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Trump Says Oct 7 "Was Terrible" But From "...the Hamas Standpoint," They've Lost 70,000. "That's Big Retribution. That's Big Retribution."
In this clip, Trump says Netanyahu said: “I can’t believe it, they’re liking me again.”
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Our friend Ammiel Alcalay, (poet, author, translator, professor, Middle East Eye correspondent) has been deeply engaged in the Palestinian matter for decades and has many friends in Gaza whom he is in contact with regularly. I asked him to comment; Here is part of what he said:
“Watching the general reaction, it’s pretty astonishing to see barely a mention of the 1700 Gazans who were kidnapped and tortured, abducted at gunpoint. This includes doctors, medics, journalists, children— no parity of any kind yet in the western press.”
”Obviously any cessation of bombing and terror is necessary. The word I’m getting from people is that there is a release of a lot of pain, joy and tears. Every emotion. It does seem Trump is trying to salvage Israel— they were heading toward total pariah-hood. They’re still bombing going on today. But yes, there is a great sense of relief amongst people in Gaza.”
Clip here.
Let’s look at this Trump quote for a moment, from the clip further up:
”It’s really peace in the Middle East. You remember, Oct 7 was terrible, but from the Hamas standpoint, they’ve probably lost 70,000 people. That’s big retribution. That’s big retribution. “
I’m struck by something.
From the Hamas standpoint? According to the pro-Israel talking points as I have understood them, there’s no possible legitimacy to any “Hamas standpoint,” first of all. Secondly, “…they’ve probably lost 70,000 people,” suggests that yet another pro-Israel talking point is being undercut by Trump, namely that most of the deaths are either “fake,” or at least wildly exaggerated by the Gaza Ministry of Health, which counts the deceased.
Here he is straight up stating that the number is around 70,000 (not counting those still under rubble,) and saying, twice: “That’s big retribution.”
Will pro-Israel thought police call Trump an anti-semite who supports terrorism?
“No evidence the numbers were being manipulated.”
Here are some screen shots about the continuous right-of center accusations regarding the veracity of the numbers of casualties:
These are from an article in The Guardian, from late Oct. 2023, quoting Joe Biden also casting doubt on the statistics:
Guardian article here.
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"After 2 years of genocide, a sample of what Palestinians have lost
To mark two years of attacks by Israel, the Government Media Office in Gaza has released a series of figures detailing the devastating toll the war has taken on Palestinians:
About 90 percent of the Gaza Strip has been totally destroyed by the Israeli military, which controls more than 80 percent of the territory through ground invasion, armed attacks and forced displacement orders.
Israel has dropped more than 200,000 tonnes of explosives on the besieged enclave – and has bombed the so-called “safe zone” of al-Mawasi at least 136 times.
At least 1,015 children under one year old have been killed by Israel, along with 1,670 medical staff, 254 journalists, and 140 civil defense rescue workers among over 77,000 Palestinians.
More than 2,700 families, comprising more than 8,500 people, have been wiped off the civil registry. At least 56,348 children are orphaned.
Israel has bombed 38 hospitals out of commission, with another 96 healthcare centers destroyed, and 197 ambulances and 61 civil defense vehicles also targeted.
More than 835 mosques have been destroyed and another 180 are damaged, while three churches have been targeted multiple times. Forty cemeteries also were destroyed and bodies taken.
The total value of initial direct damages as a result of the genocide is estimated at $70bn, including $28bn worth of damage to housing, $5bn to healthcare, and $4bn to the education sector."
From https://israelpalestinenews.org/after-2-years-of-genocide-over-2700-families-have-been-totally-wiped-out-war-on-gaza-day-730/
My God. What will it take for people to see through Trump?