{"id":247823,"date":"2023-11-13T12:01:31","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T12:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=247823"},"modified":"2023-11-07T06:49:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T06:49:56","slug":"the-ten-dumbest-things-were-being-asked-to-believe-about-israels-war-on-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2023\/11\/the-ten-dumbest-things-were-being-asked-to-believe-about-israels-war-on-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ten Dumbest Things We\u2019re Being Asked to Believe about Israel\u2019s War on Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"

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7 Nov 2023 – <\/em>Here they are, in no particular order:<\/p>\n

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  1. That Israel had no idea what Hamas was up to prior to October 7, but ever since October 7 has known about every hospital, mosque, school, refugee camp and water tower that Hamas is hiding in.<\/li>\n
  2. That the blame for all of the deaths caused by Israeli weapons launched by Israel rests solely on Hamas.<\/li>\n
  3. That Hamas is using \u201chuman shields\u201d\u200a\u2014\u200ameaning Hamas bases are hidden amidst civilian populations\u200a\u2014\u200ayet Israel is managing to kill thousands of civilians without doing any meaningful damage<\/a> to Hamas.<\/li>\n
  4. That it would be perfectly fine to murder children by the thousands even if they were<\/em> being used as \u201chuman shields\u201d\u200a\u2014\u200aas though resolving a hostage situation by mowing down thousands of child hostages would be regarded as reasonable and acceptable by the public if it happened in our own country.<\/li>\n
  5. That it is only by pure coincidence that Israel bombing \u201cHamas targets\u201d in civilian infrastructure and residential buildings just so happens to look exactly the same as what you\u2019d expect to see if Israel was simply bombing civilian infrastructure and residential buildings and lying about its reasons for doing so.<\/li>\n
  6. That satellite images<\/a> of entire neighborhoods reduced to rubble in Gaza have been caused by \u201cprecision strikes\u201d directed solely at Hamas and have been carried out with the greatest of care for human life, despite Israeli officials openly saying<\/a> that \u201cthe emphasis is on damage and not on accuracy\u201d in this assault and that \u201cGaza will eventually turn into a city of tents; there will be no buildings<\/a>.\u201d<\/li>\n
  7. That this bombing campaign has anything to do with freeing Israeli hostages\u200a\u2014\u200aas though the bombing campaign itself has not killed dozens of hostages<\/a>, and as though anyone believes Israel would stop bombing Gaza after the hostages are returned.<\/li>\n
  8. That the only reason anyone could possibly oppose the detonation of thousands of bombs on an open air prison full of children would be if they had very strong and hateful opinions toward the members of the religion of Judaism.<\/li>\n
  9. That Hamas attacked Israel entirely out of the blue and completely unprovoked, solely because they are evil and hate Jews.<\/li>\n
  10. That Washington is powerless to stop this genocide<\/a> that it is directly funding and supplying.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Caitlin Johnstone is a rogue journalist, poet, and utopia prepper who publishes regularly\u00a0<\/em>at <\/em><\/a>Medium<\/a>. Contact: <\/em>admin@caitlinjohnstone.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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    Go to Original \u2013 caitlinjohnstone.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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