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UEFA have finally taken a stand

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LifeOfAShowGirl · 13/08/2025 20:15

https://x.com/uefa/status/1955706670824235327?s=46

A mild, late, spineless stand. But a stand. It makes me wonder how much longer this can go on before governments realise people are fed up of this.

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CyberStranger · 18/08/2025 12:28

Wedonttalkaboutboris · 18/08/2025 12:14

Are you sure you’re not being deliberately obtuse? Framing it as ‘Hamas started the war, so they’re responsible for all deaths’ completely ignores decades of occupation, repeated Israeli military operations, and the ongoing blockade that has caused mass civilian suffering. Direct deaths from IDF strikes, drone attacks, and the weaponisation of aid are a huge part of Gaza’s civilian toll.

Framing it?

Hamas absolutely did start the war by slaughtering, raping and torturing 1200 people including 900 civilians, as well as kidnapping 250 people including babies and children, 50 which they are still holding almost 2 years later.

IN A SINGLE DAY.

Would Israel gave gone into Gaza otherwise?

The ‘oppression’ in Gaza was self inflicted by a majority of Palestinians choosing terrorism and war instead of peace.

Do you think thousands of misfired and unexploded rockets landing in civilian areas, IEDs, land mines, booby traps etc, might have caused some deaths or injuries in such a small, densely populated place like Gaza?

How many deaths or injuries do you think they may have caused.

Do you think landmines might explain the high amount of child amputees?

Wedonttalkaboutboris · 18/08/2025 12:14

CyberStranger · 18/08/2025 12:07

Yes Hamas are responsible for all deaths in Gaza as they STARTED the war but for this purpose I am referring to direct deaths from their own munitions which had no IDF involvement.

Land Mines = most common cause of amputation in a war btw.

Are you sure you’re not being deliberately obtuse? Framing it as ‘Hamas started the war, so they’re responsible for all deaths’ completely ignores decades of occupation, repeated Israeli military operations, and the ongoing blockade that has caused mass civilian suffering. Direct deaths from IDF strikes, drone attacks, and the weaponisation of aid are a huge part of Gaza’s civilian toll.

LifeOfAShowGirl · 18/08/2025 12:11

CyberStranger · 18/08/2025 12:07

Yes Hamas are responsible for all deaths in Gaza as they STARTED the war but for this purpose I am referring to direct deaths from their own munitions which had no IDF involvement.

Land Mines = most common cause of amputation in a war btw.

You do realise this didn’t start on October 7th? Please tell me you know that

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Wedonttalkaboutboris · 18/08/2025 12:10

Martymcfly24 · 18/08/2025 12:04

If course they have.

It's the same as saying you have seen no starving children.

And for the people in the back..

The one doing the killing is the one responsible. We all have free will . No one can make Israel target a child carrying water. That was a choice they made, they were not forced into it.

Oh but they’ll say it was a “technical error”. Just like the technical error that killed 6 children queueing for water.

CyberStranger · 18/08/2025 12:07

Wedonttalkaboutboris · 18/08/2025 11:57

@CyberStranger So you really think Hamas is responsible for all the civilian deaths in Gaza? Not the bombs dropped from the sky, not the drones targeting children, not the IDF systematically hitting hospitals, aid points, and homes, or the armed gangs acting with Israeli backing? What a selective view of reality.

Yes Hamas are responsible for all deaths in Gaza as they STARTED the war but for this purpose I am referring to direct deaths from their own munitions which had no IDF involvement.

Land Mines = most common cause of amputation in a war btw.

Martymcfly24 · 18/08/2025 12:04

Wedonttalkaboutboris · 18/08/2025 12:01

No matter how you spin it, the vast majority of civilian deaths- including tens of thousands of children- are caused by Israel’s bombings, blockades, and weaponised starvation, not misfired rockets or Hamas tunnels.

If course they have.

It's the same as saying you have seen no starving children.

And for the people in the back..

The one doing the killing is the one responsible. We all have free will . No one can make Israel target a child carrying water. That was a choice they made, they were not forced into it.

Wedonttalkaboutboris · 18/08/2025 12:01

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No matter how you spin it, the vast majority of civilian deaths- including tens of thousands of children- are caused by Israel’s bombings, blockades, and weaponised starvation, not misfired rockets or Hamas tunnels.

