Support to Gaza/Palestine around the world

I absolutely agree with you here and on this 'My only true color is being against unnecessary wars and loss of human lives'. I think you have won the bet here @OchaLove
I also agree with your comments on the Russia/Ukraine war. Sachs and Mearsheimer are incredibly knowledgable men and speak so much sense on this war, the war in Iran and so many other geopolitical matters. People would do well to listen to what they have to say.

Forgot to link the actual video.

www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/news/complaint-after-tommy-sheridan-backs-ira/vi-AA200ioP

Anyone waving a flag immediately after October 7th and cheering on showed clear support for Hamas. Israel hadn't even had time to round up the dead bodies of festival goers and peaceful kibbutz residents. Sick.

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Some of them support more than just that. And this scumbag is trying to get back into the Scottish Parliament.

@EasterIssland How far is too far? There's a literal genocide taking place and our government is aiding and abetting the perpetrators. Good on this guy for taking a stand and bringing awareness.

Agree @Polka83 and @OchaLove there is definitely some sort of alternative motive going on.
These things usually involve money in one way or another

There may well have been an element of that for both sides. It probably deserves a thread of its own. I have read that the areas that Russia has got control of in Ukraine are rich in rare minerals.
Is there potentially an element of monetary gain with situation in Gaza - particularly now for Trump who seems to want payback for aid US gives?

Not sure why Trump said so especially after he brought up USA's access to Ukrainian rare minerals. Now, they will sign a deal with Zelensky for USA's access to Ukrainian rare minerals. So was this war about access to these minerals in addition to weakening Russia? Is lithium the new oil? Will USA continue financial support to Ukraine to continue to fight? I'm curious about these as well. One thing for sure, we are going through some strange times.

Thank you for this. I watched the whole speech Sachs gave to the EU Parliament. It was fascinating. He is very brave and it deserves to be widely watched - even if people don’t agree with his opinion, as it does at least detail events that people may not be aware of.

He says that the war in Ukraine could have been completely avoided- but Zelensky was told by the US not to enter into negotiations with Russia. I wonder whether the average Ukrainian would have preferred neutrality and not joining NATO as opposed to the war they are now in. I also wonder if this is what Trump means when he says Ukraine started the war?

The main message I got from it is that it is diplomacy and not war that leads to ultimate peace. So whatever @Wildflowers99 thinks of the merits of a Palestinian state- Israel needs to negotiate with Palestinians to seek a longterm peaceful situation.

I fully and strongly condemn Hamas for October 7th.

Indeed 😉

My only true color is being against unnecessary wars and loss of human lives

Then you’ll have no problem strongly condemning Hamas who carried out October 7th knowing full well what would ensue. But I’m willing to bet your next post will not be ‘I fully condemn Hamas’

Or does provocation only apply to Russia in your view and not Israel?

Well, quite a stretch to draw a parallel with Russia and Israel. My only true color is being against unnecessary wars and loss of human lives. It was known long before that NATO expansion to Ukraine would be a reason for Russia to attack Ukraine. As a result, Ukraine is destroyed, so many men have died or permanently injured unnecessarily. They were basically used as a pawn. Do I support Russia? Why would I? Both Turkey and USA have history on bad terms with Russia. We (Turks) know how brutal they can be. But the same way that USA would oppose to military bases of Russia/China (let's say) in Mexico, Russia has a right not to want military bases in its border. Your or my feelings don't matter, this is the norm in foreign relations and the consequences were known beforehand.

Here is Dr Mearsheimer explaining all these in a short video:

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Absolutely, quite a few clubs, Never was just a couple as Easter told us, though others might have an interest in making it seem "limited" 😏.

That's quite a lot of football clubs, seems its not only Celtic and Galatasaroy then..

Terrorists whose aims they broadly support even if they would prefer another group in charge.

You need to face the facts, no matter how uncomfortable for you.

Well; you’ve just shown your true colours. Happy to support the Russians in their land grab, but apparently it’s outrageous you think the same thing has happened to Palestinians. You’ve hugely discredited yourself here, but that doesn’t surprise me because like I said it’s not about wrong or right to you - just ‘Gaza wants, Gaza gets’ at every turn.

Good for them. Nothing good about being puppets of warmongering neocons. This conflict could have been resolved at the table without using Ukrainians as human fodder.
If I can't convince you, listen to Jeffrey Sachs:

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Thanks for that @BelleHathor i completely lost count of all the Red card protests, it’s really great to see so much support for the Palestinian people