Israel and Palestine (thread 3)

LizzieDrip

^I have posted several times that the PM is in talks with the Emir of Qatar who has direct links with Hamas.^

So, is the PM negotiating towards a ceasefire?

Last I saw he was negotiating for the release of all hostages and foreign nationals from Gaza which was reliant on a ceasefire by both sides.

I have posted several times that the PM is in talks with the Emir of Qatar who has direct links with Hamas.

So, is the PM negotiating towards a ceasefire?

LizzieDrip

^Why isn't KS calling for a ceasefire in this humanitarian crisis?^

Can someone please explain to me why so much emphasis is being put on Keir Starmer’s stance in not calling for a ceasefire, whilst our Prime Minister / Government are also not calling for a ceasefire. Surely commentators should be directing their ceasefire issues at the party actually in power in the UK, not the leader of the opposition. KS is not the PM; he holds no power; yet he appears to be getting far more criticism for his view than the ACTUAL PM, who holds the same view! I don’t get it. This is not a time to play politics, score points, play one party against the other - it’s a time for serious statesmanship and collaboration.

I have posted several times that the PM is in talks with the Emir of Qatar who has direct links with Hamas.

Why isn't KS calling for a ceasefire in this humanitarian crisis?

Can someone please explain to me why so much emphasis is being put on Keir Starmer’s stance in not calling for a ceasefire, whilst our Prime Minister / Government are also not calling for a ceasefire. Surely commentators should be directing their ceasefire issues at the party actually in power in the UK, not the leader of the opposition. KS is not the PM; he holds no power; yet he appears to be getting far more criticism for his view than the ACTUAL PM, who holds the same view! I don’t get it. This is not a time to play politics, score points, play one party against the other - it’s a time for serious statesmanship and collaboration.

Glorianny Israel has no doubt got intelligence officers in Gaza, they are going for legitimate Hamas targets.

Why do you not save some of your anger for Hamas who are deliberately and in my opinion acting cowardly by using civilians as human shields.

Hamas continues to shell Israel on a daily basis.

GrannyGravy13

Glorianny

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Glorianny

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Did anyone watch the Israeli Ambassador to the UN delivering his speech today?
Such dignity even in anger as he detailed the terrible actions of hamas as the peace music festival, at the kibbutzim and houses and what the army and medics found.A lot of it filmed on phones and bodycams taken from dead or prisoner hamas terrorists and on home security cameras.
I listened to him with tears pouring down my face thinking of the last moments of those poor men women and children.It was something from your worst nightmares.
It was powerful stuff and the UN and the world needed to hear it.

As an American said on TV to an Israeli spokesperson. "You are able to travel here from Tel Aviv to make your point. No one from Gaza can do so."
There will be little or no film of what is happening in Gaza because there is little or no power to allow any filming. And no one is allowed out to say what they have witnessed.

There is plenty of filming in Gaza.
Did you listen to what he had to say to the UN? Did you? Unbearable to hear but important that we, and the world did hear.

There are a few films done by news organisations and a few from phones. Nothing like the amount of coverage the Israelis have put together. Of course it's harrowing. So is the sight of a Palestinian grandmother who has lost the rest of her family looking at her last family member, her baby granddaughter in an incubator and saying she doesn't want to love the child because she has lost all of those she loved. Only no one is going to invite her to address the UN.

The Palestinian envoys addressed the UN this week.

There is plenty of footage showing Palestinian families and their dreadful losses.

Maybe if Hamas shared some of its millions stashed in property portfolios and the like with its citizens they could have shelters. But they won’t because they are safe in their spider web of tunnels and of course the head honchos are residing in luxury in Qatar.

Which makes Israel's bombing not only illegal collective punishment, but useless into the bargain!

Muslim voters are disappointed they feel unrepresented in KS Labour Party, understandable with Mr K Starmer's one sided stance on the crisis, plenty of other people are too.

I and most of the UK want a ceasefire what's so hard to understand. I expect the Labour MPs are embarrassed when having to hear their Mumlim constituents views and can't support them as it not policy.

Glorianny

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Glorianny

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Did anyone watch the Israeli Ambassador to the UN delivering his speech today?
Such dignity even in anger as he detailed the terrible actions of hamas as the peace music festival, at the kibbutzim and houses and what the army and medics found.A lot of it filmed on phones and bodycams taken from dead or prisoner hamas terrorists and on home security cameras.
I listened to him with tears pouring down my face thinking of the last moments of those poor men women and children.It was something from your worst nightmares.
It was powerful stuff and the UN and the world needed to hear it.

