journey of a thousand miles, etc.
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joined 2 years ago
I can top that, yesterday I discovered a thing called Chaider
this is a "tell me you don't know without telling me" moment
fanboy shill
"We couldn't even find a decent civilization to be colonized *by.*" -- Mark Renton
Paste it into ChatGPT if you're having reading challenges
Mostly, political connections.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_camp
Some of those partners have other reasons for aligning with Netanyahu besides his hardline stance on Palestine.
Meanwhile, public polling in Israel shows strong support for diplomatic solutions -- with a plurality in favor of the two-state solution -- rather than military solutions.
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/israeli-polls-regarding-peace-with-the-palestinians
defining the USSR in this way (by acts performed under specific leaders) is like defining the USA based on Reaganism or Nixonism or Bushism
If there's a competitive party in the Knesset that is actively against bombing Gaza, sure.
But literally the leader of the opposition in the Knesset is *fully in support* of the IDF's actions so far.
As it stands, Likud has had a strong grip on the Knesset for a long time, despite not really having a mandate of popular support.
Even when opposition parties have won a plurality, war hawks like Netanyahu and Sharon have still been able to build Likud-run coalitions.
Anytime you say "palestinians are dying" there's always a well-trodden wag going "ARE YOU SAYING ISRAEL SHOULDN'T EXIST11???///!!"
You have to learn to just ignore it and hope the world will come to some sense at some point soon
When my ex and I were looking at the house we bought, on our first walkthrough, I noticed the space between two rooms didn't add up, and there must be hidden space behind the paneling in one room. Our agent joked that maybe there's a dead body stashed in there.
Fast forward a year, he writes a short novel about a real estate agent who finds a dead body in a house during a walkthrough.
Still can't get over that.
neither is fatalism an effective way to encourage change