Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich reiterates call for 'hundreds of thousands' of Palestinians to be forcibly displaced from Gaza

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[+] 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (24 children)
  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Focus in, this the action of a handful of powerful and violent people, not the act of a whole nation with a subjugated past.

    The people enacting these atrocities are just as much monsters and the people who oppressed their ancestors.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    I really don’t have a side politically. I just don’t understand.

    you should really have a side by now.

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  • [+] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)
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    I refuse to take anyone’s side that murders innocent people. Children should NEVER be victims of political wars. When politicians that make these decisions put their own children in the line of fire, then tell me “I should really take a side”.

    So you should really have a side by now.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    How can you see this genocide unfolding, ethnic cleansing at a minimum of you're scared if using the G word, and still say "Well, I don't really want to take a side here"

    This kind of rhetoric enables these war crimes. You've outlined yourself what Israel is doing, and they're going to continue because the western governments aren't doing anything real about it.

    The least we can do as individuals is call them out on their bullshit and remind others around us that the genocide they're committing is entirely fucked up and unjustifiable.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    My guess is that they believe leaving the Hamas alive is equivalent to allowing their territory be attacked again in the future. They want this war to be The Last One™ so thay don't have to further spend military resourses in the future doing the same thing again.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago*

    It isn't a defense at all. You said you didn't understand. Abused people (or peoples) becoming abusive in turn is a common process, and that phrase is commonly used in such a way that searching on it will reveal many studies of the process, and what has been tried (successfully and unsuccessfully) to short-circuit it.

    Understanding is not absolution, though. You can both see how the genocide of Jews led to fears, politics, and colonial interventions that contributed to Israel's genocide of Palestinians, and also condemn that genocide and those perpetrating it (which I absolutely do). But not understanding the motivations makes any problem easier to effectively resist or solve, as you can use that knowledge to determine where and how to apply pressure and create a lasting rather than a temporary change.

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  • [+] -8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    OMG they're just as horrible as the rest of humanity. Who would have thought.

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