What is more worrying is that they want to establish some puppet government of Gaza with officials who are selected by Israel, want to dismantle UNRWA, want to continue the occupation and the economic blockade of the enclave and they absolutely refuse to start talking about recognition of the state of Palestine.
Today they even announced that their Knesset has approved the building of 3300 new homes in the occupied West Bank, which speaks volumes of what their end goal is.
This is happening because Israel was too long able to act with an absolute impunity and without any real repercussions by the West, so now they have the feeling that they are above international law and this creates a really dangerous precedent.
Ofek Atun escaped the outdoor Nova rave with his girlfriend. They survived the assault on the bomb shelter in which they took refuge, before fleeing to nearby Kibbutz Alumim. The kibbutz’s volunteer security squad mistook them for Hamas terrorists – and opened fire
And call me cynical but I believe Israel killed way more Israelis on the 7th of October, deaths who were then attributed to Hamas. Not that I defend Hamas’ actions.
Are you so delusional to think that Israel has nothing to do with the current situation.
Isn’t Israel inspecting every humanitarian aid entering Gaza, and also responsible to grant the safe passage of those aid convoys? Did they do enough to stop their far right protesters from blocking the entrance of the humanitarian aid, while methodically rejecting that there is a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza? Aren’t they also responsible for the disband of all civil orders in Gaza?
But yes, continue thinking that Israel is the victim here.
As a result of Israel’s blockade, Gaza faces shortages of fuel, food, medication, water, and medical supplies.[522][524] The blockade resulted in a 90% drop in electricity availability, impacting hospital power supplies, sewage plants, and shutting down desalination plants that provide drinking water.[525] According to WHO, 27 out of 35 hospitals in Gaza were shut down by 23 November 2023.[526] Human Rights Watch similarly found that Israel was using starvation as a weapon of war by deliberately denying access to food and water.[573] On 16 January 2024, UN experts accused Israel of “destroying Gaza’s food system and using food as a weapon against the Palestinian people”.[574] The United Nations has warned that a collapse of social order could result from the intense hunger among Palestinians
The United Nations humanitarian office said on Friday that Israeli authorities were systematically denying it access to northern Gaza to deliver aid and this had significantly hindered the humanitarian operation there.
Since the start of hostilities, aid deliveries to northern Gaza have been limited, and the area was cut off altogether from external aid for weeks earlier in the conflict. De Domenico said Israel was concerned about fuel deliveries and other supplies that could be diverted to Hamas, and had been reluctant to authorise aid deliveries to hospitals in north Gaza. “In particular, they have been very systematic in not allowing us to support hospitals, which is something that is reaching a level of inhumanity that, for me, is beyond comprehension,” he said.
Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich confirmed on Tuesday night that he was blocking shipments of flour from being transferred into the Gaza Strip in an attempt to stop it from reaching UNRWA, and thence Hamas.
Imagine how many bombs Hamas can do with all this flour. Damn, good thing they stopped the shipment, right, better to starve those pesky Palestinian children then to feed them as they might turn up future terrorists. /s
Damn, so many hallucinating people and media reports, right? This civil order collapse or the famine in north of Gaza should not have anything to do with Israel! /s
I am now at NixOS. I like the reproducibility and immutability of the distro, but the documentation is far from great and configuring the OS you want is not that straightforward. I also don’t like that even though it has a great number of packages, they tend to be slightly outdated.
I am not sure if I will stick with it, but I really like that I can create very specialised configurations that are also portable. I am currently using KDE but I am thinking of switching to Hyprland once I get more comfortable around NixOS and home manager/flakes, as nothing beats tiling managers in my opinion.
A group of United Nations experts on Monday demanded an immediate and thorough investigation into reports that Israeli forces have arbitrarily detained, sexually abused, and executed Palestinian women and girls in the Gaza Strip....
I accidentally removed a xubuntu live usb from the computer while it was running but it seems to be working just fine. I can even launch applications that werent already open....
But then can you answer me why aren’t Israel letting independent investigators and journalists enter Gaza?
If you are so sure that Israel is doing everything possible to prevent civilian deaths and they respect all international laws why is Israel not signatory of the ICC? What are they afraid of?
By starving millions of them, displacing them, killing them and destroying their homes, bringing them to the edge.
Good job, Israel, you definitely know how to make friends for life!
And on another note, look at you, you are a far right supporter, you generalise all the Palestinians so please do not expect any better from them. If you think you have been through hell, think of their lives since the 7th of October. I bet your life has been much more comfortable than theirs. So if you hate them, don’t expect them to love you.
And I really hope you** realise how hypocritical in this case you are?
Ah yes, 2000 years ago gives you all the rights. Thank you for telling me. And where is the proof that only the Jews were living on this land and not a single Palestinian? And are you 100% sure that your predecessors were indeed born there and not somewhere else or that you are a pure Jew, as I have very big suspicions.
And even if this is true does this give you the right to oppress Palestinians.
