Open Thread – April 2024

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  1. kaysee kaysee says:

    What happens when a government betrays its voters

    This applies not just to the UK which is the target here, but to all Conservative politicians and parties anywhere in the Western world.

    1/
    Help The Conservative Party achieve ZERO SEATS

    2/
    Latest Polling
    New polling released suggest the Tories may fall to less than 100 seats in the next general election with Sunak himself losing his own seat!


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  2. kaysee kaysee says:

    GOP congressman appears to suggest dropping bombs on Gaza
    to end conflict quickly, referring to ‘Nagasaki and Hiroshima’

    Republican Rep. Tim Walberg insists he was speaking metaphorically when he appeared to suggest bombs should be dropped on Gaza “like Nagasaki and Hiroshima” to “get it over quick.”


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  3. kaysee kaysee says:

    The video to the above comment.

    Michigan Congressman Tim Walberg, pastor and “good” Christian, talks about his solution for #Gaza: Give it the Hiroshima treatment. “Get it over quick.”

    A sitting US Rep in a secret town hall feels comfortable musing positively about genocide.

    Learn more about the Congressman.

    Walberg-1
    .

    Walberg-2


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  4. kaysee kaysee says:

    Bill Maher

    Monologue on the COVID “Experts” Who Got It Wrong

    “A lot of the dissenting opinions that were suppressed and ridiculed at the time have proven to be CORRECT.”

    This includes, but is not limited to:

    • COVID came from a lab
    • Ivermectin worked
    • Masks offered no benefit and were harmful
    • Should have never kept kids out of school
    • Natural immunity is better than vaccinated immunity
    • Long COVID is often a symptom of long vax
    • Hospitals murdered COVID patients
    • COVID fatality rate and death count were highly inflated
    • Unvaccinated were scapegoated for the failure of the shots
    • Early treatment was suppressed to make way for a “vaccine”
    • Risks of the jab were intentionally hidden from the public
    • Vaccine mandates are wrong
    • More shots = more risk of infection
    • COVID shots are neither safe nor effective


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  5. Old bloke says:

    Can you summarise, Old bloke?

    It starts with the Netanyahu / Clinton meeting you mentioned earlier and asks the perennial question, does Washington control Tel Aviv or does Tel Aviv control Washington?

    That earlier meeting between Clinton and Netanyahu probably prompted Obama’s response when Netanyahu called on Obama during his presidency; Netanyahu had to enter via a side door and was told he had to wait as the President was having his lunch.


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  6. kaysee kaysee says:

    The “professional protestors” will use any opportunity to cause a disruption. I doubt they understand or care about the real world problems. Whether it is climate, wokeism or, in this case, war. They are just attention-seekers.

    Here is a godless bunch from Extinction Rebellion faking their concern for Palestine.

    Pro-Palestine protesters interrupt Easter mass at St Patrick’s Cathedral in New York

    Protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza interrupted an Easter Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York.

    The protesters, who were part of Extinction Rebellion NYC’s Palestinian Solidarity group, unfurled a banner with the words “SILENCE = DEATH” written on it.

    They were heard chanting “Free, free Palestine” as they were escorted out of the cathedral.

    It was in the same St Patrick’s Cathedral where
    an Anti-Catholic group of trans “activists” staged a mockery of the Christian faith in February.

    If the rabble had been thrown out the first time, they wouldn’t attempt a second one.


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  7. Old bloke says:

    There’s been some remarkable engineering work on the Faroe Islands, the separate islands have been linked by a series of undersea tunnels so that the Faroese can travel between islands without depending on ferries which don’t put to sea when the weather is bad.

    They even have a round-about under the Atlantic which connects three separate islands via three tunnels.

    This is The World’s Most Remote Infrastructure Project – The B1M – 32 mins.


