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Isn't mass murder of civilians the most Israeli thing ever? For those out of the loop, this isn't an anomaly. It's a societal-level policy: 47% of Israeli Jews
by churchill 7mo ago
Isn't mass murder of civilians the most Israeli thing ever? For those out of the loop, this isn't an anomaly.
It's a societal-level policy: 47% of Israeli Jews want all Palestinians killed; 82% want all Palestinians forcefully expelled (i.e., ethnically cleansed) [0] which would constitute genocide. 56% want the same for all Israeli Arabs.
So, it's pathetic when Westerners act surprised at Israel's antics: you can't support a genocidal state and then be shocked when it does genocidal stuff. This is just Tuesday for them.
Once you understand this, Israel's actions are not an anomaly. It's the natural expression of people who consider their neighbors beneath them, and barely even human.
[0]: https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/poll-show-most-jewish-israelis-support-expelling-gazans https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/poll-show-most-jew...
- badc0ffee 7mo ago[flagged]
- ceejayoz 7mo agoI do like to set a personal moral standard a little higher than "what would Hamas endorse?"
- pcthrowaway 7mo agoHamas also doesn't endorse genocide of Jewish people. In 2018, after the deadliest attack of Jews in the U.S. (11 killed during an attack on a synagogue), Hamas condemned the attack: https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/187356-181028-hamas-condemns-pittsburgh-synagogue-attack https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/187356-181028-h... They do want Palestine (from the river to sea) to be under Muslim and Arab rule, which is still a racial and religious hierarchy similar to Zionism, which we have seen can all to easily lead to genocide, so I don't want to suggest they are beacons of morality, but they are certainly no worse than Israel, and they are operating from the position of having one of the world's most advanced militaries and media apparati stacked against them
- ceejayoz 7mo agoI am personally of the opinion that that's more a PR thing than a genuine change of heart. I would very much love to be proven wrong, but the acts of Oct 7 really don't give me much hope there. I think both have significant genocidal intent, if the world will let them get away with it, but only one party has genocidal capacity.
- LorenPechtel 7mo ago[flagged]
- sosomoxie 7mo agoPalestinians just want their stolen land back and not to be murdered by an invading force backed by a global superpower.
- LorenPechtel 7mo agoThen why do they consistently call for genocide? And why do they oppose a peaceful two-state solution?
- sosomoxie 7mo agoThey all for the removal of the people who stole their land, from their land. I support this obviously logical and moral position.
- LorenPechtel 7mo agoBut the "removal" they desire is by death. And it wasn't their land in the first place. It had been the Ottoman Empire, at the time it was under the control of the British.
- sosomoxie 7mo agoThe Palestinians would be fine with the invaders returning to their home countries. It's the Zionists who have chosen to retain the stolen land with genocidal ethnic cleansing.