The recent recognitions of a Palestinian state and the October 10 ceasefire have been followed by a flurry of calls to “deradicalize” Palestinian society. The New York Times editorial board went so far as to compare this deradicalization project to the denazification of Germany after the Second World War. These calls have the situation backwards to the point of farce.
  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 days ago

    So, when you say racism, do you mean because of their religions, Palestinians being mostly Muslim and Israel being Jewish? Don’t they look the same?

    • Zorque@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      2 days ago

      Talk to the Irish and Polish about 19th century racism.

      Limiting racism to skin color is a more modern interpretation.

    • acargitz@lemmy.caOPEnglish
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      2 days ago

      I would say two types of racism

      1. Orientalism. Not necessarily Islamophobia because it’s the same kind of racism against Arab Christians. It’s the same brand of racism as the one treating the Balkans as barbaric. It’s cultural racism, rather than skin-tone based.
      2. Antisemitism. Implicitly, if all the Jews go “over there” they aren’t “here”. Even the Nazis originally planned to deport the Jews and only got to slaughtering when deportation was no longer practical. Nowadays the biggest antisemites are usually pro-israel, from Breivik to CUFI.
      • pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        2 days ago

        That area is so confusing to me. I learned about it in ancient times in college, but the cultural things like this are so wild. I wasn’t exposed to anything about it besides ancient history. Thanks for explaining a lot of. It seems that oil+racism=so many hate crimes