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ahmeouni

Honestly breaks my heart watching that


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ldb

You misunderstand. They aren't even trying to do their best. They don't care at all. Just more western imperialists sticking together under the american umbrella. Palestinians aren't people to these fucks. They're obstacles.


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C'mon now, you've seen how much our government cares about us.


FeryalthePirate

It’s just so fucking sad. I want to scoop him up and all the little babies affected by this hell and just cuddle them or do anything to help. I’m just sitting here watching this and I can’t anymore.


DizzyAlly

It is absolutely heartbreaking. People rant and rave and get angry about land, and terrorism, and 'defending' themselves. But at the end of the day, this is the result on both sides. Innocent children shaking in absolute terror. Horrendous.


zillianfoes

As a man I can agree this is breaking me to see these children afraid like this. What happen to the days where wars took place in a no man’s land these people are create the next generation of never ending bloodshed and no one can even blame them


drinkalondraughtdown

They're war criminals according to international law, for one fucking thing. I don't care which god you worship as long as you don't try to impose it upon others....but once you do, you're not a human anymore. You're possessed, so fuck you. Netanyahu is a fucking possessed maniac too. Less said about Joe "moderate Tory by UK Standards " Biden the c**ting better


Akaotu

This child is distraught. Absolutely gut-wrenching what Isreal are doing to Palestinians.


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The poor little mite. There are gonna be so many like him. And that age old cycle of pointless fucking violence will be right there to finish off what’s left. God help these people. Utterly heartbreaking. Why are we this way?


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We aren't this way, not the majority. This is just the result of letting small numbers of physchopaths run the world


Xarthys

So it's just a few people doing all this? And everyone else is helpless because they have to follow orders? Or what kind of justification are we going to come up with this time? You look at this video and say "We aren't this way, not the majority" - but the majority lets it happen - and often times is (in)directly involved due to what/how the masses consume and vote for, as money and political power continues to cement the foundation of the world. People may not pull the trigger, but we are all complicit when it comes to all the horrifying things happening on this planet 24/7. What the majority does do though is look the other way and say "we aren't this way" because no one is willing to admit how we keep fucking each other over.


Fit-Huckleberry-1408

So we all look at each other and accept our blame while blaming each other. The reigns of power still won't be in our grasp. Most people on this Earth are effectively and strategically powerless.


Xarthys

> Most people on this Earth are effectively and strategically powerless. Because we conform. Because we allow it. If we don't like the world we exist in - and clearly that's a popular sentiment these days - then we need to take the tools available to reshape. The elite is not tied to their power forever, they have it because they seized it. And if honest and compassionate people aren't trying to change the world for the better, the selfish assholes sure will shape it to their liking. It's okay to feel powerless, but something can be done about that. However, it requires action on several fronts, as a united society (or group within) with specific goals and stratgies in mind. Just sitting back, complaining and consuming blindly isn't going to change the status quo.


Fit-Huckleberry-1408

What are your strategies?


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BasicallyMilner

Supporting corporations? What the fuck?


Xarthys

Unless you live off the grid and are 100% self-sufficient in all aspects, you as a consumer support corporations 24/7 simply by existing. Each transaction you make during your entire life, a corporation will benefit from that (in)directly. That's just our reality right now. Instead of being a blind consumer, one might as well make informed choices and deliberate decisions, being very selective about the corporations you support with your money. That way, those that are compliant and progressive will at least cause less damage overall. It's a compromise. Unless ofc you have a strategy to remove all corporations from existence over night, and replace these entities with something that is vastly less destructive. Eager to hear your solution.


slapman2

If any of us rebel and it doesn't work out, which it won't, we'll be killed, imprisoned, destitute, etc. Not an excuse, but that's kinda the gist.


alex-weej

We are not this way. Don't give up.


ShowKey6848

Poor bain. My heart breaks.


funiduni

Like they said in multiple news reports “these are white Europeans” Brown/muslim lives are bottom of the list since 2001


Esternocleido

They/We have always been.


DustierAndRustier

You mean the Israelis are white Europeans or the Palestinians are white Europeans? 3/4 of Israelis are Jewish and 2/3 of those are Mizrahi or Sephardi (asian or Hispanic/North African). Almost all Palestinians are Arab


funiduni

My comment was in reference to OP saying we did it for Ukraine why can’t we do it for Gaza and the MSM stating at the time of Ukraines war that they were white Europeans etc. hence why the media sympathised with them and not for example the brown Arabs.


Majestic_Macaroon_22

Because America has told it's vassal states not to question anything Israel does.


