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Lilyo@alien.topB to BooksEnglish · 2 years ago

Gaza’s main public library has been destroyed

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Gaza’s main public library has been destroyed

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Lilyo@alien.topB to BooksEnglish · 2 years ago
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  • idkWhy_ImHere111@alien.topB
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    2 years ago

    i have some fun thoughts about the history of destroying libraries and books but i might get banned

  • Icon7d@alien.topB
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    Ironic, considering the assholes who escalated the conflict only ever read one book.

  • elizabeth-cooper@alien.topB
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    2 years ago

    OP is a tankie propagandist spammer.

    • radlibcountryfan@alien.topB
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      2 years ago

      Tankies can be right sometimes. Just exceptionally rare.

    • daniel_degude@alien.topB
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      2 years ago

      The rise of tankies and Islamic extremism apologists, especially among young people, is deeply concerning.

      • elizabeth-cooper@alien.topB
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        2 years ago

        Right, where’s the article about Mein Kampf being found in a Hamas hideout? About pro-Hamas protesters vandalizing the NYPL?

        I’d post them but the mods hate me and auto-filter my threads. They’d probably delete them and say, “Not about books.”

  • hurhurdedur@alien.topB
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    This post from LitHub is sourced based on statements from the Hamas-run municipal government that shelters Hamas combatants and weaponry in civilian infrastructure. You’d expect a literary publication like LitHub to be better at critically analyzing statements from an unreliable narrator.

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    IDF spokesperson R Adm Daniel Hagari made the startling admission that “hundreds of tons of bombs” had already been dropped on the tiny strip, adding that “the emphasis is on damage and not on accuracy”.

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/10/right-now-it-is-one-day-at-a-time-life-on-israels-frontline-with-gaza#:~:text=Speaking on Tuesday morning%2C IDF,damage and not on accuracy”.

  • Silent-Squirrel102@alien.topB
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    The Israeli government would love it if they could destroy any memory of Palestinians in Gaza. The world doesn’t support Israel like they used to because of actions like this by their extreme right wing government.

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      Israeli people would have preferred if Gaza was built into a functioning democracy, not a terrorist-led pariah territory. The people of Gaza probably would have preferred that too. But “destroy any memory” is not the position of anyone but extremists, who are frequently derided, as Hamas should be.

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    2 years ago

    One of the first buildings destroyed of the war was the university.

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