You know the US was mostly populated by Indians and no white man was living there, can indigenous people start massacring Americans and get a pass just because their predecessors were born on this land?
I have on purpose cited different sources, to reduce the bias. And mind you all of these links are predating the current events.
I don’t know for you but for me that’s pretty much the textbook definition of oppression.
I wonder why those people are discontent with the current situation.
Add to this the fact that Israel cancelled all the work permits of Palestinians in the West bank as well, increased the rate of detentions of Palestinians, raided multiple times the West Bank settlements, killing and abducting people with impunity and did absolutely nothing to stop the settlers violence. And those Palestinians in the West Bank have nothing to do with the events from the 7th of October.
The Israel Defense Forces sent troops into Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis based on intelligence that hostages were held there, but army spokesman Daniel Hagari said that as of Thursday evening no evidence had been found to that effect....
I believe the original post was sarcastic. It is pretty obvious that by now, all of Israel’s hit on critical infrastructure is blamed on Hamas with Israel failing to provide enough evidence for any of it.
Plastic producers have known for more than 30 years that recycling is not an economically or technically feasible plastic waste management solution. That has not stopped them from promoting it, according to a new report....
Too bad most of those bottles got replaced with plastic completely disregarding the impact of the environment they are causing. Not to mention that glass also comes from abundant resources like sand and we don’t risk running out of it anytime soon, the same can’t be said for oil.
Yes, to be honest salaries are definitely lagging behind. Rents are extremely high in most bigger cities, sometimes you need to pay around 50% or more just to put a roof over your head. Buying real estate is literally impossible unless you inherit some money, etc.
It is definitely better than the original proposition though, which was disastrous. Still way too expensive for what it is. I think the original 4070 should have also been 16GB.
But NVIDIA isn’t known for not milking their customers.
Can we move this to some community wiki? I think a lot of people can benefit from it and we can expand it with our own recommendations. Something like awesome-cli
These laws will ban rewards for spending money within a game for the first time, ban rewards for buying consecutive microtransactions, and ban rewards for daily log-ins.
Didn’t China also recently introduce a limit of hours adolescents can game?
The world would be a better place without those transactions in my opinion. It might sound extreme but in my view this is the first step towards gambling addiction.
We as humanity are becoming really obsessed with everything digital instead of spending more time physically interacting with our peers. And unfortunately I am no exception.
That’s why I always buy after release and usually wait for some discounts. But I plan to buy BG3 even if it’s not discounted at the winter sale but I think it is pretty obvious that this game is pretty good already.
Same here, super frustrating and it seems we are not the only ones. There are a bunch of people who haven’t received their decks. F GLS, delivering goods with donkeys. It took them
Yes, it should be today at some point, I got an email notifying me that it is out for delivery at last. I can’t wait to get it and install the 2Tb SSD inside.
Every sane person just reading the news of what is happening in Gaza and the West Bank can make their own conclusions. If you really value human life no matter the religion, ethnicity or skin colour you can see a clear pattern.
I don’t need the exact numbers to know how bad the situation is. I have a couple of questions for you:
Do you agree that the civilian casualties on the Palestinian side far exceed those on the Israeli part?
Do you agree that a large chunk of the population in Gaza is displaced and currently living in makeshift tents?
Do you agree that there is an ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza?
Do you agree that there is increased violence and imposed restrictions in the West bank by the IDF, and that far right settlers are persecuting Palestinians and killing them.
Weren’t there members of the Israeli parliament calling for nuking Gaza, to do the same in the West Bank, etc?
What about illegal settlements, land grab, numerous human rights violations, etc.
I also want Hamas gone, but don’t think this is the way.
While Take-Two is riding high on their announcement that a GTA 6 trailer is coming, its CEO has some…interesting ideas on how much video games could cost, part of a contingent of executives that believe games are underpriced, given their cost, length or some combination of the two.
So practically he wants to create a SaaS model to eternally milk their user base. As much as I like the game devs working for rockstar, their management is an utterly horrendous bunch of scums and in a way I wish that GTA6 is one giant flop.
I also have less time to game, but I sure as hell don’t want to play shorter games. I like to play games with good stories, who are engaging and with fun play. Witcher 3 is a prime example of how even the majority of the side quests can be meaningful and not feeling too generic. I also enjoyed the last of us part 2. And I usually feel sorry when I finish a good game.
And shorter games should naturally command a lower price which isn’t always the case.
It is debatable, but would you pay 70$ for a 2-hours game and another 10x70$ for DLCs and expansions that would extend the original content?
But this also doesn’t mean that you should feel your game with generic content in order to make it longer either. It is a fine line but I know that I would have a real problem justifying 70€ for 2 hours of game content without replayability, even if the game is amazing.
This looks like a huge re-design from Valve, they seem to have done an excellent job. A lot of thought has gone into this device and I expect the subsequent test will prove that.
Another great video of Gamer’s Nexus, this Steve guy is amazing.
Yes, read the review of the Verge and it seems that it is slightly more power efficient and runs cooler, so this would help with GPU stuttering to some extent.
