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I would stay vigilant to not believe in everything the media is sharing right now. Until today Israel hasn't even confirmed the incident of the 40 killed babies. Ben Shapiro got caught sharing an A.I generated image https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1712585253456400856/photo/1 , that's a classic example of atrocity propaganda.

@Breakingthewall that's the Westbank. Israel has no business being there to begin with, and there is no Hamas or terrorism, From the Palestinians point of view they're just trying to resist this occupation and stop their homes from getting demolished.

@Leo Gura Ex-foreign minister officially wants Egypt to take in the Palestinians, make them refugees for life, and end their hope a Palestinian state. How could genuine negotiations or peace deals ever happen this way?

@Leo Gura Israel has one of the most advanced miliary equipment yet they end up targeting mostly civilians. That has been a pattern for a very long time and it's documented by the Amnesty https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/press-release/2021/05/israelopt-pattern-of-israeli-attacks-on-residential-homes-in-gaza-must-be-investigated-as-war-crimes/ They say Hamas is hiding between residential areas but they're all cramped in an open air prison, they don't have the privilege to have an actual army, there's even another argument to be made that Israel uses human shields as well. Also, there is no Hamas in the Westbank, yet IDF has been killing a lot of Palestinians there and they keep taking more land with the help of ARMED settlers. That's actual terrorism. Israel stopped all peace negotiations for a long time and the Israeli finance minister doesn't even recognize Palestinian people, how could peace be reached with such leadership? https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/21/middleeast/israel-smotrich-palestinians-intl/index.html?fbclid=IwAR2WKzebzm6jshTCfpFGx1-4ejNxzgEznJQLZFdIlYmKuntJvGmNzwskBxc Also, if they truly want to get rid of Hamas with minimum civilian death, they would find a way to create a temporary corridor for civilians INSIDE Israel, so even without knowing the history or the justification of each side of the conflict, both are extremists entities fighting each other, but with a massive power imbalance.

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@Leo Gura I don't really see why ? Actually the way Israel's policies with this war, and their never-ending injustice and apartheid is considered an actual terrorist- making machine. An upcoming generation of new extremists are a natural result of such circumstances.

@Leo Gura The way I see it is if Hamas is a cancer, the Israel's far-right government is a bigger cancer. They keep taking in more lands and have been causing far more collateral damage than any side. When Palestinian protest peacefully they get shot at, for that reason peaceful resistance seems futile to many Palestinians. According to this representative Hamas already offered to exchange hostages but Israel seems to keep going on with their plan to take over Gaza and end the dream of Palestinian country ( I can't find my original reply I hid it because it was incomplete )

@Leo Gura I actually meant world leaders of countries in Europe and USA who said with no hesitation that they support Israel's right to wage war on Gaza to defend itself, knowing very well that Israel is the transgressor as it has been violating the international laws for too long, and knowing that most of the victims will be the civilians. Is that what's really happening though? Hamas was only created in the 80s and Israel has been going on with their plans to take in more land with no regard to Palestinians. Also, they are targeting hospitals, cars and they officially told Egypt if they tried to send aid vehicles they will get bombarded. They are asking the entire population to evacuate knowing very well they have no place to go. Even if that was their purpose, do you think getting rid of Hamas, while killing half of the population will solve the conflict?

@eos_nyxia the situation in Israel just doesn't seem purely self-defense if they are actively occupying illegal land with no intention to stop.

I understand what you mean and it's true, but I am talking specifically about the current events. Gaza has no water or electricity and is being bombarded right now. Israel seems like having the intention to wipe out the entire area. Palestinians have nowhere to go. Wounded people are waiting to die in dark hospitals with no electricity. What can we do as humans around the world to push governments to stop this ongoing genocide and bring a halt to war crimes committed against civilians?

