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‘There’s a lot of racism, a lot of hatred’: Far right gains predicted as Israel heads to the polls
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return2ozma lemmy.world return2ozma@lemmy.world
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return2ozma lemmy.world return2ozma@lemmy.world
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The video that accompanies this story:

‘Jordan, Lebanon & Syria are ours’: young Israelis voting for a radical future

https://youtu.be/jcsmyiJCqsU

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John Richard lemmy.world timewarp@lemmy.world
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The video that accompanies this story: ‘Jordan, Lebanon & Syria are ours’: young Israelis voting for a radical future https://youtu.be/jcsmyiJCqsU

Why do Democrats like Pete Buttigieg keep calling Israel our ally? Do mainstream Democrats really want to be associated with segregation, racism, apartheid and genocide? Why do they continue to defend Nazi Israel's actions?

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Malica lemmy.zip Malica@lemmy.zip
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Why do Democrats like Pete Buttigieg keep calling Israel our ally? Do mainstream Democrats really want to be associated with segregation, racism, apartheid and genocide? Why do they continue to defend Nazi Israel's actions?

Because Israel paid them handsomely to

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NoneOfUrBusiness fedia.io NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
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Why do Democrats like Pete Buttigieg keep calling Israel our ally? Do mainstream Democrats really want to be associated with segregation, racism, apartheid and genocide? Why do they continue to defend Nazi Israel's actions?

Because they're beholding to the capitalist class, whose interests align with Israel.

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AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor piefed.social AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social
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LocalAreaMan lemmy.ml LocalAreaMan@lemmy.ml
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Liberal Zionism is a myth.

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VAK lemmy.world VAK@lemmy.world
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Darth Netanyahu: Yes, let the hate flow

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ImgurRefugee114 reddthat.com ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com
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Wow, the genocidal ethnostate is full of rightwing hate and racism who could have guessed.

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JenitalJouster lemmy.zip JenitalJouster@lemmy.zip
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Liberal Zionism is a myth.

the statement is such an oxymoron haha i met plenty of “liberal” zionists in my life its levels of cognitive dissonance you’ll never see

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LocalAreaMan lemmy.ml LocalAreaMan@lemmy.ml
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the statement is such an oxymoron haha i met plenty of “liberal” zionists in my life its levels of cognitive dissonance you’ll never see

You met Bernie Sanders? 😍

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FlashMobOfOne lemmy.world FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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Wow, the genocidal ethnostate is full of rightwing hate and racism who could have guessed.

Indeed. What an odd coincidence.

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FlashMobOfOne lemmy.world FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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Apartheid state doing apartheid state things.

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bunkyprewster startrek.website bunkyprewster@startrek.website
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Wow, the genocidal ethnostate is full of rightwing hate and racism who could have guessed.

Wait, do you mean Israel, or me over here USAing

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ImgurRefugee114 reddthat.com ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com
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Wait, do you mean Israel, or me over here USAing

Much to the disappointment of Republicans, the USA isn't an ethnostate

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marcos lemmy.world marcos@lemmy.world
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Dude?

You execute the people doing Nazi stuff, and forcibly implant a democratic government with a social safety program that pays reparation to the victims of the genocide in way that integrates them.

You don't over-Nazi the Nazis and go exterminating a population.

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bthest lemmy.world bold_atlas@lemmy.world
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You met Bernie Sanders? 😍
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AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor piefed.social AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social
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Dude? You execute the people doing Nazi stuff, and forcibly implant a democratic government with a social safety program that pays reparation to the victims of the genocide in way that integrates them. You don't over-Nazi the Nazis and go exterminating a population.
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some_guy lemmy.sdf.org some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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We should dismantle the israeli state. But now I'm just repeating myself.

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SpaceCowboy lemmy.ca SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
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A consistent majority of Israeli polls show prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s current coalition bloc with the ultra-Orthodox and the far right will fall well below the threshold of 61 seats needed to form a government.

The opposition has a clear path to power through an alliance with parties representing Palestinian citizens of Israel, known as Arab parties inside the country.

Hopefully Netanyahu loses. I wonder how the hatemongers will react to a coalition that includes Arab parties governing Israel? Likely y'all will just start hating Arab Israelis too, hatred is just too addicting for anyone to kick the habit.

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Doomsider lemmy.world Doomsider@lemmy.world
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Much to the disappointment of Republicans, the USA isn't an ethnostate

Don't worry, they have a plan for a third of the US that is too brown for them.

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Lushed_Lungfish lemmy.ca Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca
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We should dismantle the israeli state. But now I'm just repeating myself.

Dismantle Israelis.

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☂️- lemmy.ml umbrella@lemmy.ml
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Why do Democrats like Pete Buttigieg keep calling Israel our ally? Do mainstream Democrats really want to be associated with segregation, racism, apartheid and genocide? Why do they continue to defend Nazi Israel's actions?

that's what they ultimately are

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YappyMonotheist lemmy.world ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world
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Liberal Zionism is a myth.

Liberal just means "it's okay to be gay, atheist and smoke weed", it's never meant "righteous", "humane" or "anti-imperialist".

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LocalAreaMan lemmy.ml LocalAreaMan@lemmy.ml
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Liberal just means "it's okay to be gay, atheist and smoke weed", it's never meant "righteous", "humane" or "anti-imperialist".

And even then, IDF blackmails gay Palestinians into being collaborators against their own families. That's no ally.

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YappyMonotheist lemmy.world ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world
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And even then, IDF blackmails gay Palestinians into being collaborators against their own families. That's no ally.

Oh, ofc, sadly. They don't stand for anything besides personal convenience.

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Gpennyhigh lemmy.world Gpennyhigh@lemmy.world
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Gross, more bad choices that will yield more bad fruit as always.

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Dr. Moose lemmy.world drmoose@lemmy.world
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A consistent majority of Israeli polls show prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s current coalition bloc with the ultra-Orthodox and the far right will fall well below the threshold of 61 seats needed to form a government. The opposition has a clear path to power through an alliance with parties representing Palestinian citizens of Israel, known as Arab parties inside the country. Hopefully Netan...

afaik the leading opposition is a centrist Yashar! party led by Gadi Eisenkot who does not acknowledge Gaza being a genocide and mostly same on Gaza though does acknowledge that Israeli settler terrorists need to be stopped. So it seems like a mild improvement at best?

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acargitz lemmy.ca theacharnian@lemmy.ca
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A consistent majority of Israeli polls show prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s current coalition bloc with the ultra-Orthodox and the far right will fall well below the threshold of 61 seats needed to form a government. The opposition has a clear path to power through an alliance with parties representing Palestinian citizens of Israel, known as Arab parties inside the country. Hopefully Netan...

You are framing opposition to an apartheid regime responsible for genocide as rooted in irrational hatred and hate mongering. That's weird.

If somehow a coalition involving Arab parties end up in power, one should expect some concrete steps towards dismantling apartheid and holding genocide perpetrators accountable. That would be a fantastic set of steps. That's also extremely unlikely. If somehow some Arab Israeli politicians get coopted into a political arrangement that perpetuates the genocidal apartheid regime, then of course they would deserve all the scorn that would be coming their way. None of this is irrational hatemongering. It's politics around measurable outcomes.

That said, I find it highly unlikely that Arab Israeli parties will end up in any kind of stable government. It would be red meat for the far right and there seems to exist no political will in the Israeli electorate to seek any reasonable political resolution.

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