I was just checking the specs on Valve’s website. And they had listed the APU consumption and the numbers were exactly the same, which led to my confusion.
I guess the screen is absolutely gorgeous too. I was planning to upgrade my GPU next year and buy the 4070 Ti Super both for gaming and productivity but now I am feeling a bit unsure about it.
Russian war blogger dies in apparent suicide after facing criticism for revealing Moscow's losses (apnews.com)
Israel's PM Netanyahu lays out Gaza plan for after the war - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
Valencia fire latest: Death toll rises after fire in Valencia apartment blocks - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
Nova partygoer was misidentified as Hamas terrorist on Oct. 7, killed by Israeli forces (www.haaretz.com)
Ofek Atun escaped the outdoor Nova rave with his girlfriend. They survived the assault on the bomb shelter in which they took refuge, before fleeing to nearby Kibbutz Alumim. The kibbutz’s volunteer security squad mistook them for Hamas terrorists – and opened fire
Exclusive: Israeli forces fired on food convoy in Gaza, UN documents and satellite analysis reveals (edition.cnn.com)
Israel orders evacuations in Gaza City, as U.N. suspends food deliveries to the north because of looting. (www.nytimes.com)
MFBC...
Former distrohoppers, where did you settle down?
Which one(s) and why?
UN Experts Demand Investigation Into IDF Abuse of Women and Girls in Gaza (www.commondreams.org)
A group of United Nations experts on Monday demanded an immediate and thorough investigation into reports that Israeli forces have arbitrarily detained, sexually abused, and executed Palestinian women and girls in the Gaza Strip....
Arabs put to vote a UN resolution demanding an immediate Gaza cease-fire, knowing US will veto it (apnews.com)
removing live usb while running from it
I accidentally removed a xubuntu live usb from the computer while it was running but it seems to be working just fine. I can even launch applications that werent already open....
Gaza Health Ministry says over 29,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel-Hamas war (apnews.com)
Israeli protesters block aid convoys bound for Gaza (www.france24.com)
Gaza doctors: ‘We leave patients to scream for hours and hours’ - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
Israel: No evidence so far that Hamas held hostages in Gaza's Nasser Hospital (www.haaretz.com)
The Israel Defense Forces sent troops into Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis based on intelligence that hostages were held there, but army spokesman Daniel Hagari said that as of Thursday evening no evidence had been found to that effect....
‘They lied’: plastics producers deceived public about recycling, report reveals (www.theguardian.com)
Plastic producers have known for more than 30 years that recycling is not an economically or technically feasible plastic waste management solution. That has not stopped them from promoting it, according to a new report....
World Health Organization accuses Israel of impeding aid delivery in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
Al Jazeera reporter and camera operator seriously hurt in Israeli airstrike in Gaza | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
EA addresses FC 24 mistake which saw thousands of players given ‘£700’ Messi (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Germany explores 4-day workweek amid labor shortage (www.dw.com)
[Gamers Nexus] NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super GPU Review and Benchmarks: Power Efficiency and Gaming (www.youtube.com)
Star Citizen's 'Everything Pack' Costs $48,000 (kotaku.com)
Terminal Utility Mega list! (sh.itjust.works)
[Browsers]...
China announced new laws to limit microtransactions, affecting major corporations like Tencent. (gamerant.com)
These laws will ban rewards for spending money within a game for the first time, ban rewards for buying consecutive microtransactions, and ban rewards for daily log-ins.
The ESRB has started slapping blockchain games with Adults Only ratings, so Epic has changed its store policy to allow them (www.pcgamer.com)
Cyberpunk 2077: 3 years ago today we released Cyberpunk 2077. Since then, thanks to your feedback and support, we've transformed the game through various patches and updates into the Ultimate Edition. (twitter.com)
Nitter link: nitter.net/CyberpunkGame/…/1733884435861291160...
DAVE THE DIVER X DREDGE Official Trailer - Free DLC on Dec. 15 (www.youtube.com)
Steam Deck global top seller again thanks to cheaper LCDs and the Steam Deck OLED (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Stardew Valley Expanded exceeded its creator’s wildest dreams (www.polygon.com)
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Here's your mirror kings (lemmy.world)
GTA 6’s Publisher Says Video Games Should Theoretically Be Priced At Dollars Per Hour (www.forbes.com)
While Take-Two is riding high on their announcement that a GTA 6 trailer is coming, its CEO has some…interesting ideas on how much video games could cost, part of a contingent of executives that believe games are underpriced, given their cost, length or some combination of the two.
[Gamers Nexus] They Changed Everything: Valve Steam Deck OLED vs. LCD Tear-Down (www.youtube.com)
Red Dead Redemption 2 has sold-in more than 57 million units globally to date. That's up 2 million since last quarter. Franchise is at 81 million units, compared to 79 million last quarter. (twitter.com)
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Steam Deck OLED announced (www.steamdeck.com)
New OLED screen. New APU. And lots of small hardware improvements.