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For 90% of the game, Haaland just lurks around. He hardly even pays attention to the ball. But then - out of a sudden - at the exact right moment, he awakens, scores a historic goal, and immediately goes back to lurking around. He cannot be replicated.

For 90% of the game, Haaland just lurks around. He hardly even pays attention to the ball. But then - out of a sudden - at the exact right moment, he awakens, scores a historic goal, and immediately goes back to lurking around. He cannot be replicated.

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This video of Israel soldiers casually throwing what appears to be a Palestinian youth off from the roof of a building has shocked the world. Look how comfortable they walk away after throwing the youth to his death. As if they have done it 100s of times before.

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This video of Israel soldiers casually throwing what appears to be a Palestinian youth off from the roof of a building has shocked the world. Look how comfortable they walk away after throwing the youth to his death. As if they have done it 100s of times before.

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John Oliver: "Gaza is starving is objectively true. But it is also slightly misleading because it is too passive. Gaza is being starved - by Israel." The "Community of Nations" means nothing if you can forcibly starve a people and remain a full member.

John Oliver: "Gaza is starving is objectively true. But it is also slightly misleading because it is too passive. Gaza is being starved - by Israel." The "Community of Nations" means nothing if you can forcibly starve a people and remain a full member.

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This is Ferdowsi Sq central Tehran. People on the ground say the bombing campaign is beyond anything they have seen and seemingly indiscriminate. Increasingly, Israel and the US appear to be following the Gaza playbook, having failed to achieve a quick regime implosion.

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This is Ferdowsi Sq central Tehran. People on the ground say the bombing campaign is beyond anything they have seen and seemingly indiscriminate. Increasingly, Israel and the US appear to be following the Gaza playbook, having failed to achieve a quick regime implosion.

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The mother of all Freudian slips: “Israel has also spread chaos, terror, and suffering throughout the region” — US Ambassador at the UN Security Council meeting on Iran. Sometimes, the truth slips through...

The mother of all Freudian slips: “Israel has also spread chaos, terror, and suffering throughout the region” — US Ambassador at the UN Security Council meeting on Iran. Sometimes, the truth slips through...

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Wow! Make no mistake: JD Vance is on a campaign to put Israel in its place. Here, he crucially reduces Israel's standing as a partner to the same level as the UK and France. That is, it is NOT a special relationship.

Wow! Make no mistake: JD Vance is on a campaign to put Israel in its place. Here, he crucially reduces Israel's standing as a partner to the same level as the UK and France. That is, it is NOT a special relationship.

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How can one call this a war on Hamas? This level of destruction in Beit Hanoun only serves to make Gaza uninhabitable. To leave 2.3 million Palestinians with nothing to return to - so that they won't return. Biden attended Israel's war cabinet and approved the war plan.

How can one call this a war on Hamas? This level of destruction in Beit Hanoun only serves to make Gaza uninhabitable. To leave 2.3 million Palestinians with nothing to return to - so that they won't return. Biden attended Israel's war cabinet and approved the war plan.

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The Swedes have a hard time sticking to the script it seems. Here's the Prime Minister, Ulf Kristersson saying that “Sweden and the EU stand united in that Israel has the right to genocid- [No, I mean] self-defense…” Listen to the reaction from the crowd...

The Swedes have a hard time sticking to the script it seems. Here's the Prime Minister, Ulf Kristersson saying that “Sweden and the EU stand united in that Israel has the right to genocid- [No, I mean] self-defense…” Listen to the reaction from the crowd...

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This young boy in Northwest DC, probably no more than 10 years old, has more courage and more spine than Ed Sheeran.

This young boy in Northwest DC, probably no more than 10 years old, has more courage and more spine than Ed Sheeran.

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The soul-piercing screams of a mother as her daughter burns to death after Israel bombed her in Gaza. This has gone on for more than 300 days. America provides the bombs, Israel conducts the slaughter. But hey, privately, Biden is getting really tough with Netanyahu...

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The soul-piercing screams of a mother as her daughter burns to death after Israel bombed her in Gaza. This has gone on for more than 300 days. America provides the bombs, Israel conducts the slaughter. But hey, privately, Biden is getting really tough with Netanyahu...

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Richard Gere: "70% of the people who have died in Gaza are innocent women and children..."

Richard Gere: "70% of the people who have died in Gaza are innocent women and children..."

