The point of the ICJ and laws against genocide and ethnic cleansing is to protect minorities, like, say, Jews.

So if they’re saying that those post WWII rules are now null and void… then there’s nothing to protect them once the US Empire either withdraws or loses interest in providing cover.

I see no downside whatsoever.

you’d think members of Israel’s government would know better than to say shit like this

It’s a combination of factors:

1. Israelis view the locals as little more than animals.

2. Israelis have been able to get away with their brutal treatment of the locals for generations now.

This is such anti-semitic blood-libel!

Let me explain: 100% of Hamas members eat bread. Children eat bread. Therefore children deserve to starve.

Checkmate!

Now where do you work? I need to make sure you get fired for being so racist.

Gonna call shenanigans on this.

Bombs shatter organs - even when the victim isn’t in the blast-radius. Heck, just the sonic booms from fighter-jets can (and do) trigger miscarriages. Organs that are crushed, riddled with shrapnel, and probably close to the consistency of oatmeal are not worth the risks of retrieval.

2019 called. They want their False Flag operation back.

Just an FYI: Article is from 2015.

Doesn’t take away from how Zionists often misrepresent history to justify their apartheid state - but this is old news.

Dunno why anyone should be surprised. Israelis are going into Gaza and shooting at anything that moves Hamas. Such blind violence inevitably results in friendly fire fatalities along with those who have the misfortune of being a human living in an open air prison member of Hamas.

Wait, does the author think this is a thing? Or is this lampooning the attitude?

Classic Poe’s Law.

Here’s the answer: No.

Medicare is Federally managed, Medicade is state-by-state. To qualify for Medicaid in most states you have to be at or near poverty levels of income - that’s around $11k to $15,000 a year maximum in order to qualify for it.

Heard. And that’s for people with health insurance and the ability to pay deductibles / co-pays for care in the first place. Everyone else is kinda fucked.

Puerto Rico is just the canary in the coal mine. The entire US healthcare system is on the brink of collapse.

It’s a simple theology: “Me first. Fuck you. Every man for himself.”

While it fits great on a bumper sticker, it’s a suboptimal strategy to build an economy, nation-state, or anything really.

There were more than enough Democrats in Congress in 2008 to make that happen.

There are more than enough Democrats now to make it enough of an issue that it becomes part of the public conversation.

There are more than enough Democrats now that could make an internal party rule that prohibits Democrats from ever lobbying for pharmaceutical or insurance companies.

However, the Democratic Party is far more motivated to kneecap actual healthcare reforms than actually implement what they say they believe in.

Love making complicated, beautiful cocktails for guests. Zero interest in being a bartender at a high-end cocktail bar until / unless I retire.

Democrats are just as committed to this for-profit driven healthcare system as Republicans are. They’re just a little bit more polite about it.

Wasn’t Gaza already surrounded before all this? It’s a giant prison - it even has walls around the perimeter.

This isn’t an invasion - they are resecuring the prison.

You need to be more specific. Are you talking about the civilians inside the prison? Or the civilians outside the prison?