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Katie (paraglider sympathizer and Hamas apologist), YOUR charter states in part:

"our struggle against the Jews is very great and very serious" and calls for the eventual creation of an Islamic state in Palestine, in place of Israel and the Palestinian Territories, and the obliteration or dissolution of Israel.”

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I listened to your interview and sympathize with your guests and the civilians in Gaza, but neither you nor your guests addressed some very important points. Either you didn't want to or just weren't capable of asking pertinent questions. It just made you look really unprepared and uneducated.

To use the excuse that the terrorists had built up anger because they don't have green grass, pools and what's outside of Gaza and to justify that anger as making sense to kill people at a concert or nearby towns is ridiculous.

Educate yourselves on the history of that region and why things are the way they are. Here are a few unbiased resources for you.

https://youtu.be/XNf40sBcvKk?si=IaJeAP-849-Dbdhq

https://youtu.be/m19F4IHTVGc?si=IG9VEGsUb-cv_Z-f

https://www.facebook.com/reel/337839198730699?mibextid=9drbnH

https://www.facebook.com/reel/801215988444932?mibextid=9drbnH

It isn't up to the Israeli government to protect Gazan civilians. It's up to Hamas, but instead of doing this, Hamas puts civilians in harms way. Israel is doing what it needs to do to protect their people. Palestinians used to blow themselves up at bus stops, cafes and restaurants long before there was Gaza. You can use Gaza and the "open prison" phrase as an excuse for people (not all) who have proven themselves to be fanatics, violent and vindictive. This was happening before there was Gaza.

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This article is truly disgusting propaganda that the media is so guilty of today!!!

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Katie, YOU are the Useful Idiot.

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If find it amusing so many commenting here are cancelling their subscriptions, lol. As an Australian, a country with some of the most concentrated news ownership in the world - mainly Murdoch's Newcorp, but we also have Nine Entertainment, which is just a front for our country's far right conservative populist nationalists, I find the content resented here totally necessary as these voices are not being heard outside of platforms like Useful Idiots. What is wrong with presenting the other side of the story? These are journalists doing what journalists should do - presenting balanced news without the propaganda. The world is watching Israel making the very worst of a very bad situation - it is 2023, and there is no place for theis kind of "eye for an eye" biblical retribution, the mass slaughter of civilian populations, like the world is seeing right now. Kudos to Katie and Aaron for their continued excellent reportage and courage.

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Cancelling this subscription IMMEDIATELY

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How far back shall we go historically? Do you want to discuss pre birth of Mohammed when the Jews were there? Would you like to discuss when they were kicked out of the region? When they returned… or perhaps you only want to discuss the most recent history?

How about we do that… modern history: I would love to hear your excuses for Rejectionism, and actual goals of the eradication of the Jews, and the establishment of a Palestinian state only? Let’s hear your justification for this call to genocide…

Oh, and there is no reason for you to be hostile with me. Do I intimidate you? Actual history should not be intimidating… perhaps you’re too embedded in emotions to be civil?

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I feel like an idiot for paying for this subscription.

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Hamas is a straight up death cult. It hates life (Jewish and Muslim ) and it's cultural influence on humanity must be lended. Intent is everything and that's the key difference between Israel and Hamas..

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Any chance for special edition uniting of Substack--the useful idiots with “America This Week” duo Taibbi/Kirn?

I think it’s important. You’re familiar with each other and have fairly different perspectives. The import wouldn’t be knowledge or a history lesson, to figure out who is right, on the whole. Maté is clearly the most knowledgeable. But I think he could be asked some challenging questions.

It would show people that intellectual discussion, that includes passionate disagreement between friends/colleagues/family, can and must occur if we are serious about encouraging humanity and societal healing.

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UN OFFICE For CoOrdination of Humanitarian Affairs

10 October 2023 (Palestine) EURO MED MONITOR NEWS UPDATES on Day 4 of ISRAEL’S “GOD GIVEN RIGHT” TO ETHNIC CLEANSING OF PALESTINE

🔷Israel commits widespread war crimes in Gaza, humanitarian catastrophe is imminent [EN/AR]🔷

🔹Euro-Med Monitor stated that the Israeli attack has resulted in the deaths of 880 Palestinians, with approximately 59% of them being civilians, including 185 children and 120 women. Around 5,000 others have been injured, with hundreds remaining trapped under rubble and along border areas.

