Hello World,
Today, after careful consideration and evaluation of recent events, we have decided to defederate from Lemmygrad.
Regrettably, we have observed a significant increase in hate speech and calls to violence originating from the Lemmygrad instance. Due to the severity of the posts and comments, we are not waiting for the next Lemmy update that will allow users to block instances.
At Lemmy.world, we have always strived to foster an inclusive and welcoming user environment. However, recent posts and comments from Lemmygrad have clearly violated our server rules and, more importantly, our core values. We firmly believe that hate speech and incitement of violence have no place in our community, regardless of personal beliefs or affiliations.
As always, we encourage all users to report any content they deem inappropriate or harmful. No matter one’s stance in any conflict, Lemmy.world will always take immediate action to remove and ban any posts or comments that incite violence or propagate hatred.
We encourage everyone to continue engaging in discussions within the boundaries of respect and understanding. As we move forward with this decision, we remain committed to providing all community members with a safe and welcoming space. We appreciate your continued support and cooperation in upholding our shared principles.
Thank you,
The Lemmy.World Team
I hadn’t heard that Hamas was blocking civilians from leaving Gaza, but they do like using their people as meat shields. Though it wouldn’t make any difference if they allowed such an exodus, because both Egypt and Israel aren’t letting anyone out.
They said it earlier on the news.
First there were requests for Egypt to open their borders in order to let humanitarian aid into Gaza… to which Egypt said “the fuck no, we don’t want Palestinians coming into Egypt”.
So next was a request for Egypt to open just a humanitarian corridor into Gaza… to which Hamas said “the fuck no, we don’t want Palestinians leaving Gaza”. 🤦
Last news I’ve heard, is that some planes are getting packed with humanitarian aid at an Egyptian airfield, to fly into Gaza and only deliver the aid… because neither Egypt nor Hamas want any of the people in there to leave (hopefully some might jump onto the planes anyway).
Hamas is supposedly also stopping anyone from heeding Israel’s 24h ultimatum to leave northern Gaza, however laughable that is to evacuate over a million people on such a short notice.
Israel would likely let everyone out… as long as they went “out out”, as in to some other country, not to Israel.