The BBC will start an emergency radio service for the people of Gaza in response to the ongoing conflict in the region, the British broadcaster's World Service arm said on Wednesday.
Civilians have not been able to leave Gaza for the past three weeks, but some injured and foreign nationals are now entering Egypt.
The PLO and Fatah both recognise the state of Israel and its right to exist, have given up armed struggle, and signed the Oslo Accords with Israel, accepting a peaceful political pathway to a two state solution.
It’s now the left-wing France Unbowed party, not the far right, that strikes fear into the Jewish community.
I don't think burying this and pretending it didn't happen is helpful when Jews around the world are telling us right now that they are terrified and under attack
"We do not rest," says ambulance driver Mahmoud Badawi as medical supplies in the Strip run low.
Group lights flares and chants anti-Semitic slogans in unverified footage of demonstration in Australia
Meticulously planned for months under nose of IDF, thousands of terrorists burst through fence under cover of immense rocket fire to unleash deadliest massacre in country's history
Dozens of gunmen from the Islamist militant group Hamas infiltrate southern Israel amid a barrage of rockets from Gaza.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has quietly taken steps toward cementing Israel's control of the occupied West Bank with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich leading the way.
Argentina's annual inflation rate shot up to 124.4% in August and hit its highest level since 1991, stoking a painful cost-of-living crisis in the South American country.
Coup for Britain’s opposition leader as French president agrees to bilateral summit.
A precise tally of the rising number of people killed is incredibly difficult given the level of destruction in Derna and chaotic political situation in the region.
The city of Derna has buried thousands of people in mass graves, Libyan officials said Thursday, as search teams scoured ruins left by devastating floods and the city’s mayor said that the death toll could triple or more
Berlin suspends voluntary intake deal ‘until further notice’, saying Italy is not meeting obligations under bloc’s transfer rules
The Mediterranean island of Lampedusa is a first point of arrival for people seeking asylum or looking to keep moving north to other European countries.
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The Biden administration released its list of 10 prescription medicines that will be subject to the first-ever price negotiations by the U.S. Medicare health program that covers 66 million people, with big-selling blood thinner Eliquis from Bristol Myers Squibb and Pfizer among them.
The country’s breakaway Transnistria region is complicating Moldova’s attempts to set up a carbon pricing scheme.
Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have all been invited to become members of BRICS.
Why does Russia think anyone cares what it says at this point? Until the war ends, nobody is required to do anything for Russia.
Nothing but respect for my country deciding to impose economic sanctions on itself 🫡
I think we're all capable of recognising the important differences between burning a flag representing a particular state, or some aspect of its government or policies, and burning a Torah in front of a Synagogue, as happened frequently in Nazi Germany, or in this case burning a Qur'an in front of a Mosque.
It's a hateful act designed to encourage hatred with the intention of turning that hatred into acts.
The person burning the Torah in front of a Synagogue is not saying "I disagree with the Torah's rulings on x", they're saying "those who follow this religion are disgusting and we should do something about it."
The person who burns a LGBT pride flag is not saying "I think this movement oversteps the legitimate reach of the state", they're saying "those who are part of this group are disgusting and we should do something about it."
Same with the Qur'an.
It needlessly inflames tensions, encourages hatred and horrible acts towards Muslims, and both makes Muslims feel unsafe and directly contributes to making them unsafe. It's not the sort of thing a decent, civilized society should tolerate.
Even when it both makes Jewish people unsafe and encourages an atmosphere of racism, which only ever results in one thing?
I just basically finished Tears of the Kingdom. 150 hours, all shrines, almost all the armour, and pretty much all the side-quests done, plus the main quest. Probably my favourite game ever. Once my internet starts working again, I'm probably going to be playing Okami HD
Does that right extend to burning a copy of the Torah outside of a Synagogue?
They want to burn a Qur’an right outside Stockholm’s main Mosque. How is that not incitement to violence or racial hatred?
If I burned a copy of the Torah outside a Synagogue, would that just be an expression of ‘free speech’? Or would I not be giving a pretty unambiguous signal of both what I think of the people inside and the way that we should treat them?
