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I genuinely thought this was hyperbolic satire.

EDIT: Outlet has edited headline since time of posting.

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[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's not a good look for Al Jazeera.

[–] Samskara@sh.itjust.works -3 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Al Jazeera is always extremely anti Israel. The Arabic version even more so than the English one.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

You'd have to be an asshole not oppose country based on settler-colonialism and ethnic cleansing

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org -2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

You’d have to be an asshole not oppose country based on settler-colonialism and ethnic cleansing

...and yet, being anti-Israel was considered a far-right neo-Nazi position not that long ago. It became acceptable again from the start of the current flare up (the current fighting isn't something new, it's been going on and off for decades). Before that, anti-Israel meant anti-Jew meant obviously Nazi. It's wild how when things change so many people will just quietly drop the old narrative and pretend it never existed. We've always been at war with Eurasia and all that.

The reality is that the US supports Israel, has for a long time and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. It's not because of being pro-Jew or wanting to ethnically cleanse Arabs, it's because they're our only real ally in the Middle East and thus we'll remain safely on their good side unless and until we get a strategically more useful ally in the Middle East. Then keeping them happy becomes less important.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 3 points 7 hours ago

Jews have opposed Israel since before 1948. Its always been a progressive position since Hertzel

[–] Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 11 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

That’s like saying science is anti-conservative

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

You'd expect them to be factually accurate though.

[–] Soulg@ani.social 4 points 9 hours ago

Updating the article to provide more correct information as soon as it's uncovered is part of that