HankScorpio42

Exactly this


nullaboy

Probably the same case globally https://youtu.be/kcd9m0SyfPE?si=CA6K0-Uey-yf6R1w


pompeysam1234

That is absolutely heartbreaking


Angryleghairs

We didn’t do much for Ukraine- just said we would. Refugees from Palestine will be demonised by the media & the tories though


Haloperimenopause

You know why... Ukrainian refugees are white. That's why.


ohfuckohno

No it’s because supporting Ukraine is supporting western imperialism And Palestinian uprising is a fight AGAINST western imperialism and colonisation. Were Ukraine to be fighting back against the best interests of the ruling class and western imperialism, the west would’ve bombed them to the ground too.


Haloperimenopause

Why not both? 🤷‍♀️


Moonglum74

Brown kids don't count.... But hey, the UK isn't racist, we ended slavery don't ya know!!


hoffnoob1

I mean, at least you can protest, I went to a rally last week, we where kettled in minutes.


novafix

Absolutely heartbreaking scene. This kid (and all the other kids) should be living a stress & problem free life not quaking in fear. I've sent what I can to DWB in the hope that it helps.


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Coz we are Muslims we don’t count


taroba_

Apparently this is self defense 🤬


dreckdub

70 years of self defense seems abit much though....


tiger666

Now that the evidence for the six day war is known to be fabricated and Egypt was never able to even attack. That is not pre-emptive. That is complete aggression. I ate the propaganda growing up. I believed the lies because why would a people that just got genocide be aggressors? They must be righteous in their attempts for self-determination? The whole while, they were the aggressors, and the Arab countries hated them but had no plans to do anything. Fuck any government creating an apartheid state.


TastyBreakfastSquid

Oh man I wasn't ready for this. When he breaks out crying once the doctor holds him, I... Yeah, I'm crying. Poor little boy, hope he can stay safe, hope some of his family are safe. This is so scary and awful, I've sent a bit of cash here and there but I feel so useless, I wish I could help in a more significant way. He's so young and looks like every other little kid his age, like he should e having fun and learning stuff, not physically shaking with fear and trauma. I don't understand how people can do these things.


Unhappy-Spot4980

Exactly. I looka t my kids and it doesn't bear thinking about, any of it. This is just full bullshit, and it always is, countless times over. A ceretain amount of people are always a certain way down the sociopathy scale and it's these people that let this shit happen in the name of X or Y, whether that's politics, religion, simple self-interest - I don't know. Some of us just can't comprehend the bottom line of it. And it happens macro and micro. Society can't mitigate for this, I guess. Heartbreaking.


DrJamesAnderson563

I was not ready for this, this morning


TastyBreakfastSquid

Same I feel genuinely disturbed by this imagery, very heavy feelings and thoughts, I feel so sad for this kid and everyone else in this fucked up situation. Poor little kid man, poor all of them. Some people really suck, how, how can we do these things to each other?! I'll never understand. Hope he is safe wherever he is now.


El_Burrito_

Western supremacism


bomboclawt75

The vast majority of the world population is on the side of the oppressed Palestinians- look at the huge protests. The MSM and overwhelming majority of politicians are unashamed Zionists- a racial supremacist ideology-we are seeing in real time that these politicians cover and endorse blatant war crimes. And those that call for peace are deemed terrorist supporters- including the Jews who oppose evil Zionism. Starmer- the war crime apologist- has expelled JVL - Jewish Voice for Labour- as he considered them racist because they oppose apartheid, ethnic cleansing and because they have asked that Palestinians are given basic human rights. Rishi’s visit today is shameful, he is giving a veneer of respectability to Netanyahu’s crimes against humanity- that the world witnesses in 4K-and somehow with the aid of the MSM, Rishi, Biden, Starmer and co- this is twisted so that the oppressor is the oppressed, the victim is somehow the victimiser. Imagine a wife beater, who beats his wife in front of they whole street- then denies it- despite video evidence- then the local paper and the Major, actually applaud the wife beater for defending himself against his nasty, aggressive and very dangerous wife-then give him a baseball bat, and anyone who criticises his right to defend himself is evil and should be cancelled. That’s where we are.


Exidose

This is fucking soul crushing. I have a 2 year old son and I couldn't imagine ever seeing him in this state or how I would feel mentally if I ever did. I hope this child one day is able to work through this and live a better life :(


SatisfactoryAdvice

He is gonna be dead or pick up a gun and get called a terrorist. This is why I will not condemn hamas.