🔹Euro-Med Monitor added that Israel’s army is expanding its military operations in Gaza, targeting residential buildings without prior warning and causing the deaths of entire families.

🔹“What is happening in Gaza represents a comprehensive humanitarian disaster, especially with the lack of electricity and water affecting more than 90% of residents, and the disruption of various essential supplies,” the organisation said in a statement.

🔹The group documented the killing of seven journalists, injury of at least 10 more, and loss of contact with two.

MORE UPDATES @ bottom of page linked below

https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/israel-commits-widespread-war-crimes-gaza-humanitarian-catastrophe-imminent-enar

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KLAUS POLKEHN, THE SECRET CONTACTS : ZIONISM AND NAZI GERMANY, 1933-1941

https://archive.org/details/KlausPolkehnTheSecretContacts-ZionismAndNaziGermany1933-1941/mode/2up

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thank you 💜🙏🏼🙏🏽🙏🏾

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Seymour Hersh – Oct. 12, 2023 – Netanyahu is Finished -- The Bibi doctrine—his belief that he could control Hamas—compromised Israeli security and has now begat a bloody war

Hamas was promoted and financed for years by “our beloved” Bibi, who believed that Arafat’s secular PLO was a more serious enemy. Hamas was also rejecting a two-state solution just like Bibi and his extremists who together with US sabotaged a two-state solution for decades

https://substack.com/inbox/post/137880462

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Ok… perhaps you’re confusing who and what Hamas is? It’s the Political party (and terrorist group as defined by numerous global nations) that win elections to serve the people… the Palestinians chose these guys… I’m not confused even a little bit.

Every time Palestinians conduct terrorist violence… suicide bombings, rocket launches, maiming, shooting, fire bombings… guess what happens? They lose a little more freedom to continue their violence. They lose a little more land. That’s what engaging in violence instead of peace br8ngs. They have earned this honestly.

This right of return is laughable. They literally waged a war and were joined by Arab nations. They lost that war… the Palestinians were forced out, and the Arab League, who joined them in war, refused visas for the Palestinians which left them in refugee camps. To dat very few visas have ever been offered. This is not the Israelis responsibility… sorry. Again, the Palestinians brought this upon themselves.

If the Arab world collectively made a move to eradicate the sovereign State of Israel (in keeping with their Islamo fascistic and anti semitic ideology? It would bring the world to war. Wait and see… you might just be drafted to participate. Palestine has never been a sovereign nation. Israel is.

The original Hamas Charter, the predecessor PLO Charter all read the same: one Arab state, and eradication of the Jews. They’re fascist and have refuse peace and a two state option repeatedly… waged wars and terrorism and were subdued… lost land and yet? They still refuse peace.

I worked as a Middle East Analyst and we conducted multiple workshops, and likely still do, to find a solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but we have always failed. The reason? The Palestinians don’t want a two state solution (period, the end). The Jews have been on this land almost without breaks long before Palestinians were even named… long before Muhammad was born. They were forced out on s couple occasions, and always returned. They could have long ago mandated no two state solution, but none the less continue to work toward that direction. The problem is… you can’t find peace when one side simply wants the other side dead. This is the racism and bigotry that leaves Palestinians in the place they are now. The voted for this. So, yes, the people are the same as Hamas. The Palestinians territories could have long ago stood up a sovereign state. They could have no sanctions or blockades… they could be enjoying a prosperous and free society. Yet, they made a choice to hate the Jews instead… wage relentless war, and murder hundreds at a music festival ffs… it’s disgusting how Americans one one day can condemn a single mass shooter at a folk festival as a monster, but one another day support and defend the atrocities committed in the name of IslamoFascism and racism. There is something very broken in the American culture…

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The governors of Gaza--Hamas--have a charter that their population, and even some of you hold dear. It states in part:

"our struggle against the Jews is very great and very serious" and calls for the eventual creation of an Islamic state in Palestine, in place of Israel and the Palestinian Territories, and the obliteration or dissolution of Israel.”

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