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Wedonttalkaboutboris · 18/08/2025 11:57

@CyberStranger So you really think Hamas is responsible for all the civilian deaths in Gaza? Not the bombs dropped from the sky, not the drones targeting children, not the IDF systematically hitting hospitals, aid points, and homes, or the armed gangs acting with Israeli backing? What a selective view of reality.

Martymcfly24 · 18/08/2025 11:56

LifeOfAShowGirl · 18/08/2025 11:50

That is literally the exact opposite of what was said

Sugar I quoted the wrong post.
I agree wholeheartedly with @Wedonttalkaboutboris .
Apologies

Martymcfly24 · 18/08/2025 11:55

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Wedonttalkaboutboris · 18/08/2025 11:54

Does anyone have any sources for this? That everyone just secretly hates Jews? Israel wasn’t even on my radar before this crisis. I have Jewish friends who are disgusted by what is happening.

…pointing out the mass starvation, bombing of civilians, and killing of children is now somehow ‘anti-Jewish’ rather than simply human outrage at crimes against humanity.

LifeOfAShowGirl · 18/08/2025 11:50

Martymcfly24 · 18/08/2025 11:49

Ah here we go

No one actually cares about Palestinians being slaughtered they just want to get back at Jewish people

Talk about dehumanisation .

That is literally the exact opposite of what was said

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Wedonttalkaboutboris · 18/08/2025 11:50

CyberStranger · 18/08/2025 11:47

Do you seriously not get it?

How many deaths and injuries of PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS do you think have occurred from misfired rockets when terrorists film themselves sitting in tents in refugee camps merrily popping them off with no care for where they fall.

How many deaths and injuries of PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS from booby trapped buildings, IEDs and mines planted to kill IDF soldiers?

In fact I wouldn’t be surprised if that accounts for the high amputated rate.

What am I justifying?

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Yes, civilians do get hurt by Hamas’ tactics- but no, that doesn’t justify deliberately starving, bombing, and blocking essential aid to nearly 2 million people, including hundreds of thousands of children. The man-made famine, destroyed hospitals, schools, and ambulances, and the sheer scale of civilian casualties in Gaza are entirely disproportionate and can’t be explained away by misfired rockets or booby traps- no matter how much you’d like it to be.

Martymcfly24 · 18/08/2025 11:49

Wedonttalkaboutboris · 18/08/2025 11:35

My outrage isn’t about religion or nationality. It’s about crimes. Any group systematically starving civilians, bombing hospitals, or killing children would be condemned. This isn’t “anti-Jewish” or “anti-anyone,” it’s anti-war-crime, anti-genocide, anti-child-murder.

Ah here we go

No one actually cares about Palestinians being slaughtered they just want to get back at Jewish people

Talk about dehumanisation .

Wedonttalkaboutboris · 18/08/2025 11:48

CyberStranger · 18/08/2025 11:40

How have 30% of children in Gaza been killed, that would mean a death toll of 300,000 children?

Why are you spreading misinformation?

That should say, 37.7% of the children killed among the total reported deaths in Gaza during this conflict, not 37.7% of all children in Gaza overall.

To be fair- it seems that’s what they’re aiming for ultimately anyway.

CyberStranger · 18/08/2025 11:47

Wedonttalkaboutboris · 18/08/2025 11:40

Tunnels and rockets don’t justify starving, bombing, and killing nearly a third of Gaza’s children. Deliberate disproportionate attacks on civilians remain war crimes, no matter what Hamas does.

Do you seriously not get it?

How many deaths and injuries of PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS do you think have occurred from misfired rockets when terrorists film themselves sitting in tents in refugee camps merrily popping them off with no care for where they fall.

How many deaths and injuries of PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS from booby trapped buildings, IEDs and mines planted to kill IDF soldiers?

In fact I wouldn’t be surprised if that accounts for the high amputated rate.

What am I justifying?

Wedonttalkaboutboris · 18/08/2025 11:44

And no matter how it’s framed, Hamas isn’t responsible for the man-made famine or the equivalent of 4 Hiroshima bombs being dropped on Gaza, an area only slightly larger than Malta.

CyberStranger · 18/08/2025 11:40

Wedonttalkaboutboris · 18/08/2025 11:29

So you believe all of that- the presence of Hamas, tunnels, booby-trapped buildings, or rockets fired from civilian areas- somehow justifies the killing of approximately 30% of Palestinian children? That’s nearly one in three children in Gaza, starved, bombed, and deprived of medical care, despite most having no connection to any fighting.

Ridiculous.

