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[–] corus_kt 133 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

This shithead's genocide is going to birth a new generation of vengeful extremists out of the ashes of Gaza for the rest of the world to deal with, in the future

[–] TheBananaKing 88 points 10 months ago (1 children)

By design. Fascists need an enemy to protect people from, in order to justify their cruelty. And they need a underclass to oppress, to demonstrate their power.

If they can make one out of the other - why, that's just efficiency.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Did a great job explaining that in Canadian bacon

[–] dynamojoe 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Thus the cycle continues. Come the end of humanity, the last two people in the middle east will still be throwing rocks at each other.

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[–] TropicalDingdong 110 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Hey look. Its what we've been telling you it was the whole time. A genocidal eradication of a people to take their land.

The weakness of western 'democracies' is disgusting.

[–] HerrBeter 17 points 10 months ago (3 children)

To a certain extent. But aren't the countries in the near vicinity the most able?

[–] [email protected] 40 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

That's the problem.

The western democracies aren't weak like TropicalDingDong says, their governments have chosen their side.

And if the neighboring countries do anything about it, the western democracies will take action.

The inaction isn't due to inability, but due to apathy for the Palestinians.

[–] fastandcurious 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

Saudi Arabia and the Arab world could ban the sale of oil and see biden prostrate, nobody gives a fuck about them because you can’t make money from them and being a religious minority (in the west at-least) is the icing on the cake, not to say they care about their religious brothers, it was never a reason for anything other than oppression of people they don’t like.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Saudi Arabia and the Arab world could ban the sale of oil and see biden prostrate

Like I said above, most Middle Eastern governments who aren't aligned with Iran have been tamed by the US using both carrots and sticks. Saudi Arabia wants their weapons, Egypt wants its aid, etc etc.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The Saudis' also wouldn't be anywhere near as successful with an oil squeeze today as they were in the 70s.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

It's Western democracies that tamed Middle Eastern countries to make sure they're always on Israel's side, or at least effectively neutral. You can see it from Saudi Arabia's weapons and war in Yemen to Egypt's aid; the US spends a lot of money and political capital to buy the Middle East's cooperation in Israel's Apartheid/genocide project. And if that wasn't enough, they deployed strike carriers to make sure nobody intervenes militarily.

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[–] Aceticon 83 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Oh, look, an open admission of genocidal intent.

Should be useful in the court case against Israel.

[–] test113 19 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

These are the quotes this article is based on according to another news outlet, and it is unsure if the translation (especially the wording for the proclaimed statement in the title) is up for debate since there are multiple translations.

(“from the river to the sea,” according to an English translation on the Israeli news channel i24NEWS.

According to other translations, Netanyahu said that Israel “must have security control over the entire territory west of the Jordan River,”)

"Every area that we evacuate we receive terrible terror against us. It happened in South Lebanon, in Gaza, and also in Judea and Samaria [the West Bank] which we did it.”

“And therefore I clarify that in any other arrangement, in the future, the state of Israel has to control the entire area from the river to the sea.”

"This truth I say to our American friends,” Netanyahu said Thursday. “And I also stopped the attempt to impose on us a reality that will jeopardize us. A prime minister in Israel has to be able to say no, even to the best of friends. To say no when you need to and to say yes when you can.”

Does anybody know what "proposal" the USA made that he's referencing?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's all behind-closed-door conversations, but one can only assume some form of self-governance in Gaza given the US continues to push for a two-state solution despite supporting the Israelis as they, you know, wipe out one of those states.

What Bibi is saying, here, is that even that small modicum of Palestinian agency will be eliminated and Gaza will formally become the open air prison it's unofficially been for decades.

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[–] Mrkawfee 79 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (22 children)

It's ok when Zionist colonisers say "from the river to the sea" but it's hate speech when the original inhabitants or their supporters say it

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[–] [email protected] 77 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Ahhh there it is. The PM of Israel just said he plans to violate the treaties and annex Gaza and the West Bank. By ejecting these people from their homeland or just wholesale killing them, that's fucking genocide. It really never was about Hamas. And Hamas still exists.

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[–] CultHero 68 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I hate him so much. Way before the Gaza war. He's an alt right tyrant regardless of his religion.

[–] Linkerbaan 29 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Don't call Zionists Jews.

Zionists are a disgrace using Judaism only as a shield for their war crimes.

Netanyahu is quite literally a white surpremacist that just wants to kill brown people and expand the Lebensraum.

Nazism isn't a religion.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (8 children)

Being a fascist doesn't stop you being Jewish any more than being a slavemaster stopped the pilgrims from being Christian

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[–] Treczoks 6 points 10 months ago

That won't stop them from calling any criticism "antisemitism".

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[–] NounsAndWords 49 points 10 months ago

“For 30 years, I am very consistent and I am saying something very simple: this conflict is not on the lack of a state of Palestinians, but the existence of a state, the Jewish state,” Netanyahu said, according to a translation on i24NEWS. “Every area that we evacuate we receive terrible terror against us. It happened in South Lebanon, in Gaza, and also in Judea and Samaria [the West Bank] which we did it.”

It turns out, when you terrorize people and steal their land for decades they are still angry at you when you('re forced to) let them borrow some of their land back while continuing to terrorize them.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 10 months ago (11 children)

So...they just lost the international court case then, no? He legit just said "we're taking it over."

'Course, this is me just being hopeful there is some recourse for the blatant disregard for humans 🫤

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 10 months ago (2 children)

We literally have Jewish Nazis

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I forgot this was a thing, WHY WAS THIS A THING!?!?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago

every large group of people is going to have some psychopaths / terminally stupid

[–] unreasonabro 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It's definitely best not to forget that, because it's about to happen in America.

Motherfuckers aint been payin attention.

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[–] derf82 35 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I’m sure all the people pissed that Rashida Talib used those words will be equally upset about Bibi saying it. /s

[–] FenrirIII 12 points 10 months ago

But Bibi is white, so... /s

[–] [email protected] 31 points 10 months ago

So he's finally admitted it. I'm guessing there will be silence from the people that said Israel was definitely going to give Gaza back to Palestine after Hamas was gone.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It certainly seems like all roads are leading to a big war soon. Storms a comin fellas. Enjoy what we have now.

[–] Buddahriffic 13 points 10 months ago (4 children)

And if this turns into a big war it's because the west continues to back the bad guys.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"From the river to the sea" is just a fancy way of saying "Lebensraum"

Isn't it ironic...dontcha' think...

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

AKA Revisionist Zionism.

And what a coincidence-- Bibi just so happens to come from a family that ascribes to that specific variant of Zionism!

[–] Chickenstalker 23 points 10 months ago

Hubris is thy name. The seeds of the next Holocaust is planted. Thanks, Netanyahu!

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago

I thought they'd wait longer before doing this. Don't they want to tease the West a bit longer? See if they can get more weapons and stuff? Or are they calling their bluff, knowing they'll give them stuff no matter what they say at this point?

[–] unreasonabro 18 points 10 months ago

Of course he says this, all of his actions for the last thirty years have telegraphed this intent. War is how he stays in power, and he takes it personally.

[–] fuggadihere 8 points 10 months ago

Nice chap that one ☝️

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