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Great. The NYT just published an article on "The 8 Buildings You Must See in Stockholm." I visited Stockholm several years ago and didn't see a single one of those buildings. I now realize that my entire week there was for nothing.
Friday 1/24 #NYTXW
Seriously? It would have been SO easy to clue 53D in a way that didn't require a bogus non-word in 55A.
David Oberman retweeted
The first thing to note is Hamas murdered helpless captives. The rest is not commentary, there is much to consider and discuss but above all: Hamas murdered helpless captives.
David Oberman retweeted
The world is upside down when there are those who criticize the Israelis for rescuing their kidnapped hostages. Hamas fires on them, trying to kill those being rescued and their rescuers. The IDF fires on Hamas and civilians get killed. Why is it so hard for some to blame Hamas?
David Oberman retweeted
This is exactly what I have been saying. If you think the U.S. would have done things differently in Gaza, you are right, we would have used overwhelming military force to achieve the goals of returning our hostages, removing the group that attacked us from power & destroying their military & capabilities, as quickly as possible. Don’t take it from me, take it from the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who would have given the options on how to respond to our President.
David Oberman retweeted
Reading a lot of tweets that go:
"These events at Harvard/Yale/Columbia make me so ashamed of my degree from Harvard/Yale/Columbia and did I mention that I have a degree from Harvard/Yale/Columbia? Is there possibly a way to mention it a third time before I run out of ... "
David Oberman retweeted
UN: unwilling to condemn Hamas who killed, raped, mutilated and tortured more than 1,000 Israeli babies, children, women, and elderly.
Also UN:
ALT REUTERS Article: “UN right chief troubled by treatment of pro-Palestinian protesters at U.S. universities”
David Oberman retweeted
Hard disagree.
Israel shouldn’t face isolation when Hamas terrorists are still present and hiding behind civilians.
Hamas owns this humanitarian catastrophe and must surrender, release the hostages NOW, or be eliminated.
ALT REUTERS Article: “Top US diplomat warns Israel of global isolation if it attacks Rafah”
David Oberman retweeted
Swap in Islamophobia and whatever Muslim country you want here and see what you think.
“The amount of antisemitism you see around the world is because of the fact that Israel is not thinking about the next five or ten years but is only thinking immediately.”
No, Lord Bird @johnbirdswords, the amount of antisemitism that we are seeing is not because of the Jews or their state.
It is because there are antisemites.
Please do not use your platform or publication to rationalise their racism.
David Oberman retweeted
It is troubling to me that many people, especially on the left, seem to acknowledge and even celebrate this right to statehood for every group but the Jews.
Jews have a human right to their own state just as any other people do, Palestinians included.
David Oberman retweeted
You know what’s missing from this? UNRWA condemnation of any attempts by Hamas to build tunnels under UN buildings and use international organisations as human shields. That’s what’s missing, Philippe
- UNRWA did not know what is under its headquarters in Gaza.
- UNRWA is made aware of reports through the media regarding a tunnel under the UNRWA Headquarters in Gaza.
- UNRWA staff left its headquarters in Gaza City on 12 October following the Israeli evacuation orders and as bombardment intensified in the area.
- We have not used that compound since we left it nor are we aware of any activity that may have taken place there.
- We understand, through media reporting, that the Israeli Army has deployed troops within the UNRWA Headquarters in Gaza City.
- We are therefore unable to confirm or otherwise comment on these reports.
- In times of “no active conflict” UNRWA inspects inside its premises every quarter, the last inspection for the UNRWA Gaza premises was completed in September 2023.
- UNRWA is a Human development and humanitarian organisation that does not have the military and security expertise nor the capacity to undertake military inspections of what is or might be under its premises.
- In the past, whenever suspicious cavity was found close to or under UNRWA premises, protest letters were promptly filed to parties to the conflict, including both the de facto authorities in Gaza (Hamas) and the Israeli authorities. The matter was consistently reported in annual reports presented to the General Assembly and made public.
- These recent media reports merit an independent inquiry that is currently not possible to undertake given Gaza is an active war zone.
- The Israeli Authorities have not informed UNRWA officially about the alleged tunnel.
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UN was in fact aware.
COGAT invited them to inspect
twitter.com/cogatonline/st…
UN watch have warned them for years.
unwatch.org
A minimum of 10 UNRWA staff were Hamas militants and 23% of male staff were involved in Hamas
wsj.com/world/middle-e…
Far higher than population average.
Power and data cables run from UN to the tunnel
timesofisrael.com/directly-benea…
David Oberman retweeted
The IDF actually found cables in the #UNRWA communications center directly feeding the tunnel below, but UNRWA had no clue.
And, once again, Spinal Tap and Weird Al Yankovic get passed over. Not to mention the Pixies and the B-52s. Nice to finally see Ozzy on the ballot as a solo artist, though.
Well, this sucks. One of the best concerts I ever saw was him on a double bill with the Dead Milkmen at the Edge in Palo Alto.
nytimes.com/2024/02/08/arts/…
Lately I've been getting a ton of likes and follows from bots with AI-generated thirst-trap profile photos. But I love the latest fake name- "Mitzi Lasagna."
