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Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor and its leadership have been described as close to Hamas by Linkiesta and Global Muslim Brotherhood Daily Watch.

Also the same article

Breed’s office has said the measure was intentionally designed to be flexible on the treatment component. Treatment options could range from out-patient services to a prescription for buprenorphine, a medication used to treat addiction. They noted it doesn’t include a requirement for participants to remain sober, recognizing that people often lapse in recovery and shouldn’t be kicked out of the program for a slip-up.

Yes?

At the Nova music festival and its surroundings, there are reasonable grounds to believe
that multiple incidents of sexual violence took place with victims being subjected to rape and/or
gang rape and then killed or killed while being raped. Credible sources described finding 5
murdered individuals, mostly women, whose bodies were naked from their waist down – and
some totally naked – tied with their hands behind their backs, many of whom were shot in the
head. On Road 232, credible information based on witness accounts describe an incident of the
rape of two women by armed elements. Other reported instances of rape could not be verified in
the time allotted. The mission team also found a pattern of bound naked or partially naked bodies
from the waist down, in some cases tied to structures including trees and poles, along Road 232.
In kibbutz Re’im, the mission team further verified an incident of the rape of a woman outside of
a bomb shelter and heard of other allegations of rape that could not yet be verified.

If you want to read more try the actual report

The plans reportedly included a 40-day pause in all military operations as well as the exchange of Palestinian prisoners for Israeli hostages at a ratio of 10 to one.

Under the ceasefire terms, hospitals and bakeries in Gaza would be repaired, 500 aid trucks would enter into the strip each day and thousands of tents and caravans would be delivered to house the displaced, the Reuters source said.

They’re offering hostage exchange at a 10 to 1 ratio, plus aid. I don’t imagine they really want to give Hamas money directly.

This has nothing to do with either “self defense” or “defeating” Hamas anymore.

They had a ceasefire on Oct 7th…
I imagine that’s a factor.

Idan Bejerano, Hare’s son-in-law, said the hostages had been sleeping when “within a minute” the commandos were in the building and covering them as they fought the captors.

They weren’t on vacation!

or do you imagine them holding themselves hostage all this time?

Surprising as it seems, not all problems can be fixed with bombs.

Yes and other problems cannot be solved through bargaining or appeasement, sometimes such an approach only exacerbates the situation.

During the pandemic, HALO noted on its website that monitoring indoor air quality was an approved use for federal COVID relief money.

A leading provider, HALO Smart Sensors, sells 90% to 95% of its sensors to schools. The sensors don’t have cameras or record audio but can detect increases in noise in a school bathroom and send a text alert to school officials, said Rick Cadiz, vice president of sales and marketing for IPVideo, the maker of the HALO sensors.

The sensors are marketed primarily for detecting vape smoke or THC but also can monitor for sounds such as gunshots or keywords indicating possible bullying.

I don’t know that I’d trust a non-microphone sensor to be good enough to actually identify keywords, but you could probably tell if people were yelling or something.

Cars are regularly called money pits.

Owning almost any type of vehicle is going to necessitate maintenance, there’s a classic saying that the two best days in a boat owner’s life are the day they buy the boat and the day they sell the boat.

It doesn’t prevent terrorism, but where the hits land it does usually stop whatever is going on.

Aren’t the men are supposed to line up against each other in a clear field away from others in orderly firing lines?

Two Israeli officials said the Israeli war cabinet approved ten days ago the parameters of a new proposal for a hostage deal, which are different from past aspects of deals rejected by Hamas and more forward-leaning than previous Israeli proposals.

This stuff really doesn’t happen that quickly.

. So Gaza doesn’t become all at Bibi’s mercy.

So you think that would be different from what is happening now.

Do you think holding more hostages would make a difference?

“I would have filled out whatever was necessary, because at the end of the day, while it would have been a hit to my pride, there is something much more important than my pride, and that’s fighting for this community,” Childrey said.

Make sure you didn’t miss what they actually had to say about it.

“October 7th was a terrorist attack” is basically Israeli propaganda at this point.

Let me see you try telling that to the folks who were at the music festival.

They have sold two ‘tiers’ of kindles for awhile, the one with ads on the lock screen is discounted.

It’s not my favorite thing but iirc the lock screen is supposed to be the only place with ads.

It’s a quote from the OP article.

By the UN definition, Hamas is a genocidal organisation. Its founding charter, published in 1988, explicitly commits it to obliterating Israel. Article 7 states that “The Day of Judgment will not come about until Moslems fight Jews and kill them”. Article 13 rejects any compromise, or peace, until Israel is destroyed. Hamas fighters who burst into Israel on October 7th and killed almost 1,200 Israelis (and other nationalities) were carrying out the letter of their genocidal law.

This doesn’t seem like it would take a lot of research but it might be the first time I’ve heard about this charter.

a rarity in a region where many countries give long jail terms and even death sentences for people convicted of marijuana possession, consumption or trafficking.

Anything that can get you the death penalty is dangerous by proxy.

Anyone that’s tried to buy a gun in the last few years has seen that on form 4473, 21.e: “Are you an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana [emphasis added] or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance? Warning: The use or possession of marijuana remains unlawful under Federal law regardless of whether it has been legalized or decriminalized for medical or recreational purposes in the state where you reside.”

This was ruled unconstitutional earlier this year last year ( https://www.reuters.com/legal/drug-user-cannot-be-barred-owning-guns-us-court-rules-2023-08-10/ )