This absolutely should not have been allowed to go ahead. It is incitement to violence and racial hatred.
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I don't think he's completely wrong. A lot of people felt similarly. I know SkillUp felt similarly that if you had a really good PC and could overlook the (unforgiveable, admittedly) bugs, it had a lot going for it.
I think it's fine for communities which are created for specific political, social movements etc to do so. But when you get broader communities like this one, it's much more difficult and thorny to figure out. If you set up a socialist server, crack on with defederating from right-wing ones. If your server is about environmental activism, swing the banhammer on anyone who questions climate change. I legit have no problem with that.
I suspect there's very little disagreement about keeping The Donald types defederated and related /c/s banned. But that's only the easy edge of it.
Servers like this one need to be really careful we don't get whittled away by various niche groups demanding bans and defederations.
If a server allows conservative users, or people who think that sex-based rights are important, or that anti-Zionism is racism, etc etc etc. Do we ban them? If someone believes the existence of the state is good, and that prison and punishment can be justified, are they white supremacists and fascists, as many anarchists believe? Where do we draw that line?
Why don't we just keep it to Trump/MAGA servers, trolls and bot-farms, and communities which directly interfere with and undermine ours, or at least something in that ballpark
I think it's fine for communities which are created for specific political, social movements etc to do so. But when you get broader communities like this one, it's much more difficult and thorny to figure out. If you set up a socialist server, crack on with defederating from right-wing ones. If your server is about environmental activism, swing the banhammer on anyone who questions climate change. I legit have no problem with that.
I suspect there's very little disagreement about keeping The Donald types defederated and related /c/s banned. But that's only the easy edge of it.
Servers like this one need to be really careful we don't get whittled away by various niche groups demanding bans and defederations.
If a server allows conservative users, or people who think that sex-based rights are important, or that anti-Zionism is racism, etc etc etc. Do we ban them? Where do we draw that line?
Why don't we just keep it to Trump/MAGA servers, trolls and bot-farms, and communities which directly interfere with and undermine ours, or at least something in that ballpark?
I think it's fine for communities which are created for specific political, social movements etc to do so. But when you get broader communities like this one, it's much more difficult and thorny to figure out. If you set up a socialist server, crack on with defederating from right-wing ones. If your server is about environmental activism, swing the banhammer on anyone who questions climate change. I legit have no problem with that.
I suspect there's very little disagreement about keeping The Donald types defederated and related /c/s banned. But that's only the easy edge of it.
Servers like this one need to be really careful we don't get whittled away by various niche groups demanding bans and defederations.
If a server allows conservative users, or people who think that sex-based rights are important, or that anti-Zionism is racism, etc etc etc. Do we ban them? If someone believes the existence of the state is good, and that prison and punishment can be justified, are they white supremacists and fascists, as many anarchists believe? Where do we draw that line?
Why don't we just keep it to Trump/MAGA servers, trolls and bot-farms, and communities which directly interfere with and undermine ours, or at least something in that ballpark
I think it's fine for communities which are created for specific political, social movements etc to do so. But when you get broader communities like this one, it's much more difficult and thorny to figure out. If you set up a socialist server, crack on with defederating from right-wing ones. If your server is about environmental activism, swing the banhammer on anyone who questions it. I legit have no problem with that.
I suspect there's very little disagreement about keeping The Donald types defederated and related /c/s banned. But that's only the easy edge of it.
Servers like this one need to be really careful we don't get whittled away by various niche groups demanding bans and defederations.
If a server allows conservative users, or people who think that sex-based rights are important, or that anti-Zionism is racism, etc etc etc. Do we ban them? Where do we draw that line?
Why don't we just keep it to Trump/MAGA servers, trolls and bot-farms, and communities which directly interfere with and undermine ours, or at least something in that ballpark
I agree. I don't want a small number of highly motivated individuals with grudges, vendettas, and ideological priors having that much power. Ban TheDonald type stuff, bots, etc. but otherwise be very careful
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