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[woody1]

Have Israel given any estimates for the following?

1) Starting number of Hamas
2) Number eliminated so far
3) Number still remaining

Have they said what the target is, percentage-wise?

[woody1]

Defending what, when you appear to be misrepresenting what the BBC have been doing?

As I say, I don't watch or listen to BBC news, but WTFH does and says they do refer to Hamas as a designated terrorist organisation....

[woody1]

So, every time a BBC presenter/reporter says the word "Hamas", you want them to follow that with "who are proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the UK"?

Tedious but if that's what you want......

[woody1]

The trouble is, no matter what you call them, it will be seen as biased by somebody somewhere in the world.

There are probably countries where they are regarded as freedom fighters, and even calling them militants would be seen as biased.

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[woody1]

I don't watch or listen to BBC News but Ch4 News always begin any reporting of Hamas with something like "Hamas, which is designated as a terrorist organisation by the UK...". Gets a bit tedious after a while but there you go.

Are you saying that the BBC never refers to them...

[woody1]

Have you ever thought of becoming a spokesperson for the Israeli Government? I've watched a few on Ch4 News over the years, and you've got the spin off to a tee.

[woody1]

The lawyer should complain to Ofcom, who investigate cases of alleged bias in news reporting.

Of course, if Ofcom didn't uphold the complaint, it could be because they're biased too.

[woody1]

I suspect the devil is in the detail.

If the BBC is merely reporting accusations levelled at Israel by various countries/organisations/protest groups, then that might explain the disparity. I've heard countless such accusations over recent months.

I've no doubt Hamas would...

[woody1]

I'm not sure the test is that accurate on a computer screen. Certainly, on my laptop, the greenness/blueness varies depending on the vertical viewing angle....

[woody1]

With the 1st one, towards the end of the test:
- if I lower my line of sight the screen looks green
- if I raise my line of sight it looks blue

Probably my laptop screen but makes it virtually impossible to get consistent results.

With the 2nd one, got 0.

[woody1]

It's not him that's fecked, it's the forum. Try opening the other thread....

[woody1]

Hey, for the right day rate, I'd go down on the PM.

[woody1]

After the 7 Oct massacre, it is understandable that Israel would go after after Hamas. In a place like Gaza, you can't do that without a shed load of collateral damage.

How this will end, and what the future holds, who knows.

[woody1]

Below what age would a casualty be considered an innocent civilian?

Despite both sides disagreeing over the actual number of children killed, no one disputes that it runs into thousands. Thousands of women have been killed too.

[woody1]

I don't know. Perhaps there's a way of testing corpses to see whether they were:
a) combatant
b) sympathiser
c) innocent civilian...

[woody1]

Some may be but many are just concerned with 5-figure* loss of civilian life.

* I don't think anyone is disputing that it is a 5-figure number, even if people can't agree whether it starts with 2,3,4. Of course, some would argue that few if any of them are innocent victims. ...

[woody1]

Found this through wiki and, as I suspected, typical human idiocy.
https://www.stimson.org/2023/what-dr...it-be-resolved...

[woody1]

Re. Iran

Iran hate Israel, and want to see it wiped out. OK maybe not the Iranian people but certainly the regime. I don't think that's an exaggeration but I'm happy to stand corrected.

Why is that? Is it just because of religion?
Can anyone offer a rational explanation/justification...

[woody1]

I wasn't referring to Israel, or even just conflict in that region. I was talking about people (humans) generally. People develop intolerance and hatred over the most idiotic belief systems and warped ideologies.

As for Israel getting along with its neighbours, there's little or no prospect...

[woody1]

Wouldn't they have to up the minimum wage massively for no one to lose out by the removal of WTC (being replaced by UC)?

Remember, anything that's likely to make people who might vote Labour worse off, is much less likely to happen. ...