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Thursday, October 19th, 2023

    Time Event
    2:35p
    Ceasefire needed immediately

    *US legal scholars urge Biden to seek immediate ceasefire from Israel.

    2:35p
    Gaza Hospital tragedy

    An explosion in the Baptist Hospital in Gaza has killed at least 500 people, Palestinians who were sheltering there.

    HAMAS says that an Israel air attack caused the explosion.

    Israel said that a Palestinian faction caused it by launching a missile which misfired, but then later said that a Palestinian faction fired several missiles at the hospital. I am skeptical of those stories.

    Experts analyzing the videos say that it looks like a weapon malfunctioned. Maybe no one intended to bomb the hospital.

    2:35p
    The slaughterers

    *If someone killed my child I’d want bloody revenge. But I’d be wrong — as is the Israeli government.*

    If I were in that situation, I would feel anger and grief, but grief doesn't turn me directly to the goal of bloody revenge. I've suffered from grief enough times (more often from rejection that from someone's death, but it is nonetheless grief) that I have learned some self-control in the situation.

    Biden understands this. *Biden urges Israel not to be "consumed by rage" as he reaffirms US support.*

    He added, *The Palestinian people are suffering greatly as well, and we mourn the loss of innocent Palestinian lives like the entire world.*

    This is the first time I have seen Biden do something that inspired my admiration and support.

    Don't worry, I will not start to support him when he endorses plutocratist policies ;-{.

    2:35p
    Some Julian Assange Support

    Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese is arriving in DC on October 23, so that is the time to show support for Assange, and our national office is coordinating people all over the country to do banner drops.

    Albanese has told Biden before that he is not happy about the prosecution of Assange and we understand that he will be pushing harder this time, with 9 out of 10 Australians and 60 Australian lawmakers now favoring dropping the charges.

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