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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

Since when did war crimes count as just means?

[–] _core 4 points 1 day ago

What a weird way to refer to your country. "The one and only Jewish state" thats like saying "the one and only American state" or "the one and only French state"

[–] [email protected] 48 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"civilization" vs "barbarians"

Typical speech for those trying to justify genocide.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Where's Boudica when you need her.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 3 days ago

Not a Jewish state, a Zionist state. A Jewish state would follow the Mosaic Covenant. They wouldn't covet their neighbor's property (Palestinian's land) They wouldn't kill (genocide). They wouldn't take the name of God in vein by attributing their horrible actions to their god. They wouldn't steal the land and houses from people. They wouldn't bear false witness against their neighbor by calling Palestinians terrorists for simply not giving up when their land is being stolen. A Jewish state might not be that bad, a Zionist state, on the other hand, is a fascist state. #Gaza #Genocide #Fascism #Netanyahu #Zionism #FreePalestine

[–] [email protected] 152 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Well, I was on the fence about Carney, now I see he won't be totally awful for the country.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 3 days ago

At least he answers questions comprehensively.

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[–] [email protected] 120 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

Ha, "civilization". So that's what they're calling genocide today. Netanyahu needs to be prosecuted for crimes against humanity.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Isn't that the standard line when it comes to people settling land with pre-existing tenants?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Idque apud imperitos humanitas vocabatur, cum pars servitutis esset.

Gaius Cornelius Tacitus; c. 56 AD

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

10/10 reference, nicely done. Israel also turned Gaza into a desert and called it "peace". it's uncanny how little things have changed since Tacitus!

[–] CowsLookLikeMaps 26 points 3 days ago

This is the same rhetoric that was used in Canada's genocide of indigenous peoples.

Part of reconciliation is denouncing what happened in Canada, which is still being felt today, and working towards reparations that are led by Indigenous peoples. We must learn from what happened and do better. But it is all in vain if we support the same atrocities being committed in other parts of the world.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

To be fair, genocide has historically been a big part of many civilisations.

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[–] [email protected] 101 points 3 days ago

Stacks of dead innocent people and he thinks the other guys are the barbarians. Irresponsible statement?! HAHAHA. Get fucked you murderous piece of shit! There is no justification for what you are doing. And who cares about your one and only state. You don't deserve it.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Imagine the lack of self-reflection to call someone a barbarian while committing genocide to steal more land from Palestine. I can't apprehend the confusion of thought necessary to think this way without starting with some blunt force trauma to the noggin.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There's no self-reflection at all.

To him, he's not committing "genocide", he's "protecting his people from terrorists".

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

It's always been an excuse for avoiding his corruption trial, I wouldn't ascribe him any sort of noble motivation.

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[–] [email protected] 85 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I hate Hamas but the way Israel is dealing with this is horrible.

It doesn’t have to black and white or antisemitic to say that.

And yes, Hamas is playing an asymmetrical game and using the rules of engagement as a shield, but that’s still not an excuse for leveling entire cities and indiscriminately killing civilians, or blocking aid that you could instead be supervising.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

The main thing is that Isreal intentionally blocked and prevented critical aid from reaching a starving population of civilians. Thats the core of the genocide case because it demonstrates motive and intentionality to hurt only the civilian population. The report that revealed this was what flipped my opinion from supporting isreals response and war objectives.

People call bombing buildings and killing civilians genocide but its an expected part of this type of war. If the enemy hides among the civilian population you can kill the civilian population. If the enemy hides in buildings and booby traps them, you can destroy the buildings.

[–] [email protected] 79 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Bibi is a fascist authoritarian, a war criminal, and is so corrupt he's facing jail when he leaves office. He is no better than Hamas.

Zionism is literally religious nationalism β€” which shouldn't be tolerated by ANY religion β€” therefore Israel IS a fascist state. Society needs to stop acting like it's okay for the abused to become the abuser because they were abused. It was never okay, and it still isn't.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

He is never leaving office. In the very unlikely event that the Israeli people start to turn on him I am like 90% sure he will try to pull off a coup and/or a false flag op rather than leave peacefully and face the music

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago

that's why he needs this war to keep going and the genocide to continue

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 days ago (9 children)

The only people using human shields are the IDF

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 days ago

And yes, Hamas is playing an asymmetrical game and using the rules of engagement as a shield

They're not, for the most part. This is Israeli propaganda that really took hold, but there was never any evidence for the human shields stuff.

[–] [email protected] 66 points 3 days ago (13 children)

It boggles my mind every day that a fucking Jew would commit genocide. Goddamn.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 days ago (2 children)

There's assholes everywhere. A religion, ethnicity, origin, gender, sexual orientation has nothing to do with it.

An asshole is gonna be an asshole.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago

Conservatives are literally all the same.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago

Why? The Jews of Israel and the Jews of the Holocaust are in large part wildly unrelated and for the most part camp survivors spoke out against Israel rather coming out for it.

It's very effective propaganda on their part because most people can't be bothered to learn facts.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

"Israeli fascist, go fuck yourself."

[–] [email protected] 76 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Bibi, the Liberals are already going to win, you don't need to help them!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago

Good thing Canada would have to arrest him if he steps foot here. Otherwise he'd have come to 69 PP. That'd push the libs to the moon.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

He sounds like Hitler when he talked about the Soviets

[–] [email protected] 43 points 3 days ago

Canada has always sided with civilization

well that’s one way of saying it

[–] [email protected] 50 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Shit did Carney criticize Israel? He gonna get 90%in my riding anyway, but I might change from bloc to liberal if it's a proper critic.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Sort of, but he mostly walked it back. Hard to tell if he's doing it to get through the election. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-clarifies-genocide-remarks-1.7506027

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

Is this what triggered Bibi?? Nothing else happened?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Israel is always on a hair-trigger against the faintest whiff of criticism. It's why almost everybody of any significance is terrified of giving them even the faintest whiff of criticism even when they richly and profoundly deserve it. Dictators often fall into the same trap (aptly named the "Dictator trap") when they make their administrations and subordinates afraid to criticize them and as a result end up finding themselves surrounded by yes-men and sycophants and become increasingly disconnected from reality. Criticism is necessary and important feedback for any nation, organization or person, and by instantly denying it and calling every hint of criticism "anti-semitism" Israel have spent decades robbing themselves of the ability to use any criticism to learn and guide their own actions. It's sad, because it's actually very understandable why Israel is so sensitive to criticism after what they lived through in WW2. We are literally seeing the legacy of generational trauma on a national scale. They now hurt others because they have been hurt so badly themselves. They are even hurting themselves because they are so afraid of being hurt again.

The reason they think all their actions in Gaza are completely justified is because they have pre-emptively shouted down anyone who might give them any contrary idea. Even people who are Jewish or Israeli are accused of anti-semitism if they criticize settlers, zionism, the IDF, or anything else Israel does. When you refuse to even engage with any views contrary to your own established point of view, you're creating an information bubble which may or may not have any basis in reality, and you'll never even be able to know whether your position is based in reality or not because you're simply not engaging with any other views that could ground you in reality.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago

I swear the nation of israel is trying to go down with the ship that is the trump administration.

No nation, or organization should be able to get away with murdering hundreds of thousands of civilians just because they want their land.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Bibby has a weird definition for civilized I bet.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I think you'll find it's very, very typical historically.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago

Ok BB Hitler.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Netanyahu was going to be put in prison for life after being convicted on corruption charges before he let the October attack happen and then declared martial law.

He should be hung upside down and shot a million times

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's ok Bibi, I was already gonna vote for him

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