The World Food Programme (WFP) has announced a pause in the movement of its employees in the Gaza Strip “until further notice” after one of its vehicles was hit by gunfire just metres from an Israeli-controlled checkpoint.
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric blamed Israel for the attack, telling reporters in New York that the “clearly marked” humanitarian vehicle was “struck 10 times” by Israeli gunfire, including with bullets targeting front windows.
Five of the bullets were on the driver’s side and some on the windscreen.
Dujarric said the convoy’s movements had been coordinated with the Israeli military and it had clearance to approach.
Israel attacking innocents and commiting warcrimes?
Must be a day that ends in Y.
Now they know why the Israeli military coordinated with them to plan the path. So they could set up the ambush.
Ah, I see. I think maybe capitalising “Forces” would help. I didn’t understand it as a noun for ages.
What happens when you systematically deprive millions of people of food again? Either Israel doesn’t know the answer to this question or it’s a blatant GENOCIDAL ACT. There is literally no other option.
Gaza, mostly thanks to Israel, remains the most dangerous conflict for aid workers now and perhaps in history.
Don’t forget when IDF killed 3 Israeli hostages escaping Hamas who were shirtless, unarmed, and waving a white flag.
At every turn, Israel and Bibi need to be associated with Russia and Putin — for that’s exactly how they behave.
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My god this bot is problematic… Really makes me lose all respect for the
.worldecosystem of mods and admins that they’ve heard the feedback and refused to do anything without even considering the possibility of just not having this bot at all. All feedback is replied to with basically “you must implement a bot for us in order for us to take you seriously”They claim they’re not authoritarian by forcing this, after so many have complained.
Yes it is very disappointing. I believe the bot is actively harmful and have raised concerns through the proper channels only to be told they are not open to removing the bot at all. No reason given as to why the option should be off the table. Just have to hope that people see the downvotes and hesitate to take the ratings at face value.
Rule3: Sources that have a Low or Very Low factual reporting rating or MBFC Credibility Rating may be removed.
Translation: Sources that don’t follow the approved narrative may be removed, only our propaganda is true.
They remove some sources that are rated mixed by MBFC, like Mondoweiss, without explanation
It’s okay though cause government USA government propaganda news are fine because they are ranked high enough…
NY Times is rated as highly factual by MBFC, surely they would never propagate unsubstantiated Israeli propaganda
The !news team has recently changed course and opted out of the bot. AFAIK it will still operate in !world and !politics, but I want to share the news and thank everyone who has given feedback, downvoted, and protested the bot. This isn’t over, but I feel we’ve reached an inflection point.
Yeah its hard to argue for it after thinking for 5 seconds. If there was such a thing as an objective fact check, then we would be enjoying world peace. But there isnt, so stop running a bot that pretends to be. Weird centralized authority fascism bullshit.
Oh they just waiting until it’s not just mbfc, so ignored everything about it’s issues. At least a start
I lost respect when they decided to defederate from the largest piracy community on the fediverse. I knew right then and there when push comes to shove, .world falls in line under the powers that be. Would have stayed on reddit if that’s what I wanted.
For sure. That one I can at least… Understand or appreciate that it is related to how hard it is to host potentially illegal content in the jurisdiction the instance is hosted in. But the way the MB/FC situation has been handled is… Embarrassing. Like there’s no way to defend it other than “you yourselves are biased and you want to dictate the kind of bias that is acceptable”
It speaks to a lack of media literacy by the moderation administration of the instance
A bot that just spams the media ratings of some random dude is so incredibly a techbro non-solution to the actual problem of people posting questionable sources. Not only does it not stop people from posting questionable sources to begin with, it creates a bunch of off topic chatter about the rating itself. So now instead of just removing poor sources, poor sources get a comment that probably 90% of people voting aren’t going to see. This is somehow progress, despite changing nothing.
not to mention MBFC is itself biased.
everybody is. Every human. everything humans create, all has a bias. Worse… that might not even matter because their process has got to basically be “we do a spot check of articles to make sure they’re factually accurate and then we fit them where we thing they fall on the US political spectrum”
The reality is there’s no way to know how thorough they actually are, and for most publications- even “small” publications- it’s a bit of a joke to think five to ten articles is enough to determine reliability. other similar groups like Allsides and Ad Fontes have hundreds of employees/contractors reviewing outlets and their analysis is still remarkably circumspect.
