Hamas attacks Israel

[Ron in Regina]

The Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, the main Palestinian Christian denomination, said that overnight Israeli forces had struck the Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza City, where hundreds of Christians and Muslims had sought sanctuary.

The Israeli military said part of the church was damaged in a strike by fighter jets on a nearby Hamas command centre involved in launching rockets and mortars towards Israel, and that it was reviewing the incident.

Hamas frees U.S. hostages Judith and Natalie Raanan held in Gaza — Reuters

The Islamist group Hamas released two U.S. hostages, mother and daughter Judith and Natalie Raanan, who were kidnapped in its attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Friday.

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…& Hamas released 2/200 or 2/250 or whatever hostages, so there’s that.

 

[petros]

What to expect here, US and Europe? Terrorist attacks.

We are being set up for the Great Reset....youll have nothing and be happy (to be alive).

 

[Ron in Regina]

A spokesman for the armed wing of Hamas said on Saturday the group intended to release two more hostages for "humanitarian reasons", but that Israel had declined to receive them.

Abu Ubaida, the spokesman for the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, said in a brief statement said that it informed Qatar on Friday of Hamas' intention to release the two people.

Wonder what the conditions (the punchline) behind this offer where???

Hamas says Israel declined to receive two hostages it intended to release — Reuters

A spokesman for the armed wing of Hamas said on Saturday the group intended to release two more hostages for "humanitarian reasons", but that Israel had declined to receive them.

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[spaminator]

NDP MPP Sarah Jama sends cease-and-desist letter to Premier Doug Ford
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Liam Casey and Allison Jones
Published Oct 19, 2023 • Last updated 1 day ago • 3 minute read

TORONTO — A New Democrat legislator has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Ontario Premier Doug Ford over comments made about her statement on the conflict between Israel and Hamas, while the Ontario legislature debates a motion to censure her.


Sarah Jama alleges Ford defamed her when he said on social media on Oct. 11 she has a “well-documented history of antisemitism” and supports the “rape and murder of innocent Jewish people.”


The premier made the comments in a two-paragraph written statement that provided no specific details supporting the allegations he made against Jama.

Ford’s comments about Jama on X, formerly Twitter, have been viewed 1.5 million times, liked by more than 7,000 people and reposted more than 2,100 times, said Stephen Ellis, Jama’s lawyer with the Legal Centre for Palestine.


Jama’s lawyer said Ford’s comments implied she is “racist in her outlook, particularly towards Jewish people; sympathetic to terrorism; and unfit to properly represent her constituency.”

“Please note that these published statements have done and continue to do serious harm to Ms. Jama’s reputation,” Ellis wrote to Ford.

Ford’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Jama has come under fire for the post she made on Oct. 10 decrying the “occupation” of Palestine without mentioning the attack by Hamas militants on Israeli civilians earlier this month.

She also said the goal should be to “end all occupation of Palestinian land and end apartheid.”

Government House Leader Paul Calandra said he supported Ford’s comments.


“Not only do I agree with the premier, but thousands of other people have agreed with it,” Calandra said.

“If Ms. Jama has an issue with that, then she can come into her place here and speak as opposed to hiding somewhere else.”

Jama’s cease-and-desist letter comes as the Progressive Conservatives are debating a motion in the legislature that could lead to her being silenced from speaking in the House unless she apologizes again for her statement on the attack on Israel.



The attack by Hamas, a group Canada considers to be a terrorist organization, on Oct. 7. left more than 1,000 Jewish civilians dead. The attack has been described as the deadliest day for Jewish people since the Holocaust.


Last week, NDP Leader Marit Stiles demanded Jama retract her statement and apologize. Stiles asked Jama to “state clearly that she decries any violence against both Israeli and Palestinian people.”

Jama refused to retract the original statement, but later posted an apology online and condemned Hamas.

Jama demanded Ford immediately retract his post and publish an “unequivocal apology” within seven days or else she’ll file a defamation lawsuit.

Ford’s post remained up as of Thursday afternoon.



Jama, who has Palestinian family members, has not been in the legislature since she made the comments.

“Her family is very impacted by what’s happening in the region and so she’s sticking close to her family,” Stiles said.

Interim Liberal Leader John Fraser said Jama should have listened to Stiles to take down her original post. He called it “insubordination” and said Jama should be kicked out of the NDP caucus.

