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It comes down to whether everyone who lives in Palestine can be killed or removed before the direct financial support reverses into sanctions or something beyon
by whatshisface 1y ago
It comes down to whether everyone who lives in Palestine can be killed or removed before the direct financial support reverses into sanctions or something beyond the heavily suppressed critical online comments they're facing right now. Once they are all gone, the pressure to save them will be as well. I think they are at peace with "reputation" (among who, western intellectuals? progressives in Europe?) in exchange for achieving a goal that has defined rightwing Israeli politics for generations.
Besides, what do they have to be afraid of? They know the accusations of antisemitism are false, and will not become true any time soon. The idea of a widespread vendetta against both the violent and peaceful elements of Israel has always been a fiction, used to justify the extraordinary measures employed to "defend" against it. All they have to do is kill or expel two million people, and then the crime will become history (probably not in US textbooks).
- moogly 1y agoYeah, depressingly, I think you're right. They've gotten away with it for so long now, without any real repercussions, so perhaps they can just accelerate now that they're on the home stretch, reputation be damned. The EU states were extremely quick to cancel their sanctions discussions, but still haven't resumed them as the killings continue. They've been very quiet. Ultimately, they too, are too craven to do what's right.