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Scrivener7

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12. Of all the things the Israeli government and military are doing, this is not the one that most concerns me.

Reply to Polybius (Original post)

Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:31 AM

10 hrs ago

How about the actual people who are being killed? Yet this seems to be getting all the press.

I'm glad to see it making its way into the mainstream media, but I find it odd that this seems to have gone viral while the actual atrocities are less so.

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