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Cake day: July 4th, 2023

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  • I think the terms get mixed up sometimes. Israel calls it the war of independence. The displacement was part of “Plan Dalet”. Nakba sometimes refers to the displacement and massacres specifically and sometimes to the whole war.

    Don’t get me wrong, war crimes were committed (if that was a thing back in '48 not sure). I just don’t like the characterization that Israel is a terrorist state that terrorizes all its neighbors. This was not one-sided at all.


  • That’s a wild telling of what happened in 1948.

    After the Brits left Mandatory Palestine it was basically an existential war for Israel. Israel declares independence and immediately gets invaded by Egypt, Iraq, Transjordan and Syria, supported by the Arab Liberation Army and corps of volunteers from Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Yemen.

    After the war Israel extended it’s borders. Some say for security, some say as territorial conquest for more Jews to settle.

    This is very much not as one-sided as you make it out to be.








  • Thousands of women are killed in dowry disputes each year, despite the practice being banned in 1961

    This makes it sound like the murder was legal until '61 but that’s when dowry was banned.

    The study also points to sex-selective abortion becoming more prevalent as a way of avoiding future debt, citing how India’s 2001 census revealed a skewed child sex ratio, with a national average of 927 girls for every 1,000 boys. In one part of Punjab, the number of girls declined to 754 for every 1,000 boys.

    Another society inflicting lasting damage on itself due to antiquated gender roles. Sad to see.