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malaise

(297,444 posts)
Sun May 3, 2026, 07:22 AM 5 hrs ago

Does anyone care?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/02/israeli-militants-attack-west-bank-schools-settler-violence

‘Go inside, he will kill you’: Israeli militants step up West Bank school attacks

The Israeli reservist shot 14-year-old Aws al-Naasan in the head just outside the western gate of the Mughayyir boys’ secondary school, where he was studying in ninth grade.

Aws collapsed instantly, bleeding heavily. More shots rang out as his friends ran to his side, picked up his now-limp body and rushed him out of the line of fire, their path along the school wall marked by a trail of their classmate’s blood.

Footage from inside the building showed terrified children and teachers crouched in stairwells, shouting at others to get down. Another video captured the shooter, a reservist in partial military uniform, taking aim at the school from the hillside above.

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Does anyone care? (Original Post) malaise 5 hrs ago OP
This is unacceptable! surfered 5 hrs ago #1
I care Roy Rolling 5 hrs ago #2
Yes,.. But aren't expressions of concern, caring, and repulsion of the murder of innocent Palestinian children.. magicarpet 1 hr ago #27
Yes, lots of people do. But not the ones with power to stop it. LymphocyteLover 5 hrs ago #3
The soldier may get some cursory moniss 4 hrs ago #4
No words for this. Joinfortmill 4 hrs ago #5
;-{) SAVE THE CHILDREN Goonch 4 hrs ago #6
Caring is not and has never been reflected in US policies. Passages 4 hrs ago #7
We care. The hard right does not. sinkingfeeling 4 hrs ago #8
trDUMP appointing the radical extremeist Fascist KkKrishtun Southern Baptist Pastor, Mike Huckabee as,... magicarpet 59 min ago #31
Sure. OldBaldy1701E 4 hrs ago #9
The sad truth malaise 3 hrs ago #16
It's time we as a country take Israel off the pedestal we put them on. KS Toronado 4 hrs ago #10
and they couldn't do this without our support MadameButterfly 2 hrs ago #18
I perpetually have to explain to people that the Jewish people AllyCat 1 hr ago #28
Perhaps Bibi's apologists can assure us that this is all Hamas' fault... Orrex 4 hrs ago #11
You know you're an anti-Semite if democrank 3 hrs ago #12
We care, but we seem to be in a minority. I used to think that such malevolence niyad 3 hrs ago #13
The harshest judgment awaits their future BeneteauBum 3 hrs ago #14
Systematic genocide perpetrated by a people who should know better if anyone should. paleotn 3 hrs ago #15
THIS malaise 3 hrs ago #17
Dusty old books of myth. Perfect description. AllyCat 1 hr ago #30
I believe those "dusty books of myth" Wednesdays 9 min ago #32
Israel needs to sit in the corner and think about its behavior Ponietz 2 hrs ago #19
Remember Malala? Pakistan girl shot in head by Taliban for going to school. cbabe 2 hrs ago #20
Settlers killed the boy's father in 2019. Kid Berwyn 2 hrs ago #21
I am repulsed by Israel now. Clear-cut ethnic cleansing/genocidal activity jmbar2 2 hrs ago #22
Alas, I wish your first statement were true . . . PhylliPretzel 2 hrs ago #24
Yes, Israel has become repulsive. I'll wait for another lecture on how I am anti-Semitic. ratchiweenie 2 hrs ago #26
THIS malaise 1 hr ago #29
I do and it's despicable. 😡 Dave Bowman 2 hrs ago #23
Disgusting leftstreet 2 hrs ago #25
When does the revulsion reach critical mass? AloeVera 4 min ago #33
Nailed it malaise 39 sec ago #34

Roy Rolling

(7,678 posts)
2. I care
Sun May 3, 2026, 07:36 AM
5 hrs ago

You care. We care.

The right people care.

The wrong people have more influence than intelligence.

Resist ‘til it hurts.

magicarpet

(19,153 posts)
27. Yes,.. But aren't expressions of concern, caring, and repulsion of the murder of innocent Palestinian children..
Sun May 3, 2026, 11:17 AM
1 hr ago

Just a gross and repulsive act of ANTI-SEMITISM against the State of Greater Israel.

I don't want to become unpopular or treated has low life scumbag by the Israeli lobby - because I voiced my concerns in a public setting for the murder and/or massacre, and/or genocide of children.

