Just because I haven't posted much about the ongoing and escalating situation in the Mideast

[conuly]

doesn't mean I lost track of it.

I just don't... I... honestly, it just never seems to improve, does it? It's depressing, and a little nauseating really. There could be, I don't know, an alien invasion or some real existential crisis and some people wouldn't even notice unless they thought it'd make a good distraction.

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[sabotabby]

Yeah. I feel like anything I post is like "another horrible war crime" and "the death toll rose to something that you can't actually comprehend with your primate brain."

[dewline]

Removing Likud and Hamas from the equation would not solve the Problem by itself. I do think it would give both Israel and Palestine a decent change to heal together.

[maia]

One of the most insightful articles I've read:
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/11-02-2023-netanyahu-hamas-biden-gaza-war/

[elayna]

I rarely post about politics, though there are many things these days that stress me. I just don’t find posting online to be the most useful form of engagement.

[kareina]

To be fair, I am so disconnected from any news sources, that if you hadn't mentioned that it is still happening, I wouldn't have known...

[profiterole_reads]

Sadly, as the Ukraine situation is still going on, I'm afraid the Palestine situation is going to continue for a long time too. Hoping the International Court of Justice will help somehow.

[moxie_man]

In my opinion, the area of the Middle East where Israel currently sits is permanently cursed. There has been bloodshed over that patch of land for thousands of years. Long after the human race is wiped-out and aliens come to explore this world, when they land there to explore the ancient ruins, they will suddenly war upon themselves for no reason due to said curse.

[peristaltor]

Yeah. With friends, I quietly predicted something like this would eventually happen for [reasons too many find triggering]. I'm bummed I got it right.

[conuly]

I really wasn't expecting quite this much spillover, for some reason.

[silveradept]

It's one of those situations where the people in the region could decide they wanted to try peace, and all the imperialists would be doing the "isn't there someone you forgot to ask?" meme.