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  8. mh says:

    Everyone’s favourite young Communist, Jackson Hinkle

    INTERVIEW: The Baltimore bridge was clearly in a poor state, says Jackson Hinkle

    George Galloway MP
    401K subscribers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMBR0h9wRLE


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  9. mh says:

    London Real

    America Is Falling Apart – Brian Rose/Colonel Douglas Macgregor Part 1/2

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQb3kWsRatQ

    Starts around 3min mark


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  10. mh says:

    Same channel

    The US Government Lied About The Ukraine War – Brian Rose & Colonel Douglas Macgregor

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vva6TZp6BR0


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  11. mh says:

    The audio is a bit crap, and there are too many ads

    This Gazan Christian’s Story Will Shock You – w/. Khalil Sayegh

    Owen Jones
    499K subscribers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSfq9za7BqI


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  12. mh says:

    Khaled Elgindy
    @elgindy_
    .
    @JGreenblattADL equating a symbol of Palestinian identity w/a swastika is the very essence of anti-Palestinian racism. How does something like this go completely unchallenged by the other panelists? 3 young men were shot for wearing kefiyyehs, one is paralyzed.

    https://x.com/elgindy_/status/1774177839337672977?s=20


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  13. mh says:

    The Age

    Israel’s top diplomat in Australia has been called in to explain how an Australian aid worker was killed in an apparent Israeli airstrike in Gaza, as an irate Prime Minister Anthony Albanese demands full accountability for the tragic incident.

    The death of Melbourne-born aid worker Zomi Frankcom has further strained the relationship between Australia and Israel, which has grown increasingly tense since the beginning of Israel’s war against Hamas last October.


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  14. kaysee kaysee says:

    Prime Minister Anthony Albanese demands full accountability for the tragic incident.

    When will full accountability begin? So far:

    – Destruction of Refugee camps, civilian areas, hospitals, churches.
    – The killing of innocent civilians, women, children.
    – Killing of international humanitarian aid workers (Non Palestinians).

    The scenes of these aid workers – photos before and after are hard to watch. Not posting here.

    This is WCK (World Central Kitchen) manager Zomi Frankcom around a week ago.

    In the kitchen in Deir al-Balah

    Today, she is dead. She is one of the four workers + driver killed by the Israeli military.

    Gaza
    .

    The Hospitals


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  15. kaysee kaysee says:

    Above comment – Gaza link.

    ….

    Munther Isaac
    My response to US Congressman Tim Walbery saying: “It should be like Nagasaki and Hiroshima


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  16. kaysee kaysee says:

    Hate Crime Laws in Scotland came into force yesterday, 1 April.

    This is how the citizens of Scotland responded.

    1/
    Humza Yousaf

    “A police source this morning tells Wings that by just 8am on Day 1, a single division has already received more than a dozen Hate Crime complaints about Humza Yousaf’s “WHITE!” speech

    2/
    Anas Sarwar

    Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar now being reported en masse, according to reports, due to this speech in the Scottish Parliament on the 11th of April 2020. We have seen evidence of reports where people says this ‘feels wrong’ due to his constant talking about white people.

    3/
    JK Rowling dares cops to arrest her for misgendering trans people after new woke hate crime law

    JK Rowling is daring police in her native Scotland to arrest her for misgendering transgender people after a new woke hate crime law took effect Monday…

    “I’m currently out of the country, but if what I’ve written here qualifies as an offense under the terms of the new act, I look forward to being arrested when I return to the birthplace of the Scottish Enlightenment.”


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  17. mh says:

    This is how the citizens of Scotland responded.

    1/
    Humza Yousaf

    Is he counting Jews as white?


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  18. mh says:

    “I’m actually pale blue: it takes me a week of sunbathing to turn white.”

    — Billy Connolly


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  19. kaysee kaysee says:

    I came across the following on another site.

    COMMENTERS: Please note
    that [site name] is being read
    around the world, especially in
    America and Commonwealth
    countries. The editorial board is
    concerned about commenters
    making unprovoked and
    unnecessary personal attacks on
    each other. It may surprise some
    but we are supposed to be on
    the same side. Please refrain
    from making personal attacks on
    other readers….. Editorial Panel

    Reading that notice reminded me of the No D..khead Policy of this blog. Going by observation here, only those who have limited time and want to read and share information, facts and respectful discussions rather than insults and trolling have stayed around with this blog.

    Will there be a drop in the commenters on that site (mentioned above) because personal attacks are to be avoided? Would it be considered a restriction of “free speech” if you are not allowed to ridicule and mock other commenters? Drab and boring?