Isn't it much safer to just keep my mouth shut, shrug, and immediately look the other way ?

Pretending these atrocious and horrific atrocities simply are not taking place, for the sake of a Greater Israel and her expanding Mother Empire building efforts.

I am so torn, twisted and confused about my correct views here.
Should the USA condone Israel's murder of the innocents by providing copious quantities and endless amounts of guns, bullets, other munitions, bombs, missiles, and other hi tech and advanced military gear and equipment.

..... Or just say enough is FUCKING enough - and stop this
FUCKING madness.

moniss

(9,128 posts)
4. The soldier may get some cursory
Sun May 3, 2026, 08:01 AM
4 hrs ago

"review" or get some light punishment but in the eyes of the hard right in Israel he will be considered a hero and be celebrated.

Passages

(4,399 posts)
7. Caring is not and has never been reflected in US policies.
Sun May 3, 2026, 08:26 AM
4 hrs ago

U.S. citizens are a different story; most do care.

Independents’ Sympathies Shift Toward Palestinians in Past Year

excerpt:
Independents' Sympathies in the Middle East Situation
In the Middle East situation, are your sympathies more with the Israelis or more with the Palestinians?
https://news.gallup.com/poll/702440/israelis-no-longer-ahead-americans-middle-east-sympathies.aspx#:~:text=In%20terms%20of%20Americans'%20separate,%25%20to%2034%25%20last%20year.



magicarpet

(19,153 posts)
31. trDUMP appointing the radical extremeist Fascist KkKrishtun Southern Baptist Pastor, Mike Huckabee as,...
Sun May 3, 2026, 11:59 AM
59 min ago

.... the USA's Ambassador to Israel kicked open this new KkKrishtun Crusade back into the Holylands. These wacko KkKrishtuns believe that if they fight a blood war and battle to the death - this usher in the Second Coming of Jesus Christ from the heavens to return back here on earth.

(Oh I almost forgot, djt's appointment of Pete KkKegsbreath as Secretary of War + Lethality played an intregral role in bringing this bloody to the death KkKrishtun Crusade into being so Jeebuzz would stop by for his second coming while finally claiming permanent domicile here on earth.)

Here Christ will remain to rule over Born Again KkKrishtuns who will live in ever lasting peace, tranquility, and a beautiful utopia. All non KkKrishtuns will then be banished from the earth by
their Jeebuzz for an eternity. While finally for those believers remaining -will be allowed to live in total absolute bliss - as they endlessly pray with their beloved Jeebuzz. Now fully and absolutely unencumbered by Socialist Commies,.. their ridiculous Wokeness,... and their DEI bullshit crap. Their GI Joe Jeebuzz will not put up or tolerate with this Progressive Pinko foolishness.

OldBaldy1701E

(11,396 posts)
9. Sure.
Sun May 3, 2026, 08:31 AM
4 hrs ago

What good did it do us when the powers that be are so far up Israel's ass? What good did it do when this nation has the level of cheerleaders that we have? But, they're convinced that their religion is going to save them, and that location is 'sacred' to them, so they are trying desperately to convince everyone that said location gives those who live there deific powers or something.

Some people tried to warn everyone. But, hey... those people are making lots of money over it, so I guess that makes it okay around here. The fact that those with power decided to mix in the profit, the evangelical religion, and the politics to try and justify their greed and bias when it comes to this particular nation is just horrifying.

The fact that we don't seem to care about this is... not surprising.

KS Toronado

(23,761 posts)
10. It's time we as a country take Israel off the pedestal we put them on.
Sun May 3, 2026, 08:35 AM
4 hrs ago

Nowadays they are pure evil just like our Government.

MadameButterfly

(4,125 posts)
18. and they couldn't do this without our support
Sun May 3, 2026, 10:00 AM
2 hrs ago

There are many Israeli's against the violence who want Netanyahu brought to justice. I hate to think what would happen to them if the US withdrew it's protection. But we can't keep funding this kind of violence.

Of course, it's a moot point until Trump is out of office, and the damage will have been done by then. Netanyahu is aware he had free reign for another 2 1/2 years.

AllyCat

(18,954 posts)
28. I perpetually have to explain to people that the Jewish people
Sun May 3, 2026, 11:38 AM
1 hr ago

Are NOT Israel. I have several Jewish friends and acquaintances who abhor what the US and Israel are doing.

