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IrishBubbaLiberal

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18. countless families across Gaza, their lives shrouded in darkness of this genocide

Thu Apr 24, 2025, 11:36 AM

Apr 24

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Guardian UK:

My family’s story echoes those of countless families across Gaza whose lives have been shrouded in the darkness of this genocide. I believe that to tell their stories is to defy the darkness. To demand justice is not to ask for charity – it is a moral obligation. My family was not collateral damage. They were teachers, doctors, students, engineers, social workers, mothers and children – each one snuffed out too early.

What offers me solace is that, in the face of this unimaginable cruelty, Palestinians still run to save one another. In pitch darkness, even amid falling rubble and suffocating dust, the light of Palestinian dignity refuses to be extinguished. These lights call all of us to be witnesses to the brutality, and are lights of hope that the suffering of Palestinians can be brought to an end immediately.

—Ghada Ageel, a third-generation Palestinian refugee, worked as a translator for the Guardian in Gaza from 2000 to 2006. She is visiting professor at the department of political science at the University of Alberta

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/24/gaza-khan-younis-strikes-on-civilians

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History Is Indispensable to Journalism Re Gaza and Israel [View all] IrishBubbaLiberal Apr 23 OP

Israel's critics are always accused of anti-Semitism , a charge that serves to silence even the mildest questioning of t IrishBubbaLiberal Apr 23 #1

Not always. Only when criticism of Israel is punctuated by overt antisemitism. Beastly Boy Apr 24 #15

Consortium News Is a left wing piece of garbage. They blame Ukraine and JohnSJ Apr 23 #2

Roger Waters is mentioned on Consortium News's "about" page as a major donor. N/T lapucelle Apr 23 #4

I guess that says it all. Thanks, I wasn't aware. JohnSJ Apr 23 #7

Consortium News changed the verb "settle" to the noun "settlers" in their fanciful retelling of Dayan's eulogy. lapucelle Apr 24 #10

Consortium News was 100% CORRECT about Bush and the Iraq war... Jack Valentino Apr 23 #5

Did you read the link I supplied: JohnSJ Apr 23 #6

No.... that anchor text is disconcerting indeed. Jack Valentino Apr 24 #8

Without question Iraq was a complete setup, and was the perfect example of unintended JohnSJ Apr 24 #9

Consortium News is rated left wing by both News Guard and Media Bias Fact Check. lapucelle Apr 24 #11

How odd of Consortium News to actually change a key word and conflate decontextualized lapucelle Apr 23 #3

The usual folks won't like this malaise Apr 24 #12

If by "usual folks" you mean DUers who object to changing words, lapucelle Apr 24 #13

They already don't Bettie Apr 24 #24

THIS malaise Apr 24 #25

Of course DUers don't like what is typically a right wing tactic. lapucelle Apr 25 #26

For context, which is entirely absent from your article: Beastly Boy Apr 24 #14

Genocide is not the answer IrishBubbaLiberal Apr 24 #16

"Genocide" is the strawman concocted by anti-Israel propagandists long before the Gaza war. Beastly Boy Apr 24 #17

UN defines genocide, is exactly what Israel is doing in Gaza IrishBubbaLiberal Apr 24 #19

What you cited is the incomplete definition of genocide, Beastly Boy Apr 24 #22

It is NOT what Israel is doing in Gaza, lapucelle Apr 25 #28

Israel is committing genocide in Gaza IrishBubbaLiberal Apr 25 #31

It's clear from your citation of the Geneva Convention that it is not genocide. lapucelle Apr 25 #32

Dec '24: Amnesty International investigation concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza IrishBubbaLiberal Apr 25 #33

Amnesty admits on page 101 of their report that the war does not fit the definition of genocide. lapucelle Apr 25 #34

Trying individuals for genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and aggression IrishBubbaLiberal Apr 24 #20

Accusing, or even chargung, is not trying. Beastly Boy Apr 24 #23

They know where he lives. yagotme Apr 25 #27

So the ICC arrest warrant is not for genocide? lapucelle Apr 25 #29

countless families across Gaza, their lives shrouded in darkness of this genocide IrishBubbaLiberal Apr 24 #18

What does this response have to do with my post, or the invokation of Dayan inyour OP? Beastly Boy Apr 24 #21

Why would somebody born in Gaza be a "third generation Palestinian refugee"? lapucelle Apr 25 #30