If you only criticize civilian casualties when Palestine resists, then your concern isn't civilian casualties. Your concern is Palestine resisting massacre.

matcha_addict@lemy.lol · 2 年前

If you only criticize civilian casualties when Palestine resists, then your concern isn't civilian casualties. Your concern is Palestine resisting massacre.

Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 年前

I’d like to add even more context: ~45% of Palestine is under the age of 14.

sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz · 2 年前

Is condom use against their religion?

Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 年前

Palestinians do not have consistent access to clean water, no I don’t think they have consistent access to condoms.

DarkGamer@kbin.social · 2 年前

They do.

DarkGamer@kbin.social · 2 年前

“Palestinian women are not having lots of children because they don’t know about contraception, or can’t access contraception,” says Sara Randall, an anthropologist at University College London, who co-authored the 2006 investigation. “So one has to conclude that they actually want lots of children.” source

Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 年前

FYI links to her study, about Demography, not access to contraception - lead to a 404 page.

Here’s a prrtty informal survey about Gazan access to contraception, it sort of suggests they have, like I said, inconsistent access to contraception.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31856794/

The article you linked to makes many excellent points. When you’re poor, bored, and chock full of bombing-induced PTSD, having many kids is seen as a good idea.