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Duncanpup

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1. And the U.S. gives Israel $40 billion a year.

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Wed Jul 23, 2025, 02:46 AM

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Global outcry grows over Israel's killing of starving civilians in Gaza [View all] AloeVera Wednesday OP

And the U.S. gives Israel $40 billion a year. Duncanpup Wednesday #1

I believe the total funding for this "war" may be approaching that figure. AloeVera Wednesday #4

This is not a war. There is no Palestinian state. LuvLoogie Wednesday #2

It is not a war in the conventional sense only genocide. Duncanpup Wednesday #3

It was a war for a month or two Johnny2X2X Wednesday #15

By no measure is it a "war". AloeVera Wednesday #5

All it takes for a war to be a war is two or more belligerent parties going at each other. Beastly Boy Wednesday #18

This is the ultimate whitewashing of Hamas. Beastly Boy Wednesday #17

It's the removal of impoverished people from expensive beachfront property which rich people want. Irish_Dem Wednesday #6

Somehow I don't think the rich are lining up to vacation in Gaza. AloeVera Wednesday #9

I mean people travel to Germany, the US, and China EdmondDantes_ Wednesday #11

Trump and Kushner have expressed an interest in the property. Irish_Dem Wednesday #12

That's a ploy, a pretext cooked up between two sociopaths. AloeVera Wednesday #16

More than 100 aid organisations warn of 'mass starvation' in Gaza muriel_volestrangler Wednesday #7

Local journalists working for foreign press are starving too. AloeVera Wednesday #21

I'm having trouble posting the pic directly. AloeVera Wednesday #22

This? (Graphic content warning) muriel_volestrangler Wednesday #23

Thank you. I'll try to remember that. AloeVera Wednesday #24

The starvation and killings of children are central to Israeli strategy. David__77 Wednesday #8

Actually, these are central to Hamas strategy. Beastly Boy Wednesday #19

Not loud enough malaise Wednesday #10

Recommended. H2O Man Wednesday #13

Netanyahu: "If you want them, come take them before we kill them all" dalton99a Wednesday #14

It is obscene to see some people defending such atrocities and seeing humanitarians as enemies. . Ping Tung Wednesday #20

War isn't murder. Ask Netanyahu. He's got a psalm for that vanessa_ca Wednesday #25

Netanyahu and Kushner (scum of the earth) mentioned in the song. Hamas? Nada NoRethugFriends Wednesday #34

The Guardian is by no means an unbiased source. NoRethugFriends Wednesday #26

Sarcasm? AloeVera Wednesday #28

As I said, bot an unbiased source. NoRethugFriends Wednesday #32

LMAO! vanessa_ca Wednesday #31

IHYAGR NoRethugFriends Wednesday #33

Oh. Right. Well, if that's your point of view: muriel_volestrangler Wednesday #35

"It doesn't make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who's dead." Yossarian - Catch-22 Ping Tung Wednesday #27

The song was from Vanessa_ca AloeVera Wednesday #29

Bravo to her. Biting, sardonic, and sad. Ping Tung Wednesday #30