I hope I can comment on the above without taking a side in the current Israeli/Palestinian conflict:
Reddit seems to, on average, take a pro-Palestinian stance (they are practically jumping out of their seats over what is happening at Columbia), but for some reason /r/worldnews has a heavy, heavy Zionist slant.
Many people see Reddit as truth, and so it concerns me that either of these positions are accepted as the best course forward.
Na it's just this one sub because clearly it's being heavily manipulated, my "minority opinion" is shared in almost all the other ones. When only articles from israel-based news sources get upvoted then you know bots are doing most of the work. Go spend a few minutes looking at the posts related to the war and you'll end up at the same conclusion, you don't need to be a genius to see it.
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The funny thing about most of these systems is that they are all made of plastic. For towns with bad water quality I understand it but for most towns with limited or no PFAS I feel like there is the risk that you could be making the water worse
A lack of presence does not equal a lack of control. Israel still controls Palestinian air and maritime space, telecommunications, water, electricity, and border crossings.
While Israel may not have had a military presence since 2006, their control over the region did not do the same.
Goalpost moving aside, that statement is definitively untrue.
For one, Israel does not control the Gaza border with Egypt (which shocker... Egypt does). Israel has provided a ton of humanitarian aid to Gaza over the years including water and electricity but they do not control their water or electricity (kinda hard to do that or even claim that is being done since they don't have a presence in the country).
>Israel does not control the Gaza border with Egypt.
You're correct. But Palestine has no Egyptian consulate, so Palestinians are not able to secure a Visa of any kind to travel to Egypt. Israel does have an Egyptian consulate though, but Palestinians need permission from Israel to enter.
>Israel has provided...water and electricity but they do not control their water or electricity.
The Coastal Aquifer is the only groundwater source of water in the Gaza Strip. Gaza is at the end of the basin, however, Israel has built multiple deep wells and, essentially, extracts all water from the aquifer before it reaches Gaza's border. Israel then sells that water to Gaza. As well, Israel does not allow the West Bank to transport water to Gaza.
While Israel does not entirely control electricity within Gaza, Israel does supply Gaza with around 20% or so of their power and restricts fuel entry into Gaza which powers Gaza's only power station. At the start of this recent war, Israel has turned off their supply of power to Gaza and has not allowed fuel to be delivered to Gaza. Effectively turning off all power in Gaza. What power remains is usually through generators or solar power.
While the actions Israel has taken regarding power supplies to Gaza can be taken as a military decision to cut power to Hamas, we cannot overlook how this affects the 2 million civilians that also live in Gaza who have no say in this war.
> they do not control their water or electricity (kinda hard to do that or even claim that is being done since they don't have a presence in the country).
This is a stunningly false statement. I honestly don't know how anyone could believe it.
I guess you are just ignorant of the facts then. Israel only provides a portion as part of their humanitarian aid (but it isn't their responsibility to power Gaza.. just as no country is held responsible for anothers electricity?). I'd start with this wikipedia article:
You’re right, it isn’t Israel’s responsibility to power Gaza. But then why does Israel restrict and control Gaza’s import of fuel for their only power plant?
You can’t have your cake and eat it too. You can’t claim Israel is providing humanitarian aid while it is also restricting their ability to find solutions that no longer require their aid.
Have you never used the open source models? They are getting really good - better than 3.5 for sure not as good as 4 except when domain trained in my opinion
Or you know... maybe people just disagree with you