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1. tobie (tobie1@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 16-May-2024 16:31:44 UTC tobie

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   • Steve Thompson PhD
   • nus
   • nicholas_saunders

   @nus @nicholas_saunders @SteveThompson
   It would be conspiratorial were there no facts to back up the claim. But there are many, most notably the shared electric and WiFi infrastructure at the UNRWA headquarters in Gaza discovered in February. And of course we now have satellite footage of Hamas militants converging at UNRWA's new headquarters.

   You're quick to charge racism. That's a deflection. Deal with the facts.

   https://www.voanews.com/a/israel-discovers-hamas-tunnels-under-unrwa-gaza-headquarters/7482769.html

   • nus (nus@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 16-May-2024 16:31:45 UTC nus

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     • Steve Thompson PhD
     • nicholas_saunders

     @tobie1 this is unhealthy, conspiratorial thinking. The UNRWA is a legitimate organization, and I've heard this line to demonize Ukraine before demonizing Palestine... And by percentage, it's probably more true there.

     Is Ukraine now evil to you?

     Perhaps there's a skin color difference that bothers you about Palestinians in general.

     How many aid workers is it acceptable to kill, before you say Never Again?

     @nicholas_saunders @SteveThompson @whitehouse @potus

   • tobie (tobie1@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 16-May-2024 16:31:46 UTC tobie

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     • Steve Thompson PhD
     • nicholas_saunders

     @SteveThompson @nicholas_saunders I'm embarrassed that one of my state's Senators, Chris Van Hollen, has gone to the mat for UNWRA and is willing to defend it in the face of massive evidence that UNWRA has cooperated with Hamas.

     I voted for Alsobrooks in the Dem primary yesterday but with some hesitation given Van Hollen's early endorsement of her. I will be watching her campaign closely to see if she distances herself from a Senator who's become a hate-purveyor IMO.
     @whitehouse @potus

   • nicholas_saunders (nicholas_saunders@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 16-May-2024 16:31:46 UTC nicholas_saunders

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     • Steve Thompson PhD

     @tobie1 @SteveThompson @whitehouse @potus for some, nothing will satisfy their standard of proof.

     Absence of proof isn't proof of absence. -some scientist

   • nicholas_saunders (nicholas_saunders@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 16-May-2024 16:31:47 UTC nicholas_saunders

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     • Steve Thompson PhD

     @SteveThompson while it's not necessarily a war crime to "hunker down" in a school, neither is it something for the press to blithely bury.

     Even the secretary of state has remarked on the fact, incontrovertible fact, that Hamas has a history of intertwining the military with civilian. Which, in and of itself, constitutes a war crime

   • Steve Thompson PhD (stevethompson@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 16-May-2024 16:31:47 UTC Steve Thompson PhD

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     • nicholas_saunders

     @nicholas_saunders It's the cozy Hamas accommodation by UNRWA that needs more media coverage.

   • Steve Thompson PhD (stevethompson@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 16-May-2024 16:31:48 UTC Steve Thompson PhD

     "Israel strikes UNRWA school in Gaza, killing ‘at least’ 10 Hamas fighters as death toll accounts vary"

     https://nypost.com/2024/05/14/world-news/israel-strikes-unrwa-school-killing-at-least-10-hamas-fighters/

     "Israel Defense Forces launched a punishing airstrike against Hamas militants hunkering down in a school run by the United Nation’s organization for Palestinian refugees near the center of Gaza Tuesday, claiming it targeted a 'war room' full of fighters who participated in the bloody Oct. 7 terror attack"

     #Hamas #terrorists #UNRWA #Gaza #Israel #Oct7 #IDF