“If I did that, and I was in a caucus and the leader said ‘I need you to do this’ and I didn’t do it, I would fully expect not to be in that caucus,” Fraser said.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1712140367573791125

NDP MPP Sarah Jama sends cease-and-desist letter to Premier Doug Ford

Sarah Jama alleges Doug Ford defamed her when he said she has a "well-documented history of anti-Semitism."

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[spaminator]

Ontario's NDP in disarray over anti-Semitism, Stiles flailing
The party has long struggled with this issue, despite promising to fix it, and under Marit Stiles it's getting worse


Author of the article:Brian Lilley
Published Oct 19, 2023 • Last updated 1 day ago • 3 minute read
Sarah Jama doesn't belong in elected office, but after her horrific comments, Marit Stiles failed to kick the MPP out of the NDP caucus.

If you’re wondering why NDP Leader Marit Stiles only wants to talk about the Greenbelt, just look at the latest Ontario polling.


An Abacus Data poll published this week shows Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives up at 40% voter support, a big rebound after his party had dropped at the height of the controversy.


The Abacus poll, conducted Oct. 10-15 after news the RCMP was looking into the Greenbelt affair, showed Ford’s PC’s at 40% voter support, an increase of six points from a September poll, while Stiles and the NDP were down at 24% support tied with the leaderless Liberals. In fact, the NDP lost support compared to the last poll, dropping from 26% while the Liberals dropped from 28%.

When the Greenbelt issue was at its height, Stiles knew it was hurting Ford. But since his apology and his reversal, things are going well for the Premier. Meanwhile, the NDP is in utter disarray, a revolt is brewing in the meagre NDP benches and Stiles doesn’t have the political heft to deal with it.



Try as she may to dismiss questions about issues her own party by accusing the Ford government of trying to deflect, the NDP is in trouble.

Their newly-elected MPP from Hamilton Centre, Sarah Jama, has created quite the controversy given her actions related to Israel. Jama has a long history of anti-Israel activism but just two days after the horrific terrorist attacks in Israel, she took part in a rally rife with anti-Semitism.

The protest, which started at Toronto’s Nathan Phillips Square and ended at Yonge and Bloor outside the Israeli consulate, featured a Hamas flag being flown, the sound of the Israeli air raid siren being played over speakers while participants chanted “Zionists hide” and called for Israel to be wiped off the map with the always present “From the river to the sea chant.”


No elected official should be at an event that is the modern-day equivalent of a Nazi rally, but Jama was there, and she hasn’t issued any statements distancing herself from what was said or done at the rally.

The next day she issued a statement that effectively blamed Israel for the terror attacks they had experienced the previous weekend.



Stiles told Jama to retract the statement, something she never did, and this week, as the legislature began debating a motion to censure her, Jama pinned the statement to the top of her page on X, formerly known as Twitter, giving the statement greater prominence. That move has been denounced by Jewish groups as showing her apology was never real in the first place.

It also shows that Stiles has no control over her own caucus.

Told to retract the statement, Jama refused, then gave it greater prominence, all of which is effectively flipping the bird at Stiles, a now lame duck leader of a faultering and ineffective opposition party. As the legislature voted on Thursday to support Israel’s right to defend itself against terrorist attacks, the NDP abstained from the vote.


Also on Thursday, Jama’s lawyer served Premier Doug Ford with a legal notice that he has seven days to retract statements he made about Jama, claiming she supported terrorism, or he will face legal action. That notice was served by Stephen Ellis, a Toronto lawyer who appears to specialize in defending people facing accusations of anti-Semitism, including Laith Marouf.

Ellis has also spoken and acted as legal counsel for the al Quds day rallies, events that have been banned from taking place at Queen’s Park and Toronto City Hall due to the anti-Semitic sentiments expressed.



Welcome to your new Ontario NDP, a party that promised to deal with the festering anti-Semitism within its ranks and instead has decided to embrace it.

There are many reasons voters haven’t warmed up to Stiles and the NDP — this is just one of them.

blilley@postmedia.com

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1712140367573791125

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Ford's PCs down 7-points since the end of July as the Greenbelt scandal bites - Abacus Data

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LILLEY: Ontario's NDP in disarray over anti-Semitism, Stiles flailing

If you're wondering why NDP Leader Marit Stiles only wants to talk about the Greenbelt, just look at the latest Ontario polling.