@nuwu does that mean you see nothing can be done?

displacing people is different from cutting water, you're still focusing on details and missing the bigger picture. Aswan dam lake will only suffice for around 1 year, after that it will run out of the reserve and millions will face legitimate life/death situation if the drought years came. do you actually believe that if the leaders in Egypt were able to recycle water or desalinate some they would give this out to the normal people? they will hoard all the water sources for the very rich, leaving the rest with no solutions.. the global community is controlled by money interests in favor of human rights, look at Syria, their dictator killed hundred of thousands and caused millions of refugees and just because Russia has some interests in having him in power, their dictator is still ruling the country after all those years.. In Ethiopia's case, the global community is in favor of the dam because lots of countries including China, Israel invested billions and the US needs Abiy to win the elections, for some reason he managed to use the dam as a propaganda machine among his people that it would bring them out of poverty, but you need to think twice at this claim, and remember countries become rich when corruption comes to end not because of hydroelectric dam,, just look at Egypt, they also used to make the same propaganda when they built the dam years ago, claiming it would bring Egypt out of poverty, and now Egypt situation is worse than when it was occupied 100 years ago! just to bring this end, you will continue supporting the dam which is something i understand, but I hope you consider the major consequences this will have in the next years.

the dam will cause problems to both Egypt and Sudan but again the leaders of those 2 countries are just puppets they can't say it blatantly because they don't want their people to see the danger. it's simple as that: building several dams over the nile without a doubt will sharply limit the water supply over the next years till the end of times.... this just sounds like trying to give reasons for ethiopia to not feel guilty for causing the incoming devastation.. you need to look at the bigger picture you're still focused on tiny details... and yeah Egypt is trying to do something but that doesn't mean that's actually going to cover the huge water loss.. not even 20%... that means in best case scenario at least 50% of agricultural lands will dry out and the people living around it will have no source of water or income. and that's millions of people, we are not just talking about few families.. don't forget that if desalination was effective in agriculture, the richest countries like gulf area would have turned into green lands, but they are still deserts simply because it's not efficient.

Also the land that Ethiopia build the dam is, is actually a location of dispute, Sudan says it belongs to a Sudanese tribe living there, so they really opened a can of worms

my point is that there are efficient solutions on the table for Ethiopia if they really need electricity, but they chose the easy way out disregarding other's lives... to sudan and egypt it's a matter of life and death to Ethiopia it's a matter of convenience.. that's why this is greedy and selfish and actually stupid because they opened the door to a never-ending conflict

By building Aswan dam, Egypt didn't block the water flow to any other people or country. the main purpose in building that dam was to control the flood damage, the generation of electricity was just an added benefit not the purpose. Yes countries like Sweden, Germany, Scotland, Denmark, Uruguay, Kenya all depend on renewables check this link: https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/11-countries-leading-the-charge-on-renewable-energy/ Actually dams are never a "safe" bet, any dams are at risk of damage and destruction, imagine what would happen to millions of people if for any natural reason this dam collapsed ? Is creating that risk really worth the electricity that could be generated through other ways? also Ethiopia has several rivers, couldn't they make another dam that wouldn't directly cut water? why did they choose to build it as far as possible right behind the borders? I tried to look up the source that Egypt offered to pay but couldn't find anything in English, (maybe it wasn't accurate) buti did find a link that shows that Egypt did offer other projects so Ethiopia doesn't fill the dam quickly without arrangement and even till this moment Ethiopia is going it's own way disregarding other countries concerns. https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2020/07/egypt-electricity-grid-project-ethiopia-sudan-nile-dam.html

There are other ways to generate electricity such as maybe solar/wind energy? Also Egypt offered to pay for electricity generation and Ethiopia refused. which makes Ethiopia's intention clear. one needs to think of of the pros and cons of something before taking a step into it and the cons of this dam is the devastation for the entire ecosystem in Sudan and Egypt around the Nile, the starvation of millions of people, the rise of new epidemic and not to mention turning your neighbors into enemies.

The solution is simply to stop building dams over rivers and generate electricity through other means that doesn't involve destruction

It's unlikely mainly because dictators of Egypt and Sudan are mere puppets and they don't actually make moves to protect the interests for their people unless the big powers approves, which didn't happen because China for ex won't let something like the destruction of the Gerd take place since all the investments they make.. The Gerd purpose is nothing more than to seize political power over the region not so much to make Energy... another situation where money and greed are taking lead into destroying nature and the lives of poor people.

I have recently started meditating and been acquainted with idea that meditation might cause DNOS, I think it would be great to have a video to talk in detail about this and how to get through this. Thank you!

In your video about the role of balance @30:00 you mentioned how you managed to get over nihilism while contemplating death in your youth .. I am really interested in knowing exactly how you managed to get over this