Anonymous ID: 1b1358 Oct. 17, 2023, 11:29 a.m. No.19751123   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>1129 >>1144 >>1150 >>1163 >>1168 >>1192 >>1422 >>1519 >>1542 >>1574

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ โ€œWhat we just witnessed in the Baptist Hospital was horrific, horrifying pictures of body parts and dismembered bodies of children, young people, old men and women.โ€ - Al Jazeera correspondent

 

Why is the American mainstream media SILENT?

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Anonymous ID: 1b1358 Oct. 17, 2023, 11:38 a.m. No.19751168   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>1175 >>1187 >>1192 >>1422

>>19751123

Hundreds dead in Gaza hospital bombing, local authorities say

 

An Israeli air strike killed hundreds of people at a Gaza City hospital on Tuesday, health authorities in the Hamas-run enclave said, and the United Nation said an Israeli strike also hit one of its schools being used as a shelter.

 

A Gaza civil defence chief said on Al-Jazeera television that more than 300 people were killed at Al-Ahli al-Arabi Hospital. A Gaza Health Ministry official said at least 500 people were killed and injured. Both departments are under the Hamas-run government.

 

Israel's military said it did not have any details on the reported bombing.

 

Earlier on Tuesday, the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA said an Israeli air strike had killed at least six people after striking one of its schools that has been functioning as a shelter for displaced people.

 

Health authorities in Gaza say at least 3,000 people have been killed in Israel's intense 11-day bombardment since Hamas militants rampaged into Israeli towns on Oct 6, killing more than 1,300 soldiers and civilians.

 

Hamas said the blast at the hospital mostly killed displaced people. A senior official for the internationally recognised Palestinian Authority, which operates in the West Bank but not in Gaza, described it as a massacre.

 

SAUCE: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/least-500-victims-israeli-air-strike-hospital-gaza-health-ministry-2023-10-17/

Anonymous ID: 1b1358 Oct. 17, 2023, 12:12 p.m. No.19751375   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>1385 >>1387 >>1394

By using the term "open border," conservatives are suggesting that anyone can get into the U.S. without much hassle. But the reality is the southern border is more fortified than it's ever been.

 

Axios Explains: The myth of a U.S.-Mexico "open border"

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Anonymous ID: 1b1358 Oct. 17, 2023, 12:15 p.m. No.19751394   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

>>19751375

Axios Explains: The myth of a U.S.-Mexico "open border"

 

As the Biden administration grapples with the soaring number of migrants and asylum-seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border, conservative pundits and politicians have upped accusations that some Democrats support "open border" policies.

 

The big picture: By using the term "open border," conservatives โ€” including Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, who is seeking the role of House speaker โ€” are suggesting that anyone can get into the U.S. without much hassle. But the reality is that the southern border is more fortified than it's ever been.

 

Reality check: Since 1992, the U.S. has quadrupled the number of Border Patrol agents โ€” from less than 5,000 to nearly 20,000 today.

 

Barriers, walls, and fences have been erected along portions of the 1,951-mile U.S.-Mexico border, in addition to new Border Patrol outposts and high-tech surveillance systems.

The Border Patrol regularly breaks border arrest records, highlighting the difficulty of entering the country illegally.

Most recently, Biden decided to go forward with a border wall in South Texas.

Lines at ports of entry have gotten longer because of new requirements to enter the U.S., putting pressure to expand hours at newer ports of entry like the one in Santa Teresa, New Mexico.

 

The history of the border

 

The United States hasn't had an open border since the early 1920s, when it was relatively easy for migrants to cross from Mexico or simply buy a boat ticket from Europe.

 

Before World War I, there were no American consulates to apply for a visa, and Mexican migrants and Mexican Americans went back and forth between both countries with ease.

 

Yes, but: The rise of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s resulted in the passage of several immigration restrictions amid growing anti-Catholic and anti-Jewish sentiment.

 

The Border Patrol was created to keep out Chinese migrants coming in from Mexico.

New restrictions were put on Mexican migration, and migrants from south of the border were sprayed with pesticides when they entered the U.S. from about 1910 to 1950.

 

The fortification of the border

 

The U.S.-Mexico border became more militarized over the years, but a significant clampdown occurred during the Clinton administration with Operation Gatekeeper and Operation Hold-the-Line, which greatly expanded patrols in Texas and California.

 

Both efforts were aimed at halting illegal immigration and preventing easy back-and-forth travel through holes in fences. In El Paso, Texas, for example, 400 agents and vehicles were stationed every 100 yards to prevent illegal crossings.

The terrorist attacks on Sept. 11 led to more restrictions.

 

But, but, but: Migrants continued to try to enter the U.S. without permission in the absence of a timely legal path.

 

Many died or risked their lives by traveling through the arid Arizona desert, where temperatures reach triple digits.

 

Behind the "open border" myth

 

An Axios review of news stories found that the "open border" language took off during the Obama administration as conservatives worked to thwart planned immigration reform.

 

Obama pulled back from nominating Thomas Saenz, who is now the president of the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund, to run the Justice Department's civil rights division after conservative pundits falsely claimed he was "an open-borders extremist."

Obama was routinely attacked for supporting open borders, though he stepped up deportations and was labeled by immigrant advocates as the "deporter-in-chief."

 

Zoom out: Today, GOP presidential candidates repeat the false claim that President Biden supports open borders.

 

In two presidential debates, candidates Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy and Mike Pence alluded to open borders with little evidence.

Upset over Biden's decision to lift a Trump-era policy, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott denounced Biden for having open border policies, though he didn't define what that was.

 

What they're saying: "We don't have open borders because the U.S. government is attempting to stop as many people who cross the border as they can," David J. Bier, associate director of immigration studies at the Cato Institute, tells Axios.

 

In fact, the Biden Administration is now deporting migrants to Mexico even if they aren't from Mexico.

"If the administration was pursuing any kind of open border policy, the number of people being arrested would be dropping. And that's not the case. They're arresting and expelling as many people as ever."

 

SAUCE: https://www.axios.com/2023/10/17/us-mexico-border-open-borders-myth

Anonymous ID: 1b1358 Oct. 17, 2023, 12:43 p.m. No.19751575   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>1591

๐Ÿ”ฅ๐ŸšจDEVELOPING: Hananya Naftali a spokesperson for Israel allegedly made this post claiming that Israelโ€™s Air Force was responsible for the bombing at the hospital in Gaza. He allegedly deleted this post shortly after.

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