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Netanyahu presents Trump with blown up body of Palestinian two-year-old as thank you for continued US support (thehardtimes.net)

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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited President Trump at the White House today and gifted him the remains of an infant killed by American bombs in Gaza, multiple sources confirmed.

“America is the best friend Israel could ever ask for. To show my appreciation I brought him a fruit basket with Israel’s most delicious offerings, and an unidentified corpse of a future Hamas terrorist that we were able to eradicate because the American taxpayers have been so generous to our cause,” said Netanyahu while trying to wash the blood from his hands. “Traditionally, we would have just thrown this body in an unmarked mass grave, but I wanted President Trump to see that his support is not going to waste. Hopefully I’ll be able to bring him more exploded children next time, there are certainly plenty of them to choose from.”

President Trump spoke about his fondness for the gift and the relationship with Israel going forward. [...]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This would not have been so humorous a few years ago. But, things got worse, now it is relatable and almost true.

So. I tried to imagine things not so funny now that might make me laugh later. And that was not nice to think about at all.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

It wouldn't be funny to people who don't know the history of Palestine. This has always been happening, it is just more "popular" in the news.