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A point of utter embarrassment and shame for many Iranians is the manner in which elements of the diaspora danced on the streets in Western capitals as bombs rained on Tehran. It is also a source for a lot of anger among Iranians in Iran who oppose the theocracy but nevertheless did not favor war and who are stunned to see some in the Diaspora being so indifferent to the suffering caused by the war. But there is another aspect that deserves closer scrutiny. These, almost exclusively pro-Shah elements of the Diaspora, did not dance to celebrate the downfall of the regime. They didn't dance because they had won. They simply danced because the war had started, nothing more. As if their goal was neither freedom nor democracy, but simply revenge and the pleasure they took from seeing Iran bombed. Had they danced after the theocracy had fallen (which it hasn't), it would be a bit different. It would be a moment where they could argue that the price was very high, but because the regime is defeated, it was worth it, and, as a result, a cause for celebration. But they didn't wait for the regime to fall. They danced right away. Signalling that the cost was worth it, EVEN IF the regime didn't fall. Because it was always about selfish revenge, not freedom.

A point of utter embarrassment and shame for many Iranians is the manner in which elements of the diaspora danced on the streets in Western capitals as bombs rained on Tehran. It is also a source for a lot of anger among Iranians in Iran who oppose the theocracy but nevertheless did not favor war and who are stunned to see some in the Diaspora being so indifferent to the suffering caused by the war. But there is another aspect that deserves closer scrutiny. These, almost exclusively pro-Shah elements of the Diaspora, did not dance to celebrate the downfall of the regime. They didn't dance because they had won. They simply danced because the war had started, nothing more. As if their goal was neither freedom nor democracy, but simply revenge and the pleasure they took from seeing Iran bombed. Had they danced after the theocracy had fallen (which it hasn't), it would be a bit different. It would be a moment where they could argue that the price was very high, but because the regime is defeated, it was worth it, and, as a result, a cause for celebration. But they didn't wait for the regime to fall. They danced right away. Signalling that the cost was worth it, EVEN IF the regime didn't fall. Because it was always about selfish revenge, not freedom.

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Brooke Goldstein: "There is no such thing as a Palestinian person." The odd position of demanding recognition of Israel's right to exist while not only denying the right of Palestine to exist, but the very existence of the Palestinian people! #Gaza

Brooke Goldstein: "There is no such thing as a Palestinian person." The odd position of demanding recognition of Israel's right to exist while not only denying the right of Palestine to exist, but the very existence of the Palestinian people! #Gaza

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Don't believe for a second that Biden's greenlighting of Israel's slaughter in Gaza only hurts America's standing in the Middle East. This is Mexico City. I cannot recall the last time there was a protest of this size in Mexico against Israel's war.

Don't believe for a second that Biden's greenlighting of Israel's slaughter in Gaza only hurts America's standing in the Middle East. This is Mexico City. I cannot recall the last time there was a protest of this size in Mexico against Israel's war.

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The Iranian people are stuck between an utterly repressive and authoritarian regime in Tehran and the hijacking of a legitimate pro-democracy movement by an utterly repressive and authoritarian monarchist movement abroad. At this protest, the speaker says: "If they speak of Democracy, we only say: Long live the Shah. If they speak of unity, we only say: Long live the Shah." The aim is not democracy, it is not unity, but a new authoritarian dictatorship under a new Shah.

The Iranian people are stuck between an utterly repressive and authoritarian regime in Tehran and the hijacking of a legitimate pro-democracy movement by an utterly repressive and authoritarian monarchist movement abroad. At this protest, the speaker says: "If they speak of Democracy, we only say: Long live the Shah. If they speak of unity, we only say: Long live the Shah." The aim is not democracy, it is not unity, but a new authoritarian dictatorship under a new Shah.

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What does it say about you if you look at this infant and see a threat that must be eliminated? And what does it say about the values of the countries that defend and enable these murders? This is the 7-month-old Palestinian baby shot & killed by an Israeli soldier yesterday.

What does it say about you if you look at this infant and see a threat that must be eliminated? And what does it say about the values of the countries that defend and enable these murders? This is the 7-month-old Palestinian baby shot & killed by an Israeli soldier yesterday.

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Video of masked Israeli settlers striking European diplomats and elected officials near Taybeh, a Christian village in Palestine. The 78-year-old French mayor Bernard Baudoux was thrown to the ground and beaten with iron bars. Make no mistake: If the Israeli government wanted to put an end to this, they could within minutes. They don't. Just like Biden pretended that he wanted a ceasefire, but in reality worked tirelessly to enable Israel's genocide. They are playing the same trick on us again.

