Stop using the word "settlers". It's a propaganda term meant to invoke an image of unclaimed, unoccupied territory.
They're burglars, robbers, and invaders. That's what you'd call someone who came to your house, stole your shit, and said it was theirs.
"Settler" is the word used to protect them.
In North America settler has a very obvious negative connotation.
Native American here: yes they do not like being called “settlers” they prefer “real white Americans”
You gotta step outside of your college educated bubble and talk to the average person. There's a reason they use it.
Americans are very proud of their settler colonial founding...
In my mind, bc they always call them Israeli settlers, the word has morphed to mean all the things you listed. Also bc historically whenever a country would “settle” somewhere, it usually meant “colonize.” Like when people came over and “settled” in America
Yeah, but let's think about the couched language here, I can settle into that couch, but if I murder and pillage into the couch I'm not using soft language to placate fucking nazis
theyve actually changed the meaning of the word settlers from now on. I think Israelis will go down in history in a similar way as the nazis did.
It's not propaganda though? "Settler-Colonialism" is the term for what Israel is doing.
In The Wretched of The Earth by Frantz Fanon, essentially the ur text about anti-colonial movements, he regularly refers to settlers in a negative light.
This is what I expect our leaders to do. People with far less privilege have been putting their lives on the line while congressional chuckle fucks write stern letters.
I don't agree with all his positions, and he does take a lot of money from big tech, but his heart is absolutely in the right place. He is a real public servant.
he does take a lot of money from big tech
Not any more, he's been supporting the billionaire tax here so all the big tech money is turning against him.
Oh nice. I had looked on opensecrets and it showed a fair bit, but that must have been from a while back then. https://www.opensecrets.org/profiles/ro-khanna/us_congress/summary
This is what I expect our leaders to do.
Under Biden, our leaders had the capacity to preempt the genocide, remove the Netanyahu government from power, and establish a full sovereign Palestinian state.
This is very dangerous. And it's definitely bringing more attention to a horror show that's fallen out of the public eye. But it's a far cry from what the party needs to be doing
preempt the genocide
When do you think this genocide actually started?
US Congressman KIDNAPPED by Israeli supported terrorists in the West Bank.
God I hate these fucking passive language titles that are only ever used to describe Israeli's crimes.
Headlines these days are annoying as hell! Constantly using words like SLAMMED, DESTROYED, HUMILIATED, SHOCKED etc. Always passive aggressive AF.
It reminds me of the I opening scene in Space Oddesey 2001. Humans create tools that make life easier, tools then become weapons to go to war against humanity itself.
Why the fuck do we tolerate this?
Would it be acceptable for a fucking Mexican Cartel to kidnap congressmen who go to the border on a fact-finding trip?
Because Zionists have money and sway in American politics.
And they have the bullshit accusation of anti Semitism to stop anyone talking about it.
If anyone ever calls you anti Semitic for criticizing Zionists, just tell them you have nothing at all against Akkadians, Phoenicians, Arabs, Hebrews, and Ethiopians who don't espouse genocidal ideologies.
Would it be acceptable for a fucking Mexican Cartel to kidnap congressmen who go to the border on a fact-finding trip?
If this happened we'd probably bomb Cuba or Venezuela again for some reason.
I think that's a poor comparison because the cartel are illegal in Mexico while the settlers are legal in Israel - and I don't meant that positively! The IDF were even present during this kidnapping, just for context.
Israeli settlers are the worst people on this planet.
Settlers isn't correct though, more like Israeli raiders. Israeders, if you will.
Invaders?
Democratic Rep. Khanna says Israeli settlers and IDF soldiers blockaded him in West Bank for over an hour
Water is wet. While US and Germany keep allowing they will continue doing whatever they want.
So this is a fucking act of war at this point. Anyone supporting Israel is a fucking nutsack.
Edit: Ok so it’s not an act of war but some truly egregious fuckery and if you support Israel you’re still a rotten nutsack.
Zionist detained by Zionist is pretty funny, NGL. 😂
"If you're unwilling to speak up for Palestinian human rights, if you're unwilling to speak up against the genocide in Gaza, the apartheid in the West Bank, then you are morally compromised," Khanna said.
Ah yes, classic Zionist rhetoric
He stopped taking naked aipac money and is now taking it from a superpac that hides it.
Specific names and amounts?
All you're going to get is links that mean nothing and a promise to provide evidence later.
OP is a liar and IDK why you're bothering to engage.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Street
https://jstreetpac.org/candidate/ro-khanna/
This is one. superpac that hides... I'll look later, if .world mods haven't removed it.
You’ve shown they have a page for other people to donate money to him, not the PAC itself, and not how much he’s received. I’ll wait for actual evidence.
You are disingenuous. A Zionist org support Khanna. Why?
Go ask them. Maybe they can also give you those numbers you swore you were looking up.
He's a Zionist. His own words. Now it's election time. It's not just that you want to support your abusers. It's that you want everyone who would leave them to stay.
This conversation is done if you’re done pretending you’re going to engage with facts or substantiate anything you say 👋
For anyone who doesn’t know about the TrackAIPAC website, it’s keeps track of which congressmen and candidates take aipac money. Khanna has signed the peace pledge and does not support Israel
Yes, classic liberal Zionist rhetoric.
Is the Democratic Party no longer a pro Israel party?
We're a party that believes in two states and peace. (...) Why aren't we doing the Arab Peace Plan? Two states, you have a Palestinian state, which is demilitarized, and an Israeli state. That's what we're for, we should be for peace and we should be for justice in this region. (...) And yes, we need a secure Israel, but not an Israel led by Netanyahu, who killed 70.000 people in Gaza. (...) I'm for the Iron Dome technology, (...) I'm glad Israel has it.
He's towing the party line, and the Democratic Party is very much a Zionist organisation. He doesn't like the optics of the genocide, blames the current regime and complains about the lost support of the younger generation and that a foreign prime minister sits in the holy US-American situation room, as only US-American presidents decide which war crimes (in the name of the USA) are to be made. He what's to reduce open pro Israel spending, as he's advocating America First ideology.
He's supporting the Zionist project. Stop coping.
We could use more ‘Zionists’ that denounce genocide, apartheid, and go to Palestine to draw attention to the issue 🤷♂️ I’m not impressed by you trotting out the party position and blaming it on him personally, especially when he’s specifically calling out his own party in the article I guess you didn’t read. What has he said and done that’s Zionist?
Let them praise him. He doesn't have to be an antizionist. He's a symbol of antizionism here. That's whats being praised.
Like, I have my criticisms of the "two state - right to exist" Liberals. But, what did you expect progress to look like comrade? The same Liberals that spent years talking about October 7th in every sentence and "right to defend itself". Those liberals are being forced to acknowledge the crimes of Israel. This is a win. You're making those that advocate for Palestinians look unreasonable and irrational.
I understand being upset at these libs. I understand why you still call him a Zionist. But, my friend, please, we have a long way to go still; criticizing a Congressman felt a fraction of a fraction of the oppression Palestinians feel every day in the West Bank. It's not productive in this context. There are plenty of context to criticize him. The libs see this and dislike Israel. Just let that be the discussion.
Apartheid South Africa ended when the liberals of the West were finally forced by activist and leftist into performative things just like this. This is a good sign. Let it happen.
The liberals praising anything against Israel is good. We're gonna have to cringe and bite our tongue when they treat Congressman as heroic for this. They are treating action against Israel as a positive. They are treating West Bank settlers as enemies. That's amazing. Remember where we came from just three years ago; and where we are today. They'll understand your current criticism one day. But this is not the context in which to educate them.
Not surprised, especially from an apartheid state.
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