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Israel - Palestinian Conflict (4 Viewers)

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chiefdave

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 21, 2025
  • #6,686
What a phrase 'escalation of post-ceasefire attacks' is.
 
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Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Nov 24, 2025
  • #6,687
Just another casual airstrike on a residential area during a ceasefire - Israel kills top Hezbollah official in first attack on Beirut in months
 
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wingy

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 25, 2025
  • #6,688
Well at least it wasn't phone's or pagers this time.
 

Captain Dart

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 25, 2025
  • #6,689
wingy said:
Well at least it wasn't phone's or pagers this time.
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Or was it?

https://x.com/i/trending/1992959389255561235
 
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mmttww

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 28, 2025
  • #6,690

West Bank: Israeli troops kill two Palestinians after they appear to surrender

The Palestinian Authority says the killings are a "war crime", while an Israeli minister backed the soldiers.
www.bbc.co.uk

'Israel has a right to defend itself' in action again.
 
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chiefdave

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 30, 2025
  • #6,691
chiefdave said:
What a complete and utter waste of time. All its done is increase their popularity yet again. They played to a huge crowd heading a festival last weekend and have announced a massive tour that by all accounts is selling far better than anyone predicted.

Similarly Bob Vylan's streaming numbers are through the roof and they're booking some of the largest shows they've ever headlined.
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Wonder if people will ever grasp the Streisand effect.

Kneecap have gone from playing to next to no-one to arena shows, headlining festivals and have now announced they're heading a huge outdoor show in Crystal Palace Park next summer.
 

Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 30, 2025
  • #6,692
chiefdave said:
Wonder if people will ever grasp the Streisand effect.

Kneecap have gone from playing to next to no-one to arena shows, headlining festivals and have now announced they're heading a huge outdoor show in Crystal Palace Park next summer.
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Some irony in the location there.
 
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wingy

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 30, 2025
  • #6,693
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Some irony in the location there.
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??
 

eastwoodsdustman

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 3, 2025
  • #6,694
Looks like some are the more chosen ones than others....

Ultra-Orthodox conscription bill threatens crisis for Israel's government

Lawmakers are considering a draft bill to end the exemption granted to ultra-Orthodox men enrolled in full-time religious study.
www.bbc.co.uk
 

Captain Dart

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 10, 2025
  • #6,695
Iceland, Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands and Slovenia will boycott the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest due to Israels inclusion.
 
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chiefdave

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  • Dec 10, 2025
  • #6,696
Captain Dart said:
Iceland, Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands and Slovenia will boycott the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest due to Israels inclusion.
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I'm sure the absolute stitch up of not even having a vote on their inclusion has nothing to do with the contests main sponsor
 

Captain Dart

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 10, 2025
  • #6,697
chiefdave said:
I'm sure the absolute stitch up of not even having a vote on their inclusion has nothing to do with the contests main sponsor
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Who might that be? TBH I blank this poxy competition as much as possible.
 

chiefdave

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 10, 2025
  • #6,698
Captain Dart said:
Who might that be? TBH I blank this poxy competition as much as possible.
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Moroccanoil is an Israeli cosmetics company headquartered in New York City, specializing in hair care products containing argan oil.
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wingy

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 10, 2025
  • #6,699
Maybe they could cancel this one and reschedule it to next year summer and combine it with the World cup every game at half time they can run over a couple of weeks then and really stretch it out, that should work and FIFA can pay for it!
 

rob9872

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 10, 2025
  • #6,700
It's a singing contest. Always been political scoring anyway so what difference does it make if Israel sing? I'm sure most of those agreeing with the decision to boycott would normally be the first to tell us not all people from a country are the same or not all Muslims etc.

Also, a bit of an empty gesture to quit anyway as it achieves nothing.
 
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Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • Dec 10, 2025
  • #6,701
rob9872 said:
It's a singing contest. Always been political scoring anyway so what difference does it make if Israel sing? I'm sure most of those agreeing with the decision to boycott would normally be the first to tell us not all people from a country are the same or not all Muslims etc.

Also, a bit of an empty gesture to quit anyway as it achieves nothing.
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It's embarrasing.

Then again, so is the whole competition.
 
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Captain Dart

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  • Dec 10, 2025
  • #6,702
rob9872 said:
It's a singing contest. Always been political scoring anyway so what difference does it make if Israel sing? I'm sure most of those agreeing with the decision to boycott would normally be the first to tell us not all people from a country are the same or not all Muslims etc.

Also, a bit of an empty gesture to quit anyway as it achieves nothing.
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If it's pointless then why did countries exclude Russia?
 

Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 10, 2025
  • #6,703
There should be far more serious sanctions on Israel than pissing about with Eurovision.
 
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chiefdave

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 10, 2025
  • #6,704
Captain Dart said:
If it's pointless then why did countries exclude Russia?
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This is the thing isn't it. You can't now play the 'its not political' card when Russia was kicked out the second they invaded Ukraine.