Video of masked Israeli settlers striking European diplomats and elected officials near Taybeh, a Christian village in Palestine. The 78-year-old French mayor Bernard Baudoux was thrown to the ground and beaten with iron bars. Make no mistake: If the Israeli government wanted to put an end to this, they could within minutes. They don't. Just like Biden pretended that he wanted a ceasefire, but in reality worked tirelessly to enable Israel's genocide. They are playing the same trick on us again.

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Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz says Israel is ready to strike Iran with "full force" and that targeting Iranian energy infrastructure is critical to "setting Iran back 40 years, to the age of darkness and to the Stone Age." Note: He's not even pretending anymore that Israel's aim is to liberate the country and get rid of the theocracy; rather, he is revealing Israel's goal all along that I documented in my 2007 book Treacherous Alliance: To set back Iran as a state several decades in order to establish a far more favorable regional balance for Israel. Which is why it is so embarrassing to see Monarchist Iranians waving the Israeli flag and revealing their criminal level of naivete by continuing to believe in a mythology of "Israeli liberation" that Israelis themselves have openly abandoned. Of course, I am not saying that Reza Pahlavi and his cohorts themselves were this naive. They knew all along the Israeli plan and did not care because revenge is clearly more important to him than Iran's welfare, freedom, and prosperity. That is why the US should never invest in exiled politicians whose priority is revenge, because it drags the US into unnecessary conflicts it is far better off staying out of.

Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz says Israel is ready to strike Iran with "full force" and that targeting Iranian energy infrastructure is critical to "setting Iran back 40 years, to the age of darkness and to the Stone Age." Note: He's not even pretending anymore that Israel's aim is to liberate the country and get rid of the theocracy; rather, he is revealing Israel's goal all along that I documented in my 2007 book Treacherous Alliance: To set back Iran as a state several decades in order to establish a far more favorable regional balance for Israel. Which is why it is so embarrassing to see Monarchist Iranians waving the Israeli flag and revealing their criminal level of naivete by continuing to believe in a mythology of "Israeli liberation" that Israelis themselves have openly abandoned. Of course, I am not saying that Reza Pahlavi and his cohorts themselves were this naive. They knew all along the Israeli plan and did not care because revenge is clearly more important to him than Iran's welfare, freedom, and prosperity. That is why the US should never invest in exiled politicians whose priority is revenge, because it drags the US into unnecessary conflicts it is far better off staying out of.

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LOL! Best Hitler-bunker-scene rendition so far! “You didn’t tell me these were the same Persians that defeated the Romans.” "Have Bari Weiss write why high oil prices are actually a good thing..."

LOL! Best Hitler-bunker-scene rendition so far! “You didn’t tell me these were the same Persians that defeated the Romans.” "Have Bari Weiss write why high oil prices are actually a good thing..."

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So Israeli settlers attack a Palestinian village, throw gasoline through a window onto a baby, nearly burning the young child alive, and beat a pregnant woman with stones. Zero Western media coverage. The complicity runs so deep...

So Israeli settlers attack a Palestinian village, throw gasoline through a window onto a baby, nearly burning the young child alive, and beat a pregnant woman with stones. Zero Western media coverage. The complicity runs so deep...

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This was Copenhagen yesterday. The European establishment's abysmal failure on Israel/Gasa is not shared by the European public. The gap between the two is untenable. The public will eventually prevail, but Europe's moral collapse will take years to repair.

This was Copenhagen yesterday. The European establishment's abysmal failure on Israel/Gasa is not shared by the European public. The gap between the two is untenable. The public will eventually prevail, but Europe's moral collapse will take years to repair.

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The real story is not that the Turkish FM or the Iranian rep walked out when Israel's Herzog spoke at the CICA Summit in Azerbaijan. The real story is that Kuwait also walked out, since Israel keeps floating rumors that Kuwait is on the cusp of joining the Abraham Accords...

The real story is not that the Turkish FM or the Iranian rep walked out when Israel's Herzog spoke at the CICA Summit in Azerbaijan. The real story is that Kuwait also walked out, since Israel keeps floating rumors that Kuwait is on the cusp of joining the Abraham Accords...

