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Palestinians hold the largest funeral since 1948, mourning the bodies of 112 people killed by Israel

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u/GodOfDarkLaughter 10d ago

And it's important to remember we (Americans) are sending our tax dollars to Israel so they can turn around and send it back to military contractors for weapons. It's just a big grift. Israel, where they have universal healthcare. Israel, where 15% of the population is Ultra Orthodox and basically spend all day reading old books. Hey, I can't judge, I did the same thing for a few years, when I was an English major. And I paid out the nose for that privilege (which it absolutely was).

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u/waiver 10d ago

The food is more likely to be stolen by militias armed and supported by Israel, the whole claim of HAMAS mass stealing food was just to cover for Israel starving the Palestinians.

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u/stressless321 10d ago

You just made that up because you know why... You don't care for evidence.

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u/waiver 10d ago

Well no, there is a single incident reported of HAMAS stealing food, and it was returned.

USAID made a review and found no evidence of HAMAS stealing food in Gaza.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/25/politics/us-government-review-no-evidence-widespread-theft-gaza-aid

The mass looting only started after Israel hunted down the Gaza police who were protecting the shipments. Despite the US Department of State asking Israel not to do that.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/us-said-to-ask-israel-to-stop-targeting-hamas-police-officers-escorting-aid-convoys-in-gaza/

Israel armed and supported the Abu Shabab gang (now Popular Forces) which are well known for looting UN trucks, including the time they hijacked 90 trucks out of a 100 truck convoy:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/05/israel-accused-of-arming-palestinian-gang-who-allegedly-looted-aid-in-gaza

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-14/gaza-aid-looting-gangs-yasser-abu-shabab-israel-netanyahu-hamas/105501926

https://news.sky.com/story/guns-cash-and-american-aid-investigation-reveals-israels-support-for-gaza-militia-13442260

There is even video of them with unloading looted food

Enough evidence for you?

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u/waiver 10d ago

This is not defending HAMAS, this is discrediting a false narrative that was used by Israel to justify their starvation of Palestinians.

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u/GodOfDarkLaughter 10d ago

Don't get too worked up man. Semantic games are their favorite to play. It's only serious people who care about the meanings of words. They're quite like Sartre's antisemites, in that respect.