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The important part is that everyone gets to blame that slaughter of 900K on the Israelis themselves since, according to that logic, but for the Gaza genocide, there would be no Israeli slaughter in response. Even though you have no right to feel sickened by that because it's based on your sick, deranged logic, it makes me sick. |
No, it’s because Israel has lost its soul and gone super right wing. It’s gone to war with Palestinians several times before and never facilitated a famine. I remember back in the 90s, Palestinian pregnant women and children even used to even be treated by Israeli doctors and hospitals and the families would be grateful and thanking the Jewish doctors . Hamas barely had much mobilization then as it’s hard to demonize Israel/Israelis when most Palestinians know their doctors were the ones helping. It’s a strange paradox when the source of the injury is also the source of the revival but that’s what gave Israel credibility as a Western democracy and ethnic cleansing/ war crime victims, and it’s also just good Jewish morals and ethics in practice. Netanyahu era started all this ugliness and callousness with settlements and super bombs and he thinks he is keeping Israel safe . |
| Israel has slaughtered 32,000 Palestinians since 10/7. Congratulations to Israel, Bibi and the Zionists for turning the world against Jews. |
Proportionality? What happened in 2022 or 2023 prior to 10/7 that justified or deserved the massacre of over 1000 Israelis? Do you really think it's legitimate to slaughter over 1000 people because of some jackoff settlers? |
Nobody should be against Jews. People can and should hate the Zionists all they want, but let's never judge anyone based on their religion or ethnicity. Zionists have perverted Judaism for personal gain and power and have weaponized it to dehumanize and massacre Palestinians. Zionism is undoubtedly a hideous and racist creed, but please, let's recognize the difference between Jews and Zionists. Many Jews hate Zionism. |
Lots of words but in all of it you cannot refute or argue the fact that prior to the Hamas massacre on 10/7, no Palestinians were starving. Cause and effect. You fail at logic. |
None. They are morally equivalent. |
The cause of the starvation is Israeli Government action which is deliberately doing so in order to collectively punish Palestinians. This is not the big logical win you think it is. |
Again, none of this would be happening were it not for 10/7. You cannot escape that. |
Collective punishment - well let's look at that... 72% of Palestinians said they support the 10/7 massacre. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/poll-shows-palestinians-back-oct-7-attack-israel-support-hamas-rises-2023-12-14/ That's a huge majority and certainly they knew the consequences going into it. |
You ask that question, then they tell you that Israel committed original sin and so every Israel - and, sure, Jew - everywhere at all times deserves to die. |
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Good 3/22 article by Peter Beinart in the NYT titled "The Great Rupture in American Jewish Life": https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/22/opinion/israel-american-jews-zionism.html
It discusses the disconnect between older American Jews, many of whom have somehow reconciled Zionism with liberal values, and younger Jews, who are much more likely to see Zionism as "a racist creed." There's some commentary on this article at https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2024/03/liberalism-and-zionism-in-contemporary-american-jewish-politics The comments are often quite entertaining. |
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What in the heck is going on in al-Shifa Hospital???
According to eyewitnesses on the ground, patients were evacuated, and then some of them were murdered by bulldozers. Mosab Abu Toha has a photograph up on social media of two severed legs, one encased in bandages (the victim was a patient in the hospital), surrounded by bulldozer treads. Then there's this story on Twitter: https://twitter.com/search?q=trhxianl&src=typed_query It's about a group of people at the hospital who were stripped, tied, and then shot for sport. There are reports of women being raped and executed. Patients are dying inside the hospital from lack of water, food, and healthcare: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/5-patients-trapped-in-al-shifa-hospital-killed-gaza-health-ministry-/3172845#:~:text=No%20water%2C%20food%2C%20health%20services,hospital%20for%206%20consecutive%20days&text=At%20least%20five%20Palestinian%20patients,the%20hospital%20for%20six%20days. The IDF is burning homes near al-Shifa hospital. All of these are war crimes. We need to do something now, but what ... ??? |
Firstly, even if this is true, Israel still has to abide by the international rules of warfare. Secondly, the opinions of Gazans are not a crime; only their actions are a crime. Despite what the thought police might say, they can think anything they want without being murdered for doing so. Thirdly, 40% of the population is 14 and under and entirely innocent of any wrongdoing, and they are suffering disproportionately. Fourthly, if Israel didn't want Palestinians to hate them, maybe they shouldn't have stolen the Palestinians' land, massacred and ethnically cleansed them en masse, consistently dehumanized and abused them, incarcerated them in an open-air prison, and tortured, raped, and detained them without trial for decades. |
Those ardently opposed to Zionism have been making that point for 2,750+ pages to no avail because the Zionists refuse to understand that they don’t speak for all Jewish people around the world. They hide behind reasonable Jewish people. |