On this day in 1967, the Israeli Army occupied the West Bank and Gaza Strip, claiming emergency powers with a military decree that greatly restricts the rights of the occupied. The ongoing occupation is the longest in the modern era.

The Israeli Army action took place in the context of the Six Day War, fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states. The status of the West Bank as a militarily occupied territory has been affirmed by the International Court of Justice and, with the exception of East Jerusalem, by the Israeli Supreme Court.

According to Human Rights Watch (HRW), the military proclamation issued by the Israeli Army on June 7th, 1967 permitted the application of the Defense (Emergency) Regulations of 1945.

These regulations empowered, and continue to empower, authorities to declare as an "unlawful association" groups that advocate for "bringing into hatred or contempt, or the exciting of disaffection against" the authorities, and criminalize membership in or possession of material belonging to or affiliated, even indirectly, with these groups.

HRW goes on to state that these and other broad restrictions on the occupied population violate international law: "The Israeli army has for over 50 years used broadly worded military orders to arrest Palestinian journalists, activists and others for their speech and activities - much of it non-violent - protesting, criticizing or opposing Israeli policies. These orders are written so broadly that they violate the obligation of states under international human rights law to clearly spell out conduct that could result in criminal sanction."

Following the military occupation of the West Bank, Israel began expropriating the land and facilitating Israeli settlements in the area, broadly considered a violation of international law. While Israelis in the West Bank are subject to Israeli law and given representation in the Israeli Knesset, Palestinian civilians, mostly confined to scattered enclaves, are subject to martial law and are not permitted to vote in Israel's national elections.

This two-tiered system has inspired comparisons to apartheid, likening the dense disconnected pockets that Palestinians are relegated to with the segregated Bantustans that previously existed in South Africa when the country was still under white supremacist rule.

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  • SoylentSnake [he/him, they/them]
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    4 months ago

    no response after proposing a third date this morning (we were texting back and forth a bit last night) and i noticed she unmatched me despite us being matched last night. i would assume she just decluttered her matches or took a break from the app since we have phone numbers and shit but the timing feels ominous. christ do i envy people who are naturally secure and not particularly neurotic/anxious sadness

    UPDATE they said yes to a third date it was either a match tidy-up or an app break lets-fucking-go

    • marxisthayaca [he/him,they/them]
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      4 months ago

      Hope they are busy and respond to you! If you’ve made it past date 2 and exchanged phone numbers don’t be so anxious! Go do something phone while you wait.

      • SoylentSnake [he/him, they/them]
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        4 months ago

        Go do something phone while you wait.

        i tried but then realized guilty gear strive is actually not a fun game and is evil and that im bad at it and it makes me sad lol. but no you're right, i should try to distract myself and trust that the signs up until this point have been good. since we're talking on the phone it wouldn't even really make sense for her first instinct to be to go into an app we don't even use to communicate anymore if she decided she's not interested. and even if she does it's only been two dates, life goes on.

    • Commiejones [comrade/them, he/him]
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      4 months ago

      I'm not naturally secure. I grew into it. Project confidence and pretend you don't care and eventually you are confident and don't care.

      Also maybe she deleted her app because she thinks you might get really serious.

      • SoylentSnake [he/him, they/them]
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        4 months ago

        Project confidence and pretend you don't care and eventually you are confident and don't care.

        workin on this heavy homie

        (but also she said yes to a third date big-cool )