Netanyahu is making that look bad.

This is from wire service reports four months ago (quote) -

More than 40 senior former Israeli national security officials, celebrated scientists and prominent business leaders have sent a letter to Israel’s president and speaker of parliament demanding that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be removed from office for posing what they say is an “existential” threat to the country.

The signatories on the letter include four former directors of Israel’s foreign and domestic security services, two former heads of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and three Nobel Prize winners.

The letter blasts the coalition Netanyahu assembled to form the most right-wing government ever in Israel, along with his highly controversial efforts to overhaul Israel’s judiciary that they say led to security lapses that resulted in the October 7 attacks, the deadliest day in Israel’s history.

“We believe that Netanyahu bears primary responsibility for creating the circumstances leading to the brutal massacre of over 1,200 Israelis and others, the injury of over 4,500, and the kidnapping of more than 230 individuals, of whom over 130 are still held in Hamas captivity,” it reads. “The victim’s blood is on Netanyahu’s hands.”

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Last I checked, he was still unfortunately in power. The best way to safeguard the future of this planet is to rid itself of power-crazed greedy criminal grifters like him and several others I could easily name.

Terrorist a-holes like hamas, the taliban, etc brainwashed by religion are obviously a dire grave threat as well. A good reason not to let America turn into a religious theocracy because that is exactly what some dream of.

From the Jerusalem Post:

A poll conducted by the Jewish People Policy Institute showed that about 33% of Jews in Israel are not convinced that Israel is the place where their children or grandchildren should live.

The percentage of Jews who are very optimistic about the future of the State of Israel dropped from 48% in the previous index, conducted at the end of March, to 37%.

That doesn't sound united to me.

Maybe somebody should ask the widow of Yitzhak Rabin who was REALLY responsible for the assassination of her husband.

Any shock Netanyahu is trying to gerrymander the government against the people...
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/tens-thousands-israeli...

History will speak for itself. Propaganda is as strong as ever- but facts last longer.

Anybody? Bueller?

Every Civilian death is solely on the hands of Hamas. There are hundreds of dead Israeli soldiers that Israel did not need to shoulder. Militarily they could eviscerate them, but they have shown care for the Palestinian people and executed dangerous targeted attacks while Hamas literally hides behind its citizens and hostages.

About 20% of Israel is Muslim living happily among them. Meanwhile, one single solitary Jew walks into Gaza and is murdered without hesitation. So wait, which side are we loudly protesting again?