Same problem that's emerging with the World Cup. Hold it in Quatar and it's all 'have to respect local customs', now it's in the US we've got countries such as Egypt and Iran making demands over what they deem acceptable at games.
 

rob9872

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 10, 2025
  • #6,705
Captain Dart said:
If it's pointless then why did countries exclude Russia?
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You'd have a point if I supported that too, but once again I couldn't give a flying about them either and still wouldn't have minded if Russia entered.
 

fernandopartridge

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 10, 2025
  • #6,706
I mean why is the middle eastern holy land in the European song contest anyway?
 
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duffer

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 11, 2025
  • #6,707
rob9872 said:
It's a singing contest. Always been political scoring anyway so what difference does it make if Israel sing? I'm sure most of those agreeing with the decision to boycott would normally be the first to tell us not all people from a country are the same or not all Muslims etc.

Also, a bit of an empty gesture to quit anyway as it achieves nothing.
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It's about the impact that cultural boycotts have on the population of countries doing inhumane things. The best example of the pressure it applies is probably South Africa.

As long as the Israeli state is involved in the violent oppression of the Palestinians, their country has to be treated as a pariah state. It will hurt Israel, because it wants to be considered a respectable, liberal, tolerant, democracy, as indeed did South Africa.

Being excluded from sporting, cultural, and academic events shows at least some of the population what the rest of the world thinks about their government's actions.
 
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Captain Dart

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 11, 2025
  • #6,708
fernandopartridge said:
I mean why is the middle eastern holy land in the European song contest anyway?
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For the same reason as Australia enters.
 
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Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Dec 11, 2025
  • #6,709
Shameful - Britain threatened to cut off ICC funding over Netanyahu arrest warrant, claims prosecutor
 
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wingy

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 17, 2025
  • #6,710
Here's an interesting take,to late for Charlie Kirk though?
 
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PVA

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 20, 2025
  • #6,711
Those lovely friendly cuddly lads over at Maccabi at it again.

Poor guys are just so misunderstood!

Remember when everyone lost their shit and said the ban on travelling to Villa was anti semitic. No, they're just cunts.


Maccabi Tel-Aviv, whose supporters were controversially excluded from a match at Aston Villa last month, have been given a suspended one-match away fan ban by UEFA for racist chanting.

European football's governing body confirmed its Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body (CEDB) had fined the Israeli club €20,000 ($23,470) in relation to their fans' conduct at a Europa League tie away to German side Stuttgart on Dec. 11.

The CEDB also imposed a ban on Maccabi selling tickets to their fans for their next UEFA competition match away from home, suspended for a probationary period of two years.

The Press Association understands the sanction related to anti-Arab chanting by Maccabi fans
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chiefdave

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 24, 2025
  • #6,712
Another complete waste of time and money

Bob Vylan: No charges over IDF chants during Glastonbury set

Avon and Somerset Police says the incident "does not meet the criminal threshold" for prosecution.
www.bbc.co.uk
 
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Ccfcisparks

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 24, 2025
  • #6,713
PVA said:
Those lovely friendly cuddly lads over at Maccabi at it again.

Poor guys are just so misunderstood!

Remember when everyone lost their shit and said the ban on travelling to Villa was anti semitic. No, they're just cunts.
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Interesting silence in response to this
 

chiefdave

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 24, 2025
  • #6,714
Ccfcisparks said:
Interesting silence in response to this
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Think you'll find they've not done anything wrong they've just been misunderstood
 
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Earlsdon_Skyblue1

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 24, 2025
  • #6,715
chiefdave said:
Think you'll find they've not done anything wrong they've just been misunderstood
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I don't think anyone has said they are good people, just that some on here, including yourself, had got the events in Amsterdam drastically incorrect.
 

mmttww

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 31, 2025
  • #6,716

Israel to bar 37 aid groups from Gaza

The move was criticised by foreign ministers from from 10 countries including the UK, who said the new rules were "restrictive" and "unacceptable".
www.bbc.co.uk

Just a reminder that Israel has a right to defend itself.
 
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wingy

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 31, 2025
  • #6,717
Same sthick.
 

fatso

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 31, 2025
  • #6,718
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Sick Boy said:
Just another casual airstrike on a residential area during a ceasefire - Israel kills top Hezbollah official in first attack on Beirut in months
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There's no ceasefire for Hamas or Hezbollah operators.
They will continue to be ruthlessly hunted out and killed.

Also, the minute the bombing stopped Hamas and Hezbollah fighters (friends of Corbyn and his loony lefties) moved into the Palestinian suburbs and started assasinating Palestinian survivors.

Why was that so under reported here in the west?

There will be no tears shed from the Palestinian people for the killing of this terrorist.
 
Last edited: Dec 31, 2025

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

Well-Known Member
  • Tuesday at 9:37 PM
  • #6,719
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
I don't think anyone has said they are good people, just that some on here, including yourself, had got the events in Amsterdam drastically incorrect.
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I will just leave this here.

West Midlands police to be questioned over Israeli football fan ban

BBC News has seen a letter from the Dutch police inspectorate, which appears to contradict claims made by West Midlands Police about Maccabi fans' previous behaviour.
www.bbc.com
 
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wingy

Well-Known Member
  • Tuesday at 9:39 PM
  • #6,720
The Spanish inquisition level of denial,jeez.
 
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