    It seems that many sites, even big ones, have this feature of belittling and name-calling of other commenters on the same site. Some sites have thousands of comments for each article, but most of them are sneering of anyone who has different opinions. Could it be that personal attacks and abuse of commenters adds spice to blogs/sites and make them more appealing to readers?

    Serious questions to readers:
    – What are you looking for when you choose which sites/blogs/platforms you visit and read?

    – How do you select the sites where you take part in the comments? Is it based on the “freedom” to say whatever you want to?


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  20. mh says:

    Powerful

    INTERVIEW: Miko Peled on Israel and genocidal mania

    George Galloway MP
    401K subscribers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JoP0nR4xiY


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  21. mh says:

    Albo gets a go in this episode from London talkback

    IDF spokesperson pulls out of interview with Nick Ferrari | LBC

    751K subscribers

    World Central Kitchen have confirmed reports that seven of their aid workers have been killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza, amongst them a British national.

    Nick Ferrari was due to question the IDF’s Peter Lerner on this and more. He has pulled out of the interview…

    Ferrari was also joined by Dr Nick Maynard, a consultant surgeon who regularly works in Gaza with Medical Aid for Palestinians as the IDF report that they have withdrawn from Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza after two weeks of violent destruction.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJE3NC1rxTw


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  22. kaysee kaysee says:

    INTERVIEW: Miko Peled on Israel and genocidal mania

    George Galloway MP

    Surprised by what Peled said about Netanyahu. From what I’ve picked up, I thought the voters there want to get rid of him.

    His point about the Zionist education and how it influences the actions of some people plus the baggage that many carry makes sense.


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  23. mh says:

    Australian aid worker ‘Zomi’ Frankcom killed by apparent Israeli air strike | ABC News

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8JWm1AYzdI


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  24. mh says:

    Albo says the Israel Ambassador is “not well” today.

    Albanese demands ‘full accountability’ from Israel over death of Australian aid worker | 7.30

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQJXHfmXuJc

    ***

    I will act for the Israeli Ambassador to Australia:

    Ambassador: Stupid goyim! How the hell are we going to starve them to death if you are feeding them!


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  25. mh says:

    Albo, why can’t you just say this?

    China ‘shocked’, condemns Gaza strike that killed seven aid workers | AFP

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQsayT62rr0


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  26. mh says:

    Max Blumenthal
    @MaxBlumenthal
    A clearly targeted Israeli strike on an aid group led by a State Dept “culinary ambassador” which coordinated its movements with the Israeli army. All designed to end its aid operations and perpetuate mass starvation in Gaza. Now watch the Biden admin minimize this.

    https://x.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/1775059204580970817?s=20


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  27. mh says:

    More details being uncovered

    Ryan Grim
    @ryangrim
    The horrifying details emerging about the World Central Kitchen massacre: The convoy was struck 3 times in succession, with the drone chasing the wounded aid workers from vehicle to vehicle to make sure they were all killed. No legit pretext and precise coordination with the IDF.

    https://x.com/ryangrim/status/1775149921986838794?s=20


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  28. mh says:

    Dan Cohen
    @dancohen3000
    The World Central Kitchen operation in Gaza was designed to undermine Hamas’ governance and UNRWA. That wasn’t enough to satisfy the genocidal cravings of the Israeli government, so they sent a drone to murder the aid workers. Psycho state.

    https://x.com/dancohen3000/status/1775154992682267068?s=20


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  29. mh says:

    BREAKING: ISRAEL BOMBS CELEBRITY CHEF AID WORKERS, IRANIAN EMBASSY

    Secular Talk
    1.15M subscribers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1GP2sv-wsY


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  30. shatterzzz says:

    I get amused when reading all the anti Israel whinge-ing that occurs here .. it seems that the reality that Hamas (& 98% of Gaza “innocents”) are actual ‘terrorists’ who launched an unprovoked massacre on innocent Israeli civilians on October 7 and not the victims of Israeli aggression .
    Israel is not fighting a “war” Israel is in the process of decimating a terrorist organization who, quite happily, are prepared to hide behind civilians and use hospitals, schools ect as military bases ……
    These attempts to portray Gaza “folk” as “victims” are a joke..!
    You reap what you sow .. no amount of media BS can alter that regardless of the fanciful figures & pix the “Ministry of Health” release, regularly ……..


