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You’re going to die if you don’t eat.

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SheThinksShesAllThat · 18/12/2025 19:23

Those prisoners starving themselves, what the hell is going on in this crazy world!!!!

Pro Palestine activists are on a hunger strike, I really hope you get the result you want, the people of Gaza remember you seven kids who died for…… oh for them! 😂

I watched an interesting interview months ago now a young guy who was born in Israel then his father ended up being one of the head chiefs ( killers) in Hamas he know lives back in Israel after escaping…. His wise words were…. ‘ you lot in the west have no idea what is going on, with your protests and flags, stop trying to get involved in something we can and won’t be able to change’
This comes from a person on both sides who stayed very humble but very blunt.

Stop your silly little hunger strike, go and enjoy time with your family and friends you are lucky enough to be able to do that.

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growingsideway · 18/12/2025 22:40

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Not true.

They have been remanded in custody ahead of their trial. I am generally pro-Palestinian cause but this bunch of idiots fucked around and found out.

BewaretheIckabog · 18/12/2025 22:41

I was confused by the horror that one had lost 13% in 39 days. If she went in at a slim 10 stone she’d be 8 and a half stone and still be in a healthy bmi - very unlikely to be in organ failure or need emergency medical treatment!

BusyBat · 18/12/2025 22:42

HoneyParsnipSoup · 18/12/2025 20:56

Ironic you didn’t say Bobby Sands or Michael Devine and instead said the names of people who very much did not die of a hunger strike

Emmeline Pankhurst was forcibly fed by being strapped to a chair and having liquids forced into her nose, like other Suffragette hunger strikers. She described it as a form of torture or sexual violence.

DonicaLewinsky · 18/12/2025 22:42

growingsideway · 18/12/2025 22:40

Not true.

They have been remanded in custody ahead of their trial. I am generally pro-Palestinian cause but this bunch of idiots fucked around and found out.

This is the thing, it's quite possible to be pro Palestinian and even protest in a way that doesn't endanger our security and make people hate you when they might otherwise have been sympathetic. This shower are getting their tactics wrong.

OakleyAnnie · 18/12/2025 22:43

Dollymylove · 18/12/2025 22:33

Strange isnt though, why nobody is shouting about who is arming Hamas?

Who cares! If it’s not Jews then 🤷‍♀️, same as the actually famines and genocides going on elsewhere in the world. No Jews involved so nothing to see here.

silverwrath · 18/12/2025 22:44

If (by magic), they manage to influence a change in policy by the Israeli Government, which country torn apart by war will they go on hunger strike for next? Ukraine, Somalia, Yemen?

growingsideway · 18/12/2025 22:45

DonicaLewinsky · 18/12/2025 22:42

This is the thing, it's quite possible to be pro Palestinian and even protest in a way that doesn't endanger our security and make people hate you when they might otherwise have been sympathetic. This shower are getting their tactics wrong.

Exactly. They broke into a military base and damaged equipment and they’re surprised they’re being remanded in custody?

BusyBat · 18/12/2025 22:45

Hoardasurass · 18/12/2025 21:14

Their on a rolling hunger strike meaning that they're only skipping food for a couple of days then they start eating and another 1 or 2 stop eating. Its not a real hunger strike unlike the IRA hunger strikers who started dieing after 40 days and I don't remember any of them making it past 44 days yet the PA terrorists are on day 47 with no deaths, which tells you all you need to know about the conversations of these idiots

Bobby Sands died on the 66th day of his hunger strike.

KTheGrey · 18/12/2025 22:46

Two of them stopped hunger striking yesterday.

DonicaLewinsky · 18/12/2025 22:46

BusyBat · 18/12/2025 22:42

Emmeline Pankhurst was forcibly fed by being strapped to a chair and having liquids forced into her nose, like other Suffragette hunger strikers. She described it as a form of torture or sexual violence.

Indeed, but this lot are not going to be force fed.

Somethingneedstochange78 · 18/12/2025 22:46

I’ve seen photos on the news of some of the Gazan hostages before they were taken. They were young healthy adults. Then them after their released you wouldn’t think they were the same person. They looked like someone more than twice their age. Almost starved to death and obviously hadn’t really been able to wash themselves. Funny is it?

Devonshiregal · 18/12/2025 22:46

ThatNewMoose · 18/12/2025 19:50

Maybe they aren't doing it just for recognition from the people of Gaza,
Maybe they are on hunger strike as they just cant stomach that its now the new normal to sit back and watch Israel (killers) mercilessly murder innocent civilians and defenceless babies and children?.....
They are trying to make a difference however small.
Unfortunately every government has shown just how bloody spineless they really are and it will probably achieve nothing,

but YABU as I wouldn't be making snide jokes about it.

I guess you could have said killers full stop. But you only address Israel’s atrocities- what about Hamas? strange world we live in where people are rushing around defending people who literally went and beheaded, raped and murdered in gruesome ways a bunch of people.Why is this just ignored like ohhh well it was less people so…who gives a shit? Is that it? Why are we pro any country at all? instead of being anti any disgusting actions full stop? That is the bloody stupidity of this hunger strike shit..

and no, me not being pro Palestine doesn’t make me think Israel is right - they’re committing war crime. And doesn’t make me not give a shit about Palestinians.I give a shit about every decent person who is stuck in any conflict anywhere in the world.

