Firass Abiad says many of the 550 people killed in Monday’s attacks targeting Hezbollah were civilians.

Lebanon’s health minister has said what is happening in his country is “carnage”, as hospitals struggle to cope with the number of casualties from two days of widespread Israeli air strikes targeting the armed group Hezbollah.

Dr Firass Abiad told the BBC it was “clear” that many of the 550 people killed in Monday’s attacks were civilians, including children and women.

  • thesporkeffect@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Facts:

    1. Either Donald or Kamala is going to be elected, unless something really bad happens.
    2. Neither candidate is great or even good. But one of the candidates is WAY worse.
    3. In our FPTP system, not voting is exactly the same as voting for the candidate you want less.
    4. Accelerationism is bad. Vote for the least bad candidate and keep pressuring local and state representatives for RCV.
    • AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Not voting for is the best strategy. If everyone who was dissatisfied would stop voting, there would be more progress than continuing to choose the “lesser of two evils” (who happily enable and cheer for genocide, BTW)

      • FlowVoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        “The best strategy is to stay silent on Gaza. Because if everyone is silent on Gaza, then politicians would be forced to ask us: Hey, what are you thinking about Gaza?”

        Of course the Silent Treatment strategy won’t work. Refusing to vote is the same strategy.

        • AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.mlEnglish
          02·
          2 months ago

          OK well tell me about Michigan Arabs and how much power they are holding in this election.

          If not voting is so powerless then why are you all so upset about the idea of people not voting?

      • LarmyOfLone@lemm.eeEnglish
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        2 months ago

        This is just incorrect mathematically. I get the argument - in foreign policy both parties ARE fascists. But they are not equal. Especially internally they are not. But there is a huge difference in ideology between liberals and fascists, and one of them is much worse, and much harder for revolution or reform.

        I believe there are only two reasons for your position: 1. is you stick to principles absolutely, refusing to acknowledge the consequences of your actions - which is wrong and stupid. 2. You believe in accelerationism and believe Trump leading to collapse of the US empire faster is the better outcome.

        Neither has to do with ideology. I’d love someone to explain how an actual fascism is a better outcome than a neoliberalism or “capitalism-in-decline” fascism. This is simply about outcome and using the little power we have.

        Another consequence of this tactic of arguing for not-voting is that it creates a rift between mainstream and socialists or “tankies”. The actual fascists love that.