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Anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism. Existence is resistance for Palestinians.
Please refer to Israel as Occupied Palestine, or occupied territories. The IDF is a fascist and ethnonationalist occupying force. Israelis are settlers. We understand however that the imperial narrative (which tries to legitimise Israel) is internalised in the imperial core and slip-ups are naturally expected.
We always take the sides of Palestine and Palestinians and are unapologetic about it. Israel is an occupying power whose "defence force"'s (note the contradiction) sole purpose for existing is to push Palestinians out so they can resettle their rightful land. If you have anything positive to say about Israel we do not care.
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ah good old whataboutism
No. Whataboutism is when you make an unrelated comparison. Bush II started the Iraq War.. But what about Obama wearing a tan suit?? My point is that under Republican leadership the situation would likely be worse.
According to Wikipedia: "Whataboutism or whataboutery (as in "what about....?") is a pejorative for the strategy of responding to an accusation with a counter-accusation instead of a defense against the original accusation."
...doesn't address the original argument.
I think your original comment works to point out that Republicans wouldn't have a foot to stand on if they were to criticise Democrats for being pro-genocide, but it's not a proper defence of Democrats being pro-genocide or hypocritical.
It wasn't meant as a defense of Democrats, but rather to show that it is a US government problem. Singling out Democrats is disingenuous.