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My God Green Beret Anthony Agular recounts how a 5-year-old Palestinian kissed his hands to thank him for the food Agular gave him Seconds later, Israeli soldiers shot and killed the starving child ISIS prisoners were treated with more dignity than these children, Agular says

My God Green Beret Anthony Agular recounts how a 5-year-old Palestinian kissed his hands to thank him for the food Agular gave him Seconds later, Israeli soldiers shot and killed the starving child ISIS prisoners were treated with more dignity than these children, Agular says

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Monica Johnson, a Portland nurse, returns from Gaza with horrific tales to share.

Monica Johnson, a Portland nurse, returns from Gaza with horrific tales to share.

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This is the saddest video you will watch today. Russian pranksters trick Reza Pahlavi into believing they are representatives of German Chancellor Merz. Despite obvious flags - the unmistakable Russian accent, the representative's Hitler mustache, who also introduces himself as Adolf (!) - the man who wants Trump to install him as Shah in Iran, cluelessly falls for it. But it gets worse: The "German" representative announces that Germany will start bombing Iran together with Israel and the US (this was days before the war started), and an elated Pahlavi welcomes it and says that it is important that the US and Israel are not isolated in conducting this "crusade." Yes, Pahlavi approvingly calls the Israeli-US war on Iran a crusade... (Incidentally, Pahlavi's handler is Justin Forsyth, a former British government official who later resigned from his post at UNICEF after admitting to inappropriate behavior with female staff...)

This is the saddest video you will watch today. Russian pranksters trick Reza Pahlavi into believing they are representatives of German Chancellor Merz. Despite obvious flags - the unmistakable Russian accent, the representative's Hitler mustache, who also introduces himself as Adolf (!) - the man who wants Trump to install him as Shah in Iran, cluelessly falls for it. But it gets worse: The "German" representative announces that Germany will start bombing Iran together with Israel and the US (this was days before the war started), and an elated Pahlavi welcomes it and says that it is important that the US and Israel are not isolated in conducting this "crusade." Yes, Pahlavi approvingly calls the Israeli-US war on Iran a crusade... (Incidentally, Pahlavi's handler is Justin Forsyth, a former British government official who later resigned from his post at UNICEF after admitting to inappropriate behavior with female staff...)

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Emory's Caroline Fohlin is knocked down by the police while shouting: “I’m a professor!!” Hear the disbelief in her voice. She never expected to be treated like this by her own university for protesting Israel's slaughter. But remember, democracy is on the ballot in Nov...

Emory's Caroline Fohlin is knocked down by the police while shouting: “I’m a professor!!” Hear the disbelief in her voice. She never expected to be treated like this by her own university for protesting Israel's slaughter. But remember, democracy is on the ballot in Nov...

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Beyond disgraceful! The Iranian national soccer team, which will play New Zealand tomorrow in LA, arrived at their hotel only to see a handful of Iranian Monarchists protesting their presence and accusing them of being terrorists. (!??!) It should be noted: Iranian Monarchists used to cheer the National soccer team - just see all the videos of the former crown prince cheering them - but that all appears to have changed after the Monarchists joined forces with Israel.

Beyond disgraceful! The Iranian national soccer team, which will play New Zealand tomorrow in LA, arrived at their hotel only to see a handful of Iranian Monarchists protesting their presence and accusing them of being terrorists. (!??!) It should be noted: Iranian Monarchists used to cheer the National soccer team - just see all the videos of the former crown prince cheering them - but that all appears to have changed after the Monarchists joined forces with Israel.

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LOL! This woman is a genius! In the parody of democracy that Germany has become, you get arrested if you say "From the River to the Sea." So this pro-Palestine protester asks if it is ok to say "From the River to the Beach" 😂😂😂😂 This is a scene straight out of Kafka...

LOL! This woman is a genius! In the parody of democracy that Germany has become, you get arrested if you say "From the River to the Sea." So this pro-Palestine protester asks if it is ok to say "From the River to the Beach" 😂😂😂😂 This is a scene straight out of Kafka...

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They changed the META and TikTok algorithms so that Americans wouldn't get to see what Israelis actually do or say: - "What do I care? Kill them. I don't care.” - “The Bible says, this place is for us, it's promised for us, so they can starve to death” - “I think we need to be united and kill them all.”

They changed the META and TikTok algorithms so that Americans wouldn't get to see what Israelis actually do or say: - "What do I care? Kill them. I don't care.” - “The Bible says, this place is for us, it's promised for us, so they can starve to death” - “I think we need to be united and kill them all.”