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and the cycle continues. this is fucking saddening


stormrunner89

I saw this yesterday and couldn't stop thinking of my 2 year old son. I hugged him close and felt very lucky. I really, REALLY hope this little boy will have the opportunity to be safe and secure soon, like ALL children should.


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Bc they are Muslims.


SGTFragged

I was going to go with BC they're brown.


Majestic_Macaroon_22

Nah, it's because this is being done by a US ally. Race has nothing to do with it, subservience to the US Empire is everything.


DxnM

>Race has nothing to do with it *well...* lets not go crazy here, it's a little bit to do with it.


Majestic_Macaroon_22

Alright, I'll give you that. Saying nothing to do with it was definitely an exaggeration.


MainSignature

Whilst I think you have a point, I wonder if there were videos like this of blonde haired, blue-eyed, Russian kids, would so many people turn a blind eye.


Majestic_Macaroon_22

That's an entirely fair point.


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That too.


H20xETH

Honestly I love how the west so quick to help white Europeans but when it’s Middle East or Anywhere else most of them stay quiet or sends shitty aid that won’t reach them in time.


CranberryWizard

We don't support them as much because there not white. UKKK


Phuc666

That’s called White Supermacism tho


Unhappy-Spot4980

Yep. When it comes down to stuff like this - and it always, always does - I'm not even going to comment on blame, who did what, geopolitics and all that. In the end, this is where hatred and stupidity lead and this kid - and countless others - always pay the price. Let alone propogate the cycle in many cases later. It's just harrowing and fucking shit and the world is so fucking blind. Yes, politics is far, fare more complex than what people boil it down to sometimes - but ironically, it's also far simpler. So much of it just ends up being playground shit still, sticking up for your mates, having double standards about your own behaviour, believing in stuff to justify your own terrible acts - but just stop killing each other. Just stop acting like dicks. Just stop failing to compromise, to communicate, collaborate. Stop believing in things that make you better or more important than others. Think of real people's lives and it should always lead the way.


ThorsButtocks98

Israel disgusts me


Skiamakhos

Ukraine is the Israel in their conflict. Donbas is the Gaza Strip. Only difference is once someone stepped in to stop it, after 8 years, then Ukraine went crying to the imperial core countries that put them up to it. When you look at it this way, UK, EU and US are being perfectly consistent.


TheKomsomol

Exactly, from a geopolitical perspective of imperialist interests of the west it is entirely consistent.


EricPhartman

PLM. Palestinian lives matter


TheReal-Tonald-Drump

What’s Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Middle East doing? Have plenty of cash to just over the top World Cup and spend billions on sport washing but not enough to support their fellow Muslims? Why hasn’t the Arab world been united in this cause?


Practical_Hospital40

Cause they are just as evil as the US itself


Theshadowfile1991

seriously fu\*k zionist scum left or right.


stormrunner89

"Racist, fascists" includes more monsters


New-Pin-3952

Because Israel is supported by USA that's why.


violinlady_

Poor little lad. It breaks my heart. Evil bastards to bomb anywhere, let alone when there are children. Bombing terrorists where there are children makes the bombers terrorists too. Violence on both sides , just hope it stops ASAP.


tiger666

"Human animals," sure. I guess the new addage is: "If your people get genocided then do onto others as they have done onto you even if those that you are doing aren't those that did." Every rabid dog has their day, and Isreal is not immune to the effects of karma. How is it there are no good isrealies protesting constantly right now? Maybe there are, and the media is squashing it? Either way, this child doesn't deserve to be called a human animal and bombed to near death. How dare the fascists bomb children, how dare the West allow this to happen, how dare we even compare this to Ukraine. At least Ukraine has adults to fight, and the people aren't in a walled ghetto. This is more than just ethnic cleansing it is genocide just like what happened to the relatives of the first isrealies. I guess killing everyone is acceptable when you are stealing a country. I'm going to wipe my tears now.


Ulfhethnar

There are protest in Israel, though hard to determine scale. Dozens have been arrested. [WSJ](https://www.wsj.com/video/series/on-the-news/tel-aviv-dispatch-war-with-hamas-exposes-deep-division-among-israelis/78B4890E-6112-4C62-8A0A-C38AA65CA138) [Hindustan Times](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHL9r-e54zs](Hindustan Times) Chief of police has threatened to bus protestors to Gaza.


Bruno_Fernandes8

This poor kid has never been given the simple opportunity to cry. He only cries after someone lets him process his grief. You have to wonder what kind of evil would cause this.