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[Serryah]

Ontario's NDP in disarray over anti-Semitism, Stiles flailing
The party has long struggled with this issue, despite promising to fix it, and under Marit Stiles it's getting worse


Author of the article:Brian Lilley
Published Oct 19, 2023 • Last updated 1 day ago • 3 minute read
Sarah Jama doesn't belong in elected office, but after her horrific comments, Marit Stiles failed to kick the MPP out of the NDP caucus.

If you’re wondering why NDP Leader Marit Stiles only wants to talk about the Greenbelt, just look at the latest Ontario polling.


An Abacus Data poll published this week shows Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives up at 40% voter support, a big rebound after his party had dropped at the height of the controversy.


The Abacus poll, conducted Oct. 10-15 after news the RCMP was looking into the Greenbelt affair, showed Ford’s PC’s at 40% voter support, an increase of six points from a September poll, while Stiles and the NDP were down at 24% support tied with the leaderless Liberals. In fact, the NDP lost support compared to the last poll, dropping from 26% while the Liberals dropped from 28%.

When the Greenbelt issue was at its height, Stiles knew it was hurting Ford. But since his apology and his reversal, things are going well for the Premier. Meanwhile, the NDP is in utter disarray, a revolt is brewing in the meagre NDP benches and Stiles doesn’t have the political heft to deal with it.



Try as she may to dismiss questions about issues her own party by accusing the Ford government of trying to deflect, the NDP is in trouble.

Their newly-elected MPP from Hamilton Centre, Sarah Jama, has created quite the controversy given her actions related to Israel. Jama has a long history of anti-Israel activism but just two days after the horrific terrorist attacks in Israel, she took part in a rally rife with anti-Semitism.

The protest, which started at Toronto’s Nathan Phillips Square and ended at Yonge and Bloor outside the Israeli consulate, featured a Hamas flag being flown, the sound of the Israeli air raid siren being played over speakers while participants chanted “Zionists hide” and called for Israel to be wiped off the map with the always present “From the river to the sea chant.”


No elected official should be at an event that is the modern-day equivalent of a Nazi rally, but Jama was there, and she hasn’t issued any statements distancing herself from what was said or done at the rally.

The next day she issued a statement that effectively blamed Israel for the terror attacks they had experienced the previous weekend.



Stiles told Jama to retract the statement, something she never did, and this week, as the legislature began debating a motion to censure her, Jama pinned the statement to the top of her page on X, formerly known as Twitter, giving the statement greater prominence. That move has been denounced by Jewish groups as showing her apology was never real in the first place.

It also shows that Stiles has no control over her own caucus.

Told to retract the statement, Jama refused, then gave it greater prominence, all of which is effectively flipping the bird at Stiles, a now lame duck leader of a faultering and ineffective opposition party. As the legislature voted on Thursday to support Israel’s right to defend itself against terrorist attacks, the NDP abstained from the vote.


Also on Thursday, Jama’s lawyer served Premier Doug Ford with a legal notice that he has seven days to retract statements he made about Jama, claiming she supported terrorism, or he will face legal action. That notice was served by Stephen Ellis, a Toronto lawyer who appears to specialize in defending people facing accusations of anti-Semitism, including Laith Marouf.

Ellis has also spoken and acted as legal counsel for the al Quds day rallies, events that have been banned from taking place at Queen’s Park and Toronto City Hall due to the anti-Semitic sentiments expressed.



Welcome to your new Ontario NDP, a party that promised to deal with the festering anti-Semitism within its ranks and instead has decided to embrace it.

There are many reasons voters haven’t warmed up to Stiles and the NDP — this is just one of them.

blilley@postmedia.com

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1712140367573791125

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1711808190889746854

Ford's PCs down 7-points since the end of July as the Greenbelt scandal bites - Abacus Data

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LILLEY: Ontario's NDP in disarray over anti-Semitism, Stiles flailing

If you're wondering why NDP Leader Marit Stiles only wants to talk about the Greenbelt, just look at the latest Ontario polling.

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If that's her statement, I'd say those freaking out against her don't like reading truth.

Then again, if she had added something about how barbaric Hamas is, there might be less problems.

Or maybe not.

Ignorant people in the West tend to focus just on one side or the other.

 

[Ron in Regina]

A spokesman for the armed wing of Hamas said on Saturday the group intended to release two more hostages for "humanitarian reasons", but that Israel had declined to receive them.

Abu Ubaida, the spokesman for the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, said in a brief statement said that it informed Qatar on Friday of Hamas' intention to release the two people.

Wonder what the conditions (the punchline) behind this offer where???

