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Aug 13 at 23:07 comment added Zev Spitz ... Of particular interest: the rate of prank calls in Israel is comparable to that of Ireland; per UN data, only 9.77 violent events per month; and even that number is overinflated in many ways.
Aug 13 at 23:05 comment added Zev Spitz @MadMonty 1) The data comes from United Hatzalah's Rescuers Without Borders, who are the first responders in the West Bank; not a partisan organization. The original report was in Hebrew, which may or may not be useful to you. 2) Michael Wolfowicz, a PhD student at Hebrew U, recently spoke in English before the Knesset Law Committee with an accompanying presentation ...
Jun 7 at 22:50 comment added MadMonty @Zev Spitz - I looked at both your references, which are from the same source (Jewish News Syndicate), with datelines a bit stale (Feb/Mar). After an (admittedly brief) overview, it seems to promote an exclusively right-wing point of view, with rather vague attributions to its own sources. This makes me hesitant to accept your premise. Could you perhaps provide other more credible sources to support your argument?
Jun 7 at 11:12 history edited Brian Z CC BY-SA 4.0
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Jun 2 at 4:34 comment added Zev Spitz Some context: 1) the ratio of incidents of Palestinian violence targeting lives vs the number of incidents of Jewish actions (including graffiti) is about 500:1. 2) About 50% of reported incidents are deliberately faked calls. 3) More than double the aid per day enters Gaza now than before Oct. 7th, which Israel does nothing to impede besides security checks.
May 26 at 12:22 comment added Brian Z @quarahue Made some edits. The CNN link has a telling quote from Netanyahu where he was openly bragging about the "minimal" amount of aid being allowed through.
May 26 at 12:20 history edited Brian Z CC BY-SA 4.0
links re: aid obstruction
May 26 at 10:49 comment added quarague Do you have some source for your second paragraph? It is consistents with the results I can see from far away but as is this is just a claim by someone on the internet.
May 26 at 1:24 history answered Brian Z CC BY-SA 4.0