How have 30% of children in Gaza been killed, that would mean a death toll of 300,000 children?

Why are you spreading misinformation?

Wedonttalkaboutboris · 18/08/2025 11:40

CyberStranger · 18/08/2025 11:37

You have clearly misunderstood, hopefully deliberately.

Do you think booby trapped buildings and rockets being fired from civilian areas (many not reaching their target or landing unexploded) might have a slight impact on the civilian death rate?

If you seriously think the death toll in Gaza is purely from IDF operations, you are deluded I’m afraid.

Tunnels and rockets don’t justify starving, bombing, and killing nearly a third of Gaza’s children. Deliberate disproportionate attacks on civilians remain war crimes, no matter what Hamas does.

Wedonttalkaboutboris · 18/08/2025 11:37

It’s surreal that instead of acknowledging the starvation, bombings, and deliberate targeting of children, the reaction is just “people don’t like Jews”. Literally ignoring the war crimes.

CyberStranger · 18/08/2025 11:37

Wedonttalkaboutboris · 18/08/2025 11:29

So you believe all of that- the presence of Hamas, tunnels, booby-trapped buildings, or rockets fired from civilian areas- somehow justifies the killing of approximately 30% of Palestinian children? That’s nearly one in three children in Gaza, starved, bombed, and deprived of medical care, despite most having no connection to any fighting.

Ridiculous.

You have clearly misunderstood, hopefully deliberately.

Do you think booby trapped buildings and rockets being fired from civilian areas (many not reaching their target or landing unexploded) might have a slight impact on the civilian death rate?

If you seriously think the death toll in Gaza is purely from IDF operations, you are deluded I’m afraid.

Wedonttalkaboutboris · 18/08/2025 11:35

CyberStranger · 18/08/2025 11:32

I will admit that it is pretty mindblowing to me that a centuries old, totally irrational, hatred of Jewish people and therefore a Jewish State, can turn so many seemingly normal people to supporting a barbaric, evil, terrorist regime, who actually want the people these organisations supposedly support, to die!

Support anything as long as it’s against the Jews.

My outrage isn’t about religion or nationality. It’s about crimes. Any group systematically starving civilians, bombing hospitals, or killing children would be condemned. This isn’t “anti-Jewish” or “anti-anyone,” it’s anti-war-crime, anti-genocide, anti-child-murder.

CyberStranger · 18/08/2025 11:32

Wedonttalkaboutboris · 18/08/2025 11:17

Yes, because apparently everyone is Hamas. Even:
Amnesty International
Human Rights Watch
Médecins Sans Frontières
European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
Over 880 scholars of international law and genocide studies
Al-Haq
Al Mezan
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
Arab Parliament
B’Tselem
Physicians for Human Rights-Israel
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
Genocide Watch
Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention
Defence for Children International (DCI)
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)
Oxfam
Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor
Jewish Voice for Peace
Freedom Flotilla Coalition
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

I will admit that it is pretty mindblowing to me that a centuries old, totally irrational, hatred of Jewish people and therefore a Jewish State, can turn so many seemingly normal people to supporting a barbaric, evil, terrorist regime, who actually want the people these organisations supposedly support, to die!

Support anything as long as it’s against the Jews.

Wedonttalkaboutboris · 18/08/2025 11:29

CyberStranger · 18/08/2025 11:22

No one would compare the Ukrainian child death toll with Gazan child death toll unless they were trying to be extremely disingenuous and deceptive.

  1. Ukraine does not have an extremist Islamic terrorist group with a martyr culture as it’s government and therefore Ukraine does not operate a policy of civilian human sacrifice for the ‘cause’, where civilians are deliberately put in harms way so they are killed before the terrorists.
  2. Ukraine did not booby trap thousands of homes and buildings and does not fire rockets from heavily populated civilian areas hoping for the best. Both of these practices may have had a profound effect on the child death rate in Gaza.
  3. Two million children were able to evacuate from Ukraine.
  4. The Ukrainian government doesn’t steal aid so it can starve its civilians to blame Russia for their deaths. Russia certainly wouldn’t have facilitated aid to Ukraine anyway!

So a ridiculous comparison IMO.

So you believe all of that- the presence of Hamas, tunnels, booby-trapped buildings, or rockets fired from civilian areas- somehow justifies the killing of approximately 30% of Palestinian children? That’s nearly one in three children in Gaza, starved, bombed, and deprived of medical care, despite most having no connection to any fighting.

Ridiculous.

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