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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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Are you the moron who reported my comment "genocidal"? Wtf is wrong with you? How dense do you have to be to have that interpretation?
Israel is an erhnostate. It's existence is built on genocide. I said Germany shouldn't support the state of Israel because it is inherently genocidal, and it fucking is. That means Germany ignored the lessons they were supposed to learn from the Holocaust and is endorsing genocide.
Maybe think before you comment and report baselessly like that.
Ethnic nationalism is a medieval idea that creates unstable societies
Multiethnic empires were medieval practice.
Ethnic nationalism was a liberation of the people from imperial rule after those empires collapsed.
I don't even know who you are, but to me it's quite clear they feel like they owe to the Jews, but hey, those are just my last 2 brain cells connecting the dots and not being obnoxious or angry online, or insulting others based on assumptions
So what part of owing the Jews plays into their support of Israel(a state that does not represent Jews as an ethnicity) factors into supporting:
An apartheid ethnostate?
Genocide against Palestinians?
Rampant and violent expansionism in Palestine?
Rampant and violent expansionism against nearly all of Israel's neighbors?
Mass rape of prisoners of war?
Employing the most notorious pedophile to traffic minors to rich elites and politicians in an elaborate blackmail scheme?
An illegal and offensive war with Iran that has tanked the global economy?
Illegally possessing nuclear weapons and threatening to use them against Palestine?
Exporting mass surveillance technology to authoritarian regimes?
These are just a few of Israel's crimes against humanity. But I guess you think Germany should have to endlessly support those monsters.
Jesse, what the fuck are you talking about? You can't even easily get a citizenship without Jewish links, and that's not even without getting into the WW2 and how modern Israel came to be (again?)
It might be best to refrain from using words whose definitions can be a bit advanced, and therefore end up being misused in completely wrong contexts.
For the rest of your points - I just simply stated why Germany does this, not really getting into why they should not, but if you look at the Ie. military exports, then it has fallen quite drastically, so the support has definitely fallen.
When it comes to Europe and support of Islamic States versus support for other western countries or their allies - I don't think I need to elaborate here.
So what part of owing the Jews plays into their support of Israel(a state that does not represent Jews as an ethnicity) factors into supporting:
You said something incredibly stupid and I'm wanting answers about it. I highly doubt the Germans feel they owe the Jews to the point Israel should have their full support to commit crimes against humanity.
Also, Israel DOES NOT represent Jews as an ethnicity nor a religion. Don't spew Zionist propaganda.
Yes, because its an ethnostate.
Yes, it came to be through a fascist ideology (colonialism and Zionism) and genocide of Palestinians (the Nakba). Did Geany owe the Jews to the point of supporting those atrocities?
ISRAEL IS INDISPUTABLY A GENOCIDAL APARTHEID STATE
May want to join us in reality.
May not want to dish out advice you clearly do not have any intentions to follow.
My points are to bring up the absurdity of your statement. Israel is not some gift to the Jews. It's a genocidal monster and you can't in earnest pretend for a second that the German political class isn't fully aware of this by this point.
Support above 0% is too much and unjustifiable.
This article isn't even about support. Its about censoring dissent against the GENOCIDAL APARTHEID STATE OF ISRAEL.
Yes, you do. Its an irrelevant point but do elaborate.
I wrote a pretty long comment arguing all your points, but in the end realized that what I'm doing is pretty stupid from me as this is equalivent of arguing with a religious person or MAGA fanatic - completely detached from reality. All I can just say that please do not argue like this outside of 4chan and Lemmy or you will have a terrible time. It's also seriously not wise to take awful historical events (Ie. Apartheid) and suddenly change their meaning and apply it to completely unrelated events/countries, downplaying the original event.
Sounds like you're incapable of defending your position and are coping and seething.
Do stop yourself from embarrassing yourself like this outside the internet. The cringe you've given here is bad enough.
It must be great living in self-surrounded lies, being so ignorant you don't even realize people give up on your stupidity
The best thing for you is that you will actually never truly realize what I'm talking and will automate to tantrums and word throwing around without proper mind process.
All I'm reading is your pathetic psychological projection and cope.
I promise you a therapist is less embarrassing than making the comments you make on this platform. Maybe go see one.
When did Israel threaten to nuke Palestinians?
Germany supports the existence of Israel, not all of their policies.
https://apnews.com/article/israel-nuclear-weapons-gaza-iran-china-1e18f34dcec40582166796b0ade65768
Did you read the article you linked?