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[-] Resol@lemmy.world 55 points 11 months ago

The EU may support Israel, but right now they're calling them out for this bullshit and I'm applauding them for that. Hurting innocent civilians is never a good idea no matter which side of the conflict does it.

[-] CensorsHateMe@lemmings.world 8 points 11 months ago

The Palestinian government attacked their neighbor and took hostages. Their neighbor then stopped supplying Palestine with resources.

It seems Israel is aiming for the best case scenario here, which is for the people of Palestine to overthrow the death cult that controls their state.

[-] 31337@sh.itjust.works 20 points 11 months ago

That's called collective punishment, and is a war crime.

They're not really neighbors. Gaza is more like a prison controlled by Israel. Israel has controlled Gaza's electricity, food, water, and the movement of its citizens for many years. I believe even before this attack, Israel only allowed Gaza 4 hours of electricity per day.

Also, in 2019, the PM of Israel reportedly laid out a strategy to "bolster" Hamas and provide them funding to oppose the Palestinian Authority. Hamas, in its current form, would not have been possible without Israel creating the perfect conditions for terrorist organizations to thrive. Israel keeps the conditions so bad, the average age in Gaza is 18. So, half of those Palestinian death toll numbers we are seeing are likely children.

[-] CensorsHateMe@lemmings.world 4 points 11 months ago

Refusing to supply the country that invaded you is a war crime??? Since when? Does Ukraine have to keep sending food to Russia?

And what prison in this world can you fire off 5,000 rockets from?

[-] teuast@lemmy.ca 9 points 11 months ago

Israel invaded Palestine. History didn't start a week ago.

[-] CensorsHateMe@lemmings.world 4 points 11 months ago

Read up on your history. Palestine would be called Jordan if Israel didn't get involved.

And it is true we would have peace in the region, because it was never about "israel" and "palestine". It is about a death cult wanting to kill jews.

[-] teuast@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

The modern state of Israel exists because a bunch of Christian doomsdayers thought that it existing would make Jesus come back and end the world, and post-WWII seemed like the perfect time to redraw some borders with no consideration for the people already living there. That's the death cult you're talking about.

And I know Judaism views Israel as its ancestral homeland. It's not like the Jews have no claim to it whatsoever. Additionally, I understand that post-WWII genuinely was a great time to give the Jewish people some reparations. But you're acting like they've been there the whole time and no one else also has a claim to it, and you're further acting like after the European Christian death cult moved them in there (again, to try and make Jesus come back and end the world), they didn't then spend the next 70 years viciously subjugating the Palestinians who'd actually been living there for ages.

MLK Jr. said that a riot is the last voice of the unheard. That's not true about every riot, but if you have been aware of the geopolitics of this region of the world for more than like a month? and are not being a disingenuous shitbag, then this is the exact type of riot he was talking about. I know you have a lot of trouble with the not being a disingenuous shitbag part, but fortunately it seems like most people here also recognize that.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 8 points 11 months ago

Refusing to supply the country that invaded you

The way I read it, they were already refusing basic human needs. Cart, horse.

[-] CensorsHateMe@lemmings.world 2 points 11 months ago

The way I read it

I think I see your problem - you can't read.

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