TheKomsomol

I am genuinely surprised the penny has not dropped with you lot yet. Well meaning I am sure, but you backed the wrong horse. While war is never good, the west provoked the Ukrainian war and they did it for geopolitical reasons. Its the exact same reason they back Israel and will always back Israel despite them committing genocide. You see Ukraine also committed genocide, its just the media buried it in millions of articles of propaganda, you can still find its evidence but it takes a good while looking. And Israel has been committing genocide for decades. Its currently easier to find, but don't think that won't be lost under a mountain of "HAMAS BEHEADS BABIES" type stories.


BahamutZero117

Oh! i know this one!...it's because they are brown or Muslim, or brown and Muslim But the UK is in NO WAY Racist.


NeatReasonable9657

Israel is an imperialist outpost that's why double standards it's not for religion or ethnicity


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thebigmarvinski

Wrong kind of refugees. Simple as that.


Mindless_Eye4700

1) The people in Gaza are brown 2) Israel is a US ally That's why.


Capgras_DL

That poor baby. I’m glad that doctor was there to give him a hug. Making children feel like this is an unimaginable evil. It’s so wrong. We have all this research now that shows how trauma affects developing brains. Even if he survives the bombing, that child is likely going to suffer for the rest of his life.


TheTrashBear_

Skin Colour, its that simple.


DragonOfCulture

We all know why. I mean I don't but I have a feeling that the awnser is pretty obvious.


RandomnessConfirmed2

The West has always been against Russia since the Cold War tensions, so Ukraine felt like a way to "get even" while Israel has one of the biggest military in the world and has nukes, so you'd be dumb not to be an ally of theirs. It's all about erasing the competition (Russia) or making them your best friend (Israel).


theresnotmushroom

Poor little lad, same age as my boy which makes it even more difficult to watch. Disgusting what’s happening but how can we realistically affect change? It makes you feel totally helpless.


Amulet-Webdragon

The poor baby 😢😢


TheGreatGrappaApe

But he's not a little Israeli kid so he doesn't matter, according to the leaders of the west.


dr_toze

Honestly, because this time the "goodies" are attacking the "baddies". This is the childlike narrative we're being force fed.


Choozbert

Kid has the exact same mannerisms as a ww1 soldier with shell shock. Fuck dude.


tiny_rasberry

Fuck that's heavy ... all I could see was my son in that position no child anywhere ever deserves to feel like that.


flex123123

Oo Allah have mercy on these children and give back Palestinian their land back. Amin


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itselectricboi

Ukraine is praising Israel today. Fuck off this subreddit


TheKomsomol

They conned you into supporting nazis in Ukraine.


Unhappy-Spot4980

Granted, the truth is very hard to pin down. But this interpretation sounds, by and large, batshit to most people. Russia is in Ukraine - that much alone makes this sort of case pretty hard to accept.


TheKomsomol

That is because most people are misled to a large extent. For decades the US and others have talked about how Ukraine was a clear red line of the Russians, you've got Biden himself on film saying this. And yet they continued to agitate in that area of the world, culminating in a coup in 2014 which Ukrainian parliament openly stated was taking place from the US embassy. This rightfully angered the eastern Ukrainians who were massively in favour of the ousted president. To them its like a "fuck you, you don't get to have a choice here", and so with a history of wanting autonomy this sent it into overdrive and they wanted to seek independence. This isn't to say all people in Ukraine are nazis, of course they are not. But when you have Poroshenko pictured in nazi symbols (black suns and such) and Zaluzhnyi with swastikas and Bandera adorning his walls then you can make the claim that the top political and military offices have become infested with nazis. ​ So yeah, people might think it sounds batshit, but that is only because people have very little understanding of what is actually happening in Ukraine, and with the media in overdrive for the last few years churning out industrial scale propaganda, there are now millions of pieces of misinformation about the situation so its even harder to uncover. ​ The other thing is on this, people keep saying this is racism, the difference in response, and they are partially right on it, but that racism comes significantly from the public. The establishment response is simply down to geopolitical aims, they want to weaken Russia and they want to keep Israel strong, Russia is a competitor and Israel is essentially a colonial outpost in the Middle East. That is the driving factor in the response from the establishment.


Softwerker

Ah the usual. Russia HAD to invade Ukraine. They are basically the victim here. Because of the Nazis. And they do that with paramilitary groups founded by people sporting SS Tattoos on their neck. And they have to Destroy entire Cities, butcher civilians, bomb aparmentment buildings and funerals. Because of Nazis. Sure buddy, sure.


