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Israel says it is cutting off its electricity supply to Gaza. The full effects of that are not immediately clear, but the territory’s desalination plants receive power for producing drinking water.

Sunday’s announcement comes a week after Israel cut off all supplies of goods to the territory to over 2 million people. It has sought to press Hamas to accept an extension of the first phase of their ceasefire. That phase ended last weekend. Israel wants Hamas to release half of the remaining hostages in return for a promise to negotiate a lasting truce.

Hamas has pressed to start negotiations on the ceasefire’s more difficult second phase instead, which would see the release of remaining hostages from Gaza, the withdrawal of Israeli forces and a lasting peace. Hamas is believed to have 24 living hostages and the bodies of 35 others.

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[–] ButtermilkBiscuit@lemm.ee 116 points 1 week ago (1 children)

More collective punishment from the "good guys"

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 70 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Yet another reminder that if a god does exist, they're the type who likes burning ants with a magnifying glass.

[–] commander@lemmings.world -1 points 6 days ago

I have serious theories on this that I think other cultures have tried to tackle.

[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 54 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Epicurus said it best:

Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.

Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.

Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?

Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God

  • Epicurus
[–] yesman@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I'll never understand the anti-theist obsession with religion. They survey everything before them, scanning for signs of faith like a hawk searching for mice.

For me, one of the best things about atheism is I can automatically depreciate the significance of all that dumb shit.

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[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So like the god of the bible then?

[–] Tja@programming.dev 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No no, that's the one with sending bears to maul children for... calling a bald guy "bald".

[–] dontbelasagne@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

And the one that sends gay people and the people that shop on sundays to hell and sees both as sins as bad as each other but has no problem with slavery.

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[–] Tja@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Dammit Biden, how can you let this happen!?

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works -3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What are you trying to accomplish?

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