• Stamets@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Forget the fact they were hostages. They had already openly surrendered and were waving a white flag. They were non-combatants in every sense of the word. They murdered them.

    Israel claims that 61% of deaths are civilian which is already beyond fucking abhorrent but with this news, is that number remotely reliable?

    Israel has been dying to take every square inch of Palestine for decades. They took their opportunity and they are openly slaughtering the population. 61% by their own admission. Over half of all deaths have been civilian but still they keep pushing on. They kill their own people and still they push on.

    I no longer see a difference between Israels government under Bibi/his party and the Nazis in WW2. Openly exterminating a group of people they do not like under the argument that they have some holy/divine/superior claim to land. That is literally the fucking Nazi playbook.

    It is genuinely bonechilling and horrifying.

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      Yeah, I believe the comparison to Nazi Germany is spot on.

      It’s why, next time I see an Israeli genocide troll talk about “Israel’s right to exist”, I’m just gonna ask if they think Nazi Germany had a right to exist, and if not, why. I’m anticipating some serious mental gymnastics, or, depending on where it happens, an instant permaban.

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        11 months ago

        You should pull Rivermonster into that conversation. He’s like a one man cirque du soleil defending Israeli genocide.

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          11 months ago

          To be fair, he is obligated to toe the line and regurgitate his talking points, otherwise the IDF might make him go to the front.

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        11 months ago

        I see the Israeli flag as a hate symbol akin to the Confederate Battle Flag - not quite as bad as a Swastika - yet.

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      11 months ago

      Been comparing them to Nazis for weeks now.
      The pearl clutching from israel defenders is infuriating especially when they get offended if you aren’t perfectly polite with them as they defend a genocide.

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      11 months ago

      Read non-Israel publication’s eyewitness reports from the rave and kubbutz attacks on Oct 7th, they don’t want to investigate how many civilians died by friendly fire.

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          11 months ago

          Why are you saying it like it would be a bigger number?

          Because that’s only one incident and there are more confirmed in the press, the music festival and Sderot are the other big ones.

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            11 months ago

            Provide links then. The last I heard of the music festival was that it was mis-attributed footage of a helicopter attack on Gaza on October 8. As for Sderot, are you referring to the bombing of the police station to eliminate Hamas members?

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              I don’t play the article game that turns into debating sources and trust you can find information for yourself. The attack helicopter video was false. The scenario the IDF was conducting their behavior under was not meant to protect civilians and it’s very likely many were hit in crossfire, on top of that many of the IDF soldiers were apparently not fully trained on the equipment they were using.

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      11 months ago

      Read up on the Warsaw ghetto uprising if you’d like an apt, but sarcastic similarity.

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      11 months ago

      Russia: “Why are we getting shit for doing the same thing Israel has done for 50+ years?”