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Gallant's position is that there are no innocent people in Gaza and that they should be starved to death. He's said this many times: https://x.com/KhalilJeries

Gallant's position is that there are no innocent people in Gaza and that they should be starved to death. He's said this many times: https://x.com/KhalilJeries/status/1853905224320372923 https://x.com/KhalilJeries/status/1853905224320372923

StefanBatory 2y ago
I didn't know about this before, thanks :| I thought he was much more of a moderate in Netanyahu cabinet.
- newspaper1 2y ago
  There's a large attempt to pin all of this on Netanyahu and his closest cabinet but what he's saying is pretty much supported by nearly all of Israeli society down to individual citizens. I encourage everyone to find people who live in Israel on X and translate their tweets so they can see for themselves.
  - SauciestGNU 2y ago
    It's utterly appalling, and the main reason I tend to think the end of apartheid in Israel will look substantially different than the end of apartheid in South Africa.
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- griomnib 2y ago
  He is a moderate; which tells you all you need to know about contemporary Israel politics and ethical standards.
- tdeck 2y ago
  Liberal Zionists like to pretend Gallant was the "moderate one" but in reality there is essentially no moderate in current Israeli society, there is only the secular far right and the messianic further right. The two differ only in small derails of their preferred strategy when using the military to ethnically cleanse Gaza. There is no significant coalition that recognizes basic human rights for Palestinians.
- edanm 2y ago
  He is a member of Netanyahu's party, which is a right-wing party (though not far-right in terms of Israeli politics). He is certainly not a moderate, but he is far more trusted than Netanyahu and is considered a moderating and opposing influence on him by many people. Mostly representing the interested of the defence establishment, as opposed to purely political interests (or, if you ask me, as opposed to Netanyahu's only real interest, which is himself).
xdennis 2y ago
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edanm 2y ago
He's said this "many" times? Can you show some other times he's said this? This clip is IIRC from about 3 days after Hamas invaded Israel and massacred civilians. He announced an utterly immoral siege policy, but abandoned it almost immediately. And while you can certainly cherry-pick some awful statements from Gallant, he's also made many statements that make it clear that Israel is not targeting civilians.
dotancohen 2y ago
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dekelpilli 2y ago
Just a note that the translation in that video is slightly incorrect - he mentions Gaza City, not the Gaza strip.

StefanBatory 2y ago

I didn't know about this before, thanks :| I thought he was much more of a moderate in Netanyahu cabinet.

newspaper1 2y ago
There's a large attempt to pin all of this on Netanyahu and his closest cabinet but what he's saying is pretty much supported by nearly all of Israeli society down to individual citizens. I encourage everyone to find people who live in Israel on X and translate their tweets so they can see for themselves.
- SauciestGNU 2y ago
  It's utterly appalling, and the main reason I tend to think the end of apartheid in Israel will look substantially different than the end of apartheid in South Africa.
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- edanm 2y ago
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griomnib 2y ago
He is a moderate; which tells you all you need to know about contemporary Israel politics and ethical standards.
tdeck 2y ago
Liberal Zionists like to pretend Gallant was the "moderate one" but in reality there is essentially no moderate in current Israeli society, there is only the secular far right and the messianic further right. The two differ only in small derails of their preferred strategy when using the military to ethnically cleanse Gaza. There is no significant coalition that recognizes basic human rights for Palestinians.
edanm 2y ago
He is a member of Netanyahu's party, which is a right-wing party (though not far-right in terms of Israeli politics). He is certainly not a moderate, but he is far more trusted than Netanyahu and is considered a moderating and opposing influence on him by many people. Mostly representing the interested of the defence establishment, as opposed to purely political interests (or, if you ask me, as opposed to Netanyahu's only real interest, which is himself).

xdennis 2y ago

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edanm 2y ago

He's said this "many" times? Can you show some other times he's said this? This clip is IIRC from about 3 days after Hamas invaded Israel and massacred civilians. He announced an utterly immoral siege policy, but abandoned it almost immediately. And while you can certainly cherry-pick some awful statements from Gallant, he's also made many statements that make it clear that Israel is not targeting civilians.

dotancohen 2y ago

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dekelpilli 2y ago

Just a note that the translation in that video is slightly incorrect - he mentions Gaza City, not the Gaza strip.