Hamas says Israel refused to receive 2 hostages; Israel calls it propaganda — Al Jazeera

Hamas captured 210 people during its deadly assault in southern Israel on October 7 and they are being held in Gaza.

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Arab leaders at a Cairo summit on Saturday condemned Israeli bombardment of Gaza as Europeans said civilians should be shielded, but with Israel and senior U.S. officials absent there was no agreement towards containing the violence.

The meeting was meant to explore how to head off a wider regional war. But diplomats knew public agreement would be hard because of ‘sensitivities’ around calls for a ceasefire, whether to include mention of Hamas' attack and Israel's right to defend itself.

Cairo Peace Summit ends without Gaza breakthrough — Reuters

Arab leaders at a Cairo summit on Saturday condemned Israeli bombardment of Gaza as Europeans said civilians should be shielded, but with Israel and senior U.S. officials absent there was no agreement towards containing the violence.

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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Saturday that the international community must avoid an escalation in the war between Israel and Hamas and set a roadmap towards the two states solution.

Meloni made the remarks while speaking in Egypt at the Cairo international summit for peace in the Middle East as Israel prepares a ground assault on Gaza following Hamas attack that killed 1,400 people.

"Although our starting points are far apart, our interests overlap perfectly: that what is happening in Gaza does not become a much wider conflict, a religious war, a clash of civilisations," Meloni said speaking in Italian.

"I have the impression that this was the real aim of the Hamas attack, not to defend the rights of the Palestinian people, but an attack that would create an unbridgeable gap between the Palestinians and the Israelis, meaning that the target is all of us, and we cannot fall into this trap, which would be very stupid."

Italy's Meloni urges international community not to fall into Hamas "trap" — Reuters

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Saturday that the international community must avoid an escalation in the war between Israel and Hamas and set a roadmap towards the two states solution.

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[Serryah]

The reality of apartheid in Israel and Palestine

Sari Bashi is a Jewish Israeli American who says she enjoys rights and privileges that her Palestinian husband is denied, even though his family is originall...

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[Taxslave2]

What to expect here, US and Europe? Terrorist attacks.

We are being set up for the Great Reset....youll have nothing and be happy (to be alive).

So no change.

 

[Taxslave2]

NDP MPP Sarah Jama sends cease-and-desist letter to Premier Doug Ford
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Liam Casey and Allison Jones
Published Oct 19, 2023 • Last updated 1 day ago • 3 minute read

TORONTO — A New Democrat legislator has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Ontario Premier Doug Ford over comments made about her statement on the conflict between Israel and Hamas, while the Ontario legislature debates a motion to censure her.


Sarah Jama alleges Ford defamed her when he said on social media on Oct. 11 she has a “well-documented history of antisemitism” and supports the “rape and murder of innocent Jewish people.”


The premier made the comments in a two-paragraph written statement that provided no specific details supporting the allegations he made against Jama.

Ford’s comments about Jama on X, formerly Twitter, have been viewed 1.5 million times, liked by more than 7,000 people and reposted more than 2,100 times, said Stephen Ellis, Jama’s lawyer with the Legal Centre for Palestine.


Jama’s lawyer said Ford’s comments implied she is “racist in her outlook, particularly towards Jewish people; sympathetic to terrorism; and unfit to properly represent her constituency.”

“Please note that these published statements have done and continue to do serious harm to Ms. Jama’s reputation,” Ellis wrote to Ford.

Ford’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Jama has come under fire for the post she made on Oct. 10 decrying the “occupation” of Palestine without mentioning the attack by Hamas militants on Israeli civilians earlier this month.

She also said the goal should be to “end all occupation of Palestinian land and end apartheid.”

Government House Leader Paul Calandra said he supported Ford’s comments.


“Not only do I agree with the premier, but thousands of other people have agreed with it,” Calandra said.

“If Ms. Jama has an issue with that, then she can come into her place here and speak as opposed to hiding somewhere else.”

Jama’s cease-and-desist letter comes as the Progressive Conservatives are debating a motion in the legislature that could lead to her being silenced from speaking in the House unless she apologizes again for her statement on the attack on Israel.



The attack by Hamas, a group Canada considers to be a terrorist organization, on Oct. 7. left more than 1,000 Jewish civilians dead. The attack has been described as the deadliest day for Jewish people since the Holocaust.


Last week, NDP Leader Marit Stiles demanded Jama retract her statement and apologize. Stiles asked Jama to “state clearly that she decries any violence against both Israeli and Palestinian people.”

