Posadas [he/him, they/them] to the_dunk_tank • 1 month agoEnlightened centrists. Threading the needle between "we want to eradicate you", and "we don't like being eradicated."imagemessage-square21 fedilinkarrow-up1116file-text
arrow-up1116imageEnlightened centrists. Threading the needle between "we want to eradicate you", and "we don't like being eradicated."Posadas [he/him, they/them] to the_dunk_tank • 1 month agomessage-square21 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejoin_the_iww [he/him]hexbear36·1 month agoIn their perception, Britain turned against the Zionists around 1939 or so (White paper) and sided with the Arabs in opposing a Jewish state after that. So they mean “Independence” as independence from Britain. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_insurgency_in_Mandatory_Palestine link
minus-squareSteamedHamberder [he/him]hexbear29·1 month agoit’s commemoration of a rejection of the UN partition plan and UN mediated conservatorship. link
In their perception, Britain turned against the Zionists around 1939 or so (White paper) and sided with the Arabs in opposing a Jewish state after that. So they mean “Independence” as independence from Britain.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_insurgency_in_Mandatory_Palestine
it’s commemoration of a rejection of the UN partition plan and UN mediated conservatorship.