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Israeli minister: 'We are fighting human animals' (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
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Israel's Defence Minister Yaov Gallant has ordered the complete closure of the Gaza Strip, including a ban on the entry of food, water, fuel or access to electricity as Israel intensifies its bombardment of the besieged Strip in the wake of the surprise attack by the Palestinian resistance. His comments have drawn criticism for advocating collective punishment of Gaza's entire civilian Palestinian population in breach of international law.

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant ordered an increase in intensity of airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.

Gallant said that the war Israel is fighting against Hamas is “a war for our future.”

He added: “Exacting a heavy price from the enemy is a necessary condition for our existence in the region.”

Gallant makes the comments during a visit to the Israeli Air Force’s underground command centre at the Israeli occupation forces headquarters in Tel Aviv.

link: https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20231009-israeli-minister-we-are-fighting-human-animals/

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[–] 123 points 2 years ago (12 children)

He’s dehumanizing the many over the acts of a few. He’s just trying to make it easier to justify the ramping up of their genocide.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    THIS! When those in power start dehumanizing others, you know there's killing coming. Hotel Rwanda is a great history lesson on this.

    It feels like a great time for everyone to take a massive chill pill.

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    [–] 66 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Israel: we literally don't think people in Gaza are human

    Westerners: I can't tell the difference between the two sides!

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    [–] 60 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    And the western leader support this war crime instead of stopping it.

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    • [–] 32 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Strange, terrorist organization don't seem to pop up in countries with better human rights.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    Out of curiosity, what results do you get when you search "US White supremacist militia"?

    Those seem like terrorist organizations to me, and I think the U$ has better "human rights" than Gaza.

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  • [–] 28 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The US has the largest system of prison slavery on earth, highly militarized police who kill with impunity, and world historical levels of wealth inequality, it's definitely not a good place for human rights.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    They can pop up anywhere. Terrorism occurs when extremists of any type had enough of whatever they are upset about and it pushes them over the edge. Whether it is reasonable or not. Regular people can also be pushed to do terrible things with just the right amount of propaganda and other emotional manipulation. Some people just enjoy it.

    Believing it cannot happen to you too with enough pressure and lies is wrong.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago*

    You have a good point I was a bit too black and white with my comment. There definitely seems to be a correlation between size and violence of terrorist groups, and the human rights of the area they riside in.

    Also totally agree that it can happen to me. Gotta acknowledge that you don't really know anything and you are pretty much always just taking someone's word for things. I believe the Earth is round, but I'm just taking people's word for it.

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    • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (12 children)

    Reminder that everyone in this conflict besides Civilians are bad people. Hamas is a terrorist organization. The Israeli government support the genocide of the Palestinian people. Everyone else are just planning to profit from this.

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  • [–] 28 points 2 years ago*

    Reminder that everyone in this conflict besides Civilians are bad people.

    Shut the fuck up. Every Israeli "civilian" is complicit in the torture of Palestinians, except for children. Not to mention they're all potential combatants anyway.

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    [–] 19 points 2 years ago

    In the Western country that I'm in the propaganda has been flying thick and fast all day today on every single media outlet there is about this. You can tell they're trying to justify a lot of bad things that are about to happen and have already begun.

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    [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    This shitbag is a right wing fascist who would make Hitler blush with pride.

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    [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    And you're a fuckface for dehumanizing people.

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