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AloeVera

(2,140 posts)
8. Whoa
Fri Oct 20, 2023, 11:17 PM
Oct 2023

I would love to see statistics on the ratio of infrastucture vs military spending for all 3. I assume you have them, since you are making these claims, so please share.

The abject poverty of Palestinians vis a vis Israelis is usually a point made when discussing the socio-economic and political power imbalances between the two. Usually in the context of occupation, oppression, effects of the blockade etc. As in these conditions leading to impoverishment. So your argument is interesting. You could bolster it by sharing evidence.

Whose land and whose people? Well there is no such thing as Hamas land or Hamas people. The Palestinians have a claim to that land too, as do the Jews. They should not be driven out of their ancestral lands either. They need their own state.

If you don't agree on that, we should just agree to disagree and leave it be for now. It's a bad time for everybody.

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Red Herrings are not helpful AloeVera Oct 2023 #1
Does the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights identify Beastly Boy Oct 2023 #2
Hamas does not control foreign aid money for infrastructure projects. AloeVera Oct 2023 #3
To be clear AloeVera Oct 2023 #4
The money they spend on weapons IS controlled by hamas, wherever it comes from. Beastly Boy Oct 2023 #5
It's all the same AloeVera Oct 2023 #6
Whose people and whose land is hamas defending? And to what effect? Beastly Boy Oct 2023 #7
Whoa AloeVera Oct 2023 #8
Your curiosity satisfied (mostly): Beastly Boy Oct 2023 #9
Interesting. So how many doses of that drug are they estimated to have bought in total? RockRaven Oct 2023 #10
Are you suggesting that the legitimacy of this expense Beastly Boy Oct 2023 #11
YOU are the one who said "money for drugs, not for water treatment" so I'm asking you RockRaven Oct 2023 #12
I did indeeed. Beastly Boy Oct 2023 #13
Whatever inference or subtext you imagine my words to mean is out of my control. RockRaven Oct 2023 #14
Hamas has a $300,000,000 annual budget Mosby Oct 2023 #15
Both the drugs and the water trerment plants require money to procure. Beastly Boy Oct 2023 #16
The water treatment plants that Gaza needs are priced in the hundreds of millions RockRaven Oct 2023 #17
Once again, the monetary value of any transaction you mentioned is immaterial to my post. Beastly Boy Oct 2023 #18
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