Hamas != Palestine.
Likud != Israel.
Look beyond blind hate, and ask yourself who is the real enemy. You know most Israelis never wanted this war. You know most Palestinians never wanted this war. You know Likud is a minority government. You know Hamas is a unelected dictatorship.
You know most Israelis never wanted this war.
Every time Hamas fires a rocket they justify Israel's actions.
So logically 1 Hamas rocket is worth 1 genocide? What kind of exchange rate are you proposing here, how many Palestinian lives is one Israeli life worth?
Would you care to re-word your opinion?
"There is absolutely no inevitability as long as there is a willingness to contemplate what is happening." - The Medium is the MassageIt doesn't matter what you think or what I think.
It matters that on the evening news they show rockets bombarding Israeli towns, and that is truth. It matters because it allows Likud to frame the narrative. It matters because most 3rd party observers see that, and all they see is two vicious parties slugging it out, and shrug. Another war in the holy land. It is just the way it always has been. The way it will always be.
It doesn't matter what you think or what I think.
Excellent if true. Hopefully Bibi is next. All militants that want to send other peoples children to war should suffer the same fate.
Israel will be responding to the genocide claims, this should be interesting (will Dershowitz represent them?)
Israel Prepares To Defend Itself Against Genocide Claims In First Hearing At The Hague
Israel's cooperation is rare, signaling that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government is concerned the charges risk ruining the country's reputation.www.huffpost.com
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They'd be placed on a list to be arrested and jailed if found guilty i guess, just like Putin, now if countries abide by the ruling is a whole different matter (see Putin travelling abroad to a few different countries) Most will likely have to curtail their travel though i believe if found guilty but that would be the extent of it.Does Israel really need a defence in this trial? Surely they can have some random person read out their statement being that anyone who criticises Israel is an anti-semite.
Has anyone any idea what the point is in this trial? Will Netanyahu and his entire cabinet be executed for genocide if they're found guilty?
But let's be realistic: The only outcome that will be considered acceptable to the major players is an outcome that achieves absolutely nothing, then Israel can get back to their task of eradicating the Palestinian people. After that, the Palestinian genocide will be considered a taboo topic to discuss in Israel.
If the Israeli people engaged in many efforts to make their feelings known that they don't want this, such as mass protests (at least half a million people), a landslide election loss for the current regime, new figures in Israeli politics pushing for peace with Palestine and gaining traction, I would find that to be reasonably convincing that they're not just like a bunch of people on this thread who tolerate genocide and say things like, "sad but necessary", but with the side-benefit of free land for the taking.
I am supporting Palestine in this conflict, but I disagree with your post.
Did we have mass protests or cause civil unrest when we bombed the shit out of Afghanistan for 20 years? Or what about the Iraq war where estimates of up to a million were killed? BTW regarding elections, starting wars while your in office historically benefits your chances of being reelected. Just ask Bush.
Why Palestine and not Ukraine? What's different?I am supporting Palestine in this conflict, but I disagree with your post.
It's more like what's in common. Think "What would Putin support?".Why Palestine and not Ukraine? What's different?
Ah. So Putin hates Israel. Wonder why though.It's more like what's in common. Think "What would Putin support?".
Well that's an easy ask, cause they're allied with the US of course, the other side of the whole ME axis.Ah. So Putin hates Israel. Wonder why though.
Can't say the same of any other country but us Americans aren't collectively content unless we're bombing the shit out of some place, somewhere. We're the polar opposite of pacifists. We might portray from time to time we want to be isolationists but just give us a reason to bomb and invade and we're on it like white on rice. It's one of the only things Democrats and Republicans can agree on. I would like to say this isn't true but actions speak louder than words, it is what it is.In the UK, I don't remember there being protests about Afghanistan but there certainly were protests about Iraq II, and there have been worldwide protests in favour of Palestine. Furthermore, if UK citizens were aware of the UK military engaging in *genocide*, we would absolutely be out on the streets.
I also think that your thinking sounds US-centric. No war in my memory that the UK has been engaged in has boosted a PM's standing (and also my impression is that US citizens idolise their military a heck of a lot more than we do; here, war dead get some auto-respect but otherwise being in the military is just another job). Maybe the Falklands war boosted Thatcher's profile but that's before I can remember. If anything, Iraq II damaged Blair's profile because it commonly was seen as the UK acting as the US's lapdog and playing political games rather than having any just cause.
Can't say the same of any other country but us Americans aren't collectively content unless we're bombing the shit out of some place, somewhere. We're the polar opposite of pacifists. We might portray from time to time we want to be isolationists but just give us a reason to bomb and invade and we're on it like white on rice. It's one of the only things Democrats and Republicans can agree on. I would like to say this isn't true but actions speak louder than words, it is what it is.
Good read on Israel / Russia relations.