Bernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years agoSee how Israel’s siege has plunged Gaza into darkness and isolationwww.washingtonpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up1184arrow-down118
arrow-up1166arrow-down1external-linkSee how Israel’s siege has plunged Gaza into darkness and isolationwww.washingtonpost.comBernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square27linkfedilink
minus-squaremerthyr1831@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down13·3 years agoWe are watching millions of lives being asphyxiated between the ocean and barbed wire fences, all to appease a people who have spent their lives waiting for this moment with bated breath.
minus-squareprobablyaCat@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down4·3 years agoWhat do you mean when you say “a people”?
minus-squarescarabic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down7·edit-23 years ago“A people” is a way of referring to a group of people, a society. You could be more specific and say “the Jewish people” but it’s the same usage. Someone in fact called Palestine “A land without a people for a people without a land.” Is it making more sense now? *fixed autocorrect error
minus-squareQuokka@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·3 years agoYou couldn’t say that. You could say “the Israeli people”. What is going on here is not the actions of Jewish people.
minus-squarephotonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down20·3 years agoHe means the Jews. One good thing about this whole fiasco is it’s made the antisemites take their masks off.
We are watching millions of lives being asphyxiated between the ocean and barbed wire fences, all to appease a people who have spent their lives waiting for this moment with bated breath.
What do you mean when you say “a people”?
“A people” is a way of referring to a group of people, a society. You could be more specific and say “the Jewish people” but it’s the same usage.
Someone in fact called Palestine “A land without a people for a people without a land.”
Is it making more sense now?
*fixed autocorrect error
You couldn’t say that.
You could say “the Israeli people”. What is going on here is not the actions of Jewish people.
Okay sure.
He means the Jews. One good thing about this whole fiasco is it’s made the antisemites take their masks off.