Informed Consent

  • rivermonster@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    That’s why Israel has been politically divided. The actions of the government don’t reflect the populous as a whole. If we went by your logic, all Palestinians would be guilty of war crimes now. Which is as stupid as blaming everything on Israel. Or blaming all Arabs for the Yom Kippur war, and so on.

    There’s no innocent parties here. If it feels that way, you dont know your history. Judge by actions… condem the crimes of Israel, but don’t let that dissuade you from the decrying the incredible war crimes of Hamas and its supporters the past few days.

    • SulaymanF@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Israel’s political divisions are no longer divisions over the Palestinian question. Both sides in the last election argued over which one would be tougher on Palestinians. Benny Gantz tried to claim he’d be tougher than Netanyahu because he’s killed Palestinians before. Neither wants Arab Israelis serving in the cabinet or government. The Israeli left wing has withered away over the last 20 years. Those massive street protests in Israel over Netanyahu gutting the courts was about Israelis, nobody brought up how this change would further harm Palestinians. Heck, the outrage was that Israelis would start to be treated “like Palestinians” under rightwing judges.