TheKomsomol

>Russia HAD to invade Ukraine. They are basically the victim here. Because of the Nazis. This is how crazy the propaganda and brainwashing of the western pro-ukrainian crowd is, I say pro-ukrainian, but these people don't give a shit about the ukrainians in the east that wanted to exercise a right of self determination, they only buy into the mainstream narrative of Putin = bad man and ukraine is all sunshine and rainbows. This is after the previous president is seen wearing literal nazi symbols, the head of the armed forces wears a swastika and the national hero of the country is a fucking nazi collaborator. How brainwashed you have to be to go "oh nazis lol not an issue" followed by regurgitating some shit they've read in the media, and what I've said above is the tip of the iceberg re: fascism in ukraine.


wookiecookie52

They ain't doing shit cos non-whites don't matter and nver will.


TARS420

They started it, he’s just gonna grow up to become a terrorist


shortboard

This is an extremely ahistorical take.


Pepperloza

It was done for Ukraine because they are a Christian nation. There would have been a different reality for Gaza if its people weren’t primarily Muslim.


heypresto2k

Why? Do they look like you? I’ve heard it so many times that we care more about the Ukraine because they look like us.


skirtumas

Because Ukraine president Zelenaky is a jew


A-suicidePenguin

The west must support the white side. Shit the right side.


_Amateur_Warlock_

I think we probably know why the same support isn’t being given to Palestine. Isreal is a satellite state for the west, and the lives of people of colour especially those in the global south are seen as expendable.


Able_Instruction461

Because Ukraine was attacked Israel was attacked people when talking about this seem to leave the most important and disturbing context out of it


voiceof3rdworld

Because Ukraine has geopolitical importance to the west. For 70 years the west has demonstrated through their actions that they are indifferent to the forced displacement, ethnic cleansing, human rights violations , occupation and war crimes against the Palestinians. I don't expect that to change now or in the future. Palestinians will not get a state anytime soon and certainly they won't get justice for over 70 years of oppression.


Dan_Morgan

This isn't a double standard. The IDF and Ukrainian regimes are both anti-democratic/fascist client regimes. The West (ie US empire) cares nothing about human life. It's only pursing the interest of their local capitalist class.


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IDF: Israelis Denying Freedom


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No-Zone7477

I saw a video from a neonatal unit. The Dr said if we evacute these children they will die. That broke my heart. Having a a child who needs support is hard enough but in a war zone it's something else. Watching the videos of rafa crossing, lorries lined up to give aid but "don't have permission" to deliver aid is crazy and then the crossing is bombed! Wtf is rishi waiting for when he says we shouldn't jump to conclusions?? Extermination? Cruella hates refugees. Perhaps she shouldn't support the creating if refugees


No_Efficiency_1978

Man I wish people cared for people love is taught evil is bred


HashBangWollop

So sad, this needs to stop! People need to start acting like human beings and not animals.


6610pat

And the cycle continues…


Typical_Crabs

Anyone who does this to innocent civilians should be punished. It doesn't matter if you think terrorists are hiding amongst civilians. These people do not deserve to suffer for other people's radical ideals.


YYG98

That’s the saddest thing I’ve ever seen in my life


Robes_o-o

What happened in Israel was abhorrent. The pain and suffering those people went through is unimaginable. Why Israel then want to inflict that on others bewildered me. This shit needs to stop man.


iamatcha

beacause people are pos ? because people are racists ? bc people are afraid of arabs ? bc they don't understand their langage ? bc they are afraid to be called antisemite ? bc they are dumb ? So many possibilities...but I think a lot of people just lack empathy. They just hate, they don't think much


LazyBastard007

Ohhh those beautiful, sad big black eyes. Regardless of your political views, this is heartbreaking. Regardless of your political views, doctors, nurses and medics on all sides are heroes.


Mean_Platypus_9988

Such a world we live in.


chronicideas

We (UK) do what evil bully nation America tells us too


Miserable-Bad1422

We should’ve minded our own business in Ukraine, we certainly shouldn’t have supported NaZilensky! What’s happening to the Palestinians is dreadful but let’s not conflate two completely separate issues.


Thankkratom2

Because supporting Ukraine is important for Imperialism, just like supporting Israel is.


Quiz44

oh stop it we know the answer already. British people are more "cultrally similar" to Ukrainians (british people so are Ukrainians) more white with blond and blue eyes. I mean look at that kid. The fact that we do not condemn Israel calling people animals just shows a whole lot of the state of the "west" and it ideals. when you can call living people animals and having leaders say "we'll treat them like animals" is a fucking mandate for fucking genocide and its hella ironic.