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A video of Shaaban al-Dalou burning to death after an Israeli strike at a hospital has stoked criticism from Israel’s allies and highlighted the plight of people trapped in Gaza.

He was the son his mother boasted about: He memorized the entire Quran as a boy, and rose to the top of his university class. He wanted to become a doctor. But most of all, Shaaban al-Dalou dreamed of escape.

Since Israel launched its devastating retaliation for the Hamas-led attack just over a year ago, Mr. al-Dalou wrote impassioned pleas on social media, posted videos from his family’s small plastic tent and even launched a GoFundMe page calling out to the world for help getting out of the Gaza Strip.

Instead, the world watched him burn to death.

Mr. al-Dalou, 19, was identified by his family as the young man helplessly waving his arms, engulfed in flames, in a video that has become a symbol of the horrors of war for Gazans, trapped inside their blockaded enclave as the international community looks on.

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[–] [email protected] 57 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The U.S. needs to abandon Israel completely. We should have no relationship with them at all at this point other than to protect the innocent from their insatiable blood-thirst.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

No, we have a moral responsibility to work to get the war criminals sent to The Hague

[–] [email protected] 56 points 2 weeks ago

Disgusting, and despite the "criticisms" thrown at Israel nothing will change and more innocent people will die.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Meanwhile we have proof that we have leverage; Aid into Gaza went back up after we threatened to withhold weapons from the Israelis.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wait it did? Got a source?

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Gladly, they even let 30 truckloads into northern Gaza. The IDF made an announcement for it and specifically said that they follow international law. Completely ignoring the fact that they had to be threatened to do so.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Any sources that aren't The Jerusalem Post - whose source in the article isn't "Israeli Media"? Cannot find any other sources that match this '30 Truck' number.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

It's all Israeli sources because COGAT made the press conferences. I realize COGATs promises aren't worth the paper they're printed on but it shows that they are afraid of the US pulling weapons.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The amount of trucks coming in is nowhere near enough. It's still a downgrade from before which was already barely enough to begin with. Israel is deliberately starving the Palestinian population.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

I agree. The only showing here is that the IDF is vulnerable to American pressure.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nope, Israeli religious extremist terrorists literally killed all the aid workers already.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Thankfully that's not true. They have killed far too many, and targeted them too. But they haven't killed all the helpers.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is what zionism, with western support, has been doing on a daily basis for 75 years now.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Well, when I worked in Palestine, we only saw a murder about once per week on average (sometimes as long as once per month in a "good" month). Its not every day.

My point is that things are quantitatively much worse now than they have been since 1948.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

The NYTrash is trying to appear unbiased but they can't get there...

He Dreamed of Escaping Gaza. The World Watched ~~Him Burned~~ Zionists Burn Him Alive.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I get what you're saying, but being explicitly anti-Zionist would be more biased than the neutral language they used here. You don't want unbiased media, you want media biased towards your values. That's fine, but don't pretend that you're offering a less biased headline.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The “neutral language” you’re describing is called passive voice. It’s used to avoid saying who performed the actions in question and that is a form of bias.

In the last few years, newspapers selective use of passive voice - cloaked as “neutral language” - to shield groups or organizations they’re sympathetic to from police to the idf has come under fire because people recognize it as deflecting blame from the powerful and casting the injustice and violence of those in power as unavoidable tragedy.

He just burned to death, isn’t that sad? Alexa play despacito.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

at this point more than just the israelis are responsible for burning him alive

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

He burned to death in an Israeli strike on a hospital. Who else should be blamed in the story about the effect and meaning of his tragic killing? What particular responsible party should be named in the headline of that story?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I would argue the United States also carries the blame as they've supported Israel's genocide, but that's secondary to the primary point, on which you and I agree.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think sentiment is changing. Recently I'm noticing more US mainstream media using language like

Since Israel launched its devastating retaliation for the Hamas-led attack just over a year ago

It's a small thing, it's better than the softer language they would normally use. But, damn, it's not enough.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

They are still directly implying the genocide is retaliation. This is the crux of all the propaganda.

Every Israeli expansion has been under the guise of self defense. It always follows the same order:

  • Oppress Palestinians for long enough, and kill any attempt for a peaceful resolution.

  • The the Palestinians see no other option and retaliate.

  • Israel commits a genocide and "defends themselves" onto more land.