War Children

[H2O Man]

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2026/06/israel-continues-commit-genocide-and-other-atrocity-crimes-deliberately


"The Commission reiterates that the deliberate targeting of children is one of the key elements establishing genocidal intent of the Israeli authorities and security forces to destroy the Palestinian group, in whole or in part, in Gaza. ......

"Severe physical and mental injuries, mass trauma, orphanhood, separation, disability, repeated displacements, starvation, and the collapse of education and healthcare have erased childhood and will continue to affect children in Gaza throughout their lives.

"Palestinian children have been arrested and subjected to torture and other severe forms of mistreatment in Israeli prisons and detention facilities, with no information on their whereabouts. Israeli security forces have also used sexual violence against children as part of the collective shaming and oppression, entrenched within a prolonged, ethnic, gendered, and intergenerational pattern of Israeli occupation and hostilities."

Please consider if you want your tax dollars to continue to finance this as the mid-terms approach.

[H2O Man]

1. Gracious.

I thought this an important issue for discussion.

[kentuck]

2. Too real...

to discuss?

[H2O Man]

4. It appears to be.

It is part of what will determine the outcome of the mid-terms. Thus, I'm curious how this community reponds.

"A conspiracy of silence speaks louder than words." -- John Lenon, 1974

[hookaleft]

3. I emailed my Senator (Schiff) yesterday

and urged him no to vote for the NDAA that has 3.3 billion dollars for Israel.

OMG they are monsters

[H2O Man]

5. Very good!

I have to call my House representative, who has taken $172K from the pro-Israel lobby. I have been a volunteer for his campaigns both times he ran, and have traveled to meet with his staff. This is making it difficult to get support from young Democrasts (under 50) and independents this cycle.

[Saoirse9]

6. Seems like a no brainer to me

My niece has been talking about this for a few years now. It hurts because no one can handle seeing small children in pain. It just makes people insane. Makes me insane.

Trump is doing the same thing with immigrant children here. Ripping them away from their parents and not caring for them once they are in custody. Tiny children screaming so hard that they vomit. And no one to comfort them.

The whole idea of torturing children seems to be a right wing featured policy.

[H2O Man]

8. And yet,

we still have people making excuses for it. For keeping the Epstein Pedo Files secret, for saying we must support Israel's "self-defense," as if raping children is self-defense. It isn't just republicans, however. There are too many Democrats taking money from the Israeli lobby.

[malaise]

7. Thank you my friend

K & R

Very important

[H2O Man]

9. Thank you.

This needs to stop. And any elected representative supporting this Israeli "self-defense" needs to be voted out of office.