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    Every Hamas member is a dead man, Netanyahu says

    in The War in Israel

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    8 minutes ago, lvr181 said:

    "BTW, that's how Israel won statehood." with the backing of the USA against the

    stubborn Brits.

    Britain was granted control of the region by League of Nations mandate, in what became known as Mandatory Palestine. The British government publicly committed itself to the creation of a Jewish homeland. Arab nationalism opposed this design, asserting Arab rights over the former Ottoman territories and seeking to prevent Jewish migration. As a result, Arab–Jewish tensions grew in the succeeding decades of British administration.

    In 1948, the Israeli Declaration of Independence sparked the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, which resulted in the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight and subsequently led to waves of Jewish emigration from other parts of the Middle East. Today, approximately 43 percent of the global Jewish population resides in Israel. In 1979, the Egypt–Israel peace treaty was signed, based on the Camp David Accords. In 1993, Israel signed the Oslo I Accord with the Palestine Liberation Organization, which was followed by the establishment of the Palestinian National Authority. In 1994, the Israel–Jordan peace treaty was signed. 

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    Every Hamas member is a dead man, Netanyahu says

    in The War in Israel

    Posted

    8 hours ago, impulse said:

    You've just described asymmetric warfare.  But I'd revise your statement to read "the big guys follow the rules, the little guys can't afford to".   History will decide who the good guys are, after all the killing is done.

     

    BTW, that's how Israel won statehood.  Bombing and terrorism, until the Brits gave up and went home.  But I say that not intending to open that line of discussion.  That's history and we're discussing current events.

     

    "BTW, that's how Israel won statehood." with the backing of the USA against the

    stubborn Brits.

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    Thai immigration officer asks for a “sin nam jai” to “help quicken the visa application process”

    in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits

    Posted

    On 12/28/2022 at 1:55 AM, chang farrang said:

    Went with my Thai wife a few days ago to submit our documents for our marriage visa.

     

    All the paperwork was in perfect order, as my wife is very organized and research the whole process carefully.

     

    The immigration officer confirmed everything was perfect and then asked me to fill out a survey by scanning a QR code on my phone.

     

    The 6th question asked me something along the lines of “Has the immigration officer asked for any other benefits to process your Visa?” To which I replied no. I then finish the survey and tell the officer I’ve submitted my feedback and I commented out loud “thank you, very happy, quick service” in Thai with a smile on my face and wai to the officer.

     

    Literally moments later, I see my wife being called over by what looks to be the chief officer at the immigration and I can see her face begin to look uncomfortable. She smiles and nods, and comes and takes me out the immigration office telling me were finished.

     

    I asked my wife is everything OK, my wife told me he asked for a “sin nam jai” to “help quicken the visa application process”

     

    My wife tells me it basically means they want a gift, or in other words money.

     

    Thoughts?

    Surprised NOT!

    Why are Thailands numbers low? Its the mask!s

    in COVID-19 Coronavirus

    Posted

    12 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

     

    At the beginning of all this there were reports of Doctors reporting alarming increases in the rates of viral pneumonia - I wonder how valid those reports were. They seem to have disappeared from the internet. 

     

    In other countries the Covid-19 related deaths seems to have been over-reported i.e. 'someone died from Covid-19 have being eaten by an alligator', whereas in Thailand someone who dies from Pneumonia if not tested for Covid-19 has died from Pneumonia. 

     

    The collection of data varies country to country. Thailand also reports road fatalities in a strange manner (those who die in hospital are not counted the official stats which are half that of the WHO estimate). 

     

    I wonder of the data in Thailand is being manipulated or massaged to fit an agenda or if we are actually seeing the real data and Thailand, although a statistical outlier, has somehow managed to control this. 

     

     

    Pneumonitis is what finally kills the Wuhan virus victims. And if they have not been tested/confirmed for the virus, then pneumonia it is.

     

    Pneumonia stats look more 'acceptable'. ????

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    BKK - Getting to a hospital in an EMERGENCY during the 10pm-4am curfew

    in Health and Medicine

    Posted

    21 hours ago, GuyFawkes said:

    In the curfew of May 2010 my very close friend needed to go to hospital.  It was a matter of life or death.

    I called the hospital - not in Bangkok but well known in its location Thai city - and was told that because of the curfew they could not go out until 5 a.m.

     

    Sadly my friend died at 4.20 a.m.    His last request was for me to hold him in my arms, which I did.   It was the most harrowing thing to watch him slowly slipping away.  I will remember it until my dying day.

    That is terribly sad.

     

    Surely frontline services. medics, firecrews etc., would be exempt but TIT!

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