I mention anything about the Jewish people in the US and people in the group immediately start talking about Israel.

Orrex

(67,317 posts)
11. Perhaps Bibi's apologists can assure us that this is all Hamas' fault...
Sun May 3, 2026, 08:51 AM
4 hrs ago

and that Hamas can end it whenever they want. To suggest otherwise is pure antisemitism, of course.


democrank

(12,661 posts)
12. You know you're an anti-Semite if
Sun May 3, 2026, 09:14 AM
3 hrs ago

you protest an Israeli reservist shooting a child in the head.

niyad

(133,594 posts)
13. We care, but we seem to be in a minority. I used to think that such malevolence
Sun May 3, 2026, 09:21 AM
3 hrs ago

and cruelty existed in only a small number of people. Horrifyingly, I was wrong.

BeneteauBum

(683 posts)
14. The harshest judgment awaits their future
Sun May 3, 2026, 09:37 AM
3 hrs ago

I may seem impossibly futile now but they will pay.

Peace ☮️

paleotn

(22,544 posts)
15. Systematic genocide perpetrated by a people who should know better if anyone should.
Sun May 3, 2026, 09:40 AM
3 hrs ago

Also what happens when two peoples read dusty old books of myth and take them seriously.

malaise

(297,444 posts)
17. THIS
Sun May 3, 2026, 09:57 AM
3 hrs ago

Also what happens when two peoples read dusty old books of myth and take them seriously.

Wednesdays

(22,981 posts)
32. I believe those "dusty books of myth"
Sun May 3, 2026, 12:49 PM
9 min ago

But I don't use them as excuses for killing. That's the difference.

cbabe

(6,749 posts)
20. Remember Malala? Pakistan girl shot in head by Taliban for going to school.
Sun May 3, 2026, 10:12 AM
2 hrs ago

And Nobel prize winner.

https://m.

&ra=m

Kid Berwyn

(24,880 posts)
21. Settlers killed the boy's father in 2019.
Sun May 3, 2026, 10:16 AM
2 hrs ago

His “crime,” apart from being born a Palestinian living on his ancestral land, was helping a neighbor who’d been injured in an attack.

The “settlers” are just doing “like the cowboys did to the Indians” in America, doncha know?

jmbar2

(8,097 posts)
22. I am repulsed by Israel now. Clear-cut ethnic cleansing/genocidal activity
Sun May 3, 2026, 10:24 AM
2 hrs ago

I know that government policies don't reflect what average Israeli's feel, but it shows what happens when their version of MAGAs have absolute control.

Paolo Freire, in "Pedagogy of the Oppressed", said that the without consciousness of the dynamics of oppression, the oppressed eventually become the oppressors. It's similar to the rescue triangle in psychotherapy. Parties rotate from being the victim, the oppressor, and the rescuer.

That's why education systems need to teach how oppression works, to prevent it. We have removed all that curriculum now in the DEI purge.

US support for Israel needs to end. There's no difference between what they are doing, and what Russia is doing in Ukraine. The Israel victim card is expired.

PhylliPretzel

(225 posts)
24. Alas, I wish your first statement were true . . .
Sun May 3, 2026, 10:35 AM
2 hrs ago

Polling in Israel show that the VAST majority of Jewish Israelis support the razing of Gaza, the West Bank, and south Lebanon. "Kill them all" is a popular sentiment.

ratchiweenie

(8,232 posts)
26. Yes, Israel has become repulsive. I'll wait for another lecture on how I am anti-Semitic.
Sun May 3, 2026, 10:54 AM
2 hrs ago

malaise

(297,444 posts)
29. THIS
Sun May 3, 2026, 11:38 AM
1 hr ago

Paolo Freire, in "Pedagogy of the Oppressed", said that the without consciousness of the dynamics of oppression, the oppressed eventually become the oppressors. It's similar to the rescue triangle in psychotherapy. Parties rotate from being the victim, the oppressor, and the rescuer.

AloeVera

(4,352 posts)
33. When does the revulsion reach critical mass?
Sun May 3, 2026, 12:54 PM
4 min ago

What will it take?

This is heading towards a replay of 1947-48. Ethnic cleansing, terrorism, massacres and driving people off their lands and burning their towns and villages. It's already happening in Lebanon, with the burning replaced by modern means of scorched-earth.

When that starts happening in the OPT, no one should say they didn't know. There is clear evidence since 1947 for those who cared to know - or cared.

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