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First, Reza Pahlavi pushed for sanctions that put Iranians in despair. Then he demanded an uprising in which he put thousands at risk while sitting safely in a Washington suburb. When that failed, he promoted the narrative that only US-Israeli bombardment could bring down the theocracy. And now that has failed miserably; he promotes civil war in Iran by calling for the arming of various groups. There are two common themes in all of his advocacy: First, everything he calls for serves the interest of Israel - sanctions, war, and civil war. Second, all of his demands put all of the risk on Iranians in Iran and none of the risk on him. Whatever happens, regardless of how many people in Iran get killed, die from medicine shortages, or get crushed by the sanctions, Reza Pahlavi will remain safe and well funded.

First, Reza Pahlavi pushed for sanctions that put Iranians in despair. Then he demanded an uprising in which he put thousands at risk while sitting safely in a Washington suburb. When that failed, he promoted the narrative that only US-Israeli bombardment could bring down the theocracy. And now that has failed miserably; he promotes civil war in Iran by calling for the arming of various groups. There are two common themes in all of his advocacy: First, everything he calls for serves the interest of Israel - sanctions, war, and civil war. Second, all of his demands put all of the risk on Iranians in Iran and none of the risk on him. Whatever happens, regardless of how many people in Iran get killed, die from medicine shortages, or get crushed by the sanctions, Reza Pahlavi will remain safe and well funded.

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Growing up in Scandinavia, in every setting, there was ALWAYS one guy who was willing to die on the hill of the most meaningless principle :) Emil is the Norwegian fan who refuses to "row" because the "Vikings sailed across the Atlantic; they didn't row..." :)

Growing up in Scandinavia, in every setting, there was ALWAYS one guy who was willing to die on the hill of the most meaningless principle :) Emil is the Norwegian fan who refuses to "row" because the "Vikings sailed across the Atlantic; they didn't row..." :)

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In Paris, Iranian monarchists waving Iranian & Israeli flags celebrated Trump & Israel's war. A woman -unclear whether she is French or Iranian- is deeply angered, presumably by the immorality of supporting bombs on their own people while they celebrate in the safety of Paris.

In Paris, Iranian monarchists waving Iranian & Israeli flags celebrated Trump & Israel's war. A woman -unclear whether she is French or Iranian- is deeply angered, presumably by the immorality of supporting bombs on their own people while they celebrate in the safety of Paris.

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As Arundhati Roy said, what is under the rubble in Gaza is not only the bodies of countless Palestinians killed by Israel, but also the carcass of Western Liberal Democracy...

As Arundhati Roy said, what is under the rubble in Gaza is not only the bodies of countless Palestinians killed by Israel, but also the carcass of Western Liberal Democracy...

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WARNING! I frankly do not know what kind of evil and inhumanity this video depicts, but it shakes you to the core. It appears a dead Palestinian man, probably murdered, is lying on the street, and a group of Israelis essentially torture his body while laughing. They slowly run him over with their, going back and forth over his body. No words.

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WARNING! I frankly do not know what kind of evil and inhumanity this video depicts, but it shakes you to the core. It appears a dead Palestinian man, probably murdered, is lying on the street, and a group of Israelis essentially torture his body while laughing. They slowly run him over with their, going back and forth over his body. No words.

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The Omanis are famously cautious. The Omani FM going on CBS to reveal what has actually been achieved in the negotiations is quite unprecedented. And what has been achieved is significant - Trump can indeed declare victory. Listen to this segment - it goes way beyond what Obama achieved. But everything indicates that Trump won't take yes for an answer. That he will start a war of choice very soon. Which is probably why the Omani FM decided to go public. So that the American people knew that peace was within reach when Trump instead opted for war.

The Omanis are famously cautious. The Omani FM going on CBS to reveal what has actually been achieved in the negotiations is quite unprecedented. And what has been achieved is significant - Trump can indeed declare victory. Listen to this segment - it goes way beyond what Obama achieved. But everything indicates that Trump won't take yes for an answer. That he will start a war of choice very soon. Which is probably why the Omani FM decided to go public. So that the American people knew that peace was within reach when Trump instead opted for war.

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OMG! Jewish-American doctor recounts how Israeli soldiers took two Palestinian children, tied their hands behind their backs, and buried them alive. "Their cries being muffled by the dirt as it was poured upon them while they were being buried alive." These were children!

OMG! Jewish-American doctor recounts how Israeli soldiers took two Palestinian children, tied their hands behind their backs, and buried them alive. "Their cries being muffled by the dirt as it was poured upon them while they were being buried alive." These were children!

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