As an American said on TV to an Israeli spokesperson. "You are able to travel here from Tel Aviv to make your point. No one from Gaza can do so."
There will be little or no film of what is happening in Gaza because there is little or no power to allow any filming. And no one is allowed out to say what they have witnessed.

There is plenty of filming in Gaza.
Did you listen to what he had to say to the UN? Did you? Unbearable to hear but important that we, and the world did hear.

There are a few films done by news organisations and a few from phones. Nothing like the amount of coverage the Israelis have put together. Of course it's harrowing. So is the sight of a Palestinian grandmother who has lost the rest of her family looking at her last family member, her baby granddaughter in an incubator and saying she doesn't want to love the child because she has lost all of those she loved. Only no one is going to invite her to address the UN.

The Palestinian envoys addressed the UN this week.

There is plenty of footage showing Palestinian families and their dreadful losses.

Maybe if Hamas shared some of its millions stashed in property portfolios and the like with its citizens they could have shelters. But they won’t because they are safe in their spider web of tunnels and of course the head honchos are residing in luxury in Qatar.

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Glorianny

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Did anyone watch the Israeli Ambassador to the UN delivering his speech today?
Such dignity even in anger as he detailed the terrible actions of hamas as the peace music festival, at the kibbutzim and houses and what the army and medics found.A lot of it filmed on phones and bodycams taken from dead or prisoner hamas terrorists and on home security cameras.
I listened to him with tears pouring down my face thinking of the last moments of those poor men women and children.It was something from your worst nightmares.
It was powerful stuff and the UN and the world needed to hear it.

As an American said on TV to an Israeli spokesperson. "You are able to travel here from Tel Aviv to make your point. No one from Gaza can do so."
There will be little or no film of what is happening in Gaza because there is little or no power to allow any filming. And no one is allowed out to say what they have witnessed.

There is plenty of filming in Gaza.
Did you listen to what he had to say to the UN? Did you? Unbearable to hear but important that we, and the world did hear.

There are a few films done by news organisations and a few from phones. Nothing like the amount of coverage the Israelis have put together. Of course it's harrowing. So is the sight of a Palestinian grandmother who has lost the rest of her family looking at her last family member, her baby granddaughter in an incubator and saying she doesn't want to love the child because she has lost all of those she loved. Only no one is going to invite her to address the UN.

Grany

Mayor S Khan is against leader Keir Starmer’s stance on Gaza.

Some 49 Labour MPs – almost a quarter of the 199 Labour members in parliament – have now defied the leader’s position and publicly called for a ceasefire in Gaza.

The party’s MPs have been offered security advice, as they come under pressure from their constituents over Sir Keir’s comments on the conflict.

Joining the rebels in a statement on Twitter / X, Mr Khan said: “Thousands of innocent civilians have already been killed in Israel and Gaza. With the humanitarian crisis set to deteriorate even further, I’m calling for a ceasefire.”

Why isn't KS calling for a ceasefire in this humanitarian crisis? Could it be because he and a number of his shadow cabinet are members of Friends of Israel and the Israel Lobby!?

Do you mean that Muslim voters will threaten or actually harm MP’s?! 😲 Does Keir Starmer have to cave in to what they want in your view? We can’t allow any section of society or religious group to pressure MP’s in this way, it’s outrageous.

It’s obvious where there billions aren’t going.

Glorianny

Oreo

Did anyone watch the Israeli Ambassador to the UN delivering his speech today?
Such dignity even in anger as he detailed the terrible actions of hamas as the peace music festival, at the kibbutzim and houses and what the army and medics found.A lot of it filmed on phones and bodycams taken from dead or prisoner hamas terrorists and on home security cameras.
I listened to him with tears pouring down my face thinking of the last moments of those poor men women and children.It was something from your worst nightmares.
It was powerful stuff and the UN and the world needed to hear it.

As an American said on TV to an Israeli spokesperson. "You are able to travel here from Tel Aviv to make your point. No one from Gaza can do so."
There will be little or no film of what is happening in Gaza because there is little or no power to allow any filming. And no one is allowed out to say what they have witnessed.

There is plenty of filming in Gaza.
Did you listen to what he had to say to the UN? Did you? Unbearable to hear but important that we, and the world did hear.

Remind me. How many billions in aid have they received. Don’t forget it takes a lot of fuel to ventilate hundreds of miles of tunnels.

