Watching this killing going on in Gaza currently and the stances of various governments would anyone be really that surprised if a kid growing up there, with no ties to Hamas etc grew up to be a terrorist?
The West has no incentive to do this. It is not like their citizens are on the streets and forcing their govt and elected representatives to answer for the barbarism. It is only a minority on the internet expressing shock and horror. And some minor street protests that they can handle.Israel will never start to behave until the West puts pressure on them, and places conditions on the massive amount of military support they are being given. It's just not going to happen, when everyone in power in the west is so cowardly.
Disgusting behavior. Israel will never start to behave until the West puts pressure on them, and places conditions on the massive amount of military support they are being given. It's just not going to happen, when everyone in power in the west is so cowardly.
One of the issues is "the West" isn't an actual thing. Its an invented construct used primarily by non-Europeans to refer to Europe and the US or NATO. Each country therein has different geopolitical priorities when it comes to nations in the middle east, which obviously includes Israel.
The West comes from the Orient-Occident dichotomy which isn't a term primarily used nor invented by non-Europeans. Occident is and has been used for centuries by Europeans to describe themselves and they used Orients to described cultures that are on the eastern side of Eurasia.
And in the context of geopolitics every single term is an invented construct.
The media is not and never have been the first bolded section and the second bolded part, with a few exceptions, have always been thisThis is the biggest problem and not just in this conflict , the media which is supposed to be the people's extended arm (at least in democracies), is acting on behalf of their government instead, pushing political agendas, not asking questions or only asking the questions that push a certain viewpoint.
Orient is no longer used either and has been replaced by "Asian" in the US at least. Oriental is now relegated to being a discriminatory term.
Orient is just the Latin word for 'east' and is still used as a largely accepted geographical term, 'Oriental' in context of describing someone or a group of people is what's considered discriminatory.Orient is no longer used either and has been replaced by "Asian" in the US at least. Oriental is now relegated to being a discriminatory term.
With Russia making a move on Ukraine and this happening now, it's probably only a matter of time till China make their move on Taiwan.
He said that Hamas acts was against international law,
but now it's Israel in question he thinks its not the rule of politicians to pronounce day by day which act is a breach of international laws.
He also didn't stutter when claiming Russia was guilty of war crimes.
'Unwise of politicians to say so' my arse. He's absolutely petrified of stating the obvious here.
Listen to their officials, they are not trying to hide, this example above is one of tens of videos of officials showing their true faces. But the problem is not them, because we already know their true colours.
It's insane, how can anyone defend this? How is this justifiable? Are they really better than the terrorists they are fighting?
He is the reflection of the Israeli political system. When you listen to the former Israeli PM, you understand that what this guy is saying is nothing out of this world for Israeli politicians.This guy is not an official. He's a former official, so he's not talking based on any true information he gets. He's also a right wing nut.
So basically, he's saying what he'd like to see happen.
He is the reflection of the Israeli political system. When you listen to the former Israeli PM, you understand that what this guy is saying is nothing out of this world for Israeli politicians.
But there literally reports of international law violation from multiple sources one of them from a known British Judge and a paper written by 8 experts of international law if we exclude Amnesty investigation.To be fair, he is correct. It is unwise for a politician to make that type of deliberation when he isn't currently leading the government of one of the leading nations and when it concerns an ally. It's politically unwise.
Probably a bit late to the game but I just saw what the Israeli delegation did at the UN with regards to putting on those yellow stars. Holy feck. Absolutely disgraceful behavior. I'm so happy my grandfather who spent time helping Jewish people in WW2 and was put in a camp for it temporarily is not alive to see how they make a mockery of the Holocaust.
And that there lies the issue. The country is completely sandbagged when it comes to Israel. Russia are an easy target to pile on considering Putin is Persona non grata so condemnation for his crimes in Ukraine is seen as an easy, if not obligatory thing to do. However for Israel its political suicide if you aren't towing the line. A Tory MP sacked for calling for a feckin ceasefire yesterday, and agreeing to anything but Israel's murderous course of action in Gaza is interpreted as nothing but an approval of Hamas and their crimes on October 7th.To be fair, he is correct. It is unwise for a politician to make that type of deliberation when he isn't currently leading the government of one of the leading nations and when it concerns an ally. It's politically unwise.
