User talk:37.142.167.158

June 2020
Hello, I'm Materialscientist. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions —specifically this edit to Marcus Thuram—because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Help desk. Thanks. Materialscientist (talk) 09:24, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
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 * Please explain your as yet unexplained reversion of my modification of Incendiary_balloon made on 23 August 2020‎ AEST - namely the removal of the propagandistic term 'Agro-terrorism' used to describe the recent anti-blockade activity and punishment of past Israeli crimes on Palestinians, namely the launching of fire-starting balloons & kites into Israeli-held territory. A more accurate term would be 'scorched earth', since the Palestinians launching these balloons were probably either evicted from their land in Israel by force or threat of force or fled for their lives or were out of the country when Israel took control and weren't allowed back in, or are the children or grandchildren of people who were.
 * But going back to the term you defend in the Incendiary_balloon article (Agro-terrorism), there are numerous reasons why it's an inappropriate description of the actions of Palestinians resisting the Israeli blockade of Gaza, including by launching fire-starting balloons & kites:
 * Firstly, the balloons have virtually no chance of causing food insecurity among Israelis - they could feed the entire nation with a small fraction of their military budget.
 * Secondly: "The Israeli military made precise calculations of Gaza's daily calorie needs to avoid malnutrition during a blockade imposed on the Palestinian territory between 2007 and mid-2010, according to files the defence ministry released on Wednesday under a court order." - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/oct/17/israeli-military-calorie-limit-gaza - the IDF documented actions that caused millions of Palestinians to go hungry - it is therefore absolutely ridiculous to accuse the victims of such human rights abuses of 'agro-terrorism', especially for an act that didn't even have a significant chance of causing hunger. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MathewMunro (talk • contribs) 12:26, 25 August 2020 (UTC)