Jama refused to retract the original statement, but later posted an apology online and condemned Hamas.

Jama demanded Ford immediately retract his post and publish an “unequivocal apology” within seven days or else she’ll file a defamation lawsuit.

Ford’s post remained up as of Thursday afternoon.



Jama, who has Palestinian family members, has not been in the legislature since she made the comments.

“Her family is very impacted by what’s happening in the region and so she’s sticking close to her family,” Stiles said.

Interim Liberal Leader John Fraser said Jama should have listened to Stiles to take down her original post. He called it “insubordination” and said Jama should be kicked out of the NDP caucus.

“If I did that, and I was in a caucus and the leader said ‘I need you to do this’ and I didn’t do it, I would fully expect not to be in that caucus,” Fraser said.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1712140367573791125

NDP MPP Sarah Jama sends cease-and-desist letter to Premier Doug Ford

Sarah Jama alleges Doug Ford defamed her when he said she has a "well-documented history of anti-Semitism."

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Stay the course Dougie. WE must get the Jew haters out of our country.

 

[Serryah]

Stay the course Dougie. WE must get the Jew haters out of our country.

Proof that she's a "Jew Hater"?

 

[Ron in Regina]

The more I learn about this armpit region of the world, the more I think there is no solution for peace, and in all reality, it seems that neither side wants a two state solution. I have no idea what the answer is, but at least I admit it.

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There are hard line extremists on both sides of this goat rodeo, & violence brings them to the surface…on both sides.

The history of the formation of Israel & Palestine out of the remains of the fall of the Ottoman Empire (just looking at the last 120 years instead of the last 3000 or so, & claims back to King David, etc…) both sides have engaged in Terrorism (Israel against the British, and the Palestinians & almost all of their neighbours against the Jews), and atrocities, and are fighting over shit land because they always have, and always will.

The one commonality in the last 70 years or so seems to be that whomever reignites hostilities gets stepped on hard and fast, and ends up with less than they stared with. Not justifying anything, but just pointing it out. Does it stop it from happening repeatedly? Doesn’t seem to.

Yes, many of the Palestinians are caught in the middle of this bullshit, as were many civilians (of many nationalities) in Israel this last month. Yes it’s shitty on both sides. Yes there’s many players in the background manipulating the conflict to their own ends, and yes the potential for this to escalate into something much bigger is very real….& yes, if not this time then the next, or the next, or the next…

Israel strikes Gaza, Syria and West Bank as war against Hamas threatens to ignite other fronts — The Canadian Press

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli warplanes struck targets across Gaza overnight and into Sunday, as well as two airports in Syria and a mosque in the occupied West Bank allegedly used by militants, as the 2-week-old war with Hamas threatened to spiral into a broader conflict.

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Who benefits from Hamas attacking Israel, and Israel retaliating in turn? Just about everyone somehow except the citizens in Gaza that Hamas is hiding behind, so how do you sort out the motivations for this war? I’ve no idea as there’s just too many players and combatants with too many moving pieces, with Hamas being Hamas

…as useful tools for so many in several different directions, but flushing Hamas would create a power vacuum and that rarely works for everyone’s benefit, and I’m thinking specifically of the Palestinians in Gaza. Who or what will replace Hamas in Gaza if Israel succeeds in wiping out Hamas (?) and will it treat the residents of Gaza any better than Hamas?

 

[Serryah]

The more I learn about this armpit region of the world, the more I think there is no solution for peace, and in all reality, it seems that neither side wants it a two state solution. I have no idea what the answer is, but at least I admit it.

Which is why my stance is "Tired of this bullshit; blow each other to hell since it's what you want, why should the world care anymore?"

 

[petros]

So

Which is why my stance is "Tired of this bullshit; blow each other to hell since it's what you want, why should the world care anymore?"

So youre too chicken shit to be pegged as antisemitic and too chicken shit to admit you support Hamas?

How does it feel?

Do you feel like you've been ostracized? Painted into a corner and afraid to speak your mind? Are you afraid to use pronouns such as "barabaric" " they've gone too far", "opprsessive", "cisreligious" "forced"?

Do you like the shit sandwich youve been trying to serve?

 

[Ron in Regina]

Which is why my stance is "Tired of this bullshit; blow each other to hell since it's what you want, why should the world care anymore?"

They’re fighting over shit land (but location location location) too, but still better land than Hitlers idea of deporting all the European Jews to Madagascar before settling on just trying to exterminating them.

