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[–] 181 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If you dont 100% agree with every action of Israel's government, then you're their enemy.

It's a common thing with far right religious extremists.

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  • [–] 51 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    far right religious extremists.

    Fascists.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    And it’s because you’re an antisemite.

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  • [–] 38 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    We’re all antisemite on this blessed day

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    The instant someone makes that accusation, I disengage. I’ve learned the hard way.

    People think that calling someone antisemitic (or anti-Muslim) is a great debate tactic if you’re trying to put your opponent on the defensive and derail the conversation. There’s a major difference between criticizing a government/organization and general bigotry, and they know that perfectly well, but people who want an easy, emotional argument don’t care. They’re not interested in details.

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  • [+] -22 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    They’re not interested in details.

    Same goes for most critics of Israel. They don't want to listen because they don't care. They already have their made up facts to parrot, even if they know little of actual history of the region.

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    With the US at Israels back, lets not pretend the UN wasn't always optional for them anyway.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I would love to see the US abandon Israel and let them pay for their own military/genocidal operations, but I know that's unpossible in the current political climate.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It’s only impossible if you stay silent. Call your congress people. Tell them how you feel about it. Make a case for pushing peace and not giving militar aid.

    (Imo all aid should be in the form of supporting peace talks or protecting civilians, but I don’t know what the second part would look like.)

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I have reached out to my congresscritters, but I'm in a gerrymandered area and mainly have trump nuts gargling toadies that would rather let the country burn than dare let people they don't agree with have a voice.

    That's why I say it's unpossible, because I don't have the dosh to influence the idiots into not being war mongering fucksticks that actually care about anyone brown or without money.

    That's not to say I'm not still trying, I just can see I'm pissing into the wind.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago*

    If it's somehow any consolation, I'm in a place where it's the opposite and I could vote for anything and the democrats would win regardless, and whenever I try to push my representatives on issues that don't align with where the party already is, I get what is essentially an automated response.

    How funny, after writing the above I searched my reps name in my inbox to go through some past ones, and the last one where I wasn't just urging them to follow through on trump was the Israel Palestine conflict centered around Sheikh Jarrah in 2021. I asked him to make it matter in the next budget. All I got was a semi pre-written response where my senator said he supported asking for a ceasefire. Maybe I'm the moron for asking my senator to stand up and ask the rest of congress to give Israel less money instead of just asking for them to stop shooting. Everyone's asking them to stop shooting, not everyone has real power to change the conditions that allows the shootings, I thought that was the point of appealing to the government.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    Fucking children with nuclear briefcases, terrifying. Guterres's speech was very, very balanced.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    From 2019:

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has banned two Democratic U.S. congresswomen from visiting the country and the Palestinian territories this weekend, according to a government official.

    The two representatives have been vocal critics of the Israeli government and Trump's unwavering support of Netanyahu. They also voted against a nonbinding resolution condemning a Palestinian-led movement calling for boycotts, divestment and sanctions in Israel, which they have repeatedly defended.

    Anyone see a pattern here?

    Full story

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  • [+] -58 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    If you're not on the side of Israel and USA you're on the side of Hamas, Russia, Iran, NK and China. Which is unsurprising given UN's record.

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  • [–] 35 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Finally! A black and white take on war, famously a simple moral situation.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    I know I am so so sick of these complex views on the middle east. What is with internet comment threads that makes them lack all definite stances? I been saying this for years, the internet needs less middle ground and more incoherent dogmatic positions.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    It's not a game of sportsball. You can be on the side of people getting murdered who have no direct control of the decisions of the governments and organisations committing atrocities.

    That's the UN's job in fact. They aren't picking a side, and they are saying both sides have done wrong. All that's happened is the UN acknowledging an objective fact, if you consider killing civilians and targeting civilian infrastructure to be wrong.

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