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'The Palestinian health ministry said that 54 people, including children, had been killed with more than 1,100 injured in the West Bank since Hamas’s attack. Monitoring groups said the dead included minors shot in the head, chest or abdomen with live rounds. Fatal violence from Israeli settlers was twice caught on video last week. The Israeli human rights organisation B’Tselem circulated footage of a settler in the village of At-Tuwani, to the south of Hebron, shoving a Palestinian man before shooting him at point blank range as the man dropped to his knees, with an Israel Defence Forces (IDF) soldier standing The day before, video footage showed armed Israeli settlers attacking the village of Qusra, south of Nablus. “Five settlers came into the village from the south-east. At least one of them had a gun. They went to the house of Awad Odeh, who was already killed by settlers in 2014,” said Abdul Azim al-Wadi, the leader of the village council. “They shot his son, Awad, and he is critically injured, and his eight-year-old daughter, who was injured in the shoulder. They were looking to kill – they aimed at the head. The villagers came out, and the IDF arrived too. They shot at the villagers,” he said. In total four were killed in the attack. Settlers also attacked the funeral procession in Qusra the following day. “My brother and my nephew were killed,” said Wadi.'
'Many across the West Bank bemoaned the sclerotic and ageing leadership of the Palestinian Authority, particularly its 87-year-old president, Mahmoud Abbas, who has been in power for almost two decades and has delayed multiple scheduled elections during that time. “If settlers attack Ramallah, the first people to protect them would be the Palestinian Authority,” said 24-year-old Ramez Abu Jaber from the Qaddura refugee camp, making avocado juice inside his shop near Ramallah’s Al Manara Square. “The Israeli military protects the settlers. But the Palestinian Authority protects them, not us.” He added: “If the Palestinian Authority can’t handle their obligations, they should leave and let people do their job – we can handle it.”
'Israeli media, meanwhile, reported that the country’s extreme rightwing national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, ordered 10,000 assault rifles to be spread among the West Bank settlements and cities with mixed Israeli and Palestinian populations, including 4,000 that were distributed immediately.'
"They break our legs and tell us to be grateful when they offer us crutches."
Eye for an eye - but bastardised for the sake of hate.
Where there is so much hate, hope stands the slimmest of chances. In the meantime there is the slaughter of the masses. The meek shall inherit the earth, think not.
From Wiki "An eye for an eye" (Biblical Hebrew: עַיִן תַּחַת עַיִן, ʿayīn taḥaṯ ʿayīn)[a] is a commandment found in the Book of Exodus 21:23–27 expressing the principle of reciprocal justice measure for measure. The earliest known use of the principle appears in the Code of Hammurabi, which predates the Hebrew Bible.[1]
The law of exact retaliation (Latin: lex talionis)[2], or reciprocal justice, bears the same principle that a person who has injured another person is to be penalized to a similar degree by the injured party. In softer interpretations, it means the victim receives the [estimated] value of the injury in compensation.[3] The intent behind the principle was to restrict compensation to the value of the loss.[2]
Quran version
The Quran (Q5:45) mentions the "eye for an eye" concept as being ordained for the Children of Israel.[31] The principle of Lex talionis in Islam is Qiṣāṣ (Arabic: قصاص) as mentioned in Qur'an, 2:178: "O you who have believed, prescribed for you is legal retribution (Qisas) for those murdered – the free for the free, the slave for the slave, and the female for the female. But whoever overlooks from his brother anything, then there should be a suitable follow-up and payment to him with good conduct. This is an alleviation from your Lord and a mercy. But whoever transgresses after that will have a painful punishment." Muslim countries that use Islamic Sharia law, such as Iran or Saudi Arabia, apply the "eye for an eye" rule literally.[32][33]
Meanwhile in the West Bank. on 08:38 - Oct 15 by Pendejo
Eye for an eye - but bastardised for the sake of hate.
Where there is so much hate, hope stands the slimmest of chances. In the meantime there is the slaughter of the masses. The meek shall inherit the earth, think not.
