▲ 333 ▼ '100-200,000, not two million': Israel's finance minister envisions depopulated Gaza (www.haaretz.com) submitted 2 years ago by NightOwl@lemmy.ca to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 180 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] quo@feddit.uk -15 points 2 years ago (8 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [+] jimbo@lemmy.world -29 points 2 years ago* (7 children) No shit. I read a portion of the transcribed interview where the finance minister was talking about this and what he was advocating was mass emigration. That's also super shitty, but it's not at all the same as murdering millions of people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] rambaroo@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (1 child) Forcibly deporting people is genocide permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] jaxxed@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago especially when it is not possible for them to emigrate. Forcing Gazans to emigrate to Egypt, when you are neither Gazans nor Egyptians is ridiculous at best. Next will be the Israeli governments saying "we took care of them for this long, now it is domeone else's turn." permalink fedilink source parent [–] BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 child) So you're saying the Trail of Tears was perfectly fine and not seen as Genocide? I think you're wrong and a blind fool permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] jimbo@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago You tell me. Did I say that it was perfectly fine? permalink fedilink source parent [–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) It is essentially the same, it would result in the deaths of thousands. Even the Nazis tried to relocate Jewish people and realized it wasn't feasible. The people advocating for relocation know this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] jimbo@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* The "deaths of thousands" is the same as "murdering millions of people"? Seems like you're addressing something other than what I said. permalink fedilink source parent [–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago “What we do not understand is that while there were protests against Germany’s defensive action in this field, there was, on the other hand, no willingness to absorb the excess Jewish population emigrating from Germany.” • Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Minister of propaganda. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] jimbo@lemmy.world -29 points 2 years ago* (7 children) No shit. I read a portion of the transcribed interview where the finance minister was talking about this and what he was advocating was mass emigration. That's also super shitty, but it's not at all the same as murdering millions of people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] rambaroo@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (1 child) Forcibly deporting people is genocide permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] jaxxed@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago especially when it is not possible for them to emigrate. Forcing Gazans to emigrate to Egypt, when you are neither Gazans nor Egyptians is ridiculous at best. Next will be the Israeli governments saying "we took care of them for this long, now it is domeone else's turn." permalink fedilink source parent [–] BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 child) So you're saying the Trail of Tears was perfectly fine and not seen as Genocide? I think you're wrong and a blind fool permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] jimbo@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago You tell me. Did I say that it was perfectly fine? permalink fedilink source parent [–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) It is essentially the same, it would result in the deaths of thousands. Even the Nazis tried to relocate Jewish people and realized it wasn't feasible. The people advocating for relocation know this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] jimbo@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* The "deaths of thousands" is the same as "murdering millions of people"? Seems like you're addressing something other than what I said. permalink fedilink source parent [–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago “What we do not understand is that while there were protests against Germany’s defensive action in this field, there was, on the other hand, no willingness to absorb the excess Jewish population emigrating from Germany.” • Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Minister of propaganda. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rambaroo@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (1 child) Forcibly deporting people is genocide permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] jaxxed@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago especially when it is not possible for them to emigrate. Forcing Gazans to emigrate to Egypt, when you are neither Gazans nor Egyptians is ridiculous at best. Next will be the Israeli governments saying "we took care of them for this long, now it is domeone else's turn." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jaxxed@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago especially when it is not possible for them to emigrate. Forcing Gazans to emigrate to Egypt, when you are neither Gazans nor Egyptians is ridiculous at best. Next will be the Israeli governments saying "we took care of them for this long, now it is domeone else's turn." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 child) So you're saying the Trail of Tears was perfectly fine and not seen as Genocide? I think you're wrong and a blind fool permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] jimbo@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago You tell me. Did I say that it was perfectly fine? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jimbo@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago You tell me. Did I say that it was perfectly fine? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) It is essentially the same, it would result in the deaths of thousands. Even the Nazis tried to relocate Jewish people and realized it wasn't feasible. The people advocating for relocation know this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] jimbo@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* The "deaths of thousands" is the same as "murdering millions of people"? Seems like you're addressing something other than what I said. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jimbo@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* The "deaths of thousands" is the same as "murdering millions of people"? Seems like you're addressing something other than what I said. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago “What we do not understand is that while there were protests against Germany’s defensive action in this field, there was, on the other hand, no willingness to absorb the excess Jewish population emigrating from Germany.” • Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Minister of propaganda. permalink fedilink source parent