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The truth about Israel 🇮🇱 (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by TheUltimateCommunist@lemmygrad.ml to c/memes@lemmygrad.ml

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[–] wombat@hexbear.net 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)

all palestinian violence against israel is self-defense

[–] zephyreks@hexbear.net 11 points 9 months ago

But but but

Colonial apartheid settler rights are human rights

[–] sovietknuckles@hexbear.net 13 points 9 months ago (5 children)

The 3rd pane needs to have "Jewish" removed. Israel does not represent Judaism, and claiming that they do is antisemitic

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 23 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

USA likewise do not represent entire christianity but is undeniably christian white supremacy state, and claiming that isn't antichristian.

[–] sovietknuckles@hexbear.net 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Christians are not a historically oppressed minority, and dunking on Christians is cool and good

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 9 months ago

Christians being opressed minority is about as far in history as Israeli claim to Palestine.

[–] halykthered@lemmy.ml 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's not claiming that Israel represents Judaism, it is merely describing the group of people carrying out the genocide. Israel does not represent all Jewish people, however Jewish people from Israel are committing genocide.

[–] sovietknuckles@hexbear.net -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Jewishness does not tie into why Israel is committing genocide. Also, the IDF is secular. If it was anyone else committing war crimes, why would you bring up their religion? Israel claiming that they represent Judaism is a trap, and it's important not to fall for that trap by associating Israel with Judaism. Judaism is not related to their genocide.

[–] halykthered@lemmy.ml 14 points 9 months ago

Israel is committing genocide. Over 73% of Israel is Jewish containing over 45% of the world's Jewish population. The next highest population of Jewish citizens is the United States with over 39% of the world's Jewish population. The next highest country is under 4% of the world's Jewish population.

Not I nor the comic are claiming that Israel represents the collective whole of Judaism. Also, in 2018, Israel passed a law which specifies the nature of the State of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people.

I reiterate, the comic is merely describing the people committing the genocide. According to the numbers, even as secular as the IDF is, nearly 3 out of 4 soldiers is Jewish.

Judaism may not be related to the genocide, but it is impossible not to associate Israel and Judaism, based on global census and Israel's own laws.

[–] TheUltimateCommunist@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 9 months ago

I meant to say White Jewish Supremacy, since they only want white Jews there. I will edit it.

[–] UnspecificGravity@lemmings.world 4 points 9 months ago

Why? Calling someone a Christian White Supremacist isn't implying that they somehow represent Christianity. It implies that they use their Christianity as a basis for their actions as a white supremacist. It is entirely accurate and appropriate in this context.

[–] Blapoo@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't get it. I'm liberal and agree Israel is committing a genocide. What am I missing?

[–] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 9 months ago (1 children)

But do you condemn Hamas?

[+] Blapoo@lemmy.ml -8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Yep. Shit's easy.

[–] simply_surprise@lemmygrad.ml 25 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I think that's what you're missing. The Zionist state is indiscriminately murdering Palestinians, and has been for decades.

Hamas actions to fight back should be widely supported.

They have a UN affirmed right to armed resistance.

And they're resisting.

[+] Blapoo@lemmy.ml -6 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Let's be more specific. I condemn shooting civilians at a music festival AND I condemn Israel bombing children. One of these does not justify the other.

[–] Idliketothinkimsmart@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Most of the casualties that day were military. Of the civilians casualties, a sizeable portion if not majority were killed by the IDF. As the electronic intifada pointed out, the IDF spent the course of a day bombing people with Apache helicopters, and accounts from Israeli hostages and security personnel confirm the shelling and bombing of houses that had civilians in them. This has been confirmed by Mondoweiss.

There is growing evidence that indicates that Hamas along with the other fighters in the coalition were indeed acting defensively.

[–] TankieReplyBot@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[–] simply_surprise@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So you oppose the zionist slaughter of innocents, but accept their framing of the 10/7 operation?

[+] Blapoo@lemmy.ml -6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

wat

[–] simply_surprise@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What do you think is happening here? You're in the communist instance; your accepted worldview isn't universal.

I don't accept that it's been proven that Hamas fighters wholly slaughtered civilians at the music festival.

I'm sure there were some civilian casualties, but the IDF has pretty conclusively proved that they don't mind shooting through their own citizens to hit militants.

Your acceptance of the zionist-propagated view of the 10/7 operation shows that your initial condemnation of both sides is only surface level.

You've chosen a side, and it's the side of occupation.

Were the Haitian slaves wrong to rebel?

