Due to the severity of the situation and the fast flowing news cycle, we have decided to create a general megathread for discussion regarding the conflict....
Gaza is very densely populated. In Gaza live as many people as in Houston. But Houston has an area of 1658.6 km² (640.4 sq mi). Thus Gaza has nearly five times the population density of Houston. New York City is the only city in the US with a population of more than a million and a higher population density than Gaza. 2The tallest building in Palestine stands at 76.1 m (255 ft). 3
A little less than half of the population of Gaza is made up of children. 4
There are only three (“legal”) ways in and out of Gaza:
Rafah Crossing into Egypt in the south
Kerem Shalom Crossing into Israel in the south
Erez Crossing into Israel in the north
Gaza has a very small port. It can only be used by small fisher boats. 5
Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Elon Musk is under fire after publicly backing a far-right political party in Germany, suggesting the current government should not be re-elected over its position on the current migrant crisis in Europe.
Considering that recent polls show the AfD at ~30% in some states, I doubt banning it will work. The only reasons it’s gotten this big is abysmal politics by the current and former govt. I’m pretty sure banning it is only going to make things worse. And I am not at all convinced you can truly consider them ban worthy like actual Nazis, even though the current govt would very much like you to think this way.
You know what’s also been disappearing? The clip where Rachel Maddow claims “the virus stops with every vaccinated person” on MSNBC. Has anyone admitted that the efficacy of the new vaccines has been massively overstated?
Less regulations, it’s easier to do “funny stuff” like gain of function research (frankly a euphemism for biological warfare research) in China than in the US. And it’s not like the US is just funding the biolab, they have people on site and oversight as well.
Palestine-Israel Crisis Megathread (lemmy.ml)
Due to the severity of the situation and the fast flowing news cycle, we have decided to create a general megathread for discussion regarding the conflict....
Elon Musk angers German government with post backing far-right party - UPI.com (www.upi.com)
Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Elon Musk is under fire after publicly backing a far-right political party in Germany, suggesting the current government should not be re-elected over its position on the current migrant crisis in Europe.
They never admit they were just wrong (i.imgur.com)
China lab suspected of Covid leak stripped of US funding for violating biosafety rules (www.telegraph.co.uk)
durh durh russian troll (lemmygrad.ml)
Anti-US/NATO protests in Kyiv today (lemmy.ml)
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