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It was a joke at Rachel Riley's expense after her latest rant.

Consonant please Rachel. And a vowel. Er, another consonant please... R A S I C T Your time starts, now!

Beterbiev Vs Bivol is made then. 1st June. I hate Saudi events but they make it happen.

I didn't realise I wasn't calm?

Quick guys, something something Iran. Drown out the gunshots at Palestinians returning north. How's that aid coming along?

There's an echo?

or antisemitic. One he uses while apologising for the Likud party and giving them a platform.

And Islamophobic

Apologies to you and Lord Cameron

Lord Libya Cameron out doing the media rounds. Absolutely smashing it. He's like a shiny John Kirby. Lots of Israelis can't go home, he said. That's unimaginable. Missile strikes could have killed thousands, he said. We can't allow that to happen. Not on our watch. If there's one thing we won't do it's stand by while people are displaced and killed on a huge scale. Bravo, my Lord Brexiteer

Well, you made me Google Ben Shapiro a while back and ever since then I see his opinions everywhere. Even when his points are valid they come from a horrid place. Ignorance was bliss. So may this Matt Walsh fella haunt you forever.

Has she ever heard of Paul Jewell?

If we're to expect the unexpected from Israel then we should be getting some honesty, evidence, accountability and de-escalation.

Netenyahu saw those drones and popped the champagne.

In The Night Garden - snuggled with my first daughter Ben and Holly's little Kingdom - snuggled with second daughter Match of The Day Airwolf Knight Rider

I listen to the podcast 'a Muslim and a Jew Go There' with Sayeeda Warsi and David Baddiel. She agrees with you that there's no better time to talk about a two state solution. The world has neglected this conflict for too long. You're probably right. I just don't trust the world (USA) to do what needs to be done. They already seem to be banging their war drums at Iran for daring to consider "a right to self defence". Likewise, Iran will continue to arm anyone willing to take the fight to Israel. I'm not sure they'll do anything directly but they will always threaten Israel. A Palestinian State coming out of this? I can't see how Israel or America could allow it. I'm not even sure they should now. That's what I mean by too late/too early. This state would be funded and motivated to attack Israel. It's fecked.

Is it as big of a dump as it seems to some of us living here? Lived here all my life and it just seems to be getting worse! Derbyshire - beautiful. Derby though, looking forward to escaping.

I can't even begin to imagine what a Palestinian State would look like. Not now. The west would demand a hand in who leads it. Palestinians would reject that. They already see the leadership in West Bank as a weak compromised government. The whole point is that Palestinians demand self determination. Would the West also deal with the extremists in Israel (which, despite the media shift, goes further than Netenyahu)? No. "Israel is a democracy". If the West allowed the Palestinians the freedom to elect their leadership... we could be talking anything from a power vacuum within Palestine to a leadership emerging that would bring us back to war again. Never going to happen as you can see from the opposition view in Australia We are just stuck in the mindset that Israel has the absolute right to defend itself by whatever means, to elect Zionist leaders and that it's up to the Palestinians to somehow wave it's right of self defence (trust that the Int community will defend them) and elect a suitable leadership. The West says Israel has moral superiority over all the Middle East. It can not be an arbiter of peace from that position. Even now, they stand beside Netenyahu. They can't talk about a Palestinian State until they're prepared to tackle the Apartheid and belligerent State. They can't even stop sending weapons never mind apply international pressure. Apologies for cynical rant. It's just the calls for a Palestinian State are too late or too early. There couldn't be a worse time

The gypsies must have had it

Feels very much like we are standing at the precipice. Rafah is a bargaining chip. America draw the line there with the world watching Netenyahu needs results. It's not that Israelis are against the war but they are against how he's handled it. Hamas would sacrifice it or are willing to call the bluff. They think they're in a strong position With Iran and Hezbollah weighing up what they think is the best "response" and Israel are preparing for "the next stage", the clock is ticking for Palestinians. I can't believe that Israel's next stage would be Rafah. Without America's blessing, with Iran and Hezbollah threatening... It just seems a length even they wouldn't go to and I feel like I've been invested long enough not to be surprised by the IDF. If they do though.... well, it won't be Russia that drag us directly into a major conflict. Might be being a bit dramatic but I just can't see any invasion of Rafah that doesn't end with a Royale Rumble.

Don't forget the meddling journalists. Not the ones that are denied access. The hundred-ish others.

It's so easy to say let's get a ceasefire. So I didn't say it. In fact, I opposed it. In fact, I opposed it and offered full support to Israel. In fact, I opposed it and offered full support to Israel and gaslight people calling for a ceasefire. Because when I say permanent ceasefire what I really mean is the surrender of Hamas. Which will be replaced by Hamas 2.0 because it doesn't address any of the concerns of Palestinians to have the biggest Palestinian threat to Israeli expansion destroyed. And now, while i still send Israelis weapons that are being used in a possible genocide and certain war crimes I will claim that I am the only one who can the bigger picture. Which is by enabling Israel to kill Palestinians that the Palestinians and the entire region will be more inclined to accept me as the arbiter of peace. An unsteady ceasefire that allows aid and negotiation is more harmful than a bloody military campaign that stands next to no chance of being decisive without killing a significant number of the Palestinian population

Israel was told to allow more aid in. Now aid doesn't want to come in. We welcome Israel to investigate Israel

I finished The Gentlemen on Netflix last night First two episodes were witty and take you back to the days of Lock, Stock and Snatch. Then it takes a bit of a drop and isn't really very funny or very good again. Bit of a letdown. Watchable only because the first two grab your interest So I thought I'd go back and check who directed the first two. Those are the only two by Guy Ritchie. Felt a bit short changed.

"You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies." The clever people say the way to permanent ceasefire is through a bloody brutal military campaign and not through a temporary ceasefire being extended with a series of negotiations. I'm definitely stupid. Because I'd have thought if you want to make peace between Israel and Palestine that you'd work with whoever the major factions are. Even if they disgust you and can't be entirely trusted. Especially when Hamas and Fatah have been in talks. I'd call that an opportunity? Apparently if you dictate to the Palestinians who should represent them while killing them that eventually you'll win them over. With Hezbollah and Iran full of serious threats I'm sure de-escalation is around the corner.