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Israel-Gaza Megathread #1
This is a megathread for any posts on the conflict between (so far, and so far as I know) Hamas and the Israeli government, as well as related geopolitics. Culture War thread rules apply.
Israel and the US share too many overlapping values for America to take the side of any of its enemies. I mean, Tel Aviv has gay pride parades!
But that is a direct result of Jewish representation among American government officials and media corporations, according to Joe Biden.
How much of Blinken's commitment to the global LGBT-evangelization comes from his 'American values' vs his own ethnic motivations?
Israel expresses a general disregard of European-developed conventions regarding warfare, and resists disclosure of its nuclear, chemical, unconventional weaponry.
It could even be surmised that a similarly hostile attitude to war-regulations from the US could stem from the Jewish influence exposed by Joe Biden.
Indeed, it is much easier for Israel not to adhere to the ICC or the CCM if they can hide behind the largest Western "democracy" doing the same.
While Western militaries are no stranger to war crimes in the past century, these war-crimes were usually means to the end of eradicating nationalist, ethnocentric rivals, as in Dresden or Hiroshima.
On the other hand, Israel wields civilian bombings, blockades and police brutality in order to preserve its own apartheid ethnostate.
Unlike in Israel, the only boots-clad parades approved for ethnic Europeans are the ones 'celebrating' their disappearance as a people.
I dunno. Jews apparently make up only 73% of the population of Israel and the United Arab List became a member of the coalition government in 2021. If they are trying to create an ethnostate, they aren't doing a very good job.
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But that is a direct result of Jewish representation among American government officials and media corporations, according to Joe Biden. How much of Blinken's commitment to the global LGBT-evangelization comes from his 'American values' vs his own ethnic motivations?
Israel expresses a general disregard of European-developed conventions regarding warfare, and resists disclosure of its nuclear, chemical, unconventional weaponry. It could even be surmised that a similarly hostile attitude to war-regulations from the US could stem from the Jewish influence exposed by Joe Biden. Indeed, it is much easier for Israel not to adhere to the ICC or the CCM if they can hide behind the largest Western "democracy" doing the same.
While Western militaries are no stranger to war crimes in the past century, these war-crimes were usually means to the end of eradicating nationalist, ethnocentric rivals, as in Dresden or Hiroshima. On the other hand, Israel wields civilian bombings, blockades and police brutality in order to preserve its own apartheid ethnostate. Unlike in Israel, the only boots-clad parades approved for ethnic Europeans are the ones 'celebrating' their disappearance as a people.
I dunno. Jews apparently make up only 73% of the population of Israel and the United Arab List became a member of the coalition government in 2021. If they are trying to create an ethnostate, they aren't doing a very good job.
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