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Germans face five years in jail for denying Israel’s right to exist
(www.telegraph.co.uk)
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I used to be ambivalent to Israel but for fuck sake they just seem like a collection of the most awful people on the planet. Regardless of their history i feel like they deserve to have their entire country blockaded and obliterated to dust.
You're making the same mistake as the Germans.
Don't conflate a country with its people. There are Israeli teens sitting in prison right now for refusing to serve in the military because they oppose the genocide
We know about much of the horrors of the genocide thanks to the amazing reporting by Israelis at 972 and Bt'selem. Also shout out to Breaking the Silence. And to the Israeli anarchists fighting every day for a 0 State solution.
Nah.
Citizens have e always been held accountable for the acts and behaviour of their nation.
For example, if a single IDF soldier had raped or murdered a Palestinian, and the IDF had a trial and punished them appropriately, then perhaps an Israeli is not accountable for that
However when a country perpetuates a campaign of genocide, you cant really expect a free pass as a conscientious objector. The abuse of Palestinians is so deeply embedded in Israeli culture - soldiers sharing photos of the victims of their abuse is a celebrated daily occurrence.
In Australia for example our indigenous first Australians were abused by European settlers. That was mostly before I was born, but my generation is still held to account.
I mean to some extent you should at least recognize that they've been heavily propagandized to to be the people that they are.
Not that they should be excused, but they're not inherently the most piece of shit country on the planet.