Madagascar Plan - Wikipedia

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(U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt’s gov’t wanted to dump the Jews in Alaska)

Somewhere had to become a dumping ground and the Brits had already used Australia for their convicts…& the wasteland of what was the refuse area of the Ottoman Empire was convenient and even under British control at that point whether they (Brits) wanted it or not, and there was a historical tie for Jews so voilà!!

Palestine | HISTORY , Religion & Conflicts | HISTORY

Palestine is a small region of land in the eastern Mediterranean region that includes parts of modern Israel and the Palestinian territories of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. It has played a prominent role in the ancient and modern history of the Middle East and has been marked by frequent...

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[Ron in Regina]

So…let’s take a quick look at the “Two State Solution” that neither Palestine or Israel (or most of their neighbours) Really want anyway.

In 1947, the United Nations General Assemblyadopted United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine, which was not implemented. In 1974, a UN resolution on the "Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine" called for "two States, Israel and Palestine…side by side within secure and recognized borders" together with "a just resolution of the refugee question in conformity with UN resolution 194".

The borders of the state of Palestine would be "based on the pre-1967 borders". The latest resolution, in November 2013, was passed 165 to 6, with 6 abstentions; with Israel and the United States voting against.

Why Pre-1967? What happened in 1967 in that neighborhood? Google says the “Six Day War” happened but what was it?

The Six-Day War (Hebrew: מִלְחֶמֶת שֵׁשֶׁת הַיָּמִים, Milḥemet Šešet HaYamim; Arabic: النكسة, an-Naksah, lit. 'The Setback' or حرب 1967, Ḥarb 1967, 'War of 1967') or June War, also known as the 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states (primarily Egypt, Syria, and Jordan) from 5 to 10 June 1967.

Earlier, in 1956, regional tensions over the Straits of Tiranescalated in what became known as the Suez Crisis, when Israel invaded Egypt over the Egyptian closure of maritime passageways to Israeli shipping, ultimately resulting in the re-opening of the Straits of Tiran to Israel as well as the deployment of the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) along the Egypt–Israel border.

In the months prior to the outbreak of the Six-Day War in June 1967, tensions again became dangerously heightened: Israel reiterated its post-1956 position that another Egyptian closure of the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping would be a definite casus belli.

In May 1967, Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser announced that the Straits of Tiran would again be closed to Israeli vessels. He subsequently mobilized the Egyptian military into defensive lines along the border with Israel and ordered the immediate withdrawal of all UNEF personnel.

On 5 June 1967, as the UNEF was in the process of leaving the zone, Israel launched a series of preemptive airstrikes against Egyptian airfields and other facilities, launching its war effort. Egyptian forces were caught by surprise, and nearly all of Egypt's military aerial assets were destroyed, giving Israel air supremacy.

Simultaneously, the Israeli military launched a ground offensive into Egypt's Sinai Peninsula as well as the Egyptian-occupied Gaza Strip. After some initial resistance, Nasser ordered an evacuation of the Sinai Peninsula; by the sixth day of the conflict, Israel had occupied the entire Sinai Peninsula.

Jordan, which had entered into a defense pact with Egypt just a week before the war began, did not take on an all-out offensive role against Israel. However, the Jordanians did launch attacks against Israeli forces to slow Israel's advance.

On the fifth day, Syria joined the war by shelling Israeli positions in the north.

The punchline and the reason the Arab World supports a “Two State Solution” for Israel-Palestine based upon “Pre-1967 borders is because all of Israel’s neighbours while simultaneously fighting against Israel lost, and lost ground. At the time of the cessation of hostilities, Israel had seized Syria's Golan Heights, the Jordanian-annexed West Bank (including East Jerusalem), and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula as well as the Egyptian-occupied Gaza Strip. Ta-Dah!!

Six-Day War - Wikipedia

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Two-state solution - Wikipedia

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The Palestinian leadership has embraced the concept since the 1982 Arab Summit in Fez, and in 2017 Hamas accepted the idea of a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders…but it wasn’t pre-1967 any longer.

Israel views moves by Palestinian leaders to obtain international recognition of a State of Palestine as being unilateral action by the Palestinians and inconsistent with a negotiated two-state solution. It was reported in 2009 that although polls had consistently shown Israeli and Palestinian majorities in favor of a negotiated two-state settlement, there was "growing disillusionment" with a two-state solution.

In 2014, 60% of Palestinians said the final goal of their national movement should be "to work toward reclaiming all of historic Palestine from the river to the sea".