MBFC has nine employees, including the founder. Nine.
the “clearly marked” humanitarian vehicle
They’re white. Except for the massive black markings. I don’t think it can get much more obvious without bringing beacons and a sky writing display in.
UN prepares the extra angry pen for this letter
The Israeli forces made sure to avoid hitting marked UN panels. WFP forgot to draw text on their windows.
UN? I clearly read “HAMAS” on the sides of that car
I have no idea how they could possiblytry to pass this off as even remotely acceptable, but I’m also quite sure they’ll try.
Fucking war criminals.
As are those who support them.
Let’s never forget the enablers of the Zionist Genocide.
You probably pay taxes in a state funding Israel. Go to Palestine and fight for what you believe in. Don’t let your dreams be dreams.
Alternativelly (and achievable rather than an Appeal To Absurd Falacy), campaign against assholes who support ethno-Fascists.
Even Americans in their barelly-so Democracy can do this at a local level against “Friends of Israel” and APAIC-supported Congressmen.
Worry not: Biden will quickly pass an executive order for an emergency shipment from the US to Israel of bullets to replace the ones those brave IDF soldiers spent defending themselves from that evil UN Humanitarian vehicle.
Wouldn’t want them to be low on bullets if, God forbid, they’re faced with an even more dangerous assailant such as, for example, a Palestinian 5 year old child.
And don’t forget! You HAVE to vote for his party! Otherwise MY comfort might be at stake! I don’t want to hear about Palestinian children when gas costs $4.00! 😡🇺🇸🦅🫡💣
The problem is that the other party doesn’t seem to be against it
The choice is, would you rather eat shit, or eat shit marinated in vomit?
I see it more as, “we have to vote out Hitler! We’re keeping the concentration camps, but Hitler HAS TO GO!”
I also love Kamala’s “🥺we need to save abortion🥺”, when the democrat president she is vice to is doing nothing. If Biden can’t do anything, how can you?
And if Biden can do anything, he’s withholding that action for votes? Women are fucking dying and they’re using their lives as bargaining chips. Disgusting.
The hypocrisy of the Democratic party is blatant when they run on equality and inclusion yet refuse to hear a Palestinian-american voice at the DNC, something even the speaker who’s family was an Israeli hostage advocated for.
The DNC donors might not want any progressive policies, but the Democratic voters sure do. It’s overdue for Harris to start standing by and following through with popular progressive policies. She had a great start with picking Walz, but ran back to the center with the Convention. Going left on Gaza and making Israel a bipartisan issue with conditional aid is popular and would give her massive support. The DNC needs to stop running away from their base and capitulating to Republican positions
I like you.
We all get it. It’s a shit sandwich. But doing nothing isn’t a noble choice either.
Israel continues to amaze me about how awful they can be.
The only news media I saw today to name Israel as the perpetrators of the shooting.
Hmm wonder why that is.
Rest are too afraid to
Afraid to run an unverified story, sure they are.
Also, not under duress by their monarchy either. That’s why Al Jazeera runs it.
Because Israeli isn’t letting journalists in. Or kills the ones that are there
*again.
Israeli forces fire on UN food agency’s team in Gaza again.
Same thing I was gonna add…
It made me happy for a second to think we all agree and then kinda depressed that we all agree that Israel keeps attacking the volunteers just trying to help victims of their war.Is anyone even surprised anymore?
Israeli Nazis don’t suprise me any longer.
Terrorists, war crime-rs, and genociders are what makes up the Israeli military.
It’s just unfortunate that military service is compulsatory for most Israelis.
It was not compulsory for Ben Gvir, who was excused from compulsory service because the IDF at the tine thought he was too extreme. He has since been convicted of terrorism, and currently serves as Israel’s minister of defense.
war crime-rs
I think the term is “criminals”.
Yeah, but the right word just doesn’t have the same ring as my made up word.
Fuck me it’s early. Read forces as a verb, not a noun.
Pretty fucked that Palestinians have to suffer because NGOs feel (and are) unsafe.
I did the same. Anything can be a garden path sentence if your tired enough.
The old man the boat.
Guys you just don’t understand… How is Israel supposed to fight Hamas when they’re hiding in cans of vegetables!? It’s not Israels fault that Hamas uses sandwiches to hide their operations in!
Israel is a rogue state at this point, but everyone in power keeps pretending they’re not because wE nEeD sTaBiLiTy In ThE rEgIoN or some such utter fucking nonsense.
Well, that and they’re probably? a nuclear power. It’s fucking ridiculous what they can get away with.
Aka “we want Israeli money”
