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demmiblue

(38,764 posts) Sun Jul 27, 2025, 07:40 AM Jul 27

Commissioner-general of UNRWA: airdrops will not reverse deepening starvation (Gaza)... It is a distraction & smokescreen.

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— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) 2025-07-27T10:59:47.708Z

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Commissioner-general of UNRWA: airdrops will not reverse deepening starvation (Gaza)... It is a distraction & smokescreen. (Original Post) demmiblue Jul 27 OP

It is indeed a smoke screen. But it shows they finally realize how transparent their real goals are ... marble falls Jul 27 #1

Ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians has been transparent for some time al bupp Jul 27 #2

Yes. The Knesset just voted to "symbolically" annex the West Bank. AloeVera Jul 27 #3

marble falls

(68,734 posts)

1. It is indeed a smoke screen. But it shows they finally realize how transparent their real goals are ...

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 07:47 AM

Jul 27

... regarding Gaza: Palästinenser steigen aus!

al bupp

(2,519 posts)

2. Ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians has been transparent for some time

Reply to marble falls (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 07:59 AM

Jul 27

And it's not just Gaza, the West Bank is also a target.

AloeVera

(3,767 posts)

3. Yes. The Knesset just voted to "symbolically" annex the West Bank.

Reply to al bupp (Reply #2)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 02:15 PM

Jul 27

For Israel, timing is everything.

See here:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1134144431#post21

It's a " symbolic, non-binding resolution:

The resolution, which passed 71-13, declared that the West Bank is “an inseparable part of the Land of Israel, the historical, cultural and spiritual homeland of the Jewish people” and that “Israel has the natural, historical and legal right to all of the territories of the Land of Israel.”

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