Hamas attacks Israel

[George K]

Hay @bachophile !

What's the feeling over there lately?

[bachophile]

Bleak. Happy of course about the hostage release but still very post trauma and still understanding that there is still a lot of fighting ahead.

In other news, Elon Musk dropped in for a visit.

[George K]

@bachophile said in Hamas attacks Israel:

Elon Musk dropped in for a visit.

And he said that Hamas must be eliminated.

[George K]

Wasn't there a "cease-fire" on October 6?

[jon-nyc]

Interesting graphic from NYT.

[89th]

Keep in mind we are talking about Hostages (Hamas) vs Prisoners (Israel). This isn't exactly a hostage swap or prisoner swap. Aka... An innocent Israeli girl in exchange for an (accused) rapist or murderer, is not exactly a swap.

[George K]

[jon-nyc]

@89th said in Hamas attacks Israel:

Keep in mind we are talking about Hostages (Hamas) vs Prisoners (Israel). This isn't exactly a hostage swap or prisoner swap. Aka... An innocent Israeli girl in exchange for an (accused) rapist or murderer, is not exactly a swap.

Some were “administrative detainees”, held without charges, trials, or even access to the allegations against them.

[Horace]

@jon-nyc said in Hamas attacks Israel:

@89th said in Hamas attacks Israel:

Keep in mind we are talking about Hostages (Hamas) vs Prisoners (Israel). This isn't exactly a hostage swap or prisoner swap. Aka... An innocent Israeli girl in exchange for an (accused) rapist or murderer, is not exactly a swap.

Some were “administrative detainees”, held without charges, trials, or even access to the allegations against them.

Why does Israel do this? What's in it for them, given the horrible optics?

[Mik]

Good question.

[George K]

[jon-nyc]

Ok between Zalensky and now Israeli leaders getting the appellation, we can safely say “Nazi” now means “someone I really don’t like”.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Hamas attacks Israel:

Zalensky and now Israeli leaders

Yeah, Jews as Nazis.

[Horace]

I’m old enough to remember when the comparison was made right here in America.

[George K]

"In response..."

[89th]

Maybe it was a golf ball

[jon-nyc]

[George K]

[George K]

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-investigates-possible-trading-knowledge-ahead-oct-7-hamas-attack-2023-12-04/

Israeli authorities are investigating claims by U.S. researchers that some investors may have known in advance of a Hamas plan to attack Israel on Oct. 7 and used that information to profit from Israeli securities.

Research by law professors Robert Jackson Jr from New York University and Joshua Mitts of Columbia University found significant short-selling of shares leading up to the attacks, which triggered a war nearly two months old.

"Days before the attack, traders appeared to anticipate the events to come," they wrote, citing short interest in the MSCI Israel Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) that "suddenly, and significantly, spiked" on Oct. 2 based on data from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).

"And just before the attack, short selling of Israeli securities on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) increased dramatically," they wrote in their 66-page report.

In response, the TASE referred Reuters to the Israel Securities Authority, which said: "The matter is known to the authority and is under investigation by all the relevant parties."

[jon-nyc]