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  31. mh says:

    Hi shatterzzz,
    Your comment here is welcome.
    However I will highlight one of your prior comments

    shatterzzz says:
    October 18, 2023 at 7:40 am
    An Israeli air strike killed hundreds of Palestinians at a Gaza City hospital crammed with patients and displaced people, health authorities in the besieged enclave said.

    A HAMAS rocket went off course .. plenty of visual & eyewitness accounts available …

    I guess HAMAS have levelled everything in Gaza with their rockets going ‘off course’.


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  32. mh says:

    Israel is not fighting a “war” Israel is in the process of decimating a terrorist organization …

    Bibi has just said they are fighting a war:

    ‘Happens in war’: Netanyahu responds to Aussie’s death

    Bibi was smiling while saying it.
    Yes, really.


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  33. mh says:

    Politician Calls For “Hiroshima” Solution To Gaza

    The Jimmy Dore Show
    1.33M subscribers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRVcO18AhgI

    ***

    I don’t think that will help Jared Kushner’s Gaza waterfront real estate plans.

    btw the two stand-ins for Jimmy are both Jews.


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  34. mh says:

    The Scottish Hate Crime Bill

    Jonathan Pie
    897K subscribers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28eApJT8hDE


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  35. Old bloke says:

    Surprised by what Peled said about Netanyahu. From what I’ve picked up, I thought the voters there want to get rid of him.

    The Israelis want Netanyahu out, but not for the genocide of the Gazans but for other reasons, i.e., his corruption, his failure to release the hostages, etc.

    The Israelis are firmly in favour of the genocide which will continue even if Netanyahu is booted out of office.


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  36. Old bloke says:

    The Israeli attack on the Iranian Embassy in Damascus is a bridge too far. It’s an attempt to draw the US into a war with Iran which the US isn’t in any shape to fight.

    Matt Hoh: IDF Attacks Iran. – Judge Napolitano – 31 mins.

    The US and Israel have become rogue nations.


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  37. kaysee kaysee says:

    Accountability

    1/
    Covid

    Remember the scamdemic where, since 2020, media, celebrities, politicians, governments, influencers, “medical professionals”, organisations and Big Pharma supported the narrative that there was this once-in-a-century pandemic and masks, lockdowns and vaxxes were good, safe and effective?

    They warned those who were awake, alert, sceptical and questioned that same narrative. They threatened and used tactics at their disposal to penalise and shut out these truth-seekers from society.

    In the past 1 -2 years as the facts have been revealed and more people are speaking up on the negative impacts of the Covid treatments, some of the same media, scientific journals, medical professionals, celebrities and influencers are now presenting themselves as public service advocates and demanding accountability from the government agencies and Big Pharma.

    It is good that more people are becoming aware of the truth about Covid. But for them to pretend that they were victims when in reality they were part of the problem because they supported the masking and vaxxing as good for society. They supported the injustice meted out to those who did not take the poison jabs and lost their jobs and careers.

    Although it is helpful that they now know the truth, what they did should not be excused and forgotten because many who have suffered ill health or died due to the vaxx could have been saved if these people in influential positions. There are also those who suffered in other ways with mental health, financial or other problems.

    There needs to be an accountability for the crimes committed during Covid. Everyone responsible needs to face a fair trial and the consequences. So that it doesn’t happen again.
    Nuremberg 2.0


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  38. kaysee kaysee says:

    2/
    Palestine-Israel conflict/Gaza War
    (Zionism)

    In the past six months, we’ve seen a big chunk of the media, politicians, governments, influencers, experts, “conservatives” pro-Israel lobby, supporting the narrative that Israel is the victim and that Hamas started it on 7 October 2023.(It was all peace and love before that.) That the Palestinians are the bad guys – use the H-word (Hamas) it helps. The media have done a great job in the gaslighting – the crimes of Hamas and silence on the actions of Israel.

