• MrSulu@lemmy.ml
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    We have greater fear of the word ‘antisemetism’ being used inappropriately against us than we are to appropriately speak out or take action to prevent the eradication of semetic people In Palestine and Lebanon. Here in the UK it was unlawful with many arrested for protesting in public or online. We cannot be the hand over evil by staying silent.

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    Calling out Israel’s actions as a country have been declared “anti-Semitic”, and thus a hate-crime.

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      Ironic since anti semitisms definition includes comparing all semites with jews or a jews state.

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    The constant indiscriminate killing is insane.

    What is even crazier is coming to realize with modern technology it isn’t indiscriminate and they may very well know with good accuracy who is dying before they do.

    The implications of this type of warfare is beyond chilling.

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    Israel is the USA’s military arm in the middle east, it is doing exactly what it was created to do.

    Also, a lot of these borders they’re fighting over were arbitrarily created by the USA and UK after WW1&2 (including Israel of course). These borders have nothing to do with the reality on the ground, enemies were mashed together with their mortal enemies and called a country.

    This keeps prices of their labor low, for maximum profits. Only the royal families make bank

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      You got it all wrong. The US doesn’t want to do this, Israel wants to do this and have bought enough US politicians to pull it off. The US created a monster and it’s in control now. The US also needs a base in the middle east and wants access to Israel’s intelligence apparatus. Any time the US tries to flex, Bibi just threatens to make friends with Russia instead, and if the president is a giant pussy like Biden or especially Trump, they fold rather than call the bluff.

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      its also no wonder why they keep targeting IRAN, the original govt before the SHAH was democratic, and they were afraid of nationalization of the oil, so they did a coup and installed the shah which eventually led to the islamic revolution, and they have been trying to get that back since. attacking iran now, likely will ensure the govt remains in place, and the uprising is largely quashed.

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        Yes very much, funding for universities come from jewish/israeli backers, and MIT is a basically a pipeline to the IDF weapons tech.

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      For the military arm in the Middle East they sure need a lot of US aircraft carriers and military bases to protest them against incoming missiles.

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    Israel commiting genocide/ethnic cleansing while the media utterly ignores it?

    Thats utterly preposterous! How could such a thing happen again!? /s

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    I think Israel senses that the writing is on the wall. For decades they’ve preferred to gradually expand their borders, slowly antagonizing their neighbors and then using the resulting retaliations to justify land theft.

    But this shtick is wearing thin. Slowly the tide is turning against Israel, even in the US. And Trump is likely to be the high water mark for US support of Israel. Trump’s given them a blank check, so they’re treating this as their last chance to grab as much land as possible while facing minimal international resistance. This is the fire sale of the US/Israel alliance.

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      Slowly the tide is turning against Israel, even in the US.

      Is it? Public sentiment might be turning against them, but actual political support for them is only increasing, and not just from Trump; even ostensibly “left wing” governments like UK or Australia are still pulling out all the stops to ensure Israel gets what it wants and domestic criticism is crushed

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      USA can’t turn against Israel, it IS Israel, Israel is our baby. We made it with the UK, Israel is used for military and intel, more than anywhere else in the world. A forever hot spot

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      Israel and Zionists constantly conflating the state of Israel with the Jewish people is responsible for much of the rise of anti-semitism, and it’s all on purpose, too. Israel wants Jews living in other nations to feel more and more in danger so that they move to Israel so they can be used as settlers to push more native people out of their homes. It’s all part of the Zionist plan and has been since the formation of the state of Israel.

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      Unless the jewish people who oppose the actions of Israel start speaking up there may not be a difference going forward. Sadly.

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    Lebanon’s government and military were actually helping Israel combat Hezbollah. It was the only path towards stability.

    You see the thanks this got them…

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    Only a matter of time before they call it something else and the world’s media just pretends it’s always been part of Israel.

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    They’re covering it here in Europe it’s on the news regularly. The problem is that nobody cares in Europe to do anything.

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      To clarify, they cover the facts of the matter in a very abstract, passive way - they’ll say that Lebanon is being struck by Israeli missiles and that IDF forces are telling people to leave their homes, but no one will even come close to suggesting that what’s happening is ethnic cleansing.

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        Sanction Israel for genocide for a start. Cut off diplomatic economic educational and financial ties with them. Like the world did with South Africa.

        But Europe doesn’t give a fuck about genocide unless it’s on their soil.

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              Why are you (whatever your country is) supporting America? Why is half the world using the US Dollar for international trade? How is your country enabling the USA?

              Do you think the USA are Nazis? Do you think if you sit at the table with Nazis, you’re a Nazi? Is your country sitting at the table?

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            Fair. But if any bloc in the world can do it it’s the European Union. But their members don’t give a shit otherwise they would have by now.

            The fact is no one in Europe cares about it. Years, decades, of weasel words and inaction. Years of illegal occupation and ifnoryof UN mandates. Years of on going genocide. But the people dying aren’t white Europeans… oh well too bad for them I suppose?

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              Yeah, and Pakistan and Indonesia have done what exactly? The Saudis have sanctioned and oil embargoed the US? Egypt has forced aid through the Gaza border? Turkey has seized American military bases? Right? Right? No.

              Everyone is complicit. More or less every nation would rather have peace and comfortable political discussions, rather than stand up against the world hegemon. Some tried, Libya, Iraq, Cuba, Venezuela, and Iran. Find me one country that has opposed the US in this? And before you say Spain, let me note that they haven’t even kicked out their ambassador. What do you want from Europe that no other country is willing to do?

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                The difference is that European countries regularly proselytise how open and kind they are and how they respect the rule of law and international human rights. Pakistan / Saudi Arabia doesn’t 😄.

                Everyone is complicit.

                Yes. They are. But Europe should take a lead in this if I am honest. Lead by example that if you genocide people you can’t do business here.

                But that’s not going to happen.

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                  I agree 100%, and as a European I am disgusted by the political elites here and have been since the Iraq War when I marched in protest against their obvious violations of international law. But the so called democracies of Europe are in many ways plutocracies beholden to the plutocracy of the US. I’ve voted, protested, written in the papers and been part of organizations, yet my opinions are by the majority considered radical and unrealistic. But at least in Europe, people like me are not put behind bars.

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                The sanctions should be on the state who is building colonies and not simply some random settlers and settler orgs

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        There are European nations that send a lot of money to Israel every year. Maybe they can stop doing that?

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    They didn’t cover the cleansing of a primarily Muslim territory, why should it differ from cleansing primarily Christian territory?