From Wiki "An eye for an eye" (Biblical Hebrew: עַיִן תַּחַת עַיִן, ʿayīn taḥaṯ ʿayīn)[a] is a commandment found in the Book of Exodus 21:23–27 expressing the principle of reciprocal justice measure for measure. The earliest known use of the principle appears in the Code of Hammurabi, which predates the Hebrew Bible.[1]
The law of exact retaliation (Latin: lex talionis)[2], or reciprocal justice, bears the same principle that a person who has injured another person is to be penalized to a similar degree by the injured party. In softer interpretations, it means the victim receives the [estimated] value of the injury in compensation.[3] The intent behind the principle was to restrict compensation to the value of the loss.[2]
Quran version
The Quran (Q5:45) mentions the "eye for an eye" concept as being ordained for the Children of Israel.[31] The principle of Lex talionis in Islam is Qiṣāṣ (Arabic: قصاص) as mentioned in Qur'an, 2:178: "O you who have believed, prescribed for you is legal retribution (Qisas) for those murdered – the free for the free, the slave for the slave, and the female for the female. But whoever overlooks from his brother anything, then there should be a suitable follow-up and payment to him with good conduct. This is an alleviation from your Lord and a mercy. But whoever transgresses after that will have a painful punishment." Muslim countries that use Islamic Sharia law, such as Iran or Saudi Arabia, apply the "eye for an eye" rule literally.[32][33]
[Post edited 15 Oct 2023 8:40]
It really does need someone to turn the other cheek now before this gets out of control. I found this line interesting for its inherent contradiction this morning.....
"The US has sent munitions to Israel and warned other countries not to escalate the conflict."
"They break our legs and tell us to be grateful when they offer us crutches."
The first ten minutes of this are worth watching, even if you don’t want to watch it all. The idea that Hamas (possibly backed by Iran) have been worried about a peace brokered by Saudis. And Hamas is fundamentally not interested in a peace with Israel.
Meanwhile in the West Bank. on 09:00 - Oct 15 by nodge_blue
The first ten minutes of this are worth watching, even if you don’t want to watch it all. The idea that Hamas (possibly backed by Iran) have been worried about a peace brokered by Saudis. And Hamas is fundamentally not interested in a peace with Israel.
Quite possibly so and in which case it looks like they're getting what they want.
"They break our legs and tell us to be grateful when they offer us crutches."
Meanwhile in the West Bank. on 08:38 - Oct 15 by Pendejo
Eye for an eye - but bastardised for the sake of hate.
Where there is so much hate, hope stands the slimmest of chances. In the meantime there is the slaughter of the masses. The meek shall inherit the earth, think not.
From Wiki "An eye for an eye" (Biblical Hebrew: עַיִן תַּחַת עַיִן, ʿayīn taḥaṯ ʿayīn)[a] is a commandment found in the Book of Exodus 21:23–27 expressing the principle of reciprocal justice measure for measure. The earliest known use of the principle appears in the Code of Hammurabi, which predates the Hebrew Bible.[1]
The law of exact retaliation (Latin: lex talionis)[2], or reciprocal justice, bears the same principle that a person who has injured another person is to be penalized to a similar degree by the injured party. In softer interpretations, it means the victim receives the [estimated] value of the injury in compensation.[3] The intent behind the principle was to restrict compensation to the value of the loss.[2]
Quran version
The Quran (Q5:45) mentions the "eye for an eye" concept as being ordained for the Children of Israel.[31] The principle of Lex talionis in Islam is Qiṣāṣ (Arabic: قصاص) as mentioned in Qur'an, 2:178: "O you who have believed, prescribed for you is legal retribution (Qisas) for those murdered – the free for the free, the slave for the slave, and the female for the female. But whoever overlooks from his brother anything, then there should be a suitable follow-up and payment to him with good conduct. This is an alleviation from your Lord and a mercy. But whoever transgresses after that will have a painful punishment." Muslim countries that use Islamic Sharia law, such as Iran or Saudi Arabia, apply the "eye for an eye" rule literally.[32][33]
[Post edited 15 Oct 2023 8:40]
As a wise man once said - "an eye for an eye makes the whole world go blind"
I am so truly saddened now by this situation that I feel I am going to have to stop following the coverage for the sake of my own mental health. The tragic loss of life on both sides is just so heartbreaking and there is not a thing we can do to stop it.
I'm sure many others feel the same.
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Meanwhile in the West Bank. on 16:06 - Oct 15 with 1552 views
Interesting to note from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs that since the beginning of 2008, and not including the last month, there have been 3,803 Palestinian civilian fatalities in Israel and the occupied territories (a third of whom were women and children), and 177 Israeli civilian fatalities.
If that ratio of fatalities were to be maintained in the current conflict, we could be looking at over 25,000 Palestinian civilian fatalities once it is finally over.
[Post edited 15 Oct 2023 17:20]
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Meanwhile in the West Bank. on 18:06 - Oct 15 with 1444 views
Meanwhile in the West Bank. on 12:20 - Oct 15 by BlueOura
As a wise man once said - "an eye for an eye makes the whole world go blind"
I am so truly saddened now by this situation that I feel I am going to have to stop following the coverage for the sake of my own mental health. The tragic loss of life on both sides is just so heartbreaking and there is not a thing we can do to stop it.
I'm sure many others feel the same.
I feel even more strongly about our government promising "unqualified support " for Israel. This won't sit very well after a huge assault kills umpteen innocent Palestinian civilians.
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