The 3rd pane needs to have "Jewish" removed. Israel does not represent Judaism, and claiming that they do is antisemitic
USA likewise do not represent entire christianity but is undeniably christian white supremacy state, and claiming that isn't antichristian.
Christians are not a historically oppressed minority, and dunking on Christians is cool and good
Christians being opressed minority is about as far in history as Israeli claim to Palestine.
It's not claiming that Israel represents Judaism, it is merely describing the group of people carrying out the genocide. Israel does not represent all Jewish people, however Jewish people from Israel are committing genocide.
Jewishness does not tie into why Israel is committing genocide. Also, the IDF is secular. If it was anyone else committing war crimes, why would you bring up their religion? Israel claiming that they represent Judaism is a trap, and it's important not to fall for that trap by associating Israel with Judaism. Judaism is not related to their genocide.
Israel is committing genocide. Over 73% of Israel is Jewish containing over 45% of the world's Jewish population. The next highest population of Jewish citizens is the United States with over 39% of the world's Jewish population. The next highest country is under 4% of the world's Jewish population.
Not I nor the comic are claiming that Israel represents the collective whole of Judaism. Also, in 2018, Israel passed a law which specifies the nature of the State of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people.
I reiterate, the comic is merely describing the people committing the genocide. According to the numbers, even as secular as the IDF is, nearly 3 out of 4 soldiers is Jewish.
Judaism may not be related to the genocide, but it is impossible not to associate Israel and Judaism, based on global census and Israel's own laws.
I meant to say White Jewish Supremacy, since they only want white Jews there. I will edit it.
Associating Israel's war crimes with Zionism is not antisemitic, but associating them with Judaism is. If the 3rd panel said Zionist instead of Jewish, it would be just fine. Since the !memes@hexbear.net post seems to have gotten removed, presumably due to that, you might have more luck re-submitting with that change.
But but but
Colonial apartheid settler rights are human rights
I don't get it. I'm liberal and agree Israel is committing a genocide. What am I missing?
Let's be more specific. I condemn shooting civilians at a music festival AND I condemn Israel bombing children. One of these does not justify the other.
Most of the casualties that day were military. Of the civilians casualties, a sizeable portion if not majority were killed by the IDF. As the electronic intifada pointed out, the IDF spent the course of a day bombing people with Apache helicopters, and accounts from Israeli hostages and security personnel confirm the shelling and bombing of houses that had civilians in them. This has been confirmed by Mondoweiss.
There is growing evidence that indicates that Hamas along with the other fighters in the coalition were indeed acting defensively.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
I actually disagree, they are IMO; many of them I'm sure were lured under the free land stuff and so on.
But ultimately you can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs; and the way the Palestinian fighters managed to capture civilian hostages and infiltrate various kibbutz in occupied territory to do it will definitely make settling here a much less attractive prospect for future civilians.
And ultimately of course the zionist government kills far far more civilians and captures far more hostages as well. And they're the ones with the insane equipment and budget (offering them a much wider range of options), not the Palestinians.
oh so now geopolitics is analogous to making breakfast, that is so much easier
Is it the first time you've encountered an analogy ?
What do you want the Palestinians to do exactly ? let themselves be killed slowly over decades because if they actually resist they might produce some civilian victims / collateral damage ?
Sorry, I'm reading news and it's very depressing and making it hard to chill.
According to your username, you already pissed on me, now the wheaties are off the table too? Damn, you must have a very Vitamin-rich diet😂
i eat a lot of prunes and asparagus.. the asparagus doesn't make me have to go, but it always reminds me that i ate it when i do
Let me extend an olive branch and make this very simple (from a Western perspective)
Our tax dollars are paying for bombs being sent to Israel to be dropped on children. That ain't right. Turn that tap off
In my opinion it's not a good idea to play the liberals' game of supporting only the good rebels (the ones that Western media tells Westerners to like) because it is disingenuous and idealistic from the get go. Liberals picking sides like sports team while sitting in their colonial ivory tower hinges on a complete disregard for history and colonial realities. It would be super cool if the largest armed organization in Palestine was leftist and secular but Hamas is the preponderant organisation for a reason. Israel has specifically worked to make Islamic fundamentalists the face of Palestinian resistance because they are easier to deligitimise. This is in line with the wider history of colonial powers robbing sovreignty from the Arab world.
Also, if you look at history, those who liberals considers "good rebels" were usually either reactionaries that rebelled against the liberation, got killed off or at best turned their country from colonial to neocolonial. Ever relevant example is Vendee, which was rebellion explicitly aimed against liberals, but they praise it anyway since it was reactionary even when the bar was much higher.
I think you just need to elaborate that if they have critical support for Hamas that you do too, or something like that to explain where you’re going with it
Critical supporters. Hamas has its dark sides although I would reckon that the impression you get off them from western media is biased and nothing they have done compares to the atrocities committed by zionists. In a better world secular communists like the PFLP would be leading the resistance but we don't live in a better world and right now they are the ones doing most of the actual resistance.
Palestinians have a right to defend themselves and resist and ultimately they are the best judges of how to do it. I am certainly not going to sit and lecture Palestinians on how to resist here from the comfort of the imperial core.
I think it’s important to remember that Israel funded Hamas and suppressed other more peaceful groups
