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Beastly Boy

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16. That didn't age well, did it?

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Wed May 21, 2025, 04:19 PM

May 21

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/debunked-un-officials-claim-14000-gazan-babies-could-die-in-48-hours-was-untrue/

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UN says 14,000 babies could die in Gaza in next 48 hours under Israeli aid blockade [View all] groundloop May 20 OP

War Crimes Chasstev365 May 20 #1

And soon "Trail of Tears 2" LiberalArkie May 20 #6

Been debunked and posted on DU. AZLD4Candidate May 21 #32

I am sorry, I was referring to the desire to walk the Palestinians to Libya. LiberalArkie May 22 #36

My mother is native American (full blooded Haudenosaunee) and this is as insulting to me as calling Israelis nazis. AZLD4Candidate May 22 #38

Ethic cleansing?? bdamomma May 20 #2

A retracted lie? Beastly Boy May 21 #17

Thanks bdamomma May 21 #24

And today the BBC buried the lede regarding the retraction. lapucelle May 21 #30

What else would you call this but an Israeli genocide? OrlandoDem2 May 20 #3

Final Solution 2.0. Dave Bowman May 20 #5

But a new spelling. AloeVera May 20 #15

How'bout a retracted fairy tale? Beastly Boy May 21 #18

Good, but Israel is still using hunger as a weapon of war. OrlandoDem2 May 21 #22

Who is using hunger as a weapon of war is debatable. Beastly Boy May 21 #23

Except that this story has been debunked. n/t totodeinhere May 21 #33

Not really. There were 3,700 kids in March acutely malnourished. AloeVera May 22 #37

Also UN: We have received permission from Israel to allow 100 aid trucks into the Gaza Strip Beastly Boy May 20 #4

I hope that they realize that food is not an instant cure for a starving person. Only hospitals can help. LiberalArkie May 20 #7

With relatively few exceptions that require medical intervebntion, Beastly Boy May 20 #9

The time for the UK and the French moniss May 20 #8

Or just read the lates retraction from UN an BBC Beastly Boy May 21 #19

Nothing in the U.S. MSM. AloeVera May 20 #10

I think you will appreciate this fact in a few minutes Beastly Boy May 21 #20

No more words... AloeVera May 21 #25

I think you are brave enough to handle just a few: Beastly Boy May 21 #28

but, but what about the words of gaza health officials (the elected hamas government) they never lie AZLD4Candidate May 21 #31

Please BigMin28 May 21 #34

What does your question have to do with the UN lies? Beastly Boy May 21 #35

Pro Life? Coolgoober May 20 #11

It's a feature, not a bug. ECL213 May 20 #12

What? BBC and UN stepping in the manure of their own making? Beastly Boy May 21 #21

Good thing we got rid of "Genocide Joe" and Kamala. Wednesdays May 20 #13

"Know Their Names" AloeVera May 20 #14

That didn't age well, did it? Beastly Boy May 21 #16

No more words for anyone still defending THIS: AloeVera May 21 #26

Apparently, the BBC chairman is not impressed. Beastly Boy May 21 #27

The Irish Great Famine killed one and a half million people. Irish_Dem May 21 #29