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- delirious_owl ( @delirious_owl@discuss.online ) 14•1 month ago
TIL;Dr he was shot in the back of the leg and is expected to recover
Qaysiya, the Bethlehem resident under threat from settlers, said she fears that it is only a matter time before they are forced to give up property that they have held in their family for years. Even children have gotten involved.
“There are young settler kids also coming who are only around 12 years old with knives and guns,” Qaysiya said. “It is really something shameful that these settler organizations are using these kids, telling them they will be rewarded and taking advantage of them.”
- echo ( @echo@lemmings.world ) 4•1 month ago
An American put themselves into a known, violent war-zone and we’re supposed to give a fuck that they got shot? Sounds like a Darwin award candidate.
They were protesting the removal of a family from their home in the West Bank.
I’ll be sure not to give a shit if you ever get dropped and present the award at your funeral though.
- echo ( @echo@lemmings.world ) 2•1 month ago
They put themselves in harm’s way and then got harmed. Not news worthy.
- Gamma ( @GammaGames@beehaw.org ) English18•1 month ago
This is the kinda garbage redditor-tier comment I didn’t miss since coming to lemmy
- echo ( @echo@lemmings.world ) 2•1 month ago
Funny… this post is the kind of stupid shit that reminded me of Reddit and one of the reasons for coming over here.
- Tiltinyall ( @Tiltinyall@beehaw.org ) 12•1 month ago
So you have a problem with someone actively trying to preserve Palestinian life and livelyhood, while you sit behind a keyboard and be much higher and mightier. Sorry we don’t suit your standards.
- echo ( @echo@lemmings.world ) 2•1 month ago
No, I have a problem with people being stupid and getting themselves hurt and then other people being stupid and thinking that the press should cover that. Get fucking real.
- Tiltinyall ( @Tiltinyall@beehaw.org ) 11•1 month ago
What’s stupid about protesting Zionist occupation? I don’t think I even have to touch your comment history to figure out how you align.
- echo ( @echo@lemmings.world ) 1•1 month ago
Nothing wrong with protesting. Protesting in harm’s way is pretty fucking stupid, though. Hard to protest when you’re dead…
- Umbrias ( @Umbrias@beehaw.org ) 6•1 month ago
protests are famously a time people put themselves in harms way.
- Fidel_Cashflow ( @Fidel_Cashflow@lemmy.ml ) 8•1 month ago
you should go back
- delirious_owl ( @delirious_owl@discuss.online ) 18•1 month ago
Human rights workers and journalists go into conflict zones to document and protect civilians. It is a war crime to target them.
- echo ( @echo@lemmings.world ) 2•1 month ago
an activist from New Jersey
He was neither a human rights worker nor a journalist… he was just a stupid fucking American that got himself shot. Again, not news worthy.
- delirious_owl ( @delirious_owl@discuss.online ) 9•1 month ago
He was a human rights worker.
He was literally there nonviolently observing and trying to prevent a war crime from taking place.
- echo ( @echo@lemmings.world ) 1•1 month ago
He was literally there as a protestor which he could have done from home and not been shot. Neither they nor you are helping the cause. I am sympathetic to the cause and this this stupid American is just a distraction from it.
- delirious_owl ( @delirious_owl@discuss.online ) 5•1 month ago
No, they couldn’t have done human rights work like documenting Israeli war crimes in the West Bank from home.
- echo ( @echo@lemmings.world ) 1•1 month ago
said Sison. "This was only my second demonstration
Last Friday, Amado Sison, an activist from New Jersey with the solidary group Faz3a
Quit mischaracterizing what he was doing. It makes both you and the movement look bad.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
- queermunist she/her ( @queermunist@lemmy.ml ) 9•1 month ago
The West Bank is not a war zone.
- echo ( @echo@lemmings.world ) 1•1 month ago
If you’re just going to lie then there is no reason to even talk to you.
- queermunist she/her ( @queermunist@lemmy.ml ) 11•1 month ago
Gaza is a war zone.
The West Bank is a different area entirely. They aren’t physically connected and Hamas has literally zero presence.
Do you even know anything about the region?
- geneva_convenience ( @geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml ) 1•1 month ago
Israel demonstrating who controls who.