People began to paint Stars of David on house walls, businesses started to ban Jews, you hear more often to kill Jews on demonstrations, on Social Media people with thousands of followers started to write Hitler did nothing wrong and lynch mobs started to appear. To be honest, it's not that far away from 1935 conditions now. For me it's more disgraceful, that western states do not take strict actions against this. This display may be tasteless, but from their point of view it may be necessary to open the world's eyes to what's happening to Jews now.
But there literally reports of international law violation from multiple sources one of them from a known British Judge and a paper written by 8 experts of international law if we exclude Amnesty investigation.
Also, he did not hesitate for once to call out war crimes by Hamas and Russia.
The world got a lot more dangerous for Jews, but to compare it to the 1930s, at least in the West, is a sick joke.
The bit in bold seems to imply that Western governments are giving free rein to anti-semitism, but surely that's not the case at all? To me it feels like they are very quick to condemn anyone for showing less than unconditional support to Israël, in a way that I definitely don't always feel is justified.People began to paint Stars of David on house walls, businesses started to ban Jews, you hear more often to kill Jews on demonstrations, on Social Media people with thousands of followers started to write Hitler did nothing wrong and lynch mobs started to appear. To be honest, it's not that far away from 1935 conditions now. For me it's more disgraceful, that western states do not take strict actions against this. This display may be tasteless, but from their point of view it may be necessary to open the world's eyes to what's happening to Jews now.
The world got a lot more dangerous for Jews, but to compare it to the 1930s, at least in the West, is a sick joke.
The world got a lot more dangerous for Jews, but to compare it to the 1930s, at least in the West, is a sick joke.
Yes, and to be clear I am sure that his views is not representative of you or the civilian population of Israel. He is though talking in line with the actions of fanatics in the Likud who are actually in power and making decisions now. And that is scary.This guy also views me an "an ememy to the jewish state" because I'm liberal and non-religious...
He's some idiot who was born and raised in Iran before leaving 20 years ago. He has very extreme, and dangerous, views.
Who compares it?
I write the conditions are not that far away from how they started in Germany. In the beginning, there were paintings of Stars of David on house walls and businesses, Jews were not allowed to go into certain areas and a big public campaign to dehumanize Jews that lead into everything we know. I don't say that the follow up will be the same, nor is it the same scale of course, but you can't deny the similarities in the beginnings.
And I also don't think the Israeli delegation wanted to compare, but open peoples eyes to what's happening now through a shock, provocation, disgraceful display, however you want to call it.
This guy is not an official. He's a former official, so he's not talking based on any true information he gets. He's also a right wing nut.
So basically, he's saying what he'd like to see happen.
There is no but. The point that I made isn't one of righteousness but the reality of politics and geopolitics. Russia and Hamas are and have been considered and treated as international criminals by the leading nations and they are not allies of the likes of the US, UK or France. Judging them negatively has no consequences because it has already been done by the people at the top of the hierarchy, the part that is unwise is to do it when the top of the hierarchy is still protecting their ally.
You can apply that logic to Turkey or Saudi Arabia, when they misbehave policians are logically silent because both are supposed to be allies.
People began to paint Stars of David on house walls, businesses started to ban Jews, you hear more often to kill Jews on demonstrations, on Social Media people with thousands of followers started to write Hitler did nothing wrong and lynch mobs started to appear. To be honest, it's not that far away from 1935 conditions now. For me it's more disgraceful, that western states do not take strict actions against this. This display may be tasteless, but from their point of view it may be necessary to open the world's eyes to what's happening to Jews now.
You know when 9/11 happened and we were all shocked and wondered how someone could do this? To this day, as a Muslim, I can't believe some people thought it was ok to get into planes and crash them into buildings killing themselves and killing people who were innocent
Watching this killing going on in Gaza currently and the stances of various governments would anyone be really that surprised if a kid growing up there, with no ties to Hamas etc grew up to be a terrorist?
