Over the past 100+ days, notably thanks to the brave journalists of Gaza, we have seen harrowing evidence of a genocide being perpetrated by the Israeli army with the overt support of many Western nations. Last week, South Africa stood in solidarity with Palestine at the International Court of Justi
  • BlameThePeacock@lemmy.caEnglish
    313·
    10 months ago

    ‘Must’?

    No we musn’t

    It may be a popular idea for civilians, but we support Israel for geopolitical reasons, not just to be friendly.

      • CanadaPlusEnglish
        11·
        10 months ago

        “America” is the only one I can think of. Not OP, though.

      • BlameThePeacock@lemmy.caEnglish
        24·
        10 months ago

        Mainly “Iran is bad and will happily cause significant problems for the west if left unchecked”

        • CanadaPlusEnglish
          41·
          10 months ago

          Israel is in no way a useful check to Iran. Everyone in the region either hates them or tolerates them for money. They do not have an interest in attacking Iran at scale abroad, or the population to sustain it. If anything they serve as a useful strawman for Iran.

          Also, I’d like to point out our “allies” in the region are just as bad. Iran isn’t a real democracy. Saudi is openly an absolute monarchy and holds public beheadings for fun.

          • BlameThePeacock@lemmy.caEnglish
            14·
            10 months ago

            You have no idea what the disease would look like then…

            Proper wars and genocides aren’t measured in 10s of thousands of deaths.

      • BlameThePeacock@lemmy.caEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        There are far worse “moral” issue going on in the world right now that we don’t give a shit about.

        Why is this conflict special?

        China is busy actually killing off an entire ethnicity and everyone has forgotten about them.

        • streetfestival@lemmy.caEnglish
          13·
          10 months ago

          Hey, I’m glad to hear you’re concerned about the welfare of the Uyghur populations living in the Chinese Government’s concentration camps. So am I. The difference between the apartheids/genocides being inflicted on the Uyghurs and the Palestinians though is that the last 3.5 months have seen most traditional Western media outlets (implicitly) condone the apartheid/genocide of Palestinians. That whitewashing and propaganda is a call to action for anyone concerned about truth, human rights, democracy, international law, etc.

          May I suggest that instead of investing time nitpicking those fighting for human rights in Gaza, you join the fight for human rights in Northwest China. May your compassion and interest in world events be a source of positivity