Thepeopleversuswork · 18/12/2025 22:46

Friendlyfart · 18/12/2025 20:55

Never has the phrase ‘useful idiot’ been so apt.

👏 👏 👏

OakleyAnnie · 18/12/2025 22:47

silverwrath · 18/12/2025 22:44

If (by magic), they manage to influence a change in policy by the Israeli Government, which country torn apart by war will they go on hunger strike for next? Ukraine, Somalia, Yemen?

I don’t think they’ll bother

DonicaLewinsky · 18/12/2025 22:49

silverwrath · 18/12/2025 22:44

If (by magic), they manage to influence a change in policy by the Israeli Government, which country torn apart by war will they go on hunger strike for next? Ukraine, Somalia, Yemen?

They attacked equipment meant for Ukraine, so if anything we should probably expect them to start dieting for Russia next.

Malvasylvestris · 18/12/2025 22:49

Devonshiregal · 18/12/2025 22:46

I guess you could have said killers full stop. But you only address Israel’s atrocities- what about Hamas? strange world we live in where people are rushing around defending people who literally went and beheaded, raped and murdered in gruesome ways a bunch of people.Why is this just ignored like ohhh well it was less people so…who gives a shit? Is that it? Why are we pro any country at all? instead of being anti any disgusting actions full stop? That is the bloody stupidity of this hunger strike shit..

and no, me not being pro Palestine doesn’t make me think Israel is right - they’re committing war crime. And doesn’t make me not give a shit about Palestinians.I give a shit about every decent person who is stuck in any conflict anywhere in the world.

Please provide credible evidence for this.

As for Israeli atrocities: https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/06/1164496

Israeli actions in Palestinian territories constitute war crimes, Human Rights Council hears

The ongoing crises in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Sudan are in the spotlight this week at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva.

https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/06/1164496

BusyBat · 18/12/2025 22:50

sickofsixseven · 18/12/2025 22:38

Are you this misinformed? Yes, they're lucky they have an intact spine, unlike the police officer who was attacked with a sledge hammer by one of these cretins. Lovely people you are supporting, such heroes 🙄

You clearly don't even know what "on remand" means. Its "until" trial, not "without" trial FYI and is perfectly standard procedure.

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Oliver Corner, who is awaiting trial for the sledgehammer attack, is not on hunger strike.

silverwrath · 18/12/2025 22:50

OakleyAnnie · 18/12/2025 22:47

I don’t think they’ll bother

Of course not. Because the plight of people ravaged by war around the world is irrelevant. Unless they live in Palestine.

Why is that I wonder? 🤔

ThatNewMoose · 18/12/2025 22:51

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BusyBat · 18/12/2025 22:52

HoneyParsnipSoup · 18/12/2025 21:54

Could be for any reason. They weren’t in a hurry to call one and when they did they were released ‘safe’ within hours.

Numerous women have died at HMP Bronzefield over the past 15 years, not from hunger strikes, so I don’t think the staff are overly concerned about women’s welfare.

Pollyanna87 · 18/12/2025 22:53

I’ve never understood the point of a hunger strike. You’re literally only hurting yourself.

silverwrath · 18/12/2025 22:54

DonicaLewinsky · 18/12/2025 22:49

They attacked equipment meant for Ukraine, so if anything we should probably expect them to start dieting for Russia next.

I was not aware of this. But I'm not surprised. 🙄

Staringintothevoid616 · 18/12/2025 22:54

popcornandpotatoes · 18/12/2025 20:54

I think it's disingenuous and quite ignorant to act like protest does nothing and is a laughable act. Maybe in 100 years time kids will be learning the names of the people who were hunger striking for Gaza, like we learn the name of Emmeline Pankhurst and Emily Davison. There's a right and a wrong side of history to be on

Yep, they’ll be reading their names wondering how they could have been so stupid. Their names will be synonymous with the idea of how easy it is for terrorist groups to manipulate people by convincing them they’re the good guys. It will be like how we learn of those experiments of how people were convinced to become guards in the concentration camps or otherwise follow the Nazis orders

growingsideway · 18/12/2025 22:54

Somethingneedstochange78 · 18/12/2025 22:46

I’ve seen photos on the news of some of the Gazan hostages before they were taken. They were young healthy adults. Then them after their released you wouldn’t think they were the same person. They looked like someone more than twice their age. Almost starved to death and obviously hadn’t really been able to wash themselves. Funny is it?

Nobody’s saying what’s happening in gaza is funny.

But these people are not on a hunger strike because of that. They’re on a hunger strike because they’ve been remanded in custody awaiting trial for their crimes and they’re not happy about it.

sunshinestar1986 · 18/12/2025 22:54

SheThinksShesAllThat · 18/12/2025 19:23

Those prisoners starving themselves, what the hell is going on in this crazy world!!!!

Pro Palestine activists are on a hunger strike, I really hope you get the result you want, the people of Gaza remember you seven kids who died for…… oh for them! 😂

I watched an interesting interview months ago now a young guy who was born in Israel then his father ended up being one of the head chiefs ( killers) in Hamas he know lives back in Israel after escaping…. His wise words were…. ‘ you lot in the west have no idea what is going on, with your protests and flags, stop trying to get involved in something we can and won’t be able to change’
This comes from a person on both sides who stayed very humble but very blunt.

Stop your silly little hunger strike, go and enjoy time with your family and friends you are lucky enough to be able to do that.

Stop your silly talk 🙄

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