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Ireland Asks EU To Sanction Israel Over Gaza War

The European Union must rethink its relations with Israel as the death toll mounts in Gaza and the West Bank and impose sanctions on some Israeli government ministers accused of fomenting racial hatred, Ireland and the bloc’s top diplomat said Thursday.

At a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, Ireland’s foreign minister accused Israel of deliberately targeting civilians as well as Hamas militants with the military campaign it launched almost 11 months ago.

“This is a war against Palestinians not just against Hamas. The level of civilian casualties and dead is unconscionable,” Micheal Martin told reporters. “It’s a war on the population. No point in trying to fudge this.”

Israel’s offensive in Gaza has killed over 40,000 people, according to local health officials, displaced 90% of the population and destroyed its main cities. Hamas has lost thousands of fighters and much of its militant infrastructure.

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 @SolidL3ftWingGreenfrom New York  commented…8mos8MO

Good. I expect all other sensible and peace loving countries will follow, till only Israel and the US are left.

 @Franchise2012Socialist from Virginia  agreed…8mos8MO

Israel is also working on making a financial crisis worse on the West Bank. Their right-wing Finance Minister announced today they will not transfer tax revenues Israel collects tax on behalf of the Palestinians to the Palestinian Authority.

It is a blatant attempt to make life as miserable as possible for the Palestinians as punishment for this recognition by Norway, Ireland, and Spain.

 @S3nateBenForward from Kentucky  commented…8mos8MO

The U.S. has traditionally been late to probity. Nazi Germany and Apartheid South Africa are good examples. We talk a good-game about being beacons of democracy and human rights but in reality we ain't.

 @StressedE1ectionPeace and Freedomfrom Kentucky  agreed…8mos8MO

Let’s be generous and allow that Micronesia, Vanuatu and the Marshall Islands will align with them as well, as they do on UN resolutions.

 @DearPartisanLibertarianfrom Minnesota  commented…8mos8MO

I won't take sides in this ongoing fight where both sides have no intention of ever embracing peace with each other. These two groups have had over 70 years to find peace and learn to live together. Both sides are 100% WRONG.

All the peace talks and protests in the world will not stop these two from killing each other. They choose hate over peace. They prefer to see the blood of their children all around them on the ground instead of learning to live together.

 @UnityMeerkatDemocrat from California  commented…8mos8MO

Trump and his people are already meeting with envoys of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss how to act now and how to elect Trump for greater Israel power and authority. This has been in the news.

The discussions are around more, and more extreme arms for Israel, for utterly destroying Gaza, closing and destroying the pier the US made for aid, working with Russia to empower Israel, and far more support for Netanyahu, potentially having Trump make threats and tampering in Israel's' elections.

Netanyahu has come to love Trump, and hate Biden. Israel renamed streets and areas after Trump and other flattering moves. I expect Netanyahu to try to tamper with our elections, and do full endorsement of Trump to further galvanize US christians who may be wavering.

 @ISIDEWITHasked…8mos8MO

Should other countries step in with sanctions against a nation they perceive as violating human rights, or does this infringe on a nation's sovereignty?

 @ISIDEWITHasked…8mos8MO

Is there ever a scenario where the high civilian death toll could be considered acceptable in the pursuit of a military objective?

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Trump hits ‘nasty’ Michelle Obama at Atlanta rally

Former President Trump attacked former first lady Michelle Obama during his rally in Atlanta on Monday, calling her “nasty” after Obama lobbed attacks at the former president while stumping for Vice President Harris.“You know who’s nasty to me? Michelle Obama,” Trump told supporters in Atlanta.“I always tried to be so nice and respectful. Oh, she opened up a little bit of — a little bit of a box. She opened up a little bit of something. Oh, she was nasty. Shouldn’t be that way. That was a big mistake that she made,” he added.His remarks come after Obama criticized Trump during a Michigan rally on Saturday, at one point mentioning “Donald Trump’s gross incompetence.”“I hope that you’ll forgive me if I’m a little angry that we are indifferent to his erratic behavior, his obvious mental decline, his history as a convicted felon, a known slum lord, a predator found liable for sexual abuse, all of this while we pick apart Kamala’s answers from interviews that he doesn’t even have the courage to do, y’all,” she said in Kalamazoo, Mich.The heated rhetoric underscores the increasingly personal tone the presidential election has taken between the two campaigns roughly one week out from the election.An aggregate of national surveys compiled by The Hill/Decision Desk HQ shows Harris slightly ahead at close to 49 percent support while Trump is at 48 percent.

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