Grany maybe Mr.Khan should look closer to home and do something about the knife crime in London under his watch!

Mayor S Khan is against leader Keir Starmer’s stance on Gaza.

Some 49 Labour MPs – almost a quarter of the 199 Labour members in parliament – have now defied the leader’s position and publicly called for a ceasefire in Gaza.

The party’s MPs have been offered security advice, as they come under pressure from their constituents over Sir Keir’s comments on the conflict.

Joining the rebels in a statement on Twitter / X, Mr Khan said: “Thousands of innocent civilians have already been killed in Israel and Gaza. With the humanitarian crisis set to deteriorate even further, I’m calling for a ceasefire.”

Why isn't KS calling for a ceasefire in this humanitarian crisis? Could it be because he and a number of his shadow cabinet are members of Friends of Israel and the Israel Lobby!?

I posted this in the previous thread, Hamas is not poor, it keeps its citizens who elected the organisation extremely poor.

It would have helped if other governments hadn’t been supplying Hamas with arms for decades too.

paddyann54

Israel has been ignoring the UN for decades,why does anyone think they'll do what they're told now?
Maybe if they had been brought to book over the landgrabs,torture and appalling treatment of Palestinians decades ago this would have never happened.
We need to stop supplying arms.. .thats whats destroying lives ...the countries happy to sell ...or give armaments to hostile countries .
Too many people make shed loads of money from war ...stop it at its source

If it wasn’t for Governments selling arms to Ukraine it would now be under the boots of Russia.

Israel has been ignoring the UN for decades,why does anyone think they'll do what they're told now?
Maybe if they had been brought to book over the landgrabs,torture and appalling treatment of Palestinians decades ago this would have never happened.
We need to stop supplying arms.. .thats whats destroying lives ...the countries happy to sell ...or give armaments to hostile countries .
Too many people make shed loads of money from war ...stop it at its source

I support the ‘idea’ of a ceasefire but will Hamas, a terrorist organisation, adhere to it? It could potentially leave Israel impotent against Hamas continued shelling, if Hamas decides not to conform to the ‘rules of war’. What happens then? It’s all such a mess.

I sincerely hope there is a ceasefire and a negotiated peace, what is happening in Gaza is wrong and I believe will backfire on Israel which will be terrible for it's citizens. The IDF may succeed in killing many of the Hamas terrorists but some will remain and many innocent Palestinian and Israeli lives will also be lost. They might win the war but they will lose the peace as there will be even more hatred on both sides. If they raze Gaza to the ground, do you think those Palestinians left alive will be more or less likely to join a Terrorist organisation? I know what I think.

There will be little or no film of what is happening in Gaza……….And no one is allowed out to say what they have witnessed

I’ve seen film and reports of what is happening in Gaza. Journalists are there and reporting and filming.

Yes Callistemon21 on every news bulletin and online newsfeed there is constant coverage from inside Gaza, including hospitals.

Glorianny

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Did anyone watch the Israeli Ambassador to the UN delivering his speech today?
Such dignity even in anger as he detailed the terrible actions of hamas as the peace music festival, at the kibbutzim and houses and what the army and medics found.A lot of it filmed on phones and bodycams taken from dead or prisoner hamas terrorists and on home security cameras.
I listened to him with tears pouring down my face thinking of the last moments of those poor men women and children.It was something from your worst nightmares.
It was powerful stuff and the UN and the world needed to hear it.

As an American said on TV to an Israeli spokesperson. "You are able to travel here from Tel Aviv to make your point. No one from Gaza can do so."
There will be little or no film of what is happening in Gaza because there is little or no power to allow any filming. And no one is allowed out to say what they have witnessed.

There will be little or no film of what is happening in Gaza because there is little or no power to allow any filming. And no one is allowed out to say what they have witnessed
So how and what are we watching? Broadcasters are in Gaza, filming, witnessing.

In the link I posted Baroness Chakrabarty was saying many times Netanyahu could have had peace talks but supported Hamas so that Palestinians could not have a state of their own.

Most are supporting a ceasefire now is KS one of his shadow cabinet has defied him in support of a ceasefire

I watched a doctor being interviewed by Andrew Mar working in impossibly tragic conditions in a Gaza hospital helping sick and badly injured there are bombs falling everywhere and he and his wife and two children are together at hospital. This doctor said at least 8,000 have been killed. This doctor worked at Barts and St Thomas’s in London. Such a sad tragic situation

Please a ceasefire