    But now, some of these pro-Zionist supporters are beginning to realise that all may not be as they thought so far. That they may have been backing the wrong side as the facts can longer be hidden. The same pro-Zionists who, over the past 180 days called the truth-seekers and truth-speakers Anti-Semites, Jew-haters, Israel-haters and so on ….are slowly beginning to understand that they have been deceived and are seeing the genocide taking place. Some in high profile positions are starting to delete some of their older twitter posts lest it be used against them at a later stage.

    But it may not be so easy to erase the past. In October 2023, a twitter account was set up called Accountability Archive as well as a webpage.

    It is crowdsourced and collects posts from those sent by others – a record of journalists, politicians, and public figures endorsing or encouraging ethnic cleansing of Gaza and defaming pro-Palestinian Activists.


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  39. kaysee kaysee says:

    2/
    (Contd)

    Some comments from those wanting accountability.

    We’ve already entered the “people quietly deleting their takes about Gaza from October” stage and soon we’ll transition into those same people asking “how could we collectively, all of us together, let this happen”
    .

    They will be waving Palestinian flags and pretending like they are the most ardent Palestinian supporters.
    .

    We must never let them escape this. This should follow them wherever they go and whatever they do, and they should never be forgiven for supporting a genocide.
    .

    they can’t hide anymore. Every single politician, government official, celebrity, media establishment, and influencer that has aided or directly participated in inciting genocidal rhetoric for the last 6 months has been documented.

    In the case of Covid, in the early stage (pre-March 2020), I was not sure what was happening. By the end of March 2020, I knew it was not the pandemic it was made out to be. I kept reading a lot from the alternative media sources and kept learning the truth about the masks, lockdowns, treatments and vaxxes.

    In the case of this Gaza war, I knew by mid-October 2023 that the truth was not what the media was telling us. In the past 5+ months, I’ve done tons of research and learnt enough to know that, just like Covid, I am on the side of truth along with the very small team on this blog.

    There needs to be an accountability for the crimes committed by Israel/Zionists. Everyone responsible needs to face a fair trial and the consequences. So that it doesn’t happen again.
    Nuremberg 3.0


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  40. kaysee kaysee says:

    3/
    Magaism

    Why does this need accountability? Because the impact it has in world politics and related matters.

    Coming up soon ……

    (There needs to be accountability in other areas like Climate Change, Wokeism, UN, WHO, WEF and so on but they are a lower magnitude.)


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  41. mh says:

    The Israelis want Netanyahu out, but not for the genocide of the Gazans but for other reasons, i.e., his corruption, his failure to release the hostages, etc.

    And Oct 07 happened during his watch.
    Israelis are furious that the prisoners escaped the Gaza camp, Sobibor style.


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  42. kaysee kaysee says:

    I was listening to talkback radio this afternoon and one caller commenting on the Aid worker killed in Gaza was criticising Albanese calling for accountability. Caller’s comment was along the lines of:
    When Aid workers go to war areas they know the risk. It is sad etc etc but these things happen. This war is not our problem….terrorists … Hamas ….

    What has happened to the so-called Conservatives? And Christians?
    What has happened? I was shocked when I heard that.

    These humanitarian aid workers are going there as volunteers to help those in need. I came across the career record of Zomi, the Australian lady, and she has worked in a number of companies here in Australia.

    What has happened to our humanity for innocent civilians, especially women and children?

    What has happened to our humanity for those who go to help others – not to take part in the war in any way – but just to provide food for starving human beings. And then get killed in the process?

    What has happened?
    Are some conservatives getting their news from a certain media network and quote their talking points straight from there?

    Chef José Andrés

    the only crime they committed was feeding people….😢😔🫶🏻


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  43. kaysee kaysee says:

    World Central Kitchen

    1/
    Deconflicted zone

    It has now been confirmed that the the aid workers targeted by Israel were travelling in a “deconflicted zone” in two armoured vehicles that were branded with the WCK logo and that it had *coordinated their movements with the Israeli military*…

    World Central Kitchen is pausing their operations immediately in the region..

    “We will be making decisions about the future of our work soon”..

    2/
    Was it an accident?

    First Israel tries blocking aid from going into Gaza.

    A little bit of aid slips through the cracks.

    So what does Israel do in response?

    Kill the aid workers!

    Now countries are so afraid of their personnel being killed that they’re withdrawing aid that was bound for Gaza.

    3/
    No, it wasn’t<