From the river to the sea - Wikipedia

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(Critics of the slogan argue that it is calling for the land to be placed entirely under Arab rule at the cost of the State of Israel)

A poll published in 2021 by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Researchrevealed that only 39% of Palestinians support the two-state solution.

Another report published in 2021 by the RAND Corporationfound that 60% of Israelis across the political spectrum opposed a two-state solution. So much for the “Two State Solution” that currently neither Palestinian or Israel wants, but their neighbours do, but only on borders from more than 1/2 a century ago before the Six-Day-War that Egypt & Jordan & Syria & some other factions lost…

Two-state solution | Definition, Facts, History, & Map

Two-state solution, proposed framework for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by establishing two states for two peoples: Israel for the Jewish people and Palestine for the Palestinian people. This framework was formally adopted by Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)...

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That brings us, more or less, to today:


(Canadian military intelligence has now determined “with a high degree of confidence” that the strike on the hospital was “caused by an errant rocket fired from Gaza.” The news was announced Saturday in a statement by Bill Blair, minister for national defence.)

Michael Higgins: Canada faults Hamas for Gaza hospital blast, but Trudeau and Joly remain oddly quiet — National Post

The prime minister needs to speak now, after intelligence determined the strike was 'caused by an errant rocket fired from Gaza'

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[Serryah]

Somewhere had to become a dumping ground

True.

And too bad, so sad, the land already had people on it.

Like every other time the ignorance of Europeans got involved, politics of a region and the ethnicity of it didn't matter. All that mattered was 'dumping' those they needed to dump.

 

[spaminator]

Canada commits to spend $50M on humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Published Oct 21, 2023 • Last updated 1 day ago • 3 minute read
The Canadian government announced Saturday it will provide an additional $50 million for humanitarian assistance in the Gaza Strip as the region's border crossing with Egypt opened to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into the besieged Palestinian territory.
The Canadian government announced Saturday it will provide an additional $50 million for humanitarian assistance in the Gaza Strip as the region’s border crossing with Egypt opened to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into the besieged Palestinian territory.


International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen issued a statement from Cairo, Egypt, saying the federal government will ensure none of the money goes to Hamas, the militant group that launched a series of terror attacks on Israel two weeks ago.


Hussen said the money will be used to provide the Palestinian population with food, water, medical assistance, protection services and other life-saving aid.

“The critical and immediate needs of civilians affected by the crisis become clearer with each day that goes by,” Hussen’s statement said.

“As Canada’s partners make their growing needs known, this new assistance will allow us to provide them funding quickly so they can scale up their efforts to help people in urgent need.”


The money will be sent to humanitarian organizations already in the war-ravaged area.

The new funding is in addition to $10 million Canada committed last week for humanitarian assistance in Gaza.

On Saturday, Hussen was attending a peace summit in Cairo with Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly.

The ministers issued a joint statement saying they planned to reiterate Canada’s condemnation of the attacks while also highlighting Canada’s concerns over the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza, which is home to 2.3 million people.

“We are gravely concerned by the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza, which continues to deteriorate,” Joly told the meeting.

“We are encouraged by the news this morning that food, fuel and water being able to enter Gaza, but we need to see more.”


Just 20 trucks carrying humanitarian aid were allowed to enter Gaza from Egypt on Saturday. Aid agencies say their loads won’t be enough to address the needs of the population, which is now rationing food and drinking dirty water.

More than 200 trucks carrying aid have been waiting at the border for days.

About half of Gaza’s residents have fled their homes. Hospitals are running low on medical supplies and fuel for generators amid widespread blackouts exacerbated by waves of Israeli airstrikes. Meanwhile, Palestinian militants continue to fire rockets into Israel.

Israel had insisted nothing would enter Gaza until Hamas released all the captives from its Oct. 7 attack on towns in southern Israel. Hamas freed its first captives, an American woman and her teenage daughter, late Friday.


Joly said both sides in the conflict must respect international humanitarian law.

“Even in times of crisis, there are principles. Even in times of war, there are rules,” she said Saturday. “Palestinians and Israeli civilians are equal and both must be protected.”

As well, she said the 400 Canadians still in Gaza must be able to return home.

“In the fog of war, it is always hard to see the light of day on the horizon, but we need to see it,” Joly said. “We should not be scared about talking about the next steps. Canada will always stand up for human rights.”

Joly said she plans to meet with staff at the Canadian embassy in Cairo to discuss their efforts to support Canadians in the region, including their work to help Canadians leave Gaza.


The peace summit includes dozens of regional leaders and other senior western officials, with a focus on de-escalating the fighting and seeking a ceasefire.

Tensions have been rising as the Lebanese militant organization Hezbollah has been trading fire with Israel since the war began, even threatening to join the fight if the Israeli military goes ahead with an expected ground invasion of Gaza.

About 14,500 Canadians are registered with the federal government as being in Lebanon. Global Affairs Canada is urging all of them to get out of the country while they still can. Meanwhile, the Canadian Armed Forces is preparing for possible evacuations.

Canada commits to spend $50M on humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip

International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen issued a statement saying the government will ensure none of the money goes to Hamas.

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Canada commits to spend $50M on humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Published Oct 21, 2023 • Last updated 1 day ago • 3 minute read
The Canadian government announced Saturday it will provide an additional $50 million for humanitarian assistance in the Gaza Strip as the region's border crossing with Egypt opened to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into the besieged Palestinian territory.
The Canadian government announced Saturday it will provide an additional $50 million for humanitarian assistance in the Gaza Strip as the region’s border crossing with Egypt opened to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into the besieged Palestinian territory.


International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen issued a statement from Cairo, Egypt, saying the federal government will ensure none of the money goes to Hamas, the militant group that launched a series of terror attacks on Israel two weeks ago.


Hussen said the money will be used to provide the Palestinian population with food, water, medical assistance, protection services and other life-saving aid.

“The critical and immediate needs of civilians affected by the crisis become clearer with each day that goes by,” Hussen’s statement said.

“As Canada’s partners make their growing needs known, this new assistance will allow us to provide them funding quickly so they can scale up their efforts to help people in urgent need.”


The money will be sent to humanitarian organizations already in the war-ravaged area.

The new funding is in addition to $10 million Canada committed last week for humanitarian assistance in Gaza.

On Saturday, Hussen was attending a peace summit in Cairo with Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly.

The ministers issued a joint statement saying they planned to reiterate Canada’s condemnation of the attacks while also highlighting Canada’s concerns over the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza, which is home to 2.3 million people.

“We are gravely concerned by the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza, which continues to deteriorate,” Joly told the meeting.

“We are encouraged by the news this morning that food, fuel and water being able to enter Gaza, but we need to see more.”


Just 20 trucks carrying humanitarian aid were allowed to enter Gaza from Egypt on Saturday. Aid agencies say their loads won’t be enough to address the needs of the population, which is now rationing food and drinking dirty water.

More than 200 trucks carrying aid have been waiting at the border for days.

About half of Gaza’s residents have fled their homes. Hospitals are running low on medical supplies and fuel for generators amid widespread blackouts exacerbated by waves of Israeli airstrikes. Meanwhile, Palestinian militants continue to fire rockets into Israel.

Israel had insisted nothing would enter Gaza until Hamas released all the captives from its Oct. 7 attack on towns in southern Israel. Hamas freed its first captives, an American woman and her teenage daughter, late Friday.


Joly said both sides in the conflict must respect international humanitarian law.

“Even in times of crisis, there are principles. Even in times of war, there are rules,” she said Saturday. “Palestinians and Israeli civilians are equal and both must be protected.”

As well, she said the 400 Canadians still in Gaza must be able to return home.

“In the fog of war, it is always hard to see the light of day on the horizon, but we need to see it,” Joly said. “We should not be scared about talking about the next steps. Canada will always stand up for human rights.”

Joly said she plans to meet with staff at the Canadian embassy in Cairo to discuss their efforts to support Canadians in the region, including their work to help Canadians leave Gaza.


The peace summit includes dozens of regional leaders and other senior western officials, with a focus on de-escalating the fighting and seeking a ceasefire.

Tensions have been rising as the Lebanese militant organization Hezbollah has been trading fire with Israel since the war began, even threatening to join the fight if the Israeli military goes ahead with an expected ground invasion of Gaza.

About 14,500 Canadians are registered with the federal government as being in Lebanon. Global Affairs Canada is urging all of them to get out of the country while they still can. Meanwhile, the Canadian Armed Forces is preparing for possible evacuations.

Canada commits to spend $50M on humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip

International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen issued a statement saying the government will ensure none of the money goes to Hamas.

torontosun.com

So... when do we start hearing "See to our own first!" for this expenditure?

 

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$50M is a drop in the bucket...


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