[–] Blapoo@lemmy.ml 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Let me extend an olive branch and make this very simple (from a Western perspective)

Our tax dollars are paying for bombs being sent to Israel to be dropped on children. That ain't right. Turn that tap off

[–] simply_surprise@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 9 months ago

Our tax dollars are paying for bombs being sent to Israel to be dropped on children. That ain't right. Turn that tap off.

I'm in agreement. I guess that's the important part!

[–] SovietyWoomy@hexbear.net 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Active participants in a genocidal occupation are not civilians

[–] TheCaconym@hexbear.net -3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I actually disagree, they are IMO; many of them I'm sure were lured under the free land stuff and so on.

But ultimately you can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs; and the way the Palestinian fighters managed to capture civilian hostages and infiltrate various kibbutz in occupied territory to do it will definitely make settling here a much less attractive prospect for future civilians.

And ultimately of course the zionist government kills far far more civilians and captures far more hostages as well. And they're the ones with the insane equipment and budget (offering them a much wider range of options), not the Palestinians.

[–] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

oh so now geopolitics is analogous to making breakfast, that is so much easier

[–] TheCaconym@hexbear.net -2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Is it the first time you've encountered an analogy ?

What do you want the Palestinians to do exactly ? let themselves be killed slowly over decades because if they actually resist they might produce some civilian victims / collateral damage ?

[–] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

don't mind me, just pissing in the Wheaties over here

[–] TheCaconym@hexbear.net 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, I'm reading news and it's very depressing and making it hard to chill.

[–] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 9 months ago

It's got me like that nowadays, too. The world is tense right now.

[–] ButtigiegMineralMap@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

According to your username, you already pissed on me, now the wheaties are off the table too? Damn, you must have a very Vitamin-rich diet😂

[–] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 9 months ago

i eat a lot of prunes and asparagus.. the asparagus doesn't make me have to go, but it always reminds me that i ate it when i do

[+] imalemmy@iusearchlinux.fyi -13 points 9 months ago (5 children)

yikes. There are actual Hamas supporters here?

[–] simply_surprise@lemmygrad.ml 24 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I support the fighters in the PFLP, the secular communists.

They're fighting alongside Hamas, though.

[–] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

In my opinion it's not a good idea to play the liberals' game of supporting only the good rebels (the ones that Western media tells Westerners to like) because it is disingenuous and idealistic from the get go. Liberals picking sides like sports team while sitting in their colonial ivory tower hinges on a complete disregard for history and colonial realities. It would be super cool if the largest armed organization in Palestine was leftist and secular but Hamas is the preponderant organisation for a reason. Israel has specifically worked to make Islamic fundamentalists the face of Palestinian resistance because they are easier to deligitimise. This is in line with the wider history of colonial powers robbing sovreignty from the Arab world.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Also, if you look at history, those who liberals considers "good rebels" were usually either reactionaries that rebelled against the liberation, got killed off or at best turned their country from colonial to neocolonial. Ever relevant example is Vendee, which was rebellion explicitly aimed against liberals, but they praise it anyway since it was reactionary even when the bar was much higher.

[–] simply_surprise@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I absolutely agree! I was trying to coyly bring it around to supporting Hamas (like, if I support the "good rebels" and they directly support Hamas, then I do too, at least for now).

I was thinking that could cut off the usual talking points, but I could probably work on it.

[–] Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think you just need to elaborate that if they have critical support for Hamas that you do too, or something like that to explain where you’re going with it

[–] simply_surprise@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 9 months ago

That makes sense, thank you!

[–] SoyViking@hexbear.net 20 points 9 months ago

Critical supporters. Hamas has its dark sides although I would reckon that the impression you get off them from western media is biased and nothing they have done compares to the atrocities committed by zionists. In a better world secular communists like the PFLP would be leading the resistance but we don't live in a better world and right now they are the ones doing most of the actual resistance.

Palestinians have a right to defend themselves and resist and ultimately they are the best judges of how to do it. I am certainly not going to sit and lecture Palestinians on how to resist here from the comfort of the imperial core.

[–] CriticalResist8@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yikes. Where are they so I can give them a medal?

[–] Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 9 months ago

We are all Hamas on this blessed day

[–] TheCaconym@hexbear.net 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Absolutely

palestine-strong

idf-destroyer

[–] Jennie@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 9 months ago

Hamas is based and I hope they win

[–] ButtigiegMineralMap@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 9 months ago

I think it’